clayboy54

Well Dave, I think you’ve missed the mark on the DL analysis. The Bills’ game plan was to sell out to stop the run. They held Taylor to well under 100 yards after he had like 240 last week. You know as well as the rest of us that by doing that they weren’t going to generate pressure. What they were telling Indy was, “I dare you to beat us over the top.” Indeed, they hit a few, primarily to Pittman, but it was their TEs that hurt us. The postgame analysis should be, “did the defensive game plan work?” I am not ready to answer that yet, other than to say we won. My thoughts are that it was worth it because in the end our O scored more than theydid. But like the KC game, the Bills do not look comfortable when they get away from their standard game plans. Both on offense and defense, they have not “looked” comfortable or particularly good in these specialty schemes. Moving forward, I would prefer both Frazier and Daboll stick to the schemes that got us here and play our game. I am perfectly fine living and dying with what we do well. Overall, I think we can score enough points to overcome our weaknesses as-is. As they say, dance with who brung ya. If it means shootouts, I am okay with that, too. I hope they will not “out-smart” themselves with custom game plans that play away from our strengths. As some have already said, yesterday we played their game, not ours. Beginning next week, we must play our game and win or lose with that. With a full offseason, we can install alternate schemes and get comfortable running them then.

Exactly right! It amazes me how little “fans” know about football when their agenda is to criticize.

Are you a ref, or related to one?

It’s just a shame that NFL officials are so incompetent. It’s almost as though they get worse and not any better, year after year.

I’d settle for just blowing out Brady.

My bad... sorry.

I thought they signed Bortles as a backup. What’s the deal now?

Did you take route 5 or the thruway?

I do believe that the game plan they had, especially on defense backfired. I’d guess that Reich showed some things we didn’t expect with Rivers throwing so much, and the Bills were in stop-the-run defense. On offense, we expected that our medium crossers would be covered so we didn’t run them much while they thought we could beat them by running Josh, and they had that covered.

He dropped a couple of perfect passes.

Do you really believe NFL officials?

One of the things Leslie does best is make adjustments at halftime. Do it coach!

Yeah, we’ll we ought to be used to that by now.

That was a big mistake by Frank, if you ask me.

Maybe if I contribute in the GDT thread to turn this funk around.

Got to get this settled down and focused. They’re all over the place and I don’t understand why Dabs doesn’t just take what works.

Clearly was not a hold.

Take care of business today’s, boys!

Manscaped

Don't forget Stills.

Sometimes you just find a combination that clicks. Such is the case with Josh and Dabs. Much like Brady and Belichick, the sum of the parts is magical. However, like Brady, the great player can excel in any system. The coach or coordinator depends on the player, no matter how good the plan. If the two separate, the player will succeed while the coach may not.

Hopefully he blows his interviews. 😁

I agree. I didn't want to rest the starters last week and I don't want a bye. Keep this freight train rolling!

Did he shine Aaron's shoes or something?

Of course, this season is a huge success. The very best part of the entire progression is how they continue to get better every week. If we do indeed win and advance, we will surely continue that progression. I often think about how very difficult it was to 4-peat in the 90s. The amount of work and effort it takes to get that good is incredible. Part of that hunger was because we lost and the job wasn't done. To follow-up on that thought, when you win it all, coaches and players leave for new challenges. It becomes even more difficult to repeat with new faces across the board. I am just so happy to be able to have this discussion, honestly.