Perspective Matters: The Offense Is Producing

[VW82]

31 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

i believe we were closest to winning the SB in 2021.

 

Of course we were. We had Josh on a rookie contract. His cap hit next year is 56M. It's not an apples to apples comparison.

[GoBills808]

10 minutes ago, VW82 said:

 

Of course we were. We had Josh on a rookie contract. His cap hit next year is 56M. It's not an apples to apples comparison.

this thread is about the offense not the salary cap

[BullBuchanan]

7 hours ago, ClosetFan said:

Speaking of perspective:People seem to get twisted in knots about how the team is managed. Just keep in mind that these are just a bunch of millionaires tossing a ball around for your entertainment. It has no impact on your life.

The lamest take in all of sports fandom. Good job on being the first to bring it up today.

7 hours ago, Magox said:

Let's take a breath and look at what the offense is actually doing before we spiral over not getting a WR before the trade deadline.

 

Here are some facts that might help bring a little levity to the conversation:

 

Total Yards/Game: 385 – 1st in the NFL

Points/Game: 29.4 – 3rd in the NFL

Rushing Yards/Game: 161.5 – 1st in the NFL

Yards/Play: 6.1 – 3rd in the NFL

Passing Yards/Game: 224 – 14th in the NFL

Yards/Pass Attempt: 8.2 – 4th in the NFL

Yards/Rush: 5.0 – 4th in the NFL

Red Zone TD %: 67.74% – 9th in the NFL

Completion %: 69.9% – 7th in the NFL

Third Down Conversion: 45.65% – 5th in the NFL

 

These are damn good numbers. This offense is efficient, productive, and balanced. We’re top-tier in yards, points, and play efficiency. The passing game may not be flashy in total yards, but it’s highly efficient—top 5 in yards per attempt and completion percentage.

Could we have added a WR? Sure. But let’s not ignore what’s already working. This team is moving the ball, scoring points, and doing it with balance and precision.  And the WR room gets better with Palmer back into the fold and I do think Gabe Davis will help on those scramble drills which seem to be missing this year.

Let’s keep perspective. The season is long, and the offense is already doing more than enough to win games.

I might even say that's "secretly elite".

[DuckyBoys]

I think the worry is the offense falters in the playoffs when teams go all in to stop the run/short game  and are willing to dare the Bills to win on the outside  Coordinators have months to come up with scheme to do it and do we have an answer?

[BullBuchanan]

14 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said:

I think the worry is the offense falters in the playoffs when teams go all in to stop the run/short game  and are willing to dare the Bills to win on the outside  Coordinators have months to come up with scheme to do it and do we have an answer?

That's not typically what teams do in the playoffs. If any team wants to sell out to stop the run against one of the best players to ever throw a football who's in his prime, I'd welcome them to do so. We don't have Spencer Rattler under center, we have Josh ***** Allen.

The reason this whole offensive philosophy works, is...

Edited 1 hour ago by BullBuchanan

[BearNorth]

I noticed today that we have some serious size in our receiving corps for a change.  

WR's - Shavers 6-4 211; Coleman 6-3 215; Kincaid 6-4 240; Knox 6-4 254; Hawes 6-4 253

Probably won't win a lot of foot races, but those are some big guys.

[BuffaloBillyG]

7 hours ago, BillsVet said:

 

I don't care. 

 

Buffalo was second in points scored last year, third in point differential, etc. during the regular season.  And they still barely got past Baltimore in the Divisional Round game and had to grind it out in the AFC CG.  

 

The offense is built to succeed in the regular season and falters under the weight of greater expectations and pressure in the post-season.      

The issue I have and the reason I wanted to add a playmaker....we are one James Cook or Dalton Kincaid injury away from catastrophe.

[ganesh]

The biggest issue for most of the fans are the two losses. We were supposed to blowout those two upcoming teams; instead we allowed their young guns to be better than the reigning MVP. 
 

The offense played poorly in those two games. The play calling was poor. We still had a chance to win both the games.  If we scored the TD on that last drive against the patriots instead of the FG then we would have forced them to needing a TD and we didn’t. 
 

bottom line, those losses hurt us so much that (and the way we lost) fans are not willing to acknowledge this accomplishment of the offense 

21 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

The issue I have and the reason I wanted to add a playmaker....we are one James Cook or Dalton Kincaid injury away from catastrophe.

Agree.  This year our depth at WR/TE and RB is miserable.  

7 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Good question. Um, he’s the best of the bunch. He absolutely makes them better than they are today. I’d also probably try giving Moore more routes (no pun intended). Maybe you can cobble together just enough to keep defenses honest. That way you can still run the ball and work the underneath stuff.

It has taken time for Moore and Palmer to get in sync with Allen. May be that will be a game changer in the 2nd half of the season