colin

So, i get the view that the bills O is not that talented. it's the number 2 o in the nfl, and quietly (and i cant believe im saying this) one of the most balanced given how well the bills run the ball (not that they call the most balanced plays, but that they are good at both). Given that, and how great JA17 is, one would expect to see a 1992 cowboys roster out there, but you have diggs allen and everyone else. the reality on O is that our OL is actually above average, and solid at run blocking and pass blocking when we mix it up, we struggle on short yardage goal line stuff and protecting against stunts and overloads, our RBs w hines and cook and motor are actually good, TE is OK (knox isn't enough), and for the passing game the D has to constantly scheme diggs away, and even then we have good production. On D, no von and no hyde stinks, but it's an above average DL that does well vs the run, our two LBs are on freaking tilt this season, and right now w tre and elam/banford playing well, we are back to a pretty sick secondary. I don't think anyone can say our D is not talented, it just lacks top line playmakers. i feel confident going into a game vs cinci w a mash unit offensive line.

if 3 starters are out, or worse (for them) should be out but suit up anyhow, then we will be smacking burrow something fierce. they'll truck us on a few drives, and we'll make some really billsy things happen of course, but the d was straight up on tilt on sunday and will be riding that forwards

maimi blitzed early and then coverd for the most part in the 2nd half. they got torched while blitzing and selective use of it in the 2nd worked really well for them all things considered. we just need to find a couple ways to get more productive runs mixed in, first down to end the game was encouraging. if we can mix our improved run game in a bit w the monster allen passes, and that means some allen runs too, no D in the nfl is hanging w us and it will cut down on the turnovers, especially sack fumbles.

Sure, he has good or great games from time to time. It's still not enough. Brown and bease (who I like and am happy to have) are the best we got behind him, but it's just doing the o a disservice. A single additional decent NFL wr, perhaps one w a lil size and speed even, adds more to this team than what all the injuries have taken away.

Allen absolutely made mistakes yesterday, Miami and the jets have ds that really frustrate our o. Some of the comments on this thread hit home. Miami went all out forcing deep passes to wrs, but they also did everything they could to prove Diggs. Constant one on ones vs our lesser wrs. That's our big issue on O. We have this monster QB and green lit offense, but base and brown were out of football when we took them on and now they get real burn. We just have a massive hole when it comes to wr talent. I saw a tweet showing Davis is more or less equivalent to kcs 4th wr, and that's without hill. Honestly, we have all these top 3 and 4 round DL and LBs who ride the pine 65% of the game or more, but we have two old guys elevated from practice squad in our top 4 we rotation. Imo we've just put a few too many eggs in one basket The other side, and this really is a positive when you think on it, we CAN run the ball. W Allen and our two backs we are a Baltimore style multiple threat. While you often have to take what the d gives you, you also have to put the foot down and dictate at times. At the end of the game, we needed a first everyone on earth knew what play was coming and we did it. We absolutely have to run the ball a bit more and with a touch more intelligence. We pretty much need play action to get diggs out of double coverage, and Allen to diggs on play action is a scary scary sight.

how the hell did we ever pump a 2nd into that guy? he's SUCH a fatbody. underwhelmed since he took the field. kinda reminds me of this DE who came out of FSU late in the 1st round, a german kid. when i saw him in preseason i was like "he had 10+ sacks in the ACC?". not quite an adonis.

gosh those teams blew. hardy was a lazy undeveloped player who's entire life went down the drain quickly too. factory of sadness years. we need some kind of change up WR2, big, strong, fast, something that stands out. GD i honestly thought would break out and be a star, but he's just not that good.

could be, but look at what SF and baltimore paid their top flight MLBs. bobby wags gets huge money too. to me, mcd is all about his d, and loves to spend money on it, and edmunds is our most consistent player by far in terms of number of snaps he's on the field. don't think mcd wants to lose that. also, based on current trend whatever he signs will be cheap 2 or 3 years into it.

from an nfl team who signs him, most likely the bills. who do you think?

i think because we have a squad of DEs and rotate them, but we are down to 3rd string safety and it's 100% of snaps and a big drop off

edmunds will prolly get 16-18, some room on the guaranteed amount, length and structure. i think we sign him, let poyer walk, re up oliver for 5th year option but let oliver walk after that

well, it's good for a MIAMI RB...

josh is a magician who gets stuff off of script and out of broken plays like no one else in the nfl. he also is in an offense that attacks the whole field and he nearly never hits the quick outlet guy quickly. a couple of those a game, especially early, and some slight wrinkles and this O becomes just a horrible nightmare to D.

i think we are a slightly above average WR2 and or WR3 from absolutely waltzing to the number 1 seed. mckenzie not being in position to get out of bounds vs miami, ball bouncing off of davis' chest after a 68 yard frozen rope from JA17, and a few opportunities to score vs Minni. so the good part we have a pretty monster team which is ready to ball, the bad part is the sloppiness and lack of threat outside of diggs still exists. the solution is to have a couple new looks on O allowing us to run our favorite plays, and to take some better advantage of play action w our vastly improved run game. i think cook and hines are the real elements that we didn't have last season and they could help us get ahead of teams (like we have in all but 3 games this season) so we can win the game controlling the ball (and the 3 games we lost, we had the ball and coulda iced it if it went our way late) on the last drive.

our overall offensive efficiency is really good this year, we have just had the wrong mistakes in teh wrong places (redzone). i think backs and outlets have run free often enough but allen hasn't looked for them, so just going over that a lil bit can be our secret playoff weapon, and hines in the cut ready for a dump off is a scary sight.

that's assault, brotha

he could play, but would have issues catching and you know bills players would be just slashing at that ball like teen girls grabbing taylor swift tix

those were franchise int's tho, just beauties

its the minni game for me. we just absolutely had the game ready to be wrapped up, and we LET THEM OFF THE HOOK. sad!

that second half vs minni is haunting us. jets and phins i get it, but that minni game had like 8 super low probability plays go all one way. if somehow we face minni in the super bowl we'd blow the doors off of them

denny can't watch the super bowl, he'll be working it.

if the chip game is neutral, why would the one seed ever pick the home field vs the bye?

is there anyone out there who thinks this dude is a better coach than flores? I think (and not necessarily wrongly based on the trend, but clearly not right in this case) a lot of owners value Offensive minds for HC over Defensive. Putting too many eggs in that basked gets you to fire a coach life flores and replace him w the dude miami got (who isn't terrible, just not as good and his youth means he can lose the team faster). did stuff ever come out that flores was a huge jerk or had battles w the owner or something?

if we win on sunday and kc drops one vs the raiders it will be very hard to not see that as mana from the football gods.

I can see a scenario where the team rallies around this tragedy and uses that to fuel a great playoff run, but all the other injury issues on D might make that a lot harder than it looked like it would be early in the year. If that happens, I think it is mostly manifested by the players, especially on D as that is where Hamlin played and D is a more emotional side. This Sunday I think comes down to coaching. there still is a possibility that the bills get the 1 seed, so the team does have something to play for. if the team comes out and plays focused football (which means they beat up the pats as we are a much better team) then you have to give mcd dorsey and frazer and co a real vote of confidence, because that would be a huge accomplishment.