st pete gogolak

No. No, it’s not. It was 13 seconds. Deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you knew we would never make the Super Bowl after that game with McDermott as HC.

I’m glad I started the thread because a lot of interesting comments as to why you might WANT to run into a heavy box, especially with a runner like Cook who can make one guy miss and he’s off to the races. I get that but shouldn’t there also be a set number of pass plays designed to take advantage of the heavy box? Put Cook in motion, send Knox deep (which we know he can do)?

The 49’ers: “Hold my beer”.

$20? Reminds me of the line from Trading Places. “Twenty dollars? Maybe I’ll go to a movie . . . by myself.”

I’m not an All-22 guy and I’m genuinely curious to hear from posters who are whether we were running into a stacked box yesterday. For one example, what defense was Miami in on the first drive 3rd and one? It seemed Miami’s mindset coming in was to stop the run and challenge Josh Allen to beat them with his arm, which is kind of insane when you put in down on paper. I believe that going into the game, we were the only NFL team with more rushing attempts than passing attempts, which is also kind of crazy considering who’s playing QB for us. it also drives me nuts that we don’t have variations on certain formations. The announcers said it during the game. Gilliam’s in, it’s a run, Kincaid is in, it’s a pass. Why not play action when Gilliam is in? Same thing last year. No variation on the tush push. Always over the left guard. Cost us against KC. At this point, I’m hoping for some sort of change-up. Move Coleman to big slot and move Shakir outside. Stop throwing bubble screens. Something. Sorry this turned into a rant. Anyway, were we running into a heavy box against the Dolphins? If not, why was the running game so bad?

Bills’ offense is basically Schroedinger’s cat. It’s both alive and dead at the same time.

Cooper wasn’t washed. He was uninterested in playing football. It’s too bad because a motivated Cooper could have been the difference last year and this year. The fact that he hasn’t signed anywhere tells the whole story.

Questionable hires? Ok. Was the Ryan hire a good hire? Look, I get it. I was all for firing Marv Levy after the first Super Bowl loss to Dallas. Instead Wilson fired Polian, best GM in team history. I doubt McBeane can lead this team to the SB but hiring new OC and DC from the outside is a better way to go.

I’m sure we’ll see a couple of threads like this after that debacle, but I beg you to look at the last 15 years of the Sabres before you give Pegula an opportunity to pick a GM and HC for the Bills. (I’ll throw in the Rex Ryan hire for good measure). In 30 combined years of owning the two franchises, Pegula has made one - ONE- decent HC/GM hire.

How bad is Geno Smith? Props to Seattle for dumping him and signing Darnold.

This back and forth reminds me of the discussion (such as it was) regarding who won the Ryan O’Reilly trade. Doesn’t matter how many 40 goal seasons Tage Thompson has. Blues won a Cup and O’Reilly was playoff MVP. Blues won the trade. Similar to the Stanford trade. If Colts somehow manage to win a Super Bowl with Gardner, they win the trade.

The pundits are declaring Jonathan Taylor as this year’s clear MVP. Cook has more YPG, same average per carry and would match him in touchdowns if Allen wasn’t vulturing them. Is Cook an MVP candidate?

After Bosa and McGovern (maybe Edwards) i don’t care if any of the remaining players are back.

It’s funny that everyone is screaming for a WR (hey, I’m in that group too!), when the offense is #1 in the entire league in YPG and #3 in points per game. I get it though, feeling is that in the postseason we’re going to need to outscore teams to advance. Still crying about Hoecht.

What in the Sam Hill is a negative separation route?