Italian Bills

I began watching football in late 80ies, i remember when the Bills were feared for the no huddle offense. I’m wondering if this could be a way to give us a more dangerous offense. Personally i would love to use it very much more, to speed up the rhythm could affect defenses sets and, avoid the pressure on Allen and give us a different option on offense. What you think ? And again, we have the right men to use the no huddle offense ?

Thanks God you really understood what i meant in my post. Of curse i didn’t mean to go for it on a 4th and 5 or 6… if not that you are down by a TD with the game on the line. I just meant to play every possession with this mindset, thinking you have 4 attempts and not three to get the 10 yards. You will focus on get less than 3 yards per attempt and that could be very different. At the same time the defense would be stressed much more knowing that has to defend for 4 times and not three.

Every time i watch a Bills game, i think this: if i was the HC i would say to my offensive players to play always thinking they have four attempts and not three to get the first down, when they are in opponent’s territory. I know that lately, always more frequently, we see teams go for it on fourth and one… but i’m talking about having always the mindset to have four attempts and not three to gain the ten yards. I think it could be mentally different play like this.. it would help to know that you have to get less than three yards per attempt on every down to get the first down. What you think ?

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Totally agree with you. I once was a soccer ultras, i’m talking when i was in my 20ies and i just remember how much i was stupid at home and away games in Italy and across Europe stadiums. Now i’m 50 and fortunately it’s long time i forgot how to be that stupid. Let’s not cross the limits.

Can you approximately say the numbers of cheaters will attend the game live ? Just curious to know your thought..

I’m from deep north Italy so i know very well winter conditions, snow and wind, today here was sunny but 27f. You call me crazy but Monday night i hope for a super cold night with some snow and no wind at all. Do they have better backs ? So let it snow and relate to passing game, where we have a top five QB and great wideouts.

Ok… based on your lines it seem it will be a massacre… something like 40-10/17 Pats.

Please.. don’t get to this point… if we play our A game and cut stupid mistakes, we have great chances to win the game beside the refs. But i feel you… maybe McDermott must consider to be less amenable if something happen.

Very good point: the very first two or three possessions will be crucial in the game outcome.

60/40 is ok to me… considering the way we are playing lately … not so good at all.

Agree on Judon to be a very good player. I’m wondering at what McDermott and Daboll and Frazier will do this week to have the right game plan for this game: to me two main things: protect Allen and hunt Jones almost every snap.

He’s a LB… the right comparison is with Milano, Edmund and Klein. I was talking the true DL.

Your honest prediction ? Gimme your cut. Mine is 65/35 Bills.

Thanks for your correction. DL Pats ? Even with our full healthy DL ?

What i saw this season till now about Allen, is that he seems always not comfortable like he was last year. I mean, he doesn’t give me the feeling that he’s always in control. He had lot of picks, poor throws, like if he was hesitant on what to do. Maybe because our weak OL, maybe because with Diggs, Sander and Bease all together on the field, he is not sure who to hit. I don’t really know… maybe i’m totally wrong, but this is what i see. That said, i still believe Josh is a top 5 QB without question. To me Bease is a beast, one of the best slot receiver in the nfl, Wes Welker level and we have Knox that is a heck of TE… so use them more in short routes !

Here we are ! After this last Pats win, i want to compare the Bills and the Pats in every aspect and see what you think about. - HC: pats - QB: Bills - RB: pats (with Brida maybe even) - OL: pats - DL: bills - WR corps: Bills - CORNERS & SAFETIES: Bills - KICKER: Bills - SP TEAM: even ? Maybe i forgot to consider some other aspect, if so feel free to add or correct me. That’s the way i see things in this next matchup. To me, the most important thing McDermott and Daboll have to do, is to find a way to give Josh more time to throw and involve Knox much more, because to me Knox is not at Gronk or Kelce level, but to me is a very good TE.

Well…. with BB on the other side, McDermott being outcoached is something possible. For the Bills to win against the Pats on next MNF the offense must step up and play at another level compared at what we saw this year… and of course cutting all the turns and penalties we too much often have. No more to add to your post. Agree every words.

Of course we have to (deal with that and move on). And like many here correctly said, this situation can become a strong motivation for coaches and players to find different solutions on both O and D. On O being more efficient and creative, but most of al we must cut turnovers and penalties down. On D it can be the time to become more aggressive, trying to get to the QB more often with a better pass rush, or using more blitzes. Anyway something has to change with our overall quality and this beside Tre’s injury. Till now they didn’t give me the feeling they are set to be in the contenders’s group honestly.

I’m sorry you are pissed of of my words… i just wanted to say that the only player that could stop our chances to get to the SB with his absence, is Allen.

Of course. This offense, playing at best, can score 30+ points every game. Our D does not allow other teams to score 30+ points easily… if not very few times. If 100 healty our D is a top 5, no question.

The point is: if it was Allen, i would have been the first to say our season was over, but com’on… allowing that losing Tre is absolutely heavy, we can find a way to reach our goal, but only if the offense start to play great football and not like happened since the Titans game.

Exactly what i was saying: if the offense would start playing at A to A+ level (actually their level is B to B-), we could worry much less about Tre’s injury, because with the ton of talent we have with Josh and the WRs corp, we could score 30 almost every game.

Not losing a RB caliber like Henry.

Ok, all of us agree that losing Tre for the season is devastating for our “possible” chances to get the job done this year… well, i don’t see it. I’m still sure that, even if Tre is an outstanding player, we could afford his absence. It wouldn’t be like this if it was Josh and not Tre to be out for the season. We will find a way to replace Tre or we’ll find a way to make some little change at our defensive game plan… maybe using more double team against the best opposite WRs… or maybe switching more often from man to man to a zone coverage… Losing Josh would have been unfixable. So be calm, everything will be ok, if we find a way to play a better football both side, offense and defense, because lately we weren’t so good. Some team suffered worse injuries or general losses, ask the Titans with Henry, ask the Texans with Watson.. or what it could be if Indy would lose Taylor, or Baltimore with Jackson, or Green Bay losing Rodgers. Of course losing Tre for the season is a bad bad thing, but we can survive it if starting playing better over all.