RunTheBall

I don’t care what it looks like, just get the W. It’s a week to week league. How we look tomorrow has zero bearing on how we will look in the first quarter of the wild card game. The best chance we have of beating the Ravens, assuming we win our Wild Card game (which almost everyone on here seems to be overlooking), is at home. So just get the W. My only concern is the D-line. We’ve got a large body of evidence to suggest that more often than not, they aren’t good enough. They’ve shown the potential to have some great games, but we are going to need 4 in a row to win the SB and I don’t think that’s likely. I’ve been plenty wrong before though, so hopefully a switch gets turned on and they play above what they’ve shown so far.

I’m hoping we have some game specific defensive plans for each team. Yeah, our base nickle D is built to stop the Chiefs. We saw a little 3 lb stuff here and there but Glass Milano got hurt again so who knows if they’ve had time to install it to the point they’d use it in the playoffs against Ravens. Don’t overlook the Wild Card game. Everyone on here is talking Ravens and Chiefs when we’ve gotta win one/two to have chance at those matchups.

They are 2 totally different types of recievers. I didn’t want Worthy because we’ve already demonstrated we have no idea how to get gadget guys involved in the offense. If we drafted Worthy he’d be lucky to have 2 TDs. We can’t even get Curtis Samuel involved and that’s a guy we are paying 8 million to who has a complete route tree. I’m not shocked at all Worthy is doing well given that Reid is the best play caller in football and knows how to get the most of the talents of his offensive players. He’s a great compliment to KC now that Hopkins and Brown are out there. I don’t care about the trade, KC would have gotten him anyway, but so far Carter hasn’t shown much. Hopefully he will develop as he showed some potential before the injury but he’s playing like ass right now.

We have a significant lack of talent on the defensive side of the ball. It doesn’t matter what scheme you run when you don’t have the horses. Elite - Benford Good - Bernard, Williams, Groot Average - Rapp, Oliver, Epenesa, Milano, Von, Lewis, Jones, Ingram Below average - Hamlin, Douglas (this year), Phillips, Jefferson, Smoot, Anderson Ass - Spector, Carter Literally 4 out of 11 players on the D are above average. That’s not a recipe for success no matter what the scheme. The only way we win through the playoffs is if Josh goes off and we are playing with a lead, then our D can be more effective. Also, the success of the D becomes much more dependent on the play calling because Babitch needs to dial up run blitzes or pressure at the right times in order for us to get stops against good teams. The only improvement I’ve seen this year on D has been the adjustments, they’ve been at an elite level. If we can keep it close for the first 2 quarters McD/Babitch have been pretty quick at taking away what’s been working for opposing offenses.

Just get the W and lock up the 2 seed. That’s all that really matters. Yes, it looks like KC and Ravens are peaking now, but is that too soon? Who knows. Everyone mentions the Ravens bad losses but that was early in the season. They are clicking on all cylinders now. Hopefully Lamar turns into his usual playoff pumpkin. This was supposed to be a step back year and we will likely be the #2 seed. I think we’ve over achieved with the talent we have mainly due to Josh getting to another level mentally and our defense getting turnovers left and right. IDK if that’s a successful recipe for post season success. It can be, but it’s a feast or famine type of game plan. If our D-line shows up and plays just solid, I think we can beat anyone. If they don’t show up, then we are 100% reliant on Josh being Super Josh.

Hahah sorry meant Chargers

He’s not an anticipatory thrower. The majority of his yards are off script. If you keep him in the pocket he’s much less effective. That’s a big IF though. He’s very good at getting outside and then all hell breaks loose. He’s better than Josh outside the pocket.

My god do people here really think we are going to get to the Super Bowl going through Denver/Chicago (whoops meant Chargers)/Pittsburgh? I mean come on. You have to play tough teams in the playoffs. If we can’t beat the Ravens at home we aren’t a Super Bowl team. We will put 3 LBs and a contained rush against Lamar and see if he can beat us with this arm. If we can’t, we don’t deserve to advance. Our team has over achieved this year, I hope Allen can go Super Josh for 4 games because that’s what it’s going to take. I think the odds aren’t likely but maybe the D will play on unexpected good game in the playoffs.

I’m so sick of the MVP talk. It’s an irrelevant popularity contest. I almost hope Josh gets snubbed so he has that chip on the shoulder for the playoffs.

Ravens look good. I hope they are peaking too soon. IDK why Houston insists on stunting against Lamar, it’s giving him free access to the outside and he’s killing the Texans. The few times they did a straight contained rush they got a sack and a couple off throws.

CJ Stroud sucks at football. He was just WAY over hyped last year. As soon as teams got some tape on him he’s become and average QB. Guy plays like old Russel Wilson

He’s a gadget guy, I don’t think he’ll be a great deep threat, but Reid knows how to use the talents his guys have.

Idk what scheme works with undersized DTs, 2 average to above average DEs, and a bunch of stiffs backing up

Russel Wilson sucks at football Hello 2 seed

The scheme is fine, our D-line isn’t good enough. It’s been that way for years.

So if you look at the game film, there’s a couple things we’ve been talking about: 1) Spector is ASS 2) Williams played awesome. Best LB out there. Needs to be on the field 3) Bishop was ok but still making a few rookie mistakes that should improve with time 4) The passing game was off (obviously). Looked like Josh was looking deep all the time. There were check downs but he was very late getting to them if he even looked that way. More often than not he tried to make a zero window throw. 5) Smoot made a couple boneheaded plays that cost us big. If he just played better fundamentals a couple of those big plays don’t happen 6) Elam was not as bad I thought. Very tricky tack end zone PI. Still, he’s very handsy and you can’t get away with that anymore and that’s why McD will let him walk unless he has an epiphany next year 7) Jones played very well taking on doubles, Oliver was meh. Von looked good just needs to start finishing, he smoked that R tackle all game. 8 ) Drake Maye played very good especially for a rookie. We didn’t even try to confuse him though which is weird. He knew exactly what defense we were in most of the time when we lined up. I think Babitch thought he didn’t need to confuse him, just bring a lot of pressure, and Maye did pretty good against it

On the All-22 you can see Coleman absolutely smoked Gonzales and was open early. Josh didn’t even look his way until the 1 high safety, who had capped the routes to the right, had enough time to come back to the middle of the field. Keon had zero chance at that ball even if it wasn’t underthrown.

Glass Spector sucks. He popped his calf again, that’s why Williams was in more. I think they were probably trying to give Williams time to heal the elbow. Spector should never see the field again, I’d rather see Buffalo Joe. If Glass Milano doesn’t come back to form in the next 2 games we should start Williams in the playoffs. Babitch got schooled by Alex friggin Van Pelt and a bunch of nobodies. Drake Maye looked like a friggin veteran out there, absolutely disgusting.

It’s a W. Doesn’t matter how, just get it. Fire Spector into the sun. He should never see the field again. The Elam experiment is over. I was rooting for the kid but he will never get McD’s confidence. Just too handsy even though a couple calls were pure BS. How does Smiley still have a job? He’s gotta go in the offseason. Our special teams suuuuucks when it comes to coverage/penalties/and now fake punts. Burn those uniforms we look like old New England* I’m concerned our D-line just isn’t good enough to get past the divisional round. This was one of the worst O lines in football and they were blowing our D line off the ball most of the game. We had to blitz to get pressure and made a rookie QB look like a vet. That’s a problem. We are on to the NY JESTS

I hope we run up the score and throw a 50 burger on these douche bags. I haven’t forgotten 20 years of The Hoodie and Brady running up the score and laughing at us. I haven’t forgotten Gronk (whose entire family should not be allowed to say they are from Buffalo) dropping an elbow on Tre. I’ve lived in NE for 22 years and these front running bandwagon fans SUCK. There has been ZERO Pats* talk for the past 5 years. You wouldn’t know they exist that’s how fickle their fans are (yes there are a few true believers but they are few and far between). I figure I have 14 more years of hating this franchise before I’m willing to let bygones be bygones. I hope they move to Hartford (again). Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, this a game where the D should dominate. McD/Babitch should confuse the hell out of Drake. Their O-line is atrocious. We need to stop the run, get pressure, and disguise the back end. That should ensure an easy W and as I said, I’d run up the score and then put Mitch in to hand off. I’d like to see Elam get another run at staring corner. I’d also like to see more 3 LB sets because they are going to try and run the ball and I’d like us to get a bit more experience doing that in time for the playoffs. I’d usually say this is a division game and they are all tough but there is no way this should be a game. Our talent is light years ahead of theirs. Stay away from Gonsalez, double Barmore (edit: just saw he’s out, thats good), run the ball and exploit their weak LBs and secondary.

I’ve been critical of Josh’s deep ball for the past year. Something has changed in the last few games and he’s dropping dimes left and right. It’s obvious he’s putting a little more arc on the ball which has helped his accuracy, even on short and intermediate throws. Josh Allen with an accurate deep ball is an unstoppable machine. His touch passes over the shoulder to TE’s and RB’s, his deep sideline shot to Keon, pure poetry. Josh is just entering his prime now that his head has caught up with the howitzer attached to his shoulder and his legs. Enjoy every Sunday for as long as it lasts because you’ll likely never see this in Buffalo again.

Ed Oliver really showed up to play. It's about time and I hope he can carry a level of consistency into the post season. We need our D-line to not sht the bed like previous playoff losses. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I don't care if Baylon Specter ever sees the field again. That guy sucks and doesn't know where to be on the field. I think they put a hurt Dorian Williams back in the field because Spector was so bad.

What a W. Joshua F’n Allen is the best player in football bar none. What a treat to watch him play every week. I thought a L was likely. How wrong was I. We went into the home of the best team in football, down 3 starters on D at the start, and won. That’s all that matters. Style points don’t count. We had control from the first series and never let up. Enjoy the W. We will get healthier on D. We are on to New England*

Most important thing is to not leave any ACL’s or Achilles tendons on that horrific Ford Field turf

This Lions game will tell us a lot about our D and the D-line especially. They have a dominant O-line and 2 great RBs. I don’t need a dominant shut down performance. I need them to slow down Detroit’s running game enough to allow our offense to stay on script and have close to equal time of possession. If we can do that, I’ll be more optimistic going into to the playoffs. Playing the Jets and the Pats* isn’t going to tell us much. I wouldn’t be surprised if we dropped one of those as well if our playoff seeding is essentially set and we rest guys at the end.