Scott7975

well I won’t make any conclusions from just one game. The Bucs don’t have the greatest pass defense. They are good at pressure and turnovers. That’s about it. also, I think we ran a lot of 11 personnel or at least more than normal. They probably weren’t prepared for that.

I think we need to be aggressive for sure but that to me does not mean abandon the run game. It means mix it up. Something Brady has yet to do. Also if the run game isn’t happening then get Cook more involved in the pass game. I think last week was a start at that and it can grow from there.

so at least one of Moore or Coleman, if not both will be playing this week. Probably Davis returning punts.

I think if we run into the Colts later that Oliver might be back. That would help.

at best they can lose 2 games and have a chance. Depends on other teams. I wonder if they make it in that way if their fans will all claim “they backed into the playoffs” like our fans say for McDs first year while claiming X team got them in. both NE and the Bills will finish with a better record.

yeah, the one and only time the NFL claimed intent instead of following the rule on the books.

well maybe they should score more points. I don’t care about games from different seasons. This is a new year. They scored 44 points last week.

well if that happens then I guess the Chiefs should have played better during the regular season instead of trying to “coast” to the playoffs because they are “bored”

They are down two games in the division. Every game is huge.

I mean your argument is what I’ve been pretty much saying for years. The Bills need to both be able to run the ball and pass the ball. They need explosive plays and they need time killing drive plays. That’s the make of a good offense. what they also need is an OC that knows when to call what and is quick to adjust. They also need players that step up and make the play when the gotta have it time comes. they can’t play small ball when they are down two scores and wait till the 4th quarter to try and open it up. By then a team has already adjusted because they know the other team is in desperation mode. they need to mix it up. Keep the defense on its toes. Not run all day and throw two yard passes when they know you are going to run and throw two yard passes until the last minute.

I said none of those things.

Yeah and? The goal of a crap team is to keep a game close and hope their defense makes enough stops so that their low scoring offense can pull one out. good plans are short on short weeks. The Bills are going to roll with what they know.

yeah I don’t think he is going to make it on a short week Collins potentially could be out as well… Collins has been listed on the injury list this week (limited participation in practice, ankle), but does not have a game status on the latest report. The Texans have two other receivers on the injury list this week: Dalton Schultz (LP/shoulder): 51 Rec; 489 Rec Yds; 1 Rec TD Cade Stover (FP/foot): 4 Rec; 22 Rec Yds; 0 Rec TDs

You play right into their hands by playing a close game.

Because they couldnt score in those games, thats how. Held the Rams to 14 points Held the Bucs to 20 points (that was when the Bucs had receivers still) Held the Jags to 17 points Held the Broncos to 18 points The one that got away from the was the Seahawks 27 points Sorry but if I told you the Bills held the other team anywhere from 14-20 points, you'd probably expect we won the game right? That also doesn't include some games they did win like holding the Ravens to 10, SF to 15, Titans to 13 and 0.

Freaking ty. The other teams actually want us to play small ball. It only benefits them, not us. McD runs a bend but dont break defense. Always has and probably always will. Now I am not going to say that the defense is good... but in the past it has been excellent (accept against the Chiefs in the playoffs) it worked so well because it caused other teams to play small ball. The more attempts they had on a drive the more chance they had at making a mistake. Our D thrived off turnovers. It wasnt good between the 20s but it was good at getting turnovers. This is what people want us to do to ourselves. Run these long 12-15 play 7-10 min drives. A single mistake happens and the drive is over unless Josh pulls off some miraculous play. At the same time we are limiting our own opportunities with the ball because we are shortening the clock against ourselves. You cannot play like this all the time. People expecting a QB to be perfect all game every game. Its just not going to happen.

This D can't stop a nosebleed. You recognize they have an elite defense but want to run a conservative offense against that. IOW you want to give that elite defense more and more opportunity to stop our offense by adding unnecessary extra plays in the drives. I just dont get this mindset. What do crap teams do when they are playing against an elite QB? They try to have long time consuming drives to limit the other QBs opportunity, right? So why do people want to actually do that to our own offense? All we do is limit our own offenses opportunity with the ball. We shorten the game and therefor the amount of possessions against ourselves. Then when a mistake happens it completely kills the game and we wonder why.

Bro, he threw short passes all game long This short passing dink dunk small ball offense only works if you dont make mistakes. It works if your run game is giving you positive yardage and keeping you ahead of the sticks. It works if your short passes consistently get good YAC. It works if you dont take penalties. It works if you make perfect passes all game long. As soon as a single mistake happens then the drive is over. You cannot play like this in the NFL.

No not really. It wasnt all there. Maybe Josh missed some passes but all QBs do. They did take away the run game. Thats a pretty big part of that style of offense. The Bills were not prepared for it.

Looked good. If Allen went to him and threw a good ball thats definitely a big play. He had a step. I dunno I trust it with the wind gusts. I dunno about the guy a couple posts above you saying he is not fast. He may not be Tyreek Hill but the dude is pretty fast.

They arent going to always be able to play like that and thats the entire point. Ive been saying it most of the season. Some teams will take away the run game and this short 2 yard passes junk. I guarantee you the Chiefs will take that away in the playoffs. Dink and Dunk ball control crap only works when you play perfect AND the defense can make stops. It doesn't work in close games or games you are behind in. Even Miami took that away. If we played this style last week, we never would have lost to Miami. We would have blown them out.

Yes. The result was also better field position for us. You can call it incredibly stupid and wreckless play but thats because of the result. Had he tossed it better, which he has done a bunch of times now this year, and gotten out of the safety then what? You dont get these miraculous plays without trying to do "incredibly stupid and wreckless." Josh is not Tom Brady. He is never going to be. Dinking and Dunking down the field all game every game is not what makes Josh special. What makes Josh special is the plays that you call "incredibly stupid and wreckless." You just don't call them that when they work.

Nobody is mistake free. Not a single QB. Did you watch Mahomie and Lamar play yesterday ? Way worse than Josh.

yes 3 over 2 and a free kick back to them.

im assuming they would have at least gotten into field goal range off a free kick so that would be 5 points and who knows they could also have broke something for a TD with different play calling from a free kick. so yes, ill take giving up 3 points instead of a safety plus then we got the ball back in good field position.