eball Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 From the Buffalo News this a.m.; should make a lot of folks happy. Perhaps this is a sign that the Bills are finally figuring out "who they are" on offense and creating an identity -- or it's just the personnel grouping that they felt worked best against Miami. In either case, 37 pts and 400+ of offense is nothing to sneeze at. 1. The Bills didn’t use their “heavy” offensive package much. Blocking tight end Lee Smith played a season-low seven snaps (10%), while fullback Patrick DiMarco was on the field for just four snaps (6%). 11 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 There IS a God!!? 6 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, eball said: From the Buffalo News this a.m.; should make a lot of folks happy. Perhaps this is a sign that the Bills are finally figuring out "who they are" on offense and creating an identity -- or it's just the personnel grouping that they felt worked best against Miami. In either case, 37 pts and 400+ of offense is nothing to sneeze at. 1. The Bills didn’t use their “heavy” offensive package much. Blocking tight end Lee Smith played a season-low seven snaps (10%), while fullback Patrick DiMarco was on the field for just four snaps (6%). Daboll changes his offensive gameplan massively game to game. I will be happy when I see something consistently working. It would not shock me to see DiMarco out wide this week again and Lee Smith getting his 3 penalties. Edited November 19, 2019 by Sundancer 3 1 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Maybe it’s analytics. Maybe Lee Smith averages a stupid penalty every 8 snaps. 1 10 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qearly2018 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Gray Beard said: Maybe it’s analytics. Maybe Lee Smith averages a stupid penalty every 8 snaps. That's way they limited him to only 7 this weekend 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Please say this is a trend! Now replace Bobby with Duke & I'll hang up and listen. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, eball said: From the Buffalo News this a.m.; should make a lot of folks happy. Perhaps this is a sign that the Bills are finally figuring out "who they are" on offense and creating an identity -- or it's just the personnel grouping that they felt worked best against Miami. In either case, 37 pts and 400+ of offense is nothing to sneeze at. 1. The Bills didn’t use their “heavy” offensive package much. Blocking tight end Lee Smith played a season-low seven snaps (10%), while fullback Patrick DiMarco was on the field for just four snaps (6%). In other news the Bills offense scored a season average shattering 37 points. Could there be a Connection? Details at 11. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sundancer said: Daboll changes his offensive gameplan massively game to game. I will be happy when I see something consistently working. Good on you. It displays a healthy attitude to refuse to enjoy a good outing because you expect the sky to fall next week. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: There IS a God!!? ...and no YELLOW littering the field.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I think it was very gameplan specific but I would happily see more of it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Wouldn't be shocked if Smith played a good amount this week to help block 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I love Lee Smith, always willing to lend a hand to the offense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 a lot less penalties with Smith on the bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Neither should be on this roster. But in the tradition of Peterman the coaches eventually figure it out. It just takes a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgotBILLStopay Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) While they have have a stout defense, the Broncos appear to be among the bottom feeders in takeaways. I think Allen shd continue to be "fearless" and Daboll shd consider making DiMarco and Smith inactive. Edited November 19, 2019 by IgotBILLStopay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Now start to realize how ineffective Gore has been lately and activate Yeldon. Get him the yards to get past Barry Sanders (which is insane in a way) and stop giving him the ball. He’s just killing drives for us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 42 minutes ago, eball said: From the Buffalo News this a.m.; should make a lot of folks happy. Perhaps this is a sign that the Bills are finally figuring out "who they are" on offense and creating an identity -- or it's just the personnel grouping that they felt worked best against Miami. In either case, 37 pts and 400+ of offense is nothing to sneeze at. 1. The Bills didn’t use their “heavy” offensive package much. Blocking tight end Lee Smith played a season-low seven snaps (10%), while fullback Patrick DiMarco was on the field for just four snaps (6%). Probably a good thing because they are one of the worst power running teams in the league(ranked 28th), only succeeding 43% of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Just now, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Now start to realize how ineffective Gore has been lately and activate Yeldon. Get him the yards to get past Barry Sanders (which is insane in a way) and stop giving him the ball. He’s just killing drives for us. Why do you want to activate Yeldon? Would you like the other team to have the ball more? Gore might have the burst of a snail on speed but I'd actually dress that same snail before I'd dress Yeldon. He sucks. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 24 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I think it was very gameplan specific but I would happily see more of it. I hear ya, but one would think the gameplan was to run on the Fish and Smith/DiMarco fit into that sort of plan (theoretically). I think it was more the fact that they went tempo and kept Miami from making substitutions by keeping the same personnel in the game. Regardless, the offense functioned well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 minute ago, GunnerBill said: Why do you want to activate Yeldon? Would you like the other team to have the ball more? Gore might have the burst of a snail on speed but I'd actually dress that same snail before I'd dress Yeldon. He sucks. Yeldon is better then people think and at this stage he’s better then Gore. It’s just going to be one of those things we never actually get to find out though because Dabol is obsessed with wasting touches on a guy that’s 5+ years past his prime. It’s not even about Yeldon as much as it is about not continuously giving the ball to Gore. This has a chance to be a really special season and Gore served his purpose. He got us through some tough times and helped up bring along Singletary. But now it’s time to get serious and for the last month it’s clear Gores legs are shot. It’s time to try and take advantage of this season and get some fresh legs to go with Singletary. Bring back Murphy I don’t care. It just has to stop being Gore. You don’t have to cut the guy. Keep him around and give him 2 or 3 touches a game. But he gets the ball way, way to much. He’s done. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxbomber21 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 43 minutes ago, r00tabaga said: Please say this is a trend! Now replace Bobby with Duke & I'll hang up and listen. If we're not gonna use DaMarco can we activate Yeldon please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastMaster Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Yeldon is better then people think and at this stage he’s better then Gore. It’s just going to be one of those things we never actually get to find out though because Dabol is obsessed with wasting touches on a guy that’s 5+ years past his prime. It’s not even about Yeldon as much as it is about not continuously giving the ball to Gore. This has a chance to be a really special season and Gore served his purpose. He got us through some tough times and helped up bring along Singletary. But now it’s time to get serious and for the last month it’s clear Gores legs are shot. It’s time to try and take advantage of this season and get some fresh legs to go with Singletary. Bring back Murphy I don’t care. It just has to stop being Gore. You don’t have to cut the guy. Keep him around and give him 2 or 3 touches a game. But he gets the ball way, way to much. He’s done. Agree 100% At least give Gore a week to just try and get fresh and let Yeldon get a week to see how he performs. I also think he's a decent back with good receiving skills, and would be more impactful than Gore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Yeldon is better then people think and at this stage he’s better then Gore. It’s just going to be one of those things we never actually get to find out though because Dabol is obsessed with wasting touches on a guy that’s 5+ years past his prime. It’s not even about Yeldon as much as it is about not continuously giving the ball to Gore. This has a chance to be a really special season and Gore served his purpose. He got us through some tough times and helped up bring along Singletary. But now it’s time to get serious and for the last month it’s clear Gores legs are shot. It’s time to try and take advantage of this season and get some fresh legs to go with Singletary. Bring back Murphy I don’t care. It just has to stop being Gore. You don’t have to cut the guy. Keep him around and give him 2 or 3 touches a game. But he gets the ball way, way to much. He’s done. I disagree most strongly with the bolded. I am not really arguing with your assessment of Gore. But I'd give it to anyone except Yeldon. Yeldon has some limited value as a pass catching back. He is a really poor runner. I'd rather run Perry or re-sign Murphy or re-sign Tashard Choice frankly than give carries to Yeldon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Both will play more this week with Denver’s pass rush coming to town. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 19 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Why do you want to activate Yeldon? Would you like the other team to have the ball more? Gore might have the burst of a snail on speed but I'd actually dress that same snail before I'd dress Yeldon. He sucks. Yeldon is a great pass catching back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Sundancer said: Daboll changes his offensive gameplan massively game to game. I will be happy when I see something consistently working. It would not shock me to see DiMarco out wide this week again and Lee Smith getting his 3 penalties. I agree with you. But yet, we did well operating an up-tempo offense with minimal substitutions. Perhaps McDermott will put the "chicken wing" on Daboll and say "KISS, baby. Put the best players on the field and keep 'em there." 49 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I think it was very gameplan specific but I would happily see more of it. It was directly related to the decision to go uptempo No Huddle much of the game. They kept the same base personnel on the field most of the game: 11 set, Singletary and Knox. McKensie, Beasley and Brown. McKensie and Knox both upward of 70 snaps. Kroft the majority of the remaining TE snaps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, eball said: From the Buffalo News this a.m.; should make a lot of folks happy. Perhaps this is a sign that the Bills are finally figuring out "who they are" on offense and creating an identity -- or it's just the personnel grouping that they felt worked best against Miami. In either case, 37 pts and 400+ of offense is nothing to sneeze at. 1. The Bills didn’t use their “heavy” offensive package much. Blocking tight end Lee Smith played a season-low seven snaps (10%), while fullback Patrick DiMarco was on the field for just four snaps (6%). This is a good first step. Making one or both inactive in favor of a potentially useful body is step two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 You knew Lee wasn't out there much because of our 2nd lowest total in penalties this year. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 25 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Why do you want to activate Yeldon? Would you like the other team to have the ball more? Gore might have the burst of a snail on speed but I'd actually dress that same snail before I'd dress Yeldon. He sucks. Yeldon showed some good things when was in there, I agree that we lessen Gore's role and see what Yeldon can do as he is under contract next year and we're going to need someone to split time with Singletary, might as well see if Yeldon can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 19 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Yeldon is better then people think and at this stage he’s better then Gore. It’s just going to be one of those things we never actually get to find out though because Dabol is obsessed with wasting touches on a guy that’s 5+ years past his prime. It’s not even about Yeldon as much as it is about not continuously giving the ball to Gore. This has a chance to be a really special season and Gore served his purpose. He got us through some tough times and helped up bring along Singletary. But now it’s time to get serious and for the last month it’s clear Gores legs are shot. It’s time to try and take advantage of this season and get some fresh legs to go with Singletary. Bring back Murphy I don’t care. It just has to stop being Gore. You don’t have to cut the guy. Keep him around and give him 2 or 3 touches a game. But he gets the ball way, way to much. He’s done. Agree on this. 11 caries for 27 yards last week says it all. Smith and DiMarco’s Snap counts going down is a positive sign. The youth on this team with talent need to step up. For Smith that means Knox getting more snaps. Also hopefully it means Kroft is getting more comfortable in the offensive scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, matter2003 said: Yeldon is a great pass catching back He is a decent pass catching back. He isn't great at anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I think it is good to have these guys on the roster for cohesion and when you want to smash the ball, but I like what they've been doing formation wise. Knox needs to be on the field. I think the kid is the real deal. He's a difference maker. Kroft being healthy has also pushed Smith off the field and I think we are starting to see Kroft get back. I could see him having a big game in the next couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said: Agree on this. 11 caries for 27 yards last week says it all. Smith and DiMarco’s Snap counts going down is a positive sign. The youth on this team with talent need to step up. For Smith that means Knox getting more snaps. Also hopefully it means Kroft is getting more comfortable in the offensive scheme. It's all about matchups. When 42 and 85 are in there, the defenses can cheat a lot more because those guys don't scare anybody with big plays. They may get a surprise 25-30 yard pass once or twice a year, so the gamble to put more pressure Allen is definitely worth taking if you're the defense. It's not like these two guys have been blowing up defenders all season long to juice the run game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00tabaga Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 38 minutes ago, Bronxbomber21 said: If we're not gonna use DaMarco can we activate Yeldon please DiMarco plays ST tho- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I've been harping on the spread it out and let Josh operate bandwagon for awhile. It should be their primary MO until it isn't. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, GG said: It's all about matchups. When 42 and 85 are in there, the defenses can cheat a lot more because those guys don't scare anybody with big plays. They may get a surprise 25-30 yard pass once or twice a year, so the gamble to put more pressure Allen is definitely worth taking if you're the defense. It's not like these two guys have been blowing up defenders all season long to juice the run game. Agreed. I think they save the Lee Smith leak out into the end zone like they did against Tennessee, for another game later in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Has Lee Smith shown that he is the best blocking tight end in the NFL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Arnold Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) Replace lunch-pail carrying blocking specialists with players with speed and playmaking potential. What a freakin concept. Only took half the season this time. Football coaches... Edited November 19, 2019 by Wayne Arnold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior9 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Doc said: Has Lee Smith shown that he is the best blocking tight end in the NFL? He's shown he's a back up tackle that wears a TE number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Why is Duke Williams not playing? Is he hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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