Dawkins giving up on blocks

[benderbender]

Tim Settle was the insult to injury. Couldn’t tie his shoes with us, but is Reggie White when he’s got real DL talent around him. 

[Donuts and Doritos]

43 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Mentally, I’d agree. 
 

Physically, he’s the toughest player I’ve ever seen in my life.  

But Mahomes has that burning desire.. that mental fury inside him. 
 

It says a lot that we are all “whoaaaa”

when Allen yells “What are we doing!?” to Trubisky after another Brady disasterclass. 
 

That shouldn’t be so rare given where we are right now.  Mahomes has multiple Super Bowls and still is maniacally driven to get back. 
 

I’ll acknowledge it’s probably tougher when you feel you’re swimming upstream against the current that is Beane/McDermott compared to Reid/Veach. 

 

Yeah, Tom Brady had the A-hole I demand better like Mahomes. He yelled at McDaniels on the sideline. He'd probably take a swing at Joe Brady. Now there's a headline "Brady KO's Brady". 

[Low Positive]

8 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Im about at this point myself.  I dont care that Terry spent 400 mill of his billions this offseason for bonuses,its a tax deduction for him.

 

I feel we the fans care much more.

Of course we care more. To the players, the BIlls are the company that cuts their massive paychecks. They get paid, win or lose. To the owner, it's a massively appreciating asset that his children will be able to sell for billions. To many of us on this message board, it's our final tie to the place we're from and a team that we've been rooting for since childhood. My father's final words to me were "Go Bills!" That's how deep this is for me, and why I'm so upset this morning. 

[IYKYK]

The problem is he’s too fat! The guy is a huge tub of goo who can’t block a speed rusher to save his life. 

[BullBuchanan]

1 hour ago, Uncle Monkeyhead said:

I noticed this as well

 

Can confirm. I was screaming at the TV.

6 minutes ago, benderbender said:

Tim Settle was the insult to injury. Couldn’t tie his shoes with us, but is Reggie White when he’s got real DL talent around him. 

Don't forget Poona Ford.

[ShakAttack]

The attention Dion Dawkins got via Josh Allen winning MVP seems to have him in his own world 

[Not at the table Karlos]

12 minutes ago, uticaclub said:

The heart and soul of the team is dead. The “culture” we were preached about was suppose to prevent this. If the culture is gone, what is left?

The culture really wasn’t great for championship football. It’s too happy go lucky let’s all be friends. For a feel good story it’s great. Not really the best for let’s dominate our opponent and hammer them into the ground. 

[RkFast]

I know you could scoff at this sort of stuff, but seeing Dawkins yuck it up with members of the Houston defense literally two seconds after he gave up a penalty that basically cost any chance of winning the game was just completely galling to me. 
 

Then in the post game interview all of a sudden he gets sullen, which you could tell is a complete act, and he’s talking about it’s a “game of inches.“ Other words…completely absolving himself of any responsibility.
 

I understand he’s a team leader and he’s been here for a long time and all that.  I also understand that this is their job and they’re all friends with all the different players. Of course you walk over to the other team shake hands say good game and maybe talk about the family and what not. But to see him cracking up and telling jokes and acting the way he did was just completely out of line from somebody in his position as far as I’m concerned. But that was completely unacceptable from a team with Super Bowl aspirations and his attitude is really becoming an issue.

Edited 1 hour ago by RkFast

[US Egg]

Too much friendship on the team? Too kind to the opponent post game? That’s precious. 
 

Bring back the “Bickerin’ Bills”. 🤪

[NoSaint]

59 minutes ago, Einstein said:

He did it several times yesterday.

 

Allen is desperately trying to make something happen and Dawkins decides to give up halfway through the play.

 

 

that one looked so weird live 

 

im guessing he hit a strange angle/position that created an instant of being unable to engage well but it looks terrible. I had not noticed it as a trend 

[Blank Stare]

No players on this team seem to have the temperament to get in someone’s ass and hold them accountable. True player driven leadership. The one guy we had that would do that was deemed a problem and was shipped out when the boat was rocked a bit too much (Diggs). Bunch of betas on this team from the top down. 

[LabattBlue]

Dawkins and the tub of goo around his waist is going to cause him to hit the brick wall sooner rather than later.  Maybe you can get away with that body type as an OG, but certainly not as a LT…as you age.  

Edited 1 hour ago by LabattBlue

[NoSaint]

27 minutes ago, uticaclub said:

The heart and soul of the team is dead. The “culture” we were preached about was suppose to prevent this. If the culture is gone, what is left?

too many of them became Josh Allen fans with the mvp instead of Josh Allen teammates 

[TheBrownBear]

I think we are mentally soft and frankly, organizationally, from top to bottom, just completely burned out by the seemingly endless close playoff losses at the hands of the Chiefs. You could see it in McDermott and Allen's demeanor and approach to the season during training camp/Hard Knocks - you could feel an organization with zero urgency or intensity. The emotional well is all tapped out and dry with these guys. Crazy as it sounds, I think we might be best served by collapsing a bit here and missing the playoffs entirely - hopefully, leads to a come to Jesus moment.

[Billsfanatic8989]

Give the key back if you have not already please. 

 

Thanks!!!

[RkFast]

16 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Too much friendship on the team? Too kind to the opponent post game? That’s precious. 
 

Bring back the “Bickerin’ Bills”. 🤪

 

Again, nobody is saying to act like Mahomes did after that loss to the Bills or for him to throw a table. But his act last night, between him bailing on plays and then his demeanor after the game, wouldnt fly in a 13u travel baseball league. If my boy strikes out three times, then cadillacs a throw to the plate to blow the game for good and then twenty seconds after that, hes yucking it up with the opposite team while they celebrate winning the weekend tournament guess what's next? Im getting a email from the coach a week later telling me that his spot on the team next year is gone. 

 

Guy's a pro and a team leader. Act like it.

Edited 54 minutes ago by RkFast

[Billsfanatic8989]

2 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

I think we are mentally soft and frankly, organizationally, from top to bottom, just completely burned out by the seemingly endless close playoff losses at the hands of the Chiefs. You could see it in McDermott and Allen's demeanor and approach to the season during training camp/Hard Knocks - you could feel an organization with zero urgency or intensity. The emotional well is all tapped out and dry with these guys. Crazy as it sounds, I think we might be best served by collapsing a bit here and missing the playoffs entirely - hopefully, leads to a come to Jesus moment.

Not crazy at all. I don't want to back into a division title. Go out early. And get an even tougher schedule than next year will already be. All the while Pegula thinks things are fine. 

 

Short-term pain for long-term gain hopefully.

 

 

[Utah John]

Playing like that he belongs on the Ravens.  All happy when winning but when challenged they collapse.  That's how they've been for years.  The Bills of previous years used to take a loss or even a bad play and bear down to get better.  Last night and against the Dolphins, they quit.

[BigAl2526]

Buffalo has plenty of time before the next game.  I imagine that one day between now and November 30, McDermott is going to have his team sit down for an extensive film watching session of the Houston game.  Maybe it will be done by position group and I suspect Dawkins and others are going to get to watch themselves quitting on  plays, and in Dawkins' case getting his QB dumped on the turf.  I think the position coaches will try and make guilty players feel every bit of that guilt.

[SCBills]

2 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said:

Buffalo has plenty of time before the next game.  I imagine that one day between now and November 30, McDermott is going to have his team sit down for an extensive film watching session of the Houston game.  Maybe it will be done by position group and I suspect Dawkins and others are going to get to watch themselves quitting on  plays, and in Dawkins' case getting his QB dumped on the turf.  I think the position coaches will try and make guilty players feel every bit of that guilt.

How many wake up calls does this team need?

 

Brady refuses to change from his overwhelming five man protection scheme love, even when Allen is getting killed.  
 

Falcons beat him up.  Dolphins beat him up.  Texans almost buried him six feet deep.  
 

Eric Wood told a story about how Marrone wouldn’t give help against JJ Watt because he said he won’t change his entire gameplan for one person.  Thats literally what Brady is doing out there this year.