BigDingus

Mr. White would like to have a word with you.

No, not all "if this didn't happens" are created equal. There was 1:38 left in the 4th quarter with the score 24-21. That was the actual game up until that point. There'd be no reason to go for an onside kick unless that was their only option. And since 90%+ of onside kicks just result with the receiving team falling on the ball, that'd be indicative of what the game through 58:28 seconds looked like. It's not like you can attribute that last TD to the offense or anything, and it's not something the Dolphins defense did wrong that resulted in the Bills proving how much better they are. An onside kick with 1:38 left in a game only means "last desperate attempt to have a shot at winning after all other options have been exhausted." Tell me, how often an onside kick returned for a TD with a minute plus left in the game has been the deciding factor of any game in history. If the receiving team had fallen on it, what changes? We would've run out the clock, won the game anyway. The points are irrelevant barring the most unlikely, ridiculous possibilities like fumbling a snap while trying to kneel...which again, I haven't seen in ages. And a kicker missing all 4 kicks, and another missing the only 2 kicks he was asked to make all game ARE important to mention. They're the kind of terrible performances that get kickers benched or fired. Missing a kick here & there is one thing. Missing everything, even the "easy" ones when your ONLY JOB is to do that very thing, IS notable. Those matter because they are NOT INDICATIVE of how the Bills played, rather how the opponent hurt themselves. Yes, it happens to other teams too, and that's why it gets brought up when it happens to those other teams. It matters, whether you want to buy it or not. How many times have Bills fans & other analysts said "if only Norwood made that FG?" Because he didn't, the 90's Bills are remembered in a different light than they otherwise would've been. And that was only one kick, not ALL the kicks.

This has been going on all year, and it's really frustrating to see that either the coaching staff or Allen himself haven't figured out how to deal with this. He should be able to recognize the incoming pressure when literally everyone is in the box, everyone right over the line ready to all out blitz, and make proper adjustments at the line. At the very least, he should know he doesn't have 3+ seconds to throw the ball, and realize "if they're all coming at me, there will be nobody covering these guys over here." For some reason though, he always snaps the ball and drops back like he's going to have all the time in the world, doesn't get rid of the ball, and takes the sack. It'll continue to happen every game until he can show teams that he can identify the open man quickly or at least throw the ball away.

This article is spot-on. It touches on everything any non-biased observer would be concerned about, and it's all entirely justified. This isn't "hating" on the Bills, nor is it unfounded pessimism. We could just as easily be 1-5 as 5-1 or even 6-0. If these struggles and close wins came against even mid-tier quality opponents, I think people would feel far more confident in this team. But at similar points in the year, I was more confident in the 2011 Bills than I have been with this team. In 2011, we started off 5-2 with wins against the 7-9 Chiefs, 8-8 Raiders, 13-3 Patriots, 8-8 Eagles, and 5-11 Redskins, and only losing by 3 to the 9-7 Bengals (in Cincy) and losing by only 3 to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Giants (again on the road). Not the most insane schedule, but definitely a true test, and all games we were competitive in. And the ways in which we beat lesser teams like the Chiefs (winning 41 to 7) and the Redskins (23 to 0 where we had 9 sacks) made you look ahead & think the sky is the limit. But just remember how bad the Dolphins have been this year...letting opponents put up 440 yards on average, 36 points on average and only putting up an average of 8.4 points a game themselves. And look how we performed...at home....after a BYE! And if not for that onside kick TD, the score would be 24-21 which reflects how the game actually played out a lot more accurately. And when 2 of our wins can be attributed to missed kickers, you could drop that record to 3-3. Point being, HOW we win does matter when there are still 10 games left in the season.

Absolutely right. This is one of the most frustrating things about Allen. He was only drafted on his potential, not his actual on field play. The only real things he seemed good at was deep ball accuracy & throwing on the run. For whatever reason, he was dead last in the league last year on deep ball accuracy, and that's carried over into this season. But this year it's more noticeable because we see how open some of these guys are, and how the only thing stopping them from an easy TD is ball placement. Last year there were some easy TD's that didn't happen because he was underthrowing the ball & the WR would have to stop & come back for it instead of catching it in stride. This year receivers don't even have a chance to catch the pass more often than not. It's just thrown in their general direction but nowhere near where they could make a play on it.

Wow, that was a thing? Creepy, but hilarious.

John Brown has been open downfield many, many times this year. The passes just haven't been on target. At least twice a game he's got his man well beat, sometimes Allen sees him, sometimes he doesn't. But when he does, you can be sure the pass won't connect. Be open deep isn't the problem, it's timing, touch & accuracy that are the problems. The pass Fitzpatrick made over 2 DBs hitting his WR in stride on the sideline is a pass we rarely see Allen make. And if it's just the WR open with nothing but the endzone in front of them, definitely won't connect. Not saying Allen can't fix this, this is another one of those things (along with his tendency to stare down his receiver) that can be corrected. He just needs to really spend some extra reps with these guys, especially Brown, and figure out his own strength. You can almost always tell the second the ball is released if it'll be on target with Josh. You just see how quick the ball is released + the arc on the ball and know there's no way a WR will be fast enough to make it to where that ball is heading.

Well the stats practically say he doesn't do anything at all until the 4th quarter, so yeah, it's hard not to get better than that... If he's ranked 23rd & 26th in those areas overall, yet #1 overall in the 4th, he'd probably be ranked 35th & 38th overall in those categories if you removed the 4th.

He still played like actual garbage. Do you and your neighbor argue about who's garbage smells worse, or who's turd was nastier? They both sucked.

No, sometimes he goes through them, but very, very often he still just stares down the receiver he wants to throw to from snap to pass. I had 3 friends from work over yesterday to watch the game. They're all Cowboys fans, but told them I'd make wings. All of them kept pointing that out (and giving me crap for possibly losing to the Dolphins all game). It's pretty obvious and a really bad habit. But unlike some of his problems, I feel that one is fixable.

Healthy(ish) and being 5-1 do matter, but the talent is still comparable, and they have the advantage at the most important position, plus they've beaten a good team this year, we haven't. We should still win (thus being the favorite still), but if they can beat the Packers in Green Bay, they can put up a good fight against this Bills team... I mean EVERY team we've faced thus far has put up a good fight, so why wouldn't the Eagles? We just saw what Miami did against us, how could you not think the Eagles could do the same, if not better?

Pretty much. But they don't ever look in danger of losing those games, unlike us who always struggle to win no matter how weak the opponent is.

How did they even get those opportunities to put up the 2 TD's that put them ahead? Oh yeah, turnovers by the defense, including 1 in which the Dolphins were at the goalline about to score another TD which would've had us down 21-9 at that point. Thank god the offense actually capitalized on those turnovers, otherwise the game would've been lost.

Is that all there was to the game? Huh...and here I was told referencing stats don't matter. Because if you want to go that route, things look even worse...especially in comparison to every other actual successful QB in the league.

What have you possibly seen from Allen put him so far above Bortles? Lol A non biased observer would NOT be making that assessment based on what has actually been done on the field. Statistically, they're pretty similar with the exception of Bortles being a better passer and Allen being a better runner. Bortles definitely threw for more TD's while having a similar amount of INT's, and definitely put up way more passing yards. He was also a better deep passer, well pretty much everyone has better deep ball accuracy than Allen the past 2 years. Sure, if we only looked at 4th quarter stats from 2019 alone in a vacuum, Josh would be the favorite. But he only was in a position to lead those comebacks because he didn't do enough the rest of the game in the first place! And against weak, weak teams at that! You're really going to gloat about having to come from behind against awful teams to escape with a victory? I'm sure the 4th quarter performances are all you want anyone to see, because if they had to put everything else in perspective, he'd look like a mediocre/below average QB on a team being propped up by great defensive play. He only had the opportunities to get those comebacks because of the defense playing lights out, or being gifted extra opportunities by the defense in general. But yes, totally not like Bortles...

The fact that anyone could have the balls to predict wins against ANY team going forward after the way the offense has played thus far is insane. Sure, we COULD go 11-5, or we COULD go 5-11. We barely beat the Jets. We barely beat the Bengals. We barely beat the Titans. We barely beat the Dolphins. We looked like a mess against the Patriots... But even though we have a cake walk schedule, we've made it pretty clear that our weak offense cannot play a full 4 quarters of good football or put away opponents, no matter how awful that team may be. So those games against teams like the Washington Potatoes are not guaranteed by any means, and if the defense can't play lights out or create extra opportunities for the offense, we might not be so lucky going forward.

I just want to know why this offense is incapable of being even half way decent in the 3rd quarter... Yes, the offense in general has had problems all year, but after halftime they really disappear. It was already embarrassing enough that the Dolphins played with a lead for the first time this year against us, and that they outplayed us after ample preperation from us having a Bye AND being a home game, but how have we not fixed this post-halftime issue? Here's our 3rd quarter scoring: 1. Jets - 3 points 2. Giants - 0 points 3. Bengals - 0 points 4. New England - 7 points 5. Titans - 0 points 6. Dolphins - 0 points Total: 10 points, 1.66 average. Comparatively, here's how the 4th quarter looks: 1. Jets - 14 points 2. Giants - 7 points 3. Bengals - 7 points 4. New England - 0 points 5. Titans - 7 points 6. Dolphins - 22 points Total: 57 points, 9.5 average. Is there a coaching & preparation issue? Is it a motivation issue? Is it a personnel issue? Yes, wins are most important, but when people say it doesn't matter HOW you win, I strongly disagree if there's still more than half a season to go ahead of us. To say we're benefiting from a cake-walk schedule is an understatement. Yes, the Pats are too, but the difference is they play us twice... which has almost always been a guaranteed 2 wins as opposed to our almost guaranteed 2 losses. And as we've seen in the past, just making the playoffs doesn't mean you'll carry over that success into them or into the following season. With the way this team plays, we can't write off ANY teams as "gimmie" games going forward, even if we should have wins against the Redskins, Broncos, Dolphins, Jets, Browns & Steelers going forward. But is anyone confident we can parlay those wins into playoff success against the actual good teams of the AFC like the Pats, Chiefs, Texans or Colts (yes, the Colts are for real)? I think I'd feel a lot better if just one time Allen had a complete game where he played solid for 4 straight quarters. Just once. Would I like him to put up numbers every other successful QB in the history of this league has? Sure. But if we're going to be the one team who's franchise QB is incapable of doing that, I'd at least like to see a game where him & the offense don't pull a disappearing act for a quarter or more of a game.

I'm sorry, I don't think Thurman was as good as Peterson. He's not a huge way off, but AP was better. AP also had to carry his entire team, and did it in a passing era. And he put up insane numbers even though everyone's gameplan was stop AP. Of course you and many Bills fans would put the best Bills QB over other all time greats... c'mon lol.

Tony deserves his spot. Best TE in history and not even close imo.

Tre White easily. Otherwise Hauschka just for being putting up 11 points with perfect kicking.

2 TD's off 2 Tre turnovers. Defense came through yet again.

All on one good drive. Punch his ticket to the HOF!

White trying his hardest to over compensate for a lackluster offense. I've said it a million times, we only win games when our defense does this. Our offense is too inept to do it without heavy defensive help.

Much better...a wide miss is better than a wider miss I guess?

How can you say that with a serious face? Coverage was beat, WIDE open man for an easy TD...if only the ball wasn't massively overthrown.