Sweats

Better to use a TO to manage correct formation on the 1st play, then go into halftime with all 3 in your pocket and having used none.

I'm saving my response for his RIP thread........and honestly, i didn't know he was even still alive.

You would think out of a 6 woman line up, there'd be one i'd take a run at and i can't......i just can't.

Jets or KC......bank on it.

Alright, you've given me a lot to chew on here..... * What i have seen so far in McD's tenure as the Bills HC, is that our D continuously drops the ball (so to speak) in the face of adversity.......13 seconds (nothing more needs to be said here).......KC in the playoffs last year (a very beatable team that marched up and down the field at will)........Ravens last Sunday (our secondary was trash, McD stuck with the Nickle, let the King run wild all over us, etc.)........VS. Minny a couple years back (Minny with a 4th and 24, JJ jumps up and catches it extending the drive and scoring, forcing OT and we lost).........Hail Murray (yep, even this one). Is it the players, the coaching, the schemes?........it all baffles me to this day that in big games, the D chokes and this is undeniable. *McD lives and dies with the Nickle, whether it's working or not. I don't know whether he is stubborn, thinks he's the smartest guy in the room or whatever, but in some respects, he is stuck in his ways, and it starts and ends with him. I think our D line is as good as any in the league, but beyond that (our secondary) there's not much to be hopeful about. Hamlin is lost out there and no matter of coaching will ever help him. He lacks the skills and talent to be competent at his job and because of his "feel good" story he remains a roster staple......sorry, not sorry. * You know the old adage, "D wins championships".......i believed it then, i still believe it today. I don't care how strong an O is, the D carries the team. You can score all the points you want, but if your D can't stop the other team from scoring points then you better hope it's a FG to TD battle. * Our O struggles at times but can usually pull it together sometimes even just enough to squeak out a win......the O is the last thing i am worried about. With JA at the helm, anything is possible. Yes, the WR's are a concern, but we all knew that coming into this season. Contrary to popular belief, we have a lot of weapons on O......Cook/Davis, Shakir, Kincaid/Knox, Coleman, etc. Once these guys figure it out, once Brady figures it out, they will gel and it will come together, i am not worried about this. Also, you know yourself that the league is constantly changing.....are we doing enough to keep up? It used to be WR's in the long game, then it changed to WR's and TE's over the middle and now that teams have figured out how to defend this, it's now becoming more of a hybrid of the run game mixed with over the middle and all disguised with motions and play action. We used motions and play action in the first 3 games this year and nothing against the Ravens. That is on Brady. * And yes, the Ravens are an anomaly, however, they punched our D in the mouth on the very first play and dared us to stop the King all night long.....we stayed in a high safety look (are we afraid of LJ's arm?), couldn't match the power at the line and let Baltimore have their way with us. The Ravens were going to continue to run the ball straight at us until we stopped them and forced them into something else......they didn't have to change their game plan because it was working for them all night long, we had to change ours to suit which was to finally get pressure at the line and force LJ into long situations and make mistakes which worked effectively in the 2nd half, for the most part. Why did we wait until the 2nd half to make these adjustments and not in game? Yes, we see the game differently and there's nothing wrong with that. I see the problem being on the D and not just this year, but for McD's tenure as Bills HC and as a D minded guy, you would think that he would be able to recognize long before game day that a running team will run the ball......and maybe plan for that or at least have a backup plan.

Our coaching staff, for whatever reason, loves the Nickle......and yes our D is wayyyyyyy too predictable. Its fairly easy for other teams to gameplan against us when they know that it'll be Nickle 80% of the time and when we have a D minded HC, i would think that he would pick up on that, but he's the smartest guy in the room, so......

My question is why we completed our roster to be a somewhat of a running team and attempt very little running schemes.......i mean, i get it, the Ravens front D were clogging everything up, but to have no motions, no play action and to not have a running game to boot, showed everyone that JA was throwing the ball. Well, mostly running for his life, but he had no outlets, nowhere to dump it and nothing gained in momentum in the early stages of the game to even dictate any assumptions of a screen game or plays to dump the ball quick.

.....forget Poyer, bring his wife

I have no idea what to think of this?!? Superbowl???

Teef made the place sound so good, i'm retiring in Rochester.

That dude was a monster.......RIP

Oh yeah, in Beverly Hills Cop 4 you could see the age catching up with him, but spectacular nonetheless.......RIP.

It's like these boards have a one-week memory

It looks like his woman is taking care of him and treating him right.

Honestly, i think Brady' still trying to figure it all out......hopefully, he can see the pieces in place and the best usage for yards.

If i were a WR, i would want to go to KC. That's not saying they are better than any other team in the league, but they have Mahomo and Reid, are arguably one of the best teams in football and have proven themselves a winner. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Well, if Brady keeps designing this stupid ass calls, expect JA to get beaten up out there.....i'm sure the accumulation of hits over the past couple of years is piling up and that has to take its toll, im thinking.

I agree with you to a point, they will learn from it, however, you can't learn or teach talent. Our D is talentless and got outmatched, outplayed and steamrolled by the Ravens. Baltimore opened up the play sheet on how to beat the Bills and honestly, it really wasn't that difficult or progressive.......win the trenches on both sides, pressure JA, RB's straight up the gut. The Bills have usually always had a problem over the years stopping the run. The team can have all of the motivation it wants......if they haven't got the skills or the talent, participation trophies for everybody.

I think this is the year to make a SB run......i know our roster may not be the best or functioning 100% with the growing pains of all the new added pieces, however, the AFC looks wide open right now, with our only true tests being Baltimore and KC IMO. I think we have 7 picks in the first 4 rounds of the draft for next year, so that will help build a little more reliable foundation for the roster for a few more years yet, but i don't really see too many stand-out AFC teams to threaten us this year.

It's good to see the Bills future looks great.......mine on the other hand, looks a little flat and uninspiring.

I'm not going to say they are slow, but the new names i have for the pair of them are Molasses and Quicksand.......read into it what you will.

I'm with you. It's like this coaching staff will live and die by the nickel......even when it's not working or doesn't make sense, they won't adjust. It's maddening and frustrating as a fan watching it all unfold.

That dude had one hell of a life.......RIP

Wow.....best of luck, brother.

I never thought he ever got the respect that he deserved.......RIP