First Round Bust

I guess I do- thanks for the correction my good man

previous play was a run to the right IIRC, on this next one Hyde over-commited to another end-sweep type of run and when the cutback happened he was way out of position to recover in time...Pats RB have a history of good games against us

it takes a village, credit Josh development to his willingness to work hard and with Carson Palmer, Dorsey, Daboll, his crew of receivers off-season etc Other than Josh what is on Dorsey resume to highlight ?

check the Bills current cap situation, likely limits any roster move of any kind.... https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/

wow...am sad..age 57 way too young...thanks for the memories...RIP special special-teamer

and the answer was continuity - they were counting on stability, the return of Star,and a veteran O-line spending more time playing together

we still can make the playoffs so we got some fun yet to come... the off-season will deal with the interior of both our lines - the starting tackles are in place, what to do about Hughes - I say keep for the draft - they have to ask themselves how they missed on Ford, CB-OL-DL are the priority - how D Williams sank after a good year, keep some vets for depthL Feliciano, Phillips

if we knew before the game that we would give up only 14 points and 240 yards in TOTAL offense we would surely take those stats and the win probability would be surely favorable the getting owned-embarassed question iis in the context of aseason-long question where TEN-IND-NE have owned the LoS against our D-line dont you think ? Why else would Pats only pass 3 times...and why leave 2-3 CBs in for the majority of snaps...against the heavy package of extra OL when you can sub based on that ? Note that our captains, with the exception of Diggs who is not avail for interviews ? do a good job of repping-answering...it was a tough-emotional loss and a zinger of question that may or may not asked properly...

not going to comment on the Sabres race to the annual bottom 5 other than it must be embaassing for the Pegulas to report those anemic attendance figures to the league. Bills still have a shot, our expectations were too high given last years results and this years shortcomings and close losses....the NE game swung on 1-2 plays, the long run and our missed FG...

I would bring Harry back next year as depth DT - not a starter we should have Star, ed, Harry and a 1 or 2 or3 round DT pick of size to study under Star for one more season

big on their side too - see you Dec 26 - only hope it means something

other than the first Miami it has been a quiet season for AJ - is he a backup going into next season ? Bigger question (and dolllars) do we need Hughes back for another season ? Addison no but Jerry ? McD and Beane going to have to prioritize the lines once again...

didnt Dorsey get promoted to passing game coach-coord ? or not ? Meaning Daboll has the run game ? reading Joe B (athletic) this morning he talks this thru extensively and while he expects McD to give Daboll past this season to fix it, I am sure that plan will have to pass-fail with McD...

Sanders productivity has taken a hit for several games now - the novelty has worn-off and vets like him and Beasley arent much of the gameplan or the play calls or the execution thereof ? he also blocks Davis ? any issue with next years WR corp: Diggs, Davis, Speedy, Kumerow (slot) Isaiah Mac ? plus a draft pick ?

good points, also want to know how many snaps the nickel CB - T Johnson took ?

yeah that missed FG was huge - caused us to go for the TD for the win rather than another FG at crunch time - another gut-wrenching shoulda-coulda-woulda loss to the evil empire...

did Josh pass the test last nite as far as playing in a weather game in Buffalo...no picks, no fumbles, playing against rival- top D, they strayed from the passing game and went back to in the second half and he got us to the red zone 4 times overall, which bring up another-separate topic. Passing grade for his overall performance -10 points ? - likely hampered by O-line run-pass blocking more than the elements ? thoughts ?

1. the league adjusted to the Diggs-Allen scheme and made it harder overall by forcing the under passing game which as a younger-excitable qb Josh has had a hard time managing what is called versus what is available further hampered by the pressure that the O-line gives up too frequently 2. the run game is a secondary consideration - we have the swiss army knife stable of RBs who have different skills but not starter material to keep d honest and the run-blocking is not up to standard of making that happen this year 3. D-line - too light in the interior plus we play nickel D way too much with a 3rd CB on the field instead of a 3rd LB the most in the league - there is a reason we do this, but the good teams that have good lines and schemes exploit this.

I was in the car listening to the Bills radio and Eric Wood (who odes a great job overall) mentioned safety blitz - middle was open that is what Josh likely read and locked-into as he was short on time with the blitz and Pats defender dropped a bit deeper into the middle and batted it...

Zack Moss

the theme continues...sigh

AJ Klein - COVID protocol - OUT - have not had same 3 linebackers available since game 5 - per WGR radio (Schopp and Bulldog)

for a decade plus, Tomlin benefitted from a franchise qb, some very good OL and WRs, and excellent D...now he does not or not as good so he is exposed, add some overdue improvements in CLE and CIN and he is now a mortal

so two coaches who won super bowls are rated at the bottom along with 2 rookies and Judge who likely gets fired... good to know McD making better in-game coaching decisions for sure...but what I dont get is why Bills are often in the top 10 or 5 (this season) as far as penalties, and its the vets who are repeat offenders when McD often says zero tolerance for non-aggresive (holding, Offside, unsportsmanline, etc) so those are on the position coaching, inability-lack of talent ?