RunTheBall

The reason I think we are going to spank Miami is I think we are going to bully them. Miami is soft, Buffalo is battle hardened. We’ve knocked a few teams around big time and I think we will do that to Miami. Wilkins is the only dude left on the D-line we need to gameplan for. Chubb is done for at least a year. As long as the ghost of Melvin Ingram doesn’t rear his ugly head and have another career day against us I think we run the ball down their blowholes and Josh finds his mojo.

I totally get your points, it’s not a logical argument on my part. I just think we are due for a good game and we are going to stomp Miami. I’ve got no good data to back that up haha

Josh’s mechanics have regressed this year. His footwork sucks, he throws off his back foot all the time, he’s not seeing the field and his accuracy blows. I love him. Ride or die. He’s also the reason we’ve won 10 games. It doesn’t help that his o-line is letting free rushers regularly, his receivers don’t separate, when they do they drop the ball, his #1 has been MIA for 5 weeks, and most importantly his OC had 2 good games and now can’t pull a game plan out of his ass. I have no idea what the plan is going forward. Become a run first team with Cook/Josh and play the short game? Go 5 wide and let Josh loose and start chucking it all over? Still think we crush Miami

I’m not saying it’s all on Brady either but teams have some film on him now and this is 2 weeks in a row the offense has looked disjointed. Sure, some of that is Josh playing like ass, recievers who can’t get open or drop the ball when they do. But still, except for the first 2 games of Brady’s tenure when have we seen guys schemed open like almost every other good team? Where’s cook in space? Where has Diggs gone the last 5 weeks?? He’s the invisible man. How can you have one of the best WRs in the league and have him disappear for almost half a season? That’s coaching malpractice. I say line up with Cook/Kincaid/Diggs/Davis/Shakir 80% of the time and run some up tempo stuff.

W! That’s all that matters. I don’t care what it looked like, we did what we had to do. I’ve been saying it for weeks but the shine is off Brady. His play calling has been ASS for 2 weeks in a row. It’s Dorsey-esque and I’m not sold on him for next year. I love Josh, we go where he goes, and he SUCKED today again. His mechanics have been declining all year long. He’s throwing off his back foot, not seeing the field well, and his accuracy has been garbage. It doesn’t help that our receivers get zero separation against man and Brady can’t scheme open a guy to save his life. BUT - we’ve got another week to figure it out and spank Miami. For the 15th week in a row I can’t understand how Smiley still has a job. Martin was great but overall special teams coverage and decision making on kick off returns was horrendous. Pure garbage and for the amount of money we spend on ST someone has to get the axe. Thank you McD for calling that TO and getting Brady’s head out of his ass on the 3rd and 1 shotgun Douglas was defensive MVP Murray should be benched, 2 drive killing mistakes. Defense was overall solid but got gashed with ANOTHER 50 yard screen. WTF?? We are on to Miami where I feel very confident we will stomp them and I’m never, ever confident.

Kincaid has been a nice addition. I think he’s underused and has more potential than our offense has allowed him to see. Have we thrown one seam pass the entire year to a TE? One? I can’t remember. He got dinged up and that along with Knox coming back is why his production has slipped. I think with a full offseason Brady will be able to implement him into the offense more. Brady knows talent - he’s the one that elevated Johnson right away so there’s no way he doesn’t understand what Kincaid is capable of.

Not on this board. The number of moralistic posters preaching from high horses from behind a keyboard while they’ve got their closets locked nice and tight is impressive. At least Ray Rice owned his horrendous actions and has tried to make amends post-NFL. Ray Lewis probably killed a guy and they built a statue to him.

Is this true? I thought he was subject to waivers. I’m not up to date on late season roster move implications.

I’m not a great stats guy, I tend to just go by what I think I see (and trust me I am often wrong) and use stats to confirm or deny my initial impressions. Also, as a disclaimer, I absolutely LOVE running the ball, I mean look at my username. I was ecstatic with the Dallas game. But, I also think we are a pass first team because that’s where our greatest weapon operates mostly and having good balance is the key. These stats are from Truemedia via Cover1. The Bills ran on first down 18 times which was 78% of the time, they threw on first down 5x. Yes, they average 4.1 ypc when running which isn’t bad. They threw 5 times on first down. The crap screen to Diggs to start, the TD to Gabe, the other big throw to Gabe, and 2 good gainers to Knox. The EPA for passing on first down was 1.66 which is ridiculously good. We average 0.91 which is 7th in the league. Given that success I’d have liked Brady to throw a bit more on first to be less predictable. So, all I’m saying is that although I love running the ball, I thought Brady was a little predictable on first and second down. I’d have liked a more pass centric game plan but Josh was getting pressured quick and his accuracy didn’t seem to be great. Hey, the game plan worked even if it was another nail biter against a team we had a significant talent advantage over. The bottom line is we won the game so this is all academic BS. I’m hoping he his game-plan against NE takes more advantage of their weaknesses which doesn’t mean not running the ball but having a more pass-centric plan that will open up the run.

Diggs and Kincaid have both been banged up. It’s pretty obvious watching Diggs - he can’t separate anymore and every time he gets tapped he takes himself off the field. Kincaid is a combo of getting hurt and Brady using more varied personel to help the run game. If Brady can continue to be game-plan specific in attacking a defenses weaknesses, I think this is potentially a good thing. Pats* weakness is NOT defending the run, so we should see fewer runs out of heavy sets and more 11 personel or if in heavy, more throws out of it to Cook or Knox/Kincaid against LBs who are awful against the pass (although their safeties are good against TEs) I’m a Brady fan but he must have a good game plan against NE. We have a bunch of banged up guys on O, and a QB who has been showing signs of inaccuracy the last few weeks. A solid game plan that gives Josh easy throws and schemes open receivers instead of relying just on their talent to separate (which is very lacking in our WRs minus Shakir) is essential.

Isn’t he referring to Daquon and you are talking Mac?

I thought he stayed with the first down runs way too long. I think we threw on first only 5 times and had very good success. The flow of this game was considerably more disjointed than his previous games. The only player on offense who got established was Gabe

I don’t blame Beane for signing Von. It was a risk, worked in our favor for half a season then blew up in our faces. It happens. I don’t blame Von for taking that contract. Who the hell wouldn’t?? I do blame McD for putting him out there as early as he did in the HOPE that he’d play himself into game shape and Old Von. I think McD is still holding out hope that he recovers enough to be an asset if we make the playoffs. I have my doubts. I have yet to see Von double teamed. Not saying he hasn’t been, but in no way is he commanding anywhere close to the respect he used to. He’s been taking snaps away from better players (Epenesa, Lawson, even Johnathan) in the hope that he will round into form. That’s a bold move Cotton. I think best case scenario is he gives us a little something in the playoffs and comes back to form next year since we can’t get out of his contract. I don’t care about his domestic case unless we can use it to get out of his contract, which isn’t going to happen. I know that will offend the legion of White Knights we have on this board but the reality is we all knew about his previous run ins and I don’t remember a strong protest against signing him for that reason. No one was pounding the table against Von because he had a couple of domestic incidents in the past so stop the hypocrisy. I’d rather he wasn’t a douchebag but his SO is refusing to cooperate with the cops so she’s obviously not taking a stand.

I think it’s really important we see from Brady a game-plan that attacks Pats* weaknesses. He’s still a new coordinator as much as some here are already concerned he’s going to get poached for a head coach gig (laughable). That game-plan against Chargers was Dorsey-esque. It’s one thing to stick to something that’s working like Dallas, it’s another to stick to something that’s not working like the Chargers. Given that - Pats* defensive strength is the D-line and Barmore. Stopping the run and rushing the passer. Their weakness is horrible coverage LBs and a banged up garbage secondary. So no, we shouldn’t be trying to establish the run on first and second down. We should come out throwing over the middle to Kincaid, Cook, Shakir and Davis (deep). Belichek is going to take Diggs away early so don’t bother giving him those garbage forced screens early on. BB will be ready for them. Establish the pass to open up the run, but definitely throw to Cook in space this game.

Come on guys, Mahomes is clearly a better QB than Josh. Josh is clearly a better leader and I’d rather have Josh as our QB 100%. It’s kind of like Kelly/Marino. Marino was a better pure QB, Kelly was a better leader. What we are seeing in Mahomes is a guy who has NEVER had to face adversity. His true character is starting to show and it’s not the polished, friendly, good dude the league PR team pushed for years. He’s emerging as a whiney, entitled, arrogant douche who thinks he deserves special treatment from the refs, fans, and league in general. Any doubt of this was eliminated with his response to losing to us and Reid’s response as well. With that hideous wife, obnoxious brother, and his HOF TE more concerned with Yoko Swift than his diminishing production I’d be a little salty too. Josh needs a ring and he’ll be elevated to that level in the national discourse, which I couldn’t care less about (the discourse, not the ring. We deserve a SB win).

If we come out flat after that near disaster against the Chargers, you really have to question both the coaching and talent. We all talk about “when we are on we are unbeatable” but that’s the exception not the rule with our current Bills. Brady didn’t call a good game against LA, Josh was one of the main reasons we won but also was clearly inaccurate throughout the game, and our passing game is a mess. I’m hoping Diggs and Kincaid get healthy and Brady gets back to attacking the opposing team’s weaknesses on offense. At this point, we are who we are. A team that can beat anyone but can also lose to anyone. I fully expect a W against the Pats* but won’t surprise me at all if it’s another nail biter. Best case is some hurt guys get healthy and we continue to stack W’s all the way to the Super Bowl. Can’t say I’m confident but it’s definitely possible.

Other angle showed it hit the ground so unfortunately it’s the right call

That’s a pick even though I think it hit. No way there is clear and convincing evidence to overturn the call on the field

I love seeing Mahomes get drilled regularly. He’s playing angry and not sliding. Good. Someone needs to tell Pacheco to tighten his chin strap

I would have bet the house that was going against the Raiders. Love to see Kelce get flagged so sick of that douche

It is ridiculous how much holding the Chiefs are getting away with while Raiders get called for BS penalties consistently on 3rd and long for the Chiefs. I don’t even care who wins this game it’s just brutally one sided

I don’t think anyone would have a problem keeping Gabe at the right price, but that’s the problem. He’s going to get premium WR2 money and I don’t think McBeane are going to pay that to a guy who disappears for 4 games at a time and has a limited skill set.

Gabe is gone. He’s the Tremaine Edmunds of the offense. Beane will let him test FA and someone will pay him a ridiculous amount of money. I’d expect us to draft a WR high to take that #2 spot and potentially be #1 when Diggs is done in a couple years.

I think he’s referring to the 3rd and 8 where he hit Diggs on an out on the last drive. That was a precise throw into tight coverage and a great catch

I can explain Brown gave the hand signal that he was going to do his vintage “Ole’!” block. That’s where he stands there like a traffic cone while rushers blow by him on either side and he blocks nobody. It would be a insult to turnstiles to describe Brown as one. IDK, I’ve been hearing how improved he’s been but in this game he was god awful and not just on that play. He was getting toasted in pass protection constantly.