RunTheBall

Good one. I was like WTF? Then realized it’s the first game we played this year haha

I agree with you, but I was responding to a poster who said we’d get in trouble with the league which is not accurate. McBeane are experts at revealing the least amount of information they need to about pretty much every aspect of the team, injuries especially. They want teams to scheme against Diggs likes he’s 100% which opens things up for other players. I’m sure most DCs can see what’s going on with Diggs and will scheme accordingly but McD isn’t going to give them any extra help/info if he can avoid it. Obviously I’m just speculating like everyone else. We’ve got a lot of history with Diggs though, so unless we think he all-of-a-sudden checked out, isn’t giving his all, or slammed into the Father Time wall in the Jax game, I think the combo of him being dinged up/Josh’s shoulder/Brady run game emphasis explains a lot of what we are seeing. I don’t think this is a behind-the-scenes Diggs vs Buffalo drama that is playing out. I think its the war of attrition that is the game of football along with a new OC emphasizing the run. I think Brady knows he needs Diggs to be more involved to make it to the playoffs and make a run when we are there. I expect to see it start Sunday

It’s multi-factorial but I’ll preface this with my opinion that Diggs is the ultimate competitor, a consummate professional who’s not afraid to display his emotions on a sleeve. That being said, if Diggs wasn’t dinged up, there is ZERO possibility that he’s taking himself out of the game as much as he has. There’s no chance we wouldn’t see the displays of frustration we’ve seen for years when he feels he’s good to go and isn’t getting utilized. I think Diggs knows he isn’t 100%, takes himself off when he feels another player would be better on the following play, and understands his production is down because he hasn’t been able to get the same separation he usually gets. Obviously Brady has schemed more into the running attack. Diggs is a willing blocker but if he’s dinged they aren’t going to use him for that which is why his snap counts have decreased as well. Also since the Giants game, Josh’s shoulder has been an issue. When’s the last time you saw him step into a throw and laser it over the middle on an intermediate crosser? (Seriously I can’t remember so if I’m wrong let me know). That’s Diggs’ bread and butter. Our passing game has been outside the numbers and Josh’s deep throws have been mostly inaccurate. The deep throws he does make tend to be arcing throws rather than laser beams. There are numerous examples where Diggs is open on the crosser and Josh takes the dump off. I’ve gotta believe it’s because Josh doesn’t trust his velocity right now. Despite all that, Diggs is still getting the same number of targets per game although much less further down the field. This Miami game is going to tell us a lot. I hope it’s not just the optimist in me but I thought Diggs was moving a little better in the Pats* game. I’m concerned Josh’s shoulder is going to be the limiting factor but I expect a BIG game from Diggs

No, it won’t be. You only have to report injuries if they miss game time or can’t practice full

Guys - watch the All-22 of the New England game. McGovern and Torrance SUCKED in pass pro, Morse wasn’t much better. Our interior O-line was getting blown up on the regular, it was absolutely ridiculous how bad our guards got destroyed by Pats* DTs I don’t think Josh has been as mechanically sound or reading the field as good as he has in the past. But against NE, he was pressured up the middle early and often and that will 100% affect the timing in your head as the game progresses.

Physicality - that’s how we beat the Lolphins again. We can talk about all the scheme all you want, but if every player legally knocks the sht out of them on both sides of the ball we will win comfortably. Miami is a weak, soft, finesse team like we used to be. I think it’s obvious we’ve toughened up. We can bully them for 4 quarters and demoralize them. This is a big game for Brady from a perspective of keeping the OC title long term. The 49ers and Ravens killed Miami by targeting their linebackers and utilizing the middle of the field. We haven’t been doing that at all, and this is the perfect opportunity to break our tendency to play outside the numbers and work the middle. James Cook needs to be utilized as a receiver in this game - Miami can’t handle pass catching running backs. There’s ZERO reason we shouldn’t exploit this. Diggs/Kincaid/Shakir should all have success over the middle with these LBs in zone or man. Who knows, maybe Knox will even show up if they pay too much attention to everyone else. I hope to see Diggs more involved and on the field more. I’d put him all over the formation, put him in motion so see who’s covering, and exploit the best matchup from that information. Diggs in the slot over the middle would be great to see. Less Sherfield, more Diggs/Kincaid/Davis/Shakir. Bench Murray, activate Playoff Lenny and use him to pound Miami. On defense, it’s all about pressure with 4 guys with the occasional 5 or 6 man pressure. Teams have not been blitzing Miami and having great success against their garbage O-line. If we can get consistent pressure with 4 Tua is going to get rattled like he always does. IDK what McD has done to limit Tyreek in the past 6 games we’ve played against him but keep it up. What we have to do is make Miami be methodical and not give up the big Tyreek TD that he can score on any down.

He does a fine job describing the usual course of recovery from an injury once he knows what the actually injury is. I find that helpful too. Unfortunately the Bills are very tight with medical information so he has to do a lot of speculation on the type of injury and that’s where he struggles because he’s not an orthopod. The result is a lot of speculation (Like Josh’s elbow injury last year) and a lot of “If it’s this, he will play next week. If it’s that, he’s out for the season. Let’s see if he practices”.

I’m an anesthesiologist with a couple thousand knee replacements under my belt. Most of these football players end up with arthritic knees. Now add a fracture that crosses the joint space at the top of the tibia and you are talking guaranteed arthritis. He will be fine to play and finish out his career, it’s soon after he retires that he will be getting that knee tuned up. Fortunately, we’ve come so far with knee replacements that they can be same day surgeries. At one place we’d do 5 a day by 4 pm. Kyle is a physical therapist, he’s not a physician btw. Listen to the difference between him and Chao who’s actually an orthopedic surgeon. Night and day. He’s very good at discussing likely rehab times once he knows the injury, because that’s his job. He is right that Milano will be able to play post injury. I get his schtick, I know Marino likes to have him on weekly, but I rarely hear useful information from him. It’s a lot of hedging “Well, he didn’t practice all week, but if does play Sunday it will be a limited snap count”. Wow, brilliant.

The fracture is at the top of the bone near the knee cap. Guaranteed knee replacement down the line with a guy in his profession

The Dallas ref crew was 9-0 for Dallas before we played them. They called a very clean game against us. I don’t worry about what ref crew there is, they all suck BTW, Tyreek in a boot on a Wednesday is not an insignificant thing. We’ve always done pretty well against him but if he’s hobbled even a little that’s a big advantage

I’d have no problem activating Von for this game over Jonathan. If we are relying on the 5th DE to win a game for us then we are done anyway. Let’s see if an extra week of rest makes any difference, but the key is to limit his snaps and not to have him out there in high leverage situations. If he shows a spark and makes a play or two, then keep him active for the playoffs assuming we win. If he’s his typical Non Miller self, then deactivate him for the rest of the season. I don’t think we cut him quick. They will give him next off season to get back into form and use training camp / pre season to evaluate. The money is just too much not to give him every chance to round back into form.

I hope that’s the problem because I’m concerned Josh isn’t reading the field as well. Maybe he is reading the field well but knows he doesn’t have the juice with the shoulder to hit those deep shots consistently.

What games did Josh throw an interception rolling to his right and throwing back over the middle? Serious question, he’s usually money on those and I don’t remember. The only one I can remember was a deep shot down the left sideline from the right that he threw on the run instead of stopping and planting. That wasn’t inside either.

I want to scrap this whole EP system. It’s too complex yet looks vanilla and is too hard for players to pick it up quickly. Why should it take a RB (Hines, Lenny) a half a season to get up to speed from a simple position. Imagine what the WRs have to absorb in order to even start to get on the field. I think a lot of our offensive problems stem from Josh and the WRs not being on the same page post snap. IDK if Brady is the guy to do it. If he has an offensive system of his own that is pass first yet still incorporates the running game, decreases the amount of post-snap processing Josh and the WRs need to do, and incorporates some basic effective plays like RB screens, slants, TE down the seams, I wouldn’t be against it.

Oh there’s a lot to digest with our Lord and Savior Josh Allen. Let me begin by saying I’d take him over any other QB including Mahomes. I’m not QB guru but I’ve been saying for a while now his mechanics are off. Sloppy footwork, often throwing off his back foot, rarely squaring up and stepping into a throw. I also think he’s a little dinged up but that’s secondary to his mechanics. So why are his mechanics off? I think he’s getting the yips a little behind this O-line. I know the grades say one thing, and the line is better than last year definitely. I still see too many free rushers and quick pressures. I see other QBs several times a game have all day to sit back, survey the field, pick their spot and sling it. Watch Lamar against the Lolphins, guy was making sandwiches behind the line then throwing to wide open guys. Josh isn’t the best QB but he’s the best leader of men, and when his arm is off he tries to make up for it with his running and sheer force of will. I love that. As for next year, I wouldn’t be against scrapping this entire EP offense and putting in something simpler with a new OC. I don’t think post snap processing is Josh’s strong suit and having an offense where the answers are a little more defined than having both receivers and Josh need to be on the same page with post snap reads and decisions. I think that’s why we see so many miscommunications with receivers and receivers running in the same area. The offense is too complex yet often looks vanilla, that’s a bad combo. Our receivers and backs shouldn’t need 6 months to get up to speed in order to play in our offense. Playoff Lenny was like WTF? This is the most complex offense he’s ever been in.

I think the issue a lot of posters have is they aren’t comfortable with the anxiety that comes with football in general and especially Bills football. They want to be comfortable going into a game, knowing we are going to blow a team out, and have the game be essentially over at half time Expectations - reality = disappointment That’s why when we squeak by a team that people feel we should destroy there’s this outpouring of anger, disappointment, anxiety about the next game, etc. You have to embrace the emotional roller coaster of any given Sunday because it’s true, any team can beat any team any Sunday. So with this Bills team, from early season I realized it was going to be be way up and way down. We have no idea what team is going to show up every week. The thing with this team is that you can usually tell within 1 or 2 drives if it’s going to be a nail biter or a comfortable win. Unfortunately, the last 2 games Josh has come right of the gate looking like ASS and I was like “here we go!” The guy we saw yesterday was Super High Josh, accuracy off, crap decision making, poor ball security, but he pulled it out again. Fortunately, the guy is a friggin warrior and he just keeps trying and more often than not he will win the game somehow or put us in a position to win and watch the defense give up a game winning drive. So, I think we are due for a good game. I think we are going to establish the run and beat the sht out of Miami and Josh is going to regain some form. I except him to have a designed run in the first drive to lower his shoulder and get his head into the game quick.

Good. Hope Tyreek pulls his vageen and is out as well. It’s essentially the playoffs, no one gives a sht about anyone’s injuries.

The reason I think we are going to spank Miami is I think we are going to bully them. Miami is soft, Buffalo is battle hardened. We’ve knocked a few teams around big time and I think we will do that to Miami. Wilkins is the only dude left on the D-line we need to gameplan for. Chubb is done for at least a year. As long as the ghost of Melvin Ingram doesn’t rear his ugly head and have another career day against us I think we run the ball down their blowholes and Josh finds his mojo.

I totally get your points, it’s not a logical argument on my part. I just think we are due for a good game and we are going to stomp Miami. I’ve got no good data to back that up haha

Josh’s mechanics have regressed this year. His footwork sucks, he throws off his back foot all the time, he’s not seeing the field and his accuracy blows. I love him. Ride or die. He’s also the reason we’ve won 10 games. It doesn’t help that his o-line is letting free rushers regularly, his receivers don’t separate, when they do they drop the ball, his #1 has been MIA for 5 weeks, and most importantly his OC had 2 good games and now can’t pull a game plan out of his ass. I have no idea what the plan is going forward. Become a run first team with Cook/Josh and play the short game? Go 5 wide and let Josh loose and start chucking it all over? Still think we crush Miami

I’m not saying it’s all on Brady either but teams have some film on him now and this is 2 weeks in a row the offense has looked disjointed. Sure, some of that is Josh playing like ass, recievers who can’t get open or drop the ball when they do. But still, except for the first 2 games of Brady’s tenure when have we seen guys schemed open like almost every other good team? Where’s cook in space? Where has Diggs gone the last 5 weeks?? He’s the invisible man. How can you have one of the best WRs in the league and have him disappear for almost half a season? That’s coaching malpractice. I say line up with Cook/Kincaid/Diggs/Davis/Shakir 80% of the time and run some up tempo stuff.

W! That’s all that matters. I don’t care what it looked like, we did what we had to do. I’ve been saying it for weeks but the shine is off Brady. His play calling has been ASS for 2 weeks in a row. It’s Dorsey-esque and I’m not sold on him for next year. I love Josh, we go where he goes, and he SUCKED today again. His mechanics have been declining all year long. He’s throwing off his back foot, not seeing the field well, and his accuracy has been garbage. It doesn’t help that our receivers get zero separation against man and Brady can’t scheme open a guy to save his life. BUT - we’ve got another week to figure it out and spank Miami. For the 15th week in a row I can’t understand how Smiley still has a job. Martin was great but overall special teams coverage and decision making on kick off returns was horrendous. Pure garbage and for the amount of money we spend on ST someone has to get the axe. Thank you McD for calling that TO and getting Brady’s head out of his ass on the 3rd and 1 shotgun Douglas was defensive MVP Murray should be benched, 2 drive killing mistakes. Defense was overall solid but got gashed with ANOTHER 50 yard screen. WTF?? We are on to Miami where I feel very confident we will stomp them and I’m never, ever confident.

Kincaid has been a nice addition. I think he’s underused and has more potential than our offense has allowed him to see. Have we thrown one seam pass the entire year to a TE? One? I can’t remember. He got dinged up and that along with Knox coming back is why his production has slipped. I think with a full offseason Brady will be able to implement him into the offense more. Brady knows talent - he’s the one that elevated Johnson right away so there’s no way he doesn’t understand what Kincaid is capable of.

Not on this board. The number of moralistic posters preaching from high horses from behind a keyboard while they’ve got their closets locked nice and tight is impressive. At least Ray Rice owned his horrendous actions and has tried to make amends post-NFL. Ray Lewis probably killed a guy and they built a statue to him.

Is this true? I thought he was subject to waivers. I’m not up to date on late season roster move implications.