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Every team is going to put 9 on the line against us. It's easy money, and Brady/McD have no answer, especially with our only downfield (defined as 5-15 yards) threat is out again for who knows how long

Like I said earlier, I am wondering if Allen is injured. His throwing motion looks... pained? Not sure how to say it. I'd consider letting him sit for a game to heal up because the way he's getting the crap beat out of him a small injury could turn into a big one, quick. And truthfully, given Brady's offensive scheme, MT can throw the ball behind the line of scrimmage with the occasional sideline fade to coleman as well as allen. Not like we're a QB-centric offense

It's boogie bashams all the way down

With Kincaid out we literally have zero passing game beyond 5 yards. It's utterly remarkable the level of professional malpractice that sentence requires to be true with Allen at QB.

In McD's universe, one does not use the passing game to set the running game under any circumstances. The gentlemanly thing to do is to only use passes that are defended the same as runs so as not to cause confusion or mismatches for the opposing defense. It's simply unthinable.

Let's not count on seeing him again any time soon. Him, Oliver, Milano, Palmer, etc etc etc. It seems like any minor injury on this team turns into months long lingering problems. Whatever, let the guy sit and call up Gabe Davis. We have by far the worst WR room in the league, a direct indictment on Beane, again. I've got an idea that the players are dragging their own injuries out bc McD has lost the team and they want to make graceful exits in the offseason without career threatening injuries. It's written all over Allen's face.

Cardinal directions only! None of this direction mixing in this family!

Is there an NFL rule that Shakir isn't allowed to run a slant route? The focal point of our passing attack would ideally be downfield from the line of scrimmage

He's injured a lot. maybe undersized is the wrong word then. How about fragile?

Brady is in love with his own brilliance. There's no amount of objective evidence that will change his brilliant schemes. To paraphrase Naomi Klein, Brady's scheme cannot fail, it can only be failed

Him and Oliver are pretty much the epitome of the players Beane targets. High skill, oft injured, undersized. It's objectively a failed draft philosophy.

It's bad coaching but it's also fragile players. Are we going to be able to field 11 on D next week?

Eh, panic doesn't solve anything but I take issue with the notion that the Bills turn it on for the playoffs. Most of this run we've played poorly in the majority of our wins in the playoffs with a couple notable exception like the NE revenge game. Our coaching staff is always smaller than the moment and we've gotten by on lucky bounces of the ball and Allen heroics. Keep the same staff, nothing changes

One chronic injury and we'll get an andrew luck type exit

I'd call them sneaky good at being terrible

I hate that I agree with this. McD's philosophy doesnt require or value downfield passing. Honestly daniel jones would have been better for him, though Im sure we would have paid him same as allen

well, he's more than a QB I think Allen is going to save himself at some point. He'll get a mystery injury in practice like the other 20 guys

that's like... $1.4m per catch good work if you can get it

Yup. MVP qb but if other team stacks the box to stop our pop warner run schemes, we're helpless babies in the woods Today was much worse than a normal loss. This was a full team effort, started sloppy then just gave up. I'm sure when one of the guys writes a book about the allen era we'll find out that they were all out until all hours last night getting drunk. That's the best possible outcome, honestly, because anything else points to a deeper rot.

Yup. Zero chance it's on a WR. When someone tells you who they are, sometimes you should just believe them

It's true. I don't blame Josh for the money, i'd take it too. Is beane ever going to get better at drafting? Will the bills hire competent coordinators? those things are outside the salary cap. It's just frustrating to see it playing out. Great QB, great RB, a couple complementary pieces, and maybe the most junior league coaching staff and training staff in the NFL. At any rate, whatever, it's the status quo now and absent some luck, not likely to get better.

Lol, no. Beane will not draft a WR before the 5th or 6th because doing so would be a tacit admission that his draft schemes are terrible. Which they objectively are.

"The sick man of the AFC" only history nerds will get it A lot of NFL fans and pundits have been skeptical about the Bills. I hate that they are right, and I don't want to go to work tomorrow because I'll have my boston and miami teams breaking my balls

yes so secret that nobody will ever know but you wouldn't believe what they can do when nobody's looking!

oh, why is there a tweener DE you have your eye on? never can get enough of those guys!