Week 4, Ain'ts v. Bills, GAME BALLS!

[GunnerBill]

59 minutes ago, MJS said:

He had multiple good plays, including an important 4th down stop.

 

I thought he had a nice bounce back 2nd half. Buf his first half was rough.

[NewEra]

I’d give a game ball to the Saints DL.  They did a helluva job containing Josh for most of the day.  

[MJS]

8 minutes ago, NewEra said:

I’d give a game ball to the Saints DL.  They did a helluva job containing Josh for most of the day.  

Losers don't get game balls!

[The Wiz]

1 hour ago, folz said:

 

Desperate teams (0-3) are dangerous. And the Saints may not be a good team, but they do have some very talented players (Olave, Kamara, Demario Davis, Cam Jordan, Juwan Johnson, C Erik McCoy, Rasheed Shaheed, the rookie corner Sanker looked pretty good, etc.). They are going to make some plays. Props to the defense for shutting them down in the 4th quarter (and with no Oliver or Milano). The Saints last 3 possessions were field goal, downs, downs.

 

I got:

Josh

Cook

Shakir

Bosa

Bernard

Bishop

 

Shout outs: Not just from today, but man, I really like Dorian Strong's toughness and tackling (4 solo tackles today). Tre seemed to have a bit of an up and down game, but he did have 7 tackles, 1 TFL, and the big stop on 4th down. As to the rookies, along with Strong, Hawes and Walker are looking like players....and even Sanders had a nice tackle today. This rookie class could be very strong if they keep up this progress (and we haven't even seen Hairston yet).

 

Taking the positives from a not-so-pretty win. 4-0 baby! Go Bills!

 

Every team on the schedule is going to be desperate at this point.  Bills need to play with more urgency either way.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

Every team on the schedule is going to be desperate at this point.  Bills need to play with more urgency either way.

Agreed. I want this team to stop playing with their food 

[3rdand12]

1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

 

He slipped on that play to be fair.

Tripped. overexcited perhaps' Thought it was a silly call till i saw the stumble

 ty

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

I’d give a game ball to the Saints DL.  They did a helluva job containing Josh for most of the day.  

He did run for a TD didn't he? and then another in the second half that made them look silly.

He actually Juked a saints player

 

[NewEra]

3 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

Tripped. overexcited perhaps' Thought it was a silly call till i saw the stumble

 ty

He did run for a TD didn't he? and then another in the second half that made them look silly.

He actually Juked a saints player

 

Yeah- the best player in the world had 2 nice scrambles.  I thought their DL kept him in the pocket for the most part.

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

Walker is still hit and miss, but when it's a hit it's one hell of a splash play and we badly need those.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

2 hours ago, Pete said:

Bosa, AJ, and Hawes all played great!  Roos made some big plays

Bosa was awful most of the day.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

3 hours ago, Turf Toejam 34 said:

Disagree on Tre.  

I don’t get why this staff is playing so much man coverage with Tre out there. Not exactly his forte at this stage in his career. 

[TFBillsfan]

4 hours ago, sven233 said:

Honestly, the players came through overall.  There were ups and downs for all of them, but in the end, they made the plays that mattered.  Allen, Shakir, Cook, all did their jobs.  While the run defense was pitiful, they finally got the pass rush going the last 2 drives.  We need to get Ed healthy ASAP.  Bosa had an OK game overall, but man.....he showed he can be the difference maker we need in crunch time with the pass rushes he had down the stretch.  I will have to watch the tape to see how he played most of the game, but Bishop made a game changing play at the end of the half.  And, here's my weekly shout out to Hawes.  What a difference maker he is for this offense.  Does all the dirty things well and is serviceable enough in the pass game to make a big play every week.  Love watching that kid block, though.

 

The down?  Easy....  the coaching staff.  McDermott and both coordinators had a tough day I think.  Yes, we scored 30 again.  I get that.  But man, some of the play calls on offense in the middle of that game were head-scratching.  And the defense was shredded all day except for the last drive and a half.  And finally, the offensive line I thought had their worst game of the season so far.  Allen was constantly pressured.  They opened up a couple nice holes for Cook, but Cook made them look better than they were today.  We missed Brown badly.  

Was really disappointing with the staff as they had a mini bye to get ready for this game. While NO played on the West coast last week, flew back to NO on Monday to then fly to the East coast. 

 

Offensively, I’d like to see us go more uptempo at times. 
 

Defensively, I don’t even know what our scheme is. Rush four with majority of straight bull rushing, with almost never stunting. Heck move Bosa around from time to time. Creat some freaking mismatches or confusion! Instead our DL continues to get stonewalled while our secondary plays soft coverage constantly giving up easy 5-10 yard passes.  Add in piss poor tackling and it’s very concerning. 

4 hours ago, Turf Toejam 34 said:

Disagree on Tre.  

Led the team in tackles which isn’t a good sign for the D!

[gonzo1105]

Cook

Shakir

Bernard

Bishop

Prater 

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

Bosa was awful most of the day.

 

Considered him, but as I posted elsewhere, I can't give it to a guy that only showed up in garbage time.  He was terrible at setting the edge, getting burned time and again for big runs.  If he's not getting pressure, he's essentially useless.

[kkim0904]

Cook

Josh Allen

[Since1981]

I have not analyzed. 
did white do a decent job? He seemed to be decent. Considering the CB chaos and this poor guy?

[gonzo1105]

1 minute ago, Since1981 said:

I have not analyzed. 
did white do a decent job? He seemed to be decent. Considering the CB chaos and this poor guy?

I thought he was at best average. I don’t think there is a huge difference at this point between Strong and White so in my opinion I’d rather see Strong getting the reps but McDermott is big on trust in the system and White has that but him getting pulled off for a bit was interesting to me. 
 

I can’t wait until this defense is healthy(if that’s possible) and not suspended to see just how good we can be on that side of the ball. I’m a big Hoecht fan and want to see how he’ll impact this defense with Bosa and a healthy Oliver/Milano/Hairston 

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, Since1981 said:

I have not analyzed. 
did white do a decent job? He seemed to be decent. Considering the CB chaos and this poor guy?

 

White had a horrible first half, but he shook it off and came out flying to the ball in the second half, making a number of key tackles, especially the 4th down on Kamara.