BADOLBILZ

Yes, in hindsight the bad start during the scripted portion of the game decreased their chance of winning the game greatly. They lost the turnover battle for the game 3 plays in. Teams that win the turnover margin in a game win 78% of the time. You can argue against my larger point about momentum but turnovers kill you and that turnover was set up by the Titans getting the Bills into a 3rd and no-way-they-run-the-ball.

OK but real talk.........they had only gained 6 yards after 2 plays and after 3 plays the Titans were at the BILLS 16 yard line. It was a bad game plan. Admit it.

You are talking about throwing on third down.........after two unnecessary and ineffective run plays. If you think Daboll had a good game plan then just say so..........there is a whole thread dedicated to how his greatness is going to lead to him becoming a HC next season and undermining the Bills offense. In reality.........nobody liked the Daboll game plan..........you just want to argue with me.

And yet receivers were running open all over the field. And the Bills QB is an MVP candidate who has done well with short to intermediate throws for the past 2 seasons and excels at buying time that breaks down coverage discipline. The second highlighted point from your post is the key to me...........the fact that they didn't realize that they have fundamental issues with their run game when it's been as clear as day for 4 games. That is the heart of the issue. It's why Daboll had a bad script. You are basically arguing against and supporting my point at the same time. The script indicated that they really weren't terribly surprised by what the Titans chose to do defensively. They just tried to call plays that in theory "should" work rather than just do what they do best on early downs. It's a problem I have had with Daboll for some time.........he seems to live for the "gotcha" plays. On his bad days he is just hunting a pecking thru his play sheet. When you have an offense that can impose its will the way the Bills can when Allen drops back...........not doing so is like the early 90's Bills deciding they don't want to run screens because the opposing defense has it on tape. If Allen is being accurate it's really hard to take away the passing game from him because he can buy so much time and make throws so few can.

Typically the first 12-15 plays are scripted. You are talking about play #3. But yes by that point they should have tossed that sh*tty script.

I was specifically talking about the beginning of the game...........the typically "scripted" portion...........and while I know that Daboll isn't actually trying to grind out 12 play drives you need to know that that's what it's going to take if you are trying to run the ball when it's your offensive weakness. They lost this game in the first few drives by playing against their strength. As I said in an earlier post.......once they dug themselves a deficit and went empty backfield the Titans just stayed back and took away the big play opportunities.

I like these suggestions a lot. I am with you on Johnson he has a chance to be like the player Hendrickson has become now........maybe even better all around. Those guys are built to rush the passer. They need to get Edmunds out on the edge next season and see what they actually have while they have a chance to develop him.

It's ALL RELATIVE. How you get to the record means equally as much(if not more) than the number. How would you feel about going 16-1? Wouldn't you take that before the season started? I think a truly happy ending to a Bills season is going to have a sum of at least 19 outcomes. The whole "I'll be happy if they just win the division" kinda' thing is only an attempt to mitigate the pain of failure.

I didn't really understand why they swapped him out for the expensive specialist Matakevich. Did they think that they weren't going to be able to find a kicker who could reach the end zone? Bojo is pretty good at out kicking his coverage and launching shorter field punts into the end zone so good kick coverage goes to waste on our own punts.

1) Lawson just aint very good. He played his assoff for a new contract and became a very solid rotational DE. Beane was wise to dangle that carrot last year and get what they could out of him. But now that he is in Miami he is the same player the Bills had in 2017-2018. I mean to a TEE. So what you saw last year.......wasn't happening again with a new contract in hand this year. 2) Star Lotulelei was downright poor in his first season in Buffalo and mediocre in year 2. He was a traffic cone. He wasn't a double team magnet he was a single teamed 1T who couldn't get off a block to make a tackle. He was being outplayed by an enormous margin by Horrible Harry last year prior to HH's injury. I know people are fixated on the perceived D-line issues..........but the problem with the run defense is the linebackers. They are getting opportunities but they are just making the wrong choices in pursuit. Edmunds has been awful in this regard. Keep in mind that the Bills have been running the same stuff on defense for 4 seasons now. Teams are prepared. They KNOW the weaknesses. It's not a coincidence that now even the most casual of fans can see things like the deficiencies in Edmunds' game.

It was a mistake playing him so much early yesterday. They wanted to run the ball a lot early so he was the TE and when you then have he and Roberts both out in a pattern it greatly increases your odds for the kind of turnover that Roberts served up with that interception.

Their biggest problem is that the Bills have spent 2+ years blowing smoke up Tremaine Edmunds ass as a MLB hoping that the hot air will elevate his game and it's just not happening. He is their version of Gary Sanchez in the middle of the lineup. But he also happens to be their highest ceiling pass rusher..........something they actually NEED (unlike a Yankees team that doesn't have room for another slugger at 1B or DH). The Bills have been trying to break the mould at MLB and it ain't working. That particular round hole is very resistant to square pegs for a reason. You gotta' have instincts for the position. He just doesn't react like a RB in the run game and all the false steps there really detract from the rest of his performance. There really isn't an excuse for not having depth at that position. Signing Tyler Matakevich as his backup when he's basically unplayable on defense was a real double-down. It's not so hard to fill MLB decently that you need to use a lot of capital on the project.

And the Bills QB was averaging 9 yards per attempt and the Titans were down Adoree Jackson at CB and their best DL. Daboll played away from the Bills offensive strength when he certainly didn't need to. And he seemingly failed to take into account that the Bills defense was beleaguered coming into the game and really needed a night of just rushing the passer and keeping pass plays in front of them. You do that by putting points on the board, not trying to execute 12 play drives. Just a stupid and out of touch gameplan. Like I said.........reminiscent of the Thursday night game versus the Jets in 2017. These mid-week games are something that McD and company have to figure out.

I don't live there. But any port in a storm, right?

The first mistake they made was trying to come out running the ball in the first half. This is a passing team now and the circumstances around this highly unusual game situation called for bold/aggressive play calling.............you don't want to come out and try to out-Titans the Titans. But that's what they tried to do. Just throw from play action early and often..........it always opens up receivers even if you hardly ever actually run the ball. Once they went empty backfield it pretty much assured nothing but dink and dunk opportunities from the defense and that exposes you to potential turnovers. From the outset Daboll didn't have his finger on the pulse of this game...........it felt like that Thursday night Jets game in 2017 where the Bills came out trailing after halftime and Dennison tried to run the ball up the middle to no avail and was forced to punt. That defense was playing on fumes(the defense tonight was also under duress) and they were immediately disheartened by the lack of aggression from their offense. That lack of effort carried over for 2 other games.

The money badger shanks it.😄

I think the family is pretty well off..........I seem to remember some clips of him in one of those suburban McMansions with his family during the elite 11 show that year. It was focused pretty heavy on Lawrence(Peyton Manning comp) and Fields(Tyrod Taylor was his comp😊) and Matt Corral(Brett Favre was his comp). Anyway I think after seeing what has happened to Darnold and is happening to Jones.........the situation and people running the NJ organizations will be more important than the potential advertising income because a couple losing seasons and he will be persona non grata like Darnold is.

The largest contingent of people that I tailgate with is from Middleport and they watch the games in one of their garages. Pretty close to the fire hall. You should just go there and watch it and enjoy a Scapelliti sausage or two. Just tell them you know me and show them your most recent covid test. It's the garage with the red shovel leaning against the side cuz they aren't allowed to use the indoor bathroom on gameday.

It only works(some of the time) because Mahomes hasn't been willing to just take the short stuff and move the chains. To this point in his career he has never had to. The Bills will do something similar and it will be interesting to see if they take the easy opportunities against the Bills. That's generally what McD wants opposing teams to do.

We really need a "strawman" emoji for posts like this. He could run for 1200 yards next year..........it doesn't change the fact that individual RB's ultimately don't move the needle much in terms of team success. It's basically a math problem. The difference in yards per carry between a highly productive RB and a below average one is 5 ypa versus 4 ypa. Josh Allen is passing for 9 ypa. Patrick Mahomes has averaged 8.4 ypa for his career. Those RB numbers are just so low compared to the option of passing the ball that really the running game is basically just a "keep you honest" aspect of a good offense and whether that's 4 or 5 yards per carry on average really just doesn't matter much. Last nights game was a prime example of the modern NFL reality...........the Vikings totally dominated the clock and the game on the ground...........and the Seahawks just flung the ball at DK Metcalf a half dozen times on the last drive and relatively easily went 94 yards to beat them.

Yeah one of the reasons I never saw him as a 1st rounder is because he seemed to be slow to adapt to the college game. He showed up as a very rare 5 star recruit at Iowa and really couldn't distinguish himself. Then in his last two years he was really quite dominant. I figured whoever got him was probably only going to get 2 good years out of his first deal.

I could see that happening.

I really wouldn't have minded them doubling down on WR in round 2 at all...........WR is one of those key positions now and especially with the way defenses are playing so poorly in 2020. In general, when you have a draft that is loaded with talent at a key position.........go with the strength of that draft. I think they did well with Davis where they got him, though. I think in hindsight the Moss pick was probably the wrong call. Even if he were healthy. Going back-to-back third round picks on RB's is too much capital in a position that's still easy to fill. People hate to hear that because some backs make great plays, breaking and avoiding tackles........and you tend to think that someone else couldn't have.........but you can get the same yardage so much easier in the pass game. Vegas knows what I'm talking about. The line basically doesn't move at all based on RB availability. EVER. As for Epanesa..........I think he is just one of those guys who really struggles initially and then once he gets comfortable in his setting he will become a good player.......probably better than Shaq because of his hand use and angular frame. He struggled early at Iowa too. It's almost like he has too much deference for the older kids out there and once he realizes he is one of them he can take the next step.

That 94 yard game winning drive was basically Wilson just chucking it towards Metcalf. He's just a matchup nightmare in a matchup league.

True about Ralph. But I don't think that's the case with Blank........he has just been let down by a lot of people in that organization.