Is Joe Brady the main issue on offense?

[NoSaint]

8 minutes ago, Chugga said:

You’re totally right.  My bad.  This is totally sustainable.

 

Whats that thing Belicheck used to do?  Scheme to take away one of your weapons?  I’m sure in the playoffs if James Cook gets planned for, the passing game will definitely pick up the slack 

yea, it’s the concern with this roster. 
 

but the Steelers didn’t take it away. So it’s hard to blame the bills for going with what works 

 

did you expect them to force feed Gabe and Keon in the 4th just to see?

[mbs]

Remember Mike Gillislee and Fat Karlos? They looked like Shady. Kromer is working magic again. Brady stinks. No passing offense should ever look this bad even with the players he has. Certainly not with Allen.

[DisplacedBillsFan]

15 minutes ago, Chugga said:

You’re totally right.  My bad.  This is totally sustainable.

 

Whats that thing Belicheck used to do?  Scheme to take away one of your weapons?  I’m sure in the playoffs if James Cook gets planned for, the passing game will definitely pick up the slack 

Well, considering we have nearly as many TDs through the air as we do on the ground…yes.

 

Just because it doesn’t pass your eye test doesn’t mean it’s bad football.

 

Sure, we have areas to improve. Every team does. The statistics say we’re a top offense.

 

I’d venture a guess that no other fanbase in the league would be as pissy as this one is about an 8-4 team. The negativity on this board is both mind blowing and mind numbing.

[oldmanfan]

Brady did well today.  He found something the Steelers could not stop and hammered them with it.

 

I swear some here would rather they had tried to throw the ball all day and lose.

[Bruffalo]

Brady did the same thing today as he's done pretty much every game. Hammer the same play over and over. I don't know how impressed we should be. The only thing I will give him is that the RBs were involved in the passing game. That's pretty much a must have moving forward as far as I'm concerned. 

 

This week it worked, next week who knows? That's the problem I have with Brady. 

[Victory Formation]

Buffalo is lacking an identity on offense.

[jlgarsh]

Brady calls the same plays like 4-5x in a row, repeatedly. It'd be nice to see some expansion of the playroom. But they won today so who really cares

[Danger Mouse]

10 hours ago, SC STATE NUPE said:

It’s quite obvious this offense flows far better moving at a quicker pace. It’s not a “no huddle” pace, but Josh plays far more better and composed constantly in a quicker flow. 

Same with the Steelers yesterday.

 

They only did it once, but they sped up and looked like they could make progress. We are infinitely better with some urgency - it's surely one of the advantages of having a QB with great game instinct.

[BuffaloRebound]

Running the ball straight up the middle to cook and davis worked.  Problems arise when it doesn’t as we have no downfield passing game.  

[biLLyBuFFs]

https://wbuf.com/buffalo-bills-offense-pittsburgh-steelers/

Interesting take as we have all seen the same 10 plays every game with not much change other than relying on JA to be Superman every game.  

[st pete gogolak]

10 hours ago, jlgarsh said:

Brady calls the same plays like 4-5x in a row, repeatedly. It'd be nice to see some expansion of the playroom. But they won today so who really cares

Not sure if you were like me but I was screaming “play action” after two successful runs.  Nope. Third run would go nowhere.  Worked yesterday but we’re going to have to mix in more play action going forward. 

[mjt328]

11 hours ago, Victory Formation said:

Buffalo is lacking an identity on offense.

 

The identity is pretty obvious.

They are primarily a running team.  Passing is mostly screens and check-downs.  

When that doesn't work, hope Josh Allen can save their behinds.

[Ray Stonada]

If Brady wants to run the same play 15 times a game, then PLEASE can he develop two other plays (a run and a pass) from the same formation and personell?

 

Then you run the play to Cook three out of four times and the other plays a quarter of the time.

You can strike deep that way to Shavers, for instance.

Edited 56 minutes ago by Ray Stonada

[mjt328]

11 hours ago, Bruffalo said:

Brady did the same thing today as he's done pretty much every game. Hammer the same play over and over. I don't know how impressed we should be. The only thing I will give him is that the RBs were involved in the passing game. That's pretty much a must have moving forward as far as I'm concerned. 

 

This week it worked, next week who knows? That's the problem I have with Brady. 

 

Brady's ability to gameplan and adjust are very very very bad.  

 

He went into the Houston game with no plan to neutralize their pass rush, and then refused to make changes when they were clearly smoking us.  Ironically, it was very bad luck for Pittsburgh to face us after such a poor showing with our pass blocking.  Brady had more than a week to hear the relentless criticism about his blocking schemes.  And without both starting OTs, he was left with no choice but to run James Cook into the ground yesterday.  In other words, our spectacular failure on Thursday Night forced Brady into a strategy for success.

 

My guess is that Brady will attempt to run the same exact gameplan against Cincinnati next week... for no other reason than it appears to be working.  Will he tailor our offensive attack to target the Bengals weak points?  Obviously he won't, because he never does.  Will the Bengals (even as pathetic as their defense is) be prepared after seeing us run the same play 50 times on film?  Probably.  

[Billsatlastin2018]

12 hours ago, oldmanfan said:

Brady did well today.  He found something the Steelers could not stop and hammered them with it.

 

I swear some here would rather they had tried to throw the ball all day and lose.

No, but that is unsustainable! Chances of the Bills running wild for 250 every game? An integer between -1 & +1.

 

So, here comes the Catch 22. Can Brady scheme for his WR3 & spare parts- 4s, 5s & 6s OR do they simply lack the talent to get open and catch a football?

 

We all fear that a negative BOTH is the answer! 
 

But, it is Brady’s job to design differences.

 

#17 cannot run, throw and catch his own passes!