Breakout Squad Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: I can't wait for the game. I will however be watching with stoic eyes. IMO it's the whole season Sunday. Bucs game isn’t a must win. Winning our last 4 games will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2021/12/bills-dt-star-lotulelei-ruled-out-vs-buccaneers-tom-brady.html Quote Lotulelei played against the New England Patriots on Monday night after returning to the lineup following a bout with Covid 19 that cost him the three previous games. He suffered a toe injury in the game and then was limited in practice Wednesday before not practicing at all on Thursday. McDermott said on Zoom later Friday before Buffalo’s final practice of the week that it’s just been one of those frustrating seasons for Lotulelei. “I know he’s frustrated and sometimes you have those seasons where things come up more than other seasons. Not only as an individual but as a team,” McDermott said. “I think some of that’s what he’s dealing with. We just want him to get as healthy as he can as soon as he can.” McDermott said the Bills will miss Lotulelei on Sunday. “There’s a sense of veteran leadership when he’s around our team,” McDermott said. “There’s also the beef and the ability to clog things up inside and then push the pocket in the pass game.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 sal capaccio updates on bucs players Quote For the Buccaneers, they’ve ruled out starting safety Jordan Whitehead (calf) and have listed wide receiver Jaelon Darden (concussion), cornerback Jamel Dean (concussion), defensive lineman Will Gholston (wrist/knee), and center Ryan Jensen (ankle) all as questionable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChronicAndKnuckles Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Evian said: Agreed, but will you be shocked if they lose to the Panthers a week later? I won't be. Actually, yes. I don't think McD loses against his former team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billschinatown Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said: I can't wait for the game. I will however be watching with stoic eyes. IMO it's the whole season Sunday. Hope is a killer, I’m refuse to have any hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChronicAndKnuckles Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Evian said: I am confident the Bills will win this weekend. I honestly think the Panthers are going to test the focus of this team. Same here. I just have that gut feeling Buffalo is gonna beat the brakes off Tampa for some reason. It's the most important game of the season at the moment and they need to deliver to keep their playoff hopes alive. Finally the offense can play to their strengths w/ some decent weather. 46 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I'll never forget that catch he made in overtime against the Steelers. One of the greatest of all time. Guy was a beast during the Manning days too. Edited December 11, 2021 by ChronicAndKnuckles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, RichRiderBills said: I think we need to run more screens. You mean those highly useful plays that for various reasons we don't seem able to pull off? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichRiderBills Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) I'm not up for predictions this week. I'm upset but still convinced this team is good, albeit flawed. Would be great to win. Bucs are beatable. But not crossing my fingers till we turn this around. Just going to tune in Sunday and root on my boys. Edited December 11, 2021 by RichRiderBills 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 4 hours ago, 78thealltimegreat said: In the Bucs 3 (what should have been 4 losses if the correct call is made in the Dallas game) Brady has thrown all multiple interception games. So when Brady’s been good this year he’s been really good but when he’s bad he’s pretty bad. We can win this game and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Bills won comfortably I remember he threw 4 interceptions against us once upon a time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 4 hours ago, dneveu said: Cant blitz - they have some contested catch guys and deep threats. Just gotta play physical at the catch point and break up some plays. I expect them to attack the middle of the field since its the easiest part to attack. They'll probably run it to start the game, but its really not what they do particularly well. I'm not so sure about this. One thing I do know is to not put much pressure on Tommy and try to cover everyone is sure fire recipe for a loss. I'd prefer to see jamming his guys at the line to throw off his timing along with some disguised corner or line backers or safety blitzes. If you can put pressure on him (easier said than done Admittedly) he melts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: You mean those highly useful plays that for various reasons we don't seem able to pull off? I really really really wish Coach Dabol would break out those old Chan Gailey/Fred Jackson screens and copy a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, reddogblitz said: I'm not so sure about this. One thing I do know is to not put much pressure on Tommy and try to cover everyone is sure fire recipe for a loss. I'd prefer to see jamming his guys at the line to throw off his timing along with some disguised corner or line backers or safety blitzes. If you can put pressure on him (easier said than done Admittedly) he melts. The best way to rattle Tom is jamming his receivers so the timing is off and pressuring him up the middle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyo321 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: So it only counts of the record was winning when we played them? What about teams that had a winning record when a team played them then have lost a number of games and now have a tied or a losing record? So like if Pittsburgh loses another game, then they'd be a team that we lost to with a losing record? Or no? This all seems very complex and complicated. Why doesn't a team's overall record count? Visited 4 hrs ago It's no different when you bet on a team in Vegas. You bet on that teams reputation and their record before the game is played. Not their record that is predicted X amount of games later, or in the future The fact is this team has not beaten a team that had a winning record at the time the actual game was played. Is this to much to comprehend instead of making excuses that the Swami was not available before the game was played to foresee that the opponent was going to have a winning record, in the next X amount games from the day they played the actual game. I guess we will all have to listen to analytics now on how to determine if a team is a winning team or a losing team, but wait that does not really count because they have yet to play their next 10 games yet, so their current record actually does not apply. Please..... And I have posted numerous times before and after the loss to NE, when they spanked this teams ass on national tv at home. Why because my best friend is a NE fan.... I hate dealing with his texts when our team plays like complete crap on Monday night. Even the National media has completely trashed this team since the loss to NE. If you don't see that were are not a good team right now then I don't know what to tell you. This teams coaches all drank from the same Kool-aide when the season began that we were going to the superbowl even before we played our very first game. Also we have zero chance against TB this week. The only way we win is if Brady gets placed on the Covid 19 list before the game starts. Come back to this thread after this weekends game. Its going to 45 - 17 TB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 25 minutes ago, Toyo321 said: It's no different when you bet on a team in Vegas. You bet on that teams reputation and their record before the game is played. Not their record that is predicted X amount of games later, or in the future The fact is this team has not beaten a team that had a winning record at the time the actual game was played. Is this to much to comprehend instead of making excuses that the Swami was not available before the game was played to foresee that the opponent was going to have a winning record, in the next X amount games from the day they played the actual game. I guess we will all have to listen to analytics now on how to determine if a team is a winning team or a losing team, but wait that does not really count because they have yet to play their next 10 games yet, so their current record actually does not apply. Please..... And I have posted numerous times before and after the loss to NE, when they spanked this teams ass on national tv at home. Why because my best friend is a NE fan.... I hate dealing with his texts when our team plays like complete crap on Monday night. Even the National media has completely trashed this team since the loss to NE. If you don't see that were are not a good team right now then I don't know what to tell you. This teams coaches all drank from the same Kool-aide when the season began that we were going to the superbowl even before we played our very first game. Also we have zero chance against TB this week. The only way we win is if Brady gets placed on the Covid 19 list before the game starts. Come back to this thread after this weekends game. Its going to 45 - 17 TB. Wow. So many Men of Straw. Try responding to points someone has actually made. I'm not interested in betting odds, which IMO are all about how people want to spend their money. We start the season with projections based on last year and off season moves. Then as the season progresses, we get more data from how a team plays week to week. When we're sitting here at Week 14, why does it not make sense to look at a team's total record? It's not "The Swami Was Not Available", its data about what actually has occurred. The only time it would make sense to disregard some data, IMO, would be if a key player was injured and unavailable for the game. I'm not gonna respond to all the stuff you put in there about analytics and "if you don't see...I don't know what to tell you" about points I'm not making or arguing. My only point is, at Week 14 in the season, it makes sense to me to look at what a team's record is now when evaluating if the teams we played were good teams or bad teams, not to make up stuff about "well, they were only 2 and 2 when we played them so they weren't a winning team but after we defeated them they won the next game and went 5-1 with the same guys, but that doesn't mean they were a good team when we played them". Their record both before and after they played us is data. How do you justify disregarding data? The only exception would be, if we played a team without a key player (as with, for example, Green Bay without Aaron Rodgers) but that player returned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Wow. So many Men of Straw. Try responding to points someone has actually made. I'm not interested in betting odds, which IMO are all about how people want to spend their money. We start the season with projections based on last year and off season moves. Then as the season progresses, we get more data from how a team plays week to week. When we're sitting here at Week 14, why does it not make sense to look at a team's total record? It's not "The Swami Was Not Available", its data about what actually has occurred. The only time it would make sense to disregard some data, IMO, would be if a key player was injured and unavailable for the game. I'm not gonna respond to all the stuff you put in there about analytics and "if you don't see...I don't know what to tell you" about points I'm not making or arguing. My only point is, at Week 14 in the season, it makes sense to me to look at what a team's record is now when evaluating if the teams we played were good teams or bad teams, not to make up stuff about "well, they were only 2 and 2 when we played them so they weren't a winning team but after we defeated them they won the next game and went 5-1 with the same guys, but that doesn't mean they were a good team when we played them". Their record both before and after they played us is data. How do you justify disregarding data? The only exception would be, if we played a team without a key player (as with, for example, Green Bay without Aaron Rodgers) but that player returned. I’m kinda with you on this one…like Miami is hovering around .500 because we beat them twice…also kc is playing about the same (good) their schedule just kind of evened out…one of these days we’re gonna make the one play we need against a good team hopefully it’s this weekend 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyobills89 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Landed in Tampa last night around 5 p.m. Lots of Bills gear at the airport! Went to eat at a steakhouse and a group down the way started the ahh oh ahh oh let's go buffalo! Weather is beautiful down here. Going to be a good game. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frez Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Doomed 37-20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 'r Mortis Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I was talking to a buddy last night who is an NFL guru. According to him, the Bill's oline is not that bad, the Bills need to settle on just one RB, the defense is legit. He says Bills win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rick 'r Mortis said: I was talking to a buddy last night who is an NFL guru. According to him, the Bill's oline is not that bad, the Bills need to settle on just one RB, the defense is legit. He says Bills win. interesting. I wonder if your buddy knows about the OL woes though. *shrugs* I do like the optimism 🙂 Edited December 11, 2021 by Muppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Rick 'r Mortis said: I was talking to a buddy last night who is an NFL guru. According to him, the Bill's oline is not that bad, the Bills need to settle on just one RB, the defense is legit. He says Bills win. I have been thinking that more and more lately. Not about the Bills winning, they are going to get destroyed tomorrow but I don’t think the running game issue is the Oline. I actually think it’s mostly Daboll not scheming up the run plays with any effort or success. Zack Moss being way to slow and this asinine need to constantly change out the RB with a pointless rotation. I think if you had a guy that cared enough to call proper run plays with design to actually succeed, Singletary and maybe even Antonio Williams could get off. But you’d have to actually allow one to play 85% of the snaps. Get into the flow. Unfortunately none of that will happen and we will keep doing the same ***** and blaming the Oline. It’s funny I bet anything with the same exact Oline and a new OC that runs legitimate NFL run scheme concepts and NOT Moss…this team would be a better then average Running team day 1. I’m starting to really hate Daboll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stonada Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I just pray the Bills don't start thinking programmatically under some diktat from McD, like they HAVE to run at least X percentage of the time. The Bills, like all offenses, need to run plays that the defense is not expecting: to show run, but pass. Or show pass, but run. That's why we are more successful operating under center, because it threatens both options. Way too many plays this year have been obvious passes. It's arrogant and unnecessary. However, our backs have poor field vision, so running plays need clear lanes. When I rewatch Bills games this season, I see Singletary and Moss getting good gains when the hole is immediately in front of them. The minute the hole requires bouncing it to the outside, or a cut back, they never make the play and are tackled at the line. When running with the backs, I wish we would run more counters and other plays designed to open a hole. Our linemen are not road graders but they are mobile and can run counters and pulling pays well. We scored a nice TD running Josh on a counter on our first drive against KC. A few nice gains on those and they can go play action and should have easy pickings for Josh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat68 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Good weather, spread em out and fire the pigskin around the yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I always get so amped up when it gets close to game day. I'm excited to watch this game, but unfortunately I see this as a loss. Man it'd make my whole week if we win this game 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Who Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Rick 'r Mortis said: I was talking to a buddy last night who is an NFL guru. According to him, the Bill's oline is not that bad, the Bills need to settle on just one RB, the defense is legit. He says Bills win. Yikes, I don't really like any of our rbs (if we have to settle, I think the answer is NOT Moss) and I can't believe the oline isn't bad, though I'm not a guru so I must not know what I'm looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: I have been thinking that more and more lately. Not about the Bills winning, they are going to get destroyed tomorrow but I don’t think the running game issue is the Oline. I actually think it’s mostly Daboll not scheming up the run plays with any effort or success. Zack Moss being way to slow and this asinine need to constantly change out the RB with a pointless rotation. I think if you had a guy that cared enough to call proper run plays with design to actually succeed, Singletary and maybe even Antonio Williams could get off. But you’d have to actually allow one to play 85% of the snaps. Get into the flow. Unfortunately none of that will happen and we will keep doing the same ***** and blaming the Oline. It’s funny I bet anything with the same exact Oline and a new OC that runs legitimate NFL run scheme concepts and NOT Moss…this team would be a better then average Running team day 1. I’m starting to really hate Daboll. I think there's something to the idea that when it comes to run plays, Daboll has a "low interest rate" and his blocking schemes and plays tend to be overly complex. You might notice that a number of teams with a strong run game but no "dominant" or star back share carries. For example, the Pats**** split carries between Damien Harris (164) and Rhamondre Stevenson (100). The Ravens don't have their top guys, but they split carries between Devonte Freeman (89) and Latavius Murray (79). Last season they split between Gus Edwards (144) and Dobbins (134). I don't see how anyone can watch play breakdowns and not place some blame on the Oline. Go to Youtube and watch the Cover1 stuff, or Erik Turner's twitter. It's possible that with the same OL, we would run better under a different OC, but I don't think it has to do with "legitimate run scheme concepts". I think it has to do with primacy given to the pass game in practice (so that we're not as proficient in run blocking) and with "tells" in formation and tendency that give the defense a big heads-up that we're running. I think it's equally possible that if you sent Moss to NE or Tennessee or the Colts, we would discover to our surprise that he's a solid back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Ray Stonada said: I just pray the Bills don't start thinking programmatically under some diktat from McD, like they HAVE to run at least X percentage of the time. I don't think that's 1) McDermott's style 2) McDermott's point about the run game. I think his point is just that we have to run enough, and well enough, that defenses respect the possibility of the run and defend it, lest they be gashed. Starting with Pittsburgh, teams have said "you're a spread offense, you're not gonna run, and when you do run we can see it coming, so we're not gonna pretend to defend the run when we don't need to" And this: 1 hour ago, Ray Stonada said: The Bills, like all offenses, need to run plays that the defense is not expecting: to show run, but pass. Or show pass, but run. That's why we are more successful operating under center, because it threatens both options. Way too many plays this year have been obvious passes. It's arrogant and unnecessary. I think McDermott, as a former DC, would 100% agree with you, and I think that's his point. 1 hour ago, Ray Stonada said: However, our backs have poor field vision, so running plays need clear lanes. When I rewatch Bills games this season, I see Singletary and Moss getting good gains when the hole is immediately in front of them. The minute the hole requires bouncing it to the outside, or a cut back, they never make the play and are tackled at the line. So, there's two reasons for this. One is that the holes they get from our OL are small and transient. Our OL can't hold a block long enough for these plays to develop. Two is, with their relative lack of speed, if they have to make any moves, the hole is closed before they get there. A speedier back like Breida can get there; a stronger OL could hold their blocks long enough for Singletary to get there. (I will say, Moss seems very slow at cuts, but he may still be rehabbing his ankle) 1 hour ago, Ray Stonada said: When running with the backs, I wish we would run more counters and other plays designed to open a hole. Our linemen are not road graders but they are mobile and can run counters and pulling pays well. We scored a nice TD running Josh on a counter on our first drive against KC. A few nice gains on those and they can go play action and should have easy pickings for Josh. I'm not sure of the details why we moved from gap to zone runs. I'm sure there's a football reason having to do with how we want to operate in the passing game we want to employ, but the fact is the demise of our run game seems to me to correspond to moving away from the pin-and-pull blocking we did pretty well with essentially the same cast of OL characters in 2019. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Dig up the Saints film. What have they been doing? They've beaten them 3 out of the last 4 and I think turnovers were the only thing that cost them the one L in the playoffs last year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 11 hours ago, Toyo321 said: Even the National media has completely trashed this team since the loss to NE. If you don't see that were are not a good team right now then I don't know what to tell you. This teams coaches all drank from the same Kool-aide when the season began that we were going to the superbowl even before we played our very first game. The national media thinks NE is the best team in the league right now and we lost a tight game. In part because the wind conditions wouldn't allow us to make 40 yard FG's. This team can't be that bad if they barely loss to the team everyone is saying is the best in the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 11 hours ago, Toyo321 said: It's no different when you bet on a team in Vegas. You bet on that teams reputation and their record before the game is played. Not their record that is predicted X amount of games later, or in the future The fact is this team has not beaten a team that had a winning record at the time the actual game was played. Is this to much to comprehend instead of making excuses that the Swami was not available before the game was played to foresee that the opponent was going to have a winning record, in the next X amount games from the day they played the actual game. I guess we will all have to listen to analytics now on how to determine if a team is a winning team or a losing team, but wait that does not really count because they have yet to play their next 10 games yet, so their current record actually does not apply. Please..... And I have posted numerous times before and after the loss to NE, when they spanked this teams ass on national tv at home. Why because my best friend is a NE fan.... I hate dealing with his texts when our team plays like complete crap on Monday night. Even the National media has completely trashed this team since the loss to NE. If you don't see that were are not a good team right now then I don't know what to tell you. This teams coaches all drank from the same Kool-aide when the season began that we were going to the superbowl even before we played our very first game. Also we have zero chance against TB this week. The only way we win is if Brady gets placed on the Covid 19 list before the game starts. Come back to this thread after this weekends game. Its going to 45 - 17 TB. Who IS a good team right now? New England? The team that only beat us because we made more stupid mistakes than they did? If they are the best team in the afc and they barely beat us in a weather dominated game, how does that make us “not good”? It was a super close game……why do you use the word spanked? They had 11 more yards. They had 8 less first downs (80% less than we did). Their FG kicker was better (when in actuality, they are both pretty much equal) and they didn’t fumble while in scoring position (probably because they were only in the red zone 1 time). You’re overreacting. Big time. We are all disappointed in the the season we’ve had, but don’t make it more than it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Rick 'r Mortis said: I was talking to a buddy last night who is an NFL guru. According to him, the Bill's oline is not that bad, the Bills need to settle on just one RB, the defense is legit. He says Bills win. Sounds like he is qualified to host a show on ESPN with the other gurus who don’t know what they’re talking about. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 41 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: The national media thinks NE is the best team in the league right now and we lost a tight game. In part because the wind conditions wouldn't allow us to make 40 yard FG's. This team can't be that bad if they barely loss to the team everyone is saying is the best in the league. I don't think everyone is saying NE is the best team in the league...but I do think the Bills are better than them! The rematch in Foxboro, given reasonably normal weather, should be epic. If it's s snowstorm or blizzard or crazy wind, forget it. 14 hours ago, reddogblitz said: I'm not so sure about this. One thing I do know is to not put much pressure on Tommy and try to cover everyone is sure fire recipe for a loss. I'd prefer to see jamming his guys at the line to throw off his timing along with some disguised corner or line backers or safety blitzes. If you can put pressure on him (easier said than done Admittedly) he melts. You just have to concede Tampa's 30+ points and count on scoring more if you want to win this game. If we aren't scoring in the 30s or higher, we lose. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Just now, Nextmanup said: I don't think everyone is saying NE is the best team in the league...but I do think the Bills are better than them! The rematch in Foxboro, given reasonably normal weather, should be epic. If it's s snowstorm or blizzard or crazy wind, forget it. At least twice last week prior to the Monday night game I said my expectations for the season series with the Pats was each team getting a road victory. So I am certainly not concerned. It is playing out so far as I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichRiderBills Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 9 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said: I’m kinda with you on this one…like Miami is hovering around .500 because we beat them twice…also kc is playing about the same (good) their schedule just kind of evened out…one of these days we’re gonna make the one play we need against a good team hopefully it’s this weekend Yes I agree too. We have lost close games to good teams. Beat good teams as well. This notion we should "revaluate expectations" is silly. We need to keep trying. This is still a good football team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: You just have to concede Tampa's 30+ points and count on scoring more if you want to win this game. If we aren't scoring in the 30s or higher, we lose. I'd love to see a bend but don't break defense show up on Sunday. Hold them to under 25. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: I'd love to see a bend but don't break defense show up on Sunday. Hold them to under 25. We just need to force turnovers. That has been the key to our defenses success this year. We need a the turnovers on Sunday. Brady had thrown a pick in 5 straight games. Time to make it 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Joe B. thinks too much is being made of McDermott's comments about "being a physical offense and controlling the line of scrimmage" = "he wants us to 'ground and pound' ": https://theathletic.com/3009858/2021/12/10/what-you-should-really-make-of-the-bills-offensive-identity-comments-this-week-5-thoughts-and-a-prediction/?source=emp_shared_article&redirected=1 Quote One area that received a ton of focus was the overall identity of the Bills offense. It’s fair to wonder what’s next. Some comments from coach Sean McDermott after the game and a failure to directly answer if he felt offensive coordinator Brian Daboll was doing a good enough job added fuel to the fire. A day after the game, McDermott said he felt he and Daboll are aligned in their beliefs. Daboll then said, “We want to be a physical offense and control the line of scrimmage.” It’s hard to read those comments and not come away with the conclusion that the Bills want to run the ball more, which led to a lot of frustration this week. Quote However, I don’t think the principles that Daboll expressed necessarily go hand in hand with running the ball. The threat to run has always been a priority. If anything, the comments about physicality and establishing the line of scrimmage likely center on the offensive line needing to be much more effective and impactful than it has been. It’s been a rough go for the offensive line this season. Every time it has put out one fire, another two or three pop up. Despite those struggles, the majority of the starting five are better in pass-blocking situations than they are in the run game. Quote The coaching staff hasn’t lost its head overnight after one loss, or a string of inconsistent losses. This is a smart group, fully aware of the offense’s strength. After all, McDermott acknowledged after the loss to the Patriots that it would be pretty difficult to fix the running game this late in the season. Josh Allen said they need to get back to what they’re best at, and it doesn’t take much to figure out what that is. The Bills know that to accomplish their goals, the offense needs to go through Allen and the passing game while keeping defenses off balance with unpredictable play calling. And I think we’ll see a return to those principles this week, regardless of the noise. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Been MIA, had a death in the family. Not even sure what’s happened this week. Other than it’s Brady tomorrow. Go Bills. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Been MIA, had a death in the family. Not even sure what’s happened this week. Other than it’s Brady tomorrow. Go Bills. Sorry for your loss,Yolo. Wishing the best for you and your family. That said, welcome back. Go Bills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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