RyanC883

The part-time thing does not bother me as much as the fact they are awful. I'm not sure, but I think college FB is part-time as well. The problem is that there is zero accountability apparently besides not getting the "big games." And who is grading them. I mean, missing 12 men in a huddle should be a fine. plain and simple. I'm in the minority and didn't mind it. It's against the Bills defense, the Ravens know they needed points, and there was a chance at catching the D sleeping. Reminded me of Marino (I think) faking the clocking years ago.

great write-up. The game planning by Daboll was awful, and particularly so in the 1st half. This is an alarming-season long trend. Good adjustments, but lets be ready when the game begins. I'd get Duke back in the game. He makes contested catches. Get Knox receiving gloves, I don't get going bare handed in cold weather. Keep Roberts in the endzone. It's crazy to have him running it out. It's not working.

the Refs in the NFL all over seem to be getting worse by the season. Time for some turnover.

another LB and a pass-rushing edge is my offseason D wish list.

where was I being a homer. I din't see it in our "favor" the second half. We still had calls against us. The PI on Beasley was questionable, but that gets called all over the NFL now. The requirement of "catchable" seems to be long gone.

I would. Sacks: PIT: 48, Denver: 31. (PIT leads NFL) INT: PIT 18, Den 9. (PIT 2nd) Fumble recoveries: PIT 15, Den 8. (PIT 2nd). Not only is PIT ranked 1 higher on "overall pass D", which takes into consideration who you are playing, the game time (garbage time factors into that), PIT's D is on the field a ton due to its offense. This is a great take. The game plan was awful. I thought I was watching a HS offense. McD stated the offense did not get into a rythym. Well, gee, no shi*. Your OC was awful. The slow starts by Daboll need to stop. It was a problem against bad teams, and now is a major issue (costing games) against balanced teams like Balt.

PIT is much worse on offense. PIT has a much better D. PIT leads the NFL in sacks with 48. Balt is in the middle with 33. And they got to JA easily (good job OL). PIT has more INT's than Balt. 18-11. Not a huge concern as JA throws safe passes, but combine the pass rush with ball-hawking CB Hayden and Safety Fitzpatrick and it is a concern. PIT has more fumble recoveries than Balt 15-9. JA needs to hold onto the ball when he's hit/running.

He had a B+ game against Denver, so I'd say good. The offense overall was also better. It's not all Allen, the whole offense from playcalling, to execution, to Allen missing open guys, to guys dropping balls. It was all around bad. They need to correct this. PIT is MUCH better than Denver on defense. They looked unprepared for the multiple blitz looks that Balt brings, and PIT brings them as well. Guys will appear in the backfield from anywhere (safety, DL, LB, etc). Quick hitters and running well will solve this to some extent. Also, JA does not throw INT's. Needs to keep this up w/o being afraid to trust his WR's route running. Lots on the offense plate for PIT.

terrible officiating at the end of the 1st half is my guess. Ravens had 12 men on the field and there was no call. Then there was the blatent PI at the end of the half, but he can't be too upset about that since he did not challenge it. I could see challenging it, getting screwed, and then being upset. Interested to hear if there is anything more. Glad to see him fired up. The officiating in the 1st half was terrible, much better in the 2nd.

My issue with the performance yesterday is that Josh has not had a "good game" against any top D this year. Given, we have not played many good D's. The Steelers game will be a great test. We need to neutralize the Steelers blitzing/pass rush ability. Knox will have to catch the ball close to the line, (get him gloves!); and we can't be throwing high-school 2 yard passes and thinking we will beat top CB's. Need some more quick hitters to Beasley and Singletary and Knox that open up the run game and mitigate blitzes. The Cards moved the ball against the Steelers, before turning the ball over every time they got in the redzone. Lets see if this offense can solve some of its redzone woes. Big game for the offense.

will be a huge game for many reasons: (1) the AFC East. And imagine if NE somehow loses before the game. Even bigger. (2) The Bills offense. The Bills offense has sputtered against top defenses this year. (no, Dallas is not a top D). Against both NE and Balt the offense has been terrible. Is it play-calling, Josh, lack of talent on O-line and at WR, all of the above, some combination. In the end, it does not really matter to a fan. Seeing it get fixed matters. This may be the best D the Bills face to date, if not, it's one that is certainly in the same league as Balt and NE. (3) I also want to see how many Bills fans are at this game. Hopefully lots. It's close to Buffalo, and many Bills fans appear to live here. Lets show the NFL we are the best fans.

yep. and ke kept taking it out of the endzone and getting tackled before the 25. just boneheaded.

Knox needs gloves. why not try them. on another note, Knox runs angry and is good after the catch. put him at half back and run screen plays?

their D is nasty, likely best in nfl. Has kept them in playoff contention. Multiple sacks and turnovers every week. We struggle against good D. This will be a low scoring, field position, turnover decided game. I think we can win, but our O has to cash it in and not just get FG’s when approaching the red zone.

get Yeldon active. need another receiving option.

Why isn’t Duke playing? He played well when they actually played him. We are lacking a big WR. And Knox is missing receiver gloves.

I’m going to guess that most to Beasley were bad throws that were not caught. And one is the play that drew PI. So he was 4 of 6. Knox was dropping easy passes. He needs to wear receiving gloves, esp. in cold weather. what one was that?

their D is going to expose our offensive offense again. low scoring game will be decoded by field position and turnovers.

Beasley was catching stuff all day. One problem with JA at this point is lack of anticipation.

I think you nailed it, no pun intended!

our QB cant pick that up. Teddy B could.

ni. but I expect a better showing from the offense.

u mean 8. they will be twlking about him all fn day.

what is he upset about?

cant take the 1st off against good teams. and we have beaten none all year