HappyDays

Ultimately it's on Allen to read the defense and deliver the ball to the open player. I'm hoping he will see Kincaid sticking out like a sore thumb all over the tape this week and will make it a point to get him involved more in future weeks. Instead of lazily heaving the ball downfield info cover 2 shells. Going back to 12 personnel helping the run game, that philosophy doesn't work unless you get the opposing LBs off the field for a slot CB. How do you get the LBs off the field? Punish them with throws to Kincaid over and over and over again until they have no choice. My bad, I read your comment as talking about Kincaid.

They do but I didn't see him getting bumped off his routes at all (again, with the caveat that this is based on live broadcast footage). Many times I saw him sitting open and already leveraging his body to maximize YAC if the ball came his way. But most of the time it didn't. I know in the NFL coverage can be deceptive so I'll see what others think after watching the All-22. If what I saw is correct, I'm frustrated that we drafted a chain mover / stay on schedule pass catcher in the 1st round and refused to utilize him consistently in a game that was all about moving the chains and staying on schedule. Allen supposedly told Beane he would love Kincaid to be our pick and was elated that we drafted him. So why isn't he looking his way? Why are we forcing balls downfield into an elite secondary when Kincaid is sitting there with leverage against a less than elite LB tandem?

I don't have official percentages but it felt like we were in 12 personnel more often than not. And it would have worked if Allen and Dorsey had used it properly. With the caveat that I'm going off of live broadcast footage I swear I saw Kincaid open a ton, often times in space with room to run. Allen for whatever reason wasn't looking at him. My hope is that they will see this on tape and make it a point to get him involved. As far as our run game, I have mixed feelings on Cook. When he has space and a chance to accelerate he looks great, very smooth and glides through the defense. But his initial burst is not quite what I hoped when we drafted him and he goes down on first contact almost every time. If he catches the ball short of the sticks with a defender approaching him it's a lost down every time. So I don't think he is going to be someone we can rely on to create plays, but he will maximize the plays that are there at least.

Kincaid was way under utilized tonight. All of those swing passes we are throwing to Harty and Cook, get them to Kincaid instead. Dorsey had the right idea against the Jets defense but used the wrong players. I would honestly right now make Kincaid the #2 target over Davis. It would encourage Allen to throw the ball short and not force throws downfield.

I do remember that, he was in a funk against Pittsburgh and Miami then pulled himself out of it before finishing the season as a god I'll hold onto this as my one glimmer of optimism for the rest of the season. Although he looked worse tonight than he has in any game since 2019 IMO. Kind of pulled it together at the end but it was too late.

This is the only reasonable hint of optimism. Maybe it was just a week 1 stinker. I certainly want to believe that.

I thought I saw Kincaid flash open a bunch of times but Allen never looked at him. I just don't get it.

The defense will be fine, better than fine even. On offense we don't have a true #2 WR and Allen looks completely lost. Can he pull it together? This is the first moment of doubt I've had since 2019. I wish I could even say it was just a repeat of last year's away Jets game but it was much worse. He has to stop making one bad decision turn into four bad decisions.

That was the grossest Bills game in the McDermott/Allen era. Worse even than the Jags debacle IMO.

I can't imagine a single person in the country is enjoying this game right now. Bills fans, Jets fans, NFL fans, everybody hates this.

No lie I'll give him a game ball if we pull this out.

This game is drunk

I feel like Kincaid is constantly open. I hope we use him more the rest of the year.

I wasn't a huge fan of our offensive gameplan tonight but he isn't the one making bad reads and losing focus. I have never seen Allen look this clueless. At this point I am just hoping he snaps out of it before the season goes down the toilet.

It doesn't make sense. How does Allen deliver this performance? It's the worst game he's ever played. I don't know what they need to do to fix it but something has to change.

It doesn't make sense. How does Allen deliver this performance? It's the worst game he's ever played. I don't know what they need to do to fix it but something has to change.

I just don't understand it

Josh has to dig us out of the hole he created.

Allen Mahomes Those are the only QBs I've ever watched that make that throw.

This was a known problem coming into the season. Davis is MIA. Can't make a living throwing 3 yard short passes to Harty and Cook.

He has to stop panicking and throwing into double coverage. And he knows it.

Singletary is stopped for a 2 yard loss

This is the first time I can remember that the storyline coming into the game is the opposing offense has a bad OL and we've actually made it look that way.

Rousseau has been a monster. He is totally living up to the training camp hype.

There's a board function to make scheduled posts?