Straight Hucklebuck

Rousseau virtually got tackled

Wake the heck up guys

You drafted a running back in the 2nd Round.

Leave it to Sean McDermott to draft a RB in the 2nd Round and never use him so that a slow plodder can get on the field and lose yards for us every play.

WHY IS ZACK MOSS ON THE FIELD?????????? Haven't you seen this enough McDermott?

The Bills have moved the ball ok today, and I think having the starting line intact has been noticeably better in pass protection.

Not surprisingly it would be nice to get James Cook on the field. This team needs some juice.

I think you have to trace this to the beginning with Sean McDermott. He came to Buffalo trumpeting a physical run game, in snowy weather. The FO went out and signed Mike Tolbert, Chris Ivory. Singletary was made to sit and watch 36 year old Frank Gore pound away at 3.5 yards per carry. Then comes the same type of plodder back that McDermott loves in Zack Moss. And I think it’s McDermotts desire for a physical run game that continues to put Zack Moss on the field. Singletary has been the best RB on the team in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and this offense has been best when he gets all the available carries. I thought the Bills finally learned this in 2021, but they’re still holding on. Going forward I agree with others on this thread, Moss needs to be inactive on Sundays. I think you can keep Singletary as the starter for now, with James Cook taking all Moss reps. However, if we start to see Cook breaking plays, then I am hoping the Bills don’t hesitate and start utilizing Cook. In some ways this is the same situation as Jacksonville. Finding the right balance between steady James Robinson, and Travis Etienne, although Singletary hasn’t been as Touchdown productive. I do think the Bills could stand to run more, simply to reduce the number of hits on Allen, and to prepare for the Playoff games where you need more contribution that just Allen trying to be the Hulk out there and others standing and watching.

This is good response. Not sure on the braces. Gabe described it as a "roll" after the walkthrough. So I assumed this is kind of a Grade 1 kind of sprain, similar to basketball where there is not immense swelling, the "walk it off" sprain.

Before trading for a RB, I'd make sure the answer isn't on the roster in James Cook taking more snaps.

Never said that, stop embellishing.

For me, as long as the offense is fully intact, we have a chance in any game. I want to see the fire in Diggs this game, and am interested to see if Cook has earned more time. Given how dreadful our run game has been with Singletary and Moss being underwhelming, I would hope the Bills continue splitting Cook out and throwing him the ball. Also, do the Bills try some more conventional run plays this week, when the choose to run?

Hearing about Gabe Davis' ankle is getting aggravating. You rolled the ankle in a walkthrough 2-weeks ago, played 87 snaps on it a week ago, and now its reaggravated again? Maybe this is why he was stuck behind John Brown and Cole Beasley? We all have seen he has a nose for the endzone, but frankly you can't depend on this at #2 WR. In the 2020 Playoff push he was never right after the Baltimore ankle right in the beginning of the game.

A big part of this was the Offensive Coordinator. The Bills had just gone down the field to make it 7-0, and forced Miami to punt. Then Dorsey decided to suck the life out of the team with a Moss run, followed by another Moss run. No surprise, those carries were wasted downs, leaving the Bills in 3rd-9 and Josh's strip-fumble. I have no idea what the Bills thought there were going to accomplish with two Zach Moss runs.

Has Allen's ability to audible been confirmed? Of course by now given his performance I would expect full control, but QB of Bills past like Tyrod had no leeway.

Three weeks in and he doesn't seem like a big part of the receiving offense. I thought I'd see more moving him around the formation, and trying to truly develop a #1 Tight End. Instead, it's been shallow routes and blocking.

Is this where we do the PFF gave my team a negative grade so we dismiss them entirely routine? He ran a 4.70 at the Combine, so he looked like that on the field. Agree on Hamlin too, he's looked good when on the field, similar to Dane Jackson, fast enough.

He should be looking to add another WR. Keep piling them on.

Wasn’t his PFF grade a 27.5?

Good enough to drive the length of the field 12 plays, but 2nd-Goal from the 1-yard line, insurmountable.

So our backup Centers were competent enough to complete the 2nd, 3rd and 4th down snaps under pressure, but only if it was out of Shotgun? Nice argument on the 31 other teams. The Bills get credit for “almost” and we state that no other team could possibly do what we did there knowing that we can’t of course test that theory. What’s the average age of an NFL roster, 25-27? Don’t most teams consist of some youth at critical spots? Weren’t those guys in the same film room as Poyer and Hyde? Not crushing them, but experience or not it was a soft play call again, and we’ve seen that before. When the Bills make plays it’s because of Beane’s smarts and McDermott’s coaching. When they don’t it’s they’re young, hot, and nobody could execute that in the league. Understood that’s their philosophy and keeping the Dolphins to 21 points is not a horrendous effort, considering 7 of those points were a gift from a weirdo play calling sequence from Dorsey that deflated the momentum from the 1st drive that ended in a TD and the defense giving the ball back to the offense.

Off the top of my head ~50 is where I would trust him. Looked it up after I typed the first line, he's 6-10 on over 50.

So a professional football team couldn't complete a snap under Center with 1/2-yard to go? Okay, guess I wasn't paying attention hard enough. Assume what you say is true, my conclusion is we are stuck as a football team. When you can't trust your line, your running backs, to pick up 1/2-yard on the goal line on a 2nd-1, we're stuck. When Allen/Macrz/Van Roten can't complete a QB sneak because of butt sweat, and that causes you to lose a football game, that's astonishing frankly. Jaquan Johnson is young? Damar Hamlin is young? These guys aren't rookies. This is Johnson's 4th year here. Hamlin you can say that. It's a bad Coaching call, one that we've seen before from McDermott and Frazier. This play off the ball 15 yards on long down and distances. Rushing 3, not playing man off the line with the safeties over top. This has happened before. PLAYING TOO FAR OFF

2nd-1 from the Dolphins 1/2 yard line. And we go Allen RPO, Pass, Pass with under 2 minutes left. Despite the struggles, we can't just plow ahead 3x and get the ball into the endzone and milk the clock at the same time? Especially after Singletary ran the play before and got to the goal line?

The media is buying this too. You're starting to see the Dolphins Top 5 in the Power Rankings. They do have two elite WRs, certainly Waddle was a Draft hit for them. Now, come Playoff time, tight defenses, pressure on Tua to make plays all-game, can I see them beating the Bills & Chiefs, no. We know what it takes to go toe-to-toe with Mahomes. Allen last year went 4 TDs - 0 Ints and it wasn't enough. So the Dolphins can celebrate now, but they have no run game, an average defense, an average QB, with great skill talent, and a rookie HC.