Miyagi-Do Karate

“They never left. They never left.” —Dawson Knox

He is a diva!! He needs the ball more!!

Yeah, but that is a little misleading. When we run 12 and 13 personnel, the box is always going to be naturally stacked. I think there were three problems with our run game: 1) too much inside stuff. Where were all the outside pitches? We only ran that a few times, and it worked well when we did (and drew a penalty once). 2) the Miami LBs just did a nice job. I don’t know if it was run blitzing or just shooting the gaps, but they really did a good job at getting stops. 3) didn’t really commit to the run game and got off schedule too much.

Trubisky to Shavers!! Our next iteration of Kelly to Reed!!

that Houston game on a short week is not going to be pretty. The only way we win that is to just pound the ball, play field position, and try to grind out like a 16-13 type win.

this is a guy you let walk, and he will have a career bouncing around from team to team on 1-year deals.

I suspect last game it was Brady. This is me guessing— but I think they thought they could beat Miami’s corners with our receivers and so it was a good game to try to get our receivers going. Well, our receivers still stink, Miami’s corners outplayed them, and the bills just needed to go back to their bread and butter of heavy personnel and running. (They actually did later and it worked, but then we had the pick and fumble).

I wore my Allen jersey, exactly like last week. At halftime, I took it off, because of how poorly we had been playing. Obviously a stupid mistake. Josh knew I lost faith in him and the team, and they lost because of it.

this was what was infuriating. This team is meant to be in 12 and 13 personnel. Don’t fight it!

why do you think this is “FO neglect?” I think it is an intentional decision. I think they think this is the offense that is going to win in the playoffs. Ball control, physical, some timely Josh plays.

i thought our D was good most of the day. They got gassed late and gave up those big runs. Bigger issue was the O.

same here! I think those drought years are my football formative years (my 20s and 30s). I remember guys like Keith Ellison vividly too!

are you referring to Keith Ellison?! That’s quite the flash from the past comparison!

in the past, we had the players and the style on O where if we were inconsistent, we could cover over it with some big splash plays. Not anymore. We have to execute all the little stuff at a high level with the style of offense they now want to play.

Thinking about this more, the roster has sort of been built because of how defenses have been playing us for several years— stop all big plays. We are now built to pound the rock and win with ball control and defense. It’s actually a winning formula, but it depends on a high level of execution and patience. We can’t commit penalties, be behind the sticks, and commit turnovers. We have to be patient and innovative with the run game and using the RBs and TE’s in the passing game. Today, it was a mess because of the sloppy execution and game script.

that is a bit of a misleading stat if meant to suggest that he wasn’t under pressure. 3.53 seconds because he was back there dodging 20 tackles and scrambling for someone to get open.

an absolute bizarre move.

Bernard is possibly their worst defensive player. I am hoping it’s because he is playing through some injuries.

This team wins and loses together. Really need all three phases to click in order to play winning football.

Sort of a jeckyl and Hyde kind of team we have this year. Never know who is going to show up and who will lay an egg. All phases need to be on for us to win, and we have to always be “on schedule” on O. Tough to win that way.

Could you theoretically challenge that waddle actually touched Hairston and so he was down before the illegal block? Or would the illegal block still stand?

I would prefer just a pitch to cook, and see what happens. Better odds than what we scheme up usually.

Kind of bad luck there. Didn’t think Shakir saw Fitzpatrick, otherwise could have dove a little harder there.

the team isn’t built on offense for these quick comebacks.

Is this a joke?