Artful Dodger

As they normally do, the Bills will probably fall behind by a couple of touchdowns, at which time Joe Brady will have to stop calling wide receiver screens and James Cook running off tackle on first down. Hopefully the game will still be in reach, and if so, at some point in the second half, Allen will take over from his offensive coordinator, and the Bills will start gaining chunks of yards and scores on the strength of Allen's ability to create something out of nothing. Against good teams, the team's main strategy seems to be to try to keep the games close and let Josh Allen perform heroics at the end. It's a bad strategy, but more often than not it works especially when Allen feels as if he has something to prove against a good team like the Patriots.

Absolutely. We chatted about it the other night.

Josh is a good team guy so he's officially supportive of whatever path the coaches are pursuing, but he's clearly been frustrated at times this season. For example, in the game against the Texans the camera caught him saying something like "What the hell are we doing?" to Mitch Trubisky on the sidelines. But I'm sure he's as deeply concerned as Bills' fans that his best years are trickling away, and he doesn't even have a Superbowl appearance to show for it.

First round draft choice. Ran a 4.39 40-yard dash at combine. Still only 24 years old. Great pickup. 😑

Is James Lofton still available? He's only 69 years old.

It also doesn't mean that it won't work. What we do know is that what they're doing now isn't working either.

When it's third and short and the Bills don't want to get a first down, Brady can call one of his special tight end sweeps or run James Cook into the line for zero yards.

I was afraid to watch, because what if I liked the movie? I'd have to ask some tough questions about myself and would have about 20 years of Hallmark movies to catch up on.

Yes. Has no one noticed that Bills' offense is most effective when it's running the two-minute drill, and presumably Brady doesn't have time to send in plays?

Hopefully the movie will have some good suggestions for resolving the problems with the Bills' passing offense.

You say that as if it's a bad thing...

There's a very good chance that the Chiefs won't make the playoffs this year.

How about letting Allen call his own plays much as Kelly did back in the day? The only time the Bills offense seems very productive is when it goes into hurry up mode at the end of games when the Bills need to make up some points. Maybe that's because in hurry up mode, Brady doesn't have time to call in ridiculous plays like tight end sweeps on third and one. If we're frustrated as fans, and even Jim Kelly is pissed off, one can only imagine how frustrated Allen must be at this point.

But did the Bills have any more wide receiver talent last year than they do this year? They lost the guy who liked to play in bare feet and eat with his hands and picked up a couple of JAG's, but other than that, it's pretty much the same.

Yes, this is all part of the brilliant plan detailed in another thread to secretly create an elite offense. 🫤