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Hopefully this rookie GM now understands the importance of building a top offensive line and using his own judgement on player talent. Perhaps he did realize that the line wasn't good enough and he couldn't find anyone better then what he already had on the roster. Although, I find that argument lacking when you see that Eric Wood retired in Jan, and Incognito was gone by April. Replacing that center and left guard should have been a higher priority and all we fans can do is hope he upgrades those positions and others on that line properly this offseason. Protecting that young, inexperienced QB should be the number one goal of this regime going forward.

How did this thread digress into a thread about Beane? The man did wonders getting rid of a bunch of over priced players that were killing the cap. Sammy Watkins is still making me laugh about how teams look at his potential. Buffalo did that with no elite QB to even throw to him and the guy was almost always injured in one way or another. Two firsts and a fourth for a decoy. Guess what, big surprise he is currently injured. Beane did a masterful job in obtaining that #7 overall pick for Josh Allen when the majority of the board wanted the Bills to give up the farm, their two firsts in 2018 and a 2019 first to move up to the #2 spot to draft Josh Rosen. Beane isn't going anywhere! OTOH, with McD a lot will depend on how the offense performs over the next six games regardless of the starting QB. Starting Josh Allen will give them an excuse for losing and it shouldn't! In the 7 loses the Bills haven't had a run game mostly because when this team gets behind in points the game plan goes pass happy no matter who the QB is behind center. In the 3 wins this year the Bills have had a dominate run game and got the ball to McCoy/the RBs. In the 7 losses they didn't run the ball well and went pass happy instead. This was most alarming with Allen and Peterman starting because they are so inexperienced they need a run game to support them. In those 7 losses some Bills fans stated that the offensive players were "historically bad" and yet against the Jets these same players looked brilliant. The line blocked well and gave Barkley time to throw, McCoy lanes to run. The receivers besides KB caught and fought for the ball and looked brilliant. Both Zay Jones and Robert Foster had almost 200 yards receiving. So, it isn't the players after all. It was the OC asking the inexperienced QBs to do things they couldn't do in forcing them to carry the entire offense. We will see if things change for the next six games.

Yep, #1 in yards allowed, #19 in points allowed. Just think, imagine how good this years defense would look if they had a run game/offense in those 7 loses...and they didn't at all. Five of those Bills loses were blowouts is the big reason why the points allowed is so crazy bad. With 6 games to go will the Bills finally find an offense in each of those games?

The bigger problem with the Patriots team right now is their 28th ranked defense. Yes, Mike Vrable's Titans made Brady look ordinary but he knows that Patriots playbook inside out. The same thing happened against the 3-6 Lions with ex Patriots DC Matt Patricia as the Lions HC. The Lions beat NE 26 to 10. Still, The Patriots are 7-3 and two of those losses came from an ex Patriot player, coach. The remaining NE Patriots schedule is Jets, Vikings, Dolphins, Steelers, Bills, Jets and should finish the season 12-4 That is "IF" they lose to the Steelers. Let's also not forget that Peyton Manning won a SB with a bad arm. The Patriots have the second easiest remaining schedule. What a lot of fans just don't get is that Patriots offense is a different animal without Gronk and when he is fully healthy he/that NE offense is basically unstoppable.

While quality linemen are important it's also important to have a top quality line coach who is HoF O linemen Mike Munchak since 2014. A 9 time probowl LG for the Oilers/Titans. To answer someone's question. RT Marcus Gilbert 2nd round pick. RG David DeCastro 1st round pick C Maurkice Pouncey 1st round pick LG Ramon Foster undrafted free agent Rated as the 23rd best OT in 2009 and the Steelers moved him to OG. 6'5'' 328 also known as "The Big Ragu" LT Alejandro Villanueva undrafted free agent to the Bengals as a TE in 2010. He did three tours of duty in Afghanistan as an Army captain / Ranger. After he didn't make the Bengals as a TE he went back into the military for 2 years and was later signed by the Eagles to play DE, he was waived by the Eagles and signed to the Steelers practice squad. While at DE for Philly he weighed 250lbs and gained weight up to 328 to play OT for Pittsburgh. He made the pro bowl in 2017

Daboll called a masterful game against the Jets and the Bills came out throwing a deep bomb which set the stage for the day. Now, If they can do that in every game then the OP might stand a chance of being right and the Bills win each game. However, this OC must find a way to run the ball even when the team gets behind in points which is something he hasn't done in 7 games.

It really is very simple to figure out the 2018 Buffalo Bills as they are two animals. One animal, if given the lead and they hold it becomes a completely dominate team on offense and defense. In their three wins they rushed for way more yards then they threw the ball. WIN Vikings, 38 rushes for 128 yards, 2 TDs VS 15 of 22 yards passing for 156 yards, 1 TD. WIN Tenn, 43 rushes for 144 yards, 1 TD. VS 10 of 20 yards passing for 82 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT. WIN NY Jets, 46 rushes for 212 yards, 2 TDs VS 16 of 26 for 247 yards passing, 2 TDs. Against the Jets, their defense had no tape on Barkley because he hasn't played in an NFL since 2016. The Bills came out blasting with a 47 yard bomb to Foster and followed it up with a 28 yard TD run by Shady McCoy. This set the stage for the game because now the Jets defense was forced to respect the Bills deep passing game and they couldn't stack against the run for fear of getting beat deep again. Which they did later in the game on a third and long for 43 yards to Foster again. OTOH, The other animal happens when the Bills don't have the lead and are down by as little as 3 points in which they were to the NE Patriots in the 1st quarter, down by 3 pts in the 2nd quarter, down by 3 points in the 3rd quarter and the game plan looked completely different as the Bills forget about running the ball and go pass happy with 19 rushes VS 41 passes. I picked the Patriots game just to show that when the team doesn't have the lead by any amount of points the game plan is different. In each loss with no run game the Bills QB is under greater duress as is the O line. The sacks go up. The Penalties go up. This scenario has happened in each and every loss and the Bills are currently 3-7 so in 7 losing games the offensive game plan is throw, throw, throw and this is particularly damning considering the team went into the start of the season with Peterman, Allen which are two very inexperienced QBs who can't read a pre snap defense or set protections. The only game that the Bills played somewhat smart was against was the Texans and even then they didn't run McCoy enough and Allen got hurt...Peterman came in and threw 2 INTs and a pick six.

This is a second year in the NFL HC and a rookie GM. They are going to make a lot of mistakes during their learning curve to build a playoff team. Still, this team is 3-7 and not going anywhere this year. That said, everything will depend on what they do next offseason after they learned what they learned this year about the offensive line, the offensive coaching staff, the receiver corps. Building a top quality line to protect that #7 overall pick at QB and build a power run game to help support him. I'm hoping the offensive coaching staff changes as this staff only knows how to call the right players when the team has the lead. 3 out of 7 so far! Provided of course that the owners keep the status quo.

He played against a 3-6 Jets team that has basically given up on the season. Only the Raiders are worse at this point. Also, the Jets had no tape on Barkley as he hasn't played in the NFL since 2016 so their defense didn't know what to expect. On another note it seems that for Buffalo, when it rains it pours! Meaning that when the Bills get the lead they get the run game/pass game working well and it's a win. So far that has only happened 3 times this year vs the 7 losses which were mostly blowouts. Against the Patriots who held a 3 point lead in each of the first three quarters it was a completely different story as the offense couldn't do much except in garbage time.

I now have a much lower opinion of him as he is something that exited a dogs posterior and now sits in a steaming pile on the ground. To think that this player is in a contract year...

Even knowing that this was probably as good as it gets for Barkley I'd still rather him start the rest of the season over Allen. The Jags still have a top defense it's just this year they are 30th in the takeaway category -11. Whereas Cleveland is #1 in that stat with +11. What is sorta crazy is that when the Bills win they have an effective run game. Against the Jets 46 rushing attempts, a 4.6 YPC average. Only 4 penalties for 43 yards. The thing is this team is 3-7 and gets blown out in most losses with no run game and the QB under constant duress, the line can't block and nobody can catch in those losses. I just don't trust this O line to protect Allen and he still needs time to develop.

Peterman will make the practice squad as McD can't seem to let him go...

it was inevitable...

Watching Barkley run this offense he should get the start against the Jags and let Allen sit.

Zay Jones!!!!

Wow, ball underthrown and Foster playing like he wants the job!

Ruh Ro... Still feeling bad for the Jets?

Ivory would be ideal at this point for the Bills run game to pound that rock

Buh Bye Bowles

Welp, Shady is no longer frustrated. Kinda sad Buffalo can only play the Jets once more this season

Teller is pancaking people too

Its very weird, in the games the Bills have won this year they dominated with the run game. In the other games though...

yep, can never tell with division games. Still, this is a freaky gods of football type game like the way the Bears owned Buffalo...

yep, good thing Bills fans can't make trades huh...

Me, NEVER. like Mickey Ds. I'm lovin it!