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  1. At the end of the Falcons superbowl loss to NE Shanahan gave the game away by some of the worst, most shortsighted play calling I've ever seen. 4th quarter, maybe 6 minutes left and Freeman had just ripped off a really long run to around the NE 30yd line, the Patriots were on their heels. Falcons could go up two scores with a FG. Instead of sticking with the run and pounding the ball, killing clock and most importantly AVOIDING the holding penalty and/or sack, dopey Shanahan pulls a Pete Carrol and decides to drop back and throw. Twice. Once there was a holding call and another there was a sack (Chris Long I think). Falcons are now effectively out of range, have to punt to Brady, end up losing the game. A classic example of sacrificing game awareness and being too geeked about the next play. I felt so bad for Arthur Blank the nicest owner in pro sports, standing on the sidelines with his team about to win a ring and his OC gives the trophy away. McD and Joe Brady did the same thing to Josh on the KC final drive. So worried about just scoring they forgot about clock management and keeping Mahomes on the bench, just moving the chains is a far better option. If Josh hits Shakir we still lose that game because we weren't stopping Mahomes. Easy in hindsight, but eventually coaches come to realize this is how you beat HOF quarterbacks, you keep them on the bench, you don't score and say "hey OK defense go out there and stop that guy who just won his 3rd superbowl MVP in 5 years."
  2. jones is unbelievable he won them the Bills game and the superbowl.
  3. Sounds like Shorter. same size. He had a great camp, got a year to watch and learn from the sidelines year 2 I think that kid can play. Sherfield had that amazing TD off the deflected pass vs Miami but otherwise he's didnt do much at all this year. This kid can be the WR3/4 Kincaid and Shakir both elite hands and concentration. Huge boosts from the young dudes down the stretch, they carried this team since the bye.
  4. It would have helped tremendously when we had 1st down on the KC 27 yard line for our OC and Head coach to tell Josh, listen man, we DONT want a touchdown right now, we want the next first down. We're already in FG range but our kicker has been erratic and we need to keep Mahomes on the bench, so just move the chains, we'll use the timeouts if we need to but this possession ends with us kicking a last second FG from the 10 yard line or getting a TD in the final seconds to win it. I'm not saying McD didn't say that to Josh, but knowing him and the way he freezes up at the end of halves/games it never got said. Brady is an interim OC and probably is just thinking, how do we score asap? and Josh is the same way, he goes balls out. These are the moments where a strategy can win you the game. Look for the underneath stuff Josh, it's a higher percentage play and we don't want the kill shot now anyway because KC has timeouts and we can't seem to stop Mahomes today. If that gets said, he looks for Diggs wide open underneath instead of Shakir in the end zone, we move the chains, reduce the length of the kick by a lot and then play small ball until the clock winds down and then we take our shots to win it. Worst case it's a chip shot and we go to OT. In other words, even if he hits Shakir for that touchdown I still think we lose that game, Mahomes with 2 minutes and multiple timeouts. Its something that your QB isn't going to think about, he's listening for the next play and trying to process the field stuff, you need strategy from your HC to feed him game management along the way. That was a situation that called for small ball, high percentage, control the clock and kill time, but instead we're calling plays for endzone shots like there's only 20 seconds left We need someone to manage our team during the games that sits next to our OC and can talk to Josh. McD is a team leader/motivator not a strategic thinker, the OC has a tactical call the next play role, where is the strategist? We lost because we didn't have one.
  5. Floyd, Rousseau, Ed and DaQuon are a great starting front four. They didn't impact the game nearly as much as we had hoped but they're all very good to great at their positions. No changes required there for next year assuming Floyd doesn't get goofy with contract demands. Von had a few tackles but obviously is old and slow and playing off his name and coaching/leadership skills. (remember he was drafted with AJ Green, Dareus, Julio Jones, JJ Watt-- all guys that have nothing left after years of getting beat up. Von doesn't either, but he got one last huge 50M guaranteed payday on his way out, unfortunately it was from us. I don't blame him for doing it, or Beane for taking a flyer on him, it just sucks that we have to endure him trying to justify his money/ignore the fact that he's washed...its pretty sad for everyone) The biggest shock was lack of middle penetration by Ed n DQ vs run or pass. That's the key to helping the DE's get home, splitting that pocket and forcing the QB to move either direction. It also help the LB's hammer the run, but those interior OL guys for KC are way better than I remembered. Not blaming the loss on the Dline, in a lot of cases we dropped 8 into coverage anyway, they did enough to get us the win.
  6. I disagree with the approach that "we need to get __________ more involved in the passing game" We have the kind of quarterback that knows where the hot reads are and is good at improvising. We saw what happened when Brady tried to force Stef into the passing game about a month ago with those screens that were an obvious example of over-gameplanning and it cost us several possessions. Get the ball to wherever Josh decides the coverage dictates, and if there's a scramble/play extension it goes to the guy he can see that is reacting properly to the qb and presenting a decent target. Shakir and Kincaid are our top two receivers for the past month when the game is on the line, and next week it could be Steph and Knox, or even Cookie. Shakir is awesome and still learning, like Kincaid, but they seem to be very sticky handed when it comes to clutch catches and will be getting plenty of targets along the way. Both fast with good YAC for a slot and TE, these guys are the future of our team and have proven it lately. Go Bills !
  7. Delay of game another coaching error that Josh had to overcome. Not as bad as 12 men on the field loss to Denver, or 13 seconds, but after a Fins timeout in a critical must have situation they showed us again how badly we need a real OC and not some guy off the staff to replace the guy you fired midSeason. Between McD and Brady, poor Josh has to be scratching his head during every game, like What Are These Clowns Doing?
  8. Using the numbers ranking for receivers has always made no sense to me. Our two best targets for the past month have been Shakir and Kincaid. Everyone else is in the mix depending on defensive gameplan and what reads are hot for Josh. Sherfield has been pretty inconsistent this season but he'll get some opportunities here. Obviously Stef 5-8 targets per game. I thought they might want to activate Shorter for a limited role, and if one more guy goes down he's gonna be forced out there. Would love to see him get some live reps in the second half of the Steelers game when we're up by three scores.
  9. McD failed in hiring Dorsey and our special teams coach has already cost us two games (Jets and Denver) and almost cost us the New England game by electing to gamble a chance at maybe getting 5 yards on the kickoff tackle vs the risk of having a kickoff return for a TD which almost cost us our season. Sean cannot afford to fail again with the OC for next year, and it's very likely NOT going to be the guy who happened to be the QB coach when McD's original choice failed. They need to do an exhaustive search and interview a dozen top OC candidates regardless of what happens in the offseason. In fairness Josh and Joe, our best two options right now in terms of Go To guys are Kincaid and Shakir, a 2nd year guy and a rookie with about 100 targets total between them. Diggs and Knox are in massive slumps, our two highest paid targets by a lot. I can't help but think Beane is kicking himself for not pulling the trigger on DHop. Next year is going to look different for sure.
  10. DaQuon will be suiting up for Miami, that's far more important than Waddle to the outcome of the game. Ed Oliver, Floyd and Rousseau are all we have left man. Von is obviously a joke at this point, AJ n Philips hurt, we need DaQuon in the worst way if we're going to disrupt an offense like Miami.
  11. personally i wish they would dump half of these types of penalties that involve gray areas that are sometimes called and sometimes not. Too many rules these poor officials are trying to judge holding and pass interference, illlegal hits in real time, player intent etc. If I ran the league here's what I would do: Get rid of illegal man downfield rules, get rid of the cheat forward penalty (just limit player to having to be 5 yards within LOS so they dont get a massive headstart), the offensive linemen cant move at all like the old days (no more of this pointing and head turning crap), get rid of the Tush push for the same reason you cant climb on a teammates back to block a kick- and also it's going to end a qb's career sooner than later. Outside of the rules changes, I would quit stopping the game to announce to everyone a penalty that is clearly being declined. Pick up the flag, motion to the head coach what the call is and if they decline it, the clock starts and we go on with the game. Nobody cares about a penalty that isn't affecting the game, lets get more flow into the game. Lastly, now that you asked (haha) has anyone noticed they use a more orange-ish looking ball for kicks and the mud brown ones for normal play? The contrasting lighter color is way easier to see than the dark ball, so at the very least use those balls for regular play. Its bad enough we got rid of the college white stripe and use a ball that is THE most difficult color to see, the least they can do is lighten it up. We're all staring at the thing after all. The ball really should be even lighter for these networks who are too dumb to film the FG kicks from the stands with the green field as contrast. I mean sometimes games (and the entire season maybe) comes down to a final kick and you can barely tell if its between the uprights because the ball disappears against the crowd so you literally have to look at the refs to see what happened. That's a huge fail. Brighter footballs please. Duh.
  12. Dallas D got rolled by Seattle last week, I expect the same in Buffalo.
  13. Bills would have been down 4 with 1:12 and three timeouts. That's enough to run an 8 play drive. Not impossible for Josh at all.
  14. I think they tried that four or five times yesterday. The verdict is in on that play, it has proven itself to be unproductive. The cowboys will be ready for that play which reeks of pick 6 if you know it's coming. We need a legit OC so badly. Approaching the end of the half Josh was on the field with his hands over his ears waiting for a play call from upstairs yelling "what are we doing? Give me something!" Sorry Josh, we should have given you Dhop, and an innovative OC. You got Trent Sherfield and Joe Brady.
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