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45 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:
Tee Higgins ran a 4.59
Yet everyone wanted to trade multiple picks and give him a fat contract.
Keenan Allen ran a 4.71 at the combine. What a disaster if Coleman becomes the wildly reliable go to wideout that Ground Sloth Keenan Allen has been over his career.
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Coy Wire with healthy ligaments?
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31 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
Cute. Where is your thread on the people who wanted Josh Rosen over Josh Allen? Why didn't you mention the board meltdown when we drafted Bernard? How about all the guys who mocked the Milano pick? How about the people who wanted to cut Spencer Brown last year? Or the majority of the board who argued with me all last offseason that Shakir can't catch?
There are about a 1000 busts or bad takes this board BEGGED for and threw tantrums we they didn't get their way. So no offense, but your reply here is a joke. There are no NFL level scouts or GM's on this board and they are wrong a LOT more than they are right around here.
Add to this something you alluded to earlier in this string- coaches like McVay and Shanahan have proven with contemporary rules that you can scheme guys open in today’s NFL and make guys like Cooper Kupp dominant. I’m expecting Joe Brady and Josh Allen to turn Coleman into a dangerous and productive WR as early as this coming season.
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3 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
Take himself off the field more than anybody?
He played 82% of the snaps.. which is certainly not always taking yourself off the field... And had a back injury that landed him on the injury report
No back injury clears up in a week or two
So he certainly was hobbled which is why he probably would take himself out
But he did play 82% of snaps on The year
Tyreek Hill played like 68% for comparison
With your Dolphins straw man reply noted, I'll get back to what was actually said. On the Bills there are players schemed/formationed off the field all the time. It's pretty easy to tell the 2nd tier guys acquesing to calls by running off the field , often showing disappoint they aren't in the next play. Diggs leaves the field when he wants to. It's been absolutely clear this past year he takes a blow when he's losing interest. I have no idea the coaching and team strategies in Miami, but almost to a man you can't keep our guys on the bench if they are schemed in. Not the same for Prince Stefon. You can argue the team has some fault keeping him in most play sets but he is getting paid more than the rest of the receiving corps and with that comes the expectation of having the biggest role. For my money Diggs has always had ideas about how offenses he's in should be run, but his ideas are wholly egocentric. Hard worker with a hard head. One of his teammates in Minnesota said before he came to us- "the last guy on our team I would let my sister date is Diggs". The people who work with him most closely seem to get it.
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1 hour ago, MJS said:
Sure it is. You don't know what plays you will have an impact and what plays you won't. That's why you give it your best every play. Diggs showed terrible motivation on that play, regardless of the outcome. He should be trying even if he knows he will have no impact.
100% and it's even more true for the player who takes himself off the field more than anyone else on his team! He had become the guy interested only in plays where the ball was 1. Going in the air and 2. Designed to go to him. He's a team player as long as it's Team Diggs! Brady invites more QB options on pass plays than Prince Stefon liked- good luck in Houston where you're already 3rd in line at the feeding trough!
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1 hour ago, Nihilarian said:
I think we have seen enough in the last half of the 2023 season along with the two playoff games. "IF" Buffalo had an established #1 WR in the playoffs that would perform like a #1 or even a #2 they should have won that Chiefs game. Diggs has gone invisible in the playoffs the last four years, with few yards, and no TDs.
Joe Brady is the guy I've been hoping for at OC with what he did with the Bills run game against Dallas and against the Chiefs in the playoffs. It was like watching the 1990 SB all over again only this time with Buffalo playing to keep the ball away from Mahomes. A thing of beauty that almost worked what with half the Buffalo defense on crutches.
Diggs was still the leading receiver in the second half of last season and yet he didn't do nearly enough with the ball to garner a #1 WR status.
I think the team will be fine with Shakir, Kincade, and Knox along with the new faces.
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Diggs is a former #1 with the game moving past his skill set at a rate similar to his diminishing talents. Can he juke single coverage occasionally and dive to the turf to avoid a hit? Absolutely. Can he burn a defense that’s giving extra attention to him? Not since year 2 in Buff. #1 receivers get wins even when doubled. Diggs disappears when doubled. Houston should check with the league to see if they can give him #1C instead of his ego driven jersey choice. I’m with you- our biggest crybaby didn’t like the new OC system of throwing to open guys- he is in for a big surprise in his second tantrum recovery spot. We should start a poll of whether he ever signs another contract after 2024 when he gets fully exposed for what he’s become.
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50 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:
I thought Poyer got trucked more than established physical play in the last 2 years. He struggled when confronted directly or straight on. His best games as a pro in the last 2 years where when he had some better angles and solid coverage. At his best, he was a physical hybrid type safety that was highly balanced and had a knack for generating turnovers ....but not as physical as a quality true old school strong.
There's the other side of this- the old school safeties are now playing LB while today's old school LBs are playing edge. My first reaction is this is a hire to help their QB. I doubt any player in the league has prepped more games for Tua than JP, and we have given Tua plenty of problems. For a few million they have a guy who is skilled in defending the Miami O who can help him out. Jordan played with heart and sacrifice. He was a great pickup when he came in for us. I'll miss his play but it has diminished. If this works for Miami though you're right that it isn't likely to be because he's helped them on the field Sundays.
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15 minutes ago, Simon said:
As the de facto janitor, I was really not looking forward to breaking out the mop after having the season end in such a brutal fashion.
Behind the scenes contributors like yourself have always been and remain the strength of the Bills fanbase. The time you would have otherwise committed to your family or other interests is not lost on the many who help keep the decks of our flotilla safe for the rest.
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10 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:
Klein. Dorian. They are going to be attacked either running at them or in coverage.
Yeah, Klein was a perfect call up for the running attack Pitt was likely to and did run. But he is a North South LB who can help with straight blitz rushes against stationary QBs. None of that is happening this Sunday.
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1 hour ago, Simon said:
I don't see it as cut and dry either way, just that there is room for debate.
Looking at it again I can see that Kincaid is shallow enough that the LB might have been able to get to him before he makes the marker. I'm seeing a good play call on a pass that is among Josh's better short throws, full development of the screen/rub and I have to believe Brady was thinking as it unfolded "throw the ball Josh THROW THE BALL JOSH". Josh obviously thought different.
3 hours ago, Shaw66 said:I've thought about this before, and I don't thing you guys are right about this. Players do what they're coached to do and don't make decisions on the field based on their contracts.
Additionally this was the DBs sole INT of the season. It's not an incentive issue but instead just bad football.
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4 hours ago, dave mcbride said:
If you watch the Warner video, the first option was Kincaid, and he was wide open for the first. It was an easy play and schemed perfectly. Josh saw that he had Diggs outside, though, and got greedy.
Yeah, Shakir has Kincaid's defender screened out. Perfect play setup, execution is working perfectly. First down with almost any kind of throw and a catch. That began the frustration with the play in real time- Josh blows the first down and then makes a bad throw under duress, then the defender does something stupid. I don't know if it was Collinsworth who said "It's as good as a punt" and then the other reiterated that. All I could think was how dumb it all was- then all week I turn on game reviews and they are saying the same- stupid- thing. I'm not one of the "hate Collinsworth" flagbearers but I do understand how he's easy to tune out. Unlike Romo who had to be told (after he started getting a body of broadcast work product out there) to dummy it down, no one ever had to ask Collinsworth.
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24 minutes ago, Doc said:
How many times has it happened?We were on the Dolphins 35 on the 4th down play, defending the end zone behind us. The end zone in front of us was the Dolphins end zone. Shakir took a pass on our end of the field into Dolphins territory on the second play of the drive. You're getting the Bills 35 and the Dolphins 35 reversed.
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34 minutes ago, Doc said:
You don't punt from your own 35-yard line.
Happens every week of the season. Punting from the opponents 35 is going to be a rare situational choice.
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55 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:
I was actually a lot more critical of Miami on the two EZ INTs. They cost themselves 17 yards on the one they returned the to 3 and 15 yards by actually intercepting the ball on 4th down rather than knocking it down. They got that one on the 20 instead of the 35. That’s 42 yards on those two mistakes. As for Allen heaving one on 4th down. Why wouldn’t he? He can’t throw it away, take a sack or run it (okay MAYBE HE CAN RUN IT). He pretty much had to throw it somewhere.
It’s fair to question the coaching, the QB play and/or the decision to intercept either pass. My criticism is really with the 4th and 2 game call about it being “as good as a punt” and the continuing use of that phrase in recaps and discussion. It wasn’t as good as a punt. Of course there were possibilities that could have resulted in better outcomes than a punt but they did not happen. A forced throw on 4th and 2 against your inertia bailed out by a defensive error is just two (or 3) errors that don’t add up to a positive.
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We’ve now heard it said many times that a 4th down play with a throw and pick in the end zone is “just like a punt”. This contradicts every coach who has taught his DBs to situationally knock the ball to the ground on 4th if there’s no clear lane to return past the 20. Just this past Sunday Allen throws a 4th down pick to DaShon Elliot in the EZ. For sake of example I’d use another division team- if Elliot had cost a Belichick team 15 yards with a blunder like that he’d probably be sitting for the rest of the game. The reality is you can’t count on the other side to be stupid. A punt in the same situation could easily yield an inside the 10 yard line starting point versus the 20 the Fish got on this play- a play they could have had the ball at the 35 if Elliot played it right.
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36 minutes ago, Rockinon said:
I think Brady is able to see the big picture better than Dorsey. Dorsey I believe, could draw up great plays but just didn't have a feel for the game. There are many great plays that look great on paper but if you can't think about what needs to be done to fool the defense your toast. In fact, I think this is Brady's bread and butter. He just seems to know what play to call and when.
To Brady's credit the timing of his promotion (for him) was awful, taking over an early season fave reeling and looking like they had already played their way out of the post-season. He has gotten past that gauntlet to now face a FAR bigger test in the playoffs, where better defenses and better defensive coaching is the bane of pretenders. Dorsey was so awful at situational football that Brady has a chance to take the product he was given and improve after the few games he now has under his belt, but the odds are not in his favor. We are entering the "second season" of the NFL when the best in the business exacerbate even smaller flaws in opponent strategy. The one thing it's safe to say about Brady is that we are in better hands than we were with Dorsey. It will be much to his credit to see our O start playing up to their potential right now since he's already been able to reel in the slide Dorsey dragged us into.
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55 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I don't expect Leslie to get hired as a HC this cycle. If he is willing to be a DC again next year he will get a job at that level. But there are almost always guys less capable than Leslie hired as Head Coaches. Brandon Staley was one of them. Chargers gonna Charger.
As long as the top answer to "How do you keep Ed Oliver under 5 sacks a year" is having Leslie Frazier coach his D, the challenges for Leslie would seem far too steep for even boneheads like the Spanos family to seriously consider hiring him.
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23 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
I just mean that the QB will have better chemistry with receivers that he has been throwing to all year. Obviously its not a plus for them as far as winning the game or anything.
I always think of Allen as one of the hugely underrated players in the league. You're right Stick will know his B team guys well, I would just imagine having one of the surest handed guys in the game out there for my first start would be attractive if I were in his cleats?
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2 hours ago, Scott7975 said:
It's good for us, but not necessarily bad for him. Dude was a backup so most of his reps were probably taken with the lower chart receivers. He probably has better chemistry with them.
There is no universe in which the Chargers replacing Keenan Allen with anyone else on their roster is a plus for them.
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2 hours ago, PaattMaann said:
Physicality? Like when he gets muscled all game long and is a giant liability in the run game? I don't think I've ever seen such a soft large human in my life. He used to add quickness/agility in the pass rush, but even that has sucked this season aside from last week.
He has been a career long liability against the run, not for lack of enthusiasm but due to his high center of gravity. Reminds me of John McCargo- sort of a Weebles Wobble body type. When he's healthy he has good feet and it allows him at his size to be effective as a pass rusher. He's an asset as a #3DT and he gives some flexibility against some offenses but he just can't make up for that playing high/tackling high in the run game. His emotional side has some yin and yeng to it too- he sometimes is so fast to celebrate that he misses the end of plays.
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1 hour ago, Simon said:
I gotta wonder if that was the plan going in or if they made a quick adjustment when they realized that Parsons was compromised.
It was immediately clear within a few snaps that he had minimal jump, no power and he was clearly sucking wind before the Bills even hit midfield on the first series.
When some guy on his couch 150 miles away can see it right off the bat, could somebody on the Bills staff have picked it up and got into Brady's ear about it?
The only tell I see is that they are already leaving him unblocked early in that first series. I didn't even notice it during the game but now looking back- and what couldn't have been missed by our D team in the box- is that Parsons is getting a breather by the 5th or 6th play of that drive. Maybe going in they thought he was on his heels, and as you point out it would have surely been confirmed during that first drive.
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1 hour ago, Beck Water said:
Didn't see this on a quick glance, apologies if dupe
We'd be wise not to take too big a lesson from the Dallas game. We’re highly unlikely to see that soft a run defense the rest of the season. They were down their only real run stopper in the middle. Due to horrible personnel management they had no backup to bring it to cover injuries to their starting LB corps. Most importantly we were able to implement a running game that left the backside of most plays unblocked only because Micah Parsons was clearly degraded by the bug he had been fighting. Good luck to any team who leaves that guy unblocked behind their run game when he has his normal explosive initial steps back. It’s a TFL strategy. The Dallas game was fun and it exemplifies how we benefit when our run game is clicking but it was an outlier for more reasons than just Dorsey’s awful play call instincts. It was an exception we can use to help diversify our offense and not a model to rely on as a strength.
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3 hours ago, Beck Water said:
I know very little about Ekeler other than he had a fantastic game against MIA last year. Is he the kind of guy who can create without an OL?
I haven't watched him this year and I don't know why his numbers are down- I know he had pissed off the organization with his holdout before the season. The Chargers added some incentives to make him happy and it would not be out of character for the Spanos to shoot themselves in the foot by seeking suppression of his carries. In any case he is a tough runner to bring down- very low center of gravity on an already short frame and lots of tackle attempts that would bring down a full-size running back will just slip off of him. I can't tell where the stat comes from on Rotowire "His 3.8 yards after contact per carry ranked second in the league to Nick Chubb's 4.3" so that may be last season, but make no mistake if he's on his game he's a type of runner we have had trouble with. Quicker than fast but difficult to bring to the ground without a focused tackle on the low side.
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1 hour ago, Shaw66 said:
This ignores the facts. First, NFL teams didn't throw to backs in the early 70s. Still, in about half as many games, Simpson had half as many receptions as Marcus Allen, perhaps the first great pass catching receiver who played a decade after Simpson.
Simpson averaged more yards per reception than either Allen or Thomas. He also averaged more touchdowns per reception.
Simpson was not "strictly a runner." He was a deadly receiver
Simpson was gracefully powerful with extra gears- he wouldn’t even appear to be accelerating but he would be putting space between himself and defenders. A top 5 back all-time IMO. Thurman had a supernatural ability to sense and utilize other players- and not just his own teammates- as blockers. His feet shuffled more than they chopped and he was an excellent back in his era. He just didn’t have the physical gifts of OJ., he was more of an instinct/intangibles back who was otherworldly at picking angles/position/speed.
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Rd 2, Pick 33: WR Keon Coleman, Florida State
in The Stadium Wall
Posted
While I'd say he outsmarted the gauntlet drill I agree with you about a lot of that- so many of the most reliable and productive receivers in the last 15 years have similarities to this kid's physical and athletic tangibles. Josh should thrive with a go-to that's not 5-9 and doing everything possible to avoid contact on every single play.
It's also amusing/disappointing to see Bills Fans, and I know some percentage of them actually are, who would prefer not to simply voice their opinion and convictions with reserve, but instead choose to leave themselves open to being wrong in hundreds (or possibly 1,000s) of posts! At some point in adulthood you learn to take the weight off the pedal even if you're amped up.