Richard Noggin
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16 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:
It depends. How does one do against the other? That was the point of my post. If the line can't open holes and Josh is under a lot of pressure against a really good front then that probably means our line isn't of the same caliber. This is the sort of game that if you actually have a top notch line you need them to show it.
They didn't run well last week but they pass blocked pretty well after the first two series. Against Miami they didn't have great success running and Allen was sacked 3 times and hit 7 more times. Against Atlanta Cook ran for 4, 2, 2, 0, 2, 6, 14, 2, 8, 7, 3, 12, 7, 9, 1, 6, 0, 4 and Allen was sacked 4 times and hit 6 more times. Lots of failed runs with a couple long ones to make the average look better but they struggled to move the ball that night. They also struggled to move the ball against New England with a lot of short runs and a bunch of hits on Allen.
The way people talk about the line sometimes you'd think they were the mid 90's Cowboys. Sure, they've dominated some teams and ran over Carolina, etc. but they've not been very good several other times this season. Maybe I'm a strict grader but for me to consider a line to be that top notch level they are more consistent than that. If they can't open holes or block for Allen this week I don't really want hear "Gee whiz, Beav. Houston has a really strong defense." it just give more evidence to them being overrated.
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...
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32 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:
Benching what was basically your first round pick for 2 straight games in his second season when he is healthy is a bad look for this organization. Either he is being benched as punishment for behavior or because they don’t think he’s good enough.
I hear all the time when he is criticized for poor coaching that McD is a great leader of men. Well how come he can’t handle Coleman? This coming after how Elam was handled by McD. McD doesn’t want to win at any cost, he wants to win on his terms.
Beane also deserves blame for picking these guys and not admitting he made mistakes.
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.
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11 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
I wouldn't be surprised if we turn the ball over a time or two. Texans are 6th in takeaways. Bucs are 5th in takeaways btw.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.
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8 hours ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:
OT here.
There was not many Bucs fans at the game. Correct?
I ask because there was alot of red in the stands. You rarely see opposing fans at Bills home games. Maybe it was fans wearing the Bills red jerseys.
There were SOME in attendance, no doubt. But I wouldn't say "many." No more than most home games, and less than others.
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On 11/17/2025 at 1:39 PM, Allen2Moulds said:
On the coaching thing, I couldn't help but think to myself, who is calling this defense? I know they showed McD with a playsheet, but Bobby is still in the booth, and I'm thinking that at the moment, both are involved. I would love to see Bobby on the sideline and erase all doubt. To me, the defensive calls felt a lot more like the 1st half against Atlanta. Specifically remember a 3rd and 12, where we chose to sit back and play soft coverage, and allow the conversion. It was a very vanilla look, no disguise, no pressure. I thought to myself, was that McD? McD is typically more aggressive in those situations.
I don't think we'll ever truly know. They'll likely continue to say that it's a collaborate effort between the 2.
I would love to see a lot more of Shaq and Dorian. If Bernard could get fully Healthy, Ideally, I would like to see Shaq and Bernard, assuming Shaq is able to play Milano's WLB role.
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).
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2 hours ago, DJB said:
It’s both but man to have a guy like Johnson . He gets it
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.
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2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Listen I would like some more aggressiveness in the offense absolutely
Give me a little bit of tempo too... But there might be a game in January where cook needs to run 21 times to win ... And Josh might only have 27 throws
You're going to have to be able to do it every single way.. if you don't do it on the regular season you're not going to do it in the postseason... Can you win holding a team under 21? Can you win running without throwing good? Can you win throwing without running good? Can you have a game-winning drive?
All of these things are something a Super bowl champion will have to answer.. and actually the bills have checked it off
But I get what you're saying I do want the ball in Josh's hands more
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.
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24 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Tom Brady won six Super bowls with complimentary football
I wouldn't say it's a terrible strategy...
Sean McDermott does not sign free agents or draft players... He literally gets the groceries and tries to cook them
He does not bring in the ingredients... We've literally lost by a field goal back-to-back years to the Chiefs who went to the sb
They're not that far off... No matter what anybody says... We also got them way more banged up in the playoffs
We went in the arrowhead more banged up and lost by three... We are absolutely able to beat them
Even if I want better wide receivers on the team.. this is a salary cap League.. I would not sacrifice our offensive line for flashy wide receivers andgive Allen the burrow treatment
It means nothing to have those flashy toys when you're on your back and getting hurt all the time.. the best ability is availability.. and keeping our offensive line intact is more important than anything
The Patriots won a couple Super bowls on field goals and another one on a goal line pick 6.. it's absolutely smart to care about all three phases ... Brady won Super bowl scoring 13, 24 ,and 20
Sometimes you need to win 24-20... Sometimes you need to win 38-35
Super bowl teams need to be able to win any style of game... The bills have shown they could win running.. they showed they could win throwing yesterday
It's a long season and people get caught up in the ebbs and flows... Dalton Kincaid would be one of the most talented tight ends in the league if he stayed healthy
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.
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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.
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19 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
I don't even have an issue about him naming people of color. If that's how he lists it's fine. But at least be humble and not include yourself after being in the league for a cup of coffee.
Also, the most offensive thing to me is that if he wanted to name all people of color....pick better ones. Dak over Jordan Love is an abomination. Heck Russ Wilson has a better career resume than Dak.
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.
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1 hour ago, Mojo44 said:
Thanks to the road grading blocks by Cannonball!
Cannonball Adderley is an ELITE football name.
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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.)
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12 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:
Back to the allegations that Coleman doesn't give full effort on some plays... as I've said before, if you watch the All-22 even occasionally you'll see plenty of WRs NOT running full speed and you'll see lots of pass rushers quickly throttle down when they calculate that the pursuit probably isn't worth it... kind of like a lion will know early on whether it's worth continuing to chase the zebra.
Stevie Johnson was asked about Coleman's effort last week and said "And people talking about effort, they show one play that I saw on effort. And I mean, you got to really know the game is a must outside release, you know, backside of the play, not involved. Everybody knows that. And, you know, they eyed that one play on Keon. Now, I'm not here to defend like that, but I'm here to be equal with everybody. You know what I'm saying? And, you know, just calling that part out, you know, that wasn't his play to be running hard on. You know, you got to bypass that."
Now I understand McDermott didn't exactly come to the defense of Coleman but remember this was in the context of McDermott feeling tons of heat after the loss to Miami and he may have found it convenient to be able to throw some different meat to the media corps for them to chew on.
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.
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4 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
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.
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1 minute ago, TheFunPolice said:
Eagles defense is insanely good
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.
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Just now, Shortchaz said:
Okay, maybe I’m a little sensitive because I feel like we got at least one dude In Bosa.
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...
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3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
I'm pretty sure medically they are all fractures.. break is not a medical term doctors use
There are multiple different types of fractures
Pretty sure medically they don't use the word break
It's all fractures.. could be a compound fracture, a closed fracture, a stress fracture, or comminuted fracture
Average Joe's use the word break... But medical people always use the word fracture
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.
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Just now, Shortchaz said:
I just don’t buy it dude. I’ve been told groot is awesome and he never posts numbers yet Bosa is now your A1 worst player on defense this game? I just doubt it.
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.
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1 minute ago, Shortchaz said:
there’s just no way that this dude was “really bad” except maybe relative. He is NOT the problem.
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.
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5 minutes ago, chris heff said:
I get the difference between a fracture and a break. I’ve had a few fractures, it still takes weeks.
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.
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2 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:
I bet anything Bosa wasn’t “really bad”
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.
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2 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
Are you talking about Josh's second INT? I believe that was intended for Shavers. And it looked on TV that the DB really broke on the ball hard. Was a great play by that dude.
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.
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Just now, NeverOutNick said:
This is spot on. Our D line sucks against the run AND we have to admit that since Hoecht went down our pass rush hasn’t been closing. Beane completely failed in putting most of our quality draft picks towards the D line. That alone should put him on the hot seat.
and yes Bernard played better, anyone calling him out didn’t watch him closely.
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.
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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
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11/20/2025 Bills @ Texans post game thread
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He was actually hurting the team by not tapping out sooner. At least one or two drives where he was obviously unable to use his right arm, as a RIGHT TACKLE, and Van Demark was available to step in, right? Pretty sure Dawkins was on the field.
Not to mention how coaches didn't get him out of there after the first drive when he was hurt (unless RVD was being used and I'm misremembering?). How is that allowed to go on for so long?