Random talking head says something about the Bills

[Billsfanatic8989]

1 minute ago, Bruffalo said:

Talent is definitely part of the problem, but they won consistently last season with mostly the same or worse talent. 

 

The playcalling and execution has fallen off a cliff. 

Brady has been trying to get way too cute with a lot of third down calls, and the players are screwing it up. 

 

They're taking Cook off the field in the most important moments with tons of time on the clock so Ty Johnson can come in and block? It's borderline negligent. 

 

The coaching staff is too high on themselves and isn't seeing the forest for the trees. Neither side is doing a good job scheming to player strengths. 

Defenses adjusted

 

 

[Matt_In_NH]

36 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

And we’ll be right back here in 12 weeks. Asking how could this happen again. 

Maybe.  Get this team in the playoffs and things can happen.  It has not yet.  I get that.  I also think they need some scheme changes. 

[Bruffalo]

Just now, Billsfanatic8989 said:

Defenses adjusted

 

 

Yes, which is why I think the majority of the problem is with our coaches and the gameplans they're coming in with. They've failed to adjust properly.

 

Did you stop reading after you bolded that part?

[mbowman14]

Crazy part is the lack of talent is being magnified by the mental mistakes and poor play-call decisions.  As much as I agree that they are lacking talent (specifically on the perimeter), there is a good chance they are 6-0 if Palmer lines up on the LOS against NE and Rousseau can tell that he is lined up 18" Offside last night.  They don't have the talent to keep making things harder on themselves.

[henry jones]

6 minutes ago, Bruffalo said:

Talent is definitely part of the problem, but they won consistently last season with mostly the same or worse talent. 

 

The playcalling and execution has fallen off a cliff. 

Brady has been trying to get way too cute with a lot of third down calls, and the players are screwing it up. 

 

They're taking Cook off the field in the most important moments with tons of time on the clock so Ty Johnson can come in and block? It's borderline negligent. 

 

The coaching staff is too high on themselves and isn't seeing the forest for the trees. Neither side is doing a good job scheming to player strengths. 

Talent is most definitely devoid on this team.  But the playcalling, and situational playcalling specifically has been atrocious.  Brady can never seem to scheme anybody open.  I mean, it is possible to make that happen even without dynamic receivers.  And whatever happened to RB screens?  Get Cook in space.  

[Negan]

Not feeling confident in Carolina.  Their rookie and Dowdle will torch us. 

[jaybee]

54 minutes ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

 

With the greatest of respect, this is borderline delusional. We have never looked this bad in the last two years.

 

Herm is saying what most of us are seeing - we looked pedestrian even in our wins. Put us up against an above average team and it exposes our many weaknesses.

 

Yes, we will get players back from injury and suspension. But that will only be a band aid over the gaping wound of roster mismanagement and crimes against a reigning MVP.

 

Beane has failed this QB and it's fanbase.

Fairly similar to Carolina when they left.  If they didn't hit a homer with Josh, who knows if they'd even still be here.

[Mango]

46 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

Josh Allen scrambles around to buy an extra 4-5 seconds, and STILL can't find anyone open.  Anywhere on the field.  That is absolutely pathetic.

 

Yet when we are on defense, the QB takes a 3-step drop and our defensive backs have already totally lost coverage.  

 

A lot of things happening, but the whole thing feels kerfuffled at the moment. 

There are too many times where Allen scrambles, runs to the LOS where there is nothing but green grass, resets, and heaves a BS, low percentage ball into oblivion on 2nd and 10 instead of picking up 7 yards with his legs and leaving us with 3rd and easy. On top of also being late, he has also looked right at open underneath routes only to launch low percentage throws down field. 

That isn't to say he isn't playing superman. He certainly is at times. 

Allen doesn't seem to have a great feel for anything at the moment, the offense feels broken. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Mango

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

41 minutes ago, CircleTheWagons99 said:

I know how to fix it, draft more defensive players!!!!

 

29 minutes ago, Brandon said:

 

I remember having draft discussions in the offseason with people who actually believed that would work.  Ugh.  

Not just defensive players.  Light and fast defensive players!  Those recommended by their chiropractors!

😇😁

[Billsfanatic8989]

16 minutes ago, Bruffalo said:

Yes, which is why I think the majority of the problem is with our coaches and the gameplans they're coming in with. They've failed to adjust properly.

 

Did you stop reading after you bolded that part?

Well yes I agree. It's up to the offense to adjust and make defenses approach things differently. 

[HamptonBillsfan]

The most concerning part of the ugly performance against Atlanta is that Josh looked flustered and beaten. Why can’t Brady design plays where Cook is isolated on LBs or safeties.? After coming out and driving with Cook running at will in the 3rd quarter, why give up on the run game?  Throwing to a well covered Coleman on 3rd down is silly. This guy gets no separation. Josh ran into a prepared D-line with spies throughout the night. What happened to Knox after the first drive? He’s justThis was Brady unable to adjust to a defense that took Shakir away. He’s got to look in the mirror and reevaluate his play calling with his limited assets because that performance is going to get Josh injured and kill our season.

 

[Aussie Joe]

21 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

Also if you go back to last year about the same time they got stomped by the ravens and Texans and a lot of the same discussion was happening. 

I’m not sure we can expect what happened last year to continue to happen this year and in the future ..

 

Josh played at the MVP level season … also the turnover differential was way in the teams favour over the course of the year  …with the D seemingly regularly managing to pick up a turnover when needed …and Josh very much having his best year protecting the ball,..

 

 It’s possible that those things can happen again …or something else positive emerges …but  opposition teams have noticed what the Bills did on offense over the course of the past year and will come up with ways to attack that …

 

I don’t want to say that they won’t they won’t win the division and have a playoff run again …but this season is the most concerned I’ve been over the past few years …

 

 

[RyanC883]

Bean 100% needs to go.  McD also.  You can blame the coordinators for only so long.  Are ours good, likely not.  But who is the guy in charge of the circus year after year.  

Edited 5 hours ago by RyanC883

[WNYFAN1]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Unfortunately,  it's been pretty obvious to just about everyone except Beane and McDermott for several seasons now.  When you have to make panic moves during the season to add Beasley, Brown and Cooper in two of the last four years,  that should be your first clue.  None of the FA signings in that time have panned out.  They unloaded Diggs and Davis after 2023 and their one big investment,  Coleman,  looked like a bust in the making in the second half of last year and they did very little to hedge their bets.  Now,  he looks to be continuing that trend toward bust territory again this year. 

 

I'd be slightly more forgiving if not for that Beane radio interview after the draft where he really went after the critics of his roster strategy at WR,  but that made it clear that this was intentional. And it's looking like a catastrophic failure...one that many of us have predicted would eventually happen for at least a couple of seasons.  

Him calling into the radio and lambasting those guys. WTF was he thinking? What's to be gained? Just so dumb

[cantwaitanylonger]

I agree in general with everyone here though I would include Kincaid as a legitimate weapon.  You could see how much him being out last night hurt the offense.  The rest of the WR/TE room are jags being carried by Josh as much as he can.  His durability to not miss games from injury has saved Beane/McDermott from being completely exposed these last few seasons.   It's been a blessing he always plays but to some degree it's also a curse that keeps us stuck in the cycle of maintaining the status quo everywhere else.  

 

I've wanted McDermott gone since 13 seconds.  While it didn't matter at the end since we lost anyways, but London's foot being out of bounds by half of yard at the end of the first half hides away another embarrassing defensive blunder from our defensive head coach.  It's criminal how this franchise is wasting the gift of Allen.  

[Brandon]

33 minutes ago, WNYFAN1 said:

Him calling into the radio and lambasting those guys. WTF was he thinking? What's to be gained? Just so dumb

 

He certainly didn't gain any credibility for it,  especially now.  

[WNYFAN1]

42 minutes ago, cantwaitanylonger said:

I agree in general with everyone here though I would include Kincaid as a legitimate weapon.  You could see how much him being out last night hurt the offense.  The rest of the WR/TE room are jags being carried by Josh as much as he can.  His durability to not miss games from injury has saved Beane/McDermott from being completely exposed these last few seasons.   It's been a blessing he always plays but to some degree it's also a curse that keeps us stuck in the cycle of maintaining the status quo everywhere else.  

 

I've wanted McDermott gone since 13 seconds.  While it didn't matter at the end since we lost anyways, but London's foot being out of bounds by half of yard at the end of the first half hides away another embarrassing defensive blunder from our defensive head coach.  It's criminal how this franchise is wasting the gift of Allen.  

This is an important point. Allen is absurdly durable. In an alternate universe where Allen misses time like the avg QB? Not a pretty picture

[Lieutenant Aldo Raine]

53 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

Bean 100% needs to go.  McD also.  You can blame the coordinators for only so long.  Are ours good, likely not.  But who is the guy in charge of the circus year after year.  

 

Absolutely! They had a decent run; but they've run it into the ground.  Poor roster and and cap hell again.  

[HappyDays]

2 hours ago, Brandon said:

 

I remember having draft discussions in the offseason with people who actually believed that would work.  Ugh.  

 

On one hand I understood those fans. They were correct that the defense was the biggest problem last year. Their mistake was assuming that just throwing a bunch of resources at that side of the ball would fix it, and that the offense would pick up right where it left off. As I expected none of the investments have made any sort of difference on defense, and a historically mistake-free offense is reverting to the mean.

[Captain Hindsight]

2 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

I think right now, 10/14, there is no WR/TE that really scares anyone. I don't think anyone on defense is worrying OCs right now. 

Kincaid could be that guy. When I saw he was out, I was very worried. Samual could also be a great weapon if he ever played.

 

Brady deserves a ton of credit for building up a run game, but the fact they can't be a team that slings it with a QB like Josh Allen at the helm is inexcusable