RunTheBall

Toradol isn’t strong enough to mask the pain of a torn ACL. Woods is a tough SOB. I’m surprised he was still able to run from a stability standpoint. Might be a partial tear but the treatment is the same.

How can you not be worried about the running game? It’s absolutely abysmal and the lack of it is why we can’t get teams out of the cover-2 shell. We can’t even run against light boxes. If this team can’t run the ball effectively without counting on JA to do the bulk of it, we aren’t going far in the playoffs.

I’m a 20 year DirecTV subscriber. The minute Sunday Ticket is available on another service is the minute I’m gone.

I think the first 2 offensive drives are going to go a long way in determining our offensive success or not. If the Jets are able to blow up Josh with a free rusher or turnstile guard doing the o-lay! As a DT blows by him right out of the gate, we are in trouble. I think Josh is at a precarious position right now and if his trust in this line isn’t gone yet it’s hanging by a thread. If he gets hassled consistently during that first drive his clock is going to be ticking real fast and we will see similar issues as last week. I don’t care if we have to max protect, get Josh into a rhythm with easy throws right off the bat. Knowing Daboll, he will probably open up with 4 deep wr’s on 5 second patterns. Yeah I’m still pissed at this O-line

It’s very simple. If we can’t run the ball effectively (that doesn’t mean 50% of the time), we will not be going to the Super Bowl. We may not even win the division because right now the friggin Pats* (god I hate them) have a team that is playing the type of game that gives us trouble. I don’t care if it’s scheme, personnel, coaching or whatever. We’ve got a month and a half to figure it out to make a run. Next year there needs to be wholesale changes. I’m sick of this “finesse” BS line that get’s their asses kicked constantly. They are SOFT. We need some large angry men and a scheme that allows them to bury people in the run game.

We will be lucky to win the division. NE looks like they could hammer us easily. This team is SOFT. The O-line is a complete disaster and there’s nothing we can do to improve it this year. The lack of any running game besides Josh running for his life is going to hurt this team badly. I honestly don’t think they are making the AFC Championship game. I hope we make the playoffs. This isn’t doom and gloom after one bad loss, it’s looking at the offense as a whole and I don’t think you can win without the threat of the run. Cody Ford should never see the field again. Beane is to blame for the disaster of O-line and no attempt to bolster it at the trade deadline.

I hear what you are saying. I just have no faith in Tannehill. He's going to have to shoulder the load and it will be interesting to see if he can. I think he's going to crumble. The only positive for him is their weak schedule.

Then you don't really understand their offensive strategy. It starts and ends with Henry, not Tannehill. Everything they do on O is predicated with the threat of Henry (not just any RB) and it dictates defensive strategies and groupings that they can game plan to exploit. That's completely gone now and they can try and replicate it with another RB but it won't be half as effective because Henry demands that much attention. Time will tell.

Titans are done if this is true. Near equivalent to us losing Allen as their entire O runs through Henry. No need to stack the box, double Jones and Tannehill will do Tannehill things.

So many fans have forgotten our history. All that matters is we got the W. Style points don’t matter. The game is week to week and we overcame a horrendous first half on offense to come out in the second half and dominate. You can’t expect every time we play the Dolphins we are going to put up 35 points and blow them out. Crappy Bills teams used to play NE tight for a half and guess what, they’d come out in the second half and put us away. Good teams find a way to win against lesser opponents and this team is good. Do we have things to work on? Absolutely. O-line was horrendous in the first half and our lack of a running game is going to cost us in the playoffs if we don’t figure out a way to at least make opponents respect it. The bottom line is we have a franchise QB who can take a game over and put the team on his back when needed. The key is not to need him to do that too often.

I totally agree with you about NE not being a walk in the park. There are way too many posters on here thinking we are just going to to walk to a 14-3 record and trying to figure out tie breaker scenarios in friggin week 6. There are 11 more games to play and our Bills are just as likely to lay an egg against an inferior team as the Titans are. It’s any given Sunday and I’m kind of shocked at the hubris displayed. I fully expect us to make the playoffs but trying to predict where we are going to end up based on our schedule and say the Titans schedule is ridiculous. Gotta play the games, 1 game at a time.

Why? Because he benched a crap QB who was missing wide open guys? Sam has declared himself, he’s a backup QB at best. It wasn’t just Gase and the Jests although they certainly didn’t do him any favors. I don’t follow the Panthers that closely so unless you are a relative of Sam’s what’s the deal with Ruhle? Honest question.

There’s a big difference between how you feel on the inside and how you treat opposing fans. I’m nothing but respectful to opposing fans and living in NE I never bad mouth the Pats* except for some good natured ribbing on the bandwagon fans. I think the Bills fans who sht talk on opposing fan boards are idiots and make us look like crap. On the inside is a whole different story. I LOVE hating the Pats*, Miami, Jets, Chiefs, and Titans. If they don’t get blown out by 50 I hope they lose just like NE did last night. I LOVED seeing Jones get destroyed on a clean hit. I loved them losing on a last second field goal. Maybe if they suck for 20 years I might feel differently but I wish nothing but decades of suckitude on the Pats* and their bandwagon fans. Remember they were almost the Hartford Patriots not long ago, that’s how pathetic that fan base is.

Yeah we will definitely throw out 61 years of tradition because some guy doesn’t understand the branding. I’m in.

He’s signed through the 2022 season with the 5th year option so he won’t be testing the waters. This will get done sooner rather than later and I’d say the latest will be this summer before the season starts. I really think it’s a matter of Beane figuring out the structure and how to keep it as team friendly as possible because Edmunds is going to get paid big.

This has already been decided. McBeane love Edmunds. His will be the next contract extended and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it comes soon, just depends on salary cap ramifications on when it occurs.

Oh look, another nickname thread

Holy crap some people just look for things to worry about. First of all, we have no idea if Beas has any issues whatsoever with his role. It’s all a bunch of speculation and over interpretation of brief views of him on the sidelines on TV. What a bunch of over dramatic projection. He’s not being phased out, he will be a significant factor going forward. This was game plan specific. I bet KC spent a lot of time gameplanning on how to take him out of the game and Daboll surprised them with the RBs and Knox taking those targets. As for deleting his twitter, I think that’s easy. McD brought him into the office and had a chat. I’m sure he didn’t tell him to delete it. I bet Bease came to his own conclusion after they talked. That’s great f’in coaching. Keep it in house and keep the team on the same page. Please stop trying to manufacture controversy when there is none. Yeah he opened his yapper and said some stupid stuff about the fans. Make a few clutch first downs and all is forgiven.

I just thought it was interesting that we were able to get into his head and make him that uncomfortable without really hitting him. That’s a testament to our D line pushing the pocket closed while keeping rush lanes contained as others have said.

If this belongs in another thread please merge. Obviously Mahomes is still one of the best QBs in the league but has anyone else noticed how quick he gets happy feet? It’s not just this game. I’ve watched a fair amount of KC games on the Sunday ticket and Mahomes has not been as effortlessly effective so far this season as in seasons past. He’s not even getting hit that often but just pressuring him a bit seems to throw his game off more this season than in the past. I don’t think he’s always been the most mechanically sound QB, he’s just got such an arm like Josh that he’s gotten away with it. It seems right now if Kelce isn’t wide open or Hill isn’t streaking behind the D he’s a little panicky and starts skipping passes or throwing off his back foot. Any QB including Josh will play worse when pressured and frustrated , just wondering if anyone else thinks he’s getting a little jumpy back there. Don’t get me started on his complaining to the refs and looking for a flag on every single play. He’s getting Brady-esque in that regard.

What a win. We beat the hell out of them physically, this D is getting better. Tremaine haters are getting nervous he might be making the next step just like Knox. I was pretty confident from our first drive when Josh looked calm and in control. What an absolute beat down of a team and obnoxious fan base. Props to McD for having this team in the right head space mentally from the get go after all the hype and lead up. A few posters on this board need to STFU with the constant negativity and enjoy the ride. Go Bills!

You care too much about what the national media think. You are seriously putting conditions on going into Arrowhead and getting a W against last years AFC Champs? The whole reason we have a more balanced team is so Josh doesn’t have to be all world every game. I think it’s ridiculous that if we pull out a win and Josh doesn’t meet your definition of not playing “meh” that this would somehow diminish the W. Sure, I hope he plays lights out and throws for 5 TDs but I care much more about getting a W by any means necessary. I couldn’t care less what Nick Wright or any other talking head/blogger/internet film jockey thinks of our team. Just win baby.

Bease isn't going anywhere. McD will pull him in the office and they will hash it out. The media will play it up to the hilt all week long. Anyone who thinks he's easily replaceable or not integral to this offense doesn't really understand our offense. He may not have had the stats this weekend but he was constantly bracketed leaving other guys 1 on 1. That's why our O is so deadly, you can take 1 or 2 pieces away and there are 3 more left who can hurt you.

The amount of effort some fans on this board put in to making up crap to worry about is astounding. No one was booing Beasley. There's only one football. Every player can't be featured every game. There are going to be games were skill players don't put up stats and IT'S OK. They don't suck, they aren't regressing. My God to have so many weapons to chose from is a luxury and a benefit to this team.

I’m not a film guru but even I can see that 1) Cody Ford SUCKED in that game. I have no idea why Morse wasn’t giving him more help since Payne was consistently using Ford as a turnstile. 2) I don’t think JA drifts unintentionally. It looks to me like he’s maintaining or improving his throwing lanes if he’s not avoiding immediate pressure due to Ford SUCKING.