YoloinOhio Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) I’d prefer no entrenched starters -maybe those fighting for spots would be ok - at all against Detroit on Fri night if possible. I would play all the rookies because they need as many “game” reps as possible. And if any rookies were to get injured, it’s not catastrophic given where they fit into this roster. Kind of how the Steelers approached their first game. Then against the Bears, I would give Allen a series or two, and maybe a qtr vs the packers. Then he gets a road and home experience before the season, he gets a warm up before the season and plus the last preseason game is still like 2 weeks before week 1. As far as the rest of the starters I think it depends on how well they are practicing and how much work they need but I’m in favor of as little as possible. I would like to see a ton of Fromm/Webb at QB and a lot of the rookies throughout Edited August 8, 2021 by YoloinOhio 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 No more than a series in each game. Maybe a quarter in the 2nd game 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I probably wouldn't play Allen and Diggs at all the entire preseason. 4 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Virgil said: No more than a series in each game. Maybe a quarter in the 2nd game Out of curiosity why would you do a quarter in the 2nd game instead of the third? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: I’d prefer no entrenched starters -maybe those fighting for spots would be ok - at all against Detroit on Fri night if possible. I would play all the rookies because they need as many “game” reps as possible. And if any rookies were to get injured, it’s not catastrophic given where they fit into this roster. Kind of how the Steelers approached their first game. Then against the Bears, I would give Allen a series or two, and maybe a qtr vs the packers. Then he gets a road and home experience before the season, he gets a warm up before the season and plus the last preseason game is still like 2 weeks before week 1. As far as the rest of the starters I think it depends on how well they are practicing and how much work they need but I’m in favor of as little as possible. I would like to see a ton of Fromm/Webb at QB and a lot of the rookies throughout I’d like to see a lot of Trubisky. A good looking Mitch can only boost his trade value for a team in need of a QB. I’m not looking to trade Mitch early, but later on he could get the Bills a pick in future drafts 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVilanch Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I don't want to see more than a couple series from Allen, diggs, or Tre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushypeaches Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Almost none - the way we're humming along in camp, injuries are our biggest potential enemy - not readiness 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Allen absolutely as little as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 None. I’ve invited Josh and Steph over to watch the games with me. We’ll be analyzing every play to death, just like always, while swillin’ Labbatts ‘n scarfin’ wings & pizza. Prolly toss the ball around a little too - just to be sure they’re ready for the Steelers.. 4 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 For the series that Allen and the starters are in for I would key on the running game, some swing passes and maybe a few quick TE passes. Keep the long developing plays to the WRs to an absolute minimum if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I want Allen and the first team offense to play the entire preseason and destroy the opposing team's third stringers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 19 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said: I’d like to see a lot of Trubisky. A good looking Mitch can only boost his trade value for a team in need of a QB. I’m not looking to trade Mitch early, but later on he could get the Bills a pick in future drafts I’m interested in trading the other two but not Mitch. I actually prefer Mitch not play all that much. An injury to him would be no bueno 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 25 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Out of curiosity why would you do a quarter in the 2nd game instead of the third? Legacy thinking. When we had 4 games, they played a half in the second to last preseason game. I don’t want them to play that much, but it would now be game 3. 4 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: I’m interested in trading the other two but not Mitch. I actually prefer Mitch not play all that much. An injury to him would be no bueno I’d not looking to trade Mitch, but it the Colts or Cowboys came knocking, I would listen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: I want Allen and the first team offense to play the entire preseason and destroy the opposing team's third stringers. Same, I also want them to play none at all so they don't get hurt but damn I wants some more of that high flying 2020 Bills football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Almost none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I would avoid the key guys all preseason. Maybe, maybe one quarter for the starters in game 3, the rest is purely the backups. Allen probably shouldn’t see the field at all since we got Mitch, Fromm and Webb right? Their timing sounds like it’s all good already I don’t see the advantage risking Allen or Diggs in meaningless games 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Joshin' Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 40 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said: I’d like to see a lot of Trubisky. A good looking Mitch can only boost his trade value for a team in need of a QB. I’m not looking to trade Mitch early, but later on he could get the Bills a pick in future drafts I don't think the preseason work is going to overcome 4 years of tape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 58 minutes ago, Bangarang said: I probably wouldn't play Allen and Diggs at all the entire preseason. That certainly makes sense ..why risk it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Virgil said: Legacy thinking. When we had 4 games, they played a half in the second to last preseason game. I don’t want them to play that much, but it would now be game 3. I’d not looking to trade Mitch, but it the Colts or Cowboys came knocking, I would listen Game 3, even though it’s the last one, is still a full 15 days before week 1 so seems like the right timing …. Game 4 used to be like 10 days prior or something. I would just skip game 1 for most starters, a couple series game 2, a quarter game 3 and then it’s go time Edited August 8, 2021 by YoloinOhio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 20 minutes ago, Just Joshin' said: I don't think the preseason work is going to overcome 4 years of tape. I dunno - those 4 years show A LOT more than u might think - meaning his record as a starter wasn't bad, the man doesn't suck. Bills have a decent chip in thier pile they can use if needed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kwai San said: I dunno - those 4 years show A LOT more than u might think - meaning his record as a starter wasn't bad, the man doesn't suck. Bills have a decent chip in thier pile they can use if needed. I don’t think that’s the issue as much as if a team would want to trade for him, it won’t be because of anything he did in the preseason against vanilla defenses and backups. It will be because of the film/ track record they already have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: I don’t think that’s the issue as much as if a team would want to trade for him, it won’t be because of anything he did in the preseason against vanilla defenses and backups. It will be because of the film/ track record they already have. Yolo - agree 100%. An aside - I am blown away at the sheer number of posts. So if I were to post 50 times a day it would take me 4.5 years to catch up, that ONLY if you didn't post during that time!!! Well done sir - well done!!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 None, I’m not sure how a couple series a game helps prepare for the upcoming season. The only thing it is does is allow the risk of injury to key players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 The Bills first game is this week and it's on Friday the 13th. So, I don't want to see any starters for this game. 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveorhatembillsfan4life Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Given the continuity of this offense year after year let Josh handoff one ball and pull! I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the other teams trying to push a bit harder against him. But in all seriousness I agree with you, a series or two at most. More so game 2, I wouldn’t let him see Game three or much of game 1 if any. I’m wondering if there will be any sneaky auditions like they did in Detroit. I remember going to the game and up to that point all we did was throw and throw. That game all we did was run and run. I’m like well this is interesting and not what we have been doing. . Next week Shady was cut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Just Joshin' said: I don't think the preseason work is going to overcome 4 years of tape. It took Rich Gannon, Matt Hasselback and Jake Delhomme some time before they became decent QBs in the league. Mitch may be that type of student Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I don’t think that’s the issue as much as if a team would want to trade for him, it won’t be because of anything he did in the preseason against vanilla defenses and backups. It will be because of the film/ track record they already have. Like Kwai said, Mitch wasn’t horrible. His problem was in opportune turnovers and decision making. Better weapons would have helped him too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 All 12 quarters.... why do the B/U's need reps? they aren't playing any of the 17 that count No really I think the 1st half of Game 1 against the ankle biters is a good start, Then the 1st Quarter of game 2 against Dah Bears Then 2 series at home against the Pack just so the home faithful get a little more for their money than 2nd and 3rd stringers. JMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) How much do we play them? However much Sean thinks is right, he knows what he’s up to, I trust his judgment. Especially being that Sean is a far better decision maker concerning this question than anyone on this forum, and that’s putting it kindly…, the sent of fear is present in many responses here, Go Bills!!! Edited August 9, 2021 by Don Otreply 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I’d actually put Josh up in the coaches booth with Daboll for most/all of the preseason. He needs fewer physical reps and as much strategy and defensive reads as he can get from the Master before he gets his HC gig. As the offense comes to the line Daboll could quiz Josh on what he sees and what audible he would check to throughout the games. I’ve never seen a team do this but with 4 QBs on the roster, Buffalo could afford one upstairs learning instead of on the sidelines. My 2 cents. EdW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StHustle Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 8 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said: I’d like to see a lot of Trubisky. A good looking Mitch can only boost his trade value for a team in need of a QB. I’m not looking to trade Mitch early, but later on he could get the Bills a pick in future drafts No way we trade away our insurance policy for what at best would be a 3rd rounder. Doesn't make sense. Allen is a tough SOB but we all know his playing style is higher risk than the average QB so having Mitch around is us having our 2018 Foles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Honestly I would prefer the key starters not play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Only 3 preseason games this year. My guess for Friday night at Detroit is Josh and the rest of the starters play a series or two at most. We don't want injuries but at the same time they need to get some work in building up towards the Steelers on opening day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 A return to Club Marv, as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I wouldn't let Josh drive to the airport, I have seen you guys drive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheektowaga Chad Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 qbs on the roster should tell you how much allen will play at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 57 minutes ago, Greg S said: Only 3 preseason games this year. My guess for Friday night at Detroit is Josh and the rest of the starters play a series or two at most. We don't want injuries but at the same time they need to get some work in building up towards the Steelers on opening day. I actually would be surprised if Josh plays at all in a live game where he could be hit until Dion Dawkins is back and has a few practices under his belt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasBB Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Would it be going too far to ask that all known starters be placed in bubble wrap until the Steelers game? 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 THIS preseason, more than any other in a long time around here, is for the bubble players. Let's see the draft picks. This should be all Webb and Fromm.. Gentry and Hollister.. Zimmer and Basham... Lamp and Long... Wildgoose and Hamlin..... type of game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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