ganesh Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 13 hours ago, TroutDog said: Ugh. I suspect I get McD’s thinking in the aspect of all games are important, particularly the next. I understand that but I also get the big picture and would much rather the guys who are critical or dinged-up had a week off. I am sure the guys dinged up will get their rest
Dan Darragh Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 4 hours ago, buffalo2218 said: Didn’t we play Philly after the bye and lose horribly? No, the Philly game was the week after the Miami game 1
foreboding Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 He's getting them tuned up for our super bowl run. 5 times a charm baby!!
YoloinOhio Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 4 hours ago, buffalo2218 said: He is? Didn’t we play Philly after the bye and lose horribly? No
Dr.Sack Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 If we have the Saturday Wild Card game is having 6 days rest going on the road a disadvantage over a 13 day rest?
Richard Noggin Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 13 hours ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: I worry about a stop sign blowing off in high winds and slicing me in half as I sit behind the Toyota Camry in front of me-- Oh, to dream...
TheBrownBear Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 I think Josh needs all the game reps he can get for his development, so I don't really have a problem playing him. I do worry about potential injuries to our veteran wide outs or losing a guy like Tre. Objectively, resting key players is the safer approach.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 8 hours ago, buffalo2218 said: He is? Didn’t we play Philly after the bye and lose horribly? We played the Dolphins and won 31-21. It was a win week that was worse than a loss, on this board We showed some flaws to our run game that Philly exploited.
HardyBoy Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 What happens if Gregg figures something out on how to stop JA, puts it on tape and the Bills don't have enough time to figure out how to counter it before the wild card? Williams isn't just a dirty coach, he's arguably a top 20 all time d coordinator.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 12 hours ago, DCbillsfan said: McD was annoyed after the Pats game. Defense gave up 450 yards. If defense played well maybe they win. A lot of missed tackles. It wasn't just defense. The OL did not block well on key downs. Allen started the game playing poorly and misfired at the end. 12 hours ago, DCbillsfan said: McD trying to get the team playoff ready and clean up some stuff. Is there some risk playing starters against Jets? Yes. McD has changed the culture at OBD and he's trying to build the expectation of competing in the playoffs every year or close to it. They are a young team and McD is leading the way. There's the other side of the coin there too. McDermott's team is built on "do your 1/11" Now if a player is injured that's one thing But otherwise, how do you say "everybody needs to do their 1/11 and every 1/11 is critically important" and then just go along and pick who rests? 1
Sharky7337 Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, HardyBoy said: What happens if Gregg figures something out on how to stop JA, puts it on tape and the Bills don't have enough time to figure out how to counter it before the wild card? Williams isn't just a dirty coach, he's arguably a top 20 all time d coordinator. Hate to break it to you but that's been out on tape a while lol Edited December 25, 2019 by Sharky7337
Buddo Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 I wouldn't be at all surprised if come Sunday, there are a lot of guys given limited snaps. I think the method will be to have everyone practise as normal, but then make decisions based off of fitness etc. come the Sunday. Keeps actual preparation disruption to a minimum, and maintains routines. The team really hasn't played especially well in the last few games, to warrant time off for good behaviour Offensively they have barely done enough, and defensively there was regression in the Cheaters game to some poor tackling, in particular. Both sides of the ball need to show they have put things right, before getting time off (or rested). There is no sense in playing guys who are dinged up, however.
dubs Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) I think this is a really bad decision. the defense is stout already and we simply cannot have critical injuries. Newsflash, the offense isn’t “working anything out” or “getting out any kinks” in a meaningless game against the Jets. They are what they are at this point and a key injury to John or Brown or the oline will make a very pedestrian offense that much worse. you start prepping for Houston now and sit as many people as possible on Sunday. There is no other correct alternative! Merry Christmas all!! Edited December 25, 2019 by dubs 1
HardyBoy Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 49 minutes ago, Sharky7337 said: Hate to break it to you but that's been out on tape a while lol Yeah, the way Allen reacts to an exotic pressure/coverage combo that he's never seen before is on tape already...ok?
HardyBoy Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Buddo said: I wouldn't be at all surprised if come Sunday, there are a lot of guys given limited snaps. I think the method will be to have everyone practise as normal, but then make decisions based off of fitness etc. come the Sunday. Keeps actual preparation disruption to a minimum, and maintains routines. The team really hasn't played especially well in the last few games, to warrant time off for good behaviour Offensively they have barely done enough, and defensively there was regression in the Cheaters game to some poor tackling, in particular. Both sides of the ball need to show they have put things right, before getting time off (or rested). There is no sense in playing guys who are dinged up, however. Unless they are missing tackles because they aren't rested, which is a heck of a lot more likely than them suddenly forgetting how to tackle. They don't have the roster spots to rest everyone, and the backups aren't game fit to play huge snaps. You're really talking Barkely for Allen, Duke for Brown or Beasley, Sweeney for Knox and Yeldon for Singletary. The rest of the starters would have to be active because they don't have players that are game fit enough to cover the position for a full game without greatly increasing the risk of injury. Edited December 25, 2019 by HardyBoy 2
BillsFanSD Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, HardyBoy said: Unless they are missing tackles because they aren't rested, which is a heck of a lot more likely than them suddenly forgetting how to tackle. They don't have the roster spots to rest everyone, and the backups aren't game fit to play huge snaps. You're really talking Barkely for Allen, Duke for Brown or Beasley, Sweeney for Knox and Yeldon for Singletary. The rest of the starts would have to be active because they don't have players that are game fit enough to cover the position for a full game without greatly increasing the risk of injury. Exactly. Because the roster is so small, we're going to have to play quite a few regulars regardless. I assume we'll sit guys like Morse who are a little banged up, and I would prefer that they sit Allen, Singletary, and Tre because of their importance next week, but you can't rest everybody. I'm hoping that they're just going to give Allen a couple of series to stay in his regular routine while keeping him out of harms way. Trust the process, I guess.
Sharky7337 Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, HardyBoy said: Yeah, the way Allen reacts to an exotic pressure/coverage combo that he's never seen before is on tape already...ok? Because no one has been game planning to take him out of the game for like 2 years now...... you people crack me up
Solomon Grundy Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 14 hours ago, zow2 said: Big deal. Some of the important starters may Only play a series, a quarter or a half. They can get hurt in practice too. The only ones I would sit for sure or play very sparingly are Tre, Singletary and possibly Milano. Definitely Tre!!
Scott7975 Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 3 hours ago, HardyBoy said: What happens if Gregg figures something out on how to stop JA, puts it on tape and the Bills don't have enough time to figure out how to counter it before the wild card? Williams isn't just a dirty coach, he's arguably a top 20 all time d coordinator. Josh will probably only play like 2 series. There really isn't anything that's going to be figured out that hasn't already been figured out.
HerdMenatlity1 Posted December 25, 2019 Posted December 25, 2019 22 hours ago, I am the egg man said: You're right, thanks. Do I need to go to confession, just went two weeks ago ? Depends on how your last 2 weeks have gone. If you wanna get something off your chest, we're here for you.
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