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The thing is that everyone is counting on their starters at QB to stink and even if that happens after a few games. The Patriots can make a trade for Andy Dalton or pickup Cam Newton. The Patriots have a HC who wasn't afraid to trade away their #1 overall pick at QB to a division rival in Drew Bledsoe (a 3 time pro bowler, a QB who had taken them to a SB) Tom Brady was a 6th round pick in Bill Belichick's first year with New England. The very next season they went 11-5 and beat the Rams in the SB. While it's also very true Buffalo was a 3-13 doormat after HC Wade Phillips...Doug Williams as HC, Mike Shepard as OC, Jerry Grey as DC... I wouldn't underestimate what that crafty ole bastage can do with a team no matter who his QB is... ** On a side note in 2000, Bills OC Brian Daboll was a defensive assistant with New England. Rob Ryan was LBers assistant coach

All I can add is that this HC went with a QB in 2008 that had never started a college game his entire four year career in college... That Patriots team went 11-5 with Sammy Morris, Kevin Faulk, and LeMont Jordan at RB. Matt Cassel at QB and that years defense was only top 10. They did have Wes Welker and Randy Moss at WR though. The Dolphins won the Division that year at 11-5 and the Jets 9-7 so the division wasn't that bad. Buffalo under Jauron 7-9. This season I can see the Patriots having atop 10 defense as their first three draft choices were for defense. As for their offense the only decent receiver is Edelman and perhaps last years rookie WR steps up in N'Kael Harry? Bill Belichick is the goat of NFL head coaches and I just can't see his team worse than 9-7. The man has only had one losing season since 2000, his first year as HC of the Patriots. Buffalo will still have their work cut out for them to beat New England, NY Jets, Miami. JMO

I agree. While Allen is still learning and developing as a pocket QB he needs the OC to stop putting the game solely on the QB's shoulders in some games. Work a balanced offense. What I'd like to see is more running the ball with the running backs and less with the QB. More rushing TD's with the RB's too. They need to get that power run offense working in the red zone. Also, hoping that they get that deep passing scheme working this season. This years passing offense should be in the top 15 with Diggs, Brown, Beasley, Knox. In his six seasons as an NFL OC Daboll has never fielded an offense better than 23rd... Here's hoping that changes for the better!

Okay, what we both agree on is that the Ravens were blitzing nearly every Buffalo offensive play. What they did after they saw that Allen couldn't hit the deeper throws was that they stepped up their blitzing from around their normal 50% to 65% or more against the Bills. And I'd argue that when the Bills handed off to Singletary over and over, again and again he was very successful in the second quarter drive. The Bills ran Singletary 6 straight times successfully, 6, 3, 8, 3, 14, 9 yards. Those for two first downs and in the final 2 yard run play by Allen another first down. The next three plays were two throws and a run, all for either negative yards or incomplete and the result of that drive was a FG. Bad play calls at the end of that drive by Buffalo or was it something that the Ravens Defense saw / heard and was keying on after listening to the previous Bills cadence and realizing what play was being called. In any event the next series the Bills went with five pass attempts and two runs by Gore. After that it was close to the end of the half and perhaps the Bills went into a 2 min drill with no runs and six straight passes which did result in another FG. That series did start on the Ravens 49 yard line after the Bills defense held the Ravens offense to only 4 yards starting from their own six yard line. Still, nine passes, two runs and those by Gore. In the second half it was mostly passes with an occasional run once per series by Singletary for usually not many yards, 2, 1 ,5, no gain, -3 yards, 2 yards. I do agree that the by the second half, for whatever reason, the Ravens had stopped the Bills run game and were in Allen's face every pass attempt. Plus, he couldn't run because due to all the Ravens blitzing there were no holes anywhere. Even Allen, who was a prolific runner all season was held to only two rushing attempts for nine yards. Still, 27 pass attempts vs six runs in the second half fed right into that Ravens pass blitz. We don't know if the Bills run game could have overcome those sporadic fails in the second half because its like the didn't even try more than once a series. Would it shock you to learn that the Ravens "players" blitzed 96 times, got 6 sacks, 15 QB pressures on Allen. Not to mention that the Bills receivers Beasley and Brown were mostly covered like blankets in the game, leaving the QB with mostly nowhere to go with the ball. Myself, I don't put this offensive failure on the 2nd year QB going against the Blitz crazy Ravens #3 defense. Against a Ravens team that had been destroying very team in their path, that beat Seattle in Seattle 30-16. That beat the Patriots 37-20. That Beat the LA Rams in LA 45-6 and had just beaten the then best team in the NFL besides themselves in the 49ers 20-17. Coming off that Thanksgiving game on Thursday the Bills offense had extra time to prepare for this Ravens game and yet they fell on their face... The Bills defense was more than good enough to win this game as it was the offense that let them down. This is what to expect of teams the Buffalo Bills will face every season in the playoffs and they need the offensive game plan to be better than 23 rushes, 17 of 39 passes. They need the play calls to be better, the offensive line to be better, the run game to be better, the QB to be better... and to give the QB the time needed to make the throws. Is that current Buffalo Bills offensive line good enough?

When you look at the drive charts you see the Bills started the game by running. Attempting some deep passes to counter that known Ravens 50% of defensive snaps blitzing. First series, Singletary one yard, Singletary 5 yards so 3rd and 4. Incomplete deep pass. PUNT Second series, Singletary -2 yards, sack, 3rd and 12 incomplete deep pass, PUNT Third series, pass complete 10 yards, short pass incomplete, deep pass incomplete, 3rd and 10 deep pass incomplete, PUNT Fourth series, Gore 2 yards, short pass incomplete, 3rd and 8 sacked, fumble recovered by Baltimore. Six series, 2nd quarter. short pass incomplete, penalty roughing the passer. 1st and 10. Singletary 6 yards, Singletary 3 yards, 3rd down and 1, Singletary 8 yards... First down! Singletary 3 yards, Singletary 14 yards... First down! Singletary 9 yards, Allen run 2 yards... First down! First and 10 at the Ravens 13 yard line. Short pass -4 yards, Singletary -1 yard. 3rd down and 15, Pass incomplete deep, FG. Alright, in my view this series proved that the run game will work if you commit to it, 7 straight runs all leading to first downs and score with a FG. The next series, pass incomplete deep, Gore gains 6, pass complete 6 yards, pass complete no gain, Gore no gain, Allen sacked -7 yards.PUNT With the run game showing that it can work with Singletary, the Bills started utilizing Gore for some reason in this series and in the next in the 2 min drill they started passing more again. FG. We know Singletary wasn't injured because he had that 38 yard run in the 4th. It seemed to me that the Bills OC was determined to make that passing game work against that Ravens defense, regardless. What happened after the half was that the Bills went pass happy with 26 pass drop backs vs 8 only runs the entire second half. At this point in the game that Ravens defense had really taken over the game and had the Bills linemen on their heels. Hence, Singletary in the second half, 2 yards, 1 yard, 5 yards, 2 yards, 38 yards, no gain, -3 yards, 2 yards. As we all know, that usually, the more a team runs the ball the better the RB does over the course of the game. Also, the weaker the opposing defense is against the run later in the game as it wears them down. Most NFL running backs want to see 20 plus runs. It's my contention that Devin Singletary was underutilized in the run game all season in comparison to other teams starting RB's like Minnesota's Dalvin Cook, Tennessee's Derrick Henry. Singletary with an yard per carry average as good as Henry's at 5.1 per. The way the Ravens had stepped up their blitzing to 65% of every offensive play after the first few series it made no sense to me to keep asking Allen to keep throwing the ball. Josh Allen is not at the level of an elite pocket passer and shouldn't be asked to carry the team with his arm. When a defense is blitzing this much I just can't wrap my head around why an OC would not pound the ball more to counter that blitzing. I don't see this game as a QB fail given his limited playing experience. A lot of veteran players on that O line and an experienced OC. You tell me! This has me somewhat perplexed as the Bills did have that one very productive series by running the ball with Singletary, then went to Gore for some reason who had 4 carries for 6 yards. Then back to Singletary sporadically over the course of the second half. If looking at this game doesn't have you very concerned about the Buffalo Bills offensive line play with the current starters, I don't know what would. Spain, Dawkins, Feliciano, Ford, Morse all 100% snap count. Allen 6 sacks, 12 QB hits. The QB under constant pressure all game. The Bills got the run game working for one series and then went away from it. Can't sack the QB if you are running the ball.

Now taking all that into consideration, Football outsiders has Allen as the 2nd most pressured QB in the NFL last season @ a 39.3 pressure rate. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2019/quarterbacks-and-pressure-2018 The 2020 Bills opponents look to be much more difficult and since the Bills made the playoffs 2 of 3 of the last 3 years, teams will be gunning for them. No more flying under the radar. The line play will be exposed over the course of the season and we will see who is quality and who isn't. I expect major changes coming to the line again after this season. I really don't have much faith in these starters considering the level of competition they faced vs how that line fared against the Patriots, Ravens and how they were all literally manhandled by the Eagles was eye opening to me. Allen plays so much better when he isn't under constant pressure and the Bills OC is working that run game. Rex did luck into Incognito as no other team wanted to take a chance on him and it paid off with all pro seasons at LG in Buffalo. He made the Bills run game, pass game better. Ryan did attempt to obtain un drafted 6'4'' 320lb OT/OG from LSU, La"el Collins who Ryan wined and dined to lure him to Buffalo. Ultimately though, he chose Dallas. He has been their starting RT the last few seasons. Cam Newton represents one of running QB's that have suffered serious injuries from running the ball as big, tough as that player is...Kinda like someone else we all know. Another would be RG3, Mike Vick who suffered a broken leg on a scramble. However, you are right with Russell Wilson, a 9 year vet hasn't seen anything serious from all his scrambles. This is somewhat an anomaly from what I see as most NFL teams prefer their QB's in the pocket as the percentages from serious injuries favor those pocket passers. Then again, look at Alex Smith...

This gets my vote as well. Tough to believe that this regime can't see the difference between an all pro OG and a journeyman as the former elevates the play of the players next to him. The one singular thing that was good about Rex Ryan was that he understood how important it is to build a top offensive line, hence Richie Incognito. I dunno, perhaps they expect development, growth, continuity out of the starters from last season. However, I just don't see it. One of the biggest flaws on last seasons offense was the ability to score in the red zone with the run game...besides the QB running it in. Last season Singletary had 2 rushing TD's as did Gore. Allen had 9 himself and 510 yards rushing. This can't stand. Derrick Henry had 16 rushing TD's. Dalvin Cook had 13 rushing TD's. Cam Newton has proved that running QB's don't last in this league. The one thing to take note of is when Josh Allen doesn't have all that much pressure on him he performs so much better. This helps him gain confidence and will help with his accuracy.

Russ Brandon told the Pegula's to not let Ryan out of the building. Which in my view, was a very strong endorsement for Rex, by him. The Pegula's were intrigued by Ryan and his boasting. Whaley could have said no and I'm sure they would have listened. This was Brandon who didn't want DC Jim Schwartz as HC, although he had earned a shot for HC with that #4 overall defense and #1 pass rush, #1 sacking team in the NFL. Rex Ryan was a mistake on so many levels and as first time NFL owners i'm pretty sure the Pegula's relied on the opinions of those people still at the helm of the team. The EJ pick was all on Doug Whaley as he went and personally scouted him. "I was an integral part in the drafting process of EJ Manuel," Whaley said on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access" on Thursday. "I was the person that handled the draft process and setting up the board." The Bills finally seem pointed in the right direction. It now falls on Whaley's hand-picked franchise quarterback to end the longest active playoff drought in the NFL. https://www.buffalobills.com/audio/whaley-on-manuel-and-scouting-at-senior-bowl-12494888

a) It wasn't just the Bills starting 5-1 that season. thinking the Bills have an honest shot to win the division and get into the playoffs! It was also going 2-8 after those first five games. b) It was also watching Trent Edwards getting hammered to the ground and concussed in Arizona. Basically that one play ended his career as he came back from that severe concussion far too early. While the Bills won the very next against SD, Edwards was just never the same after this. c) That game also showed the NFL world how inept the Bills OC (Turk Schonert) and offensive lines were! The Bills also learned backup QB JP Losman was worthless. d) The biggest thing in my view, was that Patriots QB Tom Brady was knocked out for the season in the first regular season game. The only backup QB the Pats had was a guy who had never started a game while in college. That's right, he was a backup QB at USC and completed 20 of 33 attempts for 192 yards his entire college career. So, here i'm thinking the Bills have a solid shot to take the division and get into the playoffs as the Patriots are DONE! ...yea right! The Patriots didn't win the division that season as they finished the same as the Miami Dolphins 11-5 and the Phins won the tiebreaker. The Bills had very potent run game with Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson along with receivers Lee Evans, Josh Reed. The thing was that Lynch was usually making his yards with three defenders on his back and Jackson almost always made the first guys miss. That passing offense with OC Schonert was a complete mess. Anyone else recall that week 15 Jets game in which the Bills were losing until Lynch turned into a power machine that the Jets D simply couldn't stop. The Bills rushing 32 rushes for 187 yards, 2 TD's. Lynch was just tearing it up...the Bills with the 2nd half lead all the way until 4:20 in the fourth quarter, Lynch 4 yards, Lynch 5 yards, Lynch 3 yards FIRST DOWN, Lynch 5 yards TIMEOUT by the NY Jets who's linemen were panting like dogs with their hands on their hips... Suddenly, Bills OC Turk Schonert has a brainfart and has Losman drop back for a pass... sacked for -11 yard loss, FUMBLED, returned for a TD by the Jets who went on to win 31-27. Talk about a frustrating loss... WAIT, there's more. Week 17, in Buffalo, in a freaking windstorm at the Ralph. 50-60 mile an hour winds so the team with the best run game should win this. +Should have been Buffalo right? Lynch and Jackson better than Sammy Morris and LaMont Jordan right? Ehhhhnt, The Patriots ran the ball 47 times to Buffalo 35. Jauron's "Tampa two" supposedly really good defense was never very good as he never did find the linebackers needed to run it properly. Jauron's choices for offensive coaches were clearly his downfall as his defenses were merely mediocre, his offenses with some decent talent at RB, WR his choices for offensive coaches were bad, bad, bad. A very frustrating season indeed!

This isn't about QB's for the 2020 season. The Patriots had the #1 defense last season and their first three draft picks were for the defense! The Patriots will run the ball and play great defense this season while asking their starting QB to simply move the chains when he gets a chance. That 2019 WC game with NE vs Tennessee Titans @ NE showed Buffalo how to beat New England and it wasn't with throwing it 30-40 times. Titans RB Derrick Henry had 34 rushes for 182 yards and pounded that #1 defense into dust. Also, Brady didn't have a very good game against that not so great Titans D.

Thank you for the realistic response / view! I don't get the love for the guy either. But then so many Bills fans still love Chan Gailey along with his "smoke and mirror" offense. Now consider, if you have the wrong guy teaching, developing that young QB wouldn't you want to get him an upgrade at OC before making a determination on Allen? The biggest problem I see with Daboll is that he is destroying Allen's confidence at times by ignoring the run game when its clearing working! Meanwhile, putting the onus to win the game on the QBs shoulders when the pass game isn't working all that well. All the while the QB is under tremendous pressure. Why the confidence thing is so bothersome to me is because the more confidence he has in himself, that will help this young QB with his decision making, accuracy. What bothers me is why can't Beane, McD see that Daboll isn't all that good? You take a young QB with arguably the strongest arm in the league and suddenly he can't hit the deep pass in 2019. What happened? In 2018 the Bills lead the NFL in deep passes attempted and Allen was hitting Jones, Foster on some of those deep passes. 2019...pfft! Like you mention with Hurts, I think Daboll is hindering, holding Allen back. What some Bills fans need to understand is that Allen has only had 27 game starts out of 32. Less than two seasons of playing experience and is still very raw and developing as a pocket passer. Bills fans want him to be Patrick Mahomes and he simply isn't...Allen didn't play at Texas Tech in an "air raid" scheme, he also doesn't have Andy Reid setting up the game plan and calling plays. Plus, Allen didn't sit for a season learning behind Alex Smith.

Like what the Packers did in Green Bay to Rodgers... Ole Bill did the same to Brady by not bringing in enough weapons for the offense. Brady had enough of Bill thinking it was all him. The Bills getting Diggs had to have impact on Brady... The Patriots had the #1 defense last season and what did Belichick draft for #2 S, #2 LB, #3 LB, #3 TE, #3 TE, #5 K, #6, G #6 OT, #6 LB #7 C. First three picks were for the defense. So, we can expect the Patriots to be a run first team in 2020 while they break in Stidham. JMO

First of all, how on earth is my argument weak when I point out in specific games in which the game day play calling wasn't working and yet the play caller kept calling for the same thing over and over? (Its not like the Buffalo run game wasn't working at all or getting continuously stuffed at the line. When you have a running back that is averaging 5.1 yards per carry over the season (which BTW is what the Titans RB Derrick Henry averaged) In 2019 Henry got 303 carries for 1540 yards rushing, 16 TD's Meanwhile Singletary 151 carries for 775 yards, 2 rushing TDs. I'd say Singletary was vastly underutilized all the 2019 season. Even Brandon Beane thinks Singletary can be the workhorse RB needed every down. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001108839/article/bills-gm-devin-singletary-can-be-workhorse-if-needed) Second, how on earth do you KNOW whether a specific play call was an audible by the QB or a call by the OC? Does a second year inexperienced QB have the ability to call his own plays now? Or is it that he has the option to change the play at the LoS depending on what he sees the defense doing? I can tell you this, it is widely known that Daboll was helping Allen with those line play calls after he went up into the booth and would see what defense he was facing and direct him to make changes before the snap. The "truth", it might be what be what you envision... or it might be that like in that Ravens game in which Allen was under constant blitzing pressure to throw 39 times in getting sacked SIX times and hit TWELVE times and yet the Bills kept passing. DESPITE the FACT that both Brown and Beasley were covered like blankets!!! Go re-watch that game to see what I'm taking about! As it was, Allen only rushed 2 times for 9 yards the entire game...Why? Because that ferocious Ravens blitz was in his face every stinking play! Yet, the Bills run game was working against the Ravens with Singletary gaining 5.2 yards per rush (.1 yard over his season average)! This game ended 17-24 and was very winnable had the Bills OC taken the load off 2nd year QB Josh Allen's young, inexperienced shoulders and ran the ball with Devin Singletary more often! P.S. I'm not hating on Brian Daboll by telling untruths or by calling him undue derogatory names. I'm merely pointing out the deficiencies in the game planning, play calling that would have helped the Buffalo Bills win games. There is a very real reason as to why Bills GM Brandon Beane traded the 2020 #1 pick specifically for WR Stephon Diggs! Probably because he watched those games in which Bills WRs John Brown, Cole Beasley were covered, couldn't get any separation. However, Diggs has the ability to create a lot of separation at the top of a route, and when the ball is on target, his hands are as good as anyone's. There is also a real reason why the Bills used a #3 pick and drafted a RB like Zack Moss, who is notably a workhorse and pile driver like RB Frank Gore was supposed to be the latter half of the 2019 season. Lastly, I have no idea why you are defending an offensive coordinator who has never been a top offensive coach, never developed a rookie QB. Listen, this is the very same OC who thought Nathan Peterman should start the 2018 season, get all the pre season, training camp reps. Then throw the better rookie QB into the fire behind a very bad offensive line while asking that rookie QB to throw far more than he should have. That season the Bills run game stunk besides Allen. From my view this OC doesn't know sh!t about developing a rookie QB. Daboll's only claim to fame is his association with Patriots HC Bill Belichick and Alabama HC Nick Saban. Otherwise he hasn't proven anything at the NFL level as an offensive coordinator. If anything, it's been Josh Allen who has made Brian Daboll look like a viable OC because of his pocket escape-ability, running ability along with a determination to win, the likes of which we haven't seen in Buffalo since QB Jim Kelly.

Re-read what I wrote. I never said anything about giving Allen a free pass. However, asking a young, inexperienced QB to face the onslaught of that ferocious Baltimore blitz was downright moronic. Especially when the run game with Singletary was working very well and the Ravens couldn't stop it. The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over when it isn't working. That is exactly what Brian Daboll did against the Ravens, the Browns, the Texans by asking Allen to throw so often when the run game was working. I don't think that there was an opponent that managed to stop Devin Singletary all season. So why not run more and throw less? Go back and re-watch that Thanksgiving day game against the Dallas Cowboys to see how Josh Allen performs with a good complementary run game. 34 rushes for 124 yards by Buffalo and Allen had the best game of his career. 20 of 25 for 231 yards, 1 TD with a 120.7 rate. The thing is, Bills OC Brian Daboll in his six seasons as an NFL offensive coordinator has NEVER fielded a passing offense better than 22nd in yards, 20th in points. Even Chan Gailey with a total crap roster on offense still managed to get to 14th in yards, points in 2011 with smoke and mirrors. Josh Allen is going into his third season as a starting QB. Daboll going into his 7th as an OC. With the talent on this offensive roster I think the onus is on the OC to develop that young QB and get that offense into the top 15.

Take a long hard look at the 2019 Minnesota Vikings, 49ers or Titans. They often scored more than 30 points in games and didn't need to throw it 40 times. Point here is if your team is throwing 40 times its usually in a losing, catch up effort. I don't think there was a game in 2019 that the Vikings actually threw it 40 times or more. The Vikings, Titans are teams that the Bills offensive game plan should follow in setting up the pass with a dominant rushing attack. That Titans game against the Patriots was one of my favorite games in the 2019 season. The Titans 40 rushes for 201 yards, 1 TD. Passing Tannehill, 9 of 16 for 76 yards. The 13-3 New Orleans Saints have arguably the very best passing QB ever in Drew Brees and they were beaten in New Orleans by Minnesota running the ball 40 times for 136 yards. How did the 13-3 49ers beat the Vikings in a divisional playoff game. 47 rushes for 186 yards, 2 TDs. How did they beat the 14-4 Packers 42 rushes for 285 yards, 4 Tds. Jimmy G passing in that game 6 of 8 for 77 yards...the problem is that the 49ers looked like they had Daboll calling plays in the SB, as they didn't run as much and put the game on Jimmy G's shoulders... So, the super bowl champs were the KC Chiefs and they have a prolific passing QB in Patrick Mahomes. The Buffalo Bills don't have Mahomes, they don't have Andy Reid calling plays, setting up the offensive game plan. The Bills also don't have TE Travis Kelce or WR Tyreek Hill. Right now the best option for Buffalo is to setup their offense like the 49ers, Vikings, Titans. In 2019 when the Bills ran more than they threw they usually won that game. Nothing wrong with being a dominant running team as it should help Josh Allen develop into a top passing QB.

Man, well said. I can't emphasize enough how crucial it is having a top offensive coordinator in building a top offense. Daboll did some really good things last season and like you stated in outsmarting himself and at other times just went into a daze on how to beat certain teams. The 2019 Buffalo Bills had a really really weak schedule in facing bad teams in the division 2x, 7-9 Jets, 5-11 Dolphins, and other bad teams 2-14 Bengals, 6-10 Browns, 8-8 Steelers, 3-13 Redskins, 4-12 Giants, 8-8 Cowboys, 7-9 Broncos. Now look at the teams they lost to 12-4 Patriots 2x, 9-7 Eagles, 6-10 Browns, 14-2 Ravens, 10-6 Texans in the playoffs. The Eagles game stands out to me as the Bills were dominated on both sides on the lines in that 31 to 16 loss, the Bills never had a chance as the Eggles ran the ball down the bills throats 41 rushes for 218 yards, 3 rushing TDs. The Bills defense inability to stop the run along with the inability to run the ball is why they lost...Singletary with only 3 rushes for 19 yards! One of those games in which Daboll had his head firmly stuck up his posterior. Allen took 4 sacks, 9 QB hits and was under tremendous pressure all game and yet played well considering the line failed him. The Ravens game, the Bills had a Thurs night game against Dallas so they had extra time to prepare for Baltimore. And yet the Bills offense fell so hard on its face that it looked like someone putting their face under a forge hammer! The Ravens defense didn't have a dominant pass rusher so they blitz 50% of the time to counter that. The Bills OC had to know this, had to see this and should have had multiple plans to counter all that blitzing. Instead, Daboll called for 4-5 deep passes to beat that cover zero blitz...and when Allen missed on those deep passes the Ravens stepped up their blitzing to 65% plus! Devin Singletary, 17 rushes for 89 yards a 5.2 YPC avg and 6 receptions for 29 yards. This was a player the Ravens couldn't stop and by running the ball it would have taken away their constant QB blitzing. Instead Allen 39 passing attempts, 6 sacks, 12 QB hits under constant pressure every drop back! This is more than an OC outsmarting himself! This was downright moronic to see how much pressure Allen was under and keep calling for pass plays. Stupid is as stupid does... Frank Gore was useless in this game, but Singletary was tearing it up and should have seen the ball 30 plus times. Motor was underutilized again with Daboll so narrow mindlessly focused on passing the ball. The Browns, This was a game in which Brian Daboll was outsmarted by a now fired HC in Freddy Kitchens. In week 10 one of the top pass rushers, sack leaders in the league this season was Browns DE Myles Garrett. The Bills were playing the 3-6 Browns in Cleveland and that point in time the only thing the Browns had going for them was that pass rush by Garrett. The Bills game plan should have been mostly running the ball to keep the Browns pass rush in check and Singletary underutilized 8 rushes for 42 yards a 5.3 YPC avg. Meanwhile Allen was asked to throw 41 times...why? After the game Daboll gave the excuse that the Browns were stacking the box against the run! Which was pure bullcrap because when you look at the game log Singletary 1st qtr 4 yards, 2nd qtr 9 yards, 8 yards, 3rd qtr 1 yard, 10 yards, 4 yards, 5 yards, 6 yards. Singletary didn't even touch the ball in the 4th quarter? Yes, Frank Gore sucked again and you have to ask why is he even seeing a hand-off, 5 rushes, 12 yards a 2.4 ypc avg. The Texans playoff game. Even with a lead for most of the game this OC had Singletary 13 rushes for 58 yards a 4.5 ypc avg and Gore saw 8 carries for 22 yards a 2.8 ypc avg. With Josh Allen being the leading rusher 9 carries, 92 yards a 10.2 ypc avg along with Allen throwing 46 times! Big difference between saying that Daboll outsmarting himself with bad game calls and him being a complete moron with bad game plans. Even when he sees that throwing the ball isn't working and the run game is working with a particular RB, he keeps calling pass plays? Like with the Nathan Peterman debacle in which this OC couldn't see which is the better QB before the regular season. This OC doesn't see when a RB has hit the wall and just keeps using him when there is nearly nothing left. Frank Gore was basically useless for the second half of last season and yet saw the ball more than he should have. Now, think back to when Chan Gailey had a burnt out journeyman QB behind center and ran five WR sets with a 7th round draft pick at WR. Now THAT receiver corps really sucked and yet Gailey managed to get those guys to a #14 in points, #14 in yards. The 2019 Buffalo Bills had a much better offensive cast and this OC couldn't get them better than #23rd and #24th. Brian Daboll should have been held accountable after least season. The way this OC leaves the QB to hang out to dry so often and abandons the run game is a big reason as to why he should have been replaced this off season. JMO

This is Beane doing his Bill Belichick impression...meaning that IMO he will be trade bait for teams looking for a QB in the future.

54. Bills: EDGE AJ Epenesa, Iowa Grade: A. Intimidating size and length. Stellar hand-work. Stud run stopper. Power player. Legit DE/DT versatility. Average athlete for DE spot. High-end athlete for DT spot. Bills needed more youth at DE. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2020-nfl-draft-grades-and-analysis-for-every-second-round-pick/

I can recall some sites predicting the Bills to take this player at #22 so I'm happy. Kinda surprised Beane stayed put at 54. Thought he would move up. Gotta love those Samoans!

Or when they allow them to go to a rival, like Stephon Gilmore? I'm just happy the days of incompetent losers running this franchise are long gone. Hopefully we can look forward to many seasons of winning. So many times in the past where some Bills fans criticized the moves made by past regimes there were always some who defended those horrid moves. One Bills fan defended Dick Jauron in a thread with 125 pages...

Look over the history of this teams yearly first draft pick under Ralph Wilson and it was mostly RB's, CB's. 12 DB's by my count

Anyone else recall when Buddy Nix made his great draft day trade up in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft for WR TJ Graham...and then gloated about it by saying "who says we don't trade up"! He moved up four spots in the third... I'm more than happy we now have Brandon Beane calling the shots. AND, I still expect a trade up into the first or early second for a defensive player.

Troll much? From Oct 2011 a Buffalo Bill. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/873985-former-nfl-greats-qb-characteristics-that-ryan-fitzpatrick-reminds-me-of Quick Release: reminds me of Dan Marino "Fitzpatrick was decisive with the ball and confident with his decisions on where he was going with it. No hesitation. He dropped back, looked over the field, decided and flung it. Over and over again. The Raiders defensive line just couldn't reach him." Fitz was tough to sack because he got the ball out very quickly and he had great escape-ability. If you state differently its because you never watched him play behind one of the worst offensive lines the Buffalo Bills ever fielded. That 2010 line at the start of the season was all turnstiles and jailbreaks. Fitz had a 6.7 YPC avg rushing that year for 269 yards. The Bills went 0-8 in 2010 for many reasons.

What a lot of Bills fans just don't get is that what made Chan Gailey's offense work so well in Buffalo at times were some specific players. Ryan Fitzmagic, CJ Spiller for a season and the biggest reason in my view was WR Stevie Johnson. Gailey's offense didn't work with his first pick in choice of Trent Edwards who was literally cut outright after a few games and the guy who took all the first string snaps in training camp. Ryan Fitzpatrick and Brian Brohm were his second and third choices. His offense also didn't work with Brohm. Being kind to Gailey, the man was damn lucky Fitz was even on his team or otherwise I kinda doubt he wins even four games in 2010, or six games in 2011, 2012. (So, basically Gailey is a lot like Daboll who really couldn't see the overall talent at QB right in front of him in the preseason. Gailey chose Edwards as his starter even when Bills fans jeered at him over it in OTA's. Daboll chose Nathan Peterman over starting Josh Allen and then thought he was a viable backup. Eventually, My take is that the truth will come out that Daboll is a bum who got a name by his association with Saban, Belichick.) WR Stevie Johnson, who didn't run precise routes and wasn't anything specifically great in size or speed. What he did have was an ability to get open very quickly and Fitz would find him wherever he was and get him the ball in around two seconds. While Fitz had his strong points, like his pocket escape-ability, quick release and ability to find the open receiver very quickly. He also had some glaring faults while in Buffalo like his inability to run a two min offense (that 2011 week 13 Tennessee game) his rather weak arm and the fact that he would attempt to gun-sling his way to complete some throws. Fitz could look very very good some games and very very bad in others. What had sold Bills owner Ralph Wilson on Gailey was he stated he didn't need superstars to run his offense as he admitted it was mostly smoke and mirrors. Meaning he would run 4-5 WR sets only to mostly see one WR getting the ball (Johnson) and draws to Spiller out of the shotgun formation which spread the defense out...so with the defense thinking pass... all Spiller needed to do was break a tackle and he was off to the races. NFL defenses soon figured this out and Gailey had some success for a season. There are real reasons as to why Gailey hasn't been employed in the NFL since 2016.

Russ Brandon at his finest as the Bills pseudo GM... although many Bills fans here kept stating Brandon had nothing to do with player personnel.