GASabresIUFan

This post didn't age well. Henry 33 yards today.

Tank away Miami. That means 15 more years of wondering in the desert.

Any injury updates?

I understand the frustration, but there is more at stake then a couple of drives. The Bills need to spread the workload. No matter how good Cookie is, the more pounding he takes early in the year the more likely he'll be slowed by injuries later in the year when we need him most. We need to get Davis and Johnson more involved. If they can't do the job, then we need to give Gore a look. Cook and Josh can't carry all the load. It's really that simple. Against a mediocre team like NO, that is a perfect opportunity to try to get Davis and Johnson more involved. I do agree with you that the play calling in those 3 drives was suspect, but that doesn't change the objective, or the overall quality of work done by Brady as our OC.

Yes. Beating Ill, a top 10 team at the time, 63-10 says so. Beating Iowa on the road the following week says so as well.

In the last 5 drives of that game, Josh was 17/22 for 259 yards a throwing TD and 2 rushing TDs. In those 5 drives the Bills scored 3 TDs and a walk off field goal.

This is why we pay to watch Cookie play instead of getting paid to manage an NFL team.

We saw the answer week 1 against Baltimore when Josh lead the team back down 15.

My best to your family. I hope and pray that she recovers fully. She is fortunate to have family that loves and supports her. That kind of support will go along way to helping her get better. Write to the Bills and see if they will send her good wishes to her recovery. My guess is they will. That should brighten her day.

As a further point of reference, in Brady's 33 games (RS & playoffs), the Bills have scored under 20 points only twice; the Baltimore Beatdown (10 pts), and the Trubisky started game against NE to finish last season (16 pts). That's it.

Close game through 3 qtrs but the NE can’t stop Josh and the 3 TEs. Bills lead 21 -17 after 3. Buffalo scores early in the 4th to lead 28-17, but NE drives behind some penalties and missed tackles to get it to 28-24. Cook breaks a long run followed by a Shakir score with a 1:40 left to go up 35-24. Bishop gets an int late to seal the victory. Final score, Bills 35, Pats 24.

Josh was 9/30 that game for only 130 yards. The running game was fine with 150 yards and average 5.4 yards a carry. We also had 4 scoring drives. I chalk that game up to Josh having a rare bad game.

I think the difference is balance, but also the Bills are less likely to get “behind the stick;” meaning our proficient running game and short passing game tends to keep us out of 3rd and long. As shown in the video, it’s hard to stop a team gaining 7 yards+ consistently on 1st down. Not to get to far off the thread, but the Bills defense has been good at getting teams behind the sticks, but lousy at stopping 3rd and long.

Food for thought: Since Brady took over as OC in 2003 the Bills are 23-5 with 19 games 30 pts or more including 5 games over 40 points. We have averaged 30.5 pts per game over those 28 regular season games. In 5 playoff games, the Bills have averaged 28.4 pts per game and are 3-2. The only true offensive clunker during his tenure was the Baltimore beatdown last season. Baltimore's destruction of the defense that day took the Bills out of their O game plan as well and team didn't recover. The Bills are 2-0 against Baltimore since scoring 68 points.

I see your point, but I'll respectfully disagree. Yes Brady has coached generational talent in college (Burrow) and the pro (Allen), but he scheme completely different offenses based on the talent in hand. At LSU, Brady had Burrow, Chase and Jefferson. He had Burrow throw the ball all over the place. In Carolina, despite losing McCaffery and having Teddy Bridgewater as a QB, he successfully ran an offense through only 4 other offensive players (RB Davis, WRs Chosen, Moore and Samuel - all 4 had 1000 yards+ from scrimmage). No real TE impact. In Buffalo, he has adjusted again to his personnel, with Josh, deep RB and TE rooms and WR talent in the slot (Shakir and Moore). By the way, Teddy's best season in the NFL was that one season in Carolina with Brady.

I think that is by design and with Josh's approval. It controls the game, limits mistakes, wears down opponents and keeps Josh from getting beat up. It's averaging 31+ pts a game. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Can you imagine the film study right now for our opponents DCs. Do you go heavy to stop the run and leave Josh to pick apart your secondary or have Josh run all over you or do you go to cover 2 and allow the Bills heavy personnel packages open up holes in the D for the running backs or for play action passes to backs and TEs. No wonder coaches and players "hate" Josh.

Dorsey's biggest issue was that he was locked in the feed Diggs scheme. Brady was able to see past that issue and trust the other talent around Josh, especially Cook and Shakir.

Hawes has 4 targets in 4 games. I actually would like to see a little more down field passing, but if teams stay in cover 2, Josh and Brady are content to run the ball, control the clock and wear out the opposing D front.

What do you mean by this? Everyone eats is a cornerstone to GB's offense as well. It basically makes it nearly impossible to defend the Bills successfully. If you stay in cover 2, the Bills run it down your throat. If you move to a base defense, the Bills may still run, but all the TEs and backs can catch and Josh could take off if a seem opens.

Click the link "watch on Youtube" for Cover1's video on how Brady is calling plays.

He actually makes football 11 on 11. Even with an empty set, Josh is still a threat in the running game. That forces defenses to keep a spy on him and even that usually isn't enough. What separates Josh from the rest of the mobile QBs is his raw size and power. He has the speed to run by defenders, but also the power to run them over. No other mobile QB has that ability. You would think the Bills defense would be better against running QBs than they are considering how much they practice against Josh.

Was this the last time the Jets made the playoffs?

I don’t think the Juice is with us any longer. As to long pass plays, Cook has the longest at 52 yards. Palmer and Moore have a 30+ yard catch and Kincaid’s and Hawes longest is nearly 30.

We have no cap space.