Motorin'

That's funny, I had a dream last night where he caught the winning TD on the last play of the game against the Ravens in a playoff game after Josh heaves it into the end zone and it bounces off of the Ravens #5 into his hands. Then he points and laughs in his face and gets called for a taunting penalty, but it doesn't matter bc there's no time left on the clock and the Bills won.

I don't have any headlines in my news feed calling for that at all.

I thought Cam Lewis played a hell of a game for what was his first NFL start at safety. Thought he was a significant improvement in coverage over JJohnson. And he was in position to make the game winning play. He made the wrong choice going for the INT instead of knocking it down. He'll learn from it, and I honestly see him progressing as a solid Safety option for us.

That's a whole lot of data without context. Your scatter plots have zero ability to give any useful details on a game to game basis. Had the Bills ran the ball more in the 2nd half against the Vikings, took more time off the clock, converted more short yardage 1st downs and won the game by a score of 27-17, the correlation of points to running attempts would have held up. But they would have won. Is it really surprising that more running attempts take more time off the clock and result in fewer points? Ask the Atlanta Falcons about running the ball in second halves with leads.

Another developing story is the demoralization of Russian society following the retreat from Kherson. This is their version of Fox News (or CNN). The level of stupidity is astounding, except for the one guy who has a lick of sense and gets shouted down: And some gallows humor:

I guess the Vikings believed the myth too when they said in the post game pressers that they knew exactly what we were going to do in the 2nd half based on our formations.

That's not the point. Refusing to abandon the run keeps the defense honest. It helps the passing game. But when they know the Bills are passing every play it gives the defense the advantage.

Absolutely. Bad pass, bad route, bad play design, terrible decision to throw it. He had 10 yards of green grass in front of him, and one defendor to jule to have a shot of running it into the end zone.

I think this play works so well for the Bills for a number of reasons, not the least of which one of the few things our lineman do well is run block while pulling. I don't know why we go away from pin and pull plays after it works so well, back to rpo zone blocking with hand offs from shotgun to a stationary RB. Those plays never work. Counters, sweeps, misdirections with pulling lineman unlock our running game. Why can't we do it in short yardage as well?

All Bills fans in the stadium need to chant "MVP MVP MVP" everytime the offense steps on the field so Josh knows that winning isn't the most important thing and nothing short of highlight reel plays on every down will be acceptable.

It was a bad pass, a bad route, and a worse decision to throw it to Gabe in the first place.

Those are definitely fair questions. And throw in: do these coaches know how to coach up a QB into becoming a perennial all pro if the player has the talent? I don't know that that they answer to that is yes.

The defendor was well beyond the sticks. Of course he's keyed in on Duke and would come downhill, but still, that could have been and easy conversion imo.

Duke was wide open for a quick 2 yards in the flat to the left right away. Josh could have also scrambled to his left, probably for a TD, just before he ran to his right... But why couldn't we run the ball for the 1st down on 2nd and 2, or 3rd and 2?

When the 'Fire McD' thread popped up last season, my only contribution was to contemplate "what if he's a Dan Reeves" type figure. A guy that can always make his team competitive and just on the cusp of greatness, but never seal the deal. Elway was 37 when he finally won his first Super Bowl. They had fired Reeves and brought back his former OC, Mike Shanahan. And I put it out to the board, when do we ask that question?

Probably a QB Power sweep from shotgun, with the ability to chuck it at a TE's feet if someone shoots the gap and threatens a safety.

The Wrong Josh haters and the BBFS posters are out in full force!

It sucks after losing today the season ended with a 6-11 record. I didn't know you could lose 8 games on one Sunday, but hot damn!

No free passes! You better be standing in the locker room Monday morning charging them for their hall passes!

They stopped doing the pin and pull run plays that work in the second half and went back to handing the ball off out of shotgun when the RB has not momentum and the OLine kind of half pass blocks. Those plays suck. But then they don't run the ball out of a power I when it's 2nd and 2, or 3rd and 2 or 4th and 2.

Not just any LB. Erik freaking Kendricks.

You should turn the game off and knit a sweater then.

Cam Lewis a noticable improvement over JJohnson?

It's never too early to start melting down about the season being over.