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Poyer is a force, but that inherently leads to some missed tackles when he gets a little reckless. Really good, not great. I would love to have him back, but its not the end of the world if hes not. Looking at whats coming up:
White
Hyde
Wallace ( even though im not a big fan)
Replace Hughes, Shaq, and probably replace murphy, find a new 3 tech rotation player and hopefully get Star gone or add another 1 tech to rotate in ( maybe Harrison Phillips takes that spot), there's a lot to factor in. It will be interesting to see what the priorities are.
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19 hours ago, thebandit27 said:
Dallas and Denver were both top-10 pass D units when he faced them too.
Not like he lit them up or anything, he just didn't screw up much, which is the formula for this year apparently.
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On 12/17/2019 at 5:47 PM, Mike in Horseheads said:
Well said. In 3 years the team has flipped the roster, got rid of the malcontents, went from salary cap hell to 90m to play with and made the playoffs 2/3 years.
Yet some here want to harp on not taking Mahomes or Watson. Of course then you don't have Tre White the other flexibility you gained with the extra draft picks but haters will hate
But the extra capital was blown to trade up for Allen, along with flipping away your LT, so in reality, had you actually taken one of the 2 best QBs in the league right now, you wouldn't have Tre, but theres nothing that would have stopped a small trade back to get him. As it was, you used 2 first round picks, Cordy Glenn and another pick to come back up for Allen and that wouldn't have been needed had they made the right pick at the time. Both Maholmes and Watson are legitimate QBs and all Allen is way behind both of them, no saying he will ever get close to their level, so your argument is pretty awful.
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On 12/6/2019 at 5:25 PM, OldTimeAFLGuy said:
...don't we call this a business, and a very high paying, privileged one at that?....sorry Steve, but OBD can't be "Happy Valley" if they put in a waiver claim.....wake up time I guess....
You are thinking of Carpenter.
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1 hour ago, Rico said:
Fact is they had a big mess to clean up from the previous regime. Three years later though, things are looking really good.
Agreed.
1 hour ago, John from Riverside said:Wrong....just absolutely wrong
Ford is starting because they want him to be the ORT.......and he is getting better and better every day...he was drafted to be a STARTER
The thing that you are missing is that the CORE players of the team (most of them) were drafted....Allen to the O.....Edmunds to the D.....our shut down corner was drafted.....2 of the 5 offensive linemen starters were drafted.
NO TEAM completely biulds through the draft......take a look at he contracts that free agents have been given.....mostl short term reasonable contracts.....why?
- Because the players around the "core" players are interchangable
- Players on shorter contracts dont get to comfortable
WHen you draft your core players.....and dont give out long term contracts.....you are biulding through the draft
Ok, just breath, its going to be ok.
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12 hours ago, John from Riverside said:
90 million in cap space
Team biult largely through the draft
THat is the real beautfy of what you just said.we CAN keep this team together....and improve upon it
This team isn't bulit on the draft much at all. Of the starters on O, Allen, Dawkins and Singletary are your only picks, Ford is starting, but out of injury, not performance, Knox is trending towards full time starter, so you can call him one. The D has Oliver, Lawson, Edmunds and White as the only real players who were drafted. So either side, its less than 50% from the draft.
To be "built through the draft" the way they claim, draft picks have to actually contribute and not get replaced by FA siginings.
Facts, lots of money to spend in FA, keeping this group together is plausible.
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1 minute ago, billybob71 said:
Actually it sounds to me like you haven't watched any of the Bills games you just on here trollin, you must be bored. Aren't you late for your shift at McDonald's or something.
It sounds like my dog knows more about football than half this board.
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10 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I'm so confused.....Gardner Minshew has outperformed Josh Allen "by a lot" and yet, the Jaguars are slightly below the Bills in offensive rank (points/game)
Huh
That's called the TEAM rankings. Minshew has more yards, TDs, less ints, higher QBR, more YPA, higher completion percentage, ya know, everything to measure a QB and he did it in his first 8 games in the league.
But but but, you can't measure Josh Allen by the same standards as every other QB ever because he's so "special", right? Only here can people look at a clear bust and spin it that he's the future because the TEAM over came his garbage and found a way to win against the worst teams in the NFL. You guys are obnoxious. Try watching other teams, maybe you will see what real QB play looks like.
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9 hours ago, SCBills said:
Can I interest you in something called “potential”?
Also, he doesn’t suck. You can call him a game manager right now if you want, but he doesn’t suck.
Our team isn’t soooo loaded that it’s able to overcome this pretend terrible QB you hypothesize to the tune of a 6-2 record.
What has he managed? A lot of turn overs and terrible decisions is not the mark of a game manager. A game manager protects the ball and does what's asked of them. Tyrod was a game manager.
This team not playing the 4 worst teams in the NFL has more to do with the record than anything. They steuggled to beat most of those teams to boot. Notice, the losses to the teams with a winning record and it took 4 missed kicks to beat a team that gave up on their failed QB.
If you are satisfied with what you are seeing, you don't have a clue what you are watching.
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You really think anyone outside of Buffalo gives a flying ***** about 4 failed SB attempts ( other than for jokes)? If Brady is playing for a record, its not for that trivial bull####.
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1 minute ago, whatdrought said:
Hot, stupid, steaming pile of takes.
Minshew has looked good, but he isn't being replaced because he hasn't looked good. He's being replaced because the Jags need to leverage the value of Foles. Either Foles lights it up and is their franchise QB and they flip Minshew for a pick, or Foles looks just okay and they flip him for a pick, or Foles looks bad and they pivot back to Minshew. This is the right move, and it isn't a benching.
And Allen doesn't need to be replaced because he's the franchise QB. Wake up. Pack your stuff. Go find a message board and fan base that better suits your neurotic tendencies.
If Allen is the Franchise QB, both McClappy and Beane will be packing their ***** and mocmving on, he's a joke, Stevie Wonder can see it.
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Lets just get it out of the way, a 6th round pick, thrown in the first game , had out performed Allen in his second year, by a lot, and is being replaced by Nick Foles. Sooo unlesss you think Nick Foles is a top QB, then Allen should be replaced.
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11 hours ago, Billsfan1972 said:
I will continue to bang the drum that the coaching of the offense & Allen and refusal to open up the offense, throw for 300 and see what they really have in Josh Allen.
I am 100% behind him and want him to the Bills QB the next dozen years.
Scoring 20 is not a high benchmark in this league and almost every team would tell you that is the minimum they expect week after week.
Here is the Bills record when the opposition scores 20 points vs. the Bills 3-17.
The Bills have beaten
TB in 2017 30-27
Jacksonville 2018 24-21
Miami 2019 31-21
Discuss????
Soooo when the opposition score more than the 25th ~ish team in scoring, the Bills lose.. sounds like a winning program.
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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Every way? What about redzone TD % where the Bills lead the league?
And where do they rank in scoring?
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12 hours ago, Luka said:
Oliver is playing hero ball from the DT position. He is focused on making big plays, splash plays. He's a young guy who is going to have to focus more on his technique and assignments than he did in college.
No, thats really more Phillips. I haven't seen Oliver llay "hero ball" at all. Phillips is constantly up the field and it can cost him, Oliver quite frequently ties up 2 blockers while Star gets mauled by one.. which interestingly is thebreal problem with Star, if he's doubled, he's a beast, man him up and he has no balance to fight it.
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6 hours ago, buffaloboyinATL said:
Agreed. The reason Oliver's snaps were limited is because the Skins were committed to running the ball and Phillips is better at run stuffing right now. I believe Oliver will continue to progress and have a better all around game soon enough. I am looking forward to the day he "breaks out". I hope it is one of the next couple of games, but if not, I am predicting it will be on Thanksgiving day. He will be highly motivated to show up big in Texas and the added bonus of a National game will be what it takes too have his first "signature" game.
Yeah, except the opposite is actually true. Oliver has done a good job anchoring and taking up blocker and Phillips has been exploding into the back field and either making big plays or unfortunately, opening running lanes.
Right now your issue is this, Star is actually easier to defend with 1 guy than 2, he starts moving and has poor body control, he can be flushed right out of the way with his own momentum. Phillips is constantly trying to go up field and plays too high to anchor, gets pushed out of lanes too easily. The Best bet at NT actually appears to be Oliver, even though its a huge waste of talent, just like making Dareus a NT. Then there's Edmunds... they need to move him outside, thats what his skill set is perfect for and he honestly sucks inside, I know I'll be blasted for it, but they should end it, put him where he can have an impact. He's consistently picking the wrong gaps and getting blown up by linemen when they get to him, he's long and rangy, but not built to engage and shed. I dont know who is on the roster that could step in and take his roll, but they need to look at it. He and Milano have a lot of the same skills and deficiencies, I think they need to move him. They talked about a guy with Lawrence Taylor like potential and hes done exaclty nothing thus far, either they were SO WRONG or they need to let him play his better position.
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10 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:
Ed as a LB on running plays would be fun.
first sentence right on , next sentence not even. Jordan Phillips has been our best DL, Harry was also better.
Harry didnt play a snap, so based o real games, no. Jordan Phillips has been the most explosive, he also gets mauled off the ball by double teams because he gets upright too fast, so I'm not in agreement on that.
1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:Freeney was a speed rusher freak. Ran like a Sammy Watkins 40 time.
Also had tree trunk legs and could blow tackles straight up on the air, Oliver has no where near that base strength, yet at least.
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He has no pass rush moves, hence his current issue, putting him in space won't make that better. I wasnt a big fan of this pick, but lets not declare him a bust after 7 games, he has more than held his own. He hasn't had the impact one would like, but he sure hasn't been a liability and is arguably the best player on the DL already.
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16 hours ago, DuckyBoys said:
Feels like it . To Me Allen looked off in his demeanor right from the start like he knew the gameplan and was not into it. If McDermott wants to play it safe run the ball and go play action from a pro set Right now I hate this shotgun small ball thing were running. I'm still hopeful the offense improves as the season goes on but it looks like were talent deficient again on offense.. We simply dont have any scary players on offense that can dictate to a defense. John Brown is nice but if he's the best thing we got going that isnt saying much
I don't agree with the lack of playmakers. Gore is a HOF player, yes on the very backend, but he could be doing what AP is doing if you give him the ball. Singletary is averaging about 73 yards a carry, but apparently isn't worthy of getting more touches for some reason. Smoke was SCARY when he had a qb who threatened to beat the D. Beasley is a nusance over the middle and regardless of their gamebreaker status, Knox, Kroft and Sweeney all found big play opportunities.
The coordinator who can't tell if he's trying to be Nick Saban or Billicheat needs to go. Early in the year, the short stuff worked and moved the ball, as soon as defences moved up and into the lanes he has had NOTHING to counter it. In games where the Blitz is thrown at him like crazy, refuses to run a screen, tries to run screens against zone coverage.. wtf?! Run a qb sweep against 10 men in the box. Again, WTF!? Designing run in general for Allen who has been sloppy as hell with the ball, WTF!?!?!?
Last year Allen threw the ball deep at every opportunity, often for nothing, but he's scared to this year. They took the best parts oc his game away from him. Don't use the big arm and stay in the pocket... welp, might as well have kept Peterman. Why draft a guy who is a dynamic playmaker and try to make him Matt Cassell? WHAT IS THE POINT?! I am NOT a believer in Allen ever reaching the promised land, but for F☆☆k sake, let him do what made you draft him. You could not have taken a worst prospect in that draft to run this style of offense.
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On 10/29/2019 at 1:30 PM, BuffaloHokie13 said:
Andy has thrown 115 more passes than Josh Allen this season. Both have 9 TDs and Dalton has 1 more INT. Honestly, if Allen throws 0 TDs and 1 int in his next 115 passes I hope he's benched too...
Forgetting that he has a lot more yards and a lot less talent to work with I see.
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1 hour ago, SoTier said:
The lack of 300 games isn't on Allen as much as it's on the coaching staff and the front office. Except for Allen, most of the resources have gone to the defense, and the crows are coming home to roost. If you want a good offense, you have to have good/great skill players to execute it. You have to have imaginative play design. You have to have a philosophy that expects a TD on every drive. Most of the players around Allen aren't good enough. The offensive coaching isn't good enough. The philosophy of playing offense not to lose isn't good enough. How much better would Allen be if he could depend upon Robert Woods, Marquise Goodwin, and Sammy Watkins to get open and catch anything he threw in their vicinity?
TBH, the Bills offense looks much like it has in the past under previous regimes -- just not good enough.
You have a solid point, but I still contend this is more philosophy than personnel, both Beasley and Smoke can be 1000 yard guys, you have competent TEs and a line that's about average. If Daniel Jones can drop 300 yards with FAR less, as a rookie, there is no excuse. I never cared fir the Daboll hire in the first place and now we look at it and ask, is he a genius handicapped by Allen or is Allen being put in a box by this scheme? Truthfully, I think Allen could be the most infuriating guy on the planet if they just let him play. I could see him throwing for 400 yards and running for another 100 one game and barely able to get out of his own way on others, ya know, much like college. Now we get nothing but mediocre. That's coaching and thats execution. I think Allen is better than the scheme makes him look. I feel he has taken a major step backwards this year. If you notice, he generally plays well in the hurry-up when his brain gets out of the way and he just plays ball, but they won't let it happen.
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On 10/28/2019 at 9:57 AM, zow2 said:
How many 200 yard, 2 TD games do we get to watch before we see our franchise QB throw a 300 yard, 3 TD game?!? When can we have an offense that can bail out the defense? You see a guy come off the couch in Atlanta and throw 450... you see Bridgewater who hadn't played in a couple years throw for 350 and 4 TD's.. you have Daniel Jones tossing multiple 300 yd games already.. Minshew, etc..
Not saying Josh should have thrown for 300 and 3 TDs in those weather conditions yesterday, but c'mon. Stop with the excuses. Time to grow up. After the Singletary TD, there was ample opportunity to get chunk passing yards on screen plays and they still couldn't do it.
I don't care as much about the designed run fumble yesterday, I care more that when Allen stands in the pocket and scans the field, a lot of bad things happen. That's very concerning.
Could we at least have the 200 yard part? He's a bad passer in this league, nobody wants to hear it, but the facts are mounting to the point of undeniable. In virtually every game he has missed easy throws that would have put him over 300 yards and more importantly lead to scores so the need for these crazy comebacks against bottom feeders weren't needed.
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On 10/28/2019 at 10:50 PM, BringBackOrton said:
Most QB’s who are good though are usually pretty good by their second or third year though. Your initial point was about unrealistic expectations though, and there’s nothing unrealistic about expecting young QB’s to be good by their second to third years because, again, most good QB’s are good by that time.
The anomalies are really the sucky QB’s in years 2-3 eventually becoming good.
Whoa whoa whoa, you are letting facts get in the way of the good story people still want here.
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Hes having a terrible year and has a massive cap implication for years to come, they will take the best offer they can get and I dont see that being more than a 4th.
Josh Allen 2019 Regular Season at 58.8% Completion Percentage
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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He's a good HC for sure....but he gets way too conservative at times.... such as the cluster ***** last two minutes of playing for the tie against Browns. The conservative strategy employed last week in the 4th won't work against the better teams and better QBs in the playoffs. Hopefully the approach changes in a close game against a Watson or Mahomes.
Well that didn't age to well.