RunTheBall

Bills will take care of business against Denver. McD is good against rookie QBs. I think he and Babitch will be able to confuse Nix enough to make him hesitate and make some mistakes. Nix doesn't have a lot of experience against Cover 2 and our zone schemes. With the team we currently have I think the strategy is to get up early to give our turnover dependent D a better chance to get some stops. I'd even understand not deferring if we win the toss (and I usually like to defer every single time). I still think D wins Championships and for us to win our D is going to have to go on a heater and get TOs each game. I don't think it's realistic but hey, that's why we play the games.

Expectations - reality = disappointment It really depends on what you expected out of Keon in his first year as a second round WR My expectations were low, so I’m pretty happy with what he’s done his rookie year. I think the Poyer cheap shot set him back as he was coming on week to week and that came to a screeching halt post injury My expectations for next year will be higher, so we will see if he meets them. Btw, anyone trying to take anything out of a less than pre season game against 2 teams trying to lose really needs a better understanding of football.

It’s hilarious how quick some here have immediately turned to stressing over the Broncos. Give me a break. Yeah, they are a good team but no where near as dangerous as Burrow and Chase/Higgins. McD eats rookie QBs for lunch. I’m glad they blew out KC because they are going to be over confident. This weekend couldn’t have tuned out any better for us. NE drops down the draft order, Miami is a complete Cluster Fk, Joe Burrow and his frosted tips are making reservations in Cabo, Mayo gets fired (wish they kept that loser). I didn’t want to see Miami because the law of averages is going to catch up eventually and I don’t want any chance that could be in the playoffs. This is the best era of Bills football since the Super Bowl years and if we win one, then it will be the best. Take the time to enjoy the moment instead of worrying about Bo Nix looking good against 2nd and 3rd stringers.

How is firing the guy that was the cause of the problem considered scapegoating? Dorsey sucked. His offense was too complex for the players to run consistently. McD recognized this and made the change at OC that immediately paid dividends. That’s not scapegoating, that’s good head coaching recognizing you made a mistake in hiring him as OC and rectifying the problem.

Just because NE may get a bunch of picks if they trade #1 doesn’t mean they will do anything with them. Look at Miami, they had a crap load of picks after the Tunsil trade and how’d that turn out? They suck. I’d like our backups to pound NE and embarrass them. Sweep the division. Make the statement that even our second string guys own you. F’n Pats*.

He’s definitely taken a step back this season. I’m not sure why that is. My guess is our D-line isn’t doing as good a job keeping O-lineman from getting to the second level and he’s getting swallowed up. I’d get some bigger bodies up front next season and give him half a season behind a better D-line and see if he returns to last years form before deciding on an extension.

Beane is going to re-sign most if not all our guys that are up for second contracts. It’s the Buffalo way, you reward those guys who you’ve developed and they’ve produced. Here’s the order 1) Groot 2) Benford 3) Shakir 4) Cook 5) Bernard Beane is going to make them all reasonable, competitive offers. If one or a bunch of them only care about making as much as they possibly can, Beane will let them walk. If we can get rid of Diggs and be better, we can get rid of any of these guys and be better. Don’t think jettisoning a #1 WR who was getting PAID doesn’t send a message to the entire roster that no one person is bigger than the team. Part of drafting character guys is they are mature and intelligent enough to know that they don’t have to be the highest paid player at their position to be financially set for life and in a good culture/situation. If we misjudged one or more of them, then best of luck to them in getting as much $ as they can. Beane won’t low ball anyone but he won’t pay a premium either. I like that philosophy.

I think Cooper and Von will be unleashed in the playoffs and they’ve purposely been kept under wraps during the season (plus Coop got injured as soon as he got here). Both Von and Cooper have been playing a very small number of snaps this season considering their pedigree. I’m not buying the “Cooper is drawing all the attention” argument because he’s just not out there all that much. In the playoffs I expect McD to give his best players the majority of snaps since their snaps have been managed throughout the season so they are fresh for the playoffs. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Coop takes a team friendly deal to stay here. He’s a 10 year vet, he’s made bajillions since he’s entered the league. The guy is a very cerebral player, he’s not chasing the money anymore he doesn’t have to. Maybe it’s my Buffalo homerism but I think we’ve grown on him and he’s going to want to spend a couple more years with us and chase a ring. Von is playing the best he’s played since his injury. He’s ready to explode and hopefully that will happen in the playoffs. Groot has been playing very good as well. I expect them both to get 70% of the snaps during playoff games.

If the D-line comes to play, and we can improve that horrific 3rd down defense even a little, I think the D can do enough to give us a chance to win every game. My concern is if the offense starts slow or has an off game, we will be dependent on turnovers to keep us in it and that’s just so highly variable.

I think the plan is a fair amount of 3 LB sets against teams that run well. I think Tauron is slowing down a little bit, still an awesome player, but I don’t think he needs to be on the field 100% of the time anymore. This was Milano’s best game so far but you can’t coach speed and he looks sloooow. I don’t think that’s game shape, I think it’s a busted tibial plateau and age catching up to him. I think he can still be very effective and expect McD to start him in the playoffs but All Pro Milano is a thing of the past.

It’s interesting that Josh’s TD to Cooper was the longest of the season in air yards. The last 2 games I’ve been a little concerned about Josh big play hunting. He’s holding the ball longer and going off script more. IDK if that’s because guy’s aren’t open or he’s reverting to some less-than-efficient habits. I’m obviously nit picking but I think our success in the playoffs is dependent on a very efficient offense because I’m not convinced our D-line will be up to the task.

That game was in Miami. It was the Miami visiting teams locker room

Out of the what, 7K members of this board, I think you are the only one who took that comment seriously. So yes, just you.

This whole conversation is kind of funny because Terry put McD in his will and made him executor of his estate. He’s going nowhere anytime soon.

That was a very satisfying beat down to watch. Getting the W was all that matters but it helps us BBFS sufferers when it’s a convincing win going into the playoffs. I liked that Coleman got that TD, think he needed that mentally. Mack Hollins is a treasure. Shakir has been meh last few games, not sure if defenses are keying on him. This is the second game in a row Josh hasn’t been throwing much within the structure of the O. He’s big play hunting and that concerns me. Idk if that’s because the Jets were covering our guys really well but I think the offense is much more efficient when Josh is playing more in structure and getting the ball out quicker while saving the Super Josh plays for a few times a game. Still think Williams needs to be in there instead of Milano in the playoffs. Milano looked like he was running in cement shoes although this was probably his best game back. Groot was awesome, Von has been playing well (I think this is the best we can expect from him), Oliver balled out, Jones kinda sucked. BTW, what happened to Bernard? The guy has been near invisible. I’m not a film guru and maybe it’s just the absence of splash plays but seems like his impact is much less than last year. Thought the DBs were solid for the most part. Bishop got smoked by a TE but that will happen once in a while, I thought he played solid overall. This bend but don’t break big play dependent defense concerns me for the playoffs. If those TOs dry up, which they might against better teams, Josh is going to have to put up 40 points a game. We go to war with the troops we have though, so we’ll see how that goes.

I don’t care what it looks like, just get the W. It’s a week to week league. How we look tomorrow has zero bearing on how we will look in the first quarter of the wild card game. The best chance we have of beating the Ravens, assuming we win our Wild Card game (which almost everyone on here seems to be overlooking), is at home. So just get the W. My only concern is the D-line. We’ve got a large body of evidence to suggest that more often than not, they aren’t good enough. They’ve shown the potential to have some great games, but we are going to need 4 in a row to win the SB and I don’t think that’s likely. I’ve been plenty wrong before though, so hopefully a switch gets turned on and they play above what they’ve shown so far.

I’m hoping we have some game specific defensive plans for each team. Yeah, our base nickle D is built to stop the Chiefs. We saw a little 3 lb stuff here and there but Glass Milano got hurt again so who knows if they’ve had time to install it to the point they’d use it in the playoffs against Ravens. Don’t overlook the Wild Card game. Everyone on here is talking Ravens and Chiefs when we’ve gotta win one/two to have chance at those matchups.

They are 2 totally different types of recievers. I didn’t want Worthy because we’ve already demonstrated we have no idea how to get gadget guys involved in the offense. If we drafted Worthy he’d be lucky to have 2 TDs. We can’t even get Curtis Samuel involved and that’s a guy we are paying 8 million to who has a complete route tree. I’m not shocked at all Worthy is doing well given that Reid is the best play caller in football and knows how to get the most of the talents of his offensive players. He’s a great compliment to KC now that Hopkins and Brown are out there. I don’t care about the trade, KC would have gotten him anyway, but so far Carter hasn’t shown much. Hopefully he will develop as he showed some potential before the injury but he’s playing like ass right now.

We have a significant lack of talent on the defensive side of the ball. It doesn’t matter what scheme you run when you don’t have the horses. Elite - Benford Good - Bernard, Williams, Groot Average - Rapp, Oliver, Epenesa, Milano, Von, Lewis, Jones, Ingram Below average - Hamlin, Douglas (this year), Phillips, Jefferson, Smoot, Anderson Ass - Spector, Carter Literally 4 out of 11 players on the D are above average. That’s not a recipe for success no matter what the scheme. The only way we win through the playoffs is if Josh goes off and we are playing with a lead, then our D can be more effective. Also, the success of the D becomes much more dependent on the play calling because Babitch needs to dial up run blitzes or pressure at the right times in order for us to get stops against good teams. The only improvement I’ve seen this year on D has been the adjustments, they’ve been at an elite level. If we can keep it close for the first 2 quarters McD/Babitch have been pretty quick at taking away what’s been working for opposing offenses.

Just get the W and lock up the 2 seed. That’s all that really matters. Yes, it looks like KC and Ravens are peaking now, but is that too soon? Who knows. Everyone mentions the Ravens bad losses but that was early in the season. They are clicking on all cylinders now. Hopefully Lamar turns into his usual playoff pumpkin. This was supposed to be a step back year and we will likely be the #2 seed. I think we’ve over achieved with the talent we have mainly due to Josh getting to another level mentally and our defense getting turnovers left and right. IDK if that’s a successful recipe for post season success. It can be, but it’s a feast or famine type of game plan. If our D-line shows up and plays just solid, I think we can beat anyone. If they don’t show up, then we are 100% reliant on Josh being Super Josh.

Hahah sorry meant Chargers

He’s not an anticipatory thrower. The majority of his yards are off script. If you keep him in the pocket he’s much less effective. That’s a big IF though. He’s very good at getting outside and then all hell breaks loose. He’s better than Josh outside the pocket.

My god do people here really think we are going to get to the Super Bowl going through Denver/Chicago (whoops meant Chargers)/Pittsburgh? I mean come on. You have to play tough teams in the playoffs. If we can’t beat the Ravens at home we aren’t a Super Bowl team. We will put 3 LBs and a contained rush against Lamar and see if he can beat us with this arm. If we can’t, we don’t deserve to advance. Our team has over achieved this year, I hope Allen can go Super Josh for 4 games because that’s what it’s going to take. I think the odds aren’t likely but maybe the D will play on unexpected good game in the playoffs.

I’m so sick of the MVP talk. It’s an irrelevant popularity contest. I almost hope Josh gets snubbed so he has that chip on the shoulder for the playoffs.

Ravens look good. I hope they are peaking too soon. IDK why Houston insists on stunting against Lamar, it’s giving him free access to the outside and he’s killing the Texans. The few times they did a straight contained rush they got a sack and a couple off throws.