The Big Cat Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 So evidently somebody cued the Bills coaching staff into this whole "play action thing." I think they ran PA more today than they have in the last three years COMBINED. And I'm note even kidding. I've been saying for the last five weeks: Josh Reed is PROFOUNDLY critical to the offense. He gets first downs and sustains drives better than ANY other option we have lining up opposite LE. And on a side note: Anyone notice Chris Ellis out there? It was nice seeing a DE get some penetration from time to time. Leodis McKelvin is a monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Wheels Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Reason three: The Bills made a commitment to the running game. It made the PA effective. Reason four: Zero interceptions, zero fumbles lost. Reason four: Herm Edwards is possibly the worst coach in the league. KC didn't keep handing the ball to Larry Johnson and instead relied on the arm of Tyler Thigpen. Big Mistake. Reason five: KC isn't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Somebody told Schonert about bootlegs, too. Trent said that the game plan this week was dumbed down from last week. They took out a lot of the motions and looks they tried against the Browns and just ran "the base offense." Not sure how to reconcile that with the idea that he also said they put in boots, naked boots, and more play action, though. The short fields against a garbage team didn't hurt anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Reason three: The Bills made a commitment to the running game. It made the PA effective.Reason four: Zero interceptions, zero fumbles lost. Reason four: Herm Edwards is possibly the worst coach in the league. KC didn't keep handing the ball to Larry Johnson and instead relied on the arm of Tyler Thigpen. Big Mistake. Reason five: KC isn't very good. I would say that your reason 3 is a chicken or egg scenario, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Wheels Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I would say that your reason 3 is a chicken or egg scenario, to be honest. Who cares?! It worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Who cares?! It worked! Haha, the point being, you can't be successful at one without attempting the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Reason three: The Bills made a commitment to the running game. It made the PA effective.Reason four: Zero interceptions, zero fumbles lost. Reason four: Herm Edwards is possibly the worst coach in the league. KC didn't keep handing the ball to Larry Johnson and instead relied on the arm of Tyler Thigpen. Big Mistake. Reason five: KC isn't very good. Reason #5 is a big one - KC is just terrible. Without the penalties and turnovers they had I'm not sure who wins this game and I think most other teams ould have beat the Bills today with the way they started out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonster Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Somebody told Schonert about bootlegs, too. Trent said that the game plan this week was dumbed down from last week. They took out a lot of the motions and looks they tried against the Browns and just ran "the base offense." Not sure how to reconcile that with the idea that he also said they put in boots, naked boots, and more play action, though. The short fields against a garbage team didn't hurt anything... Garbage team or not, 54 points is 54 points, I feel very positive about this team and Edwards in general after what he did today, so we struggle still against better teams, and are rarely losing to weak ones, sooner or later we will be beating the good ones too, so I see progress. Last couple of years we would play down to teams like KC, and others, we still would win our share of those, but it would be a struggle, progress, man, progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Reason three: The Bills made a commitment to the running game. It made the PA effective.Reason four: Zero interceptions, zero fumbles lost. Reason four: Herm Edwards is possibly the worst coach in the league. KC didn't keep handing the ball to Larry Johnson and instead relied on the arm of Tyler Thigpen. Big Mistake. Reason five: KC isn't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 It's absolutely amazing what Josh Reed does for this offense. I doubt anyone will kick to McKelvin the rest of the season.. heres to short fields! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderswr80 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 A running game always helps the play action. So I credit everything to the running game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Trent found IT today , he is back . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I agree. Josh reed is important because there is very little depth on the offense. Basically, every time you flip GMs and coaches, the first thing they do is replace their depth. Then they get rid of good players that aren't "their guys" (see london flethcer). It takes a while to get the depth you need to do well, let alone get your starters going at a good pace. That's why there's NO WAY we should change coaches or administration. It would be stupid. So evidently somebody cued the Bills coaching staff into this whole "play action thing." I think they ran PA more today than they have in the last three years COMBINED. And I'm note even kidding. I've been saying for the last five weeks: Josh Reed is PROFOUNDLY critical to the offense. He gets first downs and sustains drives better than ANY other option we have lining up opposite LE. And on a side note: Anyone notice Chris Ellis out there? It was nice seeing a DE get some penetration from time to time. Leodis McKelvin is a monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Bully for us. Those points will move us right up the BCS standings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Dude, we beat the 2nd worst team in the league. Even then they still put up over 30 points on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Bully for us. Those points will move us right up the BCS standings. We'll still end up getting shafted so Notre Dame and USC can go to a better bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmoove Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 PA was a noticble change early. Amazing how it opens up the coverage and gives Trent some time while the linebackers stay home. Marshawn is a true BEAST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Dude, we beat the 2nd worst team in the league. Even then they still put up over 30 points on us. Well, they did score in garbage time. (not to mention they had about 15 possessions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Well, they did score in garbage time. (not to mention they had about 15 possessions) I love these clowns that say "but they scored 30 on us" like they've never watched a blowout before...how many times did NE give up over 25 points last year when they poured it on a team early? The game has been played like that for as logn as I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I love these clowns that say "but they scored 30 on us" like they've never watched a blowout before...how many times did NE give up over 25 points last year when they poured it on a team early? The game has been played like that for as logn as I can remember. The difference is NE will have their 3rd string in when the garbage points are scored. Buffalo on the other hand still had their 1st string in while getting torched for 30 plus. At least nobody got hurt. This board would have imploded if Lynch would have gotten hurt on a garbage run in the 4th quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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