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Kinda shocked he won it. Figured the Bills serve the NFL best as likeable try-hards who continually, forever, get crushed.
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The Crosby V. Mahomes montage going around online (where he's getting under Patty's skin by doing basically nothing in the larger context of pro football) is enough to put him at the top of my Bills fan wishlist. That kind of petty competitive juice is sorely needed. Oh, the NFL is tilting the field in favor of the Chiefs?! Then get a guy who can chase Mahomes uphill.
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Bills Hire Ryan Nielsen Senior Defensive Assistant.
Richard Noggin replied to BuffaloBillyG's topic in The Stadium Wall
Brady was already QB coach during Dorsey's first season as OC. So he was brought in as part of Dorsey's inaugural staff, in fact. (Not to dispute how smart it is to simply ALWAYS STACK all the talent cupboards with coaches and players and staff and administrators, no matter what the present situation is.) -
The type of wide receiver Josh needs
Richard Noggin replied to Buffalo716's topic in The Stadium Wall
EVERY QB could benefit from having Eric Moulds (years 3-10) in the mix. It's a great comp. -
Agreed in general, but the point about not taking Bruce Smith off the field still holds for top pass rushers; look at the recent snap counts of a Crosby or Hutchinson or Verse, for reference. Those top guys usually prefer mucho reps in order to learn about and adapt to and set up and then exploit specific opponents throughout a given game. The Bills don't exactly have EDGE guys right now who possess the full repertoires to adapt and overcome and excel as a game progresses. They definitely don't have elite guys anywhere on their DL, tbh. We've seen both Ed Oliver and Greg Rousseau have elite single game performances, but we haven't seen it very often. So maybe rotating them makes sense, in a cynical way?
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A lot of posters on this board would privately hope to be this lucky by age 46. Tommy Doyle is still only 26! Has earned over $3M in 4 years in the league. Probably went to college entirely for free. At face value, that all sounds pretty LUCKY.
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Brady's scheme with Buffalo, to date, obviously hasn't been designed to feature a particular WR/target consistently, week-over-week. So the "everyone eats" mantra has been touted instead, and for the most part, I appreciate that approach. However, doesn't it seem like anything the Bills have really wanted to do in the passing game, generally, philosophically, like any ways they've intended to utilize specific targets, has either been anticipated by defenses and shut down, or just hasn't worked. I'm thinking of Harty and Samuel each of the last two years, respectively, being that motion/sweep guy, or screen guy, and also of Davis and Coleman, respectively, being that sideline/contested catch guy, and even Kincaid being much of anything to fear/respect. The obvious fits haven't "fit" in the passing game. Brady's real successes have come from isolating Ty Johnson in the passing game one week, and Dawson Knox another week, and often from Allen just making plays and finding Shakir (along with some flashes by the rookie Coleman and decent skinny posts by Hollins). Something still seems to be missing from the passing game, if we're looking for things to flag. It's gotta be the downfield threat, or lack thereof. Right?
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The type of wide receiver Josh needs
Richard Noggin replied to Buffalo716's topic in The Stadium Wall
I recall a lot of noise suggesting Hall left on less-than-amicable terms. Not necessarily open hostility, but there was talk of him feeling passed-over and also maybe not aligned with McDermott's vision for offense? His going to Jacksonville WAS a lateral move following the Bills' promotion of a different offensive coach, after all. Agree with the bolded to an extent. Allen definitely took a huge step forward with respect to on-field maturity/decision-making. But the Bills also seemed unwilling OR UNABLE to leverage all this intentional offensive physicality and balance into aggressive shot plays for the majority of the season. Part of that might have been the lack of WRs who could reliably get behind defenses. Part of that might have been Allen missing a handful of those plays when they were there. Part of that might have been conservative coaching philosophy. Difficult for us to see it clearly. *agree completely on the tight ends. The duo of Knox and Kincaid should be a menace in some way each week. Knox and Allen have always had a decent chemistry, and Kincaid is now entering year three. Time to see it on a consistent basis. **does anyone still have lingering questions about Brady's passing concepts? Route concepts and spacing? Curious if our smarter contributors can weigh in on this point. ***SUPER unpopular question: is Josh Allen kinda relatively meh at those ULTRA FAST/RPO type decisions post-snap? Seems like he's not with the Elite level guys on quick game/option-heavy plays. With Daboll he had some obvious success for stretches with a shotgun, spread, quick passing attack, but in 2020, defenses were far less muddled and variable and away game crowd noise didn't exist...I don't know -
The type of wide receiver Josh needs
Richard Noggin replied to Buffalo716's topic in The Stadium Wall
Even Robert Foster legitimately flashed in the second half of Allen's rookie season. Guys with that extra gear and knack for getting behind a defense had historically performed well with Allen...until things changed. The Bills WR depth chart got gradually worse, no doubt, and right as defensive coordinators learned to put a bit of a lid on the deep ball. Hence the offensive pendulum swinging back to balance and blah blah. But you still need at least that deep threat to compete against the best. And the Bills need to get it back to complement their balanced, physical attack. To continue to evolve. -
The type of wide receiver Josh needs
Richard Noggin replied to Buffalo716's topic in The Stadium Wall
Almost sounds like rather than a DK Metcalf (as many are hoping for), a Tyler Lockett type is more specifically valuable to Josh Allen (given the OP's logic). Excellent deep speed/extra gear and enough sneaky nuance to repeatedly get behind (and then stack or simply outrun) DBs, with near-elite ball tracking. Very similar RAS to Desean Jackson's, believe it or not. That's the John Brown mold, just a little bigger and healthier and more athletic overall, innit? -
FINAL v3.0 now LIVE on p.15 - Gunner's 2025 Mock Draft
Richard Noggin replied to GunnerBill's topic in The Stadium Wall
Keeping Cooper should have ZERO impact on drafting a Day One WR. Having drafted Kincaid and Coleman YoY should have more impact on that decision tbh. Unfortunately, neither has shown more than occasional flashes of ability so far. But signing a 30-year old Cooper shouldn't be considered anything more than a one year stop gap on the boundary. Still gotta stock the pipeline behind him. Harmon strikes me as the perfect odd-front DE/DT. So much length and leverage. Even fronts like the Bills, Rams, Lions, Eagles, Bengals, etc., run, often rely on narrower, more specific/specialized position fits, whereas flexible odd fronts like the Steelers, Chiefs, Patriots, Packers, etc., can more easily find roles for tweeners and freaks. His comp on BR is Daquan Jones, so 1T isn't crazy. But in general I agree that he could be more dominant kicked out a gap or two wider on many snaps. -
Turns out that boring, physical offense was the answer, and they were too reluctant to be boring. Cook and Co. was the key, and the Bills failed to adjust to their tush push being neutralized. Conservative football, no 2-pt conversions, could have overcome the slanted and favorite-ing calls we had to endure.
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AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
Isn't Codrington always active when healthy? He's the starting punt returner. -
AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
What do you mean "MAYBE codrington is active"? -
At 36 years old, can he REALLY play CB? Or even S for that matter, while we're at it? DBs, more than ANY other position on the field, rely on quick feet, loose hips, and acceleration. Not sure those are the traits that stick around well as one embarks upon the back half of his 30s. (The rare and celebrated exceptions to this are testaments to the difficulty and physical demands of the position.)
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AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
Pizza and wings from Good Guys in NT for our crew -
AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
I do. I'm good at enjoying things. The Bills crushed my adolescent heart repeatedly throughout the 90s. Not sure I can even be hurt anymore. Time to visit some of that angst and pain upon those Missouri swine tomorrow. -
AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
Seems like we have NO answers for why the Ravens went away from their bread and butter offensive attack. Except ball handling by a QB who hates the cold. The Bills actually DARED Lamar to stand back in the pocket and pick them apart. Some of those snaps, time-to-throw, were egregiously extended. The Bills were intentionally willing to let a pocket Lamar do his thing. Anything to prevent him from breaking out of containment. Outrageous snap-to-throw times. Smart to force Lamar into drop-back situations instead of scrambling situations, overall. Might have negatively influenced the quality of some of his most obvious throws, including the fading/nose-diving flat pass to Andrews that gets fumbled and dropped as je backpedals to adjust. -
AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
I can't imagine a world where Diggs actively accepts weekly target shares that range from nearly zero to double digits, but mostly result in negligible active involvement. Maybe repeatedly feeding Diggs on simple routes would help Allen get going against top defenses, such as the last two weeks, but Diggs' presence overall was more toxic than any potential benefit I can superimpose over this current HIGHLY synchronized offensive attack. -
AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
Yes, the Ravens were a super tough matchup, except that they didn't do to Buffalo almost ANYTHING they did to Pittsburgh. There was (effectively) ZERO zone-read, multiple-option ball handling in the backfield. Lamar's hands were COLD is the only justification. He did have two turnovers that were out of character. And must have been worried about more. Because we got the most vanilla version of the Ravens offense I've seen all season. The Ravens WERE pretty great, but just didn't translate that greatness onto the COLD field of the divisional round. I guess. Seriously, they leveraged almost none of the built-in advantages of having Henry AND Jackson. It was bizarre. -
AFC Championship Game Week Thread - Bills at Chiefs
Richard Noggin replied to BillsFan619's topic in The Stadium Wall
I do not consider this question, ever. Diggs is just WRONG about how championship teams are assembled and optimized, because he only allows for ONE vision of offensive roster-building and game-planning. NO ONE NEEDS a noisy, awesome, gritty, competitive ELITE-type WR who disappears in the playoffs. He DID suffer from having substandard WR talent around him as the years progressed, and there was the 13 seconds debacle. But otherwise, Diggs himself did not live up to his own standards when it mattered most. -
Will be a real shame for visiting teams to have better facilities at the new Highmark Stadium. Probably will have hot water across the street. End of an era.