RunTheBall

I was at that game. Sitting in the last row of the upper deck. What a kick in the balls.

The amount of whiners on here is breathtaking. WE PUT UP 250 RUSH YARDS IN 3 RIVERS! I mean come on people, you don’t get to see that kind of domination very often so ENJOY IT. Will this offensive philosophy beat other teams, NOPE. Did it crush the Steelers? YES. Hey here’s a thought - maybe, just maybe, Brady schemed against a teams weaknesses for once? Maybe missing 2 starting offensive lineman, your starting TE, a starting WR and a WR 4 in Samuel had something to do with the game plan. I think this was a turning point for these guys. I saw NASTY, I saw ANGRY, I saw EFFORT. I saw 3 RBs contributing for the first time this season. I don’t care that it took a cheap shot to get Josh fired up. We should be running QB power in the first series of every game from here on out. It’s been that way since Josh has been our QB. Get our tackles back, get Glass Kincaid out there, Cooks is going to be a factor going forward. Cooks, Plamer, Shakir is not a horrific combo. Our identity is running the ball though, it sets the tone and opens things up. Brady has to stick with it even when it’s not going great early. Let’s see what he comes up with against Cinci whose defense has been playing better. I still expect a run heavy approach but I want to see him integrate more play action and intermediate throws against a defense that has been ass most of the year.

Dude I was LOVING it! It’s friggin Pittsburgh and we ran it down their throats! I love a physical, dominant running game but mostly to set up a deeper passing game. You have to have balance. Not in this game though. I hate Brady, he called a good game. I’m old school, run the ball and play defense will win the SB. That’s because it opens up the intermediate and deep shots. There’s nothing better than physically dominating a team like Pittsburgh who’s known for their toughness. This could be the turning point. I wnat to see a nasty, physical, aggressive team going forward. I want Joe Burrow in the dirt and on IR after next week.

Brady spams plays way too often. I give him credit for sticking to the running game finally. I want to see him play action to a deep or intermediate shot after 2 big runs in a row. He ALWAYS wastes a down spamming a 3rd or 4th run instead of predicting the defense will scheme to stop that so something deeper will be open.

What the hell is up with you guys looking at today’s offense and trying to extrapolate through the playoffs? This isn’t the offense we are going to use the rest of the season. It was an opponent specific offense that WORKED and got us the W. Yes, we all know we aren’t going to beat many teams without an intermediate or downfield passing game. But guess what, Brady actually called a good game today and it WORKED. We needed the W, we got the W. We played to the weaknesses of the opposing defense for once. I’m not even talking about our defense which has been stepping up a bit recently. Too many of you look at one game and try and predict the next 5 from it. This is not the gameplan we will have against other teams, it worked against the Steelers so enjoy the W and re-fkn-lax a bit

I totally agree with you that we need more from the intermediate and deep passing game. My only point is that this isn’t that game that we should have tried that, and we didn’t need to. Given our injuries and Pitts defensive line, there wasn’t going to be the time to exploit that. I’m sure with the All-22 we are going to see a couple deep shots called that Josh didn’t take for whatever reason.

You are kidding right? We were missing Palmer, Kincaid, Samuel, 2 starting offensive tackles and McGovern was playing with 1 arm. We were playing a very good defensive front. Brady called a great game, and I’ve been on the fire Brady train for a while now. You really want Josh to hang onto the ball for over 3 seconds with 2 backup OTs? Who’s he going to throw to? Cooks who’s been here for 3 days? Coleman whose first move is to Velcro himself to the DB as soon as the ball is hiked? Shakir, who doesn’t run more than 5 yards past the LOS? Enjoy the W. Yes, we need an intermediate and downfield passing game. This wasn’t the team to try that against given our limitations and their style

I’ve been hammering Brady for weeks and still want him fired but I have to give him credit when it’s due - this game plan made sense. He ran the sht out of the ball and didn’t get away from it, he chipped both DEs almost every pass play, he threw to the RBs and TEs, he got rid of the mesh crap that he spams constantly. That was a reasonable, understandable game plan given how many injuries we had on offense. It was good to see, James Cook should be in contention for OPOY but he’s got Taylor ahead of him. It is a pleasure to watch this guy run, he’s sooooo smooth. At least Beane made one good re signing. Josh was much more decisive today in both running and throwing. I LOVED the jawing with Heyward, Josh needs to get the fire back. The pick to Gabe sucked, shocker. But I didn’t see the hesitation he’s had the last 4-5 games. Good to see. Don’t downplay this win. The Bills might have found their mojo. They out bullied the Steelers IN PITTSBURGH, humiliated their defense and ran the ball down their throats with 2 BACKUP tackles. This needs to be their MO moving forward with some intermediate and deep passing added. I understand why they didn’t do that today. Crushing Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh is a big deal. Now beat the hell out of Burrow because we owe Cinci a lot after they’ve owned us for years.

When multiple opposing players state after a game that they knew exactly what was coming, that’s a problem with the OC. When an opposing coach admits he was shocked at the lack of protection given our QB, that’s a problem with the OC. When an older WR comes off an ACL and has a phenomenal year and we couldn’t or wouldn’t get him involved while he was healthy, thats a problem with the OC. There’s a pattern here.

It’s not just the injuries to key players. It’s the lack of gameplanning taking into account those injuries on both offense and D. If we just protect with 5 men with no chipping when we have 2 starting OTs out, Brady shouldn’t get back on the plane. We need a gameplan that emphasizes Josh getting rid of the ball quickly, which he’s been very reluctant to do this year. That doesn’t mean spamming mesh 6 straight times while our tackles get smoked and Josh gets battered. How about some RB screens? How about a draw or 2? Quick slant? You know, Football 101 basic crap to slow down a pass rush. Is that too much to ask?

Joe is one of my regular podcast listens. I also love Pat Moran on talking Buffalo to get a more emotional fan based take. What I think Joe does very well is understanding a team’s weaknesses and how to attack them. He was dead right about how to attack the Atlanta D and what to expect, while Brady did the exact opposite and got destroyed. Same with Houston. He was banging the drum about Houston’s defensive ends and the need to keep running the ball to keep them from teeing off, and again Brady did the exact opposite. He’s not a savant, he gets a lot wrong, but he’s pretty straight forward in how he justifies his opinions. You can agree or disagree but you’ll know the why. I think Joe is getting salty because he doesn’t understand why Brady develops the game plans he does because they don’t attack an opponents weaknesses. For pure post-game enjoyment listen to Pat Moran and Joe from Queens after a game. It’s a fun rant when we lose and cathartic. Pat will come back the next day with a more measured take about what he felt went right or wrong, but the post game when he’s losing his sht after a loss is all of us.

The problem is Brady is way too predictable. He didn’t change the scheme at all from last year, just put a little more emphasis on the run. The passing scheme is the exact same thing we ran last year. How many times do you have to hear opposing players say they knew exactly what play we were running on offense? My wife thinks I’m some sort of football savant because of how often I can call exactly what play is coming based on personel and formation. I’m just some bum on a couch. Defensive coordinators are laughing at Brady. The reason that stupid bubble screen gets blown up 90% of the time is because you can tell exactly when it’s coming. The defensive players just flood to that side as soon as the ball is snapped because it’s so obvious. Brady is in over is head. These WRs aren’t great but they aren’t as ass as he’s making them look.

Eh, it’s getting harder and harder to have any optimism in this team this year. What exactly do they do well? Defense : Pass rush is non existent, can’t stop the run at all, don’t get sacks or turnovers. I’d say the only positive is Max/Bernard/Bishop play pretty solid and Poyer hasn’t been a disaster. Offense: We run the ball very well when Brady doesn’t get away from it, James Cook is phenomenal, Josh is still an Alien even when not playing at MVP level. Unfortunately, he’s been neutered by McBrady and I think he’s lost confidence in Brady to call a game right. Our WRs are ASS, even Shakir has been mostly a non factor probably because of Brady. Kincaid is a member of our All Glass team. Knox is Knox, good for a critical drop. Hawes has been great, but when you are pumping up your 3rd string tight end as a revelation, that’s a problem. Maybe Cooks provides a spark? Maybe Coleman redeems himself (hahah sorry, I know I know). Maybe Josh decides to trust the play calls and not hold the ball for 7 seconds, assuming he’s got more than 2 with our starting tackles out. IDK. Steelers aren’t good either so I think the W goes to whatever team sucks less. I’ll take the Bills with Josh being the main reason we win

This team has become way too complacent. Too many guys just glad to be collecting a paycheck and have lost the fire. McD’s message to the team has gotten old and stale. IDK if Cooks is a fiery guy but maybe he can add a little juice and get Josh’s head back in the game. We saw Josh pop out of his shell against TB then he got the sht beat out of him against Houston. Let’s see what Josh show’s up against Pittsburgh. As for McBeane, neither of them are going anywhere so as much as I’d like to clean house, it 100% is not happening. Pegula is not getting rid of these guys no matter what the outcome of this season when we are opening a new stadium next year. I’ve said it before, but I think the best we can do is get rid of the OC/DC and get 2 EXPERIENCED guys in there to radically shake up the offensive and defensive schemes. IDK if McD has the humbleness to hand over the reigns of the D to someone else, but his scheme is old and washed when you don’t have the defensive talent that Houston does to run it.

Dion is a fat tub of goo who’s too high on his own quasi-celebrity and has lost the fire like most of this milk toast team. I’d cut him this offseason and get someone in there who actually has a pulse and doesn’t get his QB killed giving up on every play after 2 seconds. The guy is the poster child for complacency and that’s what this team is - complacent. Good enough for the owner so let’s just cash some checks and yuck it up after a lead leading 9th false start on the 4th and gotta have it down. The Shnowman needs to STFU and start playing better

Watching most of the other games today, it is so obvious how bad our coaching is compared to other teams, and I include McD in that. Brady is god awful and needs to be fired. He had a scheme that worked last year and made no adjustments to it this year. He just ran the exact same scheme back and has no ability to adjust during the game. I can think of 8 OCs that I watched today that Brady isn’t even in the same galaxy as, and that includes some that lost. It’s one thing if the scheme is sound and the players don’t execute. Our problem is that the scheme doesn’t work, teams know EXACTLY what we are doing, and our entire offense is based on Josh making Super Josh off script plays. We need a complete house cleaning from GM to water boy. It won’t happen. Pegula is just happy to be competitive, along with 90% of our team. I’m really sick of fkn Dawkins and his Shnowman crap. Calling out Keon then giving up on play after play and having the most false starts in the league. STFU until you actually start playing well you fat tub of goo.

So there’s what I want - which is to clean house from GM to Waterboy, and what’s realistic - there’s ZERO chance Beane and McD aren’t back next year. Look at the owner guys. Pegula has let Adam’s stay as Sabres GM when any other team in the league would have fired him 3 years ago. Beane and McD are going nowhere. So get used to it, and let’s consider what are options are. 1) I’d fire both coordinators and hire experienced coordinators who were ex head coaches if posssible. McD needs to abandon his scheme, it has never worked and is built to defend one team- KC. It is not built to defend modern offenses which are transitioning to a much more run heavy scheme. 2) Lean into the offense. We obviously need 2 high quality WRs. Idk how to get that done, that’s just what we need, Keep them on the field, no more of this “everybody eats” BS which means we don’t have any really good guys. We’ve got the QB, RB, and TE already. O-line just needs to be average. 3) Cut all the dead weight. White, Poyer, Milano, Phillips, Rapp, Ogun, Bosa, Johnson ( might be stuck with the restructure), Coleman, Moore, Samuels, I’d even jettison that fat fk Dawkins but it won’t happen. 4) Accept that for at least a year we are going to suck and get the new blood valuable reps. Max, Hancock, Sanders, Walker.

This team is mentally and physically weak. We are a soft, soft team. This iteration of our Bills is done. Too old, too slow, too predicatable, too injured, too inept. The team needs to be blown up from top to bottom while Josh still has the second half of his career. Complete house cleaning. It won’t happen. The best we will get is to fire both coordinators and go out and get some experienced coordinators instead of these asses we promote from within. It’s a complete abomination that you have a first ballot HOF QB and you can’t get to the Super Bowl McD and Beane can go rebuild the Panthers, time for a cleaning.

We don’t miss Coleman at all. He sucks. Doesn’t mean he will always suck, but after Game 1 he’s been a complete liability on the field. Opposing defenses laugh at him. They see Keon 1-1 they immediately drop the safety into the box because there is ZERO concern about getting beat deep. The offense was completely different against TB without that bumb taking 75% of the snaps. McD saw it, the players saw it. I think after Houston they will put him on the active roster with a much deserved and decreased snap count. Right now he’s a complete bust.

Some of the takes in this thread are wild. Bring up Gore? Seriously? Coleman isn’t playing. He’s in the doghouse big time. Houston has the best pair of DE’s in the league, and guys on here are saying they are just ok. Wild. Houston has penetrating DT’s, great DE’s, plays zone coverage most of the time, and has great CBs. Their slot guy is out. So what does that mean? We need an efficient Josh Allen, not Super Josh. Houston gives up nothing over the top, everything is underneath. So that means establishing the running game, and hope to god Josh can play patient because that’s all that’s going to be available. It’s going to be dink and dunk with a couple of targetted shots downfield but if they try and play like they did against TB we will lose.

It’s pretty obvious to me the problem is our D-line when it comes to run defense. They are atrocious. Our DT’s get blown off the ball backwards on almost every play. Our slow undersized LBs are getting pummeled by Olineman. Bosa crashes inside on every single play, doesn’t matter. Groot can set the edge unless it’s against Mahomes in the playoffs. This isn’t changing. Our only hope is for Josh Alien Allen to be unleashed and get an early lead so teams get away from the run game. It’s that bad. I don’t think we have the defense to make it far at all int he playoffs. We’ve already seen Josh in God Mode during playoffs and the D lets him down. This defense sucks.

We have to find a happy medium between McClappy’s desire to have 15 plays drives and unleashing the Mustang. Josh is not a game manager. He’s at his best when he’s running, lowering his shoulder, and improvising. We need a little of both Josh playing within structure and going off script. Brady schemed guys open last week, hopefully he does the same this week and Josh actually takes the easy stuff then unloads with the Alien Power.

The defense is not playoff caliber Poyer needs to be replaced by Hancock Milano needs to be replaced by Shaq Bernard needs to get healthy, until then put in Williams Cam Lewis is playing better than Johnson White needs to be replaced by Max McDefense’s loyalty to old, aging, slow vets is going to crush us in the playoffs if we don’t get some younger and faster talent on the field.

The best part of this W is that Josh woke up halfway through the 3rd quarter and played lights out. Let’s hope it carries over. In the first 2.5 quarters, he was hesitant, double and triple clutching, had happy feet, indecisive and made horrible decisions, and his accuracy was ass except for the deep shot to Shavers. Just look at the 4th down play Ty Johnson was WIDE open for 20 yards and he forced it to Knox He was a completely different player starting halfway through the 3rd. Saw the field better, made better decisions, zipped in passes, and ran like the alien he is. Brady called a better game, guys were open all day, Josh wasn’t seeing them or taking them at first. If we have Alien Allen at the helm, we are still a force to be reckoned with.

Yikes