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10 minutes ago, ngbills said:
It has been an interesting season that is for sure.
Record
3-2 - Worse start since 2018.
All 5 games the Bills were favored by decent margins (MIA only one less than 5, not including NYJ bc if Rodgers was out that 3-pt spread would have been 5+).
2 of our 3 wins are vs sub 500 teams that will not be sniffing the playoffs. Last year we destroyed the super bowl champ Rams and 2 prior playoff teams in TEN and PIT and a close one vs another playoff team in BAL. The one loss was the extreme heat game in MIA.
Stats
We have a huge 79 pt scoring differential. Scoring 159 and only giving up 80. But...last year we were at 152 scored and only 61 given up, so a better differential of 91. This narrative about this years record breaking pace is actually not as impressive if you choose to remember last year.
On O last year we had 4 games with over 400 yds, basically 2 with 500 yds and only 1 with 300. This year we have only hit 400 twice and not sniffed 500.
On D last year we held 4 teams under 300 yds (1, almost 2 under 200 yds). No one gut 400 on us. This year we have only held 3 and 2 had essentially 400.
Injuries
We have lost White and likely Milano. Last year we had no White for a long time, Miller went out week 6, Hyde went out week 2, Poyer was out 4 games, Oliver, Edmunds, Morse all missed 3 games, not to mention Allen and Davis played banged up.
Verdict
So are we in better shape compared to last year? The narrative has been how much improved we are on paper. We have also heard how great the numbers have been despite the two losses. But as shown above last year was actually more impressive after 5 games.
The remaining schedule is tough, this was supposed to be our easy stretch. Quickly coming down the pike we have @CIN, @KC, @PHI, @MIA, @LAC, home v DAL. That is 6 very tough games. If we can go 3-3 in those games and win the rest we are supposed to win that puts us at 12-5. This will likely be tight with MIA. Any slips and we are fighting for a wild card.
And hey maybe we go 4 and 2 or 1 and 5 that's the thing..the games are played either way. Teams can win and lose, the Dolphins might go undefeated from here or maybe even crap the bed. Maybe travis kelce decides to become the next pop icon along side Taylor Swift. This was far from a reality check post more so let me assume how I feel the season plays out.
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4 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
That I was never a fan of the signing. Do I need to explain more?
Nope you're opinion is you're opinion and you have every right to it.
Just now, PayDaBill$ said:He’ll be a 35 PLUS yr old DL next year. He’s on the backend of his career. Likely best to cut bait.
He’ll be a 35 PLUS yr old DL next year. He’s on the backend of his career. Likely best to cut bait.
Again like I told the other guy that's you're opinion and have every right to state it, I'm in the let's see how he looks after a few games other then...it's completely over.
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4 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
Who said I was basing it on Mr 94.5% performance yesterday? Not me.
So you're saying what then exactly?
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11 minutes ago, SUNY_amherst said:
I think the biggest difference between Belichick and McDermott is that Belichick is able to win in many different ways.
Lets not act like he blew everyone out for 20 years because of Tom Brady. They won many games where they weren't their best or the other team even had more talent.
For the Bills to win, Allen has to dominate the opponent. We aren't winning rock fights 17-16 and stuff. That's what is needed though if you want a Super Bowl
Again yes Belichick can be great at times, but lately he hasn't been and let's not forget he also put that team together he has now. He is the gm and coach and last year and this year especially has been awfully bad. I'm not discrediting past success but rightnow he looks like a mediocre and at times bad coach.
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1 minute ago, LabattBlue said:
Just a hunch on my part, Von is a goner after next year, and his time as a Bill will be viewed as a huge waste of cap space.
Maybe or maybe not, it all depends if Von eventually shows flashes of getting back to wat he was before his injury here. But basing that after 20 snaps in his 1st football game back since a acl tear is definitely jumping to a conclusion.
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But with the players we have lost we need him sooner then we did. Yeah in a perfect senerio I would of agreed with you're plan but the mounting injuries to key players means we need you and need you asap.
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1 minute ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:
True…. I think the real advantage is he knows all Josh’s deepest darkest secrets and what rattles him, what fools him, how he makes decisions, etc. will be interesting to see what scheme the giants runSo is daboll bringing Brittany to the game lol?
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Just now, PBF81 said:
All we know is that the reasons need to be addressed from the top down.
If there's been one common theme to our weaknesses on McD's watch, it's been inconsistency, for which preparation is a huge factor.
That's all but exclusively a coaching issue.
I agree the coaching has been lacking but all we know of the situation is what we see and what they tell you in these weak press interviews. Hopefully it can change and be figured out but at this point I'm starting to believe McDermott preached for the offense we are seeing Dorsey try and run and it's been a new chapter but same story....inconsistency.
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2 minutes ago, PBF81 said:
Implying that McD is helpless to correct offensive issues is ridiculous, which is the general take here.
IF that's truly reality, then sorry, but it's time for a head coach than can do that given the ridiculous underachievement/inconsistency on the offensive side.
Again we have no idea if McDermott already told Dorsey if this is how he wants the offense to run. This already may be on McDermott is all I'm saying. And if that's the case the coaching is done and dusted and we may be out of answers. We blame dorsey and say McDermott needs to step in and fix it but this shorter pass game and not letting Josh really run might of been his call.
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1 minute ago, SUNY_amherst said:
give Belichick Allen alone and he's hoisting a SB trophy. Allen & Diggs for nearly 5 years? forget about it. multiple titles.
With McDermott we celebrate "points differential" though
I'm sorry this man put Matt Patricia and Joe Judge in charge of his offense last year, even the players went off on that decision...Kendrick Bourne especially. I'm not saying Bill is the worst coach in the NFL but he hasn't been good either.
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1 minute ago, SUNY_amherst said:
yeah that makes a lot of sense, Bill Belichick sucks at coaching football, good call you are so smart
He hasn't been good as of late you can agree with that though?
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1 minute ago, PBF81 said:
If it's not in the skillset of a head coach to be able to identify the simple things that we're identifying here, then it's time for a new head coach.
Sorry, but that's the truth.
The issues of the offense yesterday were obvious to anyone watching.
We can all arm chair gm and Monday morning quarterback, I am not at the level of anyone who coaches or plays the game. So my opinions and fixes for this team aren't anything but opinions. We can say it's easy to see and this is how you fix it but in reality we aren't at the level of knowledge in football that Nfl players and coaching staffs are.
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5 minutes ago, warrior9 said:
The utter cries on this board after a loss is absolutely embarrassing.
We traveled over seas with a 6 hour time difference 2 days before the game and played a team that has been there for 2 weeks. The field was awful and the jags had been practicing on it. They came out flat like 99% of all teams would in this scenario. The overseas games are a joke.
The Bills will be fine.
I agree but the loss of Milano is to me very bad. Yes it could of happened anywhere but for some reason it happening in England of all places is just making it worse for me..why idk it just is.
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2 minutes ago, Jerome007 said:
Sure, i agree, yet you realize the Dolphins don't win every game with 70 points, or that the Chiefs and all don't score every drive?
The misuse of TE, the overuse of shotgun, the late adjusting to what the Jags were doing... it's all fair points, on the mark. But lack of consistency? Again the stats show it was quite the decent showing, and no team scores on every drive except the Bills against The Cheats (yesssss!). I recall the board on here a few years back constantly moaning when Josh hadn't had a 300 yard game yet. Now it's so routine people complain about other things...
I'm personally over just stats...winning here is what matters. Let the tv "experts" worry about style points. The game was there for the taking and we didn't take it.
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1 minute ago, Dablitzkrieg said:
Having a good offense with ***** play calling is just getting old. If I see another shotgun draw to cook....
Exactly players can make plays but it's Dorseys job to exploit matchups and take advantage of teams weaknesses. If it was just all on the players offensive coordinators wouldn't exist in football. If the players can get flamed the coaching clearly should get burned as well.
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1 minute ago, Xwnyer said:
That was the story about Hines as well and Dorsey couldn’t use him. Let’s face it our OC a is at best a JV football coach
Adam's is far and above the player Hines is. If Devonte Adam's is on the field he is going to make plays. Dorsey is an issue for sure but not even he would screw up what Adam's would bring to this offense.
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59 minutes ago, zow2 said:
That picture of Von on the front page of the Buffalo News this morning. Honestly, he looks like a disabled person trying to go around the edge with a big ol knee brace on. I'm not sure why they are using a roster spot on him. Seems like a waste. He's nowhere close to 100% and may not be this season. I suppose he wanted to dip his toes in the water as he said after the game.
Honestly if you expected him to go from 0 to 100 his first time on the field then you set yourself up for failure. He had no training camp, no preseason and hasn't played in an actual game since the injury. He needs time to get into game shape. That's reality, it was an acl tear not a minor injury here. Regardless of how young any player is coming off an acl tear there is a ramp up period and usually a hard pitch count. So the overreaction to the way Von looked yesterday is just plain ridiculous at this point. He needs game reps, actual in game reps so saying we wasted a roster spot on him is wrong.
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Just now, FrenchConnection said:
The reason that we dislike them is simple. I don't know what European football you support, but imagine if the league forced them to fly to New York to play an October fixture that counts on a temporary field. All in the name of growing the brand in another country. We get exhibition tours every summer by English, Spanish, and German clubs, but no regular season fixtures or cup ties because that would be unthinkable.
The NFL has been and always will be about the money. Honestly there is nothing we can do to change that. Other then boycotting the league fans can't fix something controlled by billionaires. Only way to change things is hurt there pockets and with how popular football is in this country it won't happen.
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3 minutes ago, boyst said:
even with those starters our gameplan against a lesser team was pure poop. we did not do anything specific to their team to stop them and had a lousy performance in strategy and football without regard to players.
But both things can be true here. The game plan stunk and losing the players made it worse. Players make plays, and good players can mask even the ugliest of game plans.
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Just now, Billz4ever said:
Dorsey wouldn't use him either.
Adam's would get open on his own tbh lol. Only way dorsey could mess Adam's being on this team up would him not being on the field.
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1 minute ago, nucci said:
Yeah, don't worry about it. Poyer is a favorite but it was a mistake to bring him back
I mean as a backup poyer still has value but as a consistent starter in this league he is not.
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14 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
Yeah, I don't really like them telling him not to scramble. Forget the designed runs, but let the man use his legs if he feels the need.
Oh with the injuries on defense now the offense HAS to produce. So whatever cuffs they put on Josh at least have to be loosened. We will still have a decent defense but I doubt it can sustain the offensive side of the ball being as inept as it was yesterday.
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Just now, FrenchConnection said:
Of course that's true, but living in Cincinnati I saw how the collective anger of the entire city of Cincinnati drove the Bengals during the week leading up to the playoff game in Buffalo. I couldn't talk to people about the game because all I heard about was neutral site ticket refunds. And then you heard Burrow reference exactly that after the game. I think that they used it to fire them up and they took the entire city along for that ride.
So like I said it's on the players to figure it out. We can only do our part as fans. And we have been, we support this team on the road and sell out at home. We bring noise and passion as a fan base. If the players can't see this and be motivated to play hard that's on them because the fans have done there part above and honestly beyond.
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Just now, FrenchConnection said:
They should have been really angry about it before the game. They should have been angry about it since the schedule release day. If the NFL did that to the Bengals or Dolphins, their players would have been all over the artist formerly known as Twitter complaining about it and they would have used that as motivation. The Bills, instead, always preach "accountability" and always blame themselves for every and all misfortune. I think that attitude has been passed over to the fans. The Bills moped on the sidelines after the Milano injury and TBD is holding a wake for the Bills 2023 season.
It's always a poop show on here after a loss, lately it's been like that on here after we win to. But this is a message board and has no bearing on how the Bills team should play. The players and the coaches have to be better, it's plain and simple.
Snap Counts from Jags game-Von 20 snaps
in The Stadium Wall
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Yes looking at 20 snaps from a guy who hasn't played ANY football since his injury tells me everything lol.