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So keep doing what hasnt worked?

1 on 1 bigger body box out where if the wr plants and comes back towards the ball there is a good chance it’s an easy td.

Yes and I don’t think any of us now the option reads for the play call, but one thing that is a universal for receivers, especially in the red zone, is to get your head around looking for the ball and otherwise have eyes on the qb out of your break. I put it on Gabe and I like him but it’s hard to deny that interceptions happen way too much on passes to him and he has inconsistent tenacity in fighting for contested passes that may not be perfect throws. It seems to me Gabe works hard and may even be right where Josh guesses wrong at times, but as someone said earlier they just aren’t on the same page enough.

I’m aware and think he is a coach that has proven he can win. It’s not that common for fired head coaches to become hired somewhere else the next season, especially a defensive minded one. It does happen, I know, and maybe you’re right and I’ll be very wrong as multiple teams vie for him. I wouldn’t be surprised to see chargers pursue Ben Johnson. Given the group put together in Washington I fully expect a Shanahan protege to be the pick. Carolina might be the spot where they pursue him, but IMO I think Vrabel might not see that as attractive and might decline that job. If they are willing to move on from Young, then maybe, but I wouldn’t want to be saddled with trying to make water into wine. That roster is awful.

Shaw glad to see you posting these this year. This game was a perfect embodiment of the 2023-24 Bills. The Bills are extremely talented but sometimes make themselves the toughest opponent. They still persevere and win, playing their best when it matters most. They have the talent to win it all, but also can be prone to mistakes that derail that opportunity as the margin for error gets smaller. However, the team is mentally and physically tough, which is what is different from past years. This team has a different identity this year, a nastier, tougher one. I think that helps them in the playoffs this year significantly. They’ve also made a point to infuse the team with FAs with rings or Super Bowl experience, such as Rapp, Floyd, Miller, Fournette, and Joseph. This is not an insignificant thing coupled with the bad taste of playoff exits in prior years. I’m not saying it’s destiny they go or win it by any means, but the ingredients are different this time around. It’s a confident group that has the talent and experience, and they just need to continue on playing their best football. If they do I’m not sure who can stop them, but we shall see.

This has been a problem the past 2 years with Davis and I just don’t understand why they don’t cut out the option routes with Gabe or limit them a lot more. I’m guessing it has to do with how well it can work, but they are too often not on the same page regardless and it’s just hurting them.

Maybe. The NFL is weird sometimes and despite Vrabel's success teams will still gamble for a home run hire over a retread. Atlanta wants an offensive minded coach and is likely already locked in on who their first choices are. Chargers will probably be in same boat after taking a shot on a young DC. Washington is going to probably take a look at an entire top to bottom housecleaning that doesnt seem like a good fit. The Raiders might be the best fit but I think Pierce might be the guy. The Panthers want someone who can work with Bryce Young. I dont think its a slam dunk he gets a HC gig.

It was clear that he wasn’t putting the team in the best position to succeed, and it was obvious that he didn’t know how to build off of doing something successful against an opponent. It also promoted a narrative that still exists that Josh has Diggs and not enough of a supporting cast of skill players. Thing is, I’m not sure we really know if there isn’t more talent than we think. Cook has been a revelation the last several weeks, and I’m assuming that is going to start drawing more attention and less for Diggs and DKs.

McDermott is a part of the problem not talent. The team has more than enough talent to win the championship and I watched the Defense totally change its approach in Philly last week in the second half. I was at the game and the defense went from pressing to off coverage and the defense went from dominating to doormat. I had been ambivalent about McD until i witnessed this. Totally baffling and basically took the foot off the Eagles neck and gave them a hand to help them up. The D he is calling when it matters is losing games. The proof is there all season. They lost several games at the end do to poor defensive calls during his stint and this year in particular. The Giants snd Bucs games could have easily been 2 more. On one hsnd i have nothing but respect for the team being good agsin under his watch on the other, we aint getting anything but teased with a championship with him.

All of the coaching needs to be blamed from D to O to special teams. We can argue about who deserves more blame but they all did a remarkable job finding a way to lose that game.

"Complimentary football" is what they need to get back on track. SMH. Sure that sounds great so why dont you allow the more talented side of the ball carry the team rather than playing to protect the side that cant get off the field or stop teams that can barely put together a competent series. Let the offense make the opposing team one dimensional. The lesser offenses we face cant keep up in a track meet yet McDermott lets them make it a boring wrestling match where the D either hangs on for an underwheming win (Bucs and Giants) or an incredibly dissapointing loss (Jets and Pats). The D is a huge problem bc there are always easy plays against it especially when they blitz and McDermott blitzing seems to be one of the easiest things to beat as they rarely get home and there are multiple easy throws.

The Gators won’t hire someone like McDaniels, despite their recent lack of success. They aren’t that stupid and they know the guy would bail for a new gig as soon as the pressure mounted, and it is immediate at Florida. Miss. State or some other program like that, maybe, but McDaniels seems like a guy that will find his way to a NFL staff, bc college is an entirely different animal and recruiting is all year job that now requires keeping kids happy so that don’t transfer.

Makes sense for many reasons. I think he’s got more in the tank than Murray and they need some blocking nastiness with the TE situation. Not going to put the Bills over the top but having a guy that has been there and played his best football in big moments is a good asset to have.

The problem with the playcalling is that there are too many instances of poor playcalls killing drives. The Bills offense can impose its will unless it gets in its own way, and things like shotgun runs on short yardage situations allows 2nd and 2 to turn into 3rd and 6. That kills momentum and creates a higher pressure down and distance. We saw it in the Bucs game yet again and bc of it an easy win turned into a lucky to hold on win. These sequences where the offense stalls and the defense can’t get off the field are what has been the hallmark of the games since ripping the Dolphins. So sure Dorsey deserves some blame, but the blame can be spread around. Between the pass rush suddenly becoming impotent and Dotson being a moving pylon, the D is giving the offense less opportunities and putting more pressure on them to sustain drives and score. I think the offensive shift has been in an attempt to protect the D by playing more methodically and it just is forcing things.

LaMical Perine on the Chiefs PS is a good player that is powerful enough, has good vision between the tackles and is a receiving threat. Actually a really good receiver that knows how to set up his blocks on screens. I was actually surprised to see him not on an active roster. I’d take Perine over Ty Johnson.

I watched every game at Florida with Elam. He earned that scouting report, and everything that was scouted as weaknesses haven’t been shored up with coaching which is why he was inactive to start the first several games this season. I want him to be awesome but I never understood the hype of him being a 1st rounder. I thought he was way overvalued bc of his deficiencies. He loses coverage easily on double moves and did at Florida too. He was a tentative tackler, and easily blocked. He played one incredible game against Alabama and I think that had everyone convinced he was a top flight prospect, but even in that game his tackling or lack thereof cost the Gators to give up a TD. Unless you have Deion Sanders or Revis level coverage abilities you better be able to tackle and fight through blocks to funnel ball carriers back inside. I will say that he has improved his tackling and willingness, but his coverage has been disappointing even in man to man situations as compared to even last year. This is his chance and we can only hope that he flips the switch and starts picking up his play, otherwise I think he is unlikely to finish his rookie K with the Bills. McDermott and Beane have been so good in picking CBs, but this one will always be a head scratcher.

You’ve identified one of the problems right there. Mike Shula. A lot of people have already touched on it but things are too precarious requiring perfect execution to sustain drives. We do something successfully and then try to get too cute executing something else that is playing right into the hands of the defense by not sticking to what they can’t defend. The outside passes were there all night, and so were schemed passes to the shallow flats. Instead, we were attacking the middle of the field consistently, despite the Giants being most susceptible outside the hash marks. We were running right into the strongest part of the Giants D, albeit more successfully than some other things like the over the middle passing game. The LBs were waiting for the over the middle playaction and in the lanes, and we could have took them to the woodshed early by just having Cook, Knox, Harty or Shakir running outside routes off motion in the flats if the other receivers flooded the middle or off of chip and releases in play action. It was a really bad game plan AND poor execution, looking exactly like what it was: the more talented team prevailing on talent despite being out coached and outplayed for much of the game.

I think we'd all like to believe that but the offense was flat. The refs sucked for sure and made the Bills getting any momentum difficult. If they playedbetter it wouldnt have mattered.

The Bills are nearly unbeatable when they play disciplined on offense. I still think they have to attack the chains on every down but it doesn’t have to be a big play. They choked the life out of the Raiders in the second half. When they capped the first drive with a TD after 9+ minutes in the 3rd quarter it was game over. That’s also a fun way to win, even if it’s less exciting, because it is exerting a dominance on the opposing D that will open everything else up and seal the game. I like dominating wins a lot more than exciting plays in close games that can go either way. I want to see the backups get reps bc the game is decided. i’d like to see more well designed plays that are easy, bc that is one thing that separates the Chiefs from the Bills. There are so many designed plays that are just simple execution that Reid has, making it a lower degree of difficulty for the offense. I feel like the Bills have a tendency to get away from that - maybe that is on Josh, but I think it is on Dorsey at the end of the day. The quick throws they do have to Harty are not well designed because he has to operate in a phone booth and involves no type of scheme to create space for him to turn on the jets. The running back rotation is good. Cook is shifty and if he had more balance in the open field he’d be a superstar. He is a bit feast or famine on his runs, and I like what they are setting up with the shotgun draws where Allen is basically rolling into the handoff. Teams are going to start keying on this and bringing the safety down, which should open up big gains on easy crossing routes if they play action instead of handoff. Murray is huge and a great back to have in short goal to go situations. Harris is kind of like Singletary- he’s not an exceptional back but has decent vision, good speed and is a tough tackle.

I’ve seen some wild things and this dude was going after it, but any time you get porta-potty blue sauced things went sideways. Literally. Seems like someone may have been victim to a John Rocker - tipping the porta-potty on the door. If not I don’t even want to know what kind of treasure hunt was going on.

Exactly and then get a first down to continue the drive. It was hyperbole on the telecast to expect it to change FGs forever, because it was a calculated risk catching the Dolphins off guard. The play was incredibly timed and the Dolphins were likely doing something that made it a good idea to try.

Verizon charging extra for a cable anchor network (ESPN) is just asking people to cut the cord. The growth in sports revenue since the 80s has been due to the accessibility of ESPN. Fios isn’t cheap with TV to begin with and this is just greedy. We cut the cord with the Ticket on YouTube and don’t miss Fios TV at all. Cable is pretty much useless without sports networks anyhow unless you like watching people buy houses, crap reality shows, or Guy go to flavortown.

Whether or not what Miller said can be corroborated from being from Beane, Kyle Allen is not good and Beane and the Bills staff I’m sure are looking at other options. There are options and better ones than Kyle Allen. The guy is a turnover machine and lacks both poise and presence.

I’ve never understood the complete contrast they have in the backup QB position. I understand that Josh is unique but Matt Barkley is about as different as it gets, and Kyle Allen isn’t really that close either. I thought Keenum and Trubisky were decent backups but I’ve never liked K. Allen’s play and Barkley is more of a coach and support for Josh than backup QB. It might be time to ring up Teddy Bridgewater or Nick Foles.

What made him frustrating was that he was his worst enemy. He could struggle against any team he played even bad competition.