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The short yardage conundrum


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19 minutes ago, Billy Claude said:

 

Looking at the Jaguar game, the Bills had a 1st and goal from the 3 that eventually became a field goal, a third and 3 that ended up as an interception and a third and 2 which led to -1 yard run and fumble by Allen.   So not quite 1 yard to go but still pretty short yardage.

 

Against the Steelers, they had a failed 3rd and 1 flea-flicker, a 3rd and 3 incompletion, a 3rd and 3 run for two yards which led to a failed 4th and 1.

 

There were times last year that I felt more confident they would convert on a 3rd and 7 than a 3rd and 2 (even though I am sure the statistics will probably say that is not true.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good points.  That 4th and 1 play was that funky pitch play that Cam Sutton blew up.  

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6 minutes ago, Thrivefourfive said:

The Chiefs do that Kelce thing. The Bills could do a Knox thing. You have show different looks to get the defense to play honest. Bills don’t do that AT ALL.

 

We need more than a trick.


We need to be able to blow their d-line off the ball when it matters most.

 

Why can’t we ever QB sneak??

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Conversely, the defense can't stop anyone on 3rd & long...

 

The 2 spots that are supposed to be the easiest to convert, the Bills struggle with. On offense, can't gain 1 yard when we need to. On defense, 3rd & 20 is an automatic layup for opposing offenses for some bizarre reason.

 

Truly a weird dynamic this team has...😅

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2 minutes ago, BigDingus said:

Conversely, the defense can't stop anyone on 3rd & long...

 

The 2 spots that are supposed to be the easiest to convert, the Bills struggle with. On offense, can't gain 1 yard when we need to. On defense, 3rd & 20 is an automatic layup for opposing offenses for some bizarre reason.

 

Truly a weird dynamic this team has...😅

 

Yes.

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32 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

We need more than a trick.


We need to be able to blow their d-line off the ball when it matters most.

 

Why can’t we ever QB sneak??

 

They seem to be scared of calling QB sneaks since last year's Titans game.  Weird, since I think Allen was something like 29 out of 30 before that.

 

I personally was hoping for three QB sneaks in a row, if necessary, at the end of the game.

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Billy Claude said:

 

They seem to be scared of calling QB sneaks since last year's Titans game.  Weird, since I think Allen was something like 29 out of 30 before that.

 

I personally was hoping for three QB sneaks in a row, if necessary, at the end of the game.

 

Yes, i’ve noticed that too and wrote a bit about it in my McDermott thread.

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Our short yardage issues continue.

 

Wonder if the people early on in this thread, who mocked me for being concerned about this when we were scoring a lot, still feel that way.

 

 

On 9/20/2022 at 2:18 PM, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

72 to 17 

and you are worried??

 

 

😳 😬 

 

Yes. And you should be too.

 

Because even during blowouts, you can see problems forming. And those problems follow you from week to week. Just like this short yardage issue has.

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If we don't run the ball when we are not in 3rd and 1 why would we all of a sudden be great at running when we get in short yardage.  We are just a throw all the time team and that makes us predictable on all downs and out of rhythm in short yardage when we actually want to be able to get a yard.

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