GunnerBill
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3 hours ago, Einstein said:
Joking aside, why do people vacation in Mexico of all places!?
If you are a northern hemispher dweller then in November you have no choice but to head south. The weather is good, they have adults only 5 star resorts and they are a little bit cheaper than the Carribean. That is the full summary of my decision making.
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4 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
It was acceptable with Diggs to the point where they idiotically extended him. I sometimes think Beane and McD are just too square to understand human nature. There aren't that many types of personalities. As an employer and team builder you gotta' learn how to get the most out of what is available to you. They drafted Coleman into a rudderless WR room the way they drafted Watkins into one. Getting serious about disciplining him after the fact was a tactical error. They should have been able to glean from last season that Coleman was immature and that they had to have a real WR1 in place this year............instead, they made Coleman WR1 and then benched him after he'd played the most snaps of anyone all season. 😂
They have mismanged it, certianly. But I am not sure Keon was ever capable of being the answer personally.
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Just now, Einstein said:
Big fan of cartels?
Compared to the day job right now that would be a blessed relief 😂
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Just now, SoCal Deek said:
Be really careful in Mexico. It’s not the UK.
Ha I won't be mixing with locals. I am here for their sunshine and in a gated 5 star.
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5 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
There actually isn't any off field behavior problem that I am aware of. I haven't heard anything of the sort about Keon and probably would have. James Cook? Yeah, that guy was/is an off field concern. But that goes to show how much that matters if you keep expectations modest and let a player ramp up to his level.
The problem as I see it is that they promoted Coleman like they'd just drafted Malik Nabers when he was a raw day 2 pick that was likely going to need a significant runway. Now they realize he needs to be 100% all-in right-here-right-now to even get close to the unrealistic timeline that they created with the hype. And as a 22 year old that they handed millions to, he likely just doesn't know what he doesn't know and aint there yet.
Remember, this is the same organization that took in Jordan Phillips and gladly dealt with his lack of maturity and unwillingness to do the dirty work necessary to be a versatile DT and damn near glorifies the half effort they have been able to get out of him when Miami cut him for being that guy.
Well he has been late multiple times going back to his rookie year, he was late to meetings in his rookie camp. That is not a good sign. It is unacceptable.
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Win on Thursday and the playoffs are all but certain I think.
I'm on holiday in Mexico too so I don't need to be up in the middle of the night to watch.
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29 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Meh.......I think Shakir is trending toward becoming an injury fail.
He's not good at avoiding big hits and it's taken it's toll. He was a liability on the field last week.
So there might be room for Coleman to develop in the slot if retained in 2026.
What would be Billsy is if they got rid of Coleman(and Samuel and Moore) and then Shakir continues to accumulate a brand new injury every week and turns into Terrel Bernard 2.0 while Glass Kincaid continues to shatter on contact.
Maybe. I just don't think the upside is worth it, especially given the off field behaviour.
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58 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:
PlayerPosPractice StatusStatusDetails
Tyler Bass K Injured Reserve
DeWayne Carter DT Injured Reserve
Tylan Grable OL Injured Reserve
Damar Hamlin DBI njured Reserve
Michael Hoecht DT Injured Reserve
Landon Jackson DE Injured Reserve
Cameron Johnston P Injured Reserve
Ed Oliver DL Injured Reserve
Wande Owens S Injured Reserve
Taylor Rapp S Injured Reserve
T.J. Sanders DT Injured Reserve
Dorian Strong CB Injured Reserve
Dalton Kincaid TE DNPOutHamstring
Phidarian Mathis DT
Taron Johnson CB LimitedQuestionableGroin
Cameron Lewis DB LimitedQuestionableCalf
T.J. Sanders DT FullQuestionableKnee
Shaq Thompson OLB Questionable
Buffalo has limited cap space and once everyone is back healthy they will be improved on defense
The problem is a lot of those guys are not coming back this year.
Hoecht is done. Jackson is done. Strong is done (and who knows career wise). Rapp is done (maybe a good thing). Oliver at best is back for the playoffs.
2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:I could be wrong but I believe he wants #8 and #21 to cross before he throws the sit route. The timing gets messed up primarily because Palmer gets chucked to the ground which causes #21 to slow down right in the throwing window to Knox.
This is the moment where he ideally wants to be releasing the ball:
Like I said I could be wrong but I believe #21's positioning is why he has to throw it a half second late.
I still think it can go half a second sooner. He has not been decisive enough in multiple games. When he overthinks he makes mistakes. When Josh is playing instinctive and decisive it doesn't matter whether he is going short or long he is hard to stop.
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1 minute ago, Big Turk said:
My question is what does Coleman give you that Shavers doesn't at this point? They are essentially the same player with almost exactly the same measurables(Shavers is a little faster) but Shavers can create separation and get open and can get deep.
I don't want to overreact to one game with Shavers, but I think he looks better outside.
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36 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:
This is the bizarre thing about McD, he takes over the defensive playcalling when things get bad for his DCs, sometimes it works and sometimes its its takes a while but eventually works then other times its embarrassing. This seems to happen with regularity so what is the point of Babich exactly? If he is so incapable that helicopter dad McD has to take over for him then why is he the DC?. Maybe we should get a seasoned proven DC in here and revamp this defense? Someone better than Babich and McD?
I think McD taking over the playcalling HAS worked. When I was advocating for him to do it, even before the Falcons game where it became obvious he had to it, the two things I said I thought it would fix were third down and the confusion pre-snap.
While Tampa had a good day on 3rd down on Sunday overall the 3rd down D since McD took over is singificantly improved (was about 20% points better before Sunday). And the pre-snap miscommunications have been better the past game or two after being an issue all season (including the first couple of McDemott games).
He isn't going to magically fix the rest of it. I think the talent on D gives it a pretty clear ceiling. Someone said it elswhere they are kind of between two stools.... older guys who are dropping off and young rookie / 2nd year guys who haven't established themselves yet. The prime age/experience guys on this D are basically the three they resigned this year - Groot, Bernard and Benford - and Oliver who is done for the year. I was pretty clear at the time I wasn't necessarily in favour of extending Bernard. And I was on the fence with Groot.
The positives on defense from this year are Walker, Bishop and Hairston. Three talented young guys who have really shown some promise.
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18 minutes ago, Augie said:
What if the Chiefs offered a 6th or 7th round pick for him. Would that make you nervous about what might come to be down the road?
Did anyone want to get rid of Bishop at any point in time? It’s not time to do a deal now, so I’ll wait and see what happens before making any premature decisions.
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It is different to Bishop. The issue with Cole was never talent. It was mental. It was waiting for the light to come on. It finally has. With Keon I don't see the talent. Maybe if they didn't have an established answer that they'd paid in the slot already I'd be saying move Keon inside and try him there before you give up him. But they do. I'm not taking Shakir off the field to try and rescue Keon's career. The reason Keon can't play outside receiver in the NFL is he doesn't have the skillset to do it.
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13 hours ago, Chaos said:
Samuel, Moore. They will never get better. And they don't produce much now. Against Miami, I did not think Coleman even looked like a legit NFL player, let alone a WR1 or WR2. However Coleman is only 21. I don't know why he missed meetings, I don't know what is going on in his life. A 24 year old in Dallas decided life wasn't worth living last week. At 21 Coleman is eligible to improve. I probably hang on to him over some others.
I thought WR2 was his absolute ceiling coming out of the draft. I am now pretty sure that is a ceiling he isn't reaching. He is at best a big slot. But the chances he totally busts out of the league are now pretty high.
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44 minutes ago, davefan66 said:
Rewatched yesterday knowing they win and was able to see a few things I missed.
Poyer had a good game. Closed coverage well, got to the ball quickly (even stopping a first down). Got beat badly on the TD run up the right, not sure many safeties would have recovered on that.
Hardman. Having him go long, even incomplete helped open the field for the offense for the game. I’m all for taking shots just to give the offense more room around the LOS.
Coleman was addition by subtraction. Shavers had a great game with tons of effort.
Gabe. Gave Josh a safety valve on a few plays. Seemed in sync with Josh much more than when he played here last.
3rd and long. They gave up a first down on the left side 12-15 yards deep too many times yesterday and this season. Not sure if they are in zone when they do this but there is a consistent gap in coverage the receiver finds and sits in about 15 yards deep. Seems too easy for the offense to get long first downs. This was too close a game to be giving up easy firsts like this.
Josh. Nothing can be said but let him be Josh. Yeah, you get not so great goal line interceptions, but you also get a beast who will take the game over and will it to a win.
And the touchdown run isn't Poyer's responsibility. Obviously ultimately you want your safety capable of saving a touchdown there and making Tampa get it in from the 10 or something but the failure was on the 2nd level (think Milano) who misplayed his assignment.
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I think it is pretty high. The issue was a pretty low floor and until JoPo got in alongide him that is what we got. But no question - Bish has been great the last 4 or 5 games. Very optimistic now for his future.
Bishop, Benford and Hairston is three nice young building blocks in that secondary.
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18 hours ago, H2o said:
Looked like he was calling the defense to me. He's had the play sheet in hand and talking into the mic in between every snap with the sheet guarding his mouth.
McDermott is calling the defense.
4 hours ago, HappyDays said:I didn't have any problem with this read from Allen. It's 4th down and the 1st read appears like it will be open, you take it every time. Palmer getting knocked down and Latu getting slowed up disrupted the timing because Allen is waiting for the short crossers to pass so he can throw the ball.
I'd like to see Knox show some awareness here... He's just standing watching the ball come to him and somehow doesn't realize a defender is on his way to the ball. Step up and sn*tch that thing out of the air.
The problem isn't the read. Or Knox. Josh is just late on the throw. I think a lot of his issues in recent weeks - including the poorer throws in this game - have been due to timing. If that is thrown half a second sooner it is a completion.
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4 hours ago, HoofHearted said:
When was this? Only time I saw that we went three down was in our dime sets. Other than that we were in our typical 1's and 3's and played some G fronts. Nothing out of the norm.
Scheme is not the issue. DL gets too tall and pushed around - doesn't command doubles. Second level defenders looked horrific recognizing pullers.
I thought I saw multiple snaps with a bear front, but I was watching it on my ipad in an airport hotel so I wouldn't stake my life on it haha.
I agree on all three points in your second para re. both scheme not being the issue, DL not having anyone that commands doubles without Ed, plays too upright and the second level defenders being a problem. I think the second level has been worse than the DL personally. Pretty much all season.
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5 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
Yep. Additional by subtraction. The passing game looked like a different animal yesterday. IDC about Tampa’s bad pass defense. The Fins & Falcons both stifled Allen and they aren’t exactly world beaters.
That is true but trust me the Tampa defensive backfield is a mess.
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5 hours ago, HappyDays said:
Mahomes hasn't been very good in recent weeks. He threw this awful INT in FG range in a game decided by 3 points:
Also threw this terrible pick six that was overturned by a questionable illegal contact penalty:
I thought he would get back to his high standard of play this year after a couple middling seasons but it hasn't happened.
I think their Quarterbacking has still been better than their playcalling and scheming.
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4 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
For sure. Keon is a wasted spot and bad draft pick. Need to find a spot for Gabe on the roster. Is Beane ballsy enough to cut Keon for him? Probably not.
He should do.
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Just now, Scott7975 said:
He had a great game today but I wouldn’t get too hyped yet. Tampas passing defense isn’t all that good.
it’s a positive and some hope though
Agree with this. Bad Tampa pass D but my word I'd rather Shavers and Gabe rotating than Keon. He is a net negative to the offense.
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Some thoughts:
On #1 - nobody wants Josh to be a glorified game manager. But the reality is this time runs it better than it passes it for the most part. That is because our weapons in the pass game struggle getting open. That is a bad Buccs secondary we played today and so unlike other games when Brady dialled up the deep shots, particularly on play action Josh went deep rather than checking down which he has been doing. I think he checked down once to Cook over the middle. Every other shot play he threw deep. He hasn't been doing that because guys haven't been open and I think Josh has been a bit safe in challenging tight windows.
On #2 agree nobody here is a featured peice. I think running out of 11 occasionally to keep teams honest isn't the worst call but the Bills run it best in big personnel. They need to get out of the pitch obsession and get back to the trap and off tackle runs. When they ran some traps in the 4th Quarter Cook was back to churning out 5 plus most carries.
On #3.... it's missing
On #4 agree the D can't hold people. The 3rd down defense was a step back yesterday but partly because they lost too many 1st and 2nd downs. Generally since McD took over playcalling it has been much improved on 3rd down. Let's hope they get back to that next week.
On #5 I don't understand but sure 😂. On a serious note - I have always thought Josh is better when the ball is in his hand, he is high volume passing and can get intona rhythm. That said last year he won MVP in a more balanced offense. I do think the last few weeks other than when laser focussed vs the Chiefs he has looked a bit lazy in his fundamentals as a lower volume passer. So there is something finding an appropriate balance.
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1 hour ago, Shortchaz said:
today felt chaotic and unsustainable.
It did early, for sure. Think the offense found some rhythm 2nd half.
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9 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
They're 2nd in the league in offensive EPA
That does surprise me but I think a Mahomes stat more than anything.
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15 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
Not only can they but I believe they will. They are in a worse hole than the Bills last season and I don’t think Denver will fall off as bad as Miami did.
You mean 2023 not last season, but agree. The division is basically gone for them now. And the wildcard race.... I think the Bills and Jags make it. Texans, Chargers, Chiefs and Ravens (or Steelers) for one spot.
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Stroud ruled out for Thursday
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This is like the "I'd rather face Bryce Young than Andy Dalton" rhetoric.
If the Bills can score 24 they win.
This is like the "I'd rather face Bryce Young than Andy Dalton" rhetoric.
If the Bills can score 24 they win.