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That's a great observation. Maybe it's just time to pick the starters and roll with them. Just understand the weaknesses and play to our strengths. I think you're definitely spot on, it does seem to make us very predictable. If McKenzie is in, watch the sweep. If Murphy and Star are in the game, run the football etc.

This. He's got a lot more weapons this year, a more mature Josh Allen, a better line, and the same or worse results. 3 out of 4 years as an OC prior to the Bills and couldn't get out of the 30s in rank. He's not cutting it.

My personal opinion is Daboll needs to move towards shoring up the personnel groupings. Do we really need Lee Smith on the field now that Kroft is healthy? McKenzie played really well last year and now we only see him for gadget plays? He's got speed, why is it Roberts and not McKenzie on the deep balls? Where's Foster? He had great chemistry with Allen by the end of the season last year. We've had something like 160+ unique personnel groupings which was top 3 in the league at one point, doesn't seem to bode well for consistency.

I personally think he does it too much because you have to actually run the real play for the fake to work. 9 times out of 10 it's just window dressing that slows down the development of the play. I don't think the Eagles committed to the motion a single time. Now if we actually handed the ball off on jet sweeps more than once a game, threw a screen to the guy in motion etc. with more consistency then I'd be fine with it. But as it stands, I think his tendencies are showing on film and that's why the Eagles weren't buying it.

Funny how Kitchens and Daboll both like to run a lot of stupid gadget plays, motions etc and both young QBs are struggling. Baker more so than Allen but still... both teams would benefit having real NFL coordinators. That play with Baker was just an absolutely terrible play design.

As we've seen all over the league, if you've been within 50 feet of Belichek's dirty jock strap, you are the next big thing in coaching. Feel bad for whoever jumps on the Daboll grenade.

Flacco blasted the coaching staff in Denver and he's now benched. So I mean, for you to expect anything but "positive" remarks from the locker room to the media is pretty naive.

Sproles DiMarco... hilarious.

They did run jet sweep motion and some other pre snap stuff but the Eagles weren't buying it. It's just window dressing anyways. It's what happens after the snap that sucks.

Uh... what? Daboll is somehow getting credit for the GOAT's production? Funny, McDaniels tried that to and crashed and burned. 2012 Chiefs: 32nd ranked offense. 2011 Dolphins: 20th ranked offense. 2010 Browns: 31st ranked offense. 2009 Browns: 29th ranked offense. Daboll is a fraud. His only successful stint as an OC was with Bama and that had a lot more to do with Bama being Bama.

McDermott is fine, he just needs to fire that waste of space OC.

Sorry but when they give up 200+ yards on the ground, they are to blame just as much as the offense. Score in the 20's? Guess what, the Eagles scored 31.

He's always been an above average pass rusher with habit of getting personal fouls. His only good years came from playing with Mario Williams on the other end and Dareus/Kyle in the middle. He's not THE guy, just a guy.

There was a screen pass yesterday where Allen faked two hand offs before getting the ball out and ended up spiking it in the dirt because there was just a huddle of Bills players to his right. Daboll's play design is horrendous. I think Allen knows it too. He's been getting good at throwing the ball away though. He's starting to recognize when a play is going to fail before the wide outs finish running their overly complex routes that never get them open.

Daboll needs to go. Allen can't find the open receiver because he's too busy performing two or three fake handoffs and then rolling out before he even gets to look downfield. The play design is absolute trash. I watch a lot of college and NFL football and I really struggle to recall an offense so up it's own ass with motions, fakes, etc. I will say, the Browns like that stuff too and you see what their record is and how badly Baker has struggled this year. It's the NFL, you aren't fooling anyone with all the window dressing.

Scary that Bills fans think a running back is somehow going to solve the issues on offense. We have two great running backs that we can't seem to get the ball to. Singletary 9 chances rushing and receiving combined. Allen? 8 carries. Until Daboll gets fired, we will continue to struggle on offense. I used to give him credit for Allen's progress but after yesterday, I'm thinking any progress Allen is making is in spite of him.

This year they've been using Cover 0 from what I've read. Most likely against teams they don't view as a threat to go deep, no reason to keep a safety over the top. Allen hasn't proven he can hit a deep pass but if he does it will totally change the dynamic of the entire game. Probably time to take Foster out of moth balls.

Important and difficult if Milano does not play which he probably will not.

Offensive line play is going to be huge this week. Can the line give Allen enough time to exploit the Eagles 27th ranked pass defense? The Eagles front 7 is the strong point of their defense and we all know Schwartz. He's currently blitzing at a rate of +30% on third down this year to mitigate the issues in the Eagles' secondary. He often uses Cover 0 which is a concept that Allen has seen a couple times this year (Pats and Miami) and it's going to be crucial that the line holds up in these situations. As an aside, it will also be interesting to see if Dabol can establish the run game. It will be important to maintain balance in the offense to keep the Eagles front 7 from keying on Allen and putting us in 2nd and medium/3rd and short situations.

https://insidetheiggles.com/2019/10/24/philadelphia-eagles-miss-frank-reich-now-ever/ This is why I think the Eagles will lose Sunday, more than anything. Reich has proven to be a QB whisperer. Wentz, then Foles, returned Luck to MVP form and now has Jacoby Brissett atop the AFC South. I think Eagles fans will continue to wait for a return to form for Wentz, which won't come without a play caller of Reich's caliber.

I love this play and it pisses me off that so many Bills fans are down on it. I guess the losing culture is going to take awhile to flush out of the fan base.

Elway has stated publicly he isn't trading any one. I still wonder what it would take to pry Von Miller away from the Broncos. Right now, aside from the right side of the OL that is struggling, a legitimate edge rusher is what's really lacking on this team and what would hold us back in the playoffs. Jerry Hughes has 1.5 sacks. Shaq has 1. Darryl Johnson has 1. Trent Murphy has none. That just isn't getting it done on the outside.

C. His play calling and running his scheme no matter what gets us into trouble. I'm happy it's a modern, nuanced scheme. I just think that this is a play action team and the run needs to be established first and fore most. Miami went into this week giving up 169 yards on the ground. There was absolutely zero reason that Gore and Singletary should not have been fed the ball at the beginning of the game. We probably could have ran every play and scored a touchdown on the opening possession. Sure, you can point to the one or two deep shots that Allen missed and put it all on him if you like. But in the end, there needs to be a much bigger emphasis on high percentage passing plays and the run game. You see a lot of teams that are taking deep shots to wide open receivers. Those receivers are open because they have the defense committed to stopping the short passing game and the run game. Dabol dives head first into the intermediate/long game right from the get go. It's playing to the strengths of his QB, sure, but is it really successful? Does it make sense against teams who have a good pass defense? I think that, if McDermott knew much about offense, he would have taken over play calling much like he did with Fraizer last year.

Still dealing with drops. Not as bad as last year but Knox took a TD away and about 30 yards today. Guys have seemed to step up when needed this year for the most part though. One of the big reasons for the improved completion percentage.

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