Trogdor

Bit of a Hero ball mentality? That's just his style.

He definitely lowers his head and more runs into the defenders helmet, but I think the defender intended to hit him high anyway. He never lowered his pad level and that added with Allen going down was bad. I'm not full tin foil like a lot of people right now because I see DBs do this all the time. Look at the hits on WRs after a missed pass and you will see very similar style hits. DBs generally have the worst tackling technique of any position group. I don't know that anyone fears JA enough to do "sweep the leg" move, especially in this game where he was a turnover machine.

"This is a playoff team that nobody is going to want to play" is the same thing people said for that wild card game. Im not saying the defense was anything short of great, but that doesn't make a whole team. They have horrible special teams and a sub-par at best offense. Add in the fact that Allen can't stop fumbling and throwing into double coverage, and that's not a very good team. Coaching is terrible too with little to no adjustments, terrible clock management, and questionable challenges. We watched the same game, I'm just not going to claim a victory from a loss like a lot of posters want. This is a recipe for becoming the next Bengals organization.

I'll agree with him at 2, but 3 was overkill lol.

In what world is Brown a WR3? Maybe not a 1, but 2A for sure. Beasley has been very good for us so far and is more than enough at slot. Only maybe Calvin Johnson in his prime saves Allen on a lot of these throws.

One area that he has a clear advantage on is timing routes. He seems to really thrive off those quick slants. I'm not sure the coaching adapts well though or they would've kept a TE in to help the RT.

This is my biggest problem with McD and most coaches we have had. We lack a game manager who can control the whole team. Hiring a good coordinator only works when they make good hiring choices, and he hasn't. He needs to grow outside of his friends and find someone with new ideas or at least a winning record.

They gutted the playoff team and we're using that as the measuring stick? They are no better than year one with the Wild Card. This is similar to the Sabres in that they looked better early in the rebuild than what they did coming out of it. This is like a military mindset where progress is valued over continued success. Should we really feel good that they made a team so bad last year that we are now maybe back to the same level as 2 years ago?

Do teams only have to be good at one part of the game? This is the crux of Buffalo over the years. We picked up a good coordinator who gets his side of the football playing well and we are horrible on the other. The offense has to take advantage of the defense for it to matter, and they don't. We probably still make the playoffs with this schedule, but there isn't any large improvement for this team.

I think a lot of it has to do with an over emphasis on weather. Every single time they look for a HC or OC they want a guy who can build a team for bad weather. It's just not something that we gain much of an advantage on. It usually ends up that we are really good on one side of the ball and sub-par on the other.

Here comes the homer mod to shut down different opinions. Where is this after the wins with the Beane is God threads lol. Seriously though, there were so many things wrong today that one thread isn't going to cover it.

He is an OLB, but he is getting much better at MLB. It's crazy that he was an OLB in High School and the start of College, but now he is expected to stop teams in the NFL. It's probably the largest learning curve of anyone on the team. I'm a big fan of his and think that he can do it.

The defense is legit, but he didn't take advantage of break downs like he normally does. He also had a lot more trouble with the blitz than we normally see. His ball placement is usually very good, and today it was subpar. Still, this means that we are the same team from the wild card loss. No improvement.

I came here to disagree with you because I thought it was a negative post. Can't agree more, this was a huge improvement from the last couple times against the Pats.

Is there any reason that they didn't chip Van Noy? Ford got wrecked all day and you do keep Knox or Sweeney in to block? Forget Lee Smith and his inability to track the snap count.

I was gonna say something similar. I'm not sure about on the sideline, but the other ones were too under thrown and gave the DB too much of an advantage. It's much easier to move in on a catch than reverse direction to compete.

They just proved that they can't take advantage of one of the worst games for Brady. This is peak Jags game where we couldn't score. They have maybe a Bengals ceiling right now.

Getting hit and that causing an int is not the same thing as continually throwing bad passes. Allen is bad, and he cost then this game.

How do they not have help for Ford. He is so bad.

Nobody wants a Wild Card team that doesn't score a TD. They are supposed to be better than that.

Do you remember our last playoff game? We're still that same team.

At least the Whaley guys are balling out. Best safety combo since Clark Polamalu.

Peters' averages about a sack a game and im not sure how great that is. I never thought he was that great honestly, but I might be biased by the exit. Bell the next year after he left was very good too. I'd still take a healthy Cordy.

More like an ok wife and an ex that let you experiment. Fantasizing is how Bills fans survive lol.

Blocking is so underrated in a WR. Why we didn't do more screens to Watkins with Woods blocking is beyond me. His yards and tds will never show how valuable he is.