BuffaloBillyG

Josh.....

Well deserved. Now, can the guy get a haircut? His style is too close to the Mahomes cut.

I was in the "wait and see" camp. So far from what I'm seeing..."meh" Don't get me wrong, I like the guy a lot. Good worker, good teammate and all that. Other than the possibility of an occasional "where did THAT come?!?!" game a season...he's maybe the baseline for average NFL WR. Don't want to pay him like a superstar. Honestly, if he continues to show as he has for the first 3 games, I personally would let him walk. The WR draft class looks deep as does the WR FA market. And yes, some of those guys will re-sign before FA, but my move would be to sign one, draft one and possibly re-up Sherfield.

No, but he doesn't have to. Roman has deficiencies as an OC, for sure. But he's got a solid track record of getting good play out of QBs with Fields skillset, IMO. Fields could do well in the Lamar offense.

Buy: Sean McDermott the DC. Simply put this is a huge test for him to see where he fits with his defensive knowledge these days. Will he bring pressure? Drop 7 or 8 into passing lanes? How will he make up for the lack of speed we have on defense vs basically the US 4X100 track team? Maybe I'm too optimistic, however by Monday next week I think the talk around the NFL will be how McDermott laid a blueprint to slow (not completely stop) the blazing Dolphin offense. Sell: Christian Benford. It's not that Benford has played bad. He hasn't. This just may not be a matchup that suits what he does on defense. This week may be rough on him. Hold: Dawson Knox. He's been asked to do a fair amount of blocking so far especially the last 2 weeks. Feels like he's due for a solid outing. And this feel like a spot traditionally where he steps up with that 6 or 7 catch game with a TD or 2. But, he could also be asked to help the RT again. I'm willing to see how Dorsey plays it with him.

Sounds like he has completed his coursework at Jay Cutler QB School. He really doesn't care anymore. I think what we see with Fields is that the coaching staff isn't letting him be him. He's not a great passer. He's an exceptional threat as a running QB that can complete a big pass play here and there. I don't see him having a long career playing the style they want him to. IMO, If I'm the Bears I bring in Greg Roman and let him do his thing.

I think a fair question to ask in this case is was he better under Daboll...or healthier and physically able to do more under Daboll? That's something I think we will be able to tell as time goes on. Sample size of Allen under Dorsey is small...but remember before the elbow injury Allen was on fire early in the season.

I don't think it's Harty's speed that's the issue. It's the usage. I totally get wanting to get him the ball in space. But he should be used as a field stretcher as well. One thought I do have. Perhaps these early season screens and end arounds to him are setting up using him deeper later in the season. Sort of lull the defense into thinking it's a screen and it allows him to hit a deep ball. That's my hope anyway. I'm willing to see if Dorsey has that in his plans.

"Not taking anything away from Tre" Then proceed to talk what he did down in every possible way. You play who lines up across from you. And his play on the field was extremely good. You do realize that one reason WHY Howell had to hold the ball for a long time is....ready... BECAUSE White was doing great in coverage. And Washington has some good WRs that can get open. But they didn't often on Tre.

"At the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win." -John Madden Thanks Coach!

Colin Kaepernick applied for the job. Honestly, it's a very well constructed letter. But 6 years inactive is a loooooooong time.

Great. Good to know. That however, wasn't the topic. Let's recap so you can catch up. I'll type slow. -You presented the regular season rush rankings of the last few Super Bowl winners. - I said that had nothing to do with how teams approach running back usage in the post season. -I provided a detailed breakdown of every Super Bowl winner's primary RB usage in every playoff game and Super Bowl they played in that season to back up my claim. -Your presented something in the general direction of that for the Bills only with zero context or sticking to the same format. Then tried moving the goalposts. -I gave the same RB breakdown for the Bills under the same conditions. - You ignored and moved the goal posts. At this point I'm just going to move on from this topic with you. Can lead a horse to water and all...but hey, have a great day and if you have any further input...eh, I won't be reading it anyway.

The difference is I didn't add the Rams and Chiefs yardage into the equation as the topic was RB play. Nor did I add WRs who gained yards on runs. It was all about the RB as per the original topic of conversation. As far as Moss's "goose eggs", IIRC, he was injured after the first playoff game. Didn't even play in the next 2 and TJ Yeldon was active. Yet again, context is very important when discussing stats.

Does it, though? If the Jets end up with a top 10 pick, the wise choice would be to select a QB in a draft that is supposed to be QB heavy. And we all saw how that worked with Aaron in Green Bay. Sinking that pick into anything but the QB of the future and depending on a QB that will be 40, was showing signs of decline, coming off a MAJOR injury and wouldn't have played a game of competitive football in over a year and a half isn't a great spot to be in IMO. Though, it is the Jets so I can see it.

In your attempt to be less lengthy I feel you fall far short of the mark. I not only provided the stats, but the context of the way the top RB played into the outcome. You combined all the rushing stats into one big heap. Of all those rushing yards...how many were by Allen? Two TOTALLY different scopes of conversation. I guess I could go back and add in all the rushing yards from other backs, QBs and WRs as well, but that wasn't the topic of conversation. Tell ya what, I'll even do the bookwork for you here with the same scope I did the others. 2020: Moss/Singletary: 7 car 21 yds/ 3 car 21yds 0 car 0 yds/ 7 car 25yds 0 car 0 yds / 6 car 17 yds Our top 2 backs combined for 23 carries 84 yds and no TDs the ENTIRE playoffs. The rest came from a few TJ Yeldon carries and Allen. That's not even close to how you presented it. What is that? That's putting way too much on Allen leading to a playoff exit. 2021: Singletary: 16/81/2TDs (The NE "Perfect game") 10/26/1TD (13 seconds) Well, what can be derived from here? Game 1 of our playoff run we actually presented a ground game that had to be respected. Result: perfect game. Game 2: We took a step back from the ground game. Put too much on Allen to be perfect (and he really was) and didn't control the clock at all. A few more run plays could VERY well have resulted in zero seconds for Mahomes to come back. Surely, 2022 will tell a different tale, right? 2022: Singletary/Cook 10 car 48yds/12 car 39yds 1td 6 car 25yds/5 car 13 yds So, granted, Buffalo fell behind KC in the second game and only attempting 11 RB rushes. This is, also further proof that come playoff time you cannot be 1 dimensional. In those 7 playoff games Buffalo has what I would consider a respectable run game through their RBs twice. (Both times a WIN) There have been games where Allen has been Superman and added yards on the ground be it designed runs or scrambling. As you can see there is a HUGE difference in the playoffs between what the Super Bowl winning teams did and what we have been doing.

This is the Jay Cutler Bowl. Not only because bits being played by his 2 former teams but also "No one cares".

Ok, fair question. So I'm going to do a bit of research. This will likely be lengthy as I want to pull the full scope of what I mean here. Let's start with where each team was ranked during the regular season in rushing: Eagles- #3 ranked rush offense Patriots- #5 ranked rush offense Chiefs- #24 ranked rush offense Buccaneers - #28 ranked rush offense Rams- #25 ranked rush offense Chiefs- #20 ranked rush offense As we can tell, even though those Eagle and Patriot teams didn't have a dominate #1 runner, the run game was a huge part of their season. However both teams had a fair amount of RBBC. Both years the Chiefs ranked far down the list. That's the Mahomes factor...agreed? He throws a lot. The Rams present somewhat of an anomaly. Where a lot of teams may hand off to a RB, the Rams (especially the Super Bowl season) would toss to Cooper Kupp in the short areas. Schematically, these were essentially their version of running plays. But the totals go in the passing column so it skewed the numbers IMO. So now that we know where each team ranked during the season I want to take a game by game approach and see how the RB position was leaned on in the post season. Chiefs: Pacheco: 12 car 95yd 1TD 10 car 26 yd 15 car 76 yd 1 TD (McKinnon chipped in another 34 on just 4 carries) Was a receiving threat as well. Was truly special in the post season where his violent run style paid off numerous times for tough first downs. I would call this production respectable. Teams had to account for Pacheco at all times and had to play the threat of the run as well as the pass. Rams: Michael/Akers 13 car 58 yd/17 car 55yd 1 car 4 yd/ 24 car 48 yd 10 car 16 yd/13 car 48 yd Akers coming off the injury cut into Michael a bit. Rams offense is also Kupp heavy and many passes they throw are an extension of the run game. Buccaneers: Fournette: 19 car 93 yd 1 TD 17 car 63 yd (Ronald Jones chipped in 13/62) 12 car 55 yd 1 TD 12 car 89 yd 1TD (Jones 12/61) Full stop, the Buccaneers do not win the Super Bowl this year without Fournette. As dominant of a post season run as I've ever seen. Chiefs: Damien Williams 12 car 42 yd 2TD 17 car 45 yd 1 TD 17 car 104 yd 1 TD WIlliams also chipped in 11 catches for 94 yards and 2 TDs during the playoff run. Patriots: Michael: 24 car 129yds 3 TD 29 car 113yd 2 TD (Burkhead with 12/41/2TDs) 18 car 94 yd 1TD Yet another DOMINANT post season by a RB leading to the Super Bowl Championship. Scored the only TD of the Super Bowl as well. Eagles: Ajayi/Blount 12 car 54/ 9 car 19 yd 1 TD 18 car 73 yd/ 6car 21 yd 1TD 9 car 57 yd/ 14car 90 yd 1TD This was more a 2 headed rush attack in the playoffs as I have shown. Blount with a TD each game. While NONE of the players listed above here had huge regular seasons, they all played key roles come January in their team hoisting the Lombardi. And to tie it to the thread; this is the type of player Moss is. He's not a superstar. He's likely not going to lead the NFL in yards. But he CAN be a guy that can and will go off over a 3 or 4 game stretch. With the pounding that the Average starting NFL RB takes, by game 17 or 18 of the season their bodies are shot. That's why IMO you rarely see the Henry's, Barkley's or CMC's of the NFL dominate the post season. But those more scarcely used backs are fresher come post season. Contrary to popular belief, in the post season RBs DO matter. However RB depth is more important than having an elite one.

That's cute and all, but regular season rushing totals mean very little. To completely ignore that most of those teams leaned on the run game to various amounts come playoffs is disingenuous. Want to know what you get without at minimum a respectable run game come January? A one dimensional offense that is suspectable to being key on and slowed by the weather.

He's not going to sleep with you.

A cloned version of Josh Allen watching Josh Allen would be pretty big news. Allen-ception.

Lots of reasons come into play. In LA, people just don't care about the NFL. Same in Jacksonville. Vegas is a "destination location" for opposing fans. As soon as schedule comes out that's one people will flock to because of the extra fun that can be had. Plus the Raiders just moved there and there really isn't a deep seeded love for them in the area. Washington hadn't been sold yet when tickets went on sale and people just were no longer into handing Dan Snyder money.waant until a bunch of Bills fans bought tickets that the sale was announced.

And without Barkley last week he abandoned the run very early and asked Daniel Jones to do it all. He's learned nothing. I think Dorsey one day will be a fine Coordinator. I have no issues with him. I just never thought taking over a top contending team that was on the cusp of Super Bowls is the best thing for any 1st time OC/DC. Too much pressure to "win now" rather than learn OTJ.

I think people forget how maddening Daboll could be at times. Abandoning the run game. All the cute calls. Nah, that ship has sailed IMO. If Dorsey were to move on for some reason I would want someone else that can teach Josh and the offense things they haven't learned. New perspective.