Scott7975

I don’t think they win the Super Bowl. I’m only going so far as to think they most likely win the division. Ok but I think everyone should admit the advantage it brings. Can you do the NFC? I don’t care about wins. Just how many made it. Chiefs kind of skew things. NFC has had a little more parity.

Miami was able to stop our run because they put a line full of 320 lbs guys. Not even sure Tampa is capable of that. on that note, Tampa is a big play offense. We will need to have a passing attack. Running the football is great when you have the lead but as I have been saying for weeks… you need to be able to pass the football. When your team is behind, running 10+ play drives that take 7+ minutes is only hurting your own team.

They only have 2 good teams left on their schedule. Unless you count the Bengals I guess. The Bills need to pretty much win out from here and have to hope the Pats lose a game they should and one they shouldn’t. seems feasible if the Bills get their O on track. yeah well it hasn’t been that long since the second seed didn’t also get a bye week. Try stats from that point.

yeah Ray has been pretty worthless this year. All I’m saying is he could catch punts instead of wasting a call up on Hardman. I can’t imagine the guy knows much more than a handful of plays yet.

Maybe but Daboll isn’t the answer. He is a terrible HC.

they could just use Ray Davis in a pinch. If Hartman is going to just do punt returns then they might as well just save the call up and use Codrington.

I’m not a huge Gabe fan but he does have some things we have lacked in the passing game. Whether he can still do it, I dunno but it’s things he has done before. things like getting open downfield, becoming a viable open target on the scramble drills, getting his feet in bounds on sideline catches.

13th in passing yards. 17th in passing touchdowns. Need a spark and Gabe has done it before.

ridiculous. Gabe is more valuable as a receiver than Hartman is a returner imo. The dude has been here a week so isn’t that valuable of a receiver.

weird to see a guy that practiced full two days in a row be questionable

That may happen at some point but he has been here 1 week. I doubt they make that move already.

Both Hardman and Gabe are on the PS. They aren't going to call up 2 receivers. Unless you think one will get signed to the active roster within the next day.

I feel like they did that with Taron last week as well.

I kind of figured Kincaid would be out. Was unsure about Shakir. Glad to hear he will probably play. maybe with a TE out and the Palmer playing, they might even call up Gabe… we might see some new set formations come out and a better passing plan.

not everyone. I certainly didn’t believe in the noodle arm Mac and cheese just like I didn’t believe in noodle arm Tua. I do believe in Maye. I don’t believe the are ready for any deep playoff run or superbowl yet. I do however believe they will win the division because they are good enough to beat their soft schedule and Vrabel is a good coach that will keep them prepared every week.

sure. Anything can happen. I just don’t think it will this year.

Ok. We aren't going to boatrace them. For sake of argument, lets say we boatrace them. Objectively look at both schedules and tell me how the Bills (currently 3 games behind with 2 games in hand) finish 1 game ahead of the Pats. Its going to take more than just beating them. We have to finish in front of them to win the division.

What has shown you that we are the #1 or #2 team in the league this year? The Pats are minutes away from being 9-2. Thats 3 games ahead of us. Who is beating them besides maybe the Ravens or Bills on their schedule, assuming the Bills win every single game left on our schedule? Even then, they still have a tiebreaker from common opponents. In looking at both of our schedules, where are you objectively seeing us finish 1 game ahead of them.

That’s doesn’t make the team the 1st or 2nd best. Pats are winning this division. That was pretty much sealed when we lost to Miami, barring some epic collapse against a soft schedule.

with Daboll we were one dimensional with just a passing game but we were explosive almost all the time. With Brady we are one dimensional with just a running game but that running game is pretty explosive. I guess they call running plays explosive if they hit 10 yards. I want and I feel any good offense needs to be two dimensional. We kind of had that last year. Our passing O was better last year. Our running O is better this year. They still haven’t completely found that balance. this is a reflection of what McD wants. Long sustained time killing drives. I believe that is completely flawed. You want to be able to do that but only to close out games, not as an overall game plan. if I had to choose which dimension we were good at then it would be passing. They chose rushing. In a perfect world it would be both but our system and build is not setup that way.

No, Josh is not blameless. Its just that you can't expect the guy to be perfect on 10-12 play 7+ minute drives all game every game. It's unrealistic for anyone. Even Mahomes is not perfect like that. I don't even understand the obsession of drives like that. Sure at the end of games when you have a lead, its good. Doing it all game is only giving our own offense less attempts at scoring. Either you are eating clock against yourself while down in score or you are quickly giving the ball back from 3 and outs. This style offense is not designed to play from behind or even behind the sticks. I've been saying that since last year but more so this year. There used to not be a situation that I thought Josh couldnt convert from. 3rd and 19 no problem. Josh will hit it. I can't even say that on 3rd and 7 anymore.

it’s like he sees the same things I’ve been saying for weeks now. Then some dude will come in and say but but but we have the bestest O in the league, look at these rushing driven stats or they’ll post some screen grab they don’t understand and say look he’s open.

How about people stop telling me how to feel. I am also human, have my own eyeballs, and my own brain. I can make up my own mind how to feel. If you want to debate something, thats cool, but don’t tell me how to feel. If the Bills suddenly turn around some glaringly bad play, with some glaringly bad holes, and prove me wrong then great. I’m not afraid to be wrong.