Straight Hucklebuck

Ugly as those orange Dolphins jerseys. Yuck. Just get a freaking win.

Because it's an outdated concept. How did the Bills get good? We finally found ourselves a QB after years of trying backups (Trent - 3 years, Fitzpatrick - 3 years, Taylor - 3 years) and Beane traded for a #1 WR. What the Bills need to do is fix the Offensive Line (Interior) and get more WRs.

Occasionally, the play lines up for him and he shoots the gap correctly and he uses his speed to close. But, he doesn't grade that well, and I agree with others, he seems to overrun the play constantly. We've said this from the beginning with him, the Bills are insistent that he plays MLB.

I lost any interest in Etienne was when Clemson was playing Ohio State and it looked like Travis was on the doughnut diet. Then, he didn’t time quite as fast as advertised at the Combine, not slow, but not 4.35 speed either.

Yes this attitude of we’ve just been unlucky, or we’ve played the one opponent who can do this to us and not everyone should be able to is getting old. The Bills don’t come through in clutch situations.

This run the ball more conversation started to take off after the first half of the Ravens game, where the Bills ran, what, 3 times? Then the AFC Championship Game kicked the lack of run game conversation up a notch. And the Bills going 4 and 5 wide to begin the year and only scoring 16 points reinvigorated this further. I think if you look at the team in totality, once Brown came in at RT, and seeing that Singletary's offseason workouts did nothing to improve his effectiveness, Moss is not good, and Breida is getting the TJ Yeldon treatment, we can conclude the best offense is 4 and 5 wide.

Ok, well the Bills made the Playoffs 3x from the start of the Super Bowl era until 1987, with their best season being 1980 at 11-5. I guess that's relevance. But from 1988 - 1994 they score the most points in franchise history behind Kelly and crew until 2020 Allen.

He can't anchor against large DTs. We've know this forever.

Ok thank you. The only times we've mattered at all are 1988-1993 and last season.

Bunch of hot garbage this article. The National view is run the ball more, blue collar, the whole article is filled with pot shots against the Bills. The only times the Bills have ever been good in their 60+ year history is with a high flying passing attack.

The Bills have been blown out in one game this season. Otherwise, this offense has faltered with chances to win against the Steelers, Titans, Jags and Patriots. Reasons: 1. A good chunk is on the offensive line. Our Guards are a hot pile, and when Brown isn't on the field, we struggle. 2. I think Beasley and Sanders have slowed, yet they're always on the field. 3. Player Rotations - The Bills benching McKenzie, and playing Gabe Davis 33% of the time is hurting their ability to score. Gabe Davis is averaging 18 yards per catch this season, Beasley is 8.6 ypc. It's 2021, and for some reason, this Coaching Staff believes Zack Moss gives you the best chance in the Red Zone. They claim they watch the film. So I'm not sure what they see when they watch him struggle for 0, 1, 2 yards, yet keep putting him back in there. 4. Offensive Philosophy - Three weeks ago against the Jets it looked like the 2020 Bills again. Jet sweeps, pre-snap motion, sweeps with Breida, designed runs from Allen, deep shots, Gabe Davis on the field. A week later, we're right back to static offense, Diggs on the far outside and forgotten about, Beasley and Sanders playing 70% and 80% of the snaps instead of rotating in. Why aren't these elements baked into the game plan every week? McKenzie is incredibly productive with what little work he gets, the same goes for Davis. But for this Staff, we're always out there trying to prove that we can win without those elements. Yet, we're reverent to these veterans always being on the field, or some mind numbing effort on "toughness" with Tommy Sweeney having to be on the field. 5. I think McDermott taking more reigns on the offense is a bad thing. I think he's conservative at his core, and is clashing with Daboll. And as far as he goes, with Spencer Brown at RT, the Bills need to go back to 4-wide and 5-wide. That's something we didn't have against the Steelers. Forget about Devin Singletary, he sucks, forget Zack Moss, he sucks, and start getting McKenzie, Davis, Breida screens and Josh Allen runs back into this offense.

I preach this everytime I can, the Bills need to keep adding weapons to this offense, including WR. When I see threads saying roll with Diggs, Gabe Davis and Beasley next year, I think the opposite. This team needs to find another WR, we need a better TE than Tommy Sweeney, of course Running Back. I know we have Offensive Line issues. But we need another playmaker on this offense. We are short players with build and speed.

I think the defense is largely fine. We’ve lost (5) games. (4) of them were because the offense couldn’t score. 23, 34, 9, 41, 14 points allowed. 16, 31, 6, 15, 10 points scored. Only one of those those games would I say the defense got smashed, that’s Indy Colts. Otherwise, our offense had chances to score at the end of the game and couldn’t get it done.

My complaint with Josh 1. When the call comes in to run Moss or Singletary in the Red Zone, not audibling out of that and calling his own number. 2. That sack he took with ~9ish minutes left was horrible. Sweeney caused the first round getting blocked into Josh, but for him to not get rid of the that ball and take that sack really pushed the Bills out of range. The hero-ball, erratic plays still happen, and that's the positive and negative of Josh Allen. This year, the Bills don't come through in tight games. Only one loss was a shootout 34-31 against Tennessee, Indianapolis outstanding, the other 3 losses were winnable games, but the Bills got locked into a low scoring game and couldn't make a play. I think a chunk of this rigid formations/personnel, and lack of creativity from our HC and OC. But Allen has not been as good this year as last year.

In the beginning of the season, not much. But now, at 7-5, there isn’t much margin left. You lose to Tampa, then the Bills have to win at minimum is 3/4 final games and you’re a Wildcard on the road Week One.

This team, this season, continues to come up short in their losses due to poor execution at the end of the game. Not being able to score more than 16 against Pittsburgh with a pass first approach. Falling short in Tennessee, not electing to go to overtime. Getting dismantled in Jacksonville. The Colts game is the outlier, they ambushed the Bills from the start. Another nail biting loss against New England. And this gets to the core of the problems. When the opponent gets a bead on what we are doing offensively, we can’t trade touchdowns, we grind to an absolute halt, and can’t execute down the stretch. I think the Bills hurt themselves by benching McKenzie and not consistently using presnap motion. Against the Jets we looked like the 2020 Bills. One week later, we’re back to static offense. They also are too rigid on their thinking that Cole Beasley and Emmanuel Sanders have to be on the field at all times. Also, it’s clear, if Spencer Brown is playing, the pressure on Allen comes down and the Bills can get back to 4 and 5 wide. My hunch is that McDermott is pushing this toughness crap and emphasis on running the ball, we’re going away from 4-wide.

Nothing comes easy to this offense. It’s all toe tapping, sideline diving, low throws from Allen as he’s running, it’s a miracle to get Diggs more than 6 passes a game.

The Bills can't throw a slant. Steve Johnson made a career on slants. We can't do it in 2021. 🤷‍♂️

Offense has cost the Bills in their losses: Steelers - That was the offense that didn’t get it done. Titans - As much as the narrative was we couldn’t stop Tennessee, they couldn’t stop Josh either and we avoided OT, and went for it. At worst that’s 34-34 going to OT. Jags - The offense was horrific and Allen’s interception gave the Jags the winning FG. Colts - Defense got pounded. Patriots - Couldn’t score in two trips to the Red Zone in the 4th. Didn’t get a point down by 4 points.

I think the exact opposite. Push to try and get another game breaker. I don't want to see Beasley again late in the season fading. This team would be so much better with a Deebo Samuel type playmaker on the team. Maybe the Steelers would part with Chase Claypool. I agree that Davis being on the field more is good, but no way do I think it's smart to just copy and paste this group next year. I'd spend 2022 #1 on a WR.

Well the Bills can't hit a slant or an out route to save the lives. So there is no 6-7 yard staple. Everything is toe tapping on the boundary, Josh running around. There are no slants, crosses, out routes. If its a throw in the middle, it has to be a needle throw between two players. And some of that has to do with no motion in this offense, not moving Diggs around, not using multiple players out of the backfield. The only thing positive out of that game was Gabe Davis finally starting to get on the field more. Like finally, the light has gone on inside the Offensive Film Room to put Davis on the field more. The next light that needs to go on is bench Zack Moss permanently. The next light that needs to go on is activate McKenzie and have him take some of Beasley's reps. The next light that needs to go on is never have Tommy Sweeney on the field again.

I really don't understand what the Bills mindset is making McKenzie inactive. What are they trying to accomplish? He can be a small, but productive change of pace asset in this offense. And since the last game of 2020 against Miami, when he had 6-65-2, he's been taken out of this offense for some reason. We can't get Beasley the ball consistently anymore, or Sanders, but I'm not sure why 2-3 times a game you can't Jet Sweep or put McKenzie in the backfield even if you don't give it to him.

1st and Goal from the 6 yard line. Give the ball to Moss. We all know what's going to happen, he gets 0 yards. 1st and 10 from the 13 yard line. Give the ball to Singletary. He gets 1 yard. No Josh Allen designed runs in the Red Zone, when the guy has 28 career TDs. And Josh should be at the point where he should audible out of those garbage play calls anyways. McDermott is in la-la land thinking that running works with this team, and that "toughness" equates to winning.

Whoever is pushing for more Zack Moss in the Red Zone, that's the guy I want less. The guy who is benching Isaiah McKenzie, that's the guy I want less.

They did stop them. What the heck game were you people watching? The defense gave the ball back to the offense twice in the 4th Quarter. The offense got down to the 6 yard line and failed to score. The defense came right back and stopped New England again. The offense got down to the 13 yard line and failed again. Yards are yards, 225 yards on 48 plays, wow what an epic collapse by the defense.