Scott7975

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.

Hopefully he can make an impact but when our D was healthy, this guy wasn’t going to crack a game day roster spot.

Prater is good as long as it’s under 50 yards. Tucker will probably land on a team but he isn’t the same Tucker.

something is broken and disjointed on this team. Whether that is Josh, the talent, the offensive style, the coaching, all of the above… whatever anyone wants to blame it on doesn’t matter. It’s not something that usually gets fixed in a week. does that mean we can’t win? No but it means I don’t have confidence in it.

Josh had 23 passes 10 yards or less a bulk of those were 5 yards to behind the los. Thats more than half his passes. He isn’t Tom Brady and he is never going to be. It is not what makes Allen special. I can’t believe how many people want to turn him into something he isn’t instead of embracing what has made him one of the best QBs in the league over the last several years. Throwing 3 yard passes all game every game has already shown it’s a flawed strategy. For that you need receivers that open early, a quick release precision QB, and receivers that excell at YAC. We have one of those but easy to take out one player.

I think it’s the mental beat down from McD over the past few years. Always trying to get him to stop running. Always worried about the turnovers and not taking account the amount of big plays and TDs that occurred from the same playstyle. Then trying to turn him into Tom Brady dink and dunk etc. the dude is probably in constant conflict between what he wants to do and what the coach is telling him to do. You can see this all the time in his hesitation. I’ve been saying it for over a year now and it’s gotten worse this year.

im probably the boards biggest Gabe “hater” but the dude has made some amazing toe taps on the sideline. His problem has always been consistency with his hands and not being on the same page as Allen.

there isn’t really anyone to promote this time. If change happens it will be end of season most likely. Don’t forget that this is actually the offensive style McD has wanted since he got here. I think people forget how bad Mahomes has looked with a bad supporting cast too.

im not arguing about public confidence. Honestly I’ve had that same confidence since week 1. Im not a believer in this offense because it’s been obvious most of the season that if you shut down Cook, you shut down the offense. Been arguing with the advance stats people about this for weeks.

spot on. I’ve said the same thing in another thread. Last season was the closest we’ve gotten.

it’s not just that. I can’t remember who showed the play breakdowns but I remember watching it…. it was pointed out after the Atlanta game. They figured out how we used motion and how it relates to our passing progressions and blocking assignments. This is why our O was so bad in that game. Atlanta D would show a look. We would use motion like we normally do. Allen would set the blocking and Atlanta would flip their defense.

No. The blocking was bad. Even though Cook got a few decent runs, a lot of them were held to two yards. This team isn’t built to play behind the sticks. They moved away from it both because it wasn’t working and the clock was ticking while they were behind 2-3 scores all game.

Where is this stat. I asked in your thread. You ignored.

im not checked out but let’s say im not intense like in years of the past. I feel like McD has coached the dawg out of this entire team. We used to get “playoff caliber” “championship caliber” or “Super Bowl caliber” and things like that. We used to get talk of champions from leaders on this team. One quote that I have heard 3 times from Allen this season that sums it up for me how the season is going was something like “ there are no expectations this year, it’s not Super Bowl or bust. We are just going to play football.” that is loser talk. That is talk of people throwing in the towel. You can hear it in their words. You can see it in their unfired up mopey sideline posture. You can see it in their faces. Most importantly you can see it in their play. No dawg. No fight. I will say there was one drive from Allen against Miami where he was total dawg and gave it everything while the rest of his teammates were still just going through the motions. Unfortunately that ended in a turnover and the rest of the team kept playing like all they cared about was collecting a paycheck and going home. im not checked out but it sure feels like the team is.

I think it is as simple as he wasn’t a fan of the offensive direction of the team.

I don’t care where Allen put that ball. Coleman would have gotten rocked on that play. You have a lot of good takes on this board but you are flat out wrong on this play.

im not optimistic about this signing at all but maybe he can be good on scramble drills? It seems to me that this is what the offense doesn’t have this year that it had last year… someone Josh finds when he escapes the pocket and throws some miracle ball.

I’d rather root for KC honestly. That record to me is meaningless. It was fun watching our team go 4 years in a row. Not so fun watching those games. I don’t think that record is really that big of a deal. Maybe if we won at least one of them I might feel different. I dunno. personally I’d rather see the Pats get knocked out early than to see them at the top of the league after one year of new coaching staff. Either way, they are going to be a thorn in our side for years to come I guess. The coaching staff is legit. They have a legit QB. They have a lot to play with to improve their team for next year when they should face a tougher schedule.

At least early Benjamin had good games and put up 1000 yard season.

I was going to comment this same thing. I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed. probably also why Josh trying to make his magic happen when a play breaks down is not doing so well this year. also why people taking still shots of all22 crying “look he’s open” need to remember a dude might not even be in the progression.

Well... thats almost an improvement. Last year they were running routes into each other instead of into the other team lol.

This years MVS. Yippee.