Big Turk

He was really good with the Jags and is a big target that can get downfield. Kinda like a Davis clone but better at other things also...abysmal catch rate tho...makes Davis look like the most surehanded receiver of all time. Career 55.2% catch rate with a HIGH of 61.9% when he had his 1000 yard season with the Jags in his second year

It was egregious... 1) It was a forward pass 2) The man was 5 yards downfield(allowed to be 1 yard downfield) 3) It is irrelevant if the pass thrown is behind the line of scrimmage. This is the NFL, not High school. In the NFL that doesn't matter. That was a 100% penalty and was so bad the NFL could use that in their training videos for officials on what constitutes an illegal man downfield penalty.

That's just it tho...they usually play their best against good teams when the chips are down.

Addison almost helped me pull a 99% loss out of my ass...opponent had Kittle tho so after I took a 3 point lead, Kittle getting a few receptions ended up making me lose by 4...not bad considering I was expected to lose by 60+ going into the game thanks to a bunch of dudes on IR and bye weeks...

Don't think there is any timetable for how long it takes. Could be next year, could be 5 years, could be never. You just don't know.

DJ Chark or DHop is the target most likely, IMO. Potential LB/CB also...

People said the same thing about Andy Reid too. Sometimes it just take time and some lessons to be learned.

Understandable until McDermott figures out how to utilize the players he has left and put them in the best places to succeed. We have seen this before. Usually improves quite a bit as those players get more reps as the season goes on.

Bills 38 Bucs 19 Have a feeling Bills are going to explode offensively this game from the get go and not wait til the 2nd half.

Yes, especailly from protection standpoints...Allen seems under siege in the first half but gets much better protection in the second half. I don't think people realize how the Bills have been nearly unstoppable in the 2nd half lately...last 9 "real possessions"(minus the failed lateral at end of Jax/Pats games) they have 7 TDs, 1 missed FG, 1 TO on downs after gaining 42 yards(Knox drop in Pats game). 0 punts. The issue is the lack of possessions since the D can't get the ball back for them and allow long drives and/or scores so they only get 3 or 4 possessions.

No it's only taking into account weeks 5-7. It has nothing to do with any weeks prior to that. The title of the chart is literally EPA/Play in weeks 5-7.

Listen Sal! Don't make me send a man in a cat suit after you! 😂

results are skewed because they usually happen on teams that have no talent, but it's an "attempt" to salvage something. Hard to make much a difference when your players can't play well tho. Likely different results on teams with talent that need a kick in the ass.

Is Allen's shoulder worse off than they are letting on? Also did Von reinjure his knee? Looked like he was limping after a play but had to stay on due to Pats going no huddle then didn't come back in...only had 6 snaps.

He also led the Bills to 6 points against the Jags, the worst performance of the Allen unleashed era.

Said it was a little sore but no major issue...he isn't wearing a sling like 2020, which I would assume would be the case if there was any structural issue. Knox is hurt tho...wrist surgery and is out for a while.

Wow...that is rough...dude is a trooper trying to play through that, but it's obvious he wasn't right.

Except Daboll's offense in his second year was as inconsistent or worse, statistically speaking.

That's not true...in 2020 they had some of the best blitz pickups I'd ever seen from an OLine and backs...literally looked like Allen had a wall around him and nobody was even getting close to him.

He is condensing the formations and bringing in extra lineman to draw more people to the box and give his receivers one on one shots on the outside. Those are usually the play action passes that Allen hits deep shots on and they have been super successful with them. Issue is they are so successful passing out of these, the D now in the last few games many times has not even bothered with the run action and just played pass...it's how that pass intended for Knox INT in the Giants happened...Okereke didn't even bother with the play fake and just dropped into coverage. Pats did the same thing yesterday a few times. Ignored the play action fake and just played pass.

You need to pay attention closer then. They have been near unstoppable in the 2nd halves which is further cemented by the fact that in those 3 games the Bills are 2nd in the NFL in EPA/play on offense only behind KC. It doesn't seem like it because they aren't getting many possessions. When they do, they are scoring TDs almost every time. 1st halves they suck. 2nd halves, they have been scoring at will even if the drives are taking longer than we are used to.

No. The issue that needs to be fixed is figuring out why it takes an entire half to figure out an opponent gameplan and how to protect properly against it. 1st and 2nd half are complete opposites of each other lately. 1st half the O is ineffective, 2nd half mostly unstoppable. This SHOULD be very fixable much sooner than halftime.

The issue seems mostly 1st half related and their protection schemes. Allen under duress most of the first halves lately, 2nd halves he has more time. O has been unstoppable in the 2nd half, they just don't get enough possessions since the D allows long drives and scores also. Last 9 "real possessions" of the 2nd half, 7 TDs, 1 missed FG, 1 TO on downs after picking up 42 yards, 0 punts. Much better than what we actually think, mainly because of very few actual possessions. Weeks 5-7 Bills are actually 2nd only to KC in EPA/play. It's a big overreaction to say the offense as a whole isn't effective. The issue that needs to be fixed is why does it take til halftime to adjust and why can't you make these same adjustments after the 1st or 2nd drive of the 1st half? Fix that and they go back to putting up crazy numbers.

So it seems to be specifically a 1st half issue. Mainly in terms of them being able to protect Allen properly and it takes them until halftime to figure it out. Then in the 2nd half the O is unstoppable mostly. Last 9 "real possessions" in 2nd half. 7 TDs, 1 missed FG, 1 TO on downs after gaining 42 yards. 0 punts. So then it becomes, why are those answers not there after the first or second drive of the first half? What are they doing at halftime specifically that they couldn't do after a drive or two when you keep seeing the same things over and over again?