Freddie's Dead Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I am not sure he was healthy. And it does hurt a bit because the motion does open some stuff up for us. I didn't see him out there unless I missed it? Didn't know he was hurt. I'll need to see the snap counts, but I thought I saw him out there a couple times. I know he's the 5th receiver with Brown and Beas healthy, but he usually gets a few plays a game. We needed more playmakers today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playoffs? Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 How about bringing up the kid, Antonio Williams?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Boy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: I don’t know what Daboll was thinking today. He went back to the early in the season mindset and making head scratching calls, trying to force the run when it wasn’t there, too conservative at times, and went with too many called QB runs. We are a passing team, and when he turned it loose we moved the ball with ease. I really hope Daboll goes back to what we have scene all during the second half of the season. He needed to pop his a playoff Cherry worse than Josh... by a long shot Edited January 9, 2021 by Buffalo Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: I don’t know what Daboll was thinking today. He went back to the early in the season mindset and making head scratching calls, trying to force the run when it wasn’t there, too conservative at times, and went with too many called QB runs. We are a passing team, and when he turned it loose we moved the ball with ease. I really hope Daboll goes back to what we have scene all during the second half of the season. I agree but most importantly, we still got the W!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Give the Colts some credit, they had a Damm good game plan and it worked well. Bills defense needs to be better. Way too many big plays and fast scoring drives 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djp14150 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: I don’t know what Daboll was thinking today. He went back to the early in the season mindset and making head scratching calls, trying to force the run when it wasn’t there, too conservative at times, and went with too many called QB runs. We are a passing team, and when he turned it loose we moved the ball with ease. I really hope Daboll goes back to what we have scene all during the second half of the season. it’s about where you started the drive mcd wanted to be conservative when starting inside the 15 in 2nd half 1 3rd down loss force FG 2. TD 3 FG 4 drive to Indy 34 Then fumble for big loss 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBean Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I’m so happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnychemo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Buftex said: So we hate Dabol again? Just checking the temperature this week. That seems to be the gist. Personally I think he just outsmarted himself. He'll get it right next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf63 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, BITE ME said: It wasn't a great game for offensive play calling, but it is hard to get upset by a team that puts up 27 against the Colts when their game plan was to keep the offense off the field. They ran that clock down masterfully. The Jaguars almost put up 27 on the road, that’s inexcusable to be fighting to stop them on the last drive. Daboll needs to be better, Allen needs to be better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st&ten Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Well, It was an old fashion nail biter. I thought our defense was a little scary today but on the other side of the coin this Colts team is well balanced and are a tough out. The Difference is we have Josh Allen !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 My theory is that the WR injuries must be worse than disclosed. That Davis got so many of the looks, and Beasley looked hobbled, makes me think Daboll looked to the QB draws over passing the ball. I can't otherwise explain the constant QB draws. The defense otoh... what a joke. They will not win many other games playing like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf63 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said: I'll point out just one thing missing from today's game plan. McKittrick. No jet sweeps, screens, quick outs, nothing. It's like they decided to shelve him after his huge game last week. What’s up with that? Daboll overthinking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundybout Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 We need to give credit to Indy's defense. They're outstanding and stacked with talent. With that said, on one drive Daboll called three running plays that were exactly the same - halfback slam over the left side. That was confusing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 21 minutes ago, bigduke6 said: not sure this is on Daboll. both lines played like crap today, offense and defense. Irrespective of line play, a number of calls in that game were terrible, and our entire strategy seemed misguided at worst, or at least ineffective at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf63 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Buftex said: So we hate Dabol again? Just checking the temperature this week. You don’t get any breaks in the playoffs he called a ***** game. I’ll even go as far as blaming him for the Moss injury, we were rolling with passes up to then in that drive , so stop overthinking and go with what brought us here.., 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Meatloaf63 said: What’s up with that? Daboll overthinking? @GunnerBillsays McKittrick may have been hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf63 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Freddie's Dead said: @GunnerBillsays McKittrick may have been hurt. Do we have an update on that or are they hiding that in the playoffs? Hurt during practice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryland-bills-fan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Our running backs are not very good. They are both decent number 2s but neither is a guy I want to depend on when I gotta have a play. Imagine if we had Taylor (1169 yards), Hilaare (803 yards), Dobbins (805 yards), Gibson (795 yards) or Akens (625 yards). All of those 5 rookies (who didn't have a training camp and little preseason) got more yards than you 2nd year player Singletary (607 yards). All of those 5 plus Swift(521) got more yards than our rookie Moss(481 yards). . Wouldn't it be nice to have a running back to help our tailback by carrying the ball sometimes? Edited January 9, 2021 by maryland-bills-fan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksilver Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Colts had a better game plan and executed it. Rivers was never touched. That can't happen again. Can we please never call the QB sweep again. We need to be able to run for 1yard when we need it. Despite the above we won so on to next week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said: @GunnerBillsays McKittrick may have been hurt. He was on the injury report all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSpeed Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'll just say we did not give any tape for the next team to learn from. But we do have a next team to face. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 On the QB runs.... I don't hate the called QB draw. I do hate the called QB sweep. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, GunnerBill said: He was on the injury report all week. If you follow that stuff.... I watched OBL all week, didn't see it. I'll pay more attention, bit since there's now a McKenzie thread, looks like I'm not the only one that missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I think the Colts are the team that best matches up against the Bills. Colts are top ten in 3 phases and coaching. Special teams was the worst. Bills were backed with long fields and the Colts had short field on like 80% of their drives. It was a really, really bad day for special teams. Poor tackling, poor blocking, and bad decisions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: I don’t know what Daboll was thinking today. He went back to the early in the season mindset and making head scratching calls, trying to force the run when it wasn’t there, too conservative at times, and went with too many called QB runs. We are a passing team, and when he turned it loose we moved the ball with ease. I really hope Daboll goes back to what we have scene all during the second half of the season. This is a garbage take. The bills offense scored 27 points! (Enough to win). special teams on the other hand.. that’s where the blame lies. in the first half every time Josh took over it was inside the 10. That’s not Dabolls fault. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gun Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I agree this was a poor game by Daboll but I was way more disappointed with the defensive gameplan. That side was atrocious. For all intents and purposes the Colt and Reich beat themselves today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2zipper Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Brown and Beasley weren't healthy either and with McKenzie also hurt, it explains why they tried to move away from the wr-centric gameplan we usually see. Hopefully that extra rest we get now helps that some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, jeremy2020 said: I think the Colts are the team that best matches up against the Bills. Colts are top ten in 3 phases and coaching. Special teams was the worst. Bills were backed with long fields and the Colts had short field on like 80% of their drives. It was a really, really bad day for special teams. Poor tackling, poor blocking, and bad decisions. Solid take - the Colts were a TOUGH match-up for the Bills (regardless of whether anyone wanted to believe that, my included - I thought we'd throw all over them). But a top D, a good run game, strong coaching; anyone that thought a Playoff win agains them would be a walk in the park, was kidding themselves... And the first half field position, really helped write the story of that game. Sucked. It happens. We overcame. But we DID win, 0 style points, 27, um score, points! I'll take the close win every game, for the next three games... Edited January 9, 2021 by Heitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf63 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 20 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: He was on the injury report all week. What was the injury? 3 minutes ago, Heitz said: Solid take - the Colts were a TOUGH match-up for the Bills (regardless of whether anyone wanted to believe that, my included - I thought we'd throw all over them). But a top D, a good run game, strong coaching; anyone that thought a Playoff win agains them would be a walk in the park, was kidding themselves... And the first half field position, really helped write the story of that game. Sucked. It happens. We overcame. But we DID win, 0 style points, 27, um score, points! I'll take the close win every game, for the next three games... Didn’t think it would be a walk in the park. The field position in first half hurt, but Daboll called a head scratcher we should easily had 4 to 7 more points at the end coming down to a Hail Mary was ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionC3 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 27 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: On the QB runs.... I don't hate the called QB draw. I do hate the called QB sweep. Worst call of the game. To the boundary side, no less. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, Big Gun said: I agree this was a poor game by Daboll but I was way more disappointed with the defensive gameplan. That side was atrocious. For all intents and purposes the Colt and Reich beat themselves today. This take doesn't strike me as particularly accurate. The defense didn't look good, but held the Colts to ten points in the 1st half despite the Colts getting great field position the whole half. The Bills had two scoring drives, but couldn't sustain their other drives and were going 3 and out against a run heavy team. That's going to wear the defense down. The defense should have played better, but they were also put in a difficult position. They came up with a goal line stop and stopped the last drive. So despite their struggles, they did come up in big moments against a top 10 offense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoon Blues Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I think indy deserves as much credit on d as daboll deserves ridicule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said: I don’t know what Daboll was thinking today. He went back to the early in the season mindset and making head scratching calls, trying to force the run when it wasn’t there, too conservative at times, and went with too many called QB runs. We are a passing team, and when he turned it loose we moved the ball with ease. I really hope Daboll goes back to what we have scene all during the second half of the season. i would like to know whether Josh checked to any of those runs or QB draws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro Nimbus Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They won, thats all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) This is why Brian Daboll is on the hot seat and will most likely be fired by morning . Edited January 10, 2021 by HOUSE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Billznut said: Our biggest obstacle today was our god awful defense. Not sure which game you watched. The D had a huge goal line stand in the first half. They definitely buckled later in the game, but I thought the O shot themselves in the foot trying to run it so much. If we could have gotten out to a 2-3 score lead it would have made them one dimensional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveorhatembillsfan4life Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Our d line is is pretty small by standards? Don’t we rely on speed in up front to get pressure on the qb. It seemed like even 5-6 couldn’t get to Rivers. I’d be curious to know how our line has fared against teams with bigger lineman. It seemed like our linebackers and secondary were running around with their heads cutoff at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Running it three times in a row was terrible! Reminded me of last season! The Bills aren’t built to run the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boater Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Stop self flagellating. Frank Reich is an awesome football mastermind and coach. We beat one of the best their is. The Bills are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, GunnerBill said: That is true and I give Daboll a bit of a pass for that. But the bizarre playcalling continued into the 2nd half. I thought the adjustment at half would have been to go to dink and dunk. The safeties were playing so deep and daring us to run. And we know we can’t run, so take the short stuff. Death by a thousand paper cuts. They kept running deep routes, which cause some of the late sacks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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