Straight Hucklebuck

I agree, they abandoned the run again yesterday. The one positive on the run game yesterday was they weren't afraid to call designed Josh runs.

I love how ESPN comes to the party in December like they are breaking a story here. Thanks Dan! 👏 This is why many fans saw the need for the Bills to start running the ball to keep this offense more on a schedule. This is why when WGR keeps banging the drum to pass-pass-pass-pass, fans say we do need to run the ball. It's disappointing that Cook continues to come and go. 14 carries for 64 yards against the Patriots, yesterday he got 4 carries, many of them late. In terms of the pass game, all the Bills can do is just drill, drill, drill with the guys they have. Dawson Knox is not suddenly going to become the second option at 80-100 yards per game. The Bills haven't tried a deep shot to Gabe Davis since the Allen 70-yarder against the Jets. The Bills need to run the ball more, and stay out of 3rd-10+.

I haven’t listened to a second of Howard and Jeremy this morning, but I suspect it sounds like: Howard: I was swearing and kicking things down in my basement. I was so worked up my wife had to bring me my dinner. Jeremy: Pass, pass, pass, pass, don’t ever run, pass, pass, pass. Defense doesn’t matter. Pass, pass, pass. It’s kind of like a Par 3 you know?

Except for that 60-yarder to Diggs against the Patriots that was called back, or the long shot to John Brown today. How about that power throw to Gabe on the sidelines for the comeback route?

In 2018 he hurt his UCL, he went out of the game and missed the next four games, I think there was a bye week in there so a total of 5 weeks. This year he hurts the UCL on November 6th and doesn’t miss any games. He’s played 5 more games since that injury. You’re getting down to questions like do ligaments heal or do they just scar tissue over?

Allen said he doesn’t feel it on game day. Where is the evidence that the arm is hurting? He’s running around, hurdling people, getting hit, throwing sideline ropes to Gabe.

Old check down Charlie

It's because the Chiefs are right on us, the Bengals are 1-game behind, and our offense is scoring about 25 ppg now. Defense and the running game are going to have to step up, because I don't see many answers in this Bills passing game with Spencer Brown a turnstile, and Gabe Davis only running the comeback sideline route. People who don't want Allen to run, we'd be at 18 points per game without his ability.

A year after the surgery. The team knowingly puts him out there at less than 100%.

Take the positives from this game. The defense looks fast and bailed the offense out numerous times. Have to like our three young DEs that Beane drafted making plays. Outside of one TD run they stopped the Jets rushing game. Also, I like some of the hits the Bills are handing out - Poyer, Hamlin, Milano, Oliver, Lawson.

Schopp and Bulldog “educating” the regular people about how football really works. Bulldog in his attic since 2020.

Right now I don’t think we have many answers. Allen has to run at times to get us first downs.

No Elam to at least rotate in. Now no Xavier Rhodes. I’m not sure.

I’m not sure where the Bills go for answers offensively. There just isn’t any explosion anymore. Great job defense to constantly bail the offense out over and over, and nod to Bass for a tough 49-yard FG in the elements.

Got the Jets into 3rd-long and it doesn’t matter with this defense.

So is Josh now not concussed or concussed? Does it come in and out?

Ahh yes, the mythical 6-week undiagnosed concussion rearing it’s ugly head again.

I’m surprised the Jets are sticking with White. He looks rattled.

That’s bad coaching, trying to rush and run a play there for no reason. And again, just refusing to run the ball.

Bills need to start racking up some time of possession. They stopped running the ball.

I’d like to see some of the Bills barrel into him, like Dawson Knox as a rookie against Cincinnati.

He’s been running off the side at practice with Crowder. Maybe?

“We wanted to see what we had in Xavier Rhodes”

Except the daily injury report from each practice detailing participation level and body part effected, as well as a game status designation. I'm not saying reporters need to badger McDermott for details, if he says week to week, fine, you don't need to ask "get more specific Coach, what does that mean, walk us through the oblique". But it's okay to say, at this point is Phillips a week to week injury or potentially season ending, stop there, and let him answer.

Got real serious after 13-seconds didn't it? Got real serious when Josh got hurt this year, didn't it? Then it was a lot of refreshing the browser to get answers. Then McDermott knew to head the press conference off with details on that immediately didn't he? Same with the Von Miller situation. We're 9-3 and it's all rainbows again. But when we're 6-3 and have no #2 WR output, a question like what is Kahlil Shakir's role on the team, or Coach what are your feelings on the amount of play action in this offense, can potentially provide more insight than Ken, how do you spend your off days on this mini-bye.