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No problem buddy! That's awesome you were at the game. How was the atmosphere, pretty crazy I would assume?

So if bass misses the 61 yard field goal and the bills lose in regulation or overtime, then it's only appropriate to talk about it?🤦‍♂️ Agreed. He was almost flawless. I watch a ton of Miami games and I think this was his best game as a coach calling plays

Yep you're right it was Taron Johnson who did say that

Ya I agree. The first half game script definitely went in Miamis favour. In credit to them though, they were down 7 in the 4th quarter multiple times and continued to stay patient with the run

Im not sure how the bills offence and winning the game has any relevance to this topic. Clearly the bills run defence struggled yesterday and there was a long thread yesterday on what happened to the defence. So just sharing it for anyone who wanted a breakdown.

https://youtu.be/EPkedRDUGgI?si=RZxz3m4BYhHINKKG Main Summary/Observations if you don't want to watch the video -Dolphins had 31 rushing attempts for 159 yard- On 18 of those runs, Bills played light boxes and gave up 108 yards on those plays -Said Mcdaniel was very creative with motion and creating leverage on a lot of the runs -Said they were picking on Taron a lot in the run game and it seemed to me they were attacking him with Ingold a lot of the time My own thoughts from seeing that: -D line wasn't good, but as a lot of us know this was more scheme related into why the Bills couldn't stop the run yesterday -Miami was in 21 personnel a lot with Ingold, meanwhile Bills only had 6 guys in the box, or 7 with Taron. That right there^ is a massive advtantage for Miami, and it seemed like Mcdermott/Babich were betting on Mcdaniel getting away from the run, but he never did and remained patient all game long.

True, that was probably another dropped TD there as cook most likely would have scored on that play

It's crazy to me that some people are saying Josh played a bad, or even "just" a good game . If it wasn't for Coleman popping up an INT that would have been a TD, and the lamest hold call on Torrence I've ever seen, Josh has 5 touchdowns with 0 INTs lol. He was amazing once again yesterday

I mean, we are both right. The gap integrity was bad and to your point the bills d line sucked. But to my point, when you're in nickel with 6-7 man boxes all game and Miami loves to play 21 personnel with Ingold, you're automatically at a major disadvantage when it comes to stopping the run

I'm not denying the execution was crap and plays weren't there to be made as you can say that about every single game But when you sit back in 2 deep safety all game, what do you think is gonna happen? Miami is gonna run it down their throats and control the game Which is what happened and Taron Johnson even said they were basically conceding the run

Making adjustments against bad offences like Tennessee or Houston without Nico Collins/ Mixon is different than against good offences like Miami and Baltimore though If you're just gonna sit back and play cover 2 all game long which they have, they'll continue to get thrashed against good QBs

Except for Nathan Peterman..

I think you're spot on here. We are hyper focused on Josh as we are bills fans. But every single great QB has a few bad throws every game

I think they did get charged for it.- but interesting you bring that up as I saw some dolphin fans complaining of the same thing that that should have been their 2nd timeout I think that was the 1st half though when Josh used one, but could be wrong

And a 5th one being wiped out by Coleman dropping a easy TD lol

Ya I think this was the game McDaniel finally learned from his past mistakes against McDermott . Kind of reminds of that 2021 patriots game in New England when belichick dared Josh to be patient all game long, and he was and Just torched them. It seemed like McDermott /Babich kept the same game plan for the most part and were betting on McDaniel being impatient at some point, but this time he was patient and just took what was there all game long

You wouldn't have tried to mix in more run blitzes on 1st down? For the most part I'm good with keeping everything in front of you against Miami. But I would have guessed run on some 1st downs and try to get them behind the sticks, especially after the 1st half when Miami showed they were committed to running

Yep. I would rather play aggressive and give up a 50 yard TD opposed to getting gashed for 8 yard runs all game long that keeps Josh on the sideline

Ya that's exactly it. I just wish the bills were a little more aggressive on 1st down with their run blitzes as it was so obvious Miami was gonna run

That challenge was bizarre. What's the point of hiring John parry if he's gonna give McDermott the green light to challenge that

Ya sorry I meant on 1st downs- like on obvious run downs they should mix in more run blitzes to get them in 2nd and longs Hard to play defence when it's 2nd and 3 every time

They dared Miami to run/do short passes and execute long drives all game long. And Miami did. They need to mix in more run blitzes and pressures, because in my opinion it's way too passive and predictable

Agreed. Tua is a pretty damn good QB Does he have flaws? Yes. Is he a top 7 QB? No. But they are literally the worst offence in the league without him and with him they are top 10

Haha let's be honest, Josh is the one who owns Miami. McDermott has had some good game plans to slow down Miami's offence I'll give him that , but not today as McDaniel schooled him. Got bailed out by Josh and Bass

Hahah exactly what I said in the pre game thread. Harlin is noticeably a dolphins fan