Richard Noggin

To the bolded: you do realize that in 17 rushes (according to PFR it's 17 for 87...you have an extra 2 yard run listed), Cook gained 4 or more yards 10 times and more than 5 yards 8 times? And of the 7 unsuccessful runs, 4 went for 2 or 3 yards? So it wasn't really that bad AT ALL. 5.1 Y/A. It was more about not running Cook often enough in that game, if I'm recalling the postgame critiques accurately. Atlanta's pass rush/pressure packages is what was working most against the Bills, who should have run more often and/or simply better diagnosed and attacked some of the blitzes (tougher to do on the road and in a dome). The Patriots did effectively shut down Cook for 3.3 Y/A. No doubt. When that happens and the Bills fail to counter, I think play-calling and Allen's inconsistencies in diagnosing pre-snap looks (shared blame here with his coaches and what they're expecting and preparing for) are more to blame than the quality of the Bills OL personnel. Even above average blockers can look bad when repeatedly put in bad positions by predictable play calls, a lack of self-scouting, poor game planning, etc. And maybe Vrabel's boys up front just bullied our guys more than I'd like to admit...

Benching a 2nd round pick for repeatedly exhibiting bad football character does NOT reflect poorly on anyone but Keon Coleman. Sure, the very high day two pick appears to have been spent on an immature player who isn't taking his job seriously enough. But the draft is in the past. This is the present, and the kid needs a wakeup call and/or to simply step aside for guys who ARE putting in the work and seeing the results. Simple as that. I commend McD for holding Coleman accountable.

Might be a matchup where it's wiser for Allen to take the early/easy throws if they're available, especially in the first couple drives. He's been passing those up at times and then getting a little sped up and out of sync. Kinda in-between bailing out and holding out for that arrogant throw. He was successful in the first 4 games with stepping up in the pocket early and often (usually to the left). Then it seems like he made more of an effort to stick in there, but in so doing lost his interior escape gap as the pockets collapsed. Feet got a little happy. Dude like Allen needs to impose. He needs to be decisive and vertical in his pocket movement whenever possible, placing defenders into conflict and giving his targets more opportunities to get open. I'll take 3 step laser beams on slants and seams and curls and swings if those are there for the taking, of course. While the rules protect QBs within the tackle box, I think Allen can protect himself better when he's proactive.

There were SOME in attendance, no doubt. But I wouldn't say "many." No more than most home games, and less than others.

Question about first sentence quoted: can you think to anyone else? Comment about second paragraph quoted: 100% agree. Dorian had a few disruptive snaps at the end of the game, rushing on the interior, mostly in conjunction with Solomon (who is filling the Hoecht role of attacking laterally and with very violent hands, to occupy someone else's rusher and to press the pocket and flash in the QB's field of vision).

I was wearing out friends and family with my desire to replace McDermott with Johnson for the last two offseasons, to be honest. Crushes me that we haven't paired a HOF QB unicorn with a young, aggressive, PROgressive offensive mind like Ben Johnson. Someone from the McVay/Shanahan/Kubiak trees and/or college ranks, which is Johnson's exact pedigree. Someone to redirect organization focus onto forward thinking approaches to everything, with a specific emphasis on QB success. **Especially love Johnson's response here when thinking of Allen's particular passing skillset: he is not a guy who naturally excels at the jump ball or back shoulder throws. He's a guy who really likes to see the separation. (I'm sure he and Diggs had a bunch of pitches and catches that disprove all this, but then again, that would also speak to most fans' frustrations over not stacking the WR room with dynamic playmakers who could be scary working with Allen.) So many midround WRs in the last few years (Franklin, Horton, Tez Johnson, Metcalf LOL etc...man that Justin Shorter pick wtf) who seemed like no brainers could have helped, but of course replacing Coleman with almost any other pick (Worthy, Pearsall, McConkey or a diff position all together) would also be impactful. Shakir was a solid pick. Anywho... Beane has always been a big WR guy by nature. Allen's first WR room was bonkers, in retrospect.

Agree across the board. Just can't suffer McD's methodical smothering of the roster's and fanbase's joy any longer. Gotta unleash the beast (Allen) early and often each game to get him engaged WHILE ALSO being able to transition as games play out to a more physical, ball control approach.

Tom Brady was a very different QB than Josh Allen. Allen is a flesh and blood, authentic human being capable of transcendent performances at the highest levels, and with that one will have to endure some missteps and hiccups and frankly bad reps. Tom Brady, on the other hand, is a pod person or android designed for self-improvement, relentless competitiveness, and repeated fundamental execution. Complementary football made so much sense with Brady, especially early in his career when he wasn't great yet. Allen would be better maximized through a more Daboll-like, attacking approach to offensive football. Can sprinkle in the methodical, physical dominance as the game wears on and hopefully a lead is established. Edit: if we Bills faithful die without ever seeing a TRULY Allen-centric organizational emphasis, it will be a great injustice. Isn't that why a defensive head coach would make sense? McD should be able to cobble together an opportunistic and aggressive enough defensive roster of hungry young dudes and assignment-sound old dudes to sufficiently complement an Allen-led offensive WAGON on the other side.

The entire organization should immediately be reorganized solely around the concept of maximizing Josh Allen's success over the next 4-6 years. Should have happened after 2021 season, obviously, but I'm even okay if Sean McDermott has some "sudden" phony late awakening in which he realizes there is only one JA17 and his entire career depends on facilitating that QB's success. It ain't about complementary football, outside of needing the defense to limit a sudden change turnover into only 3 of even 0 points, as they did yesterday.

It was a list specific to 2023, no? Or that's how I was thinking of it. Wilson wasn't the same ferocity of tire fire he had been in 2022, but he still wasn't a top-10 guy in '23.

Cannonball Adderley is an ELITE football name.

It's fine to make height/weight/traits-based comps, and some athletes do just resemble one another in appearance and just how they move...but wowza. The internet gives us all an immediate audience for our thoughts, doesn't it? (No disrespect intended to OP.)

Totally fair argument from Stevie within the scope of that primary play example being broadly leveraged in the media. The really unfortunate part probably ended up being Coleman's admitted tardiness after knowing full well the spotlight is on him (externally for sure, but more importantly, internally). He just kept digging. And handed the hounds another bone to chew on.

Sloppy reporting, given that Keon very explicitly admitted he was LATE to a meeting. He wanted to be vague at first but ended up using that exact word.

NO ONE wants to face this current iteration of the Eagles defense. Looking like the unit that HOUNDED and HARRASSED Mahomes in the SB. Just smothering right now.

The guy can play, no doubt. When healthy, he's been an impact edge. This season, he has been impactful at times, and kind of average overall. Been exploited more often than a vet guy like him should have been, imho, but also showed serious flashes when Oliver and/or Hoecht were on the field. Decent QB hits and FFs and TFLs so far. I like the player on the field. Might do more freelancing than our scheme allows for, the more I think about it...

And I think here "break" was being used to mean like "complete" break, whereas fracture was suggesting something more like a crack that doesn't go all the way through. I think. (Like a "hairline" fracture, or "stress" fracture, maybe?) Then again, "compound" fractures are definitely a thing and those go ALL THE WAY THROUGH, and out, yikes.

I just said he looked really bad in the 1st half, losing contain on several big plays that specifically took advantage of him, while also only recording 1 tackle all game (no other stats). Nothing there to "buy" tbh. Just kinda what it was today. I still need to dive in on the 2nd half, but it's super doubtful he's gonna show up positively, given the utter lack of registered statistics. It's not a crusade. It's just what today was for him. I didn't mention Rousseau, who is in my opinion an underwhelming, complimentary edge player.

Why is there no way? For a guy who registered exactly ONE TACKLE today, nothing else, AND lost contain on at least a few big plays, how is that not at least way below average for a starting veteran DE? Especially bad for a guy with his pedigree and ability.

Is this basically saying all breaks are fractures, but not all fractures qualify as breaks? If so, agreed. Not sure that's how the medical community defines things, however.

Was a mess on several big plays in the 1st half, is what I was noting. Invisible otherwise. Not sure that's debatable, but have at it, good sir.

I'll have to rewatch to get more clarity, but a couple of us in the stands saw a WR who didn't work back to the ball with the same urgency that the DB did. Sounds like that might be an accurate observation in real time.

Bernard's heavy feet pursuing Baker to the right sideline in the 3rd quarter DID look really bad, to be fair, but he DID also make a bunch of plays today that contributed to the win.

1st half YT highlights notes (helps tremendously after a home game): - Bosa really bad - Bishop really good, especially with popping violent, clean shoulder pads into guys for several weeks in a row - Poyer slow to cover/pursue horizontally (but I recall him being solid overall despite not making it to the sideline on two big runs) - The WR blocking on that long Ty Johnson swing pass down the left sideline was 🤌...Samuel, Shakir, and Shavers all did work, and of course Johnson can still scoot - Allen striding forward in a broken pocket and delivering that deep dime to Shavers in the endzone (I recall him doing something very similar again in the 2nd half) - Returns were $ all day apparently, minus Hardman's muff

...ball(s)