transplantbillsfan

Get Star and Spencer Brown back. Focus on stopping the run and continuing to revitalize our run game. Allen will be able to throw in inclement weather better than Mac Jones. We'll still have that advantage.

No one and everyone. We can blow anyone out and we can get blown out by anyone. We might be the most inconsistent team in the NFL at this point.

Wednesday? Really? I thought they would have used the extra time off to at least add another practice on Tuesday.

Do we practice today? Any news on Mongo, Brown or Star?

I'd ask why haven't started ignoring me yet, but

I honestly don't care about the home field advantage. I really do believe Allen on the whole plays a little better on the road. I think he thrives off adversity. It goes along with his whole mentality of not really feeling like he's fully into the game until he gets hit once. However, what I really do think matters is the bye. Only one team gets that and home field advantage comes with it. So yes please to home field advantage. And now that AJ Brown is on IR along with Henry, I can't believe I'll root for the Patriots on Sunday... maybe...

It's Knox's development that has me most excited this season. This season he's probably one of the 10 best TEs in the NFL. Lock him up long term. Get Diggs his extension. Lock Davis up the moment we're able to. If we're able to keep those 3 weapons long term for Allen I think the story of Allen and the Bills long term will be very, very good.

Key question: Do we get Star and Spencer Brown back? Both are critically important

We all hope Dane is great, but losing White hurts a lot.

Let's not underestimate how devastating this is but also not pretend everything is doom and gloom. There's only one player on this team where we lose him and playoff and Super Bowl hopes are over. You don't have to be a Homer to acknowledge that's Josh Allen. However... I absolutely acknowledge White is the 2nd or 3rd most player on this team. Diggs is his only competition. But we do have a head coach who's a defensive coach who thrives off zone defenses and kinda helped make Josh Norman an All Pro in Carolina. I think we're in some trouble with White out, but hopefully getting Star and Brown back helps offset that a little. Our safeties are still the best tandem in the NFL and as much as a lot of us (including me) rag on Edmunds, you can just see the impact he has on the passing game. Anticipate lots of zone coverage moving forward. Get well Tre!

Can't wait for Mongo and Williams to come back, but Allen looked good against a VERY good defense tonight! One bad interception. One that really wasn't his fault. But we consistently moved the ball with relative ease against a top 10 defense. Loving what we did with Breida... hope Moss stays inactive. 0

Happy Thanksgiving and Aloha everyone! A big Mahalo for this game kicking off at 3:20 Hawaiian time!

Against Darius Leanard... good stuff.

Just about everyone is coming around to the "Moss sucks" boat. I'm exaggerating of course... he doesn't absolutely suck, but he's not remotely worthy of being a featured back and probably shouldn't be part of any 1-2 punch." https://theathletic.com/2975761/2021/11/24/will-the-bills-make-zack-moss-a-healthy-scratch-5-thoughts-and-a-prediction-for-the-thanksgiving-game/ 3. Why a Zack Moss healthy scratch makes sense this week The Bills saw a significant boost to their rushing game last week when Matt Breida was on the field. His strengths as a runner and the strengths of the offensive line mesh well, and the Bills are at the point of the season where they can’t ignore production. The most important factor is that Breida has done enough to deserve more opportunities on offense. However, something has to give from a game-day roster standpoint. If Breida is taking more snaps on offense, the Bills should lighten his load as a special-teams player, where he played on 77 percent of core-four special-teams units. Those special-teams snaps likely aren’t going to second-year runner Zack Moss, who hasn’t taken a core-four snap the entire season. Considering Moss’ lack of special-teams ability, his current struggles with decisiveness as a rusher and the Saints’ stout run defense between the tackles, making Moss a healthy scratch this week makes a lot of sense. It wouldn’t be completely giving up on Moss, but the Bills are past the point of waiting for production and need to maximize the running game. They’ve found some success with the pin-and-pull blocking that suits Breida and Devin Singletary more than Moss. If Moss is a healthy scratch, he’ll likely get another opportunity in the not-so-distant future. Man I hope Daboll and McDermott agree

Ummm... how about just getting Mongo and Brown back?

I didn't understand the TBA designation... why was that there?

or maybe you do... https://theathletic.com/2970405/2021/11/21/how-the-bills-run-defense-unraveled-against-the-colts-7-observations-from-sundays-blowout-loss?source=user-shared-article 6. Cole Beasley’s slight decline? The Bills limited Cole Beasley’s snaps early Sunday, just as they had in their previous two games. Beasley has dealt with a ribs injury, which is surely painful and has limited some of his effectiveness. However, the more significant problem might be that Beasley isn’t the explosive and shifty player he was last year. Throughout the season, even when healthy, Beasley hasn’t generated nearly the same separation that we’ve seen in previous seasons. Speed and the ability to quickly cut and gain separation can disappear quickly with older players, and once it goes, it’s tough to get back. Beasley remains a solid player against zone coverage, which will make him a big piece of the puzzle the rest of this season. But once Beasley starts to get back to full health, this is something to keep an eye on. Either way, the Bills need to give more time to second-year wide receiver Gabriel Davis, who is their second-most dynamic receiver behind Stefon Diggs.

https://theathletic.com/2970405/2021/11/21/how-the-bills-run-defense-unraveled-against-the-colts-7-observations-from-sundays-blowout-loss?source=user-shared-article 5. Matt Breida deserves to supplant Moss as a top-two RB The Bills’ running game wasn’t a big factor, but it’s hard to ignore how the backfield is trending. Initially, the Bills gave Devin Singletary and Zack Moss the first reps at running back and were hesitant to put Matt Breida on the field. But as the game continued, it was evident that the Bills were begging for a difference-maker with speed to help jump-start some things, and Breida was outstanding in limited chances. On the other hand, Moss looked slow and indecisive and was decidedly ineffective. With how he has performed over the past two weeks, the Bills need to seriously consider making Breida their new 1B to Singletary’s 1A. Singletary at least made some people miss Sunday, while Moss is a nonfactor. Because Moss doesn’t play on special teams, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he’s a healthy scratch next week or in the future if his struggles continue against the Saints.

Why is it time to go on record? What are you going to do to us if we say yes? For the record, I think we CAN still be a Super Bowl team and probably still will be a playoff team. As awful as today was, we're somehow still 1 loss behind the #1 seed. The AFC just generally sucks... or is universally good... can't figure out which it is. Regardless, as bad as he was today, we have an Elite QB. That goes a long way in this conversation. What today (and last year, for that matter) should make us realize is how integral and underrated Star is to this D. Do I think we would've won with him alone? No. But Taylor wouldn't have had the game he had. Add Edmunds and Spencer Brown missing along with McKenzie's gift of a TD and Daboll's infuriating insistence on Moss over Breida and I think we could be a much better team against the Colts if we see them in the playoffs.

Moss is useless. Breida should have been seeing more snaps today. I thought last week was indicative of a real philosophical shift for the offense. Guess not.

Is Brown playing? Anyone???