NoHuddleKelly12

A 1000 x this ^^^^^^^. Post of the day, imho. Tear a page out of Andy Reid's Iggle days playbook where Staley & McCoy earned their pass-catching stripes and basically used a West-Coast style short passing game as his primary running attack that was difficult to contain. If our oppo keys on that, voila, deep lanes back open with a QB who can hit them. Why can't we do this? Motor & Moss both have decent hands and think of how deadly Thurman was back in the day while leading the league in combined yards from scrimmage because he was a beast both ways. Back to Reid's model--here's a 2012 article from Barnwell reviewing his time in Philly, with some salient points: "But, oh, that passing game. It eventually became the subject of derision in Philly, as fans and media members alike groused that the Eagles simply didn’t run the ball enough. Graphics departments churned out misleading cause-and-effect charts noting that the Eagles were 373-1 if they would just run the ball 35 times per game (without realizing that the Eagles would exclusively run the ball that frequently in games where they were ahead and killing clock). In reality, though, Reid’s Eagles didn’t fail because they weren’t running the ball frequently enough. If anything, throwing the ball that frequently contributed to their success! Reid’s pass-heavy attack anticipated the coming shift to pass-happy offenses and shotgun-reliant attacks that showed up toward the end of the last decade. The league is throwing passes on 56.4 percent of their offensive plays this year, which represents the highest rate that’s shown up during Reid’s tenure in Philadelphia. That’s actually just below Reid’s average pass rate of 57.0 percent, but it’s not a sign that Reid threw too much. The simple facts are that passes produce more yardage than run plays do: The average first-and-10 pass in a 14-point-or-fewer game last year produced 8.0 yards per attempt, even after you consider all the incompletions. Run plays averaged a mere 4.5 yards per attempt. You don’t want to throw the ball on every single first down because the first figure is larger than the second one, but it’s also clear that the equilibrium between the two figures — the point at which both figures are maximized for the largest possible gain on first down by your team — has yet to be reached.3 In addition to creating more big plays, that allowed the Eagles to build their offense around an undervalued asset class, specifically the undersized pass-catching running back." (emphasis supplied). https://grantland.com/features/bill-barnwell-takes-all-andy-reid-haters/

So did this guy, still shoveling $$ his way too, IIRC...

This thread has PPP potential.

What’s in the air??

This belongs in the TBD wall of fame, safely archived for periodic reference & review. All well stated, OP.

Not to pile on, but here’s a YouTube of the last playoff game we ever won... (12/30/95)

The Jets are the healing aloe vera we need right now for all of the piping hot takes around here.

Bradshaw single-handedly taught all of the Trent Dilfers of the world how to ride great defensive coattails to SB glory...

The TOP difference last night was truly staggering. Did it feel like the Chiefs had ripped the pages right out of Bill Belichick's SP XXV gameplan to ground the Bills' high flying attack and then play keep away the rest of the night? It was demoralizing to never be able to come off the field after 3rd down "lookout" runs for chunk yardage time after time--the weird thing is that despite his TD throws, it seemed like Mahomes was quietly flying under the radar & content to let the Chiefs do what they wanted to on the ground.

Truthfully I was hoping it would be to see @YoloinOhiobreaking an announcement from the twitterverse that McD was taking over D playcalling again!

Always a good reason to wait to check back in until some of the dust stirred up by the torches/pitchforks crowd has settled...

McD has earned himself some street cred for keeping the raging inferno that was our tattered 2018 salary cap casualty roster from completely imploding, can somehow (Allen?) squeezing 6 wins out of that year...making the playoffs in each of the other seasons (how quickly we forget what the previous generation had to watch week in, week out--whatever it was, it wasn't a playoff team during that stretch) and overall restoring a sense of pride, legitimacy and yes, culture, to a franchise that had lost its way. All of that to say I fully expect a rebound from this team the rest of the way, but if that does not happen, or the Bills look ill-prepared with no adjustments and wind up flaming out, then of course that's a major problem. At this point I'm not ready to write him off, not even close. Frazier on the other hand, I have to wonder what is going on over there? We have the tools, go make 'em work, coach!!

They copied the Josh’s Jaqs pic. BTW, those were some tasty blue/red Apple Jacks

Yes, yes, but how good are their linebackers compared to ours?

But if you’re a Jets fan wouldn’t you at least have a sliver of concern that those firing the draft cannon with said ammo may completely miss? 🤔

“Do you think that your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?”

How exactly is JK not letting “this team be itself?” I haven’t heard or seen peep of the notion that any of our franchise past greats are meddling in what the Bills are try to do. FYI, @Hapless Bills Fanposted elsewhere this week that the Bills are incorporating concepts of the K-Gun offense with Daboll and Josh’s express wish...but why would we want such a thing?

After throwing for 6 tds in each of those 4 games, Carroll would have no choice but to bench Wilson at that point, and Fitzy would promptly reward that faith with multiple INT’s in game 5. Such is the way of things in the cycle of Fitzy. The smart coaches will milk his world beater spot starts for all they’re worth tho!

Wait, is he saying, “Yes, that’s freakin’ awesome!” ?

Have the game outcome decided by duel. Make it a throwing contest, combine stations, between our QB & theirs.

No one is happier about this news than Gase, who may still wind up surviving this season as HC for 2021 if he plays his excuse cards right!

It’s on my must do bucket list, have never been but my old college roomie hailing from Amherst through whose acquaintance I claim partial Buffalo citizenship (shoveled an honorary sliver of driveway snow on a visit so that counts I think) already agreed to buy the first round when the Bills host the AFCCG next. Covid needs to take a hike before then, is all I can say.

This x 1000. From the 9/23/18 Leap Heard ‘Round the World in Minnie through today, the proof in the pudding as to his potential was always there to be seen if you wanted to, and glossed over if you didn’t care to.

Luckily that’s never happened.