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    The Bickering Bills

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    12 minutes ago, K-9 said:

    Of course going for the kill and getting up early is always preferable and I’m fully on board with that. Who wouldn’t be?
     

    I’m just saying that the double possession to end a half and begin a half is a unique time element in the game as being ahead by two possessions well into the third quarter can really force teams to start pressing, especially after they’ve sat for the better part of an hour sometimes. Being up two possessions in the first quarter and into the second really doesn’t move the game plan needle and teams can still stick to it. 
     

    I agree 100% that there’s a seeming lack of urgency and I mentioned that in my original response as well. 

    There is no guarantee we are gonna have the last possession before half anyway, it just seems to be something this team is banking on it to get ahead. 

    The Bickering Bills

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    38 minutes ago, K-9 said:

    Forcing teams out of their game plans and making them one dimensional is really what the “double dip” is about. If done right, you can go from being tied to being up two possessions well into the third quarter while the opponent’s offense has been sitting around for a lengthy spell. It’s a great opportunity to take command of the game. 

     

    But I agree that it doesn’t matter if you can’t execute it and we suck at it. I wonder if Daboll appreciates the urgency behind the strategy because we tend to come out flatter than pancakes after halftime.


    Yeah I get it, just think it over rated. The game is 60 minutes long, why not start to try getting ahead early instead of hoping for a double possession. All goes back to what I said about no urgency and believing they will always have a shot instead of going for the kill early. 

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    The Bickering Bills

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    Wanting to win and expecting to win bring different emotions come game time. Right now there just seems to be no urgency with these guys, they just believe in the end they will have an opportunity to win doesn’t matter how they play. Let’s be honest, other then the Colts game they have had that opportunity. Sadly, if you look at most games they have opportunities to score more and put teams away. A lot of the times settle for 3 or nothing. Josh keeps saying “as long as we finish every drive with a kick”, that’s ***** garbage and it seems it has been cemented in their ***** brain. If we are punting we should not be happy, if we are deep in the red zone and settle for 3 we should not be happy. The team is way to relaxed right now. 
     

    I’m getting sick of the double dip at half time too, when was the last time it worked for us.  Take the ball, get ahead and try to force teams off their game plan.  

    McDermott Era Should End!

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    7 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

    This is what I referenced here yesterday (God knows which thread it was in)...they were talking about this sort of thing all afternoon on GR-55.  

     

    Like we get the ball down in the red zone and need to score a TD.  The first play is run into the line for no gain.  Is that play called b/c Daboll thought it was a good idea?  Or because he is being TOLD to call that play?  Perhaps he has been pressured to give the running game more attention...

     

    I just don't think Daboll does that on his own, especially toward the end of the NE game based on how it was going.

     

    Daboll is the gambler of the team and I think he'd call Josh-Keeper-Sweeps or passes into the end zone.

     

    This story line isn't really being discussed that much, but maybe it will gain some traction.

     

    I would hate to find out we are kind of shooting ourselves in the foot...it's hard enough to score in this league as it is.

     

     


    McD definitely wants the run game to get going, it’s very understandable. Problem with the calls is we run the same stupid runs in the red zone on first down. 3 or 4 WR sets making it like we are looking to continue to pass, but then run trying to catch them off guard. I don’t believe that’s McD, that’s Dabol. It’s the most common play we have once we get to the red zone, and it always comes on first down. So ***** stupid and predictable. Just bring in extra blockers and run, it’s ok that the defense knows that’s the plan. Bills knew the patriots were gonna run for 4 quarters, sometimes they went nowhere’s sometimes the got chunks 

    MYTH Busted: "The Defense couldn't stop the Run"

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    Points were gonna be hard to come by in that weather by both teams, NE lined up and ran the whole game and our D struggled at times stopping it. The red zone offense lost this game but anybody talking about the D doing there job is laughable. Another 2 pt conversion on them as well, have they stopped one this year? And hey, it was no surprise they ran the ball there either. 

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