Straight Hucklebuck

This is why when every analyst was screaming from the mountain top that we’d found our long lost identity after the Cowboys game, that we could just line up and pound it all game, every game, it just made no sense and was a useless talking point. Iron out something in the pass game please. First it was throwing to backs, then it was unleashing Cook as a super weapon, a couple of deep shots that have just missed the past two games. Oh and Trent Sherfield is useless, so please stop putting him on the field.

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He’s a playmaker off script, but my gosh those two to Cook today were awful decisions, both lost yards (and were not blocked well anyways). Playoff Lenny is available and needs to be activated.

Nobody wants to hear this nedboy7. The Bills have 0 injuries on offense, are playing at home, etc. They are playing flat out terrible football on offense. The gameplan is ERRATIC.

Murray drops the ball, Cook drops the ball, and Knox maybe?

Amen, 8-yards on first down and we stop running the ball.

How? He’s been all over the place with the ball. Several low passes that players are having to dive for. The offensive line is getting beaten up front, but that interception was awful.

Run for 4, throw a pass behind the LOS, go for a bomb.

That interception can’t happen. What in the world are you trying to do there? And underthrown on top of it. 6 years in the league, how are you still doing this?

Yes he’s compiling a lot of small catches. This is just like the stats earlier in the year DVOA and EPA and RISP and ROR and WAR over and over. Wee watch the games, there isn’t much meaningful impact. Hasn’t been all year. It’s okay to say it.

This is the correct point to make. The 1.5 personnel talk, the “heavy-slot” - he has the hands and instincts in underneath zone. And of course Kincaid will have an improvement plan on the off-season. But neither coordinator has featured him and the bigger point is this team still lacks playmaking. So when I hear Joe Marino say he’s seen enough to know that he wants Kincaid as the #2 option in the passing game next year, I think the opposite. The work isn’t done, this team needs a Round 1 WR.

He made his argument. He wants the top Tight End, not a guy who is pretty good. I think Kincaid has been ok. But come on, he catches a ton of dump offs and zone-sits in the middle of the field. He’s not a featured piece of the offense, he’s there as a background producer. Now we’re 15 games into the season, and his season long is 22 yards, most games his long is 12-14 yards. So the hands - check Slippery in zones - check Targeted on more advanced route tree - No Playmaking after the catch - Not really Average game for him is 4.4 catches, 35 yards a game - so agree with FireChans. He’s compiled a lot of catches, but the way he was sold, there was expected to be more impact. I agree with NewEra, and Kincaid said it - there will be a strength plan in the off-season so he can run with more power and take hits better and less awkwardly.

At no point this season have I felt like he’s really been a focal point. He almost got there in the middle of the season, but his average depth of target is just not advanced enough under Dorsey or Brady for me to really feel like he’s anything more than a place holder, a background piece in this offense. They don’t view him as a weapon, he’s a simple outlet. It’s not a role that has expanded whatsoever as the season has advanced, and now it’s 2-games left. And I said this earlier in the season, sure I agree with others on this site about and his scouting reports - he’s smooth and slippery underneath, but you don’t see a lot of rugged running or real tackle breaking. He catches the ball and falls down a lot. And Kincaid got asked about this and he pointed to this being something he’s going to work on in the off-season, I took it as he needs to work on his strength.

Yeah sorry, not when he follows it up with I hope they take it and run with it and put it in their lockers. This is Bengals fans showing up on our board last year and “educating” all Bills fans about how their team was superior and they said it’s because we respect you that we’re coming on this board and talking down to you. That’s the personality of Chase and his loudmouth team.

Yeah they all piled on. Mixon with his “big dogs of the AFC” Boyd ran his mouth about how the Bills were nothing special. Burrow and his “better send those refunds” line. Well the Chiefs will put a metal stake through their faces this week. See ya next year Ceasar.

This makes sense and was the obvious play here.

Bills 23 Patriots 16

Germaine Ifedi

He smoked Richard Sherman and Darrell Revis in their primes.

There was a smaller website that claimed he was deciding on his future, and weeks later McDermott was asked about him, and he basically said the same thing, he’s deciding on what he wants to do. So I don’t think we’ll see him the rest of the season.

Yes there has been a walking back from the analysts about how highly they had Lawrence coming out of Clemson. He was the nations #1 QB coming out of High School, went toe to toe with prime Alabama, went #1 overall in a draft with Tua and Herbert, and there was an analyst on Fox Radio yesterday saying - well we never had him graded elite, he was always in the good tier. I don’t think that’s the case. He got a pass in Year 1 because of Urban Meyer. Year 2 he took a leap forward after the mid-season Broncos game. This year there has been a bit of a regression in output, and he’s taken some injuries. I think it’s too early to declare what his upside/ceiling is. He’s 24 years old. The media is always looking to anoint the next big thing. Their 2023 Hero got hurt in Training Camp and is now out for the year. So now it’s a week by week reading back of the standings as they “educate” the fans on who is good and who isn’t. ESPN had Lawrence as a 97 overall. NFL had him at 7.40 “perennial All-Pro” So I don’t buy this - we knew he was good, but we never had him elite kind of narrative.

They’ve clearly figured out a couple of things on offense since the 6-0 loss against the Chargers. 21, 17, 26 scored in their last three. And this game was without Schuster and Stevenson.

Saturday Night started by not being able to run the ball. Punted 3x to start the game. Didn’t get the run going until the last drive of the first half. So I think that was the first half, lopsided TOP. The second half was turnovers and penalties that slowed the team down. I am concerned about Diggs not being able to get loose at all. Kincaid has disappeared since the 1st half of the Eagles game and with 2-games left now, he’s been limited to dump-offs all year. Where is the playmaking? Allen and the Bills reverted to playing again in that helter skelter style, Allen running around, plays out structure. Things the Bills have going for them: 1. The Offensive Line continuity 2. Stable of useable running backs 3. Allen felt like he bailed out of the pocket early a few times, but c Things the Bills have to work on 1. Where is the quick rhythmic passing game with Diggs and Kincaid? Couldn’t sustain drives, and haven’t seen that elite Diggs route-running paying off for several weeks now. 2. Von Miller’s tape couldn’t have been good in film review. I watched him all game and he got pushed past the QB almost every play. The Bills are giving him every opportunity to turn back on.

The passing game is lethargic right now. It’s not a well oiled machine throwing the ball. On defense, have to hope Epenesa can get healthy, so that Von can take a seat on the bench. Have to hope DaQuan can come back close to 85% - 90% and give the line a boost. And I will agree with you that the local media was taking victory laps all week and predicting Super Bowl runs.

Yes, Phillips not in was noticeable. But when I think back on the year has it always been that way, or more so after the Cowboys game? He’s 6’6” 350 so our biggest DT.