Richard Noggin

Of those cuts (which I mostly agree with) I could see Jefferson sticking (let him play hard for another deal elsewhere). Financially all those guys make sense to jettison, minus Morse (savings roughly equal to dead cap PLUS the hole at a vital position). The others seem like no-brainers.

Cam Lewis, anyone? Also flashed in his VERY limited opportunities.

That play call was so terribly representative of Daboll's flaws as a play caller. Now of course, Brian Daboll designs and installs an effective, modern NFL offense. But in the heat of a game against aggressive and multiple opponents, Daboll's sequencing and the marrying of the run and the pass seems to get really disjointed at times. Like he can attack a specifically targeted weakness, repeatedly, when his otherworldly QB is dealing, but he struggles to call a balanced game that helps to keep the defense OFF balance when things tighten up. They didn't have answers tonight to the multiple questions posed by an aggressive Spagnuolo attack.

The link you've provided in no way supports any ranking of the candidates. So of course I'm curious who's telling us McCown is #1 and Frazier is #2?

I REALLY would like to see McKenzie featured this week. The Bills offense is more dynamic (or at least more creative/multiple) when he's in the game plan.

You know, I love this particular discussion. I believe that fans dislike Frazier because they want more blitzing, more aggression. Frazier seems like a somewhat passive play-caller. Runs a reactive scheme. But we're probably under-selling Frazier's gifts as a teacher, as a mentor, and as a steady, respectable presence (crazy career pedigree and a really solid dude), and most of all, as the leader of a defense that excels against the pass. In 2021, would you rather have a defense that is built from the back-end forward, or from the front-end back? What's more important: to be strong against the pass or to be strong against the run? That's reductive, but it's also an important philosophical question. I think I want great pass defense first and foremost. Especially if we're going to have a high-scoring offense to help make opposing teams one-dimensional.

Worked my second job (server at nice restaurant), now that we're back in business. Was busy enough that I didn't think much about the game for 6-8 hours there. But alas, here I am. Thinking about the game and little else.

Attack like, physically? Off the field? Definitely Mahomes. /thread

There is much irony embedded within this quote. I appreciate the onion that is you: so many layers to peel back, and it just keeps getting more noxious.

I'm getting sick of these Bills Mafia hooligans... (J/K Congrats to this guy on winning his ongoing battle!)

Imagine being that wrong.

VCR lol

By his own admission, he's planning to get knocked down a lot.

I did contemplate running through a wall, but that's more about wanting to escape this office than anything that human bicep said in his press conference.

Right. He blows a bit harder, you could say.

Don't get a lot of Shakespeare on the board. I used to have that entire passage memorized... Strutting and fretting and whatnot.

That's such a baldly disingenuous hot take. Doesn't even sound like he means it, at all. I didn't read other reactions to this take in a previous thread on the board, but...some Bills fans are probably bottom-hurt about this, aren't they?

Isn't Bama where fired football coaches go to rehab their careers? Probably his smartest play, to be honest. I don't wish him well, exactly, but I've had conflicting experiences/encounters with the man. I've seen him firsthand be reserved and dignified in the face of criticism, and I've also seen him be a bloviating blowhard.

I think fear of the bolded is my last haunting held over from the Super Bowl losses, the Music City thing, and two decades of disappointing performances on the biggest stages. I'm confident that IF THEY PLAY WELL they can beat any team in the NFL (which rhymes). Watching them play well for the entire month of December in "prime" time games felt kind of...foreign, and surprising, and fun. But it still isn't my expectation every week. This week I just don't know what to expect. I'm afraid our offense peaked LAST month against overrated defenses, and needs to immediately make some adjustments to the NFL's defensive adjustments in order to win the final four. CAN they? Of course. WILL they? I just don't know.

After watching this cup char slice of WNY, my blood thickened and curdled and molded blue like cheese, the weight of which flattened my vowels, especially my A's(s).

I'd like this as an explanation. Be nice if there was someone who could fill McKenzie's role, of course. But maybe his athletic skillset is unique on the roster, and Daboll mostly implements those jet sweep/eye candy concepts because he has a specific guy who is dangerous in that role...

So you're focusing more on POST-snap motion, yes? I absolutely agree with you (although neither of us has actual numbers to back us up). McKenzie has all but disappeared after his Miami coming-out party. You intimate that such a "withholding" of certain offensive schema might be an intentional, longer-term game to keep some bullets in the chamber, so to speak?

There's always the risk of confirmation bias without objective data. Thanks for pointing out some specific examples of recent motion (and the recent lack of jet sweep action). But where do we find the numbers to support what you're saying? Or what I'm "feeling" without knowing if it's at all valid? We can hope.

After some brief and fruitless googling, I'd like to ask those savvier than me: is the Bills offense utilizing less offensive motion (pre- or post-snap) lately (like in the playoffs in particular)? To my eye, when the offense is out of synch (or just LESS in synch) in 2020, I've noticed fewer pre-snap motions and less creativity post-snap. Does Daboll have lapses where he leans too heavily on Allen in a more static shotgun spread? I know 17 has had immense success this season quarterbacking such an attack, but I'm wondering if that sometimes leads to less dynamic, diverse play-calling? Offensive motion, along with play-action, are two major indicators of successful offenses. And oftentimes in 2020, the Bills are near the top of the league. Where can I find more recent stats breaking down these trends? I'll bet there a few go-to websites that I'm just not privy to. Lazily I tend to rely on posters here and radio and podcasts for such analytics.

Nice to catch a glimpse of Edmunds's personality on the field.