ShakAttack

Steelers defense this season: - Allowed 32 points to the JETS(!!!) and Fields - Allowed 31 points to the Seahawks - Allowed 33 points to the Bengals (first meeting) - Allowed 35 points to the Packers - Allowed 25 points to the Chargers - Allowed 31 points to the Bears (last week) Or how about this: Have allowed 11 more points than the Bills D this season (compare that to the Texans who have allowed 70 less points than us)

At least a couple of those teams were dealing with mediocrity on defense though. If Allen can be the same Allen as past Novembers, and Joe Brady can come up with a half way decent game plan that gives this team a chance... there is hope. People forget... Allen had his worst game against the Texans last year... and the offense had its worst game against the Texans this year... Good news is, we don't have to play a defense like that again. Only the Eagles concern me in that regard. The Steelers defense has been allowing a lot of points this year and is nowhere near the level of Houston.

That's the thing. How CAN it be any worse? Bosa isn't getting home. It's legitimately difficult to have a lower pass rush rate than he has had over the past few games, which is why it seems more beneficial to let him sit for a few games. Now, if it were a situation where Bosa was playing well despite injury, THAT would make it a difficult decision, but that isn't the case here; he's completely ineffective right now. He isn't helping himself or the team. People talked about Spencer Brown playing for way too long against the Texans with one arm. Well, Bosa's essentially been doing the same thing... for 3 weeks and counting.

Absolutely!

Bring in Shaq and use more Epenesa in the meantime, sign/promote someone on the Practice Squad, hell, I don’t know, but it would be hard to do LESS than Bosa is doing right now, and that’s why I am proposing this. Bosa is an elite pass rusher when healthy. If we don’t have that, this team is 100% going nowhere in the playoffs (if we make it). I would rather not make the playoffs at all than get the 6th or 7th wild card seed and watch Bosa continue to rush with 1 hand. Perhaps the only silver lining in the latter is yet another year of playoffs without a pass rush might be the final straw for McBeane, and that is a good thing, even though it’ll be sad to see them go.

I don’t know that he has necessarily been solid though. With one arm, he’s basically another guy off the practice squad. May as well rest him at that point.

The point is Bosa is very, very clearly more effective when playing with 2 hands, which is to be expected. If it’s a situation where he can’t make anything worse by playing on it, that’s one thing, but I certainly hope that is the case. Otherwise, it would be silly not to let him sit out a bit, recover and return to the lineup able to contribute on the level he did up to the Chiefs game. Some of you act like this team has never made a poor decision before. We saw plenty of bad decisions by coaching in the Texans game alone. They’re “professionals” too. I guess we give our medical staff the benefit of the doubt. Poor judgement is a thing, even from professionals.

Because I didn’t bet on the Texans. i made a post on the board last week about how the Texans +5.5 is the play of the week (even if we won, Texans had only lost twice at home this season and it was by 1 and 2 points, to good teams). I felt the same way towards KC -2 (they were on a heater) and Bucs +5.5, so I was 0-2 when betting against the Bills this season. I mentioned how if it weren’t for the fact I wagered too much on those 2 lines, I would totally be in on Bucs +5.5 to keep the streak going and give us some good luck. So I apologized to Bills fans in advance and here we are. I am fine with “paying for Bills wins”, but my bank account, not so much. If I placed that bet, Gabe Davis gets 2 feet in bounds. I am so sorry.

One of the most important things for the Bills to have a chance down the stretch requires that our pass rush is at LEAST capable of generating pressures again. Joey Bosa has been completely ineffective for 3 weeks due to his injured wrist. And Rousseau only seems to play well as a complementary pass rusher. Can someone explain to me how we are not better off letting Bosa sit out for 2-3 weeks and allow his wrist to heal a bit? If our best pass rusher is barely functional due to a bad wrist when the playoffs start, what's the point of making the playoffs at all? If we are going to have any chance, it would entail allowing our defense to get as healthy as possible. What am I missing? Unless this is a situation where a few weeks of rest won't do anything for Bosa's wrist, then I don't understand what we are doing here. He's not helping us in his current state.

It’s actually insane to me that Colts have the best odds here. I’d put Pats in front of them and they didn’t even make the list. But considering how close these odds are it might as well be saying “one of these 5 teams will represent the AFC” which I’d agree with (if Colts were replaced with Pats). Daniel Jones is not going to a Super Bowl. Silver lining: After watching some of the All-22, I really don’t blame Allen for much that happened in the Texans game. He did as much as he possibly could given the situation. NOBODY WAS OPEN!!! And the silver lining in that is, yeah, our WRs kinda suck, but nobody left on our schedule is capable of shutting them down the way the Texans defense did except for the Eagles and, we can afford to lose that game as long as we take care of the games we should win from now on (including the next one).

I agree. In fact, each time Allen has targeted Gabe Davis thus far, it's evident they have chemistry that he does not have with most of his other WRs.

Yeah that one hurt. Would have kept the chains moving and then some. Not sure what kinda space was in front of the intended target (believe that was Shakir?)

Assuming he catches the ball in-bounds and the Bills punch it in for a TD... That would HAVE to rank at or near the top of Allen's most memorable game winning drives, right?? That catch happens and a lot of the narratives today are flat out erased and/or minimized because the dominating narrative would be stuff like "no matter how ugly it is, the Bills will always have a chance because they have Josh Allen" I don't typically agree with stuff that Dion Dawkins says, but he was right when he said "it's a game of inches" and mentioned the Davis play. I realize this is another hindsight post, but it has always been fascinating to me, how such small margins will dictate perception and outlook. If the Bills win, the Bills defense is still poor and decimated by injuries, the offense is still an inconsistent mess, and yet, you wouldn't be hearing nearly as much about it... if Gabe Davis got a second foot in-bounds. For me, personally, that play is the first thing that comes to mind when I reflect on last night's game. What an unfortunate wasted opportunity. That truly would have made this another one of Allen's memorable moments and it would have made that 4th and 27 conversion even more special.

The attention Dion Dawkins got via Josh Allen winning MVP seems to have him in his own world

I blame it on Gabe Davis and his second foot. If he catches that pass in bounds, suddenly you have one of the most unbelievable and spectacular game winning drives in Josh Allen’s career, and this entire narrative never happens… Least not this week. Ugh… seriously though, when I think about this game, I flash back to that one play. That was the opportunity right there. As Dawkins said afterwards “game of inches”