ChicagoRic Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) The Allen/Diggs connection is back. Elbow looks good Dawson Knox has come on strong over the last several games. Singletary and Cook have established a non-Josh running game. The pass rush is generating pressure without Miller. Milano and Emunds are playing lights out. Hamlin is gonna be ok!!! And the secondary is too. Benford off IR and White with and INT. Special teams? Hines just struck fear into the hearts of the opposition moving forward. Bring on Miami! Edited January 9, 2023 by ChicagoRic 15 1 3 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaBill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I’d love to believe that but I don’t think so. Last year the bills crushed the pats in The final game. the bills this year are an enigma to me. They struggle on D with every team. The O looks pedestrian at times and then explodes. The games seem so close and yet the final score is 2 score wins. Hard to put my finger on it. The Bills last season had an overrated D but a super explosive O 8 1 12 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 The one thing that is bothering me is I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen whenever we get into the red zone. We absolutely cannot turn the ball over there. It’s going to be the difference between winning and losing in these playoff games. 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I just hope they're saving their best for the playoffs. Josh had a good game, but they still need to be better. I'll cut them alot of slack this week seeing everything that happened this week, but now it's go time. Can't have Davis dropping easy catches and singeltary fumbling and special teams touching the ball and giving the ball back to the opponent. Also, the secondary needs to tighten up 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark92 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 It's the defense for me. Can they stop the 3rd & 8, 10, 15. Get off the field. The red zone d is pretty solid but damn. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaBill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mark92 said: It's the defense for me. Can they stop the 3rd & 8, 10, 15. Get off the field. The red zone d is pretty solid but damn. Pats converted 2 forth downs today. 7 minutes ago, John from Riverside said: The one thing that is bothering me is I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen whenever we get into the red zone. We absolutely cannot turn the ball over there. It’s going to be the difference between winning and losing in these playoff games. This. Last year they were money in the red zone. Even if the D was less than stellar the O could be counted on to score TDs on the red zone. This year when Josh drops back I hold my breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazinBill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Steptide said: I just hope they're saving their best for the playoffs. Josh had a good game, but they still need to be better. I'll cut them alot of slack this week seeing everything that happened this week, but now it's go time. Can't have Davis dropping easy catches and singeltary fumbling and special teams touching the ball and giving the ball back to the opponent. Also, the secondary needs to tighten up Agree- Davis is just not on point and it's getting old- he doesn't watch his feet and uses his body to much to catch the ball- I'm not sure he should be on the field as much- The secondary hopefully gets better with Benford back but that's a lot to hope for a rookie just getting back- I'm hoping we get back to Early season form- on offense somehow and it almost won't matter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, AlfaBill said: Pats converted 2 forth downs today. This. Last year they were money in the red zone. Even if the D was less than stellar the O could be counted on to score TDs on the red zone. This year when Josh drops back I hold my breath We need to stop doing that and run the ball in the red zone 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMilBill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Honestly, if we made a real concerted effort to get Cook 20 touches a game, I think our offense would be extremely balanced and effective. I know you all see it. He’s ripping off decent runs seemingly every play. And it looks like on the occasional play he is about to rip off a huge run. You can’t keep that on the sideline. We need him way more involved even if it’s to Motor’s expense 7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, AlfaBill said: I’d love to believe that but I don’t think so. Last year the bills crushed the pats in The final game. the bills this year are an enigma to me. They struggle on D with every team. The O looks pedestrian at times and then explodes. The games seem so close and yet the final score is 2 score wins. Hard to put my finger on it. The Bills last season had an overrated D but a super explosive O Think you are simply misremembering. I suggest you go look back at the games. The offense was much better and more consistent this year in general 2 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergie's ire Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, AlfaBill said: I’d love to believe that but I don’t think so. Last year the bills crushed the pats in The final game. the bills this year are an enigma to me. They struggle on D with every team. The O looks pedestrian at times and then explodes. The games seem so close and yet the final score is 2 score wins. Hard to put my finger on it. The Bills last season had an overrated D but a super explosive O Actually, they beat the Jets in the final game. In the penultimate game they beat Atlanta. Two bad teams and the games were close but the Bills pulled away late to win by 17 and 14...much like you describe them doing this year. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Wow Ric… that is good to know because you see I have been a bit worried … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Big Turk said: Think you are simply misremembering. I suggest you go look back at the games. The offense was much better and more consistent this year in general Last year's offense was a bit more boom and bust. When it was great it was great when it wasn't it was ugly. This has been a bit more a steady as she goes offense. More consistent for sure. Not quite so sure I'd go better. Think last year's O when it was humming I'd give a slight edge. Honestly the biggest issue is the turnovers and drops. All year too many of both. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebert19 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, ChicagoRic said: The Allen/Diggs connection is back. Elbow looks good Dawson Knox has come on strong over the last several games. Singletary and Cook have established a non-Josh running game. The pass rush is generating pressure without Miller. Milano and Emunds are playing lights out. Hamlin is gonna be ok!!! And the secondary is too. Benford off IR and White with and INT. Special teams? Hines just struck fear into the hearts of the opposition moving forward. Bring on Miami! And best part is...Josh can still tote the rock when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 our pass rush did NOT look great overall today. Yeah they got home a few times, but Macaroni had a ton of time back there way too often. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Since1981 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Secondary is going to struggle. That’s our team’s Achilles heal. Waddle/hill, Joe, Pat…. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Fan Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 21 minutes ago, AlfaBill said: I’d love to believe that but I don’t think so. Last year the bills crushed the pats in The final game. the bills this year are an enigma to me. They struggle on D with every team. The O looks pedestrian at times and then explodes. The games seem so close and yet the final score is 2 score wins. Hard to put my finger on it. The Bills last season had an overrated D but a super explosive O Still have faith in team. Just need to do well and finish games consistent all sides for playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmur66 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 If they continue playing defense like did against the Bengals and Patriots they will be watching the AFC Championship. 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I hope they're rounding into a plan of trying to score 35 per game because with our defense playing as is, and the QBs we'll be facing it is the only strategy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaenon Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 We are on a 7-game win streak. Impressive in today's NFL. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Kaenon said: We are on a 7-game win streak. Impressive in today's NFL. It’s all nothing to nothing once the playoffs hit The bills really need to reestablish themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ga boy Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Flip it over to Cook so he can ball in space. That will be the new wrinkle. Boom 💥 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 We started to see some of the “Playoff Bills” out there today. Those explosives should be more available for us moving forward when teams have to deal with us running Allen anytime. Defense, mixed bag .. but when you see Allen tear up during the postgame, it’s clear they were emotionally spent heading into this game. Just goes to show how much better they are than NE to beat a team fighting for their life, while being mentally drained. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Hard to interpret today given what’s happened this week. But Josh has not been as consistent as one would like for weeks now. We need the good Josh in the playoff games. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, ChicagoRic said: The Allen/Diggs connection is back. Elbow looks good Dawson Knox has come on strong over the last several games. Singletary and Cook have established a non-Josh running game. The pass rush is generating pressure without Miller. Milano and Emunds are playing lights out. Hamlin is gonna be ok!!! And the secondary is too. Benford off IR and White with and INT. Special teams? Hines just struck fear into the hearts of the opposition moving forward. Bring on Miami! When you can beat a solid Divisional opponent by 10+ and still have an "off" game, you know this is a Championship caliber team. They just find a way. And their 3 losses are by 8 points combined.. Pretty incredible 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, ChicagoRic said: The pass rush is generating pressure without Miller. What pass rush? 7 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToGoGo Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I think the way that Bills fans are used to judging the team is no longer effective. "So and so needs to be better." "This position group needs to improve!" The truth is this team is extremely dynamic and teams game plan differently every game. Does the team rise to the occasion? Do they always find a way to win? Can the team handle adversity? Check, check, and check. THAT is how you can predict who will show up in the playoffs. And we will. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billieve420 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Offense hasn’t looked in sync since the bye. Wish we were a little more creative in scheming guys open. Seems like a lot of the big plays are due to Allen scrambling around and buying time for guys to get open. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetkings01 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Pass rush was straight garbage today! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolstoy Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, billieve420 said: Offense hasn’t looked in sync since the bye. Wish we were a little more creative in scheming guys open. Seems like a lot of the big plays are due to Allen scrambling around and buying time for guys to get open. This is the bigger worry to me, more than the secondary, the pass rush, the receivers (other than Diggs), etc. The offense just seems to lack creativity. Is this because our coordinator is new to this, or maybe just doesn't have a creative offensive mind? If the offense doesn't improve, and it hurts us in the playoffs, I wonder if there wouldn't be pressure to replace our OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020 Our Year For Sure Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, billieve420 said: Offense hasn’t looked in sync since the bye. Wish we were a little more creative in scheming guys open. Seems like a lot of the big plays are due to Allen scrambling around and buying time for guys to get open. Yes it seems like it's always Allen going off script because he doesn't find anyone in the initial concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Its not quite there yet. Allen still has off passes. Receivers dropping balls. Allen goes from no turnovers in the redzone to a bunch of them. Other things that shoot ourselves in the foot. Fumbles. Etc. Our defense has been pretty bad too. They cant cover anyone and they arent getting a pass rush. Gotta have at least one of those help the other. If not for turnovers they wouldnt stop anyone. Cant rely on just turnovers. I thought it was going to be good today with the great first drive stop but then it was pretty crap from there. I will say that I think this has been our best run game since Josh. They are doing a pretty good job when they actually try to run the football. Edited January 9, 2023 by Scott7975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngbills Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Our O is inconsistent Our D is bend but don’t break We can beat anyone. We can lose to anyone. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaBill Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 27 minutes ago, Shaw66 said: What pass rush? Groot was on Mac a few times but ya it was pretty easy for him playing QB today 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Last year's offense was a bit more boom and bust. When it was great it was great when it wasn't it was ugly. This has been a bit more a steady as she goes offense. More consistent for sure. Not quite so sure I'd go better. Think last year's O when it was humming I'd give a slight edge. Honestly the biggest issue is the turnovers and drops. All year too many of both. And covering receivers. Between Hyde being out, Poyer hurt to some degree and White not back to old form, they are hurting there. Now add loss of Hamlin on top of that, made the Pats look like Air Coryell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 hours ago, oldmanfan said: Hard to interpret today given what’s happened this week. But Josh has not been as consistent as one would like for weeks now. We need the good Josh in the playoff games. Allen was fantastic today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Sack Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 our running game looked good when we decided to run it, despite this being the first game all season we didn’t eclipse 100 yards on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco_92 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 hours ago, AlfaBill said: I’d love to believe that but I don’t think so. Last year the bills crushed the pats in The final game. the bills this year are an enigma to me. They struggle on D with every team. The O looks pedestrian at times and then explodes. The games seem so close and yet the final score is 2 score wins. Hard to put my finger on it. The Bills last season had an overrated D but a super explosive O What? The Bills crushed the pats in the third to last game. Then allen threw 3 picks the next week, and they squeaked past Atlanta. Then they had only a 13-10 4th quarter lead against the Jets who went on to pick third overall. Then they scored 12 TDs in 16 playoff drives 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Wraith said: Allen was fantastic today. Not in the first half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, oldmanfan said: Not in the first half. I know! And since the league decides standings and playoff seeding based on first half performances, we’re ***** ed! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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