Bleeding Bills Blue

The offenses were similar in yards and points as a whole. Allen had Cook who was a better running back than anyone baltimore had, and diggs who despite relying upon reputation still had 1200 yards and 8 TDs. Buffalo fans often talk about Allen having to do a lot on his own, but so does Jackson. Being 2nd in the NFL in interceptions can't be just thrown out because he scored more individual TDs. The team as a whole turned it over 9 more times than Baltimore, and lost 2 more games because of it (3 if you include the fact that starters sat week 18).

Here are the following reasons that should be considered. 28 turnovers (Buffalo) vs. 19 turnovers (Baltimore) 11-6 (Buffalo) vs. 13-4 (Baltimore 13-3 in games started by LJ, he sat week 18). The 3 losses in games Jackson started were by 3, 7 and 2 points. Each team had similar total yards, baltimore scored a few more points on the year even with jackson sitting week 18. Buffalo fired their Offensive coordinator mid-season, not good optics. Jackson did not have "help" in the way of pro bowl WRs, and his pro bowl TE was hurt midseason. They also had a mash list at running back. 0 1000 yard receiver, or 1000 yard rusher. The last regular season game he played in 2023 (playoffs don't matter for MVP). They beat miami by 37, and he had 5 TDs and 300+ on 21 passes and another 35 on the ground. An MVP performance to lock up home-field advantage after beating SF the week before. Adding Jacksons averages to his totals would get him 3908 Passing yards 26/8 and 872 rushing yards with 5 TDs. That's 4780 yards, and 31 TDs. From a stat perspective you shouldn't punish him for winning so much that he didn't have to play. Allen had 4306 and 524 so 4930 and 44 total TDs. The yardage is similar but allen had 13 more total TDs. Jackson lost 6 fumbles to 4 for Allen. Allen threw 18 INTs vs. 7 (projected 8 as i added one for a hypothetical stat projection). So 14 turnovers vs. 22 for Allen individually. So after reading that... with the offenses as a whole having similar yardage and point totals. Who is inherently biased? The media? Or the bills fans who ignore any of the factors above since it doesn't fit their narrative. I'd have to do some digging but most of the time the MVP is the best player on the best team in the league. They had the best record in the AFC, and beat the best team in the NFC by 14.

Buffalo outgained baltimore by less than 100 yards, and baltimore outscored buffalo by 32. So as offenses, they are comparable. Baltimore had a greater yards per play total, even with Huntley starting 1 game. Buffalo had 28 offensive turnovers, to Baltimore's 19. Buffalo had Diggs, Baltimore had Flowers and the husk of beckham with 1/2 a season of Andrews. Baltimore also used like 7 running backs, and Jackson was the leading rusher. The same narrative that Allen carries too much of the team falls on Lamar.

Bateman just ran around for like 10 seconds, made a huge leaping catch, and you have him lining up and running a route? You're basically ok with playing with 10 guys there.

At least the trade down netted buffalo interior lineman. The best teams in the league have good offensive and defensive lines and I don't think buffalo has drafted enough in that space. With excess picks in 2024 they took 5 - and 4 of them are on the active roster (Carter, VPG, Solomon, Grable). The last 2 drafts they drafted Torrence and two players picked after 200, while bringing back depth players like Lawson and Phillips. 2021 they drafted 5, but Basham was a bust and moved in 2023, Anderson was picked 236 so not a major investment, and doyle has been injured the entire tenure here. So 3 of them didn't really do anything. Outside of Oliver and Dawkins, they haven't really had any stud players drafted - and it's a spot where superstars make a big difference.

I think the big mistake is not clocking the ball after you make that 40 yard pass. Bateman needs to come off the field, and you need to substitute your RZ players on. Everyone's running 40 yards down the field - why try and line up when you have a "clock it" play that you have practiced. You risk a formation penalty, or you have to wait to snap while you get lined up proper. Way too much time is running off the clock, the play ended up taking more time and left you with 10 seconds so you only had 2 more plays anyway. I'd rather have 3 actual plays from the 10 than a no huddle non-play and 2 play calls.

Agreed. They put up 450 yards, and 25 first downs against one of the best defenses in football a year ago. Outgained the chiefs by 100 yards. Bad turnover, and a poor call on a 4th down were the differences. People are saying he's bad? Like all the stuff before a missed EZ throw is irrelevant? Crazy.

I think they jumped SF who ended up with Pearsall. In any case, i agree with you. He was 5th WR off the board, and buffalo probably had similar grades on several players and liked Coleman best. Remains to be seen if they were right, but I thought they got some pretty good value with the move into the 3rd round and still get the WR you liked. Worthy was traded for Legette and Carter. Legette was traded for Coleman and Sedrick Van Pran-Granger So Essentially the trade of the Worthy pick got them Coleman, Carter, and Van Pran-Granger. They got the 3rd back that they moved in the Douglas trade, moved into the early 5th and used it to add two interior linemen.

The defense as a whole is top notch. He's the superstar but they are solid top to bottom.

Clock it after a 40 yard play. What are u even doing?

He had an off-season injury and never got a chance to do much. The injury is likely part of the reason buffalo drafted cook.

Cuz moss sucked here? What are we even doing here?

It's why wgr is a brutal listen. Same reason Twitter is brutal. People talk that with such hyperbole, you lose context.

Reverses are amazing when they work. The timing there was good and they fooled them completely. Busted coverage is busted coverage. U can't have a lapse like that against mahomes.

Cannot do that with 3 minutes left in the game.

Yeah. Those mahomes RPOs come out hot, and he's snagging them.

Cut it out with... Logic.

If?! Keyboard warriors on Twitter already called him the next moss!

I'm not sure he's even playing a lot. Seems like the rpos go through rice. And they're using a 2nd tight end so... He's going to lose a lot of playing time to brown when he returns.

3 touches. A reverse that toney would've scored on. A free release on a drag route. He got some yac, good play. A busted coverage. Hall of fame?

They've had some foresight in bringing in LBs and corners to try and acclimate. Need to have that same level of foresight across the roster - which i think to some extent they have. Van demark has looked... altogether fine and unnoticeable when i saw him on the field. So you have a ready made player to compete at RT if Spencer Brown has unrealistic extension demands. Throw in a late rounder for Grable this year and I think you'd have to say they're in OK shape. VPG gets a year to learn the offense, and you can make decisions next season at LG. Williams gets a shot to replace Milano - I don't dislike milano but thats a fair amount of cap space tied up in a player whos 30 and never seems to be on the field. Ulofoshio was another late round dart. 2 linemen in Carter and Solomon. This team rotates heavily and these players are cheaper than the 2nd tier free agents buffalo has traditionally filled the roster with. The volatile situation with Diggs, and an expiring gabe davis contract that everyone knew buffalo wouldn't be interested in just created such a gaping hole at the position without cap space or draft capital to properly address it.

Puka's a lot like Shakir though (Nacua's bigger, Shakir's faster - both were gadgety players who projected as slot WRs), where i think they were looking for more of a boundary style player to potentially replace Gabe. I do think they both "got that dog" in them that they are hard to tackle though. Nacua's a fun player to watch.

Real question... Is Buffalo's combined WR # total the lowest all time? 0 - Coleman 1 - Samuel 10 - Shakir 13 - Hollins 15 - MVS

One could argue they kept some of their releases this year a year too long because they hadn't adequately replaced them - Hyde, Poyer, Morse come to mind. They did add rapp and get him a year in the system, but center and safety were drafted this year specifically to fill in the depth chart. Diggs was probably a year too early because of the cap challenges it created. End of the day, he didn't want to be here and he is a noisy player when he's unhappy. Team has some gaps this year for sure, and players either step up and become NFL players (Shakir, Williams, Hamlin), or you fail and get back to the drawing board in the draft and FA. There's a balance to how long to commit to some of these players as they get up there in age - and you have decisions next season in guys like Milano (injured again), Douglas (FA - 31), and Miller (would need another serious restructure to even consider bringing him back - or he needs to tear it up).

I think the issue is most of the time the players blocking the gunners aren't looking for the ball. Doesn't matter how fast you are if you never look for the ball because it's not your job to catch the punt. The returner is likely too deep to get there, and if he doesn't see the throw - he's going to wave it off and tell everyone not to touch it because... if you touch a punt its a live ball. I just don't see it working because I'm not sure who's eligible, and I'm not sure how far you throw it to find a player. Just feels likely to hit the ground in most scenarios. Kinda has to be a check style play - I saw X number of players on the LOS which is different from their normal alignment. Maybe they go for a block and you can trickle someone out.