Mango

I pegged this team at about 9 wins to start the season. I think we are 2 called back touch downs/4 missed field goals against TEN and a Big Ben injury away from that being the case. That said- just about any game is winnable for this team, depending on how the defense shows up. If the D shows up at full potential 65% of the time, they'll win 65% of their games. Which is what this season is looking like. That concerns me though. We have invested a first round pick for 3 straight years onto that side of the ball. We have 8 players on defense drafted in the first 2 rounds. Granted not all by us. We should be good on that side of the ball Tre Oliver Edmunds Hughes Lawson Star L Jordan Phillips Murphy

It has been a minute for me. Depends on what your jam is. Delilahs is a little bit closer to an Essex St. or dive feel. Lincoln Station is closer to Coles.

Snark aside, this isn't just about this year. Under the current regime, this team has not had a win against an opponent over .500 since week 6 of last year, against a 9-7 Titans team. It is a reasonable talking point, since it isn't specific to 2019. You would then have to go back to 2017 to get our next win vs. a team over .500 Bonus Stat- In that 2018 Titans game- Josh Allen through for 82 yards and ran for 19. (Solid C+ performance according to the report card thread. One turn over and did enough to win)

He has 3 wins against teams that finished the year over .500. The two you mentioned, then TEN last year, who finished 9-7. No wins over a team over .500 to this point in the season. We will have to see how TEN does to see how that one plays out...

I think we are on the same page here. I don't get the hype on a guy with 20 total NFL carries. I think at best he projects to a change of pace back. With an offense that struggles with consistency (That is putting it nicely), I think the safe bet is Gore where he gets you a couple yards every time he touches the ball. You are probably right that DS struggles in traffic or between the tackles.

Apologies, it has been a long day. It doesn't concern me. I get it, technically it is less shots/depth because the numbers say so. But there are two QB's who have been able to be 10+ air yards per attempt in multiple seasons. Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jameis Winston. That said, Guys like Wilson, Watson, Rogers, Mahommes seem to hang around 8.5-8 +/-.. Brady and Brees seem to have been living in the 7.5 to 8 range. Seems like you need to be between good enough/capable and profecient.

JESUS CHRIST DUDE... It was in response to the below, but you ignored that, and continue to harp on it. The thing at issue is that if a D is worried about your deep passing attack, they can't stack 8 in the box every single play. Josh Allen isn't making any D coordinators worried about that. He will complete a couple per game that go for 25 yards but that's more the receiver getting YAC Josh is attempting more air yards than 2/3 of the league. That stat line is relevant to the original post I was commenting on, who is saying DC's don't worry about it because we are not throwing it. In fact, our air yards per attempt are at the top of the league. I understood your original gripe with my response, so provided additional information to tell a complete story. (Which was actually already in this thread before you continued down this path) You ignored it twice now. This is a useless endeavor. You win, ya got me on a quick response from my phone.... feel better now?

You highlighted a single line. I went through a bunch of stats in that quote, and the first, Air Yards per Attempt, was in reference to people commenting about the offense not attempting balls down field. We are, and on average Allen is attempting long throws, more often, than about 2/3rds of the league. Sure he is down from 11 yards per attempt to 9 yards and change. 11 hasn't been sustainable for an QB in the league. Asking as much is futile. Allen is about average when it comes to average air yards per completion- he is in good company, but average none the less. His air yard differential (between average attempt, and average completion) is among the worst in the NFL.

There are only 2 backs in the league getting 25 touches or more per game. It is Fournette and McCaffery. That said...I look at it differently. Rarely do coaches have a guy on the sideline who is capable, but not used. The larger gaffe is that the FO and coaching staff didn't evaluate the talent properly and are reeling from a bad off season/pre season decision. I am not sure Singletary was ever ready to be a feature back. Our carries(not touches) per game should have gone: ~10-15 to Shady ~10-15 to Gore ~5 to 10 Singletary Singletary and Gore's carries flip flop depending on game flow.

Am I the only one who would: 1. Be happy to have a real feature back on this offense to help JA and.... 2. Worried about giving up assets for a UFA next year and... 3. Wonder WTF was the point of releasing Shady, to just go ahead and trade assets, mid season, for his replacement. The FO is botching the RB position this year, almost as badly as they botched the QB room in 2018...

Averaging 11 yards intended per attempt (2018), is not a sustainable metric to hit. Allen is average-ish (and in decent company, tied with Rogers) in terms of average completion yards. But is one of the worst in the league when it comes to air yards per attempt/air yards per reception differential.

Josh Allen is 9th in the league in "Intended Air Yards per Attempt" The issue isn't that we aren't trying. The issue is we aren't connecting on them. https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/passing/2019/all#average-intended-yards

That is actually not true. He is 9th in air yards per attempt and 21st in air yards per completion. So he is throwing them as much or more than most QB's in the league. But is also as bad at completing them as anybody in the league. He is also 33rd in the league in differential between average attempt vs. average completion This is a wonky stat, where he ranks above Patty Mahommes. But other than Mahommes, he only beats out an injured Big Ben, an injured Mason Rudolph, Fitz, Kyle Allen, Darnold, and Rosen.

I am so confused. So far today Bills fans (not all you) are: - Blaming the OC for neutering Josh Allen. Playing the short and underneath routes rather than too his strengths - Wind kept Josh from playing well - Saying Josh Allens crappy comp % is OK because he took more shots... - Needing Julio Jones and Gronk 2.0 for Josh to be successful.

Carson Wentz completed 70% of his passes on the same day...

We have seen that movie before. It is weird how quickly we forget It comes out to about: - 175 passing yards per game - More INT's than TD's (not a lot of TD's) - The second worst scoring offense in the NFL - 52% completion - 30% on 3rd down - 5 wins to 7 losses

Which is why gutting a roster of talent in the name of "my guys" (cap hell was self created) is silly at best because it removes any depth. You create holes, then have to dedicate resources to replace them. Then ignore other holes to fill the self created.

Unsure if you are talking to me or McBeane, because that is exactly what seems to be happening. He has 20 carries over 4 games. We are way down on rushing attempts this yea. It is odd. Taking out any Allen rushes, we averaged about 22.5 carries per game in 2018, we are at about 18.5 on average this year.

WAS has been a tough team, and better than their record indicates. They aren't good by any metric, but they aren't as bad as their record indicates. Haskins looks lost currently. They are much better with Case.

I am not surprised at the Singletary touches. He had 10 touches total, the first two games of the season. 10 touches after coming back from injury over 2 games. I think Singelary is a good change of pace back not a workhorse. Sort of a combination between Spiller and McCoy. This issue isn't that DS is not getting touches, the issue is we don't have a great stable of backs or a feature back like Shady.

Ah yes. I forgot about Rick Dennison. So does McD go 3 OC's in 4 years? Or does he stay the course with his offensive staff and QB development?

Or that time we spiked the ball because Allen noticed his shoe was untied.

Hes averaging less than 60% completion and less than 200 yards per game. In 2019 that’s not good. But this isn’t a pie. Allen can be bad, and the defense can play poorly. They don’t take away from each other. They’re not mutually exclusive.

Yeah. Allen wasn’t good last year. Now he is a slightly different version of good this year. Problem must be solved...

I think it was the 3rd and 7 before PHI put up their final TD. Announcer mentioned it.