GunnerBill

Complaining about giving the ball to James Cook is what is nonsense. I am not telling you James Cook run was the only option in that spot. What I am saying is complaining about that being the call when it is the thing working best in the Bills offense right now is nonsensical. In the red area think players not plays, that's the rule. The Bills best players are Allen and Cook.

Just in respect of numbers it has to be at least one DL and at least one DB as straight swaps. I think the third one you have some flexibility in terms of position. If it were me personally I'd go: - Cut Sam Franklin (re-sign to PS which also resets his elevations). Really good STs player and not sure they will do this but I think having twon DBs (Codrington as well) who really only play teams is a luxury you can't afford if it means cutting a guy like Ingram who can play multiple spots. - Trade AJ Epenesa. Don't think we have seen enough from the edge guys outside of Bosa so far and while I am not under the illusion you would get much in return but maybe a team really struggling for pressure like a certain NFC South team we love to do deals with might flip you a late day 3 pick. I'd consider cutting Solomon too but I think he is a better teams player and he is cheap depth for another two seasons on his rookie deal so from a long term roster management perspective he makes more sense to keep. - Cut Curtis Samuel. I'd rather not do this one, but if I have to cut a third guy it is Samuel. He is clearly WR6 on this roster, doesn't play teams and is a vet insurance luxury. He is gone after 2025 in any event. He has. I am head of the "DQ is washed" club but he was really good Thursday and played okay vs the Jets. FWIW PFF has him as the 3rd ranked DT in all of football right now. That feels like a overselling it to me but I don't think you can cut your most natural 1T when he playing pretty well to end up with a DT room of four primary 3Ts.

But James Cook is also your running back. And the most explosive weapon on your team. Again, I wish the team wasn't built in such a way where the most explosive weapon was a back not a receiver. But it is what it is. Brady has to call plays for the guys he has not the guys he wishes he had.

They didn't run it twice. First down was a swing pass to Cook in the flat for 2. They then ran it on 2nd and 8. Which was a perfectly reasonable call and you are resulting by believing it was a mistake. The Dolphins just made a play. Their guys get paid too. I'm finding nonsensical moaning about handing it off to Cook when the whole first half and all of last week that is our most effective means of moving the football. The reason it is that is because he is our best weapon aside from Allen.

On could we use play action more? Sure. On does that mean that was a bad call there? Absolutely not. James Cook is just their best offensive player not name Josh Allen. Give your best guys the ball.

Because the Bills strength offensively is James Cook. Testing them right away with who? Keon Coleman? Josh Palmer? Come on. Seriously. They dream of being as good at their craft as Cook is at his. I wish it wasn't so, but it is. The Bills running back is way better than any of the Bills receivers.

The main reason the Bills were in position to go up 21-7 was James Cook. They gave him the ball again and the Dolphins that time made a play. I really struggle with the 2nd guessing of that. If it was 3rd and 8 and they gave it to Cook, sure. But it was 2nd and 8, they gave it to the guy who got them there and people want to bemoan it. Nonsensical.

Don't know why. Babich is dumb?

Walker did for the INT.

Sure, that was big. It just always felt like the Bills were finding a way. Remember without the roughing the Dolphins were down at their own 2.

Nah. Not yet. He hasn't been making splash plays but he hasn't been making big mistakes either.

Yea I didn't mind that play call. Cook was cooking. He is their best player down there other than Allen. The Dolphins made a play on 2nd down. The other team gets paid too. I don't think that was conservatism. It was putting the ball in the hands of one of your two playmakers when he was in the groove.

I think that is harsh on Daquan. I have thought he was washed for over a year, but he was fine last night.

He should have challenged the Hill non catch. But I don't think it was a failure of process. They are quick enough to challenge when they need to. That was a personal failure of their challenge advisor. The timeouts at the end of the half were fine. When you defer you want the double dip. They had them in 2nd and long. The problem was lacl of execution on defense not the time outs.

The Bills were up 14-7 and lookong for 21-7 and the Fins made two plays in the redzone. It's hard for me to say that is the OC being too conservative. I think you can criticise some of the playcalling 2nd half, but I don't see conservatism as the issue with the play calling. I don't think they adjusted to the Dolphins run blitzing the entire second half. If they'd run some of those tunnel screens they normally like they'd have had a ton of success.

Yea agree. We have always been a decent 3rd down defence with the odd big breakdown. Until the last two years. And it doesn't look much better yet.

They played a fair amount of cover 2, but I didn't chart it play by play or anything.

And it wasn't all soft zone. There was some sticky man coverage sprinkled in and people talk like the D was horrible, but it forced four 3 and outs. It was very feast or famine. It felt like the Bills were willing to come out each drive and get in the Dolphins' faces but the moment they managed a first down they bailed out and became passive. I'm not sold at all on Babich. He had some nice calls last night but some of his 3rd down calls were just nonsensical too.

As for Walker... I said he was like a young Jordan Phillips when we drafted him. That is what I see. He is a big body with a habit of getting penetration.

He could take snaps from any of the edge guys not name Bosa. None of them has done anything of note so far.

Yes. I don't think these receivers can get open down the field on the outside. They are scheming around that weakness pretty well and while they didn't call many deep shots today (think just two) the ones they did Josh came off - even with time - and went underneath. That tells you there was nothing open.

Plenty of effort from Bosa, not much pop. I didn't think that was Daquan's worst game, I thought he did okay. Agree the edge rushers other than Bosa have been total no shows so far this season.

Locked in the bathroom with Josh Palmer. They must have had Bobby Babich's 3rd down call sheet in there with them too.

His worst game as a pro by far.

I know this will sound hollow after the game but I never once thought we were losing that. We were always a break of serve up IMO.