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That’s EVERY single QB in NFL history. You could find these situations in every game for Brady, Elway, Marino, Kelly, etc. People just didn’t think about it because ALL-22 wasn’t as accessible back then. Almost every time someone writes something like this, I check the play and they conveniently forgot to mention the context. For example, Josh having two defenders about to hit him and he therefore didn’t have time to get through his progressions. Or the WR being the last read in that play. Or the receiver getting open after Allen already moved past that read (but was blanketed when Allen looked at him). I provided some context in this post: https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/252022-whats-wrong-with-the-passing-o/?do=findComment&comment=8831007

Allen missing one or two plays (like ALL quarterbacks) does not negate the point that our receivers are not getting separation.

I’m pretty sure this is just because it was a fake handoff and the runner was on that side..

No he hasn’t. Not like this. Diggs averages 80%+ every season he has been in Buffalo. The past 3 games it has been 46%, 60%, and 65%. Thats his lowest three game total in his Bills career. By far.

On the other hand, there were times when Brady drew up a really well designed play. For example, this pick play. It was ran perfectly on the weak side of the field and Shakir got wide open, but Allen simply never looked over there. He was locked onto the Diggs/Knox combo. Here is the full progression:

New England was also holding a lot, and the refs were not calling it. Three examples (two in one play). None were within 5 yards of the LOS:

I don’t know why people eye-rolled you. You’re 100% correct. Diggs, in the limited opportunities he is receiving, does not look like the Diggs we know. Whether that’s age, injury, double-coverage…. I don’t know. But he is currently a shell of what he was just earlier this season. I can only think of two plays yesterday where he got any separation. The deep pass where he couldn’t locate the ball, and another play where Allen didn’t throw to him but we saw it in the stadium. Separation really is lacking in this offense. Very very very little separation. And then on the plays where we do finally get separation, Allen has multiple defenders in his face and can’t get through his progressions. For example, look at Kincaid here (but also notice the two defenders about to crush Allen): And on this play, Dawkins got beat so bad (see half of his body in the upper right screen) that Allen was flushed from the pocket. But look at Knox wide open: I guess my TL;DR is this… We only seem to get separation when the play has developed for so long that the line breaks down. We can’t wait 4+seconds for guys to get open. And I do think Josh has to be a little more patient.

I just watched the Ravens-Dolphins game, having only had seen the score prior. I expected compete domination. Instead, it wasn’t. Miami dropped a wide open TD that would have made it 17-7 Miami. That was the turning point of the game. Then after halftime, Baltimore returned a kickoff very deep and picked off Tua. It was a comedy of errors.

Wow! Love to hear him say that.

What are those tiny little thigh pads supposed to protect? 😂

I think the Tua injury is a bunch of baloney. The Chubb injury is big and maybe the Howard.

Just win and get in.

So, we can’t throw them well. And we can’t catch them well. And we can’t black them well. Hmm, perhaps we shouldn’t…

You know who also isn’t twitchy? And has no hole-vision? And has one role, and that’s to push Josh’s buttocks on QB sneaks? Murray! I have no doubt Cook gets this 3rd and 1 that Murray was stonewalled on. He had the entire perimeter to bounce out!

Josh missed a couple guys today, but overall, everyone was blanketed. It was sad to see. Just zero separation as far as the eye could see. A barren landscape with skin-and-bones antelope running without food in sight.

Agreed. However, even if he had caught it, he’s not going far.

He did today. But like clockwork… drop. As a complete unit, we simply are incapable of running these plays. Remove them from the playbook!

We are simply not good at executing them. Either the pass it too low, or the receiver/RB doesn’t catch the ball, or a forward blocker doesn’t make contact with their opponent. How many more plays are we going to waste running a concept that we clearly are not good at? I say we simply stop. PS, a win is a win. Go Bills! We take the division next week!

Are we sure Allen’s butt wasn’t down?

Agreed. Outside of the QB sneaks, he is just not doing anything. He cant catch and he has no vision and he can’t get a yard. Give me Fournette.

Murray is the weakest big-back i’ve ever seen. I trust Cook more than him. And definitely Fourtnette.

Looked absolutely perfect to me.

did Diggs just not see the ball?

We really wasted a timeout on a 0.01% chance of drawing them Offside?

Was he not open? No replays at stadium.