Game week thread - Bills at Texans TNF

[RunTheBall]

Some of the takes in this thread are wild. Bring up Gore? Seriously? Coleman isn’t playing. He’s in the doghouse big time. Houston has the best pair of DE’s in the league, and guys on here are saying they are just ok. Wild.

 

Houston has penetrating DT’s, great DE’s, plays zone coverage most of the time, and has great CBs. Their slot guy is out.

 

So what does that mean? We need an efficient Josh Allen, not Super Josh. Houston gives up nothing over the top, everything is underneath. So that means establishing the running game, and hope to god Josh can play patient because that’s all that’s going to be available. It’s going to be dink and dunk with a couple of targetted shots downfield but if they try and play like they did against TB we will lose.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by RunTheBall

[Shortchaz]

I HATE our defense yet I’m falling back into the confidence trap, feel like we win easily. 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

9 minutes ago, sven233 said:

 

Yeah.....I am expecting Davis will be in there again with Latu likely as the other call up.  Personally, I would rather it be Fox if he's ready because we need to help get Bosa's snap count under control, but they love having 3 TEs active so I guess we'll see.

I’m with you on Fox but not for that reason. Javon Solomon isn’t a serviceable option at end, nor do I think he offers any pass rush upside in the nascar package. Hes repeatedly failed to be impactful in that role and has proven a liability at DE on early downs. 
 

We can’t be rolling TJ Sanders out at end. And Bosa’s snap count (61%) last week wasn’t all that crazy for his career numbers or this season in comparison to other games.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

19 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

Houston has the best pair of DE’s in the league, and guys on here are saying they are just ok.

If you’re referencing my post, I said the pass rush was not as stout as people are selling. The ends are very good, not great. FWIW,  neither of Anderson or Hunter recorded a sack last year vs Buffalo. We have great tackles. I like our chances. 

19 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

establishing the running game

Houston has a top 3 run defense in the league, in large part because of the DTs you mention. Again, this is strength on strength and it will be fun to see what they can do here. 
 

IMO the defense is FAST (especially at LB) and will flow quickly. I hope Brady uses this to his advantage. 

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[Scott7975]

NFL Hou vs Buff gameday preview.

[TBBills Fan]

PFT and cover 1 reporting Coleman will be a healthy scratch again. (Link in Coleman thread)

[RiotAct]

42 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

I HATE our defense yet I’m falling back into the confidence trap, feel like we win easily. 

on the road, in that house of horrors???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

… actually yeah you’re probably right.

[Bruffalo]

16 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

PFT and cover 1 reporting Coleman will be a healthy scratch again. (Link in Coleman thread)

I'm not shocked, but it's a little shocking that he isn't active with the injury report the way it is. Parrino and a few of the other beat guys expected him to be active but only returning punts. 

 

What a shame and a blunder of a pick ultimately. 

[That's No Moon]

34 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Houston has a top 3 run defense in the league, in large part because of the DTs you mention. Again, this is strength on strength and it will be fun to see what they can do here.

I'm getting a bit tired of hearing how great the offensive line is. Houston is a really good defensive front. Fast and physical. Handle them and you can tell me they are great again. Run the ball effectively. Reset the line of scrimmage consistently. Keep Allen clean, not running for his life. No excuses, if you can't deal with a great defensive line you aren't a great offensive line.

[Buffalo Ballin]

16 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

PFT and cover 1 reporting Coleman will be a healthy scratch again. (Link in Coleman thread)

Not surprised. At this point, Keon should only be brought in when someone goes down.

 

All of Keon's' reps should go to Tyrell Shavers, Shakir, Elijah Moore, and Gabe Davis.

[stevewin]

6 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

Thursday games are often total clunkers and difficult to watch. 
 

The way this season has gone, the unexpected has been happening more than you would expect.

 

So, what’s the unexpected in this game?  All Bills’ TDs are scored by Coleman on special teams plays, the Texans run game is stuffed, and the Bills win in OT with a safety. 
 

That’s a hell of a payoff for my parlay!

Defense stops every 3rd and 4th down >12 yds

[Johnnycage46]

36 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

I'm getting a bit tired of hearing how great the offensive line is. Houston is a really good defensive front. Fast and physical. Handle them and you can tell me they are great again. Run the ball effectively. Reset the line of scrimmage consistently. Keep Allen clean, not running for his life. No excuses, if you can't deal with a great defensive line you aren't a great offensive line.

So if our great line handles their great d line, does that then not make their d line great?

[stevewin]

5 hours ago, zow2 said:

The Bills are enroute to Houston now.  I'm not sure how they will endure a 2hr 53min flight, their longest of the season by far.  Hopefully they can overcome the adversity of the travel and the central time zone.

Two words: High Knees

[zow2]

7 hours ago, zow2 said:

 

I think Keon sits another week and Moore gets in there for Samuel. 

 

Keon is just hurting Josh's progressions.  He's not available off the snap and there's going to be no time against Houston to mess around.  If Keon does happen to play, I think he gets fewer than 10 snaps.  My predictions for WR's this week:

 

Shakir

Palmer

Shavers

Gabe

Moore

 

 

Glad McDermott sees it the same way i do!

[NeverOutNick]

32 minutes ago, stevewin said:

Defense stops every 3rd and 4th down >12 yds

That would be amazing! Don’t think that’s ever happened in the McD area. But what can you expect not like he specializes in defense 😬 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

53 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

I'm getting a bit tired of hearing how great the offensive line is. Houston is a really good defensive front. Fast and physical. Handle them and you can tell me they are great again. Run the ball effectively. Reset the line of scrimmage consistently. Keep Allen clean, not running for his life. No excuses, if you can't deal with a great defensive line you aren't a great offensive line.

If Houston as a top 3 rush defense is good enough in your opinion to be considered a really good defensive front, wouldn’t the number one rushing attack in the NFL be also considered a really good offensive line?  

[TBBills Fan]

56 minutes ago, Bruffalo said:

I'm not shocked, but it's a little shocking that he isn't active with the injury report the way it is. Parrino and a few of the other beat guys expected him to be active but only returning punts. 

 

What a shame and a blunder of a pick ultimately. 

There still time for him. I know I made plenty of mistakes in my 20s. How he responds to this embarrassing moment, being in active, being called out, being looked at as not reliable and now feeling consequences will tell the tale of Keon

55 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Not surprised. At this point, Keon should only be brought in when someone goes down.

 

All of Keon's' reps should go to Tyrell Shavers, Shakir, Elijah Moore, and Gabe Davis.

I agree with this. He needs to build his credit back with his teammates and coaches.  

[Lionel Hutz]

Benching what was basically your first round pick for 2 straight games in his second season when he is healthy is a bad look for this organization. Either he is being benched as punishment for behavior or because they don’t think he’s good enough. 

 

I hear all the time when he is criticized for poor coaching that McD is a great leader of men. Well how come he can’t handle Coleman? This coming after how Elam was handled by McD. McD doesn’t want to win at any cost, he wants to win on his terms.  
 

Beane also deserves blame for picking these guys and not admitting he made mistakes.