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33 minutes ago, Patrick Duffy said:
I think it's more than the elbow myself. I mean, don't get me wrong here....definitely would say the injury plays a part for sure. However I think it's something else also, possibly his confidence to a little drop and also Dorsey may have toned it down with some of the play calls during this time.
Reason why I say this is some of the passes from Josh (ex. 40 yd dart to Diggs where only Diggs could get it) where it seems to me the elbow isn't bothering him quite as much, which I'm extremely happy about.
I disagree. I think his elbow is a significant factor into his play lately. I would imagine he feels it with almost every throw and is very much aware that he’s one hit or tweaked throwing angle from a more significant injury. All causing him to think more and over compensate some of his throwing motions.
Its those end of the game, miracle throws that are the outlier because he knows he has to do it or lose. So he grits his teeth and lets it rip, so to speak.
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18 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:
Not to mention the 1 seed disparity will only grow over time, now that the 1 seed is the only team to get a bye.That to me is the true value of the #1 seed. You get a first round bye. Plenty of teams can win on the road, home field (outside of a few venues) isn't as advantageous as it used to be for a variety of reasons. But, being 2 wins away from the Super Bowl is much better than needing to win 3.
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6 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:
He also had a Monster game against Dallas on Thanksgiving in 2019...give my man some Turkey legs *****! He keeps getting robbed
And IMO this is why Madden was so good.. He watched the game, loved the game, and awarded the unsung heros that won the game. Now everyone just awards the QB and they get the praise regardless of what actually happens in a game.
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7 minutes ago, B-Large said:
I love it tho- so exciting when the stakes are high.
gotta TCB if you want to play for the ring.
get this feeling the Bills are about to go off, with their slump out of the way and some key bodies back on the field.
it’s go time.
The Bills have had a pretty brutal last few weeks - physically and mentally. During the Lions game, at one point late in the game, the sideline reporter even mentioned how the Bills’ bench looked tired (or deflated or quiet or something along that line). To me.. even in the Knox mic’d up video they all appeared to be “going through the motions” for a lot if it. They just seemed wore out (except Ed Oliver).
Having a full week to prepare and getting a few guys back this week is huge. They just need to find a way to win, without any more injuries. I feel like if they do that... it’ll be a huge, collective team sigh of relief. Kinda like the worst is behind them type feeing. They’ll have 10 days to rest, get healthier, practice. ..and be set up for a strong final push!
I think the Fins and Jets have benefitted a little from an easy schedule this year. They’re improved teams, but are they battle tested and ready for the final push like the Bills are? I don’t think so (as long as we get healthy for it).
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10 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
#69 at the end. 😆
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13 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:
True I don’t disagree with our approach to DE at least. Doesn’t excuse the AJ and Boogie picks but teams whiff. My point about valuing those picks as if they’re sacred and to get more of them is for teams looking to rebuild imo. For the “trade back” crowd.
Hoping that your 2 are Groot and Miller is fine. They have done a good job with D line depth. Everywhere else is not the depth we thought - I’ll remain open to Davis needing more time.
How can anyone say this? We’re currently 8-3 (better record than last year) and we’ve had to rely on our depth players all over the field since week 1. We’ve had day 1 starters miss multiple games at pretty much every position except QB and RB. I would say our roster depth has been tremendous.
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25 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
The lack of "stacks" in the scheme design to give Josh more single defender reads is sometbing I brought up 3 weeks ago. At the moment the passing concepts remind me a bit of the Greg Roman / Chris Palmer pass game design. It priortises giving each receiver "space" in which to work but it puts a greater emphasis on guys to win their 1v1 and Josh the find the guys that won as opposed to Daboll's design which had some of that but mixed it in with some clever designs to put a single DB in a bind and let Josh make a quick decision depending which way that defender jumps.
Look he is a first year OC so he deserves some time to figure this stuff out a bit but we are not as creative on offense right now as we have been and as I would want us to be.
I agree. Then offense lacks creativity and has predictable tendencies that opposing teams have figured out... hence more interceptions especially in the condensed spaced within the red zone.
I don’t understand why a playbook doesn’t stay with the team and we have to let a new OC reinvent the wheel.
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4 hours ago, Rubes said:
Hear me out...😁!
If Bass makes the XP, we go up by 4. Detroit now has to score a TD rather than a FG, so they're likely much more aggressive on their last drive. Do they score? Not sure, but the way the D was playing at that point, it sure seemed like it was coming. If Detroit scores the TD—if there is any time left at that point—then the Bills need a FG just to tie, and then it goes into OT to who knows what...
By missing the XP, Detroit plays it a little more safe and (for some reason) is satisfied with playing for the FG and OT, leaving us with juuuuuust enough time to break the tie.
Not saying Bass did that on purpose, of course, but the end result...?
😜
Pretty much said the same thing after the game.
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I get the feeling that posters here took an internet rumor, then worked themselves up in to a frenzy of circular agreeing with each other, while no one knows anything that’s actually happening at 1 Bills Drive. Maybe we just stop the rampant speculation and concrete conclusions about a player’s mindset, until such time that the player actually says something.
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22 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:
Jefferson was actually well covered most of the day. Almost every single one of his catches was contested, and some of them were just ridiculous individual plays on his part. Not sure about Cooper, since I didn't watch the game closely as I was traveling, but he was blanketed on the first touchdown catch and came up with a highlight reel grab. Seems as if our DBs can stay with these dudes, but they just aren't finishing plays right now.
A lot of the caches by Cleveland were the same... amazing individual plays by the QB or the WRs. It just amazes me how teams and players always seem to have career type games/plays against us and our WRs have trouble catching balls that hit them in the chest.
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1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:
Only 10. The last one was Kurt Warner in 1999.
More than I thought... but given the odds there... I’m still not sure I want Allen to win league MVP this year
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55 minutes ago, Logic said:
It would take an effort like what you describe for him to even re-enter the conversation at all.
Mahomes is the runaway favorite at the moment, with Tagovailoa having the second best odds and Josh in third.
Unless Josh turns his statistical production around quickly, he's not in the race at all.How many league MVPs have won a Super Bowl on the same year?
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14 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:
Let's not forget this week was a ***** storm... literally...did not rep...did not practice much. Tons of crap going on. 6 feet of snow.
Thank you. After 2 losses and then the week this team had and missing key starters; they took care of business and won the game. For the people criticizing this win, I genuinely wonder if they’re Bills fans. Because this was an awesome win after everything this team has been through. Let’s just hope they can grind out another one on Thursday.
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1 minute ago, chongli said:
So who's the guy to Josh's left in the first pic?
The OC. Ken Dorsey
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19 minutes ago, Success said:
What a mess. I guess they must have had their reasons for waiting - it doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, though.
It will be a relief to hear that they made it safely to Detroit. Here's hoping for the best.
Maybe they were thinking the players would want to make sure their families were all ok during the storm?
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Good lord is there ANY THING about this team we’re not criticizing this week!? I do wonder if some posters here actually like anything in the world.
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1 minute ago, Limeaid said:
Forfeit?
Could the Bills do that? Just say hey our players will on the field at kickoff. Make the Browns deal with getting their through the snow. Definitely would if this was Miami.
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4 minutes ago, Greg S said:
I guess they aren't wearing the all-white throwbacks at home this year. It also seems like the all-blue has replaced the blue over white as the primary home look.
Anyone ever consider that blue over blue is the owner’s favorite combo, and she’s recovering from health issues. So the team is wearing that combo in support of her. ?? Just a speculation.
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8 minutes ago, SCBills said:
He's never played a road playoff game.
Anybody acting like it's not a big deal if this team doesn't get the 1 seed (and especially if KC does) is just coping. It would be a complete regular season failure.
I get we have sustained a ton of injuries, but this team is built to get the 1 seed. The beauty of what Beane has built is in both it's high end players AND depth. Most teams have one or the other. That depth is supposed to carry us in the regular season, and then Allen, Diggs, Von etc take over in the Playoffs.
Considering that since the season opener we’ve had multiple starters miss each game, along multiple starters playing with fairly serious injuries; I’d say the depth on this team had been tremendously good. We’re 6-3. Yeah, should be better, but with all the injuries each week this is the type of season you see alot of teams 4-5 at this point.
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3 hours ago, newcam2012 said:
Agree. There is merit and validity going for it up 10 points. A TD and extra point makes it a 17 point game which is likely the game. However, a miss keeps the game at 10 points and would obviously give the Vikes the momentum.
My thought process in real time was take the 3 points. I was happy with making the Vikes score two TDs to win the game in our stadium. Imho, there is a huge difference between scoring a TD and a FG rather than two TDs.
In summary, both decisions I think can be supported relatively easy. In hindsight, it's always easy to make the better decision.
The safest and surest decision to secure a win is to get the FG at that time in the game. You now would force them to score 2 touchdowns and make both extra points (they missed one). If the other team does that you only need a FG to still win the game.
So, at that point, with limited possessions, you’re forcing them to score 2 touchdowns and keep you from getting 1 FG. In the first quarter, maybe 2nd, sure go for the TD. But late in the game extend your lead any way you can and force them to drive the whole field with each possession.
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1 hour ago, Nihilarian said:
Just saying,
First series for Buffalo in 2nd half...Singletary run, no gain. Josh Allen pass to Diggs for 18 yards. Singletary up mid for one yard. Allen Sacked, -13 yards. PUNT.
Second series, Singletary LG no gain, Singletary LG 5 yards. Penalty on Eagles 1st down. Pass, Diggs 11 yards, pass Knox 22 yards, Cook left end +8 yards. Pass, incomplete. run by Duke Johnson no gain. Penalty false start, FG.
Third series, pass incomplete, pass incomplete. Allen run, no gain, penalty on Brown holding. pass to Diggs 25 yards.
1st down. Singletary LG no gain. Allen Sacked -6. pass Davis 22 yards. 1st down
Pass incomplete. Run by Cook 7 yards. Pass Diggs 16 yards. Pass McKenzie 8 yards. pass incomplete, pass incomplete. pass interception.
Fourth series, pass complete no gain. penalty Diggs false start. pass incomplete, pass incomplete. PUNT.
Fifth series, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, FG. (against the team supposedly worst in the NFL in the red zone)
OT, Allen run +18, Allen run +20, pass Diggs +7, pass Diggs +7. Pass incomplete. pass interception.
Diggs 12 of 16 for 128 yards. Davis 6 of 9 for 93, 1 TD.
Mistakes by the offense. a bunch of incomplete passes. defense keying on Singletary. turnovers.
What this team is missing is that Cole Beasley slot WR first down maker. Why not more of Knox, Shakir, Hines? Just move the chains!
So much of the game on QB Josh Allen's shoulders...
So 5 runs in the 2nd half?
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3 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:
I’ve been saying the same thing. Everyone wants to blame McD or certain players. But I’ve watched Dorsey more than once completely abandon the run game despite it being effective in the first half once the second half starts. I’ve seen defenses adjust at halftime and Dorsey not. I’ve seen terrible play calling plague the second half.
it makes no sense. First 7 games of the season we dominated the 3rd quarter, best in the NFL in point differential. Suddenly now it’s like last year again where we can’t get anything going in the 3rd quarter.
Im not down on Dorsey, but I will say I’m disappointed in 4 areas right now:
1. Lack of adjustments in the 2nd half as we already discussed.
2. Consistently starting with Devin running well early in games and then completely abandons him, including giving other guys rush attempts or not running at all. I really thought he was going to more consistently involve the run game after how much our offense improved last year from the second half of the Bucs game to the end of playoffs once we got the run game consistently involved.
3. Lack of TE involvement in the pass game. We went from maybe seeing a lot of 2 TE sets to only sporadically using Knox in the passing game. With Dorsey’s history of playing with great TEs, I really expected him to use the position more as a weapon. Knox has been doing great when given chances and as a blocker, but without a threat from the slot right now, we need to involve Knox more in the pass game.
4. Lack of designed runs for Allen in specific situations. Daboll used WAY too many, Dorsey uses too few. There have been a number of times where a designed Allen run would have been a much better call than the play he chose. I don’t want to see Allen being used as a FB like Daboll did at times, but the vast majority of Allens rush yards this year are from him improvising. Which is a great thing, and how it really should be as that’s when he’s most dangerous. But at the same time, it’s like Dorsey forgets about how effective Allen can be a key situations with his legs and has taken that element out of the playbook. It’s like we over corrected in that department.
Quoted so its not buried. You nailed it. #2 and 3, in particular seem outrageous. Singletary, in my mind, is starting to feel like the Fred Jackson situation. We ha have a pretty good RB, he always picks up positive yards, rarely tackled for a loss; yet they are constantly looking for a replacement and/or abandon running with him all together. It makes no sense.
Josh’s QB sweep used to be deadly for yards, including touch downs inside the 15. But we’ve removed that play entirely from the playbook. Did Daboll have it patented and we can’t use it anymore? I agree, don’t call QB keepers regularly, but there is a time and place. But the coaches seem to have zero situational awareness for what is goin on in the game.
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54 minutes ago, John Gianelli said:
Why not roll out Josh? If he's sure he can gain a yard or two, let him run. If he thinks he'll get sacked, throw the ball away.
Precisely the right call, IMO.
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Just now, vincec said:
I don't know, those two goal line stands seemed like big plays at critical times. More like Allen blew it. Twice.
Exactly. But then they follow those plays up with complete fails... fumble for a td... 4th and 23. And on and on the woes go
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In other words, he’s not always right... except when talking down Bills, like you always do, then he’s absolutely right!
Dude just give it a rest. We all know you like to be the “voice if reason” and constantly remind us all that the Bills suck and you’re the only one that sees it. We get it. But do you have to piss your thoughts into every single thread?
just take the day off. You can come back tonight and tell us all the things that all the players did wrong while beating the Patsies.