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  1. 4 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

    I have zero issue with the offense. We are still scoring at an incredible rate and our QB has been hurt for 3 weeks. I have no issue with McDermott. Monday through Saturday he’s as good as there is and he took our franchise from a 20 year joke, to a super bowl favorite. The last 2 games were in very difficult circumstances and we won both. That’s something to be proud of. This team I loaded with talent and if we ever get out of our own way, there may be nobody that can beat us.


    My issue lies with the Defense. That’s the biggest concern I have and it’s growing worse by the week. I have never liked Fraizer. I hate his approach to calling a game. I didn’t like it when he was in Minnesota and I don’t like it here. We have an incredibly talented defense. The best personnel in the NFL on defense IMO and when healthy I don’t think anyone is close. The players are why we have had any success. There is zero imagination to this defense. It’s incredibly simple and predictable. Every team will

    tell you what we do is basic. We just have executed it at a very high level because our secondary has been an eraser. We never blitz, every accurate QB has all day to sit back and carve us up. We never come off nickel even when teams are making us stop the run. Every physical team imposes their will on us inside on the ground. We cant tackle, can’t get off the field on 3rd down. We can only take away the run when we focus all effort and then the pass defense is completely compromised. When we aren’t turning people over, we aren’t stopping them. This defense has been figured out and it’s broken. This is why we lost to KC and this is how our season will end this year…unless we fix it. McDermott is the coach but this is not his defense. It’s Leslie Fraizers. We need McDermott to take this defense over, call the plays and change the aggression. We should be setting the tone on defense and making teams uncomfortable. That’s not Fraizer. He’s a soft, fall back, bend but don’t break and hope the other team gets bored. That’s not going to work in a league with this many good QBs. That’s not going to work against the better offenses in the playoffs. Look at the difference in personality. Look how intense McDermott is. I have seen him take over the play-call and immediately the pressure increases. We should be dictating play and not even allowing teams to set up to throw balls past the sticks on 3rd and long. This is a change that needs to be made. If we go down we need it to be with out fastball. Have the HC call his specialty.

    Just read a stat from Thursday that we blitzed Goff 46% of his dropbacks. A little more often than 'never blitzing'.

  2. 2 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

    My biggest problem with McD is that he appears to be very uninvolved during the game. He looks like some soccer coaches where he figures if given a chair he’d sit there and let the players work things out. Maybe he’s right, and he’s definitely VERY trusting of his Assistants, but I’d prefer it if he would get more involved. It’s just a management style thing to me.

    I'm guessing that he's very involved in the game. That's a very odd take on him.

    2 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

    I have zero issue with the offense. We are still scoring at an incredible rate and our QB has been hurt for 3 weeks. I have no issue with McDermott. Monday through Saturday he’s as good as there is and he took our franchise from a 20 year joke, to a super bowl favorite. The last 2 games were in very difficult circumstances and we won both. That’s something to be proud of. This team I loaded with talent and if we ever get out of our own way, there may be nobody that can beat us.


    My issue lies with the Defense. That’s the biggest concern I have and it’s growing worse by the week. I have never liked Fraizer. I hate his approach to calling a game. I didn’t like it when he was in Minnesota and I don’t like it here. We have an incredibly talented defense. The best personnel in the NFL on defense IMO and when healthy I don’t think anyone is close. The players are why we have had any success. There is zero imagination to this defense. It’s incredibly simple and predictable. Every team will

    tell you what we do is basic. We just have executed it at a very high level because our secondary has been an eraser. We never blitz, every accurate QB has all day to sit back and carve us up. We never come off nickel even when teams are making us stop the run. Every physical team imposes their will on us inside on the ground. We cant tackle, can’t get off the field on 3rd down. We can only take away the run when we focus all effort and then the pass defense is completely compromised. When we aren’t turning people over, we aren’t stopping them. This defense has been figured out and it’s broken. This is why we lost to KC and this is how our season will end this year…unless we fix it. McDermott is the coach but this is not his defense. It’s Leslie Fraizers. We need McDermott to take this defense over, call the plays and change the aggression. We should be setting the tone on defense and making teams uncomfortable. That’s not Fraizer. He’s a soft, fall back, bend but don’t break and hope the other team gets bored. That’s not going to work in a league with this many good QBs. That’s not going to work against the better offenses in the playoffs. Look at the difference in personality. Look how intense McDermott is. I have seen him take over the play-call and immediately the pressure increases. We should be dictating play and not even allowing teams to set up to throw balls past the sticks on 3rd and long. This is a change that needs to be made. If we go down we need it to be with out fastball. Have the HC call his specialty.

    When we were healthy the first bunch of games, the defense was absolutely dominant. Missing so many players really has a huge impact on the unit's performance.  I hated going through your ramblings, so I didn't even notice if you mentioned all the injuries on the defense at all.

  3. 7 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

    More trickery and gadget plays needed; jet sweeps, occasional Wild Cat and maybe a few flea flickers. Daboll definitely schemed up more trickery. 

    Most trick plays are offshoots of running plays. If you don't run well consistently, you will have trouble running trick plays. Nobody will fall for a flea flicker if we are passing most of the time, they're already expecting a pass.

  4. 6 hours ago, Big Turk said:

    Bills tied for 5th fewest man games lost to injury with only 83.

     

     

     

    The difference? Many of them have been to key players unlike the last several years.

     

     

    So the excuses the Bills are somehow more injured than every other team needs to stop. They are STILL one of the least injured teams in the NFL even with what seems like a crazy rash of injuries...we just don't see all the players out for other teams because we don't follow them very closely.

     

    Injuries to non key players/starters would help as well.

    So what this tells me is that except for Miami, every other team with more injuries than the Bills has a worse record than us. Maybe it is the injuries after all.

    And to add to that , injuries, maybe 'explanation' is better than 'excuse', but it's the best explanation for teams underperforming or struggling in areas. If a team is missing it's starting pro bowl safeties and all pro CB, plus 1st round pick also being a qb, it makes sense that a team would struggle in that area, because of injuries.

    Injuries probably have more impact on games than anything else.

     

  5. 5 hours ago, Behindenemylines said:

    This title is all that needs to be stated. 
     

    call it injuries if you want to but this D is pathetic and that’s on the coaches. 
     

    faith is lost in him 💯 

     

     

    Except for a handful of snaps for White and Elam, this defense is without those 2, Hyde, Edmunds, Rosseau, Epenesa, we lost Miller during the game.  That's 7 regulars out of the lineup, and we were facing a high scoring offense. If we play like this 100% healthy, then there is a problem, but not now.

    8 minutes ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

    Wrong guy. Dorsey should be on the hot seat. D got a turnover & a safety, while missing 5 or 6 players. Offense was anemic against 2nd worst run D in the league missing their best corner. The Offense consistently leaves the D out to dry. Dorsey is not very good. He may get better, but we don't have several seasons to wait for that.

     

    Dorsey seems to be an issue.  Very predictable offense, and it seems like we just hope Allen pulls each game out. Not sure our play calling suits our offensive line skill set.

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  6. 7 hours ago, Mister Defense said:

    1.  It is awful to watch football in domes, like watching in a big living room. Football is meant to be played outside.

     

    2.  Most dome teams are soft and they are not very good, historically.  Think: Detroit, New Orleans, Minnesota (once they got a dome), Dallas--a giant, cavernous mess, The raiders,  Colts, Falcons, Texans, Chargers, Rams and Cardinals.  Yes, some SB wins there, but overall, soft, inconsistent teams that almost never seem to measure up to their potential. 

     

    3.  Tailgating dies when domes arrive. Imagine the difference in pregame and post game atmosphere with a dome.  No thanks.

     

    But, it's silly to keep talking about this--the Bills did a great thing and rejected the ridiculous calls for a dome on the new stadium, something that would have ended the Bills as we know them.  One of the best decisions in franchise history.

     

    Go Bills!  31--20, for a great Thanksgiving.

     

     

     

     

    Why wouldn't fans tailgate with a dome? I tailgate here in AZ with a dome. All fans here do.

  7. 15 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

    Setting aside the obvious reason of a dome giving our team a major advantage, I just don’t understand the ROI of an open-air stadium.

     

    they could build a stadium similar to Lucas Oil for not much more than they are spending now, and could be in the running for all sorts of other major sporting events (even the Super Bowl), and use it for a host of other events. 

    Imagine a 7 foot snowstorm super bowl week. For many reasons, a super bowl will never be in Buffalo.

  8. 1 hour ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

    I'm no doctor, but did stay at the Holiday Inn last night, wonder if it could have anything to do with flying home, Change in air pressure could increase swelling so they add the boot??

    Maybe, but it's a 30 minute flight. Hopefully not enough time to cause any issues.

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  9. 10 hours ago, Irv said:

    Maybe there is a bright side to JA17 getting injured. Never want anyone to get injured, but maybe this will force others, particularly the coaching staff, OL, and RB's to get the running game going for once.  The whole offence has totally relied on Josh for everything.  Now it's their turn tom step up and hopefully translate to a more balanced offense down the stretch.   

     

    Get well soon JA.   

    What if our running game is still ineffective and we lose because Josh didn't pick up the slack?

  10. 35 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

     

    Ready to practice does not equate to ready for live game action.  He hasn't played in 11 months, there is a LOT of stuff that he needs to get back into football shape with.  They are not risking putting him back out there before he is ready to play FOOTBALL, not just practice and be medically cleared.  

     

    I'm not sure how it is surprising that a player will need time to ramp up to playing in an actual game when he hasn't been able to practice for 11 months.  

    And everyone thinks that OBJ will come on and save the offense,  after having his surgery 2 months after Tre.

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  11. 13 minutes ago, Southern_Bills said:

     

    I don't know, but I do know they have a team of doctors looking at him and all these coaches are watching him live in practice, I will 100% take their opinion over a guy behind a keyboard reading an injury report. 

     

    But what do I know.

    No more than any of us. But a guy finishes the prior game and misses the next, just wondering if over cautious. White supposedly had the 'best rehab' ever according to Beane, but he's still not ready. Others have come back sooner without benefit of the best rehab ever.  Are they thinking like the fans that we don't need them to beat the Packers, Jets....,

  12. 1 hour ago, MAJBobby said:

    If the go straight through are they more points?  
     

    sorry I don’t see the issue people are having with the kicker.

     

    No, but if the kicks are longer than 35, they may end up outside the uprights, which means they no good. It's not that difficult to understand , really.

     

  13. 5 hours ago, MAJBobby said:

    Shouldn’t your top end Offense and MVP Candidate QB put up more than 17 points?  Maybe start there before slamming Bass for missing a kick 

    He didn't 'slam' him. Just brought it up. I thought the same thing during the game. He's made me nervous all season, his kicks often seem to push and and not clear the uprights by much on kicks, and I've wondered if the kicks were much longer, would he miss them. Maybe it's the viewing angle, but he doesn't seem to kick many FG's straight through the uprights.

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  14. 8 hours ago, Southern_Bills said:

     

    Who cares? The team has 1 loss without him. 

     

    Tre must be okay with the treatment he's receiving, and it's his body/career.

     

    The FO of the Bills seems to be fine with it and it's their money/investment. 

     

    Can't understand the people complaining they don't just throw him out there.

    This isn't just throwing him out there. He's on the active roster, been practicing for 3 weeks now. What's the problem?

  15. 8 hours ago, AuntieEm said:

     

        I am glad they decided to not play him this week as the general consensus of the field at MetLife being hard on players bodies.  We can beat Jets with our defense as I just don't see Wilson solving our defense.  I  also think Bills will unleash some running plays that take the Jets defense by surprise and they get completely discombobulated.  

    This didn't age well.

    8 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

    Tre' gonna be just fine.  No need to rush him back.

    not rushing him, but really going slow. 3 weeks of practice and still not ready? We need him back.

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