The Athletic: Dorsey's first 25 games as OC equal to Daboll's last 25

[NewEra]

On 11/9/2023 at 9:24 PM, HappyDays said:

 

Our offense absolutely isn't built for shootouts IMO. Shootouts require explosive plays, not ball control and trying to get into manageable 3rd downs. We have no YAC specialists, no deep catch specialists, very few explosive runs. A lot of our TD drives are 10+ plays long which requires perfect execution more often than not. That is not a shootout offense.

 

If you look at the overall investment of draft picks and free agency spending over the past couple years, our team in theory should be built on the defense and special teams making big plays and winning the field position battle while our offense slowly builds a lead before piling on at the end. That's the style of complementary football that won us blowouts in weeks 2-4. Since then the defense has fallen off a cliff and the clearly undermanned offense just isn't built to go on non-stop 75+ yard TD drives and build up enough of a lead to let the defense off the hook at the end.

 

Our team is built to win games like the Chiefs are winning games this year, but it just isn't happening that way.

Because the chiefs haven’t lost Chris Jones, Nick Bolton, and L’harius sneed for the season. 
 

If we had invested big in the offense and those investments were injuries, the offense would regress.  Just like the defense has. Two years in a row, the d has been ravaged by major injuries while the offense has been healthy as can be.  
 

we have plenty of RAC players now.  Kincaid, cook and Shakir are all more above average in that dept imo.  As is Diggs.  Too bad Harty has been an utter failure and just doesn’t have the juice anymore.   

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

Fire Daboll!!

[CincyBillsFan]

On 11/10/2023 at 7:58 AM, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Injuries certainly explain the defensive woes. 

Defensive injuries also contribute to the offenses woes in the following ways:

 

*  Limit offensive possessions by allowing other teams to go on long time consuming drives.

 

*  Reduces the number of 3 & outs which allows an opponents defense to rest and be coached up before facing the Bills O.

 

*  Failing to stop teams when they're pinned back near their end zone allowing them to flip the field and put the O in bad field position.  How many times have we started drives inside the 10 yard line the last few weeks?

 

*  Failing to generate TO's giving the O short fields.

 

*  But the most critical thing the Bills defensive injuries do to hurt the Bills O is damage a defense that the majority of draft picks and FA money has been committed to at the expense of the O.  You see McD/Ben have prioritized the defense over the offense for the last 5 years.  So when you lose a bunch of D starters the impact on the team is much greater.