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This game illustrates why you can’t pay Rousseau $25 million. He isn’t this level.
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16 hours ago, jaybeezee said:
Coleman = JAG. Is what we saw in college and I dont personally think he can deal with the cold weather. If he fell off because of a wrist injury, then I will add Butter Soft to his profile too.
Kincaid = Jury is still out, but not looking too promising
Carter = Mehh
Solomon = Jury is still out
Rosseau = See Tremaine Edmunds for this one! JAG IMO and we have what we see, but there are fans of his on this board that think that he was worth a first!
I think Rousseau is better relative to Edmunds, but only a step up from JAG and never going to be over-the-top impactful against elite competition. He also picked a very bad time for his worst game of the season. His edge contain starting with the 4th down-play in KC's own territory, that was an obvious Mahomes keeper, was brutal all night. He will be a very tough call because I think his price (similar to Edmunds) will ultimately leave the buyer remorseful. The issue is he is clearly the best the Bills have, and they still need another more impactful DE as well.
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2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
I still think Benford will play. He will do the walkthrough practice Saturday. Sunday he will get checked and cleared by an independent.
I agree with a fair amount of man-to-man and being aggressive vs sitting all game in a passive zone getting picked apart. The Baltimore success rate by coverage splits certainly backs that up as well. I hope if that is the plan, Douglas does not find his way on Worthy. Keep him on Juju or Hopkins. Worthy's speed vs Douglas will be no bueno in man-to-man and a big play waiting to happen.
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I thought the tone for the 2nd half was set with the very first play call (toss to Cook). Harbaugh's halftime interview said exactly what you'd have expected (they needed to stop the run). Buffalo surely knew that as well and that first play was the perfect opportunity to run play-action and get things started aggressively. The Bills should have looked at scoring a TD on that drive as game over. It would have forced the Ravens to largely abandon the run. I am not sure if the decision to be so conservative was on Brady or was influenced by McD. It was very strange because Brady has been excellent this year and McD has proven to really trust Josh and has drifted away from his conservative nature. Thankfully they prevailed and hopefully a lesson was learned. As Romo started pointing out repeatedly later in the half, if you go down, go down firing your bullets with 17. Have to enjoy a win like that over a team as tough as the Ravens, but need to play to win and give our best player the chance to lead the team.
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I feel homefield is much more important vs the Ravens than the Chiefs. Reasons:
1. Bills have proven multiple times during the regular season that they can win at Arrowhead and while their fans are great, Bills seem to relish that environment. Also, would have won a playoff game there if not for that period of time which shall not be named.
2. The Ravens feed off their home crowd and I feel that stadium with all of the darkness resembles a dark alley fight for which the Bills are not designed.
3. I don't think Highmark has much impact on Mahomes..he is seemingly unflappable. I do think the crowd and some mistakes can snowball on Lamar and my hope is that is what happens Sunday night.
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Not getting ahead of ourselves, but the Bills were massively banged up in the Ravens game. Shakir hurt early, no Cooper yet, Bernard, Milano, Taron all inactive. Those are massive holes to fill. I still think the Ravens are the worst matchup, however that game is not a good indicator of what a rematch would look like.
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1 hour ago, MDH said:
I keep hearing from talking heads how the Broncos are playing “really well.” In one breath they’ll tell you the Chiefs loss doesn’t concern you about the Chiefs and then say the above.
How were the Broncos playing before that? Two straight losses and allowed 30+ points in both. Against Cinci the Denver offense had two chances in OT against one of the worst Ds in the league and went 3 and out both times.
The 2 games before that? Both Denver wins but the D allowed 500 passing yards to Jamis and allowed 150 rushing yards to the Colts while Nix had 5 INTs combined in those two games.
The Bills can certainly lose this game but somebody needs to do some fact checking before they tell me how well the Broncos have been playing lately.
Correct. Also, they were a moronic Jonathan Taylor play (at home) from having their playoff control taken from them in a very meaningful game just a few weeks ago vs the Colts.
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4 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Wonder if we see Hardy called up since he was exceptional on returns in college?
Not a chance. His decision making in preseason prompted the move for Codrington. Playoffs aren’t the time for a debut performance at sneaky-high pressure position.
It was mentioned earlier and I actually think they might consider Hyde just to securely catch the ball and make correct decisions inside their own 20.
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My guess:
Sat aft: lac @ hou
Sat nt: den @ bills
Sun 1: was @ tb
Sun 4: gb @ phi
Sun 8: pit @ bal
Mon: min @ lar
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15 hours ago, Mikie2times said:
The reason we are so good this year is no clear 2nd answer exists. If I had to guess I would say Shakir and I only say that because he is probably the most important for Brady. He's sort of the Taron on our offense. Sort of a non traditional role but fully entrenched in what we do.
The disjointed offensive performances against the Ravens (hurt early) and Texans (DNP) certainly provide evidence as to his importance.
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12 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Those 15 NFC players that reporter talked to set off a fire that is burning the entire league to the ground!
Probably. As well as the chance that a line-drive FG gets blocked and possibly returned the other way. Or any other momentum a failed FG would give the Lions there.
Even with doing nothing to end the half, the last taste in the Lions' mouths was missing the FG. Dont give them any spark, especially at the risk of your own players' psyche.
Reset, come out strong in the 2nd half. Which we did.
This also calls into question the 10 second runoff after the Intentional Grounding. I think with 2 TOs left there, burning one of them would have been preferrable to the 10 second runoff which equates to two plays. I really like McD as a coach, but his time management decisions continue to be poor. Not calling a TO with :01 on the play clock in the 2nd half to get below the 2:00 warning after the fg attempt was also suspect. You know these things are discussed in-depth because they are well prepared seemingly in all facets, but far too often it is not the optimal decision with regard to the clock.
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2 hours ago, wjag said:
This is probably an unlikely take.
I was glad they didn't throw the hail mary at the end of the half. It was likely to be intercepted and I didn't want that to mar Josh's MVP season.
I thought about this at the time, and it is the only logical reason not to throw the hail mary. If that really is the concern, let Trubisky throw it. You have to take a shot there for a lucky bounce or DPI. The play to Shakir had no chance whatsoever and it wasted a small opportunity at points.
I would also look at the Hook and Ladder play Detroit ran. That is the perfect play for the next to last play of the half when the Bills needed 5-10 yards for a FG and the Lions took away the short sideline since Buffalo had 0 TOs. Something like that from Kincaid to Shakir flying across the field to then get out of bounds. Curious to see if it is added for playoff time.
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A hidden part of the game that hasn't been mentioned much is how well the Bills caught the ball. Josh was slightly inaccurate on a few throws and the hands were unreal and need their kudos: (Ty Johnson sliding catch on 1st drive, Ty Johnson 4th down fingertip grab, Dawson Knox 1-hander, Ray Davis TD, Keon Coleman smoothly adjusting to deep ball over his other shoulder, Curtis Samuel diving 1 yard gain on Goal line out route - all off the top of my head). I love the way this team is catching the ball.
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20 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
Someone explain to me the David Edwards holding call. It literally looked like nothing. That negated the best play of the game, and made this game a close one.
It was defensive hands to the face and Edwards’ hands were inside the framework. Horrible call.
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Is Cooper hurt? Haven’t seen him lately.
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I think game script is a huge deal. I have always been a proponent of deferring the ball until the 2nd half to try and double-dip. The Bills had the double-dip opportunity and failed on both ends which is when the game really went sideways and forced them into chase mode. The Bills seem to have done a poor job this year of scoring drives when they do get the ball first (Ravens game comes to mind as that set the tone). That said, the way the Rams took it to the Bills on the opening drive last week has me re-thinking the coin toss philosophy. It seemed like that drive set the tone and perhaps the Bills would be better off taking the ball and hoping the O can get points on the board first and play from ahead. I think the Bills are very tough when leading and a huge part of the defense being successful is getting ahead and having game situation dictate or play a role in the opponents' playcalling.
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5 minutes ago, Sweats said:
I thought the officiating was rather respectable yesterday.......i mean, at times they were the only ones trying to stop the Rams O
The two uncalled false starts by the RT (ridiculous toe-tap catch by Nacua and Screen TD) are not judgment and have to be made. False start calls are black and white. Both of those ended up being huge plays.
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Two things can be true at once and apply here. The Rams were on fire yesterday and have a top echelon offense when healthy. The Bills defense was also very bad and the scheme was too predictable. We showed all of our blitzes way too much pre-snap. The screen TD to Nacua, I thought for sure from the look that the Bills were bluffing and dropping into coverage. Hell Stafford saw it, audibled to the screen, and we still blitzed exactly where we were aligned. Really poor against weapons and a QB that smart and talented.
Another issue that is driving me nuts is the obvious holding (jersey grabbing) by our DBs. Way too many times they are in fine position but grab needlessly. The officiating was suspect but our DBs are putting themselves in the situation to be called. The free 1st Downs from this are killers. The main reason I wanted McD to decline the late holding penalty was because it would only give our DBs one chance to give them a free 1st down.
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3 minutes ago, Success said:
I thought it evened out, for the most part. But the Rams chat I read through thought it was extremely one-sided.
I definitely didn't see that. I thought in the 4th, we had some rough ones not go our way.
The same official missed an obvious false start in the 1st half on the Rams RT as well. It was on the ridiculous Puka toe tap catch that should have been blown dead. I believe that was 3rd down.
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3 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
I think McVay would not have been afraid to throw it at the end. The destroyed our zone all day and any quick throw to Puka was almost guaranteed.
That is a fair point. I still doubt they throw before 3rd down but regardless you HAVE to preserve the TOs at all costs and make them earn it. Largely we agree and your takes are fair and rational.
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11 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
Time for rational thought:
1. They were going to go for it on 4 th regardless, so taking the penalty or not meant nothing. Going with the 4 man rush and zone that hadn’t worked all day is a legitimate gripe.
2. Despite Tommy yelling about the TO, what would the odds have been of holding a team we hadn’t stopped the entire freaking day from getting a first down? Especially if McVay didn’t just have to run the clock down? More or less than3%? And yes they should have jumped right up and ran another quick play or spiked it after the failed sneak.
3. The calls for McD to be canned are stupid childish reactions. They are 10-3 with a supposed rebuilding team.
4. They lost because we were dominated by their O line, and because our zone did not match up against them.
1. Yes
2. It was a very basic mistake. Indefensible and obvious to anyone that has coached even at the high school level. 3 and out odds are far greater than on-side kick when you can bank on runs in 1st/2nd downs. Still unlikely to win but at least 15-20% chance if you have tos.
3. Absolutely. He is great overall specifically with culture. His late game management is just really bad.
4. 100%
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Yesterday should have mirrored the Seattle gameplan in my opinion. Against Seattle, we bucked the normal trend of 1st down runs with play-action out of the gate and it was extremely effective. We then mixed the run game in later on early downs and worked in reverse of our normal pattern. With KC's aggressiveness at the LOS, I think a similar approach of working in reverse (play-action early in the game on early downs) would have been better that banging our heads against the proverbial wall. That presents the threat early and opens up the run game later.
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4 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
I’d love to see what this defense can look like with 58 42 and 43 all on the field at the same time. I know that means Johnson has to come off the field but we have to be willing to come off the Nickel sometimes. Teams know how to exploit it. You need to be willing to evolve
I think there has to be some way to mix it up and take #3 off the field and play one high safety with Rapp, leaving Taron as the extra box defender. This wouldn't drastically change Taron's current responsibilities. Shifting into 2-High probably would, as I can't recall Taron ever being a deep-hash defender. Not every play, but it could be incorporated against run-heavy teams.
They were creative last year when Milano went down, bringing Rapp in deep and moving Poyer to more of a LB role on obvious passing downs. Cam Lewis is doing the same thing this season.
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1 hour ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
After the 2 BS holding calls, i started watching the line more, and there were several plays where they held oliver.
They struggled with some of the screen game, and i felt they played those better as the game went on and achanes speed was just a problem for the dline all day. Ball was out quick so i didn't expect much pressure. They also played LBs and S's way off the LOS and gave a ton of light boxes to run into. Not a run stuff strategy at all, more of a stop the bleeding. End of the day - Hill and Waddle were fairly afterthoughts, they caused a turnover, and forced a couple of short FGs which i think was largely the goal.
Specifically, Tua's 4th down run that McDermott challenged. After seeing the holding call on Torrence to negate Josh's rushing TD in the 1st half, the no call on Oliver that 4th down-play was ridiculously bad.
Beane is the MVP
in The Stadium Wall
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And because he played at an ultra-elite level in victories against the league’s two best teams in the most watched, hyped games of the regular season.