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Agree. I think he was a little in over his head last year as TE2 but is an ideal TE3. Very well rounded as a blocker/receiver combination. Not spectacular at anything but does a lot of other things well. You need guys like him on the roster.

Yes Doyle really stepped up there. A year ago. Not sure why that has to be comparable. But it just goes to show how invested the guys in the locker room are to playing for each other.

Actually, he got hurt a few plays before that and gutted it out. Credit to him for that.

Playoffs are filled with Tysons...not Grandmas Slippers. By your theory if we make the playoffs we can beat down every team we face.

The problem with a set "goal" like the AFCCG is there are always variables. If the only rule is Allen starting every game is the only one, I vote no. It's football and a lot can happen on the field. Did we make the divisional round and happen to run into a buzz saw of a team? Did we get hosed by poor officiating? Did they have a game much like 13 seconds where they were excellent on the field? Here's my opinion. If the Bills make the playoffs and show up again like the did against Cincinnati, then yes a discussion should be had. If the loss is solely on poor coaching, then yes a discussion should be had. All that said, in my opinion if the Bills don't get it done soon then perhaps a "mutual parting of ways" may be what's best for the team and McDermott.

I just looked into it and all the points add up the same no matter when they are scored. There are no bonus points for leading at the end of a quarter or half. 😂 Kidding around aside...Yup, the offense is out of sync right now. In seasons past though we have seen teams like the Bengals start off slow...made a Super Bowl and another AFCCG last 2 years. Chiefs start out slow. Have made (what seems to be) 27 straight AFCCGs and several Super Bowls. Patriots...both Giants seasons...point being teams start out slow and turn it around every year. That could easily be us. I may even offer an argument that teams that start slow on offense have an advantage at the end of the year as there isn't as much film to break down what they do well. Got a LOT of ball left to play. One thing from this last weekend that they said during the Bills/Giants game stuck out to me. It was attributed bro something Daboll said but could easily apply to us. To paraphrase: they asked Daboll about his teams direction and he said basically: "When there's issues with he team, that's what the coaching staff gets paid for. To fix the problems." I think McDermott and Co will earn their pay.

Would have been an uglier loss.

I mean, if we're going that route....gimme Puka. Younger, cheaper and not coming off injury.

5 years ago this would have been a great signing.

Here we go again....

There once was a QB named Brady Who sat when he peed like a lady But now they have Mac Who can't lead their attack And tends to cry like a baby

Valid. However let's also remember that Johnson does have added value in the return game. Damien Harris had started returning kickoffs with my guess being to let Harty focus more on WR duties. He would be more of a direct replacement than Fournette.

I am not sure what doesn't make sense to you but it's very likely one (or more) of several things happened. 1. A team reached out to Johnson that had injury to their active roster. Detroit lost a RB. SF had CMC go down. Rams may have lost 2 RBs. And that's just off the top of my head. 2. The team that reached out either got better news than expected on said injured RB and rescinded their offer or Ty Johnson declined the offer and chose to stay put. 3. Why would Johnson choose to stay? Injury to Harris may clear the path to being called up and him seeing snaps/KR duties.

Easiest solution in my opinion as a counter to that cover 2 IMO is TE usage. But it's hard to get the TR in the seem or 15 yards upfield in time when they have to chip. The INT Josh threw last night looked like one of those routes, however.

Without doing the math right this second...I would venture to say that the loss of Allen running has been made up by Cook/Murray. I'll look into that later if I can. Lol, yes thank you. Eyes still aren't up to snuff after a late night last night😂

On the whole season last year McKenzie had 42 catches. 27 of those were for 1st downs. Not sure that qualifies as a first down machine.

And those are also fair points. Especially when it comes to abandon the run. Just look at the Giants last night. Got shut down all night...but stuck with it and it paid off. Last night? Sure as a one off sample you could say that. But if you include last night's 16 attempts it would actually show that on the season over all 6 games, Diggs has actually been under targeted more times than not compared to last season.

Fair point to make, however this time last year there were other guys taking snaps in the slot than McKenzie as well. Crowder was in the mix as well. Kumerow had taken snaps there. So I think it sort of evens out, myself.

Collinsworthless made a point to say the Giants were picking on him as the weak link so I'm sure you'll see that repeated here today some. In reality he gave up a couple plays and he made a couple plays. He looked very much like a CB that is young and hasn't seen much playtime. The coverage on the deep ball was very good...but the play he made that stuck out to me was very late in the game. On the last drive Taylor completed a pass to the right side. He made an excellent tackle that prevented the WR from getting out of bounds and stopping the clock. Thought that showed some real good awareness.

Came across the following tweet. Pulled the numbers out so they are front and center. Credit to "Rico" for doing the leg work. But I have seen a LOT of common themes parroted today and the numbers show that for the most part the opinions of some (including some opinions I've had) may not be fully true. First off...the new narrative that Josh is suddenly force feeding Diggs and only Diggs the ball to keep him happy. Through 6 games Diggs has only 1 more target than last year. My theory is that the perception that Allen is forcing Diggs the ball more has to do with the lack of targets for Stef at the end of the year. After 6 weeks 5-1 record. 4-2 Record #Diggs 22' Diggs 23' 65 targets 66 targets 49 recs 49 Rec 6tds 5tds Second...Gabe Davis hasn't improved. That's another false narrative IMO that the numbers seemingly back up. This time last year Dais had a 53% catch rate. Through the same amount of games his rate has jumped to 70%. Most of his catches have gone for 1st downs or TDs. He has been a HIGHLY efficient player so far this year. I have checked 3 sources this morning and have seen him "credited" with TWO official drops this year on one of them and ONE in the other two. If someone can provide another official source that is higher, please do. His fumble last night was just the third time in his career he's fumbled and it was an excellent play by the defense. Gabe Davis is NOT the problem. #Davis 22'. Davis 23' 26 targets 30 Targets 14 Rec 21 rec 4tds 4tds Third...Knox has to be a blocker all the time now. And while it's true he is asked to chip a fair amount...he still runs a pass pattern after most times. He's actually had 5 more targets this year. His problem has been he's not making the tough catches we are used to seeing him make. #Knox 22' Knox 23' 20 Targets 25 Targets 15 rec 14 Rec 1TD 1TD Fourth...slot receiver has been a bust. True, yet maybe a bit too early to lose hope. Notable with Kincaid missing last night he's only got 5 games in. I would have expected a few balls his way to raise these numbers, but the fact of the matter is while the TDa haven't been there (yet) and his opportunity hasn't been as high, he's actually been much more efficient than what we had in the slot last year. He's a rookie still figuring things out. I think the best is yet to come here. #Mckenzie 22' #Kincaid 23' 26 targets 19 Targets 17 Rec 17 Rec 3tds 0 TDs

Ahhh, so you see that it can be done. I'm sick of stacking huge impressive wins early in the season only to come up short in the end, aren't you? It's almost refreshing to struggle offensively this early (you know, like the teams that HAVE MADE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES) have done...almost like it gives teams to recalibrate and make changes to find what works and gives other teams less of a blue print on how to stop you once fixed.

And I agree. I think the thing most people here fail to see is that this is how the offense is structured. It's supposed to be a chunk of catches for Diggs and 2-4 catches for everyone else. Spread the ball evenly around to 4-5 other guys. And that's fine. It works. However, games like last night where it's pretty much Diggs or no one hamper the offense IMO.

This offense is set up to flow through Allen and Diggs. That's it. WR2, WR3 the RBs... afterthoughts fighting for scraps. The TEs are non-existent. Maybe if we had a RT that didn't need constant hand holding it could result in our TEs being more than outlet throws. Week in and week out we see on the All 22 guys are open just to see Allen constantly push the ball to Diggs. Just last night Allen had Cook WIDE open in the middle of the field and took a scramble run instead. This offense doesn't need more guys running around watching Diggs catch passes. They need to use what they have

You don't lose a game at the end of the first half. They get that 3 and the game may have played out different. Decisions made from that point on wouldn't be exactly the same. And yup, obvious PI on the last play. As well as obvious hands to the face on Waller. You wanna bring it up...bring the entire play up.

I can tell you first hand it's much easier to keep a team focused and working hard after a win like last night than after a win like we had against the Dolphins.