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I mean, we likely lose that game against an average team. Our offense is largely healthy and not dominating enough to make up for our depleted defense which is looking more bottom of the league. I would hope they would have been dominating enough to do so against that poor of a team. I feel like this win is fools gold. It's says a lot when you think you played really well and very well could have lost.

Really hot, like it

I completely disagree on the choking narrative. What happened in 13 seconds? We didn't put players in the right position to be successful. What happened when we allow a punt return for a TD in week 1? What happened when we allow the Giants/Patriots final drives? What happened on the almost Hail Mary? It's all positioning players to be successful. Which is not easy and it's understandable when it doesn't happen every play or every game. But to your point, it feels like this is a chronic issue. As much as I have never been one to pile on McDermott, it does boil down to him. That is the common thread. We just don't make the right choices in key situations. In my mind a lot of it is our coaching staff playing not to lose. We are the definition of a team that plays not to lose late in games.

I wish our fan base wasn’t this accurate on adjustments

While simultaneously shrinking the amount of possessions we get on offense. IF we consider Henry I don't expect we will use him in this way. It would be as a result of the concerns we had when we went with 12 personal, namely no intermediate or short weapons.

I mean, if it was true what exactly does it say about our process? We have an entire offseason to consider offense/RB and we don't (Harris/Murray). We lose impact players at all three levels on defense. Our question marks at RB heading into the season have actually performed pretty well. Our resolution is get a veteran Running Back on the franchise tag? This just isn't who we are. It's INTRIGUING but a lot of things you should never do are that. Move along.

Good, I got Frank from Aliquippa on the line and I'm ready to deal

slow it down, everything is too exciting

I don't think it's supposed to be that color

You do realize stats can be accomplished in many ways

Queue the Josh Allen plunge protection team. I’ve been fighting posters since the off-season on this. Dabs made a point to make his reads easy. We used motion more than any team in football. He ran simplified route structures. Allen has never been good at making progressions. He’s been good at making people think he’s good at making progressions and that’s what good coaching does.

If we sneak in absolutely nobody will want anything to do with us early

2019, Wash, Cleveland, Miami 2021 Jets, Patriots, KC (Playoffs) Those are the two times Josh has went 3 straight games without a turnover

He's just too big for this defense.

I don't think Josh is the only reason we lost. I don't even think he is the primary reason we lost. We have had a DVOA on defense in the top 10 for years. EPA ranges in the bottom 20 on defense are not going to age well. Josh keeps missing the smack you in the face underneath reads. It doesn't help. Like Marino said (I actually listened to him for the first time today) he says I have to be honest, then he warns people like 7 times to not spew hate at him, "Josh is not playing well right now". Well sure he's not. Why is this so sensitive around here? The defense is playing worse. I don't know how anybody could give positive grades to our WR's or our scheme. None of it is particularly good. The offensive stats are positive as far as EPA. Stunning actually. I think the lack of sustained drives just makes it look even worse. Clearly, we are actually much closer to our usual performance than one would think.

This is correct CBS was wrong on that stat. I heard it as well.

Josh Allen protection team is out in full force this evening.

Critique: I think Josh could do a better job getting the ball out on time. He is still missing some reads. It's forcing him to hold the ball. Board: Do you know where we would be without Josh Allen? Somewhere south of your moms tramp stamp and north of the back of her knee if you catch my drift Critique: Ahhhhh, I don't .. Board: Exactly. You aren't fan enough for Josh. You don't deserve Josh. You call yourself a fan? A real fan would know what would happen if Josh wasn't here Critique: Well, ya. We probably wouldn't make the playoffs. He's an MVP candidate. But I can talk about when he makes mistakes can't I? Board: LMAO! Josh Allen always plays well you microscopic Bildo tip. Clearly you know nothing about the game. I doubt you were even a fan in 2021. Critique: I have been a fan for 30 years. Josh isn't playing well, we do need him, but we need him to play well. He is part of the problem right now. Board: You must be Joe Marino's little brother. Who do you suggest we trade Josh for? Go on. Who? Go on? Who? Go On GO ON CAP CAPS GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Critique: Look we shouldn't trade him I never said that. What is even happening. Board: Josh Allen just happened. Touchdown............ Critique: The Games not for several more days Board: Josh is that good Critique: This is dumb Board: I know you're but what am I

Harbaugh alerted a cop 5 miles down the road of Olave speeding

After the carnage that is a Bills loss, the good stuff always gets blended together in the insanity. Reviewing the forum, I felt these ones stood out as things I found interesting or surprising. Thank you @HappyDays @Andy1 as two of these came from your posts. If you guys have any other post worth twitter content or interesting factoids it would be nice to get that stuff consolidated in one place.

Once he breaks out of the normal drop cadence, that's when I feel like he is going outside of the play. Which is often. He creates his own pressure by not being on time with his throws. Anything past that point is him outside of the play. I also think he's playing rather well this year. He's doing a better job trying to play within the offense. As he is doing this people are clamoring for him to run and loosen up as they see we aren't as productive with Josh trying to stay within a system. Which sort leads to my point. I'm sure OC's love Josh saving them. Plays break down, he has it. No play is ever dead with him. But if I'm an elite coach I want a guy that can execute the same way every time. I want YAC, rhythm, consistency, and growth. Not broken play bail outs. He's still the only thing saving us from complete meltdown. So ya, as much as I say that isn't flattering it's all in the lens of him being considerate an MVP candidate. Not compared to Mac Jones.

Somebody can be two things at once. Josh is one of the best QB's in football and is most the reason we are decent. How he goes about that is limiting towards offensive growth because it's not by design. How do you grow as an offense when the main player in the offense doesn't want to be a part of the natural play design.

Josh is a challenging player to try and build a championship with. Which ranks as a problem most people would love to have. The NFL is a precise game and Josh is not a precise player. He makes his hay in the chaos when design falls apart. If you force him to stay in the design it actually make him worse. If you let him play free you get almost unlimited upside but consistency issues that likely make it hard to win a championship. How do you address it? He is the team. As an OC or HC, you want to build an offense that is repeatable and systematic. Again, that's not who he is. I have no idea what the answer is TBH. With him here, we will always be above average. He just does so much on his own. But how do we take the next step or how do we build toward the next step? I have no clue.

The point of the thread is to basically say what you're saying. The roster was so bad today Taron Johnson is likely the 3rd best player on the roster to start this game. As far as who was the 3rd best after it ended. Who knows. Maybe Kincaid or Cook. The roster is bad right now with these injuries. No way around it.