oldmanfan

We may have the worst O line in the NFL

When Brown gets back he needs to start at LT. Dawkins isn’t over his Covid.

We cannot win a Super Bowl with our O line. They simply do not have the physical strength or ability to win.

Ok boys, let’s matriculate the ball down the field!

We don’t need him. He’d take throws away from Diggs and Sanders.

I am becoming more optimistic that Adams and Granato are going to have the same impact Beane and McD have had. Establish a culture and mindset, then get players who buy in and get rid of guys who don’t. And Eichel was never going to buy in. I like what I’m seeing this year. You’ll have nights like last night, sure, but I think everyone would agree the team has played much better than we thought thus far.

Never read PFF and couldn’t care less about their ratings and such. But it’s nice Groot is getting some recognition. Bills fans know he’s playing well. I do wish Boogie would get on the field more, I think he’d have similar impact.

Lied to his teammates, to his coaches and administrative folks, to the fans, to other players in the league, to reporters and other individuals in close contact. Rogers is a real gem.

Great minds think alike

In our conference the Patriots and the Raiders. Belichick will do his Belichickian stuff and get them in as a wildcard, and from there who knows. The Raiders are playing solid football and as emotionally invested to support their new HC. Tennessee without Henry is toast. The Chargers have little D. The Steelers and Browns are not going to be there in the end. The Ravens, Jackson will do his Jacksonian fade in the playoffs. If we get by them, then the Bucs and the Rams in the NFC. The Rams have basically thrown all the cards and chips in the middle of the table on this year being their year; the lack of draft picks and cap issues will doom them in upcoming years. And Brady is Brady. I'd rather play the Rams than the Bucs in the Super Bowl as I don't think the Rams have the coaching to get them over the top. The Bills are still the most balanced team in our conference, but when we run into teams that are strong in the middle of the D line we're going to have issues.

Watching the game yesterday confirmed for me our issue in the interior O line: they guy we have laying are not strong enough. Now, any one of them could pick me up and throw me over a building, but they have to compete against guys in the D line that are just as big. And unfortunately stronger. You saw it both in the run game and in pass protection yesterday. Guys in the interior simply could not get a consistent push against Davis (got the name right?) and Wilkins in the run game, and were getting pushed back on pass rushes more than they should. Josh being more mobile helped in the pass game, and they did seem to play somewhat better in the second half. But D lines with strong DT types (like Hayward and the Steelers) are going to be a consistent problem. Not because of scheme or coaching or whatever. Because our guys simply aren't strong enough physically, and I don't know how you address that halfway though the season.

Helluva game yesterday. They gave us the middle of the field and he took it.

If the O line gets blown up by a team with big DTs and that in turn does not allow our offense to operate in a playoff game they will be the reason why we lost. We have lost two games thus far this year, and struggled yesterday. In each of those the interior line struggled aganist bigger DTs. The guys in the middle are simply not strong enough to consistently withstand big interior D linemen.

Ok, I normally try to be polite. But just shut up.

Getting the TD was the right call. That put us up 26-11 so 15 points. Then going for 2 was smart because if by some miracle the Fish had scored two TDs (let's say a kickoff runback, then recover an onside with a Hail Mary) , the 2 point conversion would not have allowed them to tie.

They will be a tough out because Belicheat is the best at what he does.

I keep saying football comes down to physically beating the guy in front of you. Our O line cannot do that against the better DTs. They just are not strong enough.

Norelli?

They let Josh be Josh in the second half and the O line played better. We still need stronger guys in the O line. Thank God for the D.

Hughes with his weekly Offside

We can’t handle big DTs.

We may have to trade for an interior lineman or two.

Can’t get any worse, right?

Let Josh be Josh now. We can’t run so quit trying.

Oliver is huge today