Nihilarian

The only good thing that the Redskins defense had going for them was a very, very good defensive line. So, rather then dump on the Bills O line, I gotta wonder how many times do you continue to run Frank Gore up the middle before you realize he isn't going to get it done. When you already know that the strongest part of that Washington defense was the line and the LBers, DBs aren't that good...why run straight into the teeth? That first quarter drive that had the Bills on the Washington 2 yard line resulted in a sack for -6 yards on first down. Then on 2nd down and 8 the Bills lost 8 yards on a pass. Then on 3rd and 16 there was an aborted snap which lost another 8 yards. So now the Bills are forced into a FG at the Washington 24 yard line. Many posters here cited the Bills OC as getting "cute" with the play calls! Looking at that 2nd quarter Bills drive from the Redskins one yard line Daboll called 3x straight up the middle runs with Gore that went nowhere! Where was the innovation? Where was the elite play calling that Eric Wood was touting? This was Nathaniel Hackett all over again. Why didn't Daboll run Singletary more against the Eagles with Gore averaging 3.8 YPC and Singletary 6.8? Well, in all probability judging from the Bills presser McD gave Daboll a swift kick and told him to run the rookie more against Washington. Still, Gore got 11 carries...for 15 yards a 1.4 Yard Per Carry average against the Redskins. NOW, this last game was against a bad team, bad on defense and bad on offense ...also starting a rookie QB that even both sets of Redskins HCs stated wasn't ready to start. Yet Skins RB Adrian Peterson had 108 yards on 18 carries a 6.0 YPC avg. Think about what would have happened had the Bills not gotten a lead in the this game? Most likely the Bills OC has Josh Allen throwing more and running Singletary less. The Bills are facing another bad team with both their defense and offense in the 20s and the #1 overall pick Baker Mayfield is currently grading as the worst starting QB in the league. Yet, this Browns team found the wherewithal to beat the Baltimore Ravens 40-25 (a Ravens team who just beat the unbeaten Patriots) mostly with Nick Chubbs legs, 20 carries for 165 yards, 3 TDs, an 8.3 YPC AVG. While the Bills might have some decent red zone efficiency ...the Bills offense still ranks 22nd in points for, 23rd in yards and 26th in passing yards. This last game was exactly how the offense should be working regardless of the score. Run the hot hand at RB to carry the offense and allow Josh Allen help win the game while not forcing him to be the hero. Lets see what happens now.

Two things struck me. The Redskins QB wasn't very good and like the Washington coaches stated, he really wasn't ready to start. while he didn't turn it over he did have a QBR of 31.9. Stating that, I wonder that if the Bills had faced a better QB would they have done as well? The other thing is that the only good thing that the Redskins defense had going for them was a really, really very good defensive line. So, rather then dump on the Bills O line, I gotta wonder how many times do you continue to run Frank Gore up the middle before you realize he isn't going to get it done. When you already know that the strongest part of that Washington defense was the line and the LBers, DBs aren't that good...why run straight into the teeth? It has me thinking is it the coaching or does this team want to play down to the competition they are facing or both? Final note, Baker Mayfield is currently grading as the worst starting QB in the league. Yet, this Browns team found the wherewithal to beat the Baltimore Ravens 40-25 mostly with Nick Chubbs legs, 20 carries for 165 yards, 3 TDs, an 8.3 YPC AVG. Knowing that has started to give me nightmares about the Bills defense!

The way I look at it is that the Bills are exceedingly lucky that the schedule is so weak so that QB Josh Allen has a better chance to learn his craft and develop into that elite QB we all want. Against Wash, 14 of 20 for 160, 1 TD, 1 rushing TD. QBR 110.4...no turnovers. no designed QB runs either. Against Philly, 16 of 34 for 169 yards, 2 TDs. QBR 81.6 8 rushes for 45 yards. 3 fumbles, 1 lost. Allen was the leading rusher in this game. sacked 4 times. 8 penalties for 57 yards. Against Miami, 16 of 26 for 202, 2 TDs. QBR 111.4. 9 penalties for 83 yards. 2 penalties for 20 yards. No INTs the last three games. Clearly Allen had his worst game against the Patriots. He is clearly improving as the offensive scheme allows and against the Redskins it showed that if you run the ball more than throwing it (20 pass attempts vs 39 rush attempts) it works very well. What do we know so far, the Bills #3 overall defense is weak against the run as Miami exposed flaws in the scheme. While being #3 in passing yards, #2 in passing TDs. They are 20th in rush yards allowed and 24th in rush TDs allowed. The Bills defensive line has some issues. Although Josh Allen has only been sacked 21 times so far, the Bills offensive line isn't as good as first perceived. They were manhandled by the Eagles and really didn't far so well against the Redskins on the goal line or up the middle with Gore. The Bills run defense did look better in the second half against Washington but that might be because they were passing more to catch up and simply didn't run Peterson much in the 3rd, 4th quarters. Time will tell against the Browns as RB Nick Chubb is 4th overall in rushing. The thing is, like the Eagles, this 2-6 Cleveland Browns team beat the Baltimore Ravens 40-25 in week four. The Browns have the talent to be world beaters and yet are sucking big! Baker Nayfield the #1 overall pick is at 58.7 completion percent with 7 TDs, 12 INTs, a QBR of 38.2. If the Bills can get the lead and force the Browns to pass they have a really good chance to win this game. They aren't very good against the run either so Buffalo would be smart to run Gore, Singletary as much as they can.

There are some positive things I want to comment about that happened this game! ONLY two penalties for 20 yards the ENTIRE game!! I have been complaining that this team has averaged 8.5 penalties a game. This was huge!! NOT having Josh Allen run a designed QB run play. No turnovers or fumbles by the QB. This is another smart thing to do to help keep the QB upright and gaining confidence. Using RB Devin Singletary like he should be used, 20 carries for 95 yards a 4.8 YPC AVG, 1 TD. 3 receptions for 45 yards

I just hope they aren't able to put it all together against Buffalo... They were able beat the Ravens 40-25 @ Baltimore with RB Chubb going 20 for 165, 3 TDs and this against a very good run defense team.

To the OP. Don't even give a second thought to those Bills fans who always want to see the brighter side in everything and complain that you bring up valid points about the problems with the team. Speak your mind man and keep up the good work. Its all about the truth and facts. This so called elite Bills defense shouldn't be allowing an aged RB in Adrian Peterson 108 yards on 18 rushes to the tune of 6.0 yards per carry. This from a team that was 1-7 and starting a rookie QB that their own coaching staff stated wasn't really ready to start. The Redskins were 31st on offense and 20th in defense. The Bills should have dominated in every facet. The 2-6 Cleveland Browns, the 1-7 Miami Dolphins, the 3-6 Denver Broncos are the next three opponents and these should be easy wins. They won't be because this team has problems. Problems with the play calling. Problems stopping the run. Problems with the team playing down to bad teams and just squeaking by for some reason. Problems in seeing which RB has the hot hand and going with that player. By the Cowboys game on Nov 28th we Bills fans honestly don't know if the team will be 9-2 or 6-5? With the #3 overall defense and a stout run game this team should win the next three.

Loved watching this game! That 49er defense is what kept them in games and made them look so good...kinda like this years Patriots...until tonight! After this weeks bye, the Patriots play the 5-4 Eagles, the division leading 4-3 Cowboys, the division leading 6-3 Texans, the division leading 6-3 Chiefs, 0-8 Cincy, 6-2 Buffalo. By week 16 it very well could be the division leading Buffalo Bills! The only team NE has played all season that had a winning record before the Ravens were the Bills 16-10.

It is possible that both Star and Gore have hit that proverbial wall. That might be a reason to not run Gore up the middle so often...especially when Mo-Tor is doing so well. Gore averaged 1.4 YPC and Singletary 4.8 YPC. There should have been no question as to who should have been getting the ball. Dunno if i'd call it "cute", more like a Dumbell.

The Bills were lucky they were playing the 1-8 Redskins today. That Bills play calling that resulted going from first down at the 2 yard line of the Skins to losing 22 yards after 3 failed pass attempts which resulted in a FG. This OC still has his head up his backside half the time! I also think he ran "motor" more today because he was instructed to do so.

Nice! TD!

That Redskins D line is about the only good thing about their Defense.

NICE! Knox!

Now, keep running it!!!!

That Eff up by the Bills offense gave the Redskins some momentum...

This is what happens with this OC, he out thinks himself. Just keep running...they get to the 2 yard line and suddenly they need to pass? Result, negative yards! Then a trick toss play, result negative yards! On 3rd down another pass play but the ball is juggled and another loss on the play. From the 2 to the 16...FG. Thank the lord the Bills have a good kicker!

Did I just hear that Josh Allen has the best 4th quarter passer rating in the league?

About freaking time!

Most of those other QB's have far more experience in reading defenses and setting protections along with quickly finding the open receiver. Knowing that this QB is still developing, learning his craft and only has one season of game starts, does anyone thinks its a smart move to make him the focal point of the offense to make plays? Clearly whats happening is when the Bills go to a two TE, FB, RB set the opposing team understands that the Bills are gonna run the ball and stack the box. Its up to the OC to confuse the defense and make them think something else is going on. Its why Chan Gailey was so successful in running out of a one back, 5 wide shotgun spread formation. When you spread out the offense the defense must do the same and if you have 4-5 WRs on the field the defense usually goes into a nickle/dime defense. This causes mismatches all over. What I would love to see is the Bills taking a long hard look at Minnesota and what Gary Kubiak is doing there...with his zone running, heavy play action. Granted, the Bills don't have RB Davin Cook at RB, but what they do have are underutilized. Far, far too many penalties, pre-snap and other wise on the O line, offense. Too many late incoming play calls so the offense is forced to use a time out or take a delay of game. Not running the ball enough, and although the Eagles were keying on Gore and stuffing him to 3.8 YPC AVG. Yet Singletary was getting 6.3 YPC...so why not run him more? After the Eagles game I have a new grade for Daboll...F !

Philly fans openly peeing on their own fans from the upper deck to down below...in their drunken stupor! Never saw or heard of that at the Ralph, Rich Stadium, New Era.

All good points. Allen didn't come out of the draft as an NFL polished QB that should start day one like Darnold or Rosen. Mike Mayock stated he thought Allen should sit and learn for a season. Well hell, that didn't happen because the guy they pegged as the starter was a complete waste. Knowing this what does that tell you about the offensive coaching staff? It tells me that they really don't know what they are doing. Besides that Allen's first QB coach was never a past QB coach as he was an assistant WR coach previously. Look back at how bad last years offensive line was where most of the time Allen needed to run to evade the rush. This happened so often and he was so good at it that the OC put in designed QB runs. Lastly, the current Bills OC has never fielded an offense better then 22nd in his previous four stints as an NFL OC. Coaching has so much to do with how well a QB is developed and plays. Manning had Tom Moore as his OC. Brees had Cam Cameron as his OC and who is the very same OC who developed Joe Flacco. Oh yea, one more thing. Allen currently has 1493 passing yards after playing in 7 3/4 games so far. Now extrapolate that out another nine games... and he will have a 3000+ yard season with at least one 300 yard game. Plus, hopefully he stays healthy! Daboll needs to stop with the designed QB runs.

Om regards to the deep ball. I think that McD/Beane made it known they wanted Josh to have a better completion % to justify drafting him when they did. Hence the signing of Cole Beasley to help with that shorter passing game which also helps with the completion percentage. Know this, Allen wasn't a high percentage passer in college because they didn't run the bubble screens and short passing schemes at Wyoming. Allen threw in an NFL pro style offense with a lot of deep passing. That said, this scheme Brian Daboll is running this year is kinda new to Allen so he is getting used to running it. They aren't throwing the deep ball much for a few reasons I believe as one Robert Foster has been injured and only recently recovered. Next they simply aren't throwing that deep ball in practice often enough to get the timing down. Another thing is that the receivers are still getting used to catching Allen's fastball, and Allen is still working on making that shorter passing game work. I think the 300 yard passing games will come as both the receivers and QB get more experience playing together. The entire offense is a work in progress as Deboll figures things out. Judging by the Bills PC I think he got a swift kick from McD for not running Singletary more and perhaps putting to much of the offense on that young QB's shoulders. JMHO

No! The 2008 season was marred by that concussion on Trent Edwards. The Bills also lost pass rusher Aaron Schobel after 5 games and that was the end of that! The Miami Dolphins took the division that year with an 11-5 record. That's also the year the Patriots lost Brady after one game. 2011 Fitz got Fked up by the Redskins in week 8 and broke some ribs and he played hurting most of that season. The next week the Bills lost Eric Wood for the season and had great difficulty snapping the ball after that. Week 11 against Miami was a joke because they couldn't snap the ball correctly to save their lives. Besides that Bills defense was horrid under George Edwards that year. This season the Bills have to have the weakest schedule I've ever seen them have 1-7 Redskins, 2-5 Browns, 0-7 Dolphins, 2-6 Broncos... 4-3 Cowboys, 5-2 Ravens...3-4 Steelers, 8-0 Patriots, 1-6 Jets.

Rex Ryan badly miss-used almost every defensive player in Buffalo. He had pro bowlers in Mario Williams and Marcel Dareus openly complaining about his scheme. That just goes to show that improper coaching can ruin a player. We also know that the reason Belichick is so darn good is because he is so darn prepared because he watches so much film on every opponent and he takes no team lightly. In regards to Gilmore, some great players can get by without elite coaching and with others it takes them to the top of their game. Lawrence Taylor would have been great despite playing for Rex Ryan as was Revis.

Both lines were manhandled by the Eagles, DT, OT, WR. Trent Williams. AJ Green. You know, I wasn't that high on Clowney when he was available ...and right about now that guy would be worth a first.

I agree with this. I have no idea why this team doesn't run the ball more and utilize Singletary more often.