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    Game week thread - Buccaneers at Bills

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    14 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

    The general perspective of the fans (not reliable, I'm aware) is they don't expect to see him for another 2 weeks. Which is good because Bucky is skilled...but the Bucs have other good RBs. 

    "He has to be able to take a hit before returning" - why are they concerned about this for their RB against our D amirite

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    Game week thread - Bills at Dolphins

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    3 hours ago, eball said:

     

    This is such a b.s. narrative, that “stretching the field” is what the Bills need and lack.  No defense plays the Bills in such a way that receivers are going to get free deep.  The Bills must beat teams in the short and intermediate passing game, and they have more than enough competent players to get that done.  This 3-headed TE monster is a nightmare matchup for most defenses, who also have to account for Cook and the running game.  Shakir is a YAC beast.  With Palmer coming back and Josh gaining more trust in Moore, I don’t see the need for hand-wringing over the offense.

     

    The other thing that people seem to be minimizing is that come playoff time and bad weather you need to be able to run the ball and be physical.  We should feel very good where our OL and running game is at this point

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    11/2/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Chiefs 4:30pm Post Game Thread

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    Excellent insight in what the Bills were doing on defense by Joe B in the Athletic  (also explains why Ingram was on the field so much which I was very curious about)

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6772662/2025/11/03/josh-allen-bills-defense-observations/

     

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    Now to their plan. Understanding all that context from both the Bills and Chiefs’ perspectives, McDermott and Babich helped unseat the Chiefs by employing the most aggressive substitution strategy they’ve used to date. They took their own tendencies and flipped them on their head. So far in 2025, the Bills have been a team that matched their defensive personnel to what the offense trotted onto the field. If the opposition went heavy, the Bills would use base defense with three linebackers; if the opposition went light with three or more receivers, the Bills would be in nickel with five defensive backs. But on Sunday, the Bills turned back the clock to the days when passing offense reigned supreme, put themselves in nickel with Cam Lewis, and never came out of it.

     

    But that’s not all they did. The Bills were doing wholesale substitutions, initially in obvious passing situations on third down. Jordan Poyer started the drive at safety, only for rookie Jordan Hancock to sub in the game. Matt Milano, who was at outside linebacker to begin drives, exited the game for the Bills to bring on a sixth defensive back, and on Sunday, that was Ja’Marcus Ingram. In fact, knowing they had their issues at defensive tackle, the Bills became emboldened to use them less and less throughout the contest. All four of the Bills’ defensive tackles ended the game with under 50 percent of the snaps. Rookie Deone Walker was the only one of the group to crack 40 percent. On third down with longer distances, the Bills substituted defensive end Michael Hoecht in for one of the defensive tackles. And on several occasions, they would bring in linebacker Dorian Williams in for the other defensive tackle.

     

    It was like a shift change in hockey every time the Bills saw a passing situation, at times substituting four players in at once, and it became even more commonplace as the game continued. Following the Chiefs’ first touchdown drive in the first half, the Bills almost uniformly made an in-game switch. Almost every time the Bills won on first down and held the Chiefs to three or fewer yards, they brought in that wholesale change on second down, thinking the Chiefs would just try to pass their way out of the situation.

     

    Effectively, the Bills were daring the Chiefs to run the ball all game long, and outside of a handful of plus-five carries from Kareem Hunt, the Chiefs never made the Bills pay for it. The results speak for themselves. Throughout the game, the Bills used that multi-player substitution 27 times. Of those 27 times, 15 of the plays went for zero or fewer yards. With less open space due to all the defenders dropping into coverage, it forced Mahomes to hang on to the ball longer. During the week, the Bills worked on drills at practice, preparing them for the second play with Mahomes, and when they saw Mahomes start to freelance outside of the pocket, they found a man in coverage and tried to stick to them like glue. That allowed the plus matchup the Bills’ defensive ends had against the Chiefs’ offensive tackles to take hold. Then, with a coordinated rush to take away most of the Mahomes scramble opportunities up the middle, Mahomes was pressured on 52.6 percent of his dropbacks, according to Next Gen Stats, and he completed only 3-of-16 for 61 yards and an interception under pressure.

     

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    11/2/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Chiefs 4:30pm Post Game Thread

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    17 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

    This post is for all the people who told me you cant throw a ball with a corner trailing/sitting/playing zone underneath  and a safety right there.  People have told me this over and over even though we have JOSH ALLEN as our qb.

     

    and for fun look how open cook is...that is probably TD if he throws it to cook!

     

    I hope he starts throwing these balls more, they have been imo open in the last few weeks and he has just not thrown them.  

     

     

    That was a crazy throw. 

     

    BTW - as you're watching the all-22 I'd be curious if you can ascertain what Hancock was doing on the long throw to Brown at the end of the half

    11/2/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Chiefs 4:30pm Post Game Thread

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    3 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

    My favorite part was getting a Big W. I don’t care that it’s the regular season, that was a great win.

     

    My second favorite part was seeing AJ absolutely PLANT Mahomes into the turf and not getting flagged because Mahomes did his usual sideline act

     

    My third favorite part was Bishop blasting that douche Kelce in the end zone, I hope he bruised some ribs

     

    Been watching that AJ hit over an over - at the time was amazed they didn't throw a flag - but re-watching he does an amazing job to reposition his body in the air to make sure he doesn't fall with his body weight on Mahomes

     

    If Kelce didn't get his right arm down at the last second he would be experiencing worse than just bruised ribs this AM

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