Coach Tuesday

This whole game seems like a simulation. I’m spooked.

Bills-Jags was a scoring fest?

I don’t think Tua really wants to be doing this for a living. Just the sense I get from the way he plays.

He clearly didn’t see it in the lights.

Didn’t we literally just watch this game?

Dane Jackson almost single-handedly cost them the game on Sunday after a horrible bite on a double move. Suspect they won’t be putting him back out there this year unless there’s a real emergency.

I don’t think the problem is being too “QB dependent” - I think the issue is they’re too big play-dependent. Both Allen and Dabs seem to have become addicted to the quick-strike kill shot. Ever wonder why their drives seem to stall out at the 35-40, right on the cusp of field goal range? To my eyes it’s because they go for the kill there and end up taking a sack or holding penalty or throwing incomplete into double coverage while waiting for some long route to develop. Part of the issue is they lack the precision and personnel to convert TDs in the red zone, but they’re well-suited to the 40-yard TD strike - so they rush it.

Good PC - he is clearly displeased with his offensive coaches (Daboll and Johnson), and he came as close as he'll ever come to calling out an individual player (Dawkins).

This is a mess

On Sunday it was clear Beasley was injured and not only were they force-feeding him, they were slamming him into the defense on bubble screens as a substitute for a running game. He got beat up even more and could barely finish the game. It was General MacArthur-level insanity and it’s squarely a coaching/communication issue - really bad look for McDermott.

You're spinning out of control the last few days.

Colossal failure of internal scouting and player evaluation. So far - and it's not even over - Beane's continued mis-evaluation of Cody Ford has cost the team Wyatt Teller, DK Metcalf (who could've been drafted instead of Ford) or Dalton Risner (same), and Jack Anderson who was poached by the Eagles off our PS a few weeks ago. Disgraceful. All GMs make mistakes but this is a really, really big one.

Beane keeps throwing second round picks in the garbage. If you’re going to whiff every year on those you might as well start trading them for established vets.

See I don’t buy this. Every offensive line can run block. It’s much easier than pass blocking and helps the line establish an aggressiveness and rhythm. With the Bills the problem seems schematic to me - precision blocking and disguising the running plays as pass plays simply doesn’t work with the level of “talent” they’ve collected (and vastly under-coached and overpaid). Go heavy and pound the rock until the line gets in a rhythm and starts to establish the LOS. It just simply is NOT that hard to run the ball in today’s NFL against light defenses built to stop the pass. Something is fundamentally wrong with their entire approach and let’s be honest it’s been a problem for the entire Daboll era.

Yeah I was wondering also whether McD didn’t want to risk letting the refs give them a first down with a penalty.

That will get Josh killed.

The Pats are built on offense to play well against the light, pass-focused defenses of today’s NFL. Two good tight ends, power backs, and linemen who can run block - they found the inefficiency in the market and exploited it. They also have an identity on offense and a QB who plays within the structure (because he has to). They are dangerous for sure, and that’s just on offense…

I’m starting to disagree here. Daboll called 9 runs in a 9-6 game. His line can’t hold their pass blocks long enough for deep passing routes to materialize, and Allen fixates on the big play and won’t take underneath options if there is eye candy downfield. I’m starting to think they should stay in 11 or 12 personnel, commit to a running and play action game (NOT RPO, though), and eliminate the deep options until Allen, the line and the backs adjust their style of play. Otherwise teams will continue to keep their safeties deep and dare Allen to throw into coverage, and he simply cannot stay disciplined enough to avoid it. I’m on the fence with this. You’re right that the safer approach is to lean into your strengths but I fear we’ll just keep seeing the same result over and over again if we don’t fundamentally change the approach. In the offseason I would go shopping for a new line coach, some guards and new backs. Beane should do some serious self-scouting on his evaluation skills wrt the interior line.

No one cares

I am glad they have to fly home after this.

Funny

Josh Allen (the QB) agrees with my take but I’m sure he appreciates the soft landing here.

I have seen Big Ben win MANY games in his career just like this one, where his line was garbage and the playcalling was odd and his receivers were uninterested. He often overcomes (or used to) those conditions. Josh was a huge part of the problem today. I’m giving him no credit for sucking and neither should you. Hell, he admitted in his post-game that he played like sh—. Blind loyalty does no favors.

You really can’t know for sure until you see how they and other teams respond. If Allen permanently loses trust in his protection and the playcalling, if Diggs checks out or starts griping, if McBeane circles the wagons on Cody Ford to prove a point, if other teams play deep shell zone because they trust their front four to manhandle the Bills’ line, then yes.

In a 9-6 loss!!