Richard Noggin

So many reasons why the Lions are my NFC squad. The football reasons alone are sufficient tbh. The size and weight of Dan Campbell's and his team's collective "marbles" are also sufficient. They make it fun. Mucho cajones.

Put the offense out and Goff can either punt or pass based on the read.

I thought McDaniel's plan this week was solid tbh. Doubling down on it (running game emphasis and throwing it short/horizontally) later in the game was smart. Given the state of their OL (Mia was fielding their 3rd string RG. whom Walker absolutely clowned on that last interception) McDaniel probably should have stuck with the run more? Hard to say. They were having success attacking the sideline through the air. Throwing it up the seam with a midget QB maybe was the more specific mistake? I dunno. I think McDaniel is a very good offensive coordinator.

I'd argue the back shoulder fade and the over the top fade are essentially the same route concept with a different target point. The lines have blurred a bit imho as time goes on, but yeah Rodgers has always thrown the best damned back shoulder sideline fade. Bar none.

"centre" looks more like Francais to me, garcon

SLOPPY STEAKS https://www.thesportsmemery.com/satire/fb7x46iysg3b9a63ak09dl1emv9ly4

And completely pass over one Jameis Lanaed Crab Legs Winston?! That's crazy talk. We deserve newly released Jameis snaps and Jameis soundbytes, at least those of us who are pure of heart.

Or for such a parabolic thrower, everything has the mathematical and emotional beauty and potential AND horror of gravity's rainbow. **not likely a beloved Bills MB reference, so apologies

That's some Trent Edwards post-concussion energy.

Wilson ain't it. I mean that's 100% UNACCEPTABLE.

Historically, doesn't the SB loser usually usually have a frustrating, shite season the next year? Like more often than not? (Part of why Buff was so anomalous in the 90s and also why dynasties are SO impressive (and HATABLE!)).

Meh I mean we'll always weeks one and two

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My clan celebrates Bourbon, specifically.

I hope for exactly this end to the game, where starters are off the field almost entirely. BUT I don't think the McD PLAN will be to put the Saints away early and get his essential personnel out of harm's way. Seems more likely the PLAN will be to possess the ball, establish the run, and proceed with only as much offensive passing balance as needed. Controlling the game and keeping the football out of harm's way seem to be the offensive foci so far, except when absolutely forced to pass aggressively against Baltimore. WHAT IF THEY TOOK THAT APPROACH at times when it's less compulsory? Sprinkle in the up-tempo, spread-out, horizontally and vertically aggressive passing attack whenever it's favorable. Even if for just a couple plays against vulnerable defensive personnel, like almost any time when a defense has only 4 DBs on the field. Gotta be able to make LBs and Ss and CB2s pay, the way teams do to us often enough. Edit: I can't say for certain the Bills haven't tried this at all to date. But generally it sure does feel like they are keeping it VERY close to the vest and are 100% willing to sacrifice that inevitable snap when the defense finally adjusts to stop the running play the Bills had been calling with success for several snaps in a row. So rather than change it up a snap early and call the downfield shot play designed to counter the defense's inevitable adjustment, the Bills have been content to keep it horizontal and short to medium in depth of target more often than not.

Walker ahem Jameis is NEVER inactive

Never heard of him.

They'll probably also try and test the center of our line. Not sure what you typed.

Lots of good stuff in here. However, the section I emboldened and enlarged is really dissonant. "Cover zero" is not a way to "keep everything in front of you." AT ALL. So I agree that teams are throwing all kinds of aggressive defensive schemes at the Bills offense, including cover zero pressure packages that are the OPPOSITE, philosophically, of backing off and ensuring the offense operates underneath. Those 2-deep shells we started to see often a few years ago are still prevalent, but are by no means the primary way defenses play the Bills, and especially 6- and 7-man blitzes are not at all similar to those previous deep "shell" coverages designed to put a lid on deep passing attacks. Defenses are utilizing a variety of approaches, including ultra aggressive looks that leave one or zero deep zone defenders. The Bills/Allen have chosen thus far to NOT challenge these looks with passes over the top. I don't disagree that the Bills have some WRs who COULD get behind such aggressive defensive looks, to be fair. But for whatever reason, aggressive man coverage is effectively discouraging any on-time, deep/intermediate passing game.

I've seen the future!

First to mention Thompson I think. #45 kept catching our eyes tonight. Subbing in and out with #7 all game long. Showing up here and there. Sticking a tackle or two. Flashing. Love to see it. Just adding Thompson posts to celebrate that nuance of noticing. Yup.

Are we going to pretend like ZERO of his throws against Baltimore were at all dangerous/lucky? Half of me LOVES this statistical distinction a lot. Such fundamentally sound, effective, consistent performance on the field. The other half of me HATES how deliberate/predictable and frankly boring the Bills are overall (outside of Allen's penchant for magnetically entertaining football). I get that it works. I love that it works. I want them to win. But I HATE when they lose because that's no way to go down.

I have no evidence to prove you wrong about Rousseau's quiet, mostly stat-less effectiveness, but it immediately reminds me of how some fans defended Tremaine Edmunds for years.

While I don't think panic or anger (over the passing game) is warranted, I DO think an objective reviewer could acknowledge the team's consistent scoring success and STILL have concerns about the lack of verticality to the Bills passing attack. Right now, the Bills DOWNFIELD attack is actually handing off and throwing short to James Cook and letting him break it (or damned-near break it but get tripped up, as we saw several times tonight). The fact that the Dolphins sacked Allen twice, which seemed like "coverage sacks" (at least one of em), and the Bills sacked Tua exactly zero times, tells me our guys were better covered than their guys for the most part. Except over the middle, where I thought Allen and Co. could have feasted through the air on nearly every snap. Attack Tyrel Dodson and whoever else plays up the middle ON EVERY SNAP *****. It was there over and over. Bills offense should have put away the Dolphins in the 2nd quarter tonight. They had several chances to. When the Phins lost yet another CB, who else thought the Bills should have targeted that and been more aggressive tonight?