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Numerous plays show Cook open for dump offs with huge chunks of yardage in front of him.
Allen needs to take what the oppositions D is giving him.
Staring down his WR's, not going through his progressions, WTF...
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21 hours ago, Freak-O said:
I don’t know if it would be wise to fire an OC in the middle of the season while we still are in the playoff race. Dorsey hasn’t really impressed me though. I miss the trick plays Daboll sometimes threw in. Nowadays they are totally gone.
What is missing is the Josh Allen threat of running the football. Something that in all likelihood McBeane tried to remove from the Daboll playbook while Brian Daboll was still OC for the Buffalo Bills. Dabolls response was probably something like " you coach them then".
Across the league we see teams with mobile signal callers running the football more from the QB position. Who is at fault here when other facets of the Offense have shown improvement? RB by committee has improved and the 1st round rookie TE Kincaid is coming on strong. The kind of improvements that can help carry the team when the weather turns ugly.
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Voted no on firing Dorsey because the Bills Offense is in transition.
The Josh Allen run game removal is fueled by McBeane.
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I just want to thank T Mobile for his playcalling skills at the end of the 1st half.
Once a Buffalo Bill, always a Buffalo Bill...
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1 hour ago, Yobogoya! said:
Personally I don't see anything wrong with Diggs being the focal point of the passing game -- I mean, that's what he's here for. He's also our most reliable catcher and it's not particularly close comparing him to any of the other options.
Especially if he's in an exploitable matchup. There are plenty of DB's he can take to school, and frequently does so when its 1-vs-1.
But the offense clearly lacks creativity in scheming up plays for our depth players: We have no "gadget" plays. We have zero screen game. Our dual-threat TE's are outlet options only. We don't just need more consistently from our 2nd and 3rd options, we need plays designed to exploit their strengths.
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1 hour ago, Bangarang said:My narrative is that our offense is vanilla, abandons the run when it shouldn’t, is predictable and lacks creativity.
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1 hour ago, pocoboy said:So let's get to the heart of the matter...
The stat that's missing is...Josh ground game. If you discard that from your playbook, the rest must come up and fill in the gaps. And everything is pretty much the same, nothing has truly picked up that lack of dynamism.
and this...
The McBeane regime can take part credit/blame for the removal of the Josh ground game/ Hell on wheels from the Daboll/Dorsey playbook IMO.
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1 hour ago, boyst said:
he is shady af.
also meant to say above that if a team played in london they'd have to almost exclusively have 4pm or 8pm games london time.
Agree
Brain fart to schedule games at 9 :30 AM ET IMO. Brain fart not to fly the Bills up earlier in the week.
Josh Allen comment about the Bills O waking up towards the end of the game pretty much says it all.
On a side note: (speaking of shady) Tottenham Stadium gave some Bills fans that made the trip an idea of what its like to play under a partial roof over hang. From a spectator watching on tv, it appeared going from shade to sun on the playing field might take getting used to IMO. ( players )
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4 hours ago, MAJBobby said:
I cannot believe the Jets are going to punt the season with that defense because they do not want to piss of Rodger’s.
go get a QB and they win last night. That should really be a fireable offense from Douglas on Down.
that defense has now given the two best QBs fits in Allen and Mahomes. I think they also have the horses to ***** down MIA offense twice.
if they would go get a legit QB they would be right back in it but are going to punt the season for the 40 year old and hope he comes back from that injury (he won’t) in 2024.
How about giving the Jets QB that beat Buffalo and almost beat the Chiefs a chance to develop...
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22 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:
So many positives from yesterday that there are simply too many to name.
What I loved was the Bills attacking offensively and defensively combined with physicality! It’s been awhile since we’ve seen that play out on both sides of the ball.
Agree,
Buffalo's coaching staff tops the list for me. Bills HC/DC McD and much maligned OC Ken Dorsey called the perfect game.
Great write up.
Thanks
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The biggest obstacle on Offense is the growth /development of Bills OC Ken Dorsey IMO. While I still remain skeptical, Josh Allen has helped his young OC over the last two games by showing better game management skills IMO. Taking what the oppositions D gives you has resulted in longer sustained drives and has made an already hard O to defend against practically unstoppable IMO. Players on the Bills Oline including Spencer Brown all benefit from a well distributed ball control Offense IMO. Meanwhile the Bills D stays well rested.
Opening up room for optimism...
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1 minute ago, Logic said:
I agree. I definitely wonder if Dorsey is the right guy for the job.
That said, the problem is that I don't see an easy way out of this one in the short term.
Short of firing Dorsey and promoting an underling like Joe Brady, I don't see how they could make any meaningful change this season that wouldn't completely disrupt the offense and make things even worse. Furthermore, Josh likes Dorsey and personally advocated for his being hired as OC. Dorsey also presided over a top five scoring offense last season, so any kind of dismissal of his services this early would likely not be met kindly.
That means riding with Dorsey for this season, at least, and seeing if things improve. One very bad Josh Allen game, on the road against an elite defense, in week one of the season (see: Chiefs, Bengals, Giants) is not enough for me to close the book on Dorsey yet.
But yes...absolutely starting to wonder about his abilities as a COACH, more so than as a play designer/caller.Absolutely, sometimes the oppositions D dictates what you as an O can execute, so you take what the oppositions D gives you. (Not just with one play) Ken Dorsey's ability to counter with the proper play calling is non existent IMO.
If Allen refuses to follow script it just adds to Dorseys inability to coach the elite QB/Josh Allen. Trying to take Allen out of what feels normal for him adds to the confusion. Let Josh Allen be Josh Allen when it comes to running the football...
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Now Giants HC Brian Daboll's coaching success with Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills Offense stems from ingenuity. Without the innovative mind of Daboll and the ability to evolve and adapt Josh Allen and the Bills Offense is a shell of its former self. I sound like a broken record here, Ryan Fitzpatrick can give Allen, Dorsey and the Bills O the added ingenuity and ability to adjust on the fly that is needed in my humble opinion. Ideally Buffalo would hire Chan Gailey, but that will never happen. Fitz is the next best thing in any capacity to assist Ken Dorsey IMO.
The Bills are following in the footsteps of what transpired with a previous championship caliber team in the JK era when we lost our innovative OC to a HC hire. Bills are repeating same mistake in my humble opinion.
And no, the no huddle will not fix Buffalo's lack of ingenuity at the OC position...
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Thanks fellas, much appreciated.
On 8/31/2023 at 7:17 PM, CowgirlsFan said:Happy Birthday 🎂 🎁 🎊 🎈 🎉 🏈
Have a wonderful day!
It's mine too! I'm now a member of The 70 Club.
Little late, Happy Birthday young lady.
Hope you had a great day : )
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23 minutes ago, Utah John said:
My guess is that the Bills have too many leaders, and not enough top dog Leaders. At least half a dozen players have the career resume, skills, and personality to be respected and listened to by the others. But every year there's a playoff game where no one single person steps up and tells the entire team to shape up, play like the're capable of, and let's go get this game won. The Bills took the lead against KC with 13 seconds to go, and no one stepped up to say, OK, this isn't over, let's play smart and play hard. We only need two or three good plays from the ST and D, and the game is ours. Instead everyone just figured, we're the mighty Bills, this is our year, and what could go wrong?
The Cinci playoff game last season was shocking. How on earth could the Bills, who'd struggled all year to try for the top seed and now had a home playoff game, and who knew the Bengals O line was a mess, NOT pull it together and get out there and win? I think all the second tier leaders all figured the other guys would get people motivated
When Damar Hamlin died (yes, for a short time, he was dead), Diggs tried to get everyone fired up, but he didn't read the room. The team was in shock, and no one was willing to get back in gear and play. I think Diggs was disappointed and embarrassed by that, and if there's a lingering problem between Diggs and the Bills it goes back to that. This is a case where no one was wrong. Diggs was intent on winning that game, and he thought the team could rally and put the bad start and Hamlin's injury behind them. He was right to want to try to do that. The rest of the team was also right, not to want to do that.
So the problem as I see it is there is no top dog Leader. That person ought to be Josh Allen. When Brady was with the Pats, he made it a point to introduce himself to each player as they onboarded. Hi, I'm Tom Brady. Of course they knew who he was, but it was the way he went about it that made the rest of the team follow him. (The Pats problems since Brady left are probably as much due to the loss of him as a leader, as it is as an on-field QB.) As great a player as Josh is, I don't think he's making the effort to bring the team together. He's out there dating, making commercials, living the good life of a crazy wealthy, single young man. Who can blame him? I don't. But at the same time if he was willing to forgo some of those pleasures, the team would be tighter and better.
Great post, although I believe where Buffalo is missing the necessary leadership goes a step higher. Allen looked lost vs Cinci IMO.
Where was Ken Dorsey?
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1 minute ago, Nelius said:
We can go in infinite circles on this I'm sure but why are they not ready and how exactly is 15 minutes against the Bears going to dramatically change that? Desperation may be the best word for it unfortunately.
The lack of actual game reps IMO. Rust
Getting obliterated by the Jets is not the way to start the season...
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41 minutes ago, Nelius said:
The risk is overplayed simply because there's no real benefit. Even if Josh marches down the field in 20 seconds is that really going to make a difference weeks from now? A knee injury on the other hand...
I think the benefits of anything involving preseason is overplayed and and any argument for it is contradictory. These professionals that have scored touchdowns literally hundreds of times in their lives need to now do it against the Bears this week for it to really matter? Nah. If there's still that much desperation to "gel" at this point then McD's seat should be practically on fire.
Its hard to score TD's and win football games playing as sloppy as Buffalo did vs the Steelers IMO.
Desperation because you want your starters ready for the regular season?
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5 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:
Are they allowed to wear it in game though? Haven't seen it? They could paint one up to make it blend better, would be good for the kid
Very good question. One Tua needs to ask IMO. Kid was born to play football. As far as looks, I agree. Many ways to make them more attractive to the athletes wearing them IMO. What looks good to me as a viewer is seeing our star athletes healthy and on the playing field.
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4 hours ago, Eastport bills said:
It’s obvious what a great kid Tua is. The cloud that hangs over him(concussion history) is scary.
The cloud hangs over every person that needs better protection on initial impact from the helmets they are wearing IMO. Bikes, motorcycles, construction workers. The list goes on and on. Ongoing head injuries have a cumulative effect. Something the guardian cap help reduce both short and long term.
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On 6/20/2023 at 12:22 PM, benderbender said:
He was a long shot to become great. He throws left despite being right-handed, he's small and apparently frail but you can't say he doesn't have heart. After seeing his eggs get scrambled the first time, I've become concerned for him. Then got laughed at by Dolphins fans who just replied with "you're just mad you got beat by a backup." After the second time when his vape smoking coach got zero flak for sending him back in for his brains to get further folded into an omelet, I wanted accountability for his protection. There still hasn't been. The LaBatard homers still would rather blame the entire sport, or helmet technology than the one person who was ultimately responsible for the welfare of his players. That's why McDaniel's snark to reporters isn't cute to me, or his low budget custom t-shirts didn't make me chuckle.
Speaking of helmet technology, Tua could clearly benefit from wearing the Guardian cap IMO. Something the NFL has already tested last preseason with good results. https://guardiansports.com/guardian-caps/
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5 hours ago, L Ron Burgundy said:
It's not hate but he's definitely under appreciated. He was qb when we broke the drought. Maybe he shouldn't be revered but just given some props, despite flaws.
Despite having my top WR traded for peanuts after training with him through the off season.
Hate it when that happens...
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Looks like a long shot in the polls, but staying with Shakir having a breakout season as number 2 in receptions.
It will go Diggs, Shakir, Davis, Knox, Kincaid top 5 IMO.
Josh Allen has plenty of play makers around him now that want touches. Making for a very interesting season coming up If Dorsey can find ways to utilze them all with good ball distribution.
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On 5/2/2023 at 11:02 AM, John from Riverside said:
First of all, Patrick Swayze, you were dearly missed
Second, can we let the guy play a game first before we start doing this? I think he’s gonna be awesome, but you know just in case.
Keith Mckellar was so instrumental in the success of J K the K Gun was named after him.
Might be worth the wait ; )
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2 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
Yes. I think what I'm talking about is that the Bills don't need Kincaid to be practically unstoppable like Kelce. He just has to be, as I said earlier, a bigger threat than Knox has been. He has to be a threat who can make the defense pay for over-committing to the Bills' wideouts.
I always liked Robert Woods for that characteristic. He has had two 1000-yard seasons, but they were with Sean McVay, the modern mad bomber. He didn't need to get 1000 - what made Woods so good was that he caught enough big passes that the defense was forced to pay attention to him all the time. Davis didn't do that last season; maybe he will this year. We hoped Knox could be that kind of guy, but he hasn't risen to that level, either.
Kincaid is the TE draft pick I thought Buffalo would never make and it caught me completely by surprise. Pick thwarted both Dallas and Cinci and very well could be remembered as the 1st round draft choice by the Bills crafty young GM that put Buffalo over the top IMO.
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Stuck in the mud = Coaching & Lack of Talent
in The Stadium Wall
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The Bills have lost good coaching on both sides of the football in Daboll and Frazier and tried to fill the void with a QB coach and HC doing double duty.
I blame the Beane head...