Luka
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6 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:
Funny thing is, I doubt many of these fans were clamoring for Jackson . ( I liked him at Louisville and thought he should be a consideration if the team didn’t want to move up). Further, Harbaugh and the Ravens really had to step back and think outside the box with him. I doubt the Bills would have drafted Jackson, but I also don’t think they have the creative side to their coaching for it to succeed. He went to the best situation possible for him, and is thriving as a result. The draft is a crapshoot, but some of it comes down to situation and coaching as well.
Anyone who thinks that Jackson, Mahomes, Watson etc. would've been successful here are kidding themselves. Watson maybe. Mahomes is playing with an offensive genius. The guy schemes offense like Belicheck schemes defense. Jackson required an offense to be built around his skillset, which we can't even do with Allen, who has a more traditional skill set. Those guys would also have to throw to Zay Jones, Lee Smith, McKenzie etc. No Tyreek Hill, no DeAndre Hopkins, no Hollywood Brown.
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Cover 1 is so full of *****. It's Allen's fault that on a 3rd 3 where the Browns are almost definitely going to blitz, his shortest route option is 10 yards down the field? Daboll knows teams are going to blitz Allen yet here we are, still calling the same, long developing passing plays. You know how you mitigate the pass rush? Run the ***** ball. Call screen passes. Make teams think twice about calling that blitz.
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2 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:
He is doing what McConsrvative wants him to do. See that is the problem hiring the GM after the HC and having BOTH report directly to Ownership. If there is a disagreement who wins? McConservative does
Wich is crazy to me. Wasn't that the situation with Whaley and Marrone also? Not a sustainable organization model. GM and scouts gotta be able to have more input than that.
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4 minutes ago, Virgil said:
During the Monday Night game between the Seahawks and 49ers, the Seahawks had multiple drives at the end of the game where the were in 3rd and less than 5. They’d bring our 3-4 receivers and had decent runs on each drive. Moreso, they gave Wilson who can scramble well.
On one of the plays, they ran the same fade route play that we did at the end of our game. Another one, they took a shot to DK deep.
Basically, the Seahawks ran the same type of plays that the Bills were calling that had many of us, myself included, flipping out.
Maybe this is analytics or just the modern NFL, I don’t know. But I just don’t understand these low percentage plays when the game is on the line and you have other things that are working for you. Wilson is an MVP candidate right now, so his passes were at least contested on the throws, but still. They convert on either of those 3rd downs and maybe the game ends sooner.
Either way, it leads me to agree with some of you on here that Daboll does call a modern offense, but it’s not one that fits our talent.
Last night was just interesting to see and gave me flashbacks to Sunday
It didn't seem as odd with a guy like Wilson back there. I think what really went into it though, is the turnovers in the ground game. I think Caroll would rather lose at Russ' hand than Carson/other back I can't remember fumbling the ball away in a critical moment.
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Just now, MAJBobby said:
There was a Work ethic Problem. Same things that were said about Fitzpatrick out of MIA. Get him in a different city and now look at Fitzpatrick. There is ZERO Risk and a HIGH reward (Like Gordon) they SHOULD put a claim in for him.
Remember TB picked up his 5th year Option for a Reason.
The Bills should definitely have a claim in, just like they should have for Josh. Worries me that Beane has started to sit back and not do anything. This roster is far from complete.
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2 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:
ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS
Premier, quick twitch athlete with explosion pulsing through his hips and feet. Instant click-and-close action to explode forward and attack the throw. Vertical springs to go up and over receivers at the high point. Smooth, controlled backpedal with ability to weave and mirror route progressions. Plays with outstanding body control and balance. Feet are electric. Can overwhelm lesser opponents across from him. Instinctive and urgent in his play. Excels from press, off or zone coverage. Fiery competitor with a strong desire to own the pass. Has quick, soft hands. Posted 38 passes defensed and 10 interceptions over last three years. Could see early kick or punt return action. Unwilling to stay blocked and doesn't hesitate for one moment in run support and against wide receiver screens. Chest-up tackler who runs through his target.
WEAKNESSES
Lean, wiry frame. Aggressive nature allows teams to bait him with double moves. Quicker than fast and doesn't have closing speed to make mistakes underneath and still recover on top. Allowed 16.5 yards per completion this season. Scouts worry about his height outside. Big receivers will pose a challenge on the next level. Had his two worst games of the season in SEC Championship game against Alabama and Citrus Bowl against Michigan. Willingness to throw body around in run support could cause him to break down.
DRAFT PROJECTION
Round 1
NFL COMPARISON
Joe Haden
BOTTOM LINE
While scouts have voiced some concerns about Hargreaves' size and recovery speed, you won't find anyone who doesn't admire his competitiveness and consistency of production. Hargreaves has a level of suddenness and explosiveness in his movements that should always have him near the ball. With top-notch ball skills and exceptional instincts that drew praise from Alabama's Nick Saban, Hargreaves possesses the football makeup to become a Pro Bowl cornerback.
He was excellent for the Gators but I meant more over the last few seasons in the NFL. I'm surprised to see he was cut for "lack of hustle." Attitude problem or unable to perform at this level?
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8 minutes ago, Mopreme said:
Former first round pick. I understand that he has not played well but perhaps an upgrade over Levi Wallace? Maybe change of scenery does the trick?
I think pretty much anyone would be an upgrade over Wallace at this point. The question would be, how good is Hargreaves against the run? Since he wouldn't be expected to be a #1 corner here.
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8 hours ago, GoBills808 said:
I also think we need a stud wideout, but Allen is getting Brown WR1 numbers. Forget Woods and Watkins: Browns’s got more yards this season than Hopkins, Beckham Jr, Edelman, Smith-Schuster.
Numbers are great, but I'm more thinking a guy that can make the contested catch. Out of all of our receivers, if the ball isn't perfect it's not a catch. If a DB makes contact with them, it's not a catch. And hell, even when the ball is perfect it's not a catch sometimes. I see too many QBs that can just toss a ball up and their guy comes down with it. Russ literally lobbed a ball up in the air into the endzone, two defenders, two receivers grouped together, his guy comes down with it. That kind of thing doesn't happen in Buffalo. I know everyone likes to trash Josh but his guys just don't make plays like that.
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If McDermott wants to win and move the football, it's time to go back to 2018 Josh. Run, pass do whatever the ***** you have to do to win the football game. This watered down version of Josh is no fun to watch. He's not throwing picks, so what? Still lost 2 of the last 3. They've really ruined his confidence. Not sure why you would do that from a coaching perspective. McDermott is pointing out the play calling problems with the long balls on 3rd and short and the lack of Delvin even though he's proven time and time again that if he gets the football enough, special things can happen.
Take the training wheels off of Josh and for god's sake, over ride your idiot OC when you feel the need to. Don't just let it happen and talk about it afterwards.
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I think Daboll should be out. If McDermott can't even correct some of the basic play calling concepts (run here on 3rd and 3, don't try to throw a 50 yard bomb) then he's going to have to find someone that he can trust to run that side of the ball. He shouldn't be trusting Daboll any more. The screaming at the franchise QB thing had me irked at the beginning of the year and I think it was coming from a man desperate to somehow prove he belongs in the NFL. He doesn't. Everyone is starting to see it. You can only make excuses for so long. He calls plays thinking if it works he looks like a genius, instead of just trying to get the first down. He would rather be revered than successful.
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3rd and 3. Deep shot. 3rd and 4. Deep shot. And it wasn't Josh choosing to go deep, the play call on 3rd and 3 didn't have a route less than 10 yards down field.
The Browns game was his worst performance yet. You give Singletary the ball 8 times? You run a sweep with Gore, who's probably the slowest back in the league at this point? Also of note, Allen is much more successful throwing to his left than to his right. Guess which side of the field he's throwing to on those deep shots... it's like Daboll can not dissect film.
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1 minute ago, Protocal69 said:
I see people are finally catching on. I never saw what people saw in the kid. For me it wasn’t necessarily his coverage but I never liked his run support.
Yea it's crazy to think we play Nickel most of the time and our CB2 is that weak against the run.
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1 minute ago, reddogblitz said:
True. But he wasn't good enough for Coach McDermott. He could still be here. Him on one side. Brown on the other. Beasley in the slot ...
I wasn't sad to see Watkins go, you can't rely on him to finish a whole season. Woods leaving pissed me off, but I don't think he had any intention of staying no matter how much money we threw at him.
But to just now attempt to replace Woods with Brown and still have no answer to replace Watkins? That's a personnel failure. Beane can pretend all he likes that you don't need a #1 receiver but his QB would disagree.
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2 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:
So what? 3-4 years then? That's a very long time by NFL standards.
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To a certain extent, I agree with this. If you are going to build your team around defense and your offense gives you the lead with under 4 minutes remaining, that's when your defense needs to come up big. And they didn't.
Then you look at that last drive, Josh was driving again, then they huddle? Not sure what that was about.
Then you have Hauschka leaving 6 points on the field...
Failure at all three phases of the game is a hard pill to swallow, plenty of blame to go around.
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We do not have the talent at wide receiver the Vikes do. When was the last time you saw a Buffalo Bill make a one handed grab? Win on a contested catch? And people wonder where Josh's hesitation comes from. He can't trust his guys to make plays like that. And if he tries to, it often ends badly and then people lambaste him for throwing a pick.
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He's one of those guys that the Bills have lacked all season. A playmaker. Stats are cool but where is the guy on defense that consistently makes big plays like a Fitzpatrick or a Bosa? The roster looks good but it also performs like you'd expect with 80 million in cap space.
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The only thing that has truly failed is this regime's ability to scout wide receivers. Yeesh.
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On 11/6/2019 at 8:44 AM, Mango said:
I actually really like YAC as one of the metrics for how a QB is doing delivery the ball. I don’t think lack of YAC is a good defense for JA, rather an indictment.
Current YAC leaders
1. Rodgers
2. Brady
3. Goff
4. Rivers
5. Mahomes
The only players Josh beats are back ups, starters who have missed a bunch of time (ie Brees, Tannehill, etc)
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/passing_advanced.htm
Didn't realize Russ and Brady were backups. Haven't missed any games either... your bias is showing lol
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I mean we can criticize Allen, he certainly shares some of the blame. But these receivers simply don't attack the football when it's thrown at them. Knox in the endzone was just ridiculous. How do you have that much size on a guy and all you can manage is to fall sideways and let the CB inside to break up the pass? The back shoulder he dropped also. Allen was awful under pressure today. And he honestly didn't see that much of it. His OC doesn't help him either. 5 wide on 3rd and 3 and no short routes run...
For all his issues, he is getting zero help from the OC and secondary players. He can key on Brown and Beasley but opposing defenses are also aware that Allen's secondary players on offense are not a threat.
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Hauschka needs to go ASAP. He hasn't been the same since the injury last year. The missed 34 yarder, that just shouldn't happen.
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Wallace has proven against the Eagles and Browns that he is the weak link in the secondary. He is also poor in run support, not physical enough.
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2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Someone up-thread brought up trashing some past OCs - Gilbride I think when he was here, and also criticizing Martz? though I don't think he was ever in B'lo.
To me that is absolutely on-point. Gilbride and Coughlin both said that he benefited by being given over-arching guidance by Coughlin, else he got too pass-heavy. As a St Louis Rams watcher (though not a fan), Martz benefited by working under Vermeil and having some of his tendencies checked.
That's kind of where I am with Daboll. I see him as crafting well-designed and creative plays at times. I also feel McDermott has been very "hands off" with him and that he does or would benefit from some constructive oversight, someone who can say "look, this is a matter of record in the league, we are known overwhelmingly do *this* from this formation or personnel group, as a DC I would key off on that, you got to change it up" or (this was a Martz thing) "look, we just don't have the OL hosses to hold protection for 4 seconds against every D in the league, you need to mix it up the passing game with some quick hits and more rushes, you're getting our QB killed"
I'd be curious to know if McDermott had any input for last week's game plan. Definitely ran the ball more than we have all season. It would be good for him to do exactly as you described, kind of act as a moderator. He does it with Frazier on defense.
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8 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Luka, is that "rush success rate" from the Shotgun, or overall? If the latter, does it give break down rush success rate from shotgun?
Overall. Haven't come across run success by formation yet, I just started combing that site a day or two ago because I often get trashed for calling Daboll into question. I've been on the hunt for some stats to back up what my eyes have been seeing all year. There are some other sites too, but don't seem to offer as in depth stats as that site for free.
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The Athletic - Cover 1's breakdown of the game, more Allen than Daboll. Also adding some C1 & YPP twitter clips
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Just like everyone else here, he cherry picks plays to make his point, never addresses anything positive that might show his opinion isn't an absolute. Same childish response you would get here if you refute his point. It's funny because he shows the one play, where Josh has 3 reads to make and he is under considerable pressure almost immediately. He blames Josh but he has no idea what the play call was, what his hot read was. To me it looked like Beasley was his hot read, he sets that way to throw it, has to come off of it and reset and by that time, play is already over.