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2 hours ago, Einstein said:
Others are mad but i’m elated! If the weather will be any better, I think that favors us.
but ... but... but aren't the elements our home field advantage????
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3 hours ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:
Speaking of in game injuries, the same return could not be said for Gabe Davis. I know it's popular to dunk on him, and I like to think I've been even handed in my criticisms. I don't want anything bad to happen to him (I hope he's not seriously hurt), but ho boy, another Gabe Davis red zone (I think option route) miscue continues to solidify in my mind that the Bills should not be bidders for his services in 2024. Maybe if he casts his net and gets nothing we can take a look, but we desperately need to upgrade WR2 in the offseason.
Interesting you blame the two red zone miscues on Gabe.
By chance could the blame be placed on Josh ... you say yourself that they were "option routes" which pretty much suggests the receiver has the "option" if the coverage has inside leverage at the top of the stem to break the route to the outside and vice-a-versa. Josh has already said that on the first one he did not see the play develop and "flipped a coin in his head as to where Gabe would be" and chose poorly. If you watch last nights play, coverage was clearly outside dictating Gabe break off inside ... could this have been another Josh miscue???
Don't get me wrong I love me some Josh ... but blaming other players for his mistakes is just silly and counter productive.
Now if you want to blame the O-line for the constant pressure up the middle in Josh's face (maybe forcing these types of miscues) I'm 100% in agreement.
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27 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
The defense let a guy with no experience in the league almost win the game for the Bolts. The only guy that played really well was Oliver.
Just admit they sucked yesterday and got lucky. They won’t be that bad every game; I suspect they’ll squish the Fish like Josh always does. But they sucked yesterday and have too many times this year against inferior competition and that’s why they’re in the position they’re in.
If memory serves me correctly, early in the game the defense forced the Bolts to punt from their 11-yard line twice, and their 20-yard line once, it was the offence that couldn't do anything with those "gifts", as a matter of fact one of those punts resulted in a turnover and gimme Bolts points.
But I DO agree the Bills were lucky to come away with a win.
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An interesting stat is;
Two games into the season, Josh has completed more passes to Jets players than Rodgers, and I suspect that to stand throughout the season. 😉
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1 hour ago, Draconator said:
Glass half empty
Some people like to say the glass is half empty
Some people like to say the glass is half full ...
But I just ask who the heck keeps drinking my beer
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Nobody has brought up Kelvin Benjamin yet???
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4 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:
Guys and gals, the advantage lies in the fact that the Bills players are deep into the season and they are living (at least for now) in WNY.
The Fish are living in Miami, where it is summer year round.
Buffalo weather is going to be a HUGE shock to them, whereas the Bills are accustomed to it now.
Actually, it gets cold down here in Florida too we're in the midst of winter here it's 77 degrees Brrrrrrrrr, time to pull the fur lined flip flops out of the closet.
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Actually, I have a fool proof remedy to the Dolphin stadium issue.
Just institute a rule where the visiting team gets to choose which sideline to sit on and rescind the rule where the home team can decide which color jersey they wear. Home teams wear their home-colored Jersey and visitors wear white.
I would hazard to guess that some shade would be installed on the "visitors side" post haste.
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1 hour ago, blacklabel said:
I would strongly suggest the Take Your Eye Off the Ball books by Pat Kirwan. He breaks things down really well and the books are super informative and not difficult to comprehend.
I second that recommendation. I've bought three copies, one for me years ago, then when my son got old enough to be a "serious" fan, my copy disappeared to his bedroom. I ended up getting him an autographed copy of his own to ransom my copy back. Two years ago, my daughter decided she wanted to join our fun and watch with us, so I bought her her own copy and made it required reading before she was allowed to comment during the game.
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38 minutes ago, Nitro said:
This guy is not who he was two years ago. Man to man coverage will end his effectiveness.
With Tampa Bay in two games he caught 4 passes for 17 yards. Not injured. Age catches up to all athletes.
so should I assume you are not a fan of the multi-year contract the Bills gave to Von Miller. They ARE the same age after all.
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An old school tip from my Rockpile days, put on a pair of thin socks, then slip your feet into bread bags (take out the bread first) then a pair of thick socks then your shoes/boots. Guaranteed to keep your feet warm through the fourth quarter.
or
you can get yourself some of those new-fangled fancy pantsy electric socks.
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On 11/29/2022 at 11:32 AM, BuffaloBill said:
Does your source have a good answer for:
”does this dress make me look fat?”
The answer is ... no, your butt makes you look fat.
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8 hours ago, WotAGuy said:
No! I was waiting for your analysis of how Barry Sanders compared to Singletary. I was wondering if I made a better choice than Thurman.Sanders is somewhere in the neighborhood of 54 years old; I doubt he could put up stats anywhere near what the top running backs today do ... you chose poorly.
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25 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:
Yes, yes, go on………This topic is getting tiresome, so this will be my last post on the subject.
The Bills are a pass first team, the reason they don't keep opposing DCs up at night trying to figure out how to stop our running backs isn't because the running backs are any worse than other teams, on the contrary they rank top 3 in YPC, they are not worried because the Bills run/pass ratio is so pass heavy. The reason teams game plan against the Barkleys and Henrys of the league is that they know they are going to see them carry the ball about a zillion times a game, with Singletary, if they see him carry the ball 10 times a game it would be a lot.
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9 minutes ago, Limeaid said:
I'd rather have Thurman. Barry Sanders had far too many negative plays.
Thurman had two years with a 4.9 YPC 1991 with the Bills and 2000 with the Dolphins. His career YPC is 4.2 (below Singletary's 4.5 YPC this year and a career YPC of 4.6 in his 4 seasons)
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37 minutes ago, gjv said:
Ok, I give up. Let's not bring in an RB for which opposing defenses have to game plan for. It's better to keep the level of our RB" just adequate so not to introduce an additional threat to defenses. Let's all hope Josh doesn't ever miss a game.
Who would you rather have .... pick a running back any running back.
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7 minutes ago, BillyBilliams said:
I don't know why people think we need to do this archaic thing like run the football. Rams were ok at it, and the Chiefs were not a running team much at all when they won. RB is a commodoty piece for great teams. Great RB's only make teams good.
I'm not quite sure I go as far as agreeing with that. I think a good running game is essential to a balanced team, and team balance is essential for a great team. There are just different ways to achieve a good running game. The Bills have Josh, who the opposing DC has to account for in preventing him from running, and we have a running back who has the third highest YPC in the league (among running backs with any significant of carries) with limited opportunities. That's just the way the team is built and it's fine with me. I'm not the type to try and find fault where none exists just so I can B word about it.
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18 minutes ago, gjv said:
Think a minute. You are not deleting any of Allen's strengths. You are adding an additional strong component to the offense that opposing defenses have to game plan for. It enhances Allen.
I have thought a minute, to have a bell cow running back, you have to give him touches.
Henry 166 carries
Barkley 163 carries
McCaffrey 111 carries
Taylor 107 carries
Kamara 95 carries
Singletary 71 carries
Who knows how much better (or worse) Singletary would be if the Bills doubled his carries.
As far as deleting Allen's strengths, for every carry you give to the running back you have to take away a passing play.
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13 minutes ago, Free Speech said:
Exactly. Teams will take Singletary doing what he does all day long. Someone nationally - can't remember who - basically said the same thing recently.
Hines is obviously not McCaffrey or Barkley, but at least adds a speed element as well as versatility (much more reliably than McKenzie, whose mistakes are starting to outweigh his benefit). Hines can also operate more naturally out of the backfield. So all in all, while he's not going to keep D-coordinators awake at night, it was a good pickup.
OK good that you brought up Barkley and McCaffrey, because they are the ONLY two running backs with an average yards per carry better than Singletary.
Singletary has 4.5 YPC on 71 attempts
Barkley has 4.8 YPC on 163 attempts (which equates to 10.8 inches per attempt better than Singletary)
McCaffrey has 4.7 YPC on 111 attempts (which equates to 7.2 inches per attempt better than Singletary)
All the other running backs have equal to or less YPC than Singletary.
Are you willing to give Singletary the "workload" equal to those backs to see if he can equal or better their YPC (keeping in mind for every run play is one less passing play)
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31 minutes ago, gjv said:
It's not that difficult. Do a little research and see how many RB's, that fit what I'm speaking about are drafted in rounds two through five. I think Beane will do it. GO BILLS!!!
I don't think it's the quality of running back, I think it's more of the way the team uses their running back corps. As long as each individual running back only gets a hand full of carries per game, and as long as the team values a receiving running back as much as they do, I don't think a running back will be able to "showcase" his talent as a potential bell cow kind of guy.
They have built the team around Allen's strengths, and every time he hands the ball off to a running back, he reduces the number of times he can pass the ball.
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35 minutes ago, gjv said:
One of these days Beane is going to get the Bills a RB that opposing defenses will have to game-plan for. Talk about an unstoppable force. GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IMHO, as long as the team is constructed to be a "pass first" team I don't think we will ever get that dominant running back of which you speak. Josh is that guy who opposing teams have to account for as the "running back" who will spoil your day when a play breaks down (I just wish they'd cut down on the designed QB runs with the exception of an occasional QB sneak when appropriate).
I saw a meme somewhere, and I'm just too lazy to look it up to see if it's true, that the Bills are the only team in the NFL that has gained 100+ yards on the ground in every game this season. If that is in fact true, our running game is just fine.
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Many MANY years ago my dad was a member of a Bills QB club which held meetings in an Oriels club. They would invite players or coaches to the meetings to talk about the previous week's game. This was a time when players didn't make much money, so most would eagerly accept an invitation for a free meal and beer for the evening.
One week, both Kemp and Lamonica attended the meeting, and after the meeting was over, everybody went to the bar somehow the discussion turned into who was the better Euchre player. My dad laughed and said, "I bet my son is better than both of you". they looked at me (all of 10/11 years old) and said he was on; the only condition was he and I couldn't be partners because a father/son team would surely have signals.
We cut cards for partners and dad ended up with Kemp, I teamed with Lamonica. I was a hard-fought game, the last hand had them ahead 9 to 8 but it was our deal, so I felt we had a good chance to pull it out. The initial tricks went back and forth ... and then ... and then ... Kemp caught Lamonica in a renege.
I always kind of felt that the embarrassment of the end of that game somehow contributed to Lamonica leaving the team for the Raiders.
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1 hour ago, Back2Buff said:
Cringe worthy.
Do people forget the Bills beat the Chiefs last year and went on to lose the 2 of next 3, including one to Jacksonville? Winning this game is great but need to stay up for every game.
I don't necessarily agree with your "cringe worthy" assessment, but what you say is true.
Now that we have won this game the head-to-head tie breaker is in our back pocket, BUT if we let up for the next game or two it's all for naught. Last year the road to the Super Bowl SHOULD have come through Buffalo but a few boneheaded losses sent us back to KC.
I kind of look at yesterday's game like I look at the first game of the season, it isn't necessary to win, but it sets a great foundation for the future. Now it's up to the team to take advantage of the opportunities that the future holds.
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17 hours ago, Boyst62 said:
Because all of the 15 true Miami dolphin fans that there are spend their money on meth and guns like every other Florida resident.
Everyone else whondawns their gear simply does so because it's discounted at Goodwill where their momma shops.
HEY HEY HEY I'm a Florida resident and I don't spend all THAT much on meth and guns, I stay within my recreation budget.
With that being said ... your post is a bit condescending don't cha think ... stay classy my friend.
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What is a "Yinzer" anyway?
in The Stadium Wall
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The opposite of a youtzer.
I win