Ayjent

All of the coaching needs to be blamed from D to O to special teams. We can argue about who deserves more blame but they all did a remarkable job finding a way to lose that game.

"Complimentary football" is what they need to get back on track. SMH. Sure that sounds great so why dont you allow the more talented side of the ball carry the team rather than playing to protect the side that cant get off the field or stop teams that can barely put together a competent series. Let the offense make the opposing team one dimensional. The lesser offenses we face cant keep up in a track meet yet McDermott lets them make it a boring wrestling match where the D either hangs on for an underwheming win (Bucs and Giants) or an incredibly dissapointing loss (Jets and Pats). The D is a huge problem bc there are always easy plays against it especially when they blitz and McDermott blitzing seems to be one of the easiest things to beat as they rarely get home and there are multiple easy throws.

The Gators won’t hire someone like McDaniels, despite their recent lack of success. They aren’t that stupid and they know the guy would bail for a new gig as soon as the pressure mounted, and it is immediate at Florida. Miss. State or some other program like that, maybe, but McDaniels seems like a guy that will find his way to a NFL staff, bc college is an entirely different animal and recruiting is all year job that now requires keeping kids happy so that don’t transfer.

Makes sense for many reasons. I think he’s got more in the tank than Murray and they need some blocking nastiness with the TE situation. Not going to put the Bills over the top but having a guy that has been there and played his best football in big moments is a good asset to have.

The problem with the playcalling is that there are too many instances of poor playcalls killing drives. The Bills offense can impose its will unless it gets in its own way, and things like shotgun runs on short yardage situations allows 2nd and 2 to turn into 3rd and 6. That kills momentum and creates a higher pressure down and distance. We saw it in the Bucs game yet again and bc of it an easy win turned into a lucky to hold on win. These sequences where the offense stalls and the defense can’t get off the field are what has been the hallmark of the games since ripping the Dolphins. So sure Dorsey deserves some blame, but the blame can be spread around. Between the pass rush suddenly becoming impotent and Dotson being a moving pylon, the D is giving the offense less opportunities and putting more pressure on them to sustain drives and score. I think the offensive shift has been in an attempt to protect the D by playing more methodically and it just is forcing things.

LaMical Perine on the Chiefs PS is a good player that is powerful enough, has good vision between the tackles and is a receiving threat. Actually a really good receiver that knows how to set up his blocks on screens. I was actually surprised to see him not on an active roster. I’d take Perine over Ty Johnson.

I watched every game at Florida with Elam. He earned that scouting report, and everything that was scouted as weaknesses haven’t been shored up with coaching which is why he was inactive to start the first several games this season. I want him to be awesome but I never understood the hype of him being a 1st rounder. I thought he was way overvalued bc of his deficiencies. He loses coverage easily on double moves and did at Florida too. He was a tentative tackler, and easily blocked. He played one incredible game against Alabama and I think that had everyone convinced he was a top flight prospect, but even in that game his tackling or lack thereof cost the Gators to give up a TD. Unless you have Deion Sanders or Revis level coverage abilities you better be able to tackle and fight through blocks to funnel ball carriers back inside. I will say that he has improved his tackling and willingness, but his coverage has been disappointing even in man to man situations as compared to even last year. This is his chance and we can only hope that he flips the switch and starts picking up his play, otherwise I think he is unlikely to finish his rookie K with the Bills. McDermott and Beane have been so good in picking CBs, but this one will always be a head scratcher.

You’ve identified one of the problems right there. Mike Shula. A lot of people have already touched on it but things are too precarious requiring perfect execution to sustain drives. We do something successfully and then try to get too cute executing something else that is playing right into the hands of the defense by not sticking to what they can’t defend. The outside passes were there all night, and so were schemed passes to the shallow flats. Instead, we were attacking the middle of the field consistently, despite the Giants being most susceptible outside the hash marks. We were running right into the strongest part of the Giants D, albeit more successfully than some other things like the over the middle passing game. The LBs were waiting for the over the middle playaction and in the lanes, and we could have took them to the woodshed early by just having Cook, Knox, Harty or Shakir running outside routes off motion in the flats if the other receivers flooded the middle or off of chip and releases in play action. It was a really bad game plan AND poor execution, looking exactly like what it was: the more talented team prevailing on talent despite being out coached and outplayed for much of the game.

I think we'd all like to believe that but the offense was flat. The refs sucked for sure and made the Bills getting any momentum difficult. If they playedbetter it wouldnt have mattered.

The Bills are nearly unbeatable when they play disciplined on offense. I still think they have to attack the chains on every down but it doesn’t have to be a big play. They choked the life out of the Raiders in the second half. When they capped the first drive with a TD after 9+ minutes in the 3rd quarter it was game over. That’s also a fun way to win, even if it’s less exciting, because it is exerting a dominance on the opposing D that will open everything else up and seal the game. I like dominating wins a lot more than exciting plays in close games that can go either way. I want to see the backups get reps bc the game is decided. i’d like to see more well designed plays that are easy, bc that is one thing that separates the Chiefs from the Bills. There are so many designed plays that are just simple execution that Reid has, making it a lower degree of difficulty for the offense. I feel like the Bills have a tendency to get away from that - maybe that is on Josh, but I think it is on Dorsey at the end of the day. The quick throws they do have to Harty are not well designed because he has to operate in a phone booth and involves no type of scheme to create space for him to turn on the jets. The running back rotation is good. Cook is shifty and if he had more balance in the open field he’d be a superstar. He is a bit feast or famine on his runs, and I like what they are setting up with the shotgun draws where Allen is basically rolling into the handoff. Teams are going to start keying on this and bringing the safety down, which should open up big gains on easy crossing routes if they play action instead of handoff. Murray is huge and a great back to have in short goal to go situations. Harris is kind of like Singletary- he’s not an exceptional back but has decent vision, good speed and is a tough tackle.

I’ve seen some wild things and this dude was going after it, but any time you get porta-potty blue sauced things went sideways. Literally. Seems like someone may have been victim to a John Rocker - tipping the porta-potty on the door. If not I don’t even want to know what kind of treasure hunt was going on.

Exactly and then get a first down to continue the drive. It was hyperbole on the telecast to expect it to change FGs forever, because it was a calculated risk catching the Dolphins off guard. The play was incredibly timed and the Dolphins were likely doing something that made it a good idea to try.

Verizon charging extra for a cable anchor network (ESPN) is just asking people to cut the cord. The growth in sports revenue since the 80s has been due to the accessibility of ESPN. Fios isn’t cheap with TV to begin with and this is just greedy. We cut the cord with the Ticket on YouTube and don’t miss Fios TV at all. Cable is pretty much useless without sports networks anyhow unless you like watching people buy houses, crap reality shows, or Guy go to flavortown.

Whether or not what Miller said can be corroborated from being from Beane, Kyle Allen is not good and Beane and the Bills staff I’m sure are looking at other options. There are options and better ones than Kyle Allen. The guy is a turnover machine and lacks both poise and presence.

I’ve never understood the complete contrast they have in the backup QB position. I understand that Josh is unique but Matt Barkley is about as different as it gets, and Kyle Allen isn’t really that close either. I thought Keenum and Trubisky were decent backups but I’ve never liked K. Allen’s play and Barkley is more of a coach and support for Josh than backup QB. It might be time to ring up Teddy Bridgewater or Nick Foles.

What made him frustrating was that he was his worst enemy. He could struggle against any team he played even bad competition.

I watched every game he played, and at first I couldn’t understand why Emory Jones was playing ahead of him and then he started to play more and you saw a guy that was easily rattled, inaccurate, and mistake prone. For all of his athletic pluses, there were things that were just incredibly bad about his play. He didn’t seem like the guy that stepped up in the moment and instead crumbled. And I will say I was thinking he was going to be a superstar after the Utah game to start last year, and then the shine wore of and all the warts came out the rest of the season.

Going with an Eagles fan friend of mine, but would be down to tailgate.

Who said he was a liability? He was fine, but he wasn’t worth what the Bears paid. It’s that simple. He did his job, but he wasn’t a superstar, nor a huge playmaker. Thus, the difference between Josh Allen and Tremaine Edmunds is one that speaks for itself.

Edmunds was definitely talented and has the size and speed to make him attractive to other teams who may want to use his attributes differently. However, you see this all the time in the NFL with measurables. It’s why the Bills drafted him so high and it’s why he’s getting paid so well by the Bears - it’s not about his body of work as much as his perceived potential. I didn’t think he was awful but I also didn’t think he was very consistent at being a vital part of the D. He was okay, and he didn’t have the instincts to be great. It’s debatable whether our coaching wanted him to do anything more than he was doing, but if that’s what they needed then he would never be worth what the Bears paid. You have to think they wanted more than that with where he was drafted and that if he was fulfilling their vision of what he would be he wouldn’t have made it to FA status.

This is exactly right. No one is declaring victory and problem solved, but given the history with this staff only playing rookies that are getting it, this very encouraging. I thought this was the best Bills draft in a while. I believe Torrence will come in and play well, but we’ll see for certain soon enough. I think the running game and a more physical approach to offense is coming this year, with play action setting up the a lot of TE receptions and that is going to open up everything else as teams are forced to choose. I think that is the philosophy as well. I think everyone in the Bills organization recognized they needed to add a different dimension to the team and address the physicality on the offensive line, and a mismatch beyond Diggs in the passing game. You could see them trying to establish a more physical identity last year but the talent wasn’t there on the line against better opponents. I thought they flubbed it last year. I was never a big Elam fan, but wanted to be wrong. I may still be, but magic 8 ball is saying “signs point to no”. I thought Tariq Woolen at CB and Damien Pierce at RB were two mid rounders that were undervalued and would have made the Bills a much better and more physical team - that’s not hindsight - it’s what I was hoping before the draft. FWIW I was hoping the Bills would draft Shorter. He had shaky QB play all but the year with Trask while at UF, and you could see the talent, just not the production. Both Emory Jones and Richardson were awful in the intermediate passing game and it seemed like that was where he would be most effective. Emory Jones read defenses way too slow, missing windows and Richardson rarely ever delivered passes on target on those types of throws.

I hope and think you are right about that being the reason Torrence is earning snaps. By all accounts he is a smart guy and a hard worker. He followed Napier to UF and UF immediately went from decent to pretty tough, especially running the ball with Torrence in the lineup. It was hard to assess the pass protection sometimes because Richardson was so erratic and lacked any kind of presence or trust in the pocket. (I’m still confused what teams saw in Richardson beyond promise - bc I saw a guy with talent of Josh Allen physically but lacked that fire to win and seemed to get rattled very easily and meltdown - he had a good game against Utah but was uneven and at times abysmal in his ability to process reads and deliver the ball on time). Torrence gave the line an edge and showed up against pro level talent many weeks playing in the SEC, being steady. The run game was a solid aspect of UF’s offense and Torrence was a big part of it.

Torrence provided a huge upgrade at UF last yr and unlike many players at UF on the OL and DL that i think have been overvalued in drafts, Torrence was probably right on target with his 1st round grade. I think if healthy he'll be a pretty solid player if not exceptional and i think that the right side of the OL for Allen is most important to the success of the offense. If they hold their own this offense will be unstoppable.

A total POS person. There is a part of me that can only hope he picks the wrong person to f with and gets the other end of it. I dont wish ill on people but man this pushes the limits of that philosophy. The dude probably has some deep seated issues, but it doesnt excuse the behavior. Almost a caricature of an a-hole athlete.

And that isnt getting called unless it is blatant and egregious. To my knowledge that rule hasn't ever been enforced in a game. Keeping it "sticky" worked for Chiefs the year before. You do what you can to make yards and time your friend in that situation. Letting them get off two easy completions is the absolutely what you dont want. I will never understand thinking a team is going to go to the house on you with :13 so play way off and let them move at will when all they need is a fg.