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Yep. Plus in a nationally televised game, directly against a DC that is likely more in demand as a HC than he is, Daboll clearly outmatched him.

Florio has got much better over the years. He used to be intolerable, then unlistenable, soon became just bad, graduated to being sporadically okay, and the last couple years achieved decenthood. Chris Simms knows his stuff and is quite consistently good.

True but the 30% is what makes sense the difference. Daboll designs some very unique plays that one could say follow that same percentage. 70% we have already seen for years but those 20-30% unique elements make the play. Daboll has proven to have a good offense, and design good game plans, and an ability to play call, which are three different talents. Let's hope that Dorsey can also do the latter two.

I think Belichick pretty much designed that offense from the start even though he is thought of as a defensive coach, and other offensive coaches just followed his direction and offense.

This is something I should know but I don't. And thought the concept of playbooks deserves its own thread. I assume that Dorsey has been compiling his own playbook for a few years, as he would be preparing to one day be an offensive coordinator. Most all of these guys do. And would be inclined to install it if Daboll leaves and he takes over. But would it be unusual for a team to just keep the Daboll offense and playbook intact as a Josh has now had three years with it and begun to master it, and then have Dorsey just take it over if and when he is named OC? While Daboll takes the same offense and playbook to his next job? And then Dorsey could add his own unique plays and tweaks to it as they go. That is surely what I would lobby for. If Daboll leaves, which I think is only 50-50 chance ( he will be a hot name and interview but not sure he gets a job first time out), hire Dorsey and don't change the offense at all.

No kudos for that post.

Not a lot of people know this, but Beasley actually sees the superimposed yellow first down marker from TV and knows exactly where to go. Not sure how it works but it's true.

They only ran about six different plays.

I think we take for granted how easily Josh evades pressure. There had to be five plays in the first half alone that the Niners got quick strong pressure, Josh just avoided it and rolled out and then threw a pass for a completion. Once he threw it away. He got great protection in the second half.

I think maybe we should lock him up because he is too good. Wins like this can set a franchise back a decade.

My favorite thing of this whole season may be most important. McDermott is no longer uber-conservative. It could be he evolved. It could be he just listened and changed. It could be he figured we couldn't do stuff before and now he believes we can. But it's a huge difference. He doesn't just sit on the ball. We HAD to pass in the fourth quarter and I thought we wouldn't. But McDermott allowed it. Daboll calls all the plays but McD is directly involved in important circumstances. And it won the game. If McDermott evolved into this he could be a great coach. He was not this guy before. Obviously Josh’s ascension mirrors McDermott’s. But some ultra-conservative guys stay that way. Great coaches don’t. I can’t wait to see what happens. I wasn’t confident before but am now.

This is a horrible game by the Pittsburgh and Washington Football teams.

Pittsburgh was and is not a dumb, obnoxious, over the top and criminally unfunny town.

I'd really like to see him play, and maybe send out a red zone package with Diggs, Davis, Beasley, Knox and Kumerow. That would be some matchup issues.

It's why we can't have nice time slots. On West Coast time, of course, it's 5:15, which is a great time for MNF unless you're stuck in traffic on the way home, which I never am. With four straight national games, Josh is about to get asked for a lot of interviews, and a good chance he is a national superstar in a month. Something unthinkable to most people six months ago.

Thanks for this. I agree. I was never really worried they would lose despite the setbacks and some sloppiness. They ended up giving up 17 points. They won by 10. They made some big stops when they had to and some big plays on offense when they had to. The Chargers are not that bad and we needed the win and got it. These are the kinds of games they used to lose with regularity they now win, because they're a good team.

PFF would have rated Patterson the 7th best rusher of the week.

Hughes is one of the best, most underrated and most misunderstood Bills of the 2000s.

Well, they know a lot about the troubles and suffering of others. It’s a great word though.

It’s almost as good as us winning. Not quite but next best thing. But he only has three great receivers, one good one, two very good TEs and two good running backs and a very good offensive HC.

https://buffalonews.com/opinion/columnists/voice-of-the-fan-after-schadenfreude-sunday-bills-control-own-destiny-and-we-cant-wait/article_385eb26a-2ff3-11eb-b0da-afd5c8c07ad0.html Please read, comment, pick nits, share, hold spearing contests, argue among yourselves. An excerpt... "In the (mostly) winner-take-all sports world, schadenfreude – the “enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others" – is one of the most elemental and satisfying emotions. The most guilty of pleasures. In sports, for us to win, everyone else must lose. It is one of those sports fan things that do not have to make sense, they are just true. Like, for instance, we can waffle at any time between calling our teams “we” or “they,” and it means the same thing. And in the NFL bye week, schadenfreude becomes even more vital because we cannot win. While most of the league plays on the Sabbath day, we must rest. Fans most often, consciously or unconsciously, root for players and teams to fail; not succeed. We did not hope Denver beat Miami; we desperately wanted a Dolphins’ beatdown by the Broncos. We screamed, if not prayed, for Bad Fitzy to throw a trademark, crucial, soul-crushing interception more than Drew Lock to throw a late miraculous game-winning touchdown. And we love Fitzy! Bills Mafia never wished for Houston to rise up and celebrate; but for New England to collapse and suffer. And it is not true human suffering; it is sports suffering, and something Buffalo teams and fans know a great deal about. Last week’s Schadenfreude Bowl was one of the most delightful in the franchise’s 70-year history. A vast majority of the games played out the way we ordained them to, especially the essential ones. Ryan Fitzpatrick was all set to rip our hearts out. Everything was going swimmingly for a Dolphins loss until the QB swap. Tua played like the raw rookie he is. And then Miami head coach Brian Flores, who seemed like a stable genius the previous five weeks, took all of three quarters to undo his newfound good will. Good grief! Very good grief, in fact, and ultimately more Schadenfreude for Bills Mafia after Fitzy’s end zone backbreaker. The Patriots put a scare in us, but they are simply not that frightening anymore. We should not have even felt it that much. Tampa Bay is not even a threat to the Bills whatsoever, but Tom Brady’s evil is so pure and expansive that our Schadenfreude extends to his entire NFC South team. And what a pleasure it was to top off bye week, wallowing in his insulting loss." Read the rest on the News site...

They can knock it down like they do on offense. We didn't need someone to catch it.

Another excellent pick up by Beane who really thought out the kinds of complementary players in relation to each other. Cole is truly a beast and comes up big when you need him the most. There are not that many better slot guys.

Well, there is that.

The previous week they had to run against the Pats and they ran and ran it well.