CincyBillsFan

The passes definitely helped set up the run. Also as bad as Allen was throwing the ball today he put on a clinic on how to run the read option. Allen and Singleterry combined for nearly 200 rushing yards and 4 TD's.

Beasley got knocked off his route and then stopped. If he keeps running it's a completion. Of Allen's 3 INT's today only 1 is on Allen - the goofy hero ball throw into the end zone. One thing that bothered me a bit is that our WR's aren't built for a slippery, snow covered field. They looked tentative running their patterns and the lack of size takes away the WR screen where we don't have the type of WR's that break tackles or make blocks at the point of attack. Atlanta had success with that kind of pass today.

This also applies to McKenzie. Still those are outstanding numbers. I would also point out that given the much larger sample size, Beasley being at over 75% is also quite impressive.

It wasn't that long ago that Beasley had big games: 2nd Dolphins game: 10 - 110 yards. Along with Allen Beasley was the key reason we snapped out of our offensive doldrums midway through the 3rd quarter. Tampa Bay game: 9 - 64 yards. Converted a lot of 3rd downs in the 2nd half to help rally the Bills.

Not so fast. While Beasley and McKenzie are both slot receivers they're very different in what they do best and where they can be productive. They might even be complementary in certain situations. There's also what I call the "20 years of Bills football purgatory" syndrome going on here. This is where a guy steps up, has a great game and we Bills fans go ape ####. And then our new favorite player struggles to repeat it. Now this may or may not be McKenzie and like others I see McK replacing Beasley next season if Bease isn't willing to take a pay cut. But once D-coordinators have film on McKenzie they're going to figure out what his weaknesses are and who on their D is best able to handle him. To the Patriots McK was a bit of a black box Sunday. Going forward he's going to be treated differently. Beasley was already an open book to Defensive Coordinators the day he arrived in Buffalo in 2019. And he still was highly productive. McK has yet to cross this bridge.

I don't disagree but some of Beasley's drop in YPC is due to how the Bills are attacking defenses sitting back in zone. And now that McKenzie is on defensive coordinators radar having both Beas & McK on the field for some plays might prove fruitful.

I agree. There is a big difference between getting mad at him for game day decisions and wanting him gone. It's like getting mad at your spouse or kid for something and jumping from that to wanting them out of your life. Quite simply he's the best Bills coach since Marv Levy and IMO it's not even close.

Damn file this article under the Webster definition of "what have you done for me lately".

I'm not saying McKenzie wasn't great on Sunday - he was. And I think McKenzie needs to be integrated more fully into the Bills offense. But Beasley has been consistently productive over the last THREE seasons. Sorry, but I see a real value in consistency. I may be wrong here but I get a sense that there's an anti-Beasley bias coming through in some of this. One great game by McKenzie doesn't mean we should toss Beasley to the curb. And given that most of McKenzie's catches were at the boundary of the field while Beasley thrives between the hash marks it seems like we could employ both guys in the passing game at the same time.

Davis. But Sanders who started off strong has faded. In contrast Beasley has been very consistent across the season. And as great as McKenzie was Sunday, Beasley has been playing at a top 3 slot WR level for nearly three straight seasons: 2019: 67 - 778 - 6 TD 2020: 82 - 967 - 4 TD 2021: 76 - 640 - 1 TD That's great production. And I would like to see Beasley and McKenzie on the field at the same time. There are some innovative formations you can run out of with these two together.

Great point. And this more then any other factor may explain why Allen's stats are just a little down from last year.

Mckenzie had an awesome game but Beasley has had 76 catches to date. We can use both of them.

I would add the TN game to your list. At the time we didn't appreciate just how good the Titans were, especially when they had ALL of their offensive play makers on the field. We came within a hair of winning that game.

When will the NFL realize that it has a serious officiating problem?

Griese actually said something funny on purpose - "it looks like neither team wants to run an offensive play".

The refs are criminally incompetent. That spot was a yard to short. The Saints may have went for it on 4th & 1 but no way on 4th and 2. Every week we see the sorry state of NFL officiating.

No it's based on my vast experience as a reader and I can spot an annoying hack a mile away.

He's a local hack - nothing more. The guy doesn't provide any insight and he's obnoxious as hell.

Nah, you're a jealous troll. Hey I get it. I was jealous of Brady & Manning in their heyday when the Bills were throwing Orton and Edmunds and a bunch of other random QB's out there. But now the Bills got a guy who is ELITE AND is still getting better! Allen hasn't come close to reaching his optimum playing level yet. You have years and years of misery ahead of you.

WHERE'S THE DAMN HEMORRHOID CREAM!

I would add Diggs to this short list. But your point is spot on - without Allen we're a 4 or 5 win team right now.

I would expect Murray to pad his stats big time facing a Colts prevent defense the rest of the way out.

And Allen doesn't get a fraction of the YAC from his receivers that Murray gets from his.

Am I missing something in thinking Murray is average? Sure he makes some great plays but in the end the Cards have 13 points late in the game at home.

IMO, Wentz is outplaying Murray - SO FAR.