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How badly does this offense rank all-time through 8 games?


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31 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

 

Here is the thing, Coach, here is the honest to God thing:  It is one thing to say that "it is going to get a little worse before it gets better" along with "we'll take our lumps on offense this year" and another to say that not only have you falling to essentially dead last in offense this year, but you are maybe the worst offense of modern times.

 

...how in the hell does The Process let that happen?!

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8 hours ago, Cotton Fitzsimmons said:

It looks like the 2000 Browns scored 161 points that season. That’s the worst output for a season going back 20 years. We’re on pace for 174, but given the trend it’s hard to say we won’t have a solid crack at <160

 

This is nuts when you consider how different the rules were then.

 

In context, the median scoring offense in 2000 scored 20.15 PPG. This year the median output is 24.45 PPG, which is 21.3% more points.

 

Assuming every team scored fewer points then than they did now, the Bills seem to be far and away the worst offense in the NFL over the past 20 years. 

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How does Daboll still have a job???  It's his job to put points on the board with the players we have.  It's his scheme that made Peterman look great in PS then crapola in season.  It's his unique wildcat that got stuffed again and again to put us behind the sticks.

 

At some point the manager has to be held accountable for the employees.  I'm not a fan of his and I hope this is solely talent around him.  His track record certainly does bode well.

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1 minute ago, JinxedBill1 said:

How does Daboll still have a job???  It's his job to put points on the board with the players we have.  It's his scheme that made Peterman look great in PS then crapola in season.  It's his unique wildcat that got stuffed again and again to put us behind the sticks.

 

At some point the manager has to be held accountable for the employees.  I'm not a fan of his and I hope this is solely talent around him.  His track record certainly does bode well.

 

How does McDermott still have a job?

 

He and Beane were the ones who assembled this personnel. 

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The offense is bad.  Absolutely.  It hurt when they lost two interior linemen in the offseason.  It hurts that Benjamin is not stepping up. It looks like Shady may be starting to feel his age.  And it hurt that our young QB got hurt.  All those add together to make things look bad. 

 

Now, what would the fixes have been?  Let's talk O line first.  Quality O linemen are at an extreme premium across the league right now.  They thought Groy would be a capable C, and they got what might have been the only other available decent guy at the position in Bodine.  Drafted Teller and picked up Boettiger for the interior, but they're apparently not ready yet, although I would like to see them in there.  So O line I'm not sure there was much else to do, maybe draft a guy in round 3 vs. Phillips, but Phillips is a solid addition to the D line.

 

WRs?  Benjamin is half assing it, and they should trade him today in my opinion.  Jones is coming on.  They should have kept Kerley I think.  And they should have maybe kept Reilly, although no one else apparently thinks he's worth much.  Again, there are a bunch of guys who are guys out there. You can change the deck chairs on the Titanic, like bringing in Pryor, but it's still the Titanic.

 

QB.  They were not going to be in the market ever for guys like Keenum because they were not going to lock up a ton of cap space when they knew they were drafting their guy.  I have said over and over they expected, as did I. that McCarron should have been their guy but he didn't perform. And at that point in time, they should have gotten a guy like Anderson in, or traded for a guy like say Bridgewater, although he was already gone by then.  Arguments can be made for and against starting Allen early, and his injury?  Injuries happen.  If he's not hurt then I don't know if our record is any different, but he's getting experience.  And I am quite sure that no matter who they brought in as a vet QB, and presuming he plays while Allen sits, that their record is any different than it is now.

 

McDermott and Beane have been as clear as they can be.  They consider it a rebuild, and they have a ton of cap space and picks next year.  Believe me, if they don't use the bulk of that ammunition to improve the offense I'll be screaming as loud as anyone.  And if I'm Terry I'd lose my mind.  But as for this season, I'm just not sure there was a lot they could have done to improve things all tat much. 

 

 

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