DrDawkinstein

My heart agrees with this, and that it's better for the game. I dont want robots calling Holding on every play. But man, the officiating lately has been killing me. To the point that I get frustrated seeing the refs so often even when it's against the other team. Just let them play. I think the answer is full time refs doing more group work to get calls more consistent.

3 more points, any time in the 2nd half, and the game is over. Everyone can breathe. The vibe among the fanbase is totally different. 4 drives and we couldnt even get into FG range. Yikes.

Agree on everything, except the blatant PI. That happens on every Hail Mary, and it goes both ways. Refs know the Offense AND Defense are both jockeying for position. So very very unlikely they ever make that call. You simply arent going to avoid the contact on Hail Marys and luckily that is already understood.

They can get better play out of lesser players, but have trouble getting players with decent pedigrees where they need to be. Every player is different, and needs different things. I'm sure plenty of the blame is on Elam. But I dont trust McD much with his early assessments. Similar to the line "Sean McDermott is the type of coach who can take a bottom-5 roster to a wild card. But also the type of coach who will take a top-5 roster to the wild card".

McDermott's team has issues with basics like tackling with wrapping up, and blocking without holding. We are no where near the level of Reid and Belichick, who regularly quiz their guys with all sorts of weird, random situations, and who practice every situation.

I've been making "need 6 inches" posts since last night and someone FINALLY made a joke. You win.

It's not inexplicable. It was obvious that it happened because Mayfield is so short, and Phillips had him long enough for the play to be whistled dead. But it was allowed to continue, and Mayfield kept squirming and ducking until his helmet was at Phillips's hand level. Much like how Mayfield was able to escape Floyd's sack earlier when Floyd went right over the top of him due to being so short. Im not going to bash JP on that one. It was a fluke. And the refs were giving the Bucs every chance on that drive so they could score and cover that -9.5 spread.

Donald Faison from Scrubs with the famous and legendary friendship with Zach Braff? Yes that's him.

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It isnt. Key phrase in my post was "for McD's taste". Infuriating. If one thing has been made clear, it's that McD does not have an alliance with the clock. That is a far more adversarial relationship.

I'll also add to this thought, I firmly believe Elam is a better player than the Bills have allowed him to be. And the coaching is doing more to ruin him than develop him.

Way too aggressive for McD's taste. He'd rather "play not to lose". Gotta give them those easy sideline gains so they can move down the field and it comes down to the last play. Otherwise it doesnt count.

If you're going to throw it short, you at least need a route that is going vertical to hope, at the very least, the receiver's momentum gets them the 1st. We're throwing short on crosses running horizontally that have no chance of turning up field. It's little crap like this, that should be basic *****, that our coaches miss. This is all so nitpicky by us fans, but it's also basic and obvious.

"Josh Running" IS the added Offensive weapon we've been missing all season. Opening that back up is like adding a pro-bowl player to the squad.

I'm cheering for a nuke to hit the stadium.

I've been firmly in the camp that there is "enough" talent on this Offense. They just havent been used correctly, or AT ALL. And last night just proved that. Let Josh run. Get the ball to Shakir. Get the ball to Kincaid. Once Josh and the O get into a rhythm everyone plays better. Gabe makes catches he would otherwise drop. Etc. I dont get why McD wants to "punish" young players with whatever ridiculous criteria he has to "earn" snaps, but it's obviously holding the team back. Shakir should be a known name around the league by now. USE THE GUYS WE HAVE, SEAN.

Just heard that with the new, faster paced offense, the Bills had 10 more Offensive plays last night than they've averaged over the last few games. That is a full drive. That is the TD drive before half. Take those 7 points off the Bills and now we're losing the game and it looks way more like the Giants/Jags games. Dorsey/McD better not ignore this evidence and revert back to the slow-paced, 12 personnel BS.

Situational Football. Some coaches like Reid and Belichick drill their guys constantly with all sorts of random situations so they are never caught off guard. Our guy cant even figure out to sneak it when you need 6 inches. 🤷‍♂️

We watched for 20 years, anytime the Pats had Down and Short they ran up to the line and snuck Brady on a quiet count. And got their 3 feet every time. We finally started doing it, but then stop. This aint rocket surgery. Maddening they cant figure it out.

The helmet only came off because Bernard was pushing him by the facemask. The punter took his helmet off and it hit Rousseau because Bernard had been engaged. He did not go Myles Garrett and swing it around willy nilly as a weapon.

No. Buck up and get those 6 inches.

ALL the juice was on Tampa Bay -9.5. When they got the ball down 14 I said "Here come the flags until they score". Sure enough. Took em long enough but the refs made sure it happened. The ref's had the Bucs to cover as well.

A lot of words for a very simple situation. You need 6 inches. Go get em. Absolutely inexcusable to have 2 cracks from inches away and not even make a single attempt at the simplest solution.

One of the better interiors I've ever seen in a WNY home. Good find. edit: made it through all the pics. I HATE how every nice house in Buffalo still has the entire back covered in vinyl siding. So weird to cheap out there and makes the house look so bad from the backyard.

The goal line situation occurred on the 2nd possession. Well before Josh went to the tent. And it's obviously NOT a good idea because we walked away with no points. Should have snuck it. Twice if need be.