Nobody has beaten HOU easily this year. And they played a tough schedule - DEN, LAR, SEA, SF, JAX (2), BAL, TB. TEN is only team with a losing record. I am expecting a battle.
Cant overlook these guys. Have 5 losses but all are one score games. Only given up 20 3 times, never given up 30. Only given up 300 yards twice and never 400.
I think its too early to say. Clearly he has made a huge leap the past few weeks. Last year and early this year he was really looking lost and lacking confidence to just play. Now he has confidence for sure. But what is still hard to say is how many mistakes he is making? These long runs the Bills keep giving up are many times on the safeties taking bad angles turning a 10 yard run into 40. There are still pass plays where he is a bit late getting there. All that said I am hopeful. Hopefully his confidence continues to grow and he can put it all together.
What I am hoping to see on O, especially the passing game.
Play Davis over Shavers
If Shakir and Kincaid are out pull up Hardman too
Play more up tempo or at least mix it up - dont snap at 1 second on the play clock every play
Limit D ability to sub - worked great vs KC
Mix up the routes - it has been way too predictable. Every WR can run just about every route
More quick slants and quick outs - less WR screen
More Cook wheel routes
Send guys streaking down the seam - at least will attract safety attention and open up for mid level routs and slants
Beat the blitz - hot routes or roll Allen away from the blitz
Daboll back as consultant for passing game? Interesting stats - simple look not a deep dive:
Daboll
Last two years - 7 games under 200 passing yards and only 2 games with under 300 total yards
Dorsey
1.5 seasons - 6 games under 200 passing yards and only 2 games with under 300 total
Brady
About 2 full season - 12 games under 200 passing yards and 6 games under 300 total
Week 11 starts tonight. Go Jets. Games around the league with big playoff implications.
Jets vs Pats - Very unlikely Jets win, but its the NFL.
Bills need win vs Bucs - Bills should win a tough one at home.
Steelers vs Bengals - Another game with wild card and division implications. Steelers need win to fend of BAL.
Chargers vs Jags - Wild card implications. Thinking Chargers to keep them above Chiefs. Hopefully we are not fighting with them for wild card.
Browns vs Ravens - Ravens trying to climb back and should win this one. Combined with Steeler loss they would be even in the division at 5-5, CIN only one back at 4-6 with Burrow back soon.
Chiefs vs Broncos - Go Broncos I guess. More wild card and division implications.
Texans vs Titans - Texans win gets them to 5-5...
Tons of NFL players are whack jobs. Part of the job of the coach and the leaders of the team is to bring it all together. Hard to say if situations when it doesnt work out are on the player or the team culture. Likely somewhere in the middle. But it has been several years now where this team rarely shows a lot of emotion. There seems to be a lot of life is bigger than football culture in the building.