transplantbillsfan

What has the argument been? Anti-Trump bias. No? Investigators uncovered “no documentary or testimonial evidence” of political bias behind official actions related to the investigation, known as Crossfire Hurricane, said the report, which totaled more than 400 pages. The F.B.I. had sufficient evidence in July 2016 to lawfully open the investigation, and its use of informants to approach campaign aides followed procedures, the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, determined. So on the grounds that there was some kind of "Deep State War" against Trump, give it a rest. Now you can move the goalposts if you want and pretend that your argument is now (and has always been if you want to be that disingenous) that the FBI made mistakes wiretapping Page: Mr. Horowitz also uncovered substantial dysfunction, carelessness and serious errors in one part of the sprawling inquiry: the F.B.I.’s applications for court orders approving a wiretap targeting Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser with ties to Russia, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. He found that one low-ranking F.B.I. lawyer altered a related document and referred the lawyer for possible prosecution. Of course that hasn't been your argument over here. It hasn't been that the FBI or our Intelligence Community is incompetent (which is what I'm guessing the argument shifts to), but it's that there's some deep political bias against Trump from the beginning and investigating Trump in the first place was baseless and unwarranted. Clearly not true.

Night and Day. Barr's a moron.

I can concede that Baltimore and the Patriots are the best defenses the Bills have faced, but even subtracting those games from the rest of his home games, you don't think these numbers look pretty different since you can't see him playing tight during the games? Home-- 59.6% completion %, 6.8 YPA, 9 TDs--less than 2 per game (8 passing, 1 rushing), 3 turnovers (2 INTS, 1 fumble lost) Away--65% completion %, 7.5 YPA, 14 TDs --more than 2 per game (8 passing, 6 rushing), 5 turnovers (3 INTs, 2 fumbles lost) I don't know why you're so unwilling to accept that sometimes there are intangible factors that aren't parts of the football field within the sidelines that also come into play for football players. Watching Allen yesterday there were multiple times he was wildly inaccurate. Some could be attributed to weather and some to defensive pressure, but yes, he looked jittery from the get go. Like you, I feel better about Allen moving forward because I do think he learns from his mistakes and will continue to get better, but this year I feel more comfortable with the Bills and Allen especially on the road.

Dallas is a top 10 team defense and currently 7th in pass defense. That was one of Allen's best games. Philly has a worse defense, but you pull that out as though they're a better team. Why? I'm a little amazed that you're clinging to a solely statistical argument. You seriously don't notice a difference in the way our offense and Allen in particular play when he's at home? Next Sunday on the road against one of the league's best defense will be a great test to this theory.

Home-- 54.8% completion %, 6 YPA, 11 TDs (8 passing, 2 rushing), 7 turnovers (5 INTS, 2 fumbles lost), 77.4 QB Rating Away--65% completion %, 7.5 YPA, 14 TDs (8 passing, 6 rushing), 5 turnovers (3 INTs, 2 fumbles lost), 94.7 QB Rating Allen is better on the road. Personally I think the immediate and added pressure and expectation of a ravenous fanbase behind him just makes him overly excited and causes him to lose focus. Oddly enough he seems to thrive under duress on the road. I expect a bounceback good game for him in primetime on the road against the Steelers in SNF.

OC was a predictable idiot today. I don't know why he went away from all of the pre-snap motions considering it's been a staple of our offensive success.

https://theathletic.com/1444151/2019/12/08/bills-going-to-feel-good-about-sleeping-tonight-despite-losing-to-ravens?source=shared-article Baltimore’s pinball-machine offense (first in points and rushing yards, second in total yards) experienced unprecedented frustration: Fewest yards (257, 164 below average). Second-fewest first downs (18, seven below average). Third-fewest plays (59, eight below average). Fewest rushing yards (118, 90 below average). Second-lowest yards per carry (3.6, 2.0 below average) Fewest rushing first downs (six, six below average). Tied for second-lowest passing yards (139, 74 below average). Third-lowest yards per pass (5.3, 2.5 yards below average). Since 2000, the Bills — and we’re talking some bad teams — had a .619 win percentage when limiting opponents to no more than 257 yards and 18 first downs. Jackson completed 16 of his 25 throws for 145 yards and three touchdowns. He ran 11 times for 40 yards, ending a streak of nine games with at least 60 rushing yards. The Ravens led the NFL in explosive plays coming into Sunday, averaging 6.1 runs of at least 10 yards and 1.4 passes of at least 20 yards. They had two such runs and one such pass Sunday. The Ravens hadn’t punted more than three times in a game and totaled only six punts over their previous five games. Sam Koch kicked it away seven times. .... Alexander explained how McDermott labels performances on a four-square chart: play well and win; play well and lose; play poorly and win; play poorly and lose. “Today we played good, but we lost,” Alexander said. “It’s not like they outmatched us and we don’t belong on the field with them.” Calm confidence was evident in Buffalo’s postgame den. No sense of panic or peril was evident like in the Cowboys’ locker room Thanksgiving night. I really think that little tidbit from Lorax is pretty revealing. McDermott DOES preach moral victories to his players, at least to some degree.

I know people are joking about this as ridiculous, but if Daboll isn't utilizing McKenzie or Foster with those motion sweep plays consistently the way he has all season, Duke needs to be active. Allen needs a big bodied receiver who can actually catch. Knox could be that guy in the future, but he's unreliable now. Just activate him already so we have a WR who can make contested catches.

The Eagles are a bad team if that's how you define Dallas and that was BY FAR our worst game all season... And it was at home in the elements, which is always supposed to be Buffalo's advantage.

Or it could be explained by the actual eye test and watching Buffalo play in every home game, especially 1st halves. I bet if someone broke down our 1st half offensive stats vs 2nd half at home the numbers would be staggeringly atrocious.

Said this was one thing that actually worried me coming into this game. People pinned it on opponents, but other than the Denver game we've been tight at home, especially on offense. Allen seems to feel added pressure at home especially. These were Allen's stats at home vs away BEFORE today's game: Home-- 57.4% completion %, 6.6 YPA, 10 TDs (8 passing, 2 rushing), 6 turnovers (5 INTS, 1 fumble lost), 80.8 QB Rating Away--65% completion %, 7.5 YPA, 14 TDs (8 passing, 6 rushing), 5 turnovers (3 INTs, 2 fumbles lost), 94.7 QB Rating Why? You really can't see there's some weird added pressure Allen and this offense seems to play with at home?

Disagree. The Bills offense and Allen were very clearly playing tight for much of this game as they have for all of their other home games other than against Denver. Yes, opponents matter. But this is a road team, not a home team. For whatever reason, this seems to be the case this year. Watch Allen and the offense shine on national TV on the road next week.

Our defensive gameplan was fantastic. Our offensive gameplan SUCKED BALLS!!! Ravens were advertised as weak on perimeter rushes. Sounds like the perfect recipe for pitches to Singletary and jet sweeps to Foster and McKenzie, right? Did we see ANY of those jet sweep motions today??? Daboll sucked today.

Of course. Jackson was pretty bad today for anyone who actually watched, too. Notice that? 3 ridiculous drops today. If our guys catch those, it's a different game. Knox needs work with the jugs machine this offseason.

Game is on Daboll. Defense held. If we committed to shorter passes and perimeter runs we would've won. Every single damn time we go under center we hand it off. So predictable. More confident if we meet them again, though.

This drive the refs are finally on our side. Capitalize!!!

True. But Daboll's sucked the most

Daboll SUCKS today!!!

Screw you Daboll!!! QB sneak it *****!!!

Jackson isn't showing Allen anything. Jackson just has the better playcaller today. Yes, that Greg Roman. If we don't have those 3 blatant drops, we get the obvious DPI call, and Murphy doesn't get called for a ridiculous late hit, this is a very different game. Maybe if Knox&Co could start catching passes like the one he just caught, that'd help.

Freaking TRYYYY some outside runs!!! It's a 1 score game and we're going to lose this damn game because Daboll is a moron today!!!

3 blatant drops today. Tell me I was wrong when I said this team plays tight at home.

Ravens have been advertised as weak on the outside rushes... why not pitches to Singletary or jet sweeps to McKenzie or Foster? We will lose because of piss poor offensive playcalling, not defense. So frustrating. Ravens D is owning us.