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6 hours ago, DJB said:
You must be new here.
Usually after pre season game #1 we started to talk draft
And whether the draft picks, from a few months prior, are busts or not.
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3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:
Again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known.
I've made up my mind. I ain't wasting no more time.
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Bills went from 3rd place in the division, to first place in the conference, in 1 week. Speaks to how fragile this lead is and how competitive the AFC is. They'll need to fight hard to keep it. Go Bills!
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1 hour ago, ganesh said:
We are also 13 seconds from a 3-0 record and thst too all in KC
Great point!
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Do the Bills have the personnel to copy cincy's defense against the chiefs? 3rd win in a row against the chefs. Including the playoffs.
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The Bills are in charge of their season the rest of the way. Continue stacking wins. And hopefully heal up in the process.
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I wasn't critical of the run game per se. I was critical of the, seeming, aversion to it even when it was working well, or when situational football called for it.
Saying that, I was happy to see Dorsey use it last night to take pressure off of Allen. We saw a more balanced attack last night, and we'll need more of that in January.
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The internet is undefeated.
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13 hours ago, Billsfan1972 said:
No it is a LAMP post, as my threads too are called. If you are happy with the Bills and a fan of McD, you'll be all over these threads.
If you have been meh or down about the coaching, you'll think different.
And I don't disagree, but still the Bills have been off since the bye week.
We all hope this is just a lull, but ever since the second half of GB, just has not been good.
This is correct. I don't understand the eye roll emoji. Something does seem off. It's not all on coaching, but some of it is. Dorsey and Frazier have some adjustments to make. It's okay to say that, and it doesn't mean I want them fired. I'm actually a big fan of McDermott precisely because he's willing to learn and adapt his game. I'm confident he'll get the coachable issues straightened out.
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30 minutes ago, sven233 said:
Unfortunately, this is all true. Early in the season it didn't matter as much because there was no film on Dorsey's offense. Nobody knew what to expect from him. But as the games have moved along, it has become very apparent that he runs a basic offense with little to no creativity. There is no scheming guys open like there was with Daboll. Daboll would constantly use motions, misdirection, and other eye candy to scheme certain guys open on a specific play. There would be so much eye candy at times, it would cause defenses to take a couple extra beats to figure out what was going on, but that would be plenty to get guys open. While it didn't always work, you could just see the creativity. He would also build man beaters and zone beaters into just about every play so once he used his motions and got Allen to diagnose the overages pre-snap, he knew exactly where to go with the ball.
Dorsey is doing the opposite. He's not running a ton of motion. He's not helping Allen be able to see what the defense is in pre-snap. He's lining guys up, hoping they win their match-ups, and letting Allen try and find the open guy as the play develops. Too many times it's been easy for me to tell what play is being run just by the alignments before the snap. Perfect example was the QB sneak at the end of the Vikings game. They had been using the same motion with the same player and the same pacing for weeks prior to that play. Everyone watching knew what was coming and the Vikings were able to guess right and blow it up. If there was ever a time to try something different, that was it and he didn't have anything. That's not how things should be done in today's NFL.
Too many times Allen is waiting for the play to be run, not seeing anyone get open within the structure of the actual call and then going into scramble drills where he needs his WRs to win outside of the structure of the play call. While Allen hasn't been his best at times this year, it's mainly because he's not getting any help. In fact, he's still hiding a lot of the deficiencies this team actually has and that's scary. Dorsey isn't doing Allen any favors right now and it is frustrating to watch.
Yes! Yesterday there was a 3rd and 7 (I believe) and we see a 7 step drop. Allen waiting more than 3 seconds for a receiver to get open then a sack and punt. Why not a quick out, or slant, or pick? We don't need a 30 yard play there. We need 8 yards to move the sticks and get into a rhythm.
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5 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
The offense does feel like it's getting things figured out more though.
I've never been a "fire the coordinator mid-season" kind of guy, and I'm not now. But there is still something going on here. Coming in to today, the Lions were the worst team in the NFL against the TEs. We had 2 total targets to our $14 million TE. I don't know who's at fault here, but this is kind of damning.
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The sideline reporter spoke about this during the game. She said Diggs was out there trying his best to get the spirits up...but that the Bills seemed pretty flat.
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1 hour ago, Roy Hobbs said:
Not sure why everyone's Ouija boards have KC winning all of their remaining games ... Kelce / Mahomes could get hurt.
Lot of games left - anything can happen.
Who thought the colts would beat the chiefs this year? Who had the Jets over the Bills?
Upsets happen. Yes, the chiefs will likely be favorites every week. But I doubt they go undefeated the rest of the way.
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1 hour ago, FilthyBeast said:
Don't see this making a difference and watch Mahomes still pass for 300+ yards with a bunch of practice squad WR's playing because he's simply that guy.
And if they do win this game as expected they very well may run the table into the playoffs.
And he has Andy Reid who just knows how to use his personnel to run an offense.
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2 hours ago, ddaryl said:
Davis runs the routes that are designed/called. If we are calling plays that are so preditable then the blame goes to the OC, and explains why we are struggling as much as we are
If its this easy then I've got to ask .... WTF Dorsey?I understand what you're saying. But Davis just isn't a good route runner. He was limited in college as well. It's just who he is. I really like Davis... as a number 3. I didn't understand the belief that he was ready to be our number 2. His route tree is limited. I think Dorsey is asking him to do what he does well. Just my opinion.
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7 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
Why isn't there an option for next year's season as well?
I want to see the 7 1/2 week option where Allen comes in week 16 at halftime.
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5 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:
I watched the All 22 of the Packers and seen the same thing. Unfortunately, the same seemed to have happened yesterday.
I'm not taking anything away from Josh but he still is young and is not the willy vet QB sometimes we think he is.
Dorsey is young and inexperienced too. I think some of the drives are stalling out because of that.
I haven't had a chance to go back, but that 4th quarter near-pick, it seemed like Allen was forcing it to Diggs when Shakir was open over the middle for a slightly shorter gain.
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4 hours ago, harryS said:
The board is more readable now that it's been injected by some realism. A couple weeks ago, anyone was a bad fan basically if we didn't think this team was a GOAT contender.
We're a very good team with a couple of obvious weaknesses like O-line that disqualify us from GOAT contention. but we can still be the best team in the NFL if the defense gets/stays healthy. This was true a couple weeks ago. It is true now.
I agree with all of this. I'd just add that these turnovers will kill us in the playoffs. And our "skill" positions need to step up (apart from Diggs and Allen).
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6 hours ago, SCBills said:
I don’t know. You tell me. Can we get healthy?Issues on this team right now go far beyond injuries.
Allen-Dorsey-WR2 is a massive issue right now and they are all intertwined.
Run Defense has been a mid-season problem for years under McD. Good news is he usually figures it out. Bad news, mid-season lulls are why we havent yet escape postseason games at Arrowhead.
I don't understand why it's so controversial to critique the team. Yes, the Bills are a really good team. They're still atop the standings. But there are serious issues that need correcting. And they've been present for several weeks now.
It's possible to point out flaws without being a sky-is-falling type of fan. Our skill positions on offense are missing apart from Allen and Diggs. Is that lack of skill? Dorsey failing?Josh forcing it to Diggs? I fit one was expecting a lap from Knox this season. Especially after that big contract.
And don't get me started on the abysmal turnover rate...
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4 hours ago, Nineforty said:
Great story but I think they ripped off the plot of a 'Boy Meets World' episode where Cory buys Shawn a nice Xmas gift due to Shawn being poor, except Shawn is too proud to accept.
Truly, a classic. And a masterpiece. The juxtaposition of Cory's privilege, and Shawn's self destructive pride gave off Scorsese vibes. If someone is going to rip off a plot, this is the one to plagiarize.
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54 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:
Be more specific on “fingers on the laces” (as per video above and how most of us throw it). If he puts four fingers on the laces, he’ll look goofy. There’s really only two fingers on the laces (ring finger and pinky). The remaining fingers are on the leather toward the end of the ball.
When I throw, I have to keep my index finger on the point of the football. Otherwise, no spiral. But I have wonky wrist mechanics that I just couldn't fix.
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Past performance and attitude aside, I remember him saying that the Bills were his favorite team growing up. Maybe that was just draft puff-piece material.
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16 hours ago, HappyDays said:
Lol the 49ers are incredibly dumb. This might be the worst trade I've ever seen. In 2023 they now have two 3rds, a 5th and a 7th. With no franchise QB to build around. Unbelievably awful team building strategy.
Agreed. This is almost Ricky Williams, Herschel Walker level. An oft-injured RB in a league where RB is no longer a premium position.
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The qualities that make a good head coach, aren't the qualities that make a good coordinator. NFL history if littered with great coordinators who made terrible head coaches. And you have great head coaches like Andy Reid who was never even a coordinator before becoming the head guy.
It is still very early, but Daboll may be a guy who is a better HC than he was OC.
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Quinnen Williams & Richard Sherman hardest QB to tackle
in The Stadium Wall
Posted
Very intelligent (he's a Stanford guy), and he knows football.