JohnNord

I’d argue there’s a big difference between Dorsey’s offense in 2023 and Babich’s defense in 2025. Dorsey’s offense has been struggling to score 20 points over a stretch of about 6 weeks. McDermott wants “balance” on offense and Dorsey kept forcing passing concepts which routinely didn’t work. Plus Josh was turning the ball over. Babich is running a defense that’s a variation of what McDermott ran in 2023. It’s clear they are taking more chances with man coverage and blitzing etc. In 4 games the results have been mixed. Also McDermott knows his defense. The players they were relying on to rush the passer largely haven’t besides Bosa. So so think Babich gets more time but yes, if things don’t change and they lose a few games, I can see McDermott taking over the play calling reigns

It was very weird. It almost looked like he was saying “YES!” to imply that he was happy the season was over. So weird This is true. From all reports he’s not really much of a CEO as head coach. He basically runs the offense but has always given his defensive coordinator complete autonomy with little to no input.

Another crap halftime show

His best game 6-106 yards

This is why I laugh at the fans who call for McDermott’s head any time the defense falters. There were multiple times where the defense was in a good position today and they just failed to make a tackle. that’s on the players and not coaching. How it gets better - I’m not sure Losing Ed Oliver is like playing without your top defensive player. I think Oliver, Hoecht and Ogunjobi are going to help get the Javon Soloman’s and Jordan Phillips off the field. That should’ve a nice upgrade.

It’s the whole distributive property of NFL football. some fans think - well the Saints are bad and they Bills could only win by 12. The Patriots scored 40+ to beat the Panthers who are also bad. So that means the Patriots will handily beat the Bills, right? doesn’t work like that You don’t want to peak in Week 4. Ask the 2021 Buffalo Bills

It’s a week to week league and it’s only week 4. Will a “statement game” in week 4 matter much in Week 18? We’ve seen many times where it didn’t

I didn’t love the call in that situation

I think the fist TO resulted in a stop on 3rd down too

That’s a fair point. I think they didn’t want to change the playbook for him. I’m guessing it’s a play he can run, just no one expected him to get tripped like that.

People need to chill out. Much like Miami, I think the Bills made this game closer than it needed to be thanks to uncomplimentary football…and yet the Bills won by 12 points and scored 30+ again. You can find fault in both the offense and defense. The drive start for New Orleans was ridiculous in the first half and the defense surrendered 3 points…that’s good. But they consistently gave up big yardage on the ground and allowed NO to keep drives alive which chewed up time. Offense looked unstoppable at times but also stalled out for like 3 or 4 drives in a row. Plus they botched a 4th and inches play which looked horrendous until you realized the new RT accidentally tripped on his pull. STILL…in the end they put up 31 points. So you can find blame on both sides of the ball. It’s a good thing the Super Bowl isn’t played during Week 5!

The most disappointing part of this game was the pass rush. To anyone that’s going to blame Miami’s quick passing attack - Tua’s average time to throw was 2.74 seconds - the most since 2023. His career is 2.43 seconds. The Bills just weren’t getting home. They actually hit Tua just one time the entire game. Hoecht and Ogunjobi will help displace Javon Solomon and TJ Sanders respectively. That should be an improvement in both run and pass rush. Walker will rotate and TJ Sanders will sit the bench with Landon Jackson.

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right… it has nothing to do with McDermott’s scheme. He plays that far off because he has to

TJ Sanders is the lowest defensive tackle at his position. I don’t think he played a very good game. Also, Tua’s time in the pocket before a throw was 2.74 seconds. His most since last season.

Up: 1. Cook 2. Kincaid 3. Elijah Moore Down: 1. Tre 2. Groot 3. TJ Sanders First off the pass rush sucked all night. They didn’t get close to an immobile QB against a bad offensive line. Ironically they performed better against a mobile QB and a decent OL the week before. I’m hoping the potential is there and I do think Ed Oliver will help. Tre White was horrible. Babich made the perfect call with a corner blitz on Tua. Tre had him dead to rights and just whiffed. Plus whenever Tua needed a completion he looked to Waddle in 1V1 coverage against Tre. At this point, I think they look to work in Strong and eventually Harrison. TJ Sanders looks like a mix between Boogie Basham and DeWayne Carter. That’s not good. He might as well be the invisible man He also missed a sack on Tua on 3rd down which would have given Buffalo the ball back before the half. That could have changed the game. Tre didn’t play well

It’s ironic how Walker was thought of to be more of a project, and yet he’s significantly outplayed TJ Sanders and Landon Jackson.

They usually make it out to at least the 30 anyway. So I don’t think the risk of a TD or getting better field position is worth the 5 yards. Just kick it out of the endzone

The problem we’re seeing is a team that can’t off the field on 3rd down. We saw the same thing last season. I think a big problem is a DL that has lots of resources but doesn’t rush the passer and a weak CB2 spot in Tre White. They really should considering having Mad Max or Strong take some reps later in the season. Can’t get much worse

I think so. That’s why so many of us wanted to add speed at WR that could threaten with deep shots.

This is very true. The Dolphins could have been the drought era Bills tonight with the massive line and the assumption that they would roll over dead. Instead they fought the whole way but made the crucial mistake at the end to lose the game. Fans build up their hopes a little, only to have it crushing back down. In the end they are more frustrated. 2006 Bills vs. New England 2007 Bills vs. Dallas So many examples

Only concern about Williams is that while he’s very athletic, he’ll often get faked out and be a step behind in coverage. I can see Mike McDaniel dialing up some misdirection and trying to feed Achane both as a runner and reciever

I’ll be he returns after the bye.

This was my first inclination. But then again, are we sure the players really want to go to war for McDaniel? They already had to doomed “players only” meeting and Tua seemed to throw him under the bus in his post game interview. It reminds me of Rex Ryan in 2016 after mid season. You think the teams wants to fight for him but they didn’t give a *****. I can see this one being close but can also see it going the other way.

if he can improve a little bit as a pass catcher then I think there’s a chance he could replace Knox who is useful but highly paid. The big question make in Kincaid who has an option coming up after this season. If they pick up his option, I can see them moving on from Knox. But that’s a big “if” now