Week 1, Ravens v. Bills, GAME BALLS!

[CincyBillsFan]

1 minute ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

At one point in the first half, the announcers said 41% of Allen's passes were behind the line of scrimmage.  

 

I acknowledge that dink-and-dunk is appropriate in some circumstances.  Brady did a lot of dink-and-dunk in his time.  But nearly half of the passes behind the LOS sounds like the stat line of a rookie QB who hasn't earned the confidence of his coach.  Josh is a future HOFer, the reigning MVP, and probably Buffalo's best QB ever.  You've got to let him air it out sometimes.  

 

I may be wrong but it looked to me like McD put a governor on Brady and the Bills offense in order to protect his defense.  In the first half they wasted back to back possessions with very conservative play calling.  It wasn't until the end of the half when the O was unleashed and Allen hit two big passes to set up the FG.

 

In the 4th quarter the Bills had no choice but to turn Allen & the O lose and it showed.

[Fleezoid]

2 game balls:

Josh of course and Ed Oliver.

 

I'll give a deflated ball to Keon. He had a couple of nice catches, but a couple of miss steps (one, literally).

 

 

Edited September 8 by Fleezoid

[GoBills808]

Just now, CincyBillsFan said:

I may be wrong but it looked to me like McD put a governor on Brady and the Bills offense in order to protect his defense.  In the first half they wasted back to back possessions with very conservative play calling.  It wasn't until the end of the half when the O was unleashed and Allen hit two big passes to set up the FG.

 

In the 4th quarter the Bills had no choice but to turn Allen & the O lose and it showed.

They've been trying to play small ball for 2.5yrs now

 

that only works when the defense can hold up its end of the bargain

[Walking Tall]

11 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Instead of game balls, I'm giving steak dinners.

 

First knock the obvious ones out of the way:

 

Allen

Oliver

Prater

Coleman

 

Then the ones I feel deserve some love. Maybe they get a smaller steak with a side of shrimp.

 

Bosa

The OL

The TE Room

Cook

 

Sitting at the kiddie table having chicken tenders and Mac and cheese:

 

Bishop

Rapp

Palmer

Davis

 

 

 

 

Palmer?

 

Drew a HUGE PI penalty and had a monster catch on last drive.

[BobbyC81]

55 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Well we have the first installment of the GAME BALLS thread.  Josh, Cook and Shakir get automatic game balls and I pick three O, three D, and let you have at it.  Without further ado, this week's GAME BALLS:

 

Matt Prater - Ice water in his veins, he calmly kicked the GWFG as time expired.  Ironically, the bills would have won the game in real time if McD had just allowed him to kick XP's every time.

 

Joshua Palmer - Big catches down the stretch led directly to the comeback.

Keon Coleman - Shook off the error on the two-point conversion to comeback and make clutch catches on the final drive.

Jackson Hawes - Sometimes you get a game ball for a single play.  Nice catch to take it down to the one yard line to get us within a score.

 

Ed Oliver - One of the few to show up on defense tonight.  Had the forced fumble that turned the game around.

 

WHO YA GOT? 

Yes, that was dumb taking the pt off the board failing on 2 pt attempt and then having to chase those points the rest of the game.

 

Doesn’t McD have one of those cards with when to go for two?  You had made it a 7 pt game.  What would you gain by making it 6?  You don’t go for two there.  Little of a momentum killer after you scored the TD.

[gonzo1105]

Game Balls: 

Allen

Keon Coleman was the WR we hoped we drafted last year

Dalton Kincaid

Jackson Hawes(how bout that for the blocking TE)

Ed Oliver

 

Dorian Strong was solid for a rookie 6th rounder thrown into the grinder

 

 

Thats about it for me 

 

[Simon]

8 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

I thought Benford was pretty bad

 

Looked injured tbh

 

He got the dog snot knocked out of him in the first half attacking the LOS; he was teh only guy besides Oliver really bringing it.

He's going to get some flack for losing a couple reps downfield but I thought he was arguably the second most effective defender on the field.

[Max Fischer]

31 minutes ago, Maine-iac said:

How does Bosa not make this list.  He was the first one to force a fumble and he was putting pressure on Lamar all night.  

Took three quarters for Bosa to remember to set the edge.  
 

He looks like a guy who hasn’t played in a while. 

[GoBills808]

1 minute ago, Simon said:

 

He got the dog snot knocked out of him in the first half attacking the LOS; he was teh only guy besides Oliver really bringing it.

He's going to get some flack for losing a couple reps downfield but I thought he was arguably the second most effective defender on the field.

Bosa for me I think

 

But that might be due to expectations...I always expect a lot out of Benford. Bosa not so much😂😂

[Max Fischer]

OL pass blocked pretty well, Josh had time. 
 

Joe Brady adjusted well in second half. 
 

D didn’t quit. Played well late.  

[hondo in seattle]

14 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:

I may be wrong but it looked to me like McD put a governor on Brady and the Bills offense in order to protect his defense.  In the first half they wasted back to back possessions with very conservative play calling.  It wasn't until the end of the half when the O was unleashed and Allen hit two big passes to set up the FG.

 

In the 4th quarter the Bills had no choice but to turn Allen & the O lose and it showed.

 

Maybe you're right, but I never expected the Bills D to be successful against the Ravens O.  The matchups were bad.  So it seemed obvious that if we were going to win, it would be in a shootout.  Josh had to be unleashed.

[BuffaloBillyG]

15 minutes ago, Walking Tall said:

Palmer?

 

Drew a HUGE PI penalty and had a monster catch on last drive.

Also quit on a few plays including one that was nearly intercepted. Was not impressed overall.

[Maine-iac]

4 minutes ago, Max Fischer said:

Took three quarters for Bosa to remember to set the edge.  
 

He looks like a guy who hasn’t played in a while. 

I'm not saying it isn't on him but there were a lot of runs I'm not sure exactly who's fault it is.  I definitely saw him crashing down the line and guys run outside and that may have been his fault but I don't know that yet.  I do know he single-handedly stopped one drive with two huge stops in 3 plays and he forced a fumble on another drive and aside from him and Ed there was not a soul making any plays on defense.  

10 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

Bosa for me I think

 

But that might be due to expectations...I always expect a lot out of Benford. Bosa not so much😂😂

Benford got beat for a TD but in days of old there would have been a safety helping him and they were just way too late coming to help tonight.

[billsbackto81]

Josh 

Oliver

Keon 

[ganesh]

2 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

At one point in the first half, the announcers said 41% of Allen's passes were behind the line of scrimmage.  

 

I acknowledge that dink-and-dunk is appropriate in some circumstances.  Brady did a lot of dink-and-dunk in his time.  But nearly half of the passes behind the LOS sounds like the stat line of a rookie QB who hasn't earned the confidence of his coach.  Josh is a future HOFer, the reigning MVP, and probably Buffalo's best QB ever.  You've got to let him air it out sometimes.  

 

and once they did - he was unstoppable !!!

2 hours ago, Maine-iac said:

I'm not saying it isn't on him but there were a lot of runs I'm not sure exactly who's fault it is.  I definitely saw him crashing down the line and guys run outside and that may have been his fault but I don't know that yet.  I do know he single-handedly stopped one drive with two huge stops in 3 plays and he forced a fumble on another drive and aside from him and Ed there was not a soul making any plays on defense.  

Benford got beat for a TD but in days of old there would have been a safety helping him and they were just way too late coming to help tonight.

something continues to be wrong with Benford.  May be his groin is not 100%

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:

I may be wrong but it looked to me like McD put a governor on Brady and the Bills offense in order to protect his defense.  In the first half they wasted back to back possessions with very conservative play calling.  It wasn't until the end of the half when the O was unleashed and Allen hit two big passes to set up the FG.

 

In the 4th quarter the Bills had no choice but to turn Allen & the O lose and it showed.

Y’all know Josh is checking into a lot of these plays we’re blaming the coaches for right? Lol like I get we want to be mad at the coaches all the time but some of these short throws were the right reads and the ravens just  tackled their asses off.  Josh definitely checked into that 3rd and short hurry up run in the first half too. 
 

ravens dbs definitely ran out of steam from flying all over the field the rest of the night which opened up a lot down the field as the game went on.  reminded me a lot of the pats-falcons Super Bowl in that way 

Edited September 8 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Sojourner]

4 hours ago, Max Fischer said:

OL pass blocked pretty well, Josh had time. 
 

Joe Brady adjusted well in second half. 
 

D didn’t quit. Played well late.  

Don’t think it was Brady who adjusted. He was forced to let Josh go at it. That’s just my 2¢ though. 

[Magox]

Many game balls for this one.

 

Josh Allen - Best player in the NFL

 

Offensive line - Did a great job pass blocking, I think early on Josh felt that he needed to get the ball out quickly because he thought that he needed to.  But once he realized that he actually had more time to throw the ball then he initially thought he didn't just have to dink the ball behind the LOS like he was. 

 

Keon Coleman - He's a baller, if it wasn't for his injury last year he would have had a much better year.  He doesn't need the separation that other receivers needs, he just need to continue working his craft, stay healthy and the numbers and impact will be there.

 

The Tight ends - All three of them did well blocking and making their impact felt catching the ball at important times and areas in the field.  Could end up becoming the best Tight end room in the NFL

 

Ed Oliver - He was simply unreal.  7 tackles, 3 TFL, A sack, a few pressures (including the last third down the Ravens offense had in the game) and of course the huge PLAY MAKING caused fumble on King Henry.  That's why he was worth every bit of that $17M a year contract.

 

Bosa - Yeah, he was getting fooled early on those Lamar option runs and he didn't have any real numbers but he made his presence felt on a couple drives that contributed to the Ravens having stalled drives.  If he stays healthy he's going to be a really good addition.

 

Prater - He came through like a true professional.  I don't know why but I felt more at ease with him kicking the ball than when Bass kicks.

 

Joe Brady - Keeping the offense humming.

[corta765]

All the Bills fans who STAYED at the stadium the WHOLE game OR those who didn't turn off the TV. With Josh anything is possible, final opening night game, and the game was never fully out of reach even if it was small % chance. If you stayed through you got to see magic you dream of as a fan.