Nihilarian

Can we try the run again??>?

DEFENSE does it again!

I don't get it, the offense starts the day running with some quick passes now and again. Then in the second half they open with just passes like the blowout games

Why did they go away from the run game...

Bills D!!!

Defense is kicking butt

Refs suck

and you are a TROLL so, go away!

This is a tough, tough Titans defense. We don't want to give this team the lead...

Snatched defeat...

Thank god it wasn't caught by Tenn

Now McD needs to break his foot off in the ST coach...

Man, special teams …

So happy they made that 1st. HEY! KB caught it!

W000000TNESS!!! Turnover!

Did McD break his foot off somewhere because this offense looks different from we have seen. so much running, I love it.

Looks like they fixed some things...

We both agree that establishing the run game first thing should be the priority. In three games McCoy has only gotten 21 attempts rushing combined and he should have at least that many in each game. It really is ridiculous how underutilized the run game has been and how overused Allen has been in the passing game as a rookie QB with no run game. Josh Allen is the teams leading rusher with 111 rushing yards, 2 rushing TDs and he has more rushing TDs than any of the RBs after 4 games. My thoughts are we Bills fans get sucked into a new regime every few years with all new hopes and dreams only to see them shattered by people that really are clueless. I really like McD and Beane in what they did their first year. Now, not so much. These men have had time to fix the O line, the WRs and instead it seems like all they care about is the defense. We know that McD is a decent DC and so is the current DC Frazier. For that matter so is WR coach Terry Robiskie. All three have been head coaches too. So far his offensive hires as OC has sucked and his line coach has sucked for two years now but the line had Woods, Incognito so it wasn't so bad as it is now. We Bills fans can see how bad things currently are on offense so how does McD not see them too, and if he does why is he sitting on his hands? At some point during the season, McD's only real option is to replace Daboll with Robiskie and perhaps replace Castillio with assistant line coach Andrew Dees as he couldn't possibly do any worse. Will McDs refusal to fix the offense going to kill the season?

While I agree that the line blocking has been a hot mess. I don't agree that you just give up on it and put the offense of the rookie QB shoulders like Daboll has been doing. Particularly when Shady McCoy was getting 4.8 YPC average in that GB game and this after only 5 carries. First of all, while Daboll might have the New England playbook. But he sure as hell isn't calling plays like McDaniels does for Brady. Their first priority is to protect Brady at all costs so the entire offense works in unison to pick up blocks if needed before their routes. Their second priority is to move the chains and make first downs with runs, dump offs to the RB (their leading pass catcher against the Colts was RB James White, Gronk was 2nd, Edelman was 3rd) Throws to the TE, short outs and once the QB establishes a rhythm and makes some first down they can take some chance with deeper downfield throws. Daboll isn't doing anything like that as he is trying to establish a deep downfield passing game when has so many issues to contend with. QB inability in reading protections and the line not helping with those reads at all. The receivers failing to get separation and get open. The line not managing to hold their blocks most of the time or blocking the wrong man. It should be easier to find ways to establish a run game besides the "I" formation run right up the middle. Need to get McCoy the ball and do it as the Patriots do with White as McCoy is even better. Which begs the question? How much longer? How many more loses before McD gets more involved with the offense? He has to know that no run game is killing the defense. At what point does he make a change?

Dilfer was saying this before the draft that Allen wasn't ready to start day one. This kid could be another Mahomes if allowed to sit and learn.

Someone else mentioned that Daboll calls offensive pass plays like he has Tom Brady at QB. Backed up at their own 6-yard line at GB Daboll calls 3 pass plays over even attempting to run to get some room to throw. On 3rd and 10 he calls for a 20 yard out? So, even if the line manages to hold their blocks, and even if the receivers do get separation and find a way to get open Allen needs to throw an accurate pass that can be caught. Sounds like an awful lot of "ifs" to get the passing game right. Wouldn't it be simpler to work the run game and then let Allen pick and choose his passes? Play action might actually work if the Bills could run the ball.

The Bills did go with a 7 man line in that first series at GB after McCoy made 7 yards on first down they ran him again out of the I formation on second down up the middle and he got two yards. They went with Ivory on 3rd and one and he was stuffed. This with the Bills having 7 men on the line facing 5 packers on the line. The Packers Lbers saw run and they closed to the line fast. Ducasse overran the hole and allowed a Packer inside. After that failed 3rd and one, the Bills didn't even attempt many runs the rest of the game despite McCoy getting 4.8 YPC average. Shady saw 5 carries all game and he stated that the game plan going into this game was to get him the ball more. The Bills players on the line are incompetent as is the line coaching as is the play calling. Yes, the defense has been starting slow. Now stop and think about what the defense would look like if the Bills had a strong run game! The defense wouldn't be on the field as much and should the Bills get the lead I can see the defense doing to many teams what they did to the Vikings...provided Hughes isn't mugged, tackled, held at the line like he was in GB. The defense is the least of the team's problems right now IMO.

WRs coach Terry Robiskie has experience as an NFL HC & OC and he coached a young Marcus Mariota at Tenn. I don't think I'd wait as long as some others suggest as the Jets game/bye week. The Bills have Tenn, Houston, Indy, NE, Chicago, Jets ahead before the bye week and currently 1-3. I think you need a decision in order to save the season and should the Bills lose the next three in a similar fashion to three of the first four. I'd make a change after the Indy game and even then it might not be fast enough to save this year if Allen gets injured before then. Nathan Peterman as the starter...

Yea, that's what they said about Rex Ryan too. These owners want a competitive team that can contend with the Patriots and while backing into the playoffs last year was exciting. These owners understand the difference between winning the division and barely eeking out a wildcard berth. So far this team has taken huge steps backward this year and although it's only been four games it's been basically three blowouts. With the offense so abysmal and not because of the rookie QB. That rookie is being asked to should the entire offense because the run game doesn't work, the receivers stink, the offensive line stinks. Not even a veteran QB would do with this mess of an offense. 2013 the Atlanta Falcons had Matt Ryan, Julio, Roddy White, Tony Gonzalaz and went still 4-12. Just sayin. If the blowouts continue without some changes by the HC to that offense. I think the Pegula's make a change at some point this year or after the year. This is a performance-based business and these owners want to win. JMO

Good stuff and Amen! This is why many of us wanted line coach/run game coordinator Juan Castillo fired along with Dennison. He did less with more last year and this year the O line coaching is basically non-existent. Castillo must have comprising pics of McD... Free rushers coming unblocked when a TE, RB, WR was there to make the block and it's like it doesn't even cross their mind. This is a rookie QB who doesn't yet know what he is looking at with defensive formations or who is coming or dropping, Every player on offense should be making a concerted effort to pick up a block if needed. Things are much worse than just free rushers coming unblocked though. This is about the line players blocking the wrong man, whiffing on blocks, not picking up stunts, not helping that rookie QB with protections. This entire offense is a joke with no run game and it really gets me mad as hell that the rookie QB the team spent so much time and effort to acquire probably won't survive the season.