Cray51
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3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I hope not, because that's the job I could see Joe Brady taking. I'm pulling for Cincy to finish 9-8 and miss out.
I agree, I wonder if the owner is too cheap to let him go this year.... one can hope
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Zac Taylor is gone at the end of the year. Two straight years of no playoffs, defense is abysmal, Burrow is locked down but Chase and Higgins need deals, bad o-line. He is everything certain Bills fans think McD is - a bad coach who limits the success of very talented players on his team.
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The only time you rest is if week 18 means NOTHING to the standings. Even then, you consider a first half with the starters and then bring the backups in.
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I’m gonna bet $20 Benford gets less than two targets his way. Lots of other opportunity around the field
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Yea, no question. Allen vs. Mahomes is the greatest rivalry in the sport, and it gives us another chance at slaying the dragon
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I like the Bills playing the absolute best teams in the league (Chiefs/Lions) now, and having a understanding of the intensity/tendencies of these groups prior to the playoffs. A win is a hope, but I'm not too concerned with a loss here.
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McD shows again that he and Beane know how to shape a roster. As most tend to not consider, we have over $30M in dead cap this year through the Diggs deal, and we are still a top 5 team in the league. Recent loss considered, this team has everything in it to make a Super Bowl push. Are we the clear #1 team in the league? No. However we are absolutely in the conversation.
Allen has taken a step and finally understands that he doesn't need to force a big time throw every play. The Rams game showed it - He was able to take what was given to him, make a few wow plays here and there, and end up putting up 42 points.
We have a true run game to leverage in certain situations
We haven't allowed a sack in the last 3 games
There are absolutely areas to improve on... but this team continues to show why it is in the top tier of the league and has been for the past 5 seasons.
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4 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:
On the heels of this news, if I were a recruit it would be Colorado or NC.
Bill as a college coach would attract an insane plethora of talent. Purely from his NFL connections and understanding of the NFL workings, if my kid was choosing a school it would be NC in a heartbeat. If it doesn't work after a season or two, you transfer to another school and move on.
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11 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Ok he is very good.
35 points is an arbitrary cut off.
Bills defense only gave up 22 points against Texans in the playoff game but it was a complete defensive collapse in the second half.
Last year Bills defense gave up game losing drives to Jets and Patriots. Both under 35 points.
I assume you are including Bills Eagles from last year where D gave up 37 points. In that game Josh walked off the field with the lead twice and the D lost it both times.
I will give McDermott some credit. He owns the Dolphins. One of a few teams his scheme holds up well.
I actually hope we get the Chiefs in the playoffs. I am much more afraid of what Bengals, Chargers, and Ravens would do to Bills defense.
With Josh and this offense all we need is slight below average defensive play and they can beat anyone. What Josh can't overcome is terrible special teams and abysmal defense like we saw last weekend.
We can make the cutoff whatever you want for points - at the end of the day a game is won over 60 minutes, and while specific drives may be considered more impactful, that's really only a bias towards what we feel is the most important time of the game. The scoreboard is black and white, you dont get a victory for allowing more points than you score.
The Texans playoff game was a collapse by the offense as well, several key drops and poor decisions by Allen cost us that game just as much as our defense may have.
Jets/Bronos/Patriots games last year the offense was absolutely terrible (and led to the OC being fired). Allen looked bad and the cumulative stats back that up
In the Eagles game they dont get to 37 points if Allen and Gabe davis connect on their TD - if we want to point to a specific drive, we can also point to specific plays by the offense that caused the defense to go back onto the field when they didnt have to
At the end of the day, you ask your offense to get you 30 points. You dont ask HOW they get there, you ask them to simply get there. Anything on top of that is gravy. When the Bills defense has allowed more than 30 points, it's been to great offenses (in all but one case - the Colts in 21). McD has flaws, nobody is perfect. But when we watch the Bengals defense allow as many 35+ games this year alone (5 TIMES) than McD and the Bills have in the past 4, it's funny to see all of the hate on McD.
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10 minutes ago, TheWei44 said:
If the Rams keep playing well, watch out! Bills Rams Super Bowl?! : )
I think that would be an incredibly fun matchup.... based on some prior observations lololol
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I can't wait for Zac Taylor to make the team go 7-10 and the owner keeps him on another year. The guy is NOT a good head coach. He had a great DC for their Super Bowl run, but he is not even an average level head coach in this league. Poor starts and a lack of execution year after year.
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2 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
It's not one week. That's the issue.
It's the pattern. Everything that a fan should worry about with this team was on display in one game. Terrible defense all around. No pass rush. Can't stop the run. Couldn't stop 3rd down. Bad coaching. Horrible coaching. Another decent QB with a good HC shredding the defense. Even a little QB accuracy issues in the first half.
We've seen this all before.
Our only hope is Allen is superhuman and we get a few lucky bounces on defense in the playoffs.
On a positive note, they actually successfully ran a High School screen play! It looked beautiful with a little eye candy fake pass to Shakir to the right and perfect blocking to the left. As good of a screen we have seen since the KGun.
You continue to say "Decent QB". Why do you consider a healthy Stafford with Nacua and Kupp a "Decent QB"? You are talking about a top 5 offensive unit who are 6-2 in their last 8 weeks as guys are getting healthy. As I wrote in another thread, over the past 4 years this team has allowed 35 points or more only 5 times, and 4 were to top level offenses.
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11 minutes ago, Billl said:
How many times was Dawkins called for doing that?
If you pose the question, provide the examples... I could waste a lot of time asking broad questions to others to deflect the truth. OP provided video of the specific play where a false start should have been called (this isn't the OT jumping back early, this is him legit rocking back, then forward, then launching back early).
Since you asked the question, feel free to provide the examples of Dion doing the same thing (rock back, rock forward, launch back prior to snap).
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2 minutes ago, Process said:
Looking at schedules, Cinci winning out and Denver losing their last 3 games is not THAT unrealistic.
Just saying...
Still have dolphins and colts in the mix and then I have no idea with tiebreakers if there are several 9-8 teams.
Bengals hole is simply too deep. They don’t play any defense. Cowboys just put up 20 on them with cooper rush at the helm.
they will lose 1-2 games against Steelers broncos browns and will finish 7-10/8-9
With the 7 seed right now at 8-5, there is zero chance they make the playoffs
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Cincy is working really hard to a 7-10 finish
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A blocked punt recovered but not advanced past the initial first down line should be a turnover on downs
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1 hour ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Rinse and repeat. Same story for 8 years. McD feasts on bad QBs and can't stop the above average ones.
I think that's a bit of a generous criticism. McD struggles to stop the ELITE offenses. Teams who have scored more than 35 points against the Bills in the last 4 years:
2024:
Rams - Elite WRs and Top 7 QB in the league (all healthy too)
Ravens - Elite RB and Top 5 QB
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Eagles - Elite O-Line and WR Weapons and a Good QB (Hurts has regressed under his new system but last year he was pretty dang solid)
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None
2021:
KC - Divisional Game, need I say more
Colts - Most damning team on this list, they had Taylor running mad that game
So in the last 4 years, they have had 5 teams score 35 or more against them in a game. The list is comprised of 4 of the top 10 QBs in the game, and 8-10 All Pros at other positions on the offensive side of the ball.
McD wins games he should win. He does OK stopping elite teams. Shocker, elite teams are good and win games. Combined record of the teams that have put 35 or more on us in the years that they did (taking 2024 to date): 39-19
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17 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:
Nacua IS that good. He was a diamond in the rough for the Rams in the 5th round. I guess the NFL scouts were asleep the first 4 rounds? He was a great player last year and there is no excuse that McD and Babich had for not double teaming him on reputation alone. But especially after the idiotic soft zone they kept playing against him failed. It might have worked if there was a pass rush but it became abundantly clear very early that was not happening.
Similar to Coleman, there were questions about speed and separation. But when you catch EVERYTHING thrown at you........ speed isn't quite as important
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6 minutes ago, 26TrapDraw said:
Maybe I don't give Nacua the credit he deserves. He looked all world out there yesterday. When a QB has all day to throw , any WR will look all pro.
The Rams did exactly what the needed to do yesterday. They moved the pocket to buy time, they created plenty of screens/motions to get the ball out quickly. They layered routes on one side of the zone to give Stafford time to open pockets. You still need a QB that has to be able to execute the plan, but Stafford did, and Nacua (and Kupp) made some absolute A+ catches when needed (Nacua had 2 AWESOME 3rd down catches + Kupp made that TD grab where Douglas knocked the ball out and Kupp pinned it to still make the grab)
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Benford blanketed Nacua a few times, and Nacua simply made A+ catches to beat it. He is such a talent, I didn't give him the credit after his rookie year. He is 100% a star receiver in the league.
This defense is built on all three levels working as one. D-line needs to get pressure and maintain integrity, LBs need to cover lower zones and spy QB if integrity is broken, and DBs need to sit in their zones and squeeze windows to force tight throws. None of the levels worked yesterday. D-line didnt get pressure, LBs were moved off their zones by Stafford (who did an AMAZING job yesterday. That was Super Bowl winning Stafford yesterday), and DBs didnt tighten coverage downfield to force tight throws.
Lots of breakdowns - need to improve
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Just now, Aussie Joe said:
The D is McDermott’s scheme
Babich called a poor game and the team didnt execute. Against the Chiefs Babich implemented plenty of man coverage and it helped. Tonight, he played wayyy too much off man zone, allowing the screen and jet sweep game to work, and then sat back in zone on 3rd down and let Stafford pick them apart.
People can say McD's scheme, Babich is a puppet blah blah. Babich called a bad game. He is responsible for the playcalling on D.
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Just now, BigDingus said:
As dumb as this sounds, that's what bothers me the most.
I should care more about wins, but I REALLY want Allen to win MVP. It's crazy that a QB as good as him still hasn't gotten it, and it makes getting nowhere in the playoffs even worse.
But no turnovers & 6 TDs has to help, even in a loss. Problem is I can already see all the comments discrediting the tush push TDs, especially since Bills fans have been defensive over people claiming he's a "1 yard line merchant" (which is definitely not true).
Allen helped his MVP chances 100%.
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1 minute ago, Goin Breakdown said:
Josh saying he should have done better. They didn't play to their standards and it starts with him. Dude shut up. You're a dog man. This team played like you Bills would have won. I get it take the blame. Good on you. Not your fault.
Leaders dont blame during the ride. He knows if he blames anyone publicly it hurts their morale going into the playoffs.
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Fans are already piling on McD for his end of game decisions (accepting the penalty with 5 minutes left and the TO after the sneak). I think there is fair criticism to both plays, however those two decisions are NOT why we lost the game.
Defense today:
11-15 on third down conversions (was 11-12 with about 5 minutes left in the game
1-1 on fourth down
0 sacks
38:30 time of possession for the Rams
457 total yards allowed
The game wasn't lost in the last 5 minutes, it was the poor playcalling by Babich and execution in the first 55 that really hurt us.
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[Name Only Title] Mack Hollins
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When he downed Martins punt at the 3 and then screamed at the gunner who was supposed to block him “yea B****!”… makes me a fan. Guy just always bring energy. Good counter to guys like Cooper and Cook who are a little more reserved