Straight Hucklebuck

To me, Singletary and Moss have had their chances. Start Cook. The offensive line is bottom 12 in the league and our offense is never going to hinge on running the ball. McDermott has had nothing but slow people running the ball since he got here: Tolbert, Ivory, Gore, Singletary, Moss. Get rid of the delayed handoffs, our line is horrible and gets no push, so all this does is give the defense more time to get in the backfield.

Yes, its okay to say this. We have sensitive fans who always have to preface statements praising McDermott and Beane. But, the line reared it's ugly head again on Sunday, and you're right, Allen makes it look easier than it is. His ability to feel pressure, escape, move, throw on the run, finding the checkdowns. And on defense, the Bills get credit for Hyde and Poyer (Doug Whaley was GM in 2017 when they were signed), and for building a league leading unit. They gotten a lot of mileage out of Hyde, Poyer, Milano, Edmunds, Tre White, Tauron Johnson. But Elam made sense, we haven't had a good #2 corner in a few years.

The fans dismissing the loss aren't being intellectually honest. The offensive line looked like mid-2021 again. Allen has to maneuver out of sacks/pressure constantly. If that was Joe Burrow back there, he'd have taken 9 sacks on Sunday. RG a problem again, RT a problem again. Diggs, and I know you can't say this, disappeared in the 2nd half. Josh was desperately trying to find anyone that could make a play, and he had 2 catches, for 22 yards. Running back is again an issue, Singletary is a JAG, and Moss is a fringe-NFLer. So it goes right to the first point on the Offensive Line, but Josh again the leading rusher. Can't get 1-yard when we needed it. Saw this last year. Kahlil Shakir inactive again, team needed any kind of spark at WR, Crowder with low snaps as well. All this would be fine if Gabe Davis could separate, but he was blanketed all day. This is what some fans saw last year, and why they were clamoring for a 1st-Round WR. The Bills didn't do that, fine, but I would say its past time to try something different at RB, and the Bills have a 2nd-Rounder sitting on the bench for the most part while they try Zack Moss.

I agree. It's been one of McDermott's mannerisms since his hiring. As you know, he gives generic, vanilla answers to every question, and most of the time, the Buffalo media asks him about his feelings every game, not harder open ended questions. Nobody in the room asks, what was the team trying to establish on the 2nd drive of the game with a run to Moss, run to Moss? Nobody says, Sean, why not run it 3x straight on 2nd-Goal from 1 with under 2 minutes left. It's all, "what does it say about this team that they hung in there despite the injuries?" so it tee's McDermott up for a snow cone answer.

Happy to have him. Not sure how he ever rated in PFF, but out of college I thought he was going to be a good player.

In general, I agree. Marino taught us all, you better win when you're there, because there is no guarantee you'll ever get back. I don't think the Bills squandered 2020, the Chiefs were better, but 2021 was definitely an opportunity to be Super Bowl Champions, because I believe we beat Cincinnati in Buffalo. Colin raises a good point on Allen and his usage. He's taking a lot of shots. So at 26, he's superhuman. But I do agree, without management, he could age significantly. Additionally, this defense has been intact for several years now, and the Seahawks have taught us, it's hard to keep a defense together past 4-5 years.

No because Miami’s drive went as poorly as you could have hoped for. It took next to no time off the clock. The holding penalty really killed what was looking like a comeback win.

If today they just made James Cook the starter, I think this run game gets better just for fact they picked a guy. I think he could get you 50 yards/game on the ground.

Zack Moss is too slow and anyone who follows this team has seen that from Day 1. That whole "business decisions" nonsense, the guy is not bigger than your average NFL RB. When Allen was desperately searching for anyone that could make a play, James Cook had some nice snaps. But he doesn't play because McDermott doesn't play rookies over worn-out vets, see Singletary/Gore, John Brown/Emmanuel Sanders/Gabe Davis, Isaiah McKenzie vs Cole Beasley. Cook has more juice, but McDermott is insistent on the "physicality". And yes I know McKenzie was not a rookie last year.

We do stupid things, for sure this Coaching staff has not figured it completely out. Tennessee on the goal line, go for all the marbles, can't convert. Kansas City we play prevent defense (and still rush 4) knowing KC has 3 timeouts and has to get rid of the ball in <2 seconds. We watch Tyreek Hill gain an immediate 25 yards, then we roll the same defense out again the next play. 2nd and Goal from the <1 yard line at the 2-minute mark, and we don't just ram it 3 times for the lead and bleed clock. Nope we do a fancy Josh Allen RPO thing, pass, pass. Let alone this staff benching Kahlil Shakir on a day where we needed anyone to make a play down the stretch, the constant meltdowns on critical defensive plays (Texans 2020, 3rd-22). This constant insistence on Zack Moss.

3 cracks from the 1 yard line with under 2-minutes to go. Not sure why this team finds it so hard to run simple/turn around and handoff run plays. How are you not milking clock and running 3 times from the 1 there?

This team under Daboll, and now Dorsey, find it really hard to just run the ball straight forward out of a single back set. Turning around and handing the ball off is really hard for them. So instead we try gimmicky RPO handoffs that get blown up and lose yards every play, yet we keep trying it. Who doesn't appreciate what Allen does on broken plays running the ball? But this team acts like he is the Colin Kaepernick against the Packers kind of RPO runner, and nobody is fooled by that. Those plays take too long to develop, and it looks like again, our line is average at best.

The entire 2nd half. Diggs had a 6-yard catch at the 10:05 mark of the 4th, and a 16-yarder at the 8:28 mark of the 4th. That's it. It's not lazy. 5 catches in the first half. 2 catches for 22 yards in the 2nd half. Disappearing act.

We all want stoic Dick Jauron back?

Yeah sorry not in the mood to throw Diggs a party. He was a no show the entire second half. Disappeared again.

Watch the game, watch how much pressure this dish strainer of an offensive line was giving up. Oh and who did you want him to go to? Diggs? Not on the field, completely disappeared again. Davis? With his 0.1 yards of separation? Maybe Josh could have thrown McKenzie out of bounds by himself as Isaiah was juking around struggling for 1-yard more instead of bee-lining it out of bounds.

I think you fans are crazy. WHO did you want him to go to? Maybe run the ball with Singletary at 1.8 ypc? Maybe throw to Diggs? oh wait he pulled a Houdini in the second half? Gabe Davis? Couldn’t separate. Maybe Dorsey could get a play call in quicker than 3 seconds before the snap? Shakir inactive again. I didn’t see Crowder nearly enough. 2nd-1 from the goal line and we’re out there throwing the ball with 2 minutes left. And we’re blaming Allen. How many sacks did Allen dodge by himself in that game?

You're not wrong. Kahlil Shakir inactive again when you know Gabe Davis isn't right on that ankle today. The second drive of this game was pathetic and an absolute give up approach. Way too many times this team gets the playcall in late, its 3, 2, 1 and Josh is clamoring for the snap. And they don't play with any variance in tempo.

Rattled???????? The guy escapes so many sacks its not debateable. If the bar is perfect quarterbacking then good for you. He didn't set his feet on the 4th down to McKenzie, had a couple of wounded ducks that almost got picked, but the guy threw it 63 times today in 90-degree heat with no Diggs showing up in the second half. How many gut it out first downs did he give this team? Davis couldn't separate either.

This was a coaching loss today. - Dorsey not getting plays in on time - The second drive was an absolute joke - Delayed handoffs being called over and over' - 2nd and Goal from 1 and you don't call three straight dives?? - Too many times the playclock running down to 3, 2, 1 and barely getting the snap off, and that's what made Bass miss that field.

You're right about Allen running around, he escapes so many would be sacks. They've been living on the edge on the interior offensive line for a while now, starting journeyman and living with Morse. I do think you make a good point at WR - it's high up the list on Draft needs. Ultimately, I think the Bills did this to themselves today. Dorsey not getting the plays in fast enough, for some reason we became obsessed with delayed handoffs, the play calling on the goal line was poor, Diggs missing in the second half outside of one catch.

He does, he coaches scared

He does, he coaches scared

What a joke of a penalty, three seconds after the play ends

No pass rush = Wounded Tua duck And that’s why they’re back up Safeties