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I agree pretty much across the board - Terrible GM and Bowles didn't have it. I just worry that Adam Gase doesn't either - his time in Miami was not a success and he's never been the offensive guru that he claims to be. Not to mention we played Miami the last 2 years in week 17, and not only did the team seem checked out - so did Gase. The list of candidates they interviewed was incredibly uninspiring, but they didn't get Mike McCarthy so I guess that's a positive. I also hate the position they put their GM in, not letting him factor into the coaching search/roster building as he was hired months after FA and the Draft.

That is gonna take at least a year - if he wanted to make THIS team he should be focusing on being a gunner on special teams.

i think i would have rather they just played a CFL style game.

Turnover differential is like the most common predictor of success, but Here are the top 10 teams in fewest sacks allowed: Indy, NO, NE, Pitt, KC, Car, Balt,Chicago, LAR, Denver, LAC Going by yards NO, Indy, NE, Balt, Pitt, KC, Chicago, LAR, LAC, Tampa bay Seems kind of important - and upgrading the o-line isn't the only thing that's going to limit it.

I'd do it. Plenty of cap room and its an upgrade. He's held the ball for a long time for a good kicker. I will say this though - buffalo punters always have a lower average because its so windy in that stadium in the fall. Someone who can consistently get fair catches, kick to his coverage, and punt well enough out of bounds is all i ask for. He doesn't need to be johnny hekker.

It's an attribute that doesn't seem to ding QBs, just offensive lines. It's typically a result of holding the ball too long. Scramblers do tend to have higher sack rates and a lot of it can be offset with running ability - but sacks are like holding penalties... basically drive killers.

Darnold had some really strong games, and some stinkers. Both Allen and Darnold had 4 sub 50% comp% games. Darnold went over 300 once, Allen did not. Similar INT%. Both sub 7 YPA. Both had poor rushing games (Buffalos rushing offense is propped up by Allen's scrambles). Darnold did have 2 games over 75% comp, and and 6 over 60% - Allens not touching him there. I'd give edges to the Jets in oline and receivers though. Anderson is better than anybody we had, Enunwa too probably. We didnt dump benjamin and holmes until halfway through the year.

Yep - after splitting 1st team reps in camp with 2 (!!!!) other QBs in camp with a QB coach in Culley who we can all agree is probably not super well versed in the nuances of the position... he wasn't put in a position to succeed. He had to figure it out on his own - now he gets all the reps and has a QB coach who at least PLAYED the position. I don't know much about Dorsey, but personality wise i'm not sure he was a good fit with Newton.

That guy who completed less than 50% of passes for a sub 6 YPA with the 13% sack rate last year? We got pick #65 for that guy AND his terrible contract. Every evaluation of QBs that doesn't include sack rate bothers me. Allens being sacked 21 times in weeks 1-6 (13% - HORRIBLE) and 7 times in games 11-16 (3.7% - basically brady's % last year). Completion percentage is your percentage of passes complete vs. incomplete - but if you dont factor in sacks it makes no sense. They're WORSE than incompletions and almost as bad as turnovers. Mariota completed 68% of his passes a year ago... but he also had an 11.3% sack percentage. Excluding scrambles he was sacked 42 times on 370 drop backs. If you just converted those all to incompletions he'd have a 61% completion percentage and a sub 7 YPA. Watson was sacked 62 times and if you factor in the 384 yards lost, and include those as attempts... his YPA is 6.66. I just think its annoying that they dont mention it.

That's i think the biggest thing with him. Nobody watched him play, especially at the end of the year.

One would assume the Rams make it again. I think bears or pack take that division. And we'll say philly and NO win the other. The wildcard would then be between Dallas, Carolina, Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, and then maybe the Lions. It'd be a surprise for sure.

They made the splash signings though. Bell, Mosley, Crowder, Kalil - and they drafted quinnen williams at 3 who is supposed to be a stud. Pundits loved darnold pre-draft, and love him post-draft. Everyone hates allen cuz reasons. I dont hate the analytical look at him because numbers dont lie (except the 4% drop rate... that just seems wrong with benjamin on the team for several weeks) - but i do think you have to look at him and see that there was some development from beginning to end of the year. My biggest issue with the allen "haters" isn't that that they think he may not be a good QB, or that he may never develop. My issue - They actively root for him to fail... so they can be right

Yeah - Considering GB/Chicago/Min in the lions division, and the broncos with the chiefs and chargers? Yuck - not good for either.

Yeah - its just the usage in a Gase offense. Crowder is going to see the most targets assuming he's healthy. Anderson is going to see that - 100 targets with a 50% catch percentage type of year imo. Yeah - we have them beat there, our depth is honestly strong there too. I'm hoping we pass the ball the entire game against them. Force them into man coverage - use Allens legs to buy time to make plays, as well as pick up some easy firsts.

Mosley's not a slouch - he is however overpaid. I think part of what buffalos practicing is different combinations of spreading 5 wide to play to the Jets weaknesses. Spreading wide like that is going to force you into favorable matchups with beasley and mccoy.

I think Darnold is already on a trajectory to being a great QB. I'm not sure how Gase got that job. He's not the QB guru he makes himself out to be. From a yardage perspective his offenses have always ranked in the 20s - unless he had that Peyton Manning character basically co-offensive coordinating and playing HOF level QB. Then again - they almost hired Mike McCarthy... so they gotta be happy that they didn't do that.

You almost have to stack passing lanes against Gase offenses though. Almost all the passes are really short - with the occasional deep shot.

Knox should be interesting - i bet he doesn't do anything and everyone gets alarmed. I'm personally just happy he's practicing and healthy.

I put Bates - I like an underdog and considering we signed Morse and Long - still have Bodine... a UDFA tackle from Penn State is looking good completely out of position? I love it.

I think the luck in the Von Miller game was that the refs felt the need to call that a penalty... He was clearly joking. I think that Matt Ryan play was a pass... but hey the refs didn't see enough to overturn. The colts were playing a backup QB so i feel like we should probably win that game anyway, but i also think that amount of snow made that game basically a coin-flip. The OPI call bailed us out on the conversion too - a borderline call. Dalton throwing a TD on 4th and 12 against a top 10 defense in a game that meant nothing to them - is lucky. They were an alright team - but they got some lucky calls that year.

Took 3/4 from Jets/Fins. Von Miller not helping up Tyrod cost them the ball and a chance at the game. - Pretty lucky Falcons win with the weird matt ryan fumble 20 yards down the field that got returned for a TD in a 1 score game. - Really Lucky Tre white with a huge play in the bucs game to clinch it (Tyrod was great in that game). - Offense did enough Raiders cant stop turning it over. -Given away Big win over the Chiefs with Tyrod coming back after the Peterman benching and playing normal mediocre turnover free football. - Lights out D Lucked out in the snow. -Really lucky that shady is the best blizzard RB of all time Dalton miracle pass to put us in. -I'm not sure there's ever been anything luckier They were VERY lucky that year.

I mean - Whaley panic extended him... then we had to panic bench him so we didn't get stuck with his contract.... Then we had to panic re-negotiate with him... Just about the only smart move that was made with TT was trading him for way more value than he was worth.

I think X? He's the guy thats pretty much always in the same place now? Or is he the Z? I never know what the difference is.

they play away games against NE, Chicago, Jax, Tenn, and a mexico game against the chargers. 16-0 is a pipe dream. They get houston, and baltimore too. All of those teams have solid defenses. I can honestly see them starting 0-1 against the jaguars.

... good point.