Game week thread - Dolphins at Bills TNF

[BillsShredder83]

5 hours ago, BritBill said:

Thursday night games are awful. I'm glad it's a home game against a team on the slide. Just get the job done and make good use of the mini bye. 

Amen, a short rest, September game in MIA heat would suck (its night game though, so atleast we wouldnt get literally cooked).

 

Me thinks that locker room knows they stand no chance  without a new coach, and are going to give a terrible effort.  We should try and jump out 10-0 / 14-0, to cement that.  Id love to get out with a W and be able to do some load management for starters

[Tulsabillsfanz]

I posted my opinion that McDaniels was a hipster dufus when the Dolphins hired him & my opinion hasn’t changed at all.    
 

He was the cool new coach for a little while, but that’s run its course. 

[PoundingDog]

I'm passed the stage of excitement to beat up the down trodden teams - yes the Dolphins are one of them whereas the Jets was not as of a day ago.

 

Just do enough to beat them, minimize injuries and get out. No need to put extra effort to beat them into pulp. Let them have enough hope to fight the Jets, the Ravens, the Bengals to help us out.

[SoTier]

What are the odds that McDaniel doesn't get fired before the weekend?

[billsfan89]

2 minutes ago, Tulsabillsfanz said:

I posted my opinion that McDaniels was a hipster dufus when the Dolphins hired him & my opinion hasn’t changed at all.    
 

He was the cool new coach for a little while, but that’s run its course. 

 

He really didn't seem like someone who was going to be a good leader. I think his offensive scheme while not quite the revolution some thought it would be (turns out it was mostly having two dynamic WR's and some fast RB's in a good scheme made for a good offense) is still pretty good. And when Tua plays more often than not they do score. But I think leadership and process is something that is so critical in coaching. And McDaniels just doesn't have that. 

[PoundingDog]

5 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:

 

He really didn't seem like someone who was going to be a good leader. I think his offensive scheme while not quite the revolution some thought it would be (turns out it was mostly having two dynamic WR's and some fast RB's in a good scheme made for a good offense) is still pretty good. And when Tua plays more often than not they do score. But I think leadership and process is something that is so critical in coaching. And McDaniels just doesn't have that. 

Not sure he will be fired where he signed an extension last year.

 

I'd take him in as OC though if he is indeed fired and Brady leaves. An Ideal OC under McDermott is someone like him - does not have a HC makeup but has a good mind for offense and can control one side of the ball on his own. Kind of like Spagnuolo for Andy Reid on defense.

[billsfan89]

4 minutes ago, PoundingDog said:

Not sure he will be fired where he signed an extension last year.

 

I'd take him in as OC though if he is indeed fired and Brady leaves. An Ideal OC under McDermott is someone like him - does not have a HC makeup but has a good mind for offense and can control one side of the ball on his own. Kind of like Spagnuolo for Andy Reid on defense.

If the team quits on him they will fire him. Secondly yes he seems to be an ideal OC. Not sure of the fit with the scheme but he would not be the worst Brady replacement. I also am hoping Daboll gets fired with the Giants and the Bills can get him back

[PoundingDog]

1 minute ago, billsfan89 said:

I also am hoping Daboll gets fired with the Giants and the Bills can get him back

I don't know about that. I appreciate that Daboll was instrumental on Allen's development to where he is today. But looking at Daboll's whole body of work as offensive mind, and look at where Allen is now, I feel Allen has outgrown the boundaries of the offense Daboll had with the Bills. We need someone who can maximizes talent on hand and create new things, not a revolution (on NFL offense) but some new subtle wrinkles as well as understanding and adapting to the flows of the game in play calling. Josh CAN do virtually everything, anything you can think of. The problem is coming up with the "everything, anything".

[eball]

13 hours ago, boyst said:

Can they outscore us with that defense? Look what we did with Baltimore?

 

On paper I think the dolphins have more talent than we want to give credit for. Waddle, Hill, the young kid Washington, Darren Waller isn't the same as he used to be but he's still an option. Achane, Wright, Gordon, and even Ingold seems to do something once in a while.  I might take those skill players over the Ravens as a whole. Ravens have Hopkins, Flowers, and Henry. Likely is getting banged up a lot and Andrews and Waller are even.

 

Simply put the dolphins have as many weapons at the least. 

 

Lamar is head and shoulders above Tua.  I never underestimate a division opponent but if our pass rush can get to Tua it will be over quickly, and as others have noted, how exactly are they going to stop our offense?

 

And then there is the little matter of Josh absolutely pwning the Fish and the fact we are smack dab in the middle of their heads.  They have a Buffalo problem.

 

[billsfan89]

1 minute ago, PoundingDog said:

I don't know about that. I appreciate that Daboll was instrumental on Allen's development to where he is today. But looking at Daboll's whole body of work as offensive mind, and look at where Allen is now, I feel Allen has outgrown the boundaries of the offense Daboll had with the Bills. We need someone who can maximizes talent on hand and create new things, not a revolution (on NFL offense) but some new subtle wrinkles as well as understanding and adapting to the flows of the game in play calling. Josh CAN do virtually everything, anything you can think of. The problem is coming up with the "everything, anything".

 

I think Brady actually asks a lot less of Josh than Dorsey did and than Daboll did in 2020-2021. Daboll did a great job in 2019 in brining up a second year Josh playing to his limitations then. But I think Daboll let Josh loose the last two years he had. But I think the issue with Daboll and Dorsey was they were simply asking too much from Josh. Brady in 2023 I think he turned to the conventional ground game to keep the pressure off of Josh and it worked. In 2024 Brady without Diggs went to a more distributive offense where the conventional ground game was still a big component of the offense. 

 

I am just going to enjoy this season for what it is with Brady and hoping Brady comes back but I think any coordinator that this team has to bring in has to be willing to not have Josh do everything all the time. Josh can do everything but he shouldn't "have to" 

[Big Turk]

Line is Bills -12.5...I'm laying the points and taking the Bills...should be a win by at least 20.

[billsfan89]

3 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Line is Bills -12.5...I'm laying the points and taking the Bills...should be a win by at least 20.

 

Bills are a justifiable big two possession favorite over the Fins. The only thing that would make me worried is that it is a Thursday game and Thursday games are funky. But the Bills did get a lot of garbage time against the Jets, seems like the Bills didn't play the vets in any considerable fashion over over a quarter. 

[Buffalo Boy]

6 hours ago, nuklz2594 said:

Fish hc and gm get canned after losing to Bills

I hope not😈

[Big Turk]

5 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:

 

Bills are a justifiable big two possession favorite over the Fins. The only thing that would make me worried is that it is a Thursday game and Thursday games are funky. But the Bills did get a lot of garbage time against the Jets, seems like the Bills didn't play the vets in any considerable fashion over over a quarter. 

 

Last year the Bills played the Fins on Thursday in Miami and it was a demolition job 31-10. I am 1000% more confident in McDermott's preparation on a short week than on McDaniel's.

Edited Monday at 03:58 PM by Big Turk

[billsfan89]

5 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Last year the Bills played the Fins on Thursday in Miami and it was a demolition job 31-10. I am 1000% more confident in McDermott's preparation on a short week than on McDaniel's.

 

Agreed I am expecting a blowout, the Bills basically got the ideal outcome heading into a Thursday game (no injuries plenty of garbage time). But Thursday games are just funky sometimes. It's the fan in me that when everything seems ready for a blowout I just look for some reason to have a lack of confidence. 

[The Firebaugh Kid]

Remember Tyreek's comment about us. 

Exciting to humiliate these fools again. 

[No_Matter_What]

Snap counts vs Jets (47 total)

 

DTs: Sanders 23, Walker 22, Jones 22, Logue 16

DEs: Bosa 26, AJE 26, Groot 25, Solomon 23

[Chandler#81]

Bring back the JILLS!

https://youtu.be/6M14XVn2L38?si=g14hdTYxdlBfSl4K

[TBBills Fan]

[Big Turk]

9 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

 

Bahahahahaha...

 

Ex-Patriot and Bill, Damien Harris is right and it comes from the top...

 

"Mike McDaniel is a lost cause...he's gone.  I would want out of there as fast as possible. Whether it's Mike McDaniel, Tua, the defense, whatever it is. This is an organization that has no foundation...they have no plan,  they have nothing to build on. They have no direction, no discipline, no execution. And for me as a player if I'm honoring my small window of opportunity in the NFL, I would not want to be in a place that is a complete dumpster fire which is what it is in Miami."

 

https://x.com/FinsXtra/status/1967556282195534177

 

 

Edited Monday at 06:38 PM by Big Turk