Bleeding Bills Blue

They're hard to find... its why teams are taking shots at cody ford's. I know what i have is not good, maybe the bills castoff has some valuable football in him.

Yeah - RPOs don't work if i just always play the pass because your run game sucks. They need to get back to Mcvay basics, under center, play action, jet motion.

I picked cincy to miss the playoffs but i didn't really peg injuries as the reason, other than maybe burrow. I figured first place schedule in 2022 (they get KC, Tenn, Dallas as non-common's) vs. last place schedule in 2021 (Jags, Jets, 49ers as non-commons), healthier ravens, and i just felt they overachieved in 2021. 18th ranked defense in yards, 17th in points, 26th against the pass - and they literally didn't add anything. Burrow had a good year - but 900 yards and 7 TDs came against whatever baltimore had left on defense, and he was sacked 51 times. They also aren't a good running team despite people believing them to be. Mixon gets a ton of usage, but he isn't particularly dynamic.

It's so hard to upgrade mid-season though. Bad teams usually have bad offensive linemen.

and for like 30 years before that every other super bowl team did nothing.

Their defense is interesting, but their offense is bad. Even their defense, the best offense they played was Miami who was on their 3rd string QB. They have takeaways in every game, and their winning streak was largely because they took care of the ball and had some big plays. I don't see us giving up big plays to them, and i don't see them being able to handle our offense to the level that they need to.

I don't think Collinsworth would sign off on going to Buffalo 2 weeks after he was just there - so for that reason i say SNF is likely out. The matchup there isn't terrible either. As for 4 - thats the cowboys slot and i can't see buffalo booting the cowboys from the fox 4PM window. Right now they have the top 1PM game, and the top 4PM game on Fox.

He might not be - but that flexibility would help him stay active on game days.

I give it 0 chance tbh. Collinsworth hates buffalo, and the SNF games currently the chargers and 49ers. Their records aren't overly impressive but they're good teams and its a fairly compelling game.

What i find most impressive about this stat, and the defense in general - the strength of schedule. Buffalo is near the top in both scoring d, and yardage d. Rams looked inept as last years champions. Titans are a team who gave buffalo fits before, and looked terrible. Dolphins beat buffalo, but had 200 total yards and 15 1D's. Ravens couldn't move the ball in the 2nd half. Mahomes had 20 points and 2 INTs, and then Rodgers. Buffalo gets - Jets x2, Cleveland sans Watson, Patriots x2, Lions, Bears from here on out. Minnesota, Dolphins, Bengals are the toughest 3 games on their schedule.

My guess is when they activate white they may move benford there for some practice. Elam will already likely get relegated for a lot of the game.

I probably wouldn't trade him either unless the offer was absurd. There's a ton of teams ahead of them in standings. But the Jets and Patriots are 2 of those teams, and i don't see either as a playoff team. That leaves them chasing 1 of chargers, bengals/ravens, and dolphins. They lost a few tight ones, they have a generally rough schedule the rest of the year, but they are a tough out even with all of their issues.

Diggs target share is up from 26.3 to 28%. Slot targets are down from about 22% to 20%. Other outside WR targets are down from 22.6% last year to 17.3% this year. The big difference is RB targets are up from 15% to 21%. I'd say they miss his hands a bit, but a lot of his targets have shifted to Singletary and likely Cook as the season progresses. They both are able to create more YAC than Beasley. The crowder injury was unfortunate but Shakir seems to be coming along. I don't think this team is any better with Beasley tbh.

I mean... Mac Jones was in the pro bowl so...

They lost by 10. The OPI call cost them 4 (not 7), 24-10 instead of 24-14. They scored to make it 27-17 with 6 or so left... that would have made it 27-21. I'm not sure they even attempt the FG down 6 there as they'd still need the onside kick, and another likely long FG. At the same time, you don't know if that changes mindset in the red zone because 27-14 is a 2 score game vs. 3. Buffalo might try and run it in and settle for the easy 3 to make it 16 (2 scores, but borderline 3 as you need 2 conversions).

The one where he just flat out missed kumerow... yeesh. It would've come back on a penalty anyway, but sailing it forced the punt.

There was a 3rd and 1 where he stiff armed a DT in the backfield and got like 8 yards. He was on a mission.

He's out of the pocket... throw that out of bounds and take the 3.

Little black bits popped up where the ball hit the ground.

I think that's an overstatement. He's got 3 TDs this year. He had a bad game against KC... I'd like to see him come down with that pass on 4th down but it was not a very good throw either. I get what allen is trying to do throwing it to the back shoulder away from contact but he had to basically try and stop while running full speed. As for the fumble... uhhh don't pitch that backwards.

God forbid he have a personal life

I think they were both muffed punts. Maybe they'll use Toney as a returner, don't really need much practice to contribute right away in that role.

Yeah, and Toney has lit it up...

Yeah, put me in the anti-dome group for a few reasons The lighting always seems off on TV, its like basement lighting vs. outdoor lighting. Buffalo can't host a super bowl so its hard to justify additional expenses of that magnitude when it likely does nothing to increase revenue It doesn't seem like it makes sense to build a dome in OP, and the infrastructure doesn't exist to do it downtown anywhere Football should be played outdoors

Combination with playcalling- they run the ball too much and not particularly effectively. Not enough first down passing, not enough play action. 1st down? they're looking to run. 3rd and short? run. It's so predictable. Teams load the box and they still run. As for the WRs - watching like 3 denver games this year I'm not a big fan. I know Wilson missed a few reads - but on other ones no one is open, then he scrambles, and still no one is open. Sutton is a good player, but he's basically parker (or Metcalf lite - not as fast or physical) so you're a bit limited in what you can do with him. Nothing at the TE position. Jeudy and Hamler are supposed to be fast route running options and i just never see them making plays. The coordinator/coach doesn't know how to scheme up anything either. I know Hacketts likely to get fired, hes terrible at gameday management so why even hire a seasoned coordinator - just start fresh. My guess is Sean Payton, they're going to want someone with HC experience to try and get the team together around Wilson. And they will pay a lot of money to do so.