Robert Paulson

Instead of hitting the hole and tackling the ball carrier, Truman engages the blocker. I can't believe how stupid that was.

That is the rule. Not sure why the took the ball and not the wind.

i'm fine with the roll out where josh can run or pass. that woks more often than not except when he takes a shot or doesn't secure the ball. . the option with the running back in the shotgun does not seem to get us anywhere. i'd love to see quick hitters to beas and diggs. i don't know if they are not being designed(Daboll issue) or if josh is stubborn and is looking for the 30 yd. pass every down. he appeared to not attempt them when they have been open in the past. he needs to get over that and throw the 5 yard pass that gets 15-30 with the RAC. our inability to successfully run a screen pass baffles me. our line is small and fast- they should be able to succeed here. not sure if this is a Daboll issue or something else. off season: fresh thinking is needed in D Line, D coordinator; O Line, O coordinator positions. The poor technique used by both our lines is disgraceful. The inability to analyze and react in game just pisses me off.

Personnel/Coaches can't be significantly changed but there are things that can be done to help get this team back on track. 1. Ditch the RPO/Shotgun dominance in the offense- Daboll can not let it go and goes back to it every game Our o line is not good and we put them at a disadvantage with RPOs out of the shotgun. They don't know if they should fire into their blocks or set up to pass protect. Because of that they do neither well. The RPO is supposed to catch the D off guard but it catches our o line off guard. Our running backs have no speed into the hole if there is one because they are starting from a stand still not knowing if they will get the ball instead of having momentum as the tailback with Josh under center. Fractions of a second count with this line and RBs. It is said Josh prefers shotgun so he can see the field so keep it on obvious passing downs if we must. Josh under center with play action is the move we need to commit to. We can't power block so let's pull a guard or center and generate some momentum. 2. Tighten the RB rotation This happened Monday because McDermott loves sitting fumblers so Breida sat the last 3 qtrs. but let's give Singletary 20-25 carries and see if he can get a rhythm and break a few off out of the I. The current rotation gives them little chance to get a feel and get going. 3. More Davis/McKittrick-less Sanders/Beasley Sanders can't run block and hasn't appeared to be getting open. Beasley is being ignored or is not getting open either. When Davis is in it opens the Offense to use play action effectively because he is a good blocker plus he gets open over the middle for tough catches. Knox and his broken hand are having trouble catching the ball and hasn't been running routes over the middle anyways. McKittrick should be in motion 10 plays/game and get 3 jet sweeps to keep the D off balance. Sanders can run these as well if needed. 4. Tighten the D line Rotation. We should be playing 6 and not 10 a game. No one can get in a rhythm or feel for blocking schemes because they are out before they start adjusting. 2/3 into the season we should all be fresher with the 10 man rotation used so far. Pick 6 to rotate and switch someone out if they are not performing but tighten the rotation. 5. Run blitz Milano/Poyer/Hyde How did it take us 55 minutes to adjust to the New England power run scheme with 7 O line? We were read, read, read, read, eventually react for the whole game giving up big plays. We eventually looked like a defense at the end when we started attacking the backfield. I left out Edmunds because he needs to stay in the middle because for the life of me he picks the wrong hole or is late the majority of the time into the line.

I am still pissed about this

agreed, I've lived in Chicago and now Appleton which is 30 minutes SW of Lambeau. Chicago is 10 degrees colder in winter and Appleton is 20 degrees colder. Jan-March absolutely sucks. routinely does not get above 0 for a high in Jan-Feb/snow never melts because it never gets above freezing either when it warms up a little and March never ends. In Buffalo St Patty's day is pretty much the end of winter but you have another month here- it just drags on. I'll take snow 3x/week over cold any year.

Oliver on fire

I had the same questions. Also, Saleh threw the challenge flag anyways which used to be a delay of game penalty.

I've thought this as well through the year. It helps make more sense as to why we are calling such poorly designed plays/game plans If OC/HC are stubbornly doing this every week thinking it will get better later and our talent will win games right now he just finally got a big enough 2 x 4 in the face last week to hopefully snap out of it.

38-6

if he wasn't held every play he would have the sack numbers. he gets slowed down just enough to get the pressure but not the sack

How would anything change? These guys do 17 games a year. That wouldn't change if they were full time. These guy spend a lot of time studying video and the rule book/updates etc year round. How would that change if they were hanging out in some ref office from January to August? in season they could work wednesday -sunday/monday to review every game together via zoom and be 'taught' what the error was, what the good call was, what should be done in the future. saturday-monday is travel and reffing their game. this way everyone is hearing the same thing at the same time from the same person. right now these guys sell insurance m-f, hop on a plane. get together Saturday night to watch some film, ref a game Sunday and go home. they get a report some time during the week and may be have a quick zoom call mid week with the highlights/low lights. this could easily be a full time 50hrs/week gig 7-8 months/year July/Aug-Jan/Feb with the rest vacation. at $200k/year i think that would be a sweet job. simple Continuous Improvement practices all season long

if thy are graded they are not improving and learning - same crews making same mistakes. crews are also not learning from other crews mistakes.

some sort of transparent grading system with consequences needs to be enacted. maybe there is an internal system right now but if there is it isn't working. i still go back to that jets cincy personal foul that cost the bengals the game- how is that called and not reviewed? it would have to be eased in or else everyone would be fired by season's end. The criteria should be: full time officials with minimum health requirements-pay them a little more and make them full time. i am sick of seeing 50-60 year old men trying to keep up with what is going on. definition of uniform standards on calls with year round training- they didn't call as much holding last year and the game was better- it shouldn't increase penalties and game time if done right adherence to uniform standards- no more this crew calls 3x as many PI as the next gradual increase in discipline for errors- you can't fire someone for one blown calls but there are certain refs/crews that just continually make horrible calls with no consequences increase use of eye in the sky to help them improve challenge method- the PI challenge trial a few years ago was quietly ended because no calls were ever overturned by refs protecting their decisions. this somehow has to be improved by taking it out of the field refs hands it will never be perfect but a billions dollar organization should be able to improve this. unless this is a feature and not a bug and they like the conversation, chatter it produces around the water coolers and chat rooms

no way, bojo can't hold- the packers are missing kicks left and right with him. the coach basically called out bojo 2 weeks ago after all the missed kicks in cincy. his punting is not where it needs to be but he is money on holds. 3pts

it was late but not after the INT. same exact play against us- no call- no good explanation from ref per coach mcD

Check out the helmet to helmet hit in cincy v jets. Jets rb intiated the hit with his helmet on the cincy player and cincy was flagged. Gave the jets the first down needed to ice the game.

he is a better holder that bojork-spelling our o-line played better after they called 2 illegal hands to the face on miami

i don't get it either. pulling through is ok but backing in is a 6ick move

Why fear Watson? he is most likely going to jail/banned from the league or paying a huge settlement/banned from the league.

until it matters late in the season and in the playoffs, there are a handful of teams, including us that have figured it out and have the correct personnel to defend it. too many other teams play their base defense and get shredded. no adjustments. GB did a good job last night- stayed in their lanes, collapsed the pocket.

Agreed , still 6-1 because i have King Henry, the Bills D, Jamarr Chase and Matt Stafford. i got cocky

i am worse, i ended up with gabe, beas and sanders. I cut sanders early bacause i thought beasley would be the man bacause he was targeted early.

just like it's spelled actually if you have lived in Buffalo long enough you should be able to say it- i had it as ka- sar- check when i first saw it so pretty close

he is the best talent evaluator, drafter, trader we have had in 30 years. we are a top 3 team in the league and can play with/beat anyone. we are set up for a 3-4 year super bowl window with a manageable cap. we have a +100 point differential do you prefer to go back to the russ brandon, buddy nix, doug whaley/ rex etc. clown shows?