PatsFanNH Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Ok if you were the HC Right now what would YOU do to fix the issues you see with the team? Now As an outsider the one thing I’d change is running more and not being such a one deme soon also offense. Yes you have great WR and a great QB, but when your QB runs for almost as many yards as your RB and is not named Lamar Jackson IMO that’s wrong. You need keep teams honest so things like PA work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evian Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Teams have no respect for the Bills running game. Why should they? The Bills constantly abandon it. I think the Bills are just not hungry. It is almost like they blew out a bunch of bad teams early and expect everyone to roll over for them. Can you fix a mentally weak team? I guess we will find out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 If I had to choose just one thing it’d be: Make better in-game adjustments (both strategy and attitude)….so that means coaching. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 add 2 stud G, and a stud RB. Seems like a nobrainer to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Convince Allen that he needs to take what is given to him when facing good defensive fronts and to not lose patience and force deeper throws. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemsonBills Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 If the players getting together to have a "talk" didn't fix their mentality, nothing will. These are grown men, motivation comes from within. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Pete said: add 2 stud G, and a stud RB. Seems like a nobrainer to me That’s not happening at this point. The question is, what would you do now to adjust? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 as far as in game adjustments= how about some McDermott? Taylor killed us in first half, how did you adjust? Taylor kicked our ass even more second half. McDermott sucks at challenges, his team takes stupid penalties and is undisclipined, , and is soft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Brown Eye Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Why do you have to shout "fix"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Feed Beasely more. He catches everything and gets 5-6 yards every time. He's like 7-11 always open. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanNH Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Your Brown Eye said: Why do you have to shout "fix"? For the people who only see my sign in name and won’t answer the question unless it’s loud.. lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyhero68 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 More Breida, less Moss. Play the rookies more, Basham and Groot and bench Hughes. More Brown and Doyle less Ford. And after the season is over fire Bobby Johnson, sign two guards, draft 1 tech Defensive lineman and a stub four down back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Fixing the running game ain’t a quick fix. Too late for a radical overhaul. Gotta go to a short passing game to move the chains better. Go max protect with 2 Tight ends and either Singletary or Breida. Dink and dunk teams to death. And Allen needs to take the 5-6 yard runs teams are giving him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) Take action to eliminate and minimize penalties. Pre-snaps, personal fouls, unsportsmanlike. All the dumb stuff. I get the calls for being aggressive or trying to make a play or a block. But so far. Steelers - Bills commit 8 for 81 Dolphins - Bills commit 6 for 53 WFT - Bills commit 5 for 30 Texans - Bills commit 3 for 30 Chiefs - Bills commit 10 for 103 and still win as the Chiefs made more mistakes than the Bills Titans - Bills commit 8 for 60 Dolphins - Bills commit 9 for 80 Jaguars - Bills commit 12 for 118 Jets - Bills commit 7 for 50 Colts - Bills commit 7 for 56 Not to include what was called and declined. How many of those were drive killers or led to turnovers? How many gave the other team's offense a break to continue a scoring drive? Tell me the Bills lose that Jaguars game without all those penalties. Edited November 22, 2021 by All_Pro_Bills 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeaneBandit Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The trade deadline is over so it's too late just like I said then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyhero68 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Just now, All_Pro_Bills said: Take action to eliminate and minimize penalties. Pre-snaps, personal fouls, unsportsmanlike. All the dumb stuff. I get the calls for being aggressive or trying to make a play or a block. But so far. Steelers - Bills commit 8 for 81 Dolphins - Bills commit 6 for 53 WFT - Bills commit 5 for 30 Texans - Bills commit 3 for 30 Chiefs - Bills commit 10 for 103 and still win as the Chiefs made more mistakes than the Bills Titans - Bills commit 8 for 60 Dolphins - Bills commit 9 for 80 Jaguars - Bills commit 12 for 118 Jets - Bills commit 7 for 50 Colts - Bills commit 7 for 56 Not to include what was called and declined. How many of those were drive killers or led to turnovers? How many gave the other team's offense a break to continue a scoring drive? Tell me the Bills lose that Jaguars game without all those penalties. If you notice how many penalties come on 3rd down after the Bills stopped the 3rd down conversion. How convenient for the opposition. Bills vs opponent + zebras. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) Under center, use more bunch formations and motion early in the game to counter the slot run blitzes and attempt to run the ball more. Use Brieda and bench Moss until proven otherwise. Focus more on boots and short passes. Feed Diggs, Knox and Beasley. Get our line healthy with Brown back in, and don't get tricked into thinking we can just attempt chunk passing our way down the field. It may work against some teams, but not the good ones. Unfortunately, we cannot solve our lack of physical presence in season. We can change the mentality some though and that is what the above does. Edited November 22, 2021 by D. L. Hot-Flamethrower 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorquemada Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, ClemsonBills said: If the players getting together to have a "talk" didn't fix their mentality, nothing will. These are grown men, motivation comes from within. I think this is right. I've managed people for decades now, and one fundamental truth is that a tiger can't change it's stripes. If someone is unmotivated, i've learned now that you can either accept an undermotivated employee, or you can get rid of them. You can put people on a PIP but all that does is teach them the bare minimum threshold they have to achieve to keep their jobs. Too many of the Bills appear to be ok with losing. I don't envision that changing - McD had his chance, should probably have cut someone after the Jax game, might have brought some focus on the rest of the dead enders, but at this point it's pretty clear they're playing out the string. Anyway, i'm sure if McD just claps a little harder, and dogballs comes up with a little more gimmicky scheme, maybe they can squeeze out a couple more wins. Not holding my breath though. If McD doesn't send a message to the locker room, then this team & season are lost. I'm not sure what that looks like, maybe bench some starters, i'd probably sit anyone without a vax because they're not dependable anyways. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said: Take action to eliminate and minimize penalties. Pre-snaps, personal fouls, unsportsmanlike. All the dumb stuff. I get the calls for being aggressive or trying to make a play or a block. But so far. Steelers - Bills commit 8 for 81 Dolphins - Bills commit 6 for 53 WFT - Bills commit 5 for 30 Texans - Bills commit 3 for 30 Chiefs - Bills commit 10 for 103 and still win as the Chiefs made more mistakes than the Bills Titans - Bills commit 8 for 60 Dolphins - Bills commit 9 for 80 Jaguars - Bills commit 12 for 118 Jets - Bills commit 7 for 50 Colts - Bills commit 7 for 56 Not to include what was called and declined. How many of those were drive killers or led to turnovers? How many gave the other team's offense a break to continue a scoring drive? Tell me the Bills lose that Jaguars game without all those penalties. 17 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: Convince Allen that he needs to take what is given to him when facing good defensive fronts and to not lose patience and force deeper throws. Agree with these sentiments. Getting our OL healthy, pass targets catching the ball and Daboll calling better games can also help. I think our starting OL might be “good enough” to get us by if Josh makes better decisions with the football and we aren’t committing penalty after penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 34 minutes ago, PatsFanNH said: Ok if you were the HC Right now what would YOU do to fix the issues you see with the team? Now As an outsider the one thing I’d change is running more and not being such a one deme soon also offense. Yes you have great WR and a great QB, but when your QB runs for almost as many yards as your RB and is not named Lamar Jackson IMO that’s wrong. You need keep teams honest so things like PA work. They came out running - then got off schedule, threw a pick. Scored the next drive to make it 14-7. Then it was 24-7 before they touched the ball again. Mckenzies mishap changed what they were really able to do in the 2nd half. That and their inability to figure out how to stop taylor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 You don’t become a professional football player and make a 53 man roster if you have motivation issues. Players not believing they’re being put in a situation to succeed mixed in with Covid/vax issues the more likely culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1. Find the meanest, heaviest free-agent RB, sign him, and have him terrorize the defense every single play of every practice until they figure out how to stop him. 2. Fix the penalties. 3. I'd put GR, BB and AE on seek and destroy. No elaborate assignments - I'd use the youth and turn them loose. 4. The Eagles have shown you can have a running game without a big OL or big RBs. I'd incorporate some of what they are doing into the game plan. 5. I'd get the best FA DT available that generally mirrors what Star does because you'll need him. Ed Oliver needs that Star/Star substitute presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. K Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The team needs a serious attitude adjustment. At this point they can't change the roster in any significant way. They have played undisciplined and erratic football. It's up to McDermott at this point to get them to take their problems seriously. And this is just me: I am beyond disgusted with those players who have refused to get vaccinated. In the context of trying to put together a winning squad it is a character flaw, a sign that they put themselves ahead of the team in a situation where there is NO COST to them to do the thing will give them the best chance to be available when the team needs them. It's evidence of a "me first" attitude that puts the lie to all their talk about playing as a team. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 You can't fix the Bills this season. It's too late. The OL will have to be overhauled in the spring. A better RB will also be necessary. Josh will have to be taught to be smarter. Not just more athletic. And finally a culture of "toughness" must be instilled into their heads. None of this will magically happen immediately. But I believe it will happen eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmur66 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Change in offensive philosophy. Look at the Colts. That is what I would want. As Coach said after the Jacksonville debacle " We have become too quarterback dependent". Need bigger horses on both side of the trenches. However, none of this is going to happen this year so I guess you run what you brung. Eliminate penalties and clean up mistakes I guess. I dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The Defense can not allow teams to have 6-8 minute, death by a thousand paper cuts, drives. That are too demoralizing and it has to affect the Offense. If we sense a team can methodically move the ball on us, I'm simply daring them to beat us over the top. Heavy boxes and heavy pressure packages. If they hit big plays, it is what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I'd demote Dorsey back to QB coach and have McD take over defensive play-calling. Then I'd identify every non-vaxxed player and make sure they're not a close contact of anyone for the rest of the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleSammy Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 42 minutes ago, ClemsonBills said: If the players getting together to have a "talk" didn't fix their mentality, nothing will. These are grown men, motivation comes from within. Watching Ed Oliver yesterday laughing and joking on the sideline with his team down 20+ points at the time made me sick. That told me his motivation was his big fat paycheck vs. a true desire to win. Our arch nemesis, Bill Belichick would have had his a%$ on the waiver wire first thing this morning if Oliver did that on his team. Hopefully behind the scenes McDermott is reading these guys the riot act. Unfortunately, the the roster is not too deep in some key areas and he can't use the threat of a benching as a true "motivator". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evian Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 26 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said: You don’t become a professional football player and make a 53 man roster if you have motivation issues. Players not believing they’re being put in a situation to succeed mixed in with Covid/vax issues the more likely culprit. Plenty of professional athletes have motivation issues. Especially once they get paid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorquemada Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Doc said: I'd demote Dorsey back to QB coach and have McD take over defensive play-calling. Then I'd identify every non-vaxxed player and make sure they're not a close contact of anyone for the rest of the season. I'd take it a step further and bench them. THey can come in if there's an injury to their replacement. non-vaxxed players arent reliably available, and until the rules change, they're as much a liability as an asset. 1 minute ago, Evian said: Plenty of professional athletes have motivation issues. Especially once they get paid. remember our last franchise QB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpen65 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Throw to Diggs! Last year Allen would just throw the ball to Diggs, whether he was open or not. And it worked. This year it seems like he's only throwing to Diggs if Diggs is open or if they play is specifically designed to go to Diggs. I don't understand the change. It's not like the old way was burning them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, dorquemada said: I'd take it a step further and bench them. THey can come in if there's an injury to their replacement. non-vaxxed players arent reliably available, and until the rules change, they're as much a liability as an asset. remember our last franchise QB? Benching our best OL and best DL certainly sounds like a winning formula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 24 minutes ago, dpberr said: 1. Find the meanest, heaviest free-agent RB, sign him, and have him terrorize the defense every single play of every practice until they figure out how to stop him. 2. Fix the penalties. 3. I'd put GR, BB and AE on seek and destroy. No elaborate assignments - I'd use the youth and turn them loose. 4. The Eagles have shown you can have a running game without a big OL or big RBs. I'd incorporate some of what they are doing into the game plan. 5. I'd get the best FA DT available that generally mirrors what Star does because you'll need him. Ed Oliver needs that Star/Star substitute presence. Interesting, I just read that the 17 snaps Basham and Rousseau were on the field together at end were by far the best for the Bills vs. the run at 3.5/YPA. Getting Star back with Oliver will help and paired with the rookies. The others remain liabilities against the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan714 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I would stop scouting Carolina DL castoffs. I may move my horizons to 30 other teams. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorquemada Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 minute ago, SCBills said: Benching our best OL and best DL certainly sounds like a winning formula. You want to rely on guys who are going to miss games at random? Maybe make it a factor in the draft and free agency. if the rules dont change, investing in non-vaxxed players is a risk, and frankly, not worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78thealltimegreat Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 a true big 330 lbs nose tackle is needed in the worst way lbs are ok secondary could use another cb for depth The interior guards on this team need an overhaul A true downhill RB Another pass catching TE And have Josh under center more often this spread look is making them to easy to defend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, dorquemada said: You want to rely on guys who are going to miss games at random? Maybe make it a factor in the draft and free agency. if the rules dont change, investing in non-vaxxed players is a risk, and frankly, not worth it Well, aside from injury, Star and Brown will be our most reliable players possible once they come off the Covid list given the league rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorquemada Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 minute ago, SCBills said: Well, aside from injury, Star and Brown will be our most reliable players possible once they come off the Covid list given the league rules. Unless someone 3 states over sneezes, then they're right back on the list. We can argue if it's fair or not but the COVID protocols are meant to punish non-compliance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Hiring Belichek and canning these clowns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, PatsFanNH said: Ok if you were the HC Right now what would YOU do to fix the issues you see with the team? Now As an outsider the one thing I’d change is running more and not being such a one deme soon also offense. Yes you have great WR and a great QB, but when your QB runs for almost as many yards as your RB and is not named Lamar Jackson IMO that’s wrong. You need keep teams honest so things like PA work. The first thing I'd do would be to ban Patriots fans from posting on Bills fan sites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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