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WideNine
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Just now, Donuts and Doritos said:
"3rd Down Screen Pass" should be on Brady's tombstone.
If Palmer had any real effort and urgency on that block the yards were there - his blocking was weak as hell.
That is the difference between drawing up a good play, and really understanding what your players can each do in that situation to execute it.
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Note to Brady - Palmer cannot block.
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That long run made me sick, but is what it is.
They had him bottled up and the whole no one wrapping up and tacking thing happened again.
This is what happens when you have to commit so many players to stopping the run - if the RB gets behind that there is no one there. We have certainly watched Cook do that to enough teams this year.
The problem simply is we give up too many yards to the run on defense so we have to commit more to stopping it and everyone is running to the ball - it happens. Drafting players that can actually play the run has to be a priority for this regime seeing how teams are playing us - and those guys can be had in the later rounds too. I think it is more a scouting stereotype wall that Beane and his staff have to get past.
For years it was such a passing-heavy league, but teams are doing more run-heavy sets and we were caught with feather weight players more fit to penetrating gap pass rushers and LBs who are more built for covering receivers. Need to adapt to have the right mix.
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Just now, YoloinOhio said:
This guy again.
I thought he took up another hobby the past 8 years.
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Just now, Southern McButterpants said:
Loving Knox’s play the last 2 weeks. Big plays.
Dad has to bring home the bacon for the new baby - he has definitely turned it up a notch.
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1 minute ago, CircleTheWagons99 said:
Im not benching him over that. Him coming in made Bishop a better player.
Totally agree - a lot of youth back there and I have no idea what was going on with Rapp, but between he, Thompson, and Tre they definitely helped solidified that back 7 that was in a shambles early this year. -
Just now, HappyDays said:
Tre is quietly having an excellent game
He is a few years away from torn everything... he has gotten some of that back and the rest is just playing smart with his cushion and angles.
Wanted nothing but the best for him and pretty much thought it was a mercy for the team to sign him to the roster this year, but he has been a life saver for this team.
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1 minute ago, CircleTheWagons99 said:
POYER!!!! Come on. Right in the hands....
OK - we understand why Poyer never played on offense his career.
Sheesh - looked more like someone threw an angry cat at him than a football.-
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Just now, sonyab1974 said:
What the heck!? I go take a nap and wake up to my phone saying Bills 21 to Pats 24! What happened!?? 😂😂
Suck first half - wake up and play the second half.
The usual recipe this year that makes for down to the wire heart attacks.
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1 minute ago, loveorhatembillsfan4life said:
I think it would be fair to ask Mcd why can’t he have his team prepared first half?
They seem to be much better on the adjustments..
I think if the offense had long enough drives they could make some adjustments on defense. You couple that with the defense not being able to get off the field when teams are running on them... maybe just a bad recipe for being able to make your adjustments.
With how long the drives are that the defense gives up, I don't know why the offensive adjustments take a full half to get in place....
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C'mon Vegas - protect the spread 😁
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1 minute ago, BillsFan130 said:
It is literally night and day difference when McDermott calls the plays.
I am beating a dead horse here, but why the hell did he give up play calling duties to Babich in the 1st half
Slow starts all year.
Not sure why it takes a whole half of getting spanked for this team to adjust and make a game of it - not that I want to jinx us, but I bet our first half numbers all year are mostly piss-poor.
That dump off and throw away by Josh were both QB maturation plays the early Josh would rarely if ever do - one bought us a first down the other prevented us from losing yards.
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Just now, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
Robert Crapt and Bill Bellichick. Both old dirty perverts
Kraft of the happy ending - cannot believe they actually focus the camera on that dog turd.-
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1 minute ago, Irish Dave said:
Wow I really love McDermott’s approach to soft zone prevent defense- it’s so effective and smart. I really love Sean McDermott
The defensive secondary of the Bills does not know how to do zone match where they actually defend someone in their zone. They just spot-drop and defend turf - they have been doing that all year basically conceding separation to receivers rather than challenging them and forcing smaller windows for QBs to hit.
There are risks in man coverage, but we suck so bad at zone the risks may well be worth it.
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8 minutes ago, Nitro said:
Disagree. Nothing called was outstanding. The D line is getting pushed around. Makes it easy to run on them. Gap integrity is again an issue.
Agree.
Vrabel and crew are not pulling out gadget plays or anything fancy. Just running on a suspect run defense and keeping the down and distance manageable, going after Cam and Taron when needing a few yards (as most teams have), and not making a lot of mistakes in execution. On defense they have a better handle on when the Bills are running Cook and are hitting the right gaps to stop those.
Without Cook we are left to the execution of our passing game which depends a lot on pass pro and keeping Allen relatively clean. Vrabel also emphasizes keeping a spy on Allen which puts more pressure on him to get rid of the ball from the pocket. When teams don't spy Allen they end up watching him scramble for 40 yard TDs.-
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Just now, Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin said:
The screen on 3rd and 15 was laughable
That was a terrible play call - developed too far behind the LOS on a long down and distance, did not have a numbers advantage with blockers, and the corners were not so deep that they could not seal the edges and minimize the gain or force Shakir back into pursuit which would have been a worse outcome for us.
Not the best call at all if he was looking at catching them in a blitz and getting behind it - there are ways to do that, but I don't like any that develop that deep behind the line. Also, I don't think Vrabel sold out on the blitz on that 3rd and long. He is has been pretty good at mixing those up and Brady has been caught guessing the wrong way.
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We suck so bad at stopping the run.
Seriously making Maye feel incredibly comfortable back there not having to throw from down and distance to move the chains.-
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1 minute ago, frostbitmic said:
Their players hold onto the ball and make plays ... Ours drop them.
And unforced errors that our laugh off that suck the life out of drives.
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Just now, Buddy Hix said:
Yup…they are just way better everywhere but QB, and Maye is close enough to Allen that we have nothing for them
Yep. This is where Josh starts pressing to get more than what this offense can normally produce. It will either start clicking downfield or get ugly fast with turnovers.
Vrabel knows his tendencies when playing from behind.
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6 hours ago, NewEra said:
This is the problem. Even if Benford plays, I expect Diggs to play the majority of his snaps in the slot. Benford doesn’t really travel there, so it’ll be Taron and Cam in coverage. McD had his work cut out for him.
I agree, they need to be more creative around assignments and choosing to follow some receivers as Cam and Taron are matchups that teams have been exploiting just that way. One would think it would be as easy as saying, you guys cover the slow guys - I know it is more involved than that.
Also, if they are playing Bishop closer to the line and Hancock is playing more as the single high, he needs to be coached up to be decisive and roll coverage to the side with the hardest matchup to help out our corners.
At this stage he seems to be on the verge of indecision peddling back and forth covering grass till finally coming over too late to really cap those routes.
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7 hours ago, BobbyC81 said:
It would also help if Josh, and other QBs today, put some effort into the fake handoff. In NFL history, some QBs like Boomer Esiason were excellent at it and hid the ball on their hip. On some replays you’d see a LB frozen and confused since he didn’t know where the ball was.Today, sometimes it’s just the RB running into the line.
I agree..you look at how effective a good play action handoff fake can be when you look at how well it worked for Lamar for years and even how well it is working for the Chargers with their renewed emphasis on their running game and Herbert's use of the read option plays.
Allen does not do himself any favors if he does not really sell those fake handoffs. They are highly effective and there is so much misdirection Brady can bake into play action.
Dating myself as an old dog here, but Peyton used to practice those over and over to make sure there were no tells and that his mechanics remained consistent whether faking or handing it off.
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2 hours ago, BRH said:
I have seen this screenshot shared elsewhere but no one is providing any video. Does anyone know specifically which play this was so I can go look at the A22?
Bengals fans are claiming, of course, that the defender "lost his balance in the snow and was falling backward." I think that's BS but without video it's hard to say with 100% certainty.
If it's really a leg whip then the Bills ought to be alerting the league.
I did make a clip of that, but our attach size is too small to support it.
If you do have access to the All-22 I think it should be around the 25:50 mark and no way was that a falling backward thing. Also, on that same play Allen gets wrapped up by their DT who does that rodeo thing of wrapping the leg and swinging the QB and Allen's head bounces off the turf.
To mirror Joe's comments, "you don't like to see that happen with our star QB."
Wondering if the NFL swung from over-protecting QBs the past few years to turning a blind eye to a lot of things they should call.
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4 hours ago, BobbyC81 said:
Shout out to Joe Brady for calling a play action pass on the Bills first offensive play.
I guess the intern that frequents these fan boards made a convincing argument for it.
Yeah, that was a great tendency breaker. 1st down for the game in the snow, the Bills will definitely run the ball right?
Not-so-much. Instead we suck their defense and rookie LBs into defending the run and Cook and easily get our TE open behind them.
We need to continue to use play action and sneaking those TEs out after run blocking motion as a regular thing to keep teams from jumping the snap and run blitzing.
We have a lot of TE talent we need to continue to find ways to keep them involved in the passing game.
Teams will adjust, but so many times the Bengals simply did not account for our TEs once they started blocking or chipping. Once they released into a route no one went with them.
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6 hours ago, Marv Levy said:
THIS! I was wondering out loud why the hell he would do this? If it accomplished anything, I really don't know what it was?! Seemed like a gigantic waste of a TO.
I think that was because Bishop couldn't go and they needed to adjust for a substitution.
It was not a serious injury just dehydration and cramping.
Nice summary as usual Virgil.
Marino spotted this in his All-22 and thought I would share.
...and yes, that is Allen getting kicked and apparently the ref is not in position to see that - go figure?
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12/14/2025 GAMEDAY Bills at Patriots* 2nd Half Game Thread AFCE Battle
in The Stadium Wall
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Had such a bad rap with injuries over his career - as a Bill he has earned it.