RunTheBall
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16 minutes ago, scuba guy said:
Ouch
Good thing is that in did not compound through the skin. Infections would have been a problem.
Great sign to see he recovering and rehab
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
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2 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:
Awesome.
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
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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.
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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.
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3 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:
Defense seem to have figured out how to make Allen throw it into a turn over. he’s been baited 4 or 5 times this season on the smash hole shot as just one example. and the other being a robber safety jumping the route when he rolls right and throws back inside.the reluctance on the deep ball imo has more to do with not being able to hit it this season or seeing cover two high safeties.
it’s all off. Has been most of the season.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4 hours ago, newcam2012 said:
Good post. I'm not sure how you can feel confident about the Miami game?
Did you read your post? Nothing in it displays confidence.
Don't get me wrong the Bills can definitely win and hopefully they do. However, they can easily lose the road game as well.
I'm optimistic but very concerned the Bills might not make the playoffs. Pretty bummed that a loss could very well send them home. I was really hoping after today the Bills clinched a playoff birth.
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
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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
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1 minute ago, Fixxxer said:
I think we ran the ball well today, not enough for my liking, Josh was off and the receivers dindn't help him much until late inthe game.
The offense was not fluid but I can't say it's all on Brady, players killed a couple drives with drops or bad passes.
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.
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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.
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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.
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4 hours ago, Wayne Arnold said:
Interesting topic. When someone does something like Rice did, is it okay to forgive them? Are they allowed to be part of society and even recognized for past accomplishments?
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.
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1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:
He can't be claimed he becomes a free agent automagically.
And I think his 17 game checks are all fully guaranteed having been on the 53 in week 1..........so probably no financial reason to jump teams.
So could just be a weekend on the PS and then if there is an injury he gets back on the 53.
Is this true? I thought he was subject to waivers. I’m not up to date on late season roster move implications.
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4 hours ago, Scott7975 said:
Define success. To me success on first down, or any down, is staying ahead of the sticks. Making the next down manageable. Excluding the last drive where they obviously burned clock and the fumble drive, the Bills ran the ball on first down 13 times. The average first down carry was 4.4 yards. That to me is a success on first down.
I’m not a great stats guy, I tend to just go by what I think I see (and trust me I am often wrong) and use stats to confirm or deny my initial impressions.
Also, as a disclaimer, I absolutely LOVE running the ball, I mean look at my username. I was ecstatic with the Dallas game. But, I also think we are a pass first team because that’s where our greatest weapon operates mostly and having good balance is the key.
These stats are from Truemedia via Cover1. The Bills ran on first down 18 times which was 78% of the time, they threw on first down 5x. Yes, they average 4.1 ypc when running which isn’t bad. They threw 5 times on first down. The crap screen to Diggs to start, the TD to Gabe, the other big throw to Gabe, and 2 good gainers to Knox. The EPA for passing on first down was 1.66 which is ridiculously good. We average 0.91 which is 7th in the league. Given that success I’d have liked Brady to throw a bit more on first to be less predictable.
So, all I’m saying is that although I love running the ball, I thought Brady was a little predictable on first and second down. I’d have liked a more pass centric game plan but Josh was getting pressured quick and his accuracy didn’t seem to be great. Hey, the game plan worked even if it was another nail biter against a team we had a significant talent advantage over.
The bottom line is we won the game so this is all academic BS. I’m hoping he his game-plan against NE takes more advantage of their weaknesses which doesn’t mean not running the ball but having a more pass-centric plan that will open up the run.
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Diggs and Kincaid have both been banged up. It’s pretty obvious watching Diggs - he can’t separate anymore and every time he gets tapped he takes himself off the field.
Kincaid is a combo of getting hurt and Brady using more varied personel to help the run game. If Brady can continue to be game-plan specific in attacking a defenses weaknesses, I think this is potentially a good thing.
Pats* weakness is NOT defending the run, so we should see fewer runs out of heavy sets and more 11 personel or if in heavy, more throws out of it to Cook or Knox/Kincaid against LBs who are awful against the pass (although their safeties are good against TEs)
I’m a Brady fan but he must have a good game plan against NE. We have a bunch of banged up guys on O, and a QB who has been showing signs of inaccuracy the last few weeks. A solid game plan that gives Josh easy throws and schemes open receivers instead of relying just on their talent to separate (which is very lacking in our WRs minus Shakir) is essential.
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6 minutes ago, newcam2012 said:
Perhaps, but you don't know that Simon. You are making an assumption that's not substantiated.
He may come back stronger, healthier, and even more confident. He did beat the Bills in dramatic fashion. That has to count for something.
The Bills D better have a better game plan and execute well on Sunday. Jones should not beat the Bills again.
Isn’t he referring to Daquon and you are talking Mac?
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54 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:
Vs Chargers the plays were there ; Josh threw some very poor passes in that one. Should have been a much easier win. As for BB, everyone has been ready for those WR screens to Diggs. Every single opponent. The play hasn’t worked all year, don’t understand why it hasn’t been scrapped already.
I thought he stayed with the first down runs way too long. I think we threw on first only 5 times and had very good success.
The flow of this game was considerably more disjointed than his previous games. The only player on offense who got established was Gabe
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I don’t blame Beane for signing Von. It was a risk, worked in our favor for half a season then blew up in our faces. It happens.
I don’t blame Von for taking that contract. Who the hell wouldn’t??
I do blame McD for putting him out there as early as he did in the HOPE that he’d play himself into game shape and Old Von. I think McD is still holding out hope that he recovers enough to be an asset if we make the playoffs. I have my doubts.
I have yet to see Von double teamed. Not saying he hasn’t been, but in no way is he commanding anywhere close to the respect he used to. He’s been taking snaps away from better players (Epenesa, Lawson, even Johnathan) in the hope that he will round into form. That’s a bold move Cotton.
I think best case scenario is he gives us a little something in the playoffs and comes back to form next year since we can’t get out of his contract.
I don’t care about his domestic case unless we can use it to get out of his contract, which isn’t going to happen. I know that will offend the legion of White Knights we have on this board but the reality is we all knew about his previous run ins and I don’t remember a strong protest against signing him for that reason. No one was pounding the table against Von because he had a couple of domestic incidents in the past so stop the hypocrisy. I’d rather he wasn’t a douchebag but his SO is refusing to cooperate with the cops so she’s obviously not taking a stand.
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I think it’s really important we see from Brady a game-plan that attacks Pats* weaknesses. He’s still a new coordinator as much as some here are already concerned he’s going to get poached for a head coach gig (laughable). That game-plan against Chargers was Dorsey-esque. It’s one thing to stick to something that’s working like Dallas, it’s another to stick to something that’s not working like the Chargers.
Given that - Pats* defensive strength is the D-line and Barmore. Stopping the run and rushing the passer. Their weakness is horrible coverage LBs and a banged up garbage secondary. So no, we shouldn’t be trying to establish the run on first and second down. We should come out throwing over the middle to Kincaid, Cook, Shakir and Davis (deep). Belichek is going to take Diggs away early so don’t bother giving him those garbage forced screens early on. BB will be ready for them. Establish the pass to open up the run, but definitely throw to Cook in space this game.
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Come on guys, Mahomes is clearly a better QB than Josh. Josh is clearly a better leader and I’d rather have Josh as our QB 100%.
It’s kind of like Kelly/Marino. Marino was a better pure QB, Kelly was a better leader.
What we are seeing in Mahomes is a guy who has NEVER had to face adversity. His true character is starting to show and it’s not the polished, friendly, good dude the league PR team pushed for years. He’s emerging as a whiney, entitled, arrogant douche who thinks he deserves special treatment from the refs, fans, and league in general. Any doubt of this was eliminated with his response to losing to us and Reid’s response as well.
With that hideous wife, obnoxious brother, and his HOF TE more concerned with Yoko Swift than his diminishing production I’d be a little salty too.
Josh needs a ring and he’ll be elevated to that level in the national discourse, which I couldn’t care less about (the discourse, not the ring. We deserve a SB win).
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Milano discusses his injury for first time
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by RunTheBall
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.