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1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:
Yep. It was an area where we were really good early in the year too.
The bye seems to have mucked us up on both sides of the ball.
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What is it with us and 3rd Down? I mean, how can we not be learning?
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2 minutes ago, WMDman said:
guys im....NERVOUS
This is my calmest point of the week. So what if we lose? It's a game played by people who are financially set for life. The world doesn't end in a defeat - it should be fun and entertaining.
Do I retain these thoughts mid-game? After the game? For the rest of the week? No. Not one bit.
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Just now, Scott7975 said:
Hopefully we do lol
Ah, sorry, misread!
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4 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
Think we win the toss this week and defer?
We've won a toss?
Is this a sign of the apocalypse?
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2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
Just stop
Thought it was worth mentioning on the thread considering something was brought up and this thread has made 49 pages of empty speculation.
In a way, I'd be unhappy if there wasn't a bit of tension at OBD after the manner we lost the last two games. As long as we pull together now.
Sorry, won't bring that up again.
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6 minutes ago, DrPJax said:
Hmm, what is Highmark stadium turf,,,? If this is actually something, maybe he us just referring to his first game back, as otherwise it’s a career changing issue. Time will tell , but if true this would be very hard to work around as the new stadium is years away. Have to to think it just refers to first game back.
I think Foxborough is synthetic too? So he won't play against the Lions, at the Patriots or at home against the Jets or Dolphins. Believe Soldier Field is grass so, if the assumption is correct, we won't be seeing him suit up until Christmas Eve at the earliest.
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Just now, Warriorspikes51 said:
I didn’t hear either of these statements from Wood or Brown. Was it on One Bills Live and Wood’s segment with Schopp and Bulldog?Only reporting from what someone posted on the Game Day thread; I missed it. Though they didn't mention the synthetic turf bit on OBD - that was someone else. Sorry, mashed what was reported together.
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1 minute ago, BillsShredder83 said:
I missed what Wood said. They have a year overlap I believe, before he retired?
I think I'm right in saying that they basically claimed that medical opinion is that White is ready to play and the coaches want to start him. White doesn't feel ready, rumours being he has concerns about his knee on synthetic pitches. From what I understand, everything said by Wood and Brown is cleared by OBD, so the assumption is they are happy for them to say White needs to get out of his head and turn up for the team.
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1 minute ago, loveorhatembillsfan4life said:
Qb1 ready to sling it today. Poyer back should be huge. Let’s Go!!
Please sling it to a Bill, please sling it to a Bill, please sling it to a Bill...
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8 minutes ago, Steptide said:
If today's game isn't a bloodbath (for the Browns) I'm gonna start to really worry about the bills. That'll be 3 games in a row that the bills should've won. You can make an argument for Minnesota beating us, but being at home, that should've been a bills win
We should be 8-1 right now. I can accept the bizarre circumstances in Miami resulting in a defeat but we gifted victories to the Jets and the Vikings through simple errors. On the face of it, being a position where we're more likely to beat ourselves than the opposition is not a bad thing but we're running out of time to sort it out.
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1 minute ago, Nextmanup said:
If that is true, he needs to have his attitude adjusted. We aren't paying him to play when he thinks it's appropriate.
But something like that is consistently with my take on what's going on.
That or he needs to retire. No other team will pick a player who can only play certain games on a whim.
Edit: Just seen someone else say this too.
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Internal issues surrounding White, considering how Eric Wood and Chris Brown have reportedly laid into him?
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3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
Wow, yeah if they have the green light to say that there is no longer a doubt what's going on with Tre. That is really disappointing. He's letting the team down.
Just before the Bills annouced him as inactive again as well. Turning up the heat for Thanksgiving?
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Just now, Roundybout said:
Greg Newsome is a big loss.
Newsome was the one who caught my eye, but not to the level of no White, Edmunds or Hyde.
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Don't think they're missing anyone of note there?
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1 minute ago, SCBills said:
Pretty much called him out and said he has a commitment to the team and it’s time to get back out there.Are we certain it's down to Tre why he isn't out there and not the coaches being overly cautious?
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To me, despite my criticism of him, Josh is the reason our offence is the statistically the best, or one of the best, in the NFL. I think Mahomes is the only other QB currently playing who'd have a chance of getting something good out of it and, even then, I think he's behind a better O Line in Kansas.
Put any other QB behind that O Line with these receivers and we'd be a hot(ter) mess right now.
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The last time we lost three games in a row was 2018, up to now the last season where we failed to make the play offs. We did lose three in a row in 2017 but made the post season. I'm not sure if 10-7 is going to cut it this year; 9-8 almost certainly isn't.
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The question about offensive coaching arises from the complete lack of production in the 2nd half of the last 3 games. That is a big enough sample size to wonder if Dorsey and company are up to making the proper halftime adjustments.
The Bills have scored 62 points in the 1st half of the last 3 games. This prorates out to about 40 points per game. So player execution and game plan have been excellent in the 1st half of the last 3 games. Allen has also been excellent turning the ball over only once during the 1st half.
The drop off in the 2nd half can be more rationally explained by a failure to adjust the offensive game plan then a sudden, mysterious collapse in payer performance - including Allen. A bad 2nd half game plan will look a lot like poor player execution every time.
IMO part of this can be blamed on the Bills lack of a running game when they need it and defensive inconsistency (long time consuming drives or quick scoring strikes) that lead to Allen and the offense pressing to much. And pressing against defenses that have adjusted from their first half beating at the hands of the Bills offense is a license for turnovers.
That's a valid point though, in none of the last three games, did the offense need to over press or feel the need to score quickly. We were ahead in each. We just needed to protect the ball and dink and dunk. In all three interceptions, for example, Josh had dink and dunk opportunities available to him but he didn't take them. If you're down by a sizeable amount then perhaps you need to press but not when leading - not to the extent we appear to press.
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2 hours ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:
A lot of pushback on pg. 50
I don’t think it would be smart to, nor do I think anyone is calling for, firing McDermott this season. However, Some fans have had these concerns since his first season. The only thing that has improved is the quarterback and I give him little to no credit for that. So yes we will see if he can get over the hump, we were in this same mindset with him before last season and then 13 seconds happened.
clearly cherry-picking stats. I get it that one score games is usually a dubious distinction because there can be garbage-time scores amongst other factors.
In this case the coach’s track record is actually worse than it seems considering when the Bills do win against the bottom half of the league it’s often a blowout. In those games there are often head-scratching game management and challenges, but it is quickly forgotten due to the scoreboard.
Basically what I’m trying to say is when the QB is a little off or the other team is really good (usually on offense) or there are a couple bad breaks, the team needs its coach to be sharp and give them an the edge needed to increase their chances. I’ve been seeing the opposite happen for years.
Like I said at this time last year, we will see (we saw)
I appreciate what you are saying but I do think, on the offensive side, Dorsey does seem to call schemes and adapt plays which result in simple plays being available underneath. The question is why doesn't Josh see them or take them, throwing into coverage instead. Can we pinpoint that on Dorsey?
When it comes to the offensive side of the game, my bigger concern from a coaching viewpoint is why teams seem to be able to adapt to our run game at the half and we struggle to make changes in return.
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1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:
I'm not sure about three weeks, but the last two this is without question true. I thought he played a good first half v Minnesota. But he was terrible vs the Jets and awful in the second half vs the Vikings. We have to appreciate how much of the success the last few years is down to Josh playing so well.... but the flip side of that coin is the last two losses are primarily on Josh Allen.
Josh is a wonderful irritant. He has the physical ability to be the best Quarterback ever in my mind - the arm, the running game, the strength, it's astounding what he can do at his peak. Whilst I appreciate no one can be at their ceiling constantly, the mistakes he makes on a worrying regular occurrence are simple ones. I don't mind the first interception on Sunday as far as Josh's throw goes (the play call was odd but that's possibly on Dorsey); they can happen. The interceptions against the Packers, Jets and Vikings where he threw straight at a defensive player is baffling and concerning.
Peterson said it best - Josh is still great but he needs to learn to take what the defense gives him. The annoying thing is it seemed like he had learned that lesson but is now regressing.
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6 hours ago, Victory Formation said:
Meatball Mafia likes to drown out any intelligent dialogue with their idiocy. Yes, McD is a good coach, but 13 seconds should have never happened under a defensive “guru”.
I feel like we’re wasting Allen at this point. Dorsey is not the answer, in hindsight Daboll would have made a better HC than McD, but I understand why that didn’t happen.
Josh is wasting himself. The coaches cannot be blamed for the inexplicable decision making over the past three weeks. They are plays you wouldn’t expect a rookie to continually make, let alone someone with Josh’s ability.-
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NFL Week 11 Browns at Bills (Detroit) - 1st half game thread
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We need to pay Poyer. However we do it, we need to pay him.