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7 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
I’m expecting Allen to play but for the sake of fairness here...Let’s say Barkley plays:
By far the best Dabols offense has looked, was with Barkley. (With the same players) We scored 41 on the road against a division opponent. And that game was on ice for the entire second half. We could have easily got 50+ if we needed it. This offense has never looked like that with Allen. Let’s say Barkley goes down to Tennessee and puts up 38 in a win. People are going to have to start thinking differently about how good Allen has been. I’m not saying any of these things are going to happen. But Barkley played 1 game where he was expected to start. And he absolutely lit it up. This offense has never looked as good before or since. If Barkley takes the reps with the 1s all week and then lights it up. It’s going to say a lot about Allen. That day against the jets looked effortless. This defense is elite. We need the offense to stay on time and not make asinine mistakes. If we click on all cylinders for 4 quarters in Tennessee (with Barkley) then it’s going to show us something about Allen.
I don't think he lit it up. He was efficient and had a monstrous running game that day. And the Bills best offensive day in the Dabold system IMO was against the Dolphins and the outing against the Giants this season was on par with the Barkley led effort against the Jets.
And for the record if your scenario plays out and Allen isn't the guy then the Bills will be set back years as Barkley is NOT the answer and we'll have to go through the draft again.
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2 minutes ago, PayDaBill$ said:
Not to beat a dead horse but they went with the short passing game and ran the ball during that stretch. JA was managed. Don’t understand why the entire game wasn’t schemed like that series.
But it's a dead horse worth beating. I think they put to much on Allen's plate today. They needed to keep it simple. Allen is a young QB going up against the evil genius Belichick. Quick hitting passes and running the football. Way to many empty sets. And maybe it's just me but what use is an empty backfield with 4 wide outs if two of the wide outs on one side of the field are Gore & DeMarco? Seriously! That's supposed to put the fear of God in a defense.
Gore had an awesome day for a 36 year old RB. But with Singleterry out the Bills have one of the weakest backfields in the NFL. There is NO game breaking capacity there. And I would suggest that Gore's 100 yards came in large part because the Pats didn't care about our running game. If they had, Allen would not have been under that type of pressure and would have had more guys running open today.
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Allen had a terrible day today. He's a young QB and it happens to every one of them NOT named Mahomes. His 3 INT's were bad decisions but they did not impact the game to the extent the one blocked punt did for the simple reason that each INT gave NE the ball at about midfield. These picks did not put NE in our red zone nor did they thwart a Bills drive into the red zone.
NE is an elite pass defense. In fact today you saw the #1 & #2 pass defenses go at each other. In case you didn't notice Brady had almost as bad a QB performance as Allen had. He hit less then 50% of his passes threw a horrific INT that robbed NE of points. And if Edmunds had intercepted that bad throw late in the 4th Brady would have thrown a game losing pick 6!
Bottom line is that if Allen had Brady's stat sheet we would be just as disappointed in his performance. Maybe this tells us more about the two pass defenses on the field then it does the QB's?
We all hate the Pats and Belichick but he is the best defensive mind the game has ever seen. His D held LA to 3 points in the Super Bowl. As much as we dreaded it, today's outcome including Allen's performance, was always the most likely one.
In the end Allen will be fine and maybe we can get payback near the end of the season.
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8 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
Oh, and one more thing. Don't ask me how in heaven's name Mahomes is already able to play so much like a seasoned veteran. I'd guess that the combination of Reid and a lot of talent around him minimizes the impact of the things that Mahomes doesn't understandyet. Whatever it is, he's the only young QB who seems to demonstrate the kind of the breadth of skills that only the old masters have.
I think it's due to two factors:
* Andy Reid & the offensive talent KC had in place
* Mahomes is the exception to the rule. The only other young QB to come into the league and dominate in the passing game the way Mahomes has AND win games was Dan Marino. In his 2nd year he took the Dolphins to the Super Bowl. In his time Marino was every bit the wonder kid Mahomes is today.
BTW here's Marino's stat line in his 2nd year from Wikipedia:
In his second season, Marino broke six NFL full-season passing records, including the records for most touchdown passes (48, surpassed by Peyton Manning in 2004) and most passing yards (5,084, surpassed by Drew Brees in 2011), and was selected as the NFL's Most Valuable Player. The Dolphins finished with a 14–2 regular season record, clinching home-field advantage for the playoffs. In the Divisional round, the Dolphins avenged their playoff loss of the previous season to Seattle Seahawks 31–10 behind Marino's 262 passing yards and 3 touchdowns.[16][17] The next week the Dolphins defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game 45–28.[18] In that game, Marino set AFC Championship Game records with 421 passing yards and 4 touchdowns. Both records still stand as of 2019.
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Wow, the big announcement is that Jennifer Lopez & Shakira are doing the Super Bowl halftime show! Sounds more like a a boring episode of the Hollywood Squares.
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I loved the Allen pick as I had watched a lot of late night Wyoming games on espn and had never seen a QB, AT ANY LEVEL, make the plays this kid routinely did!
But in full disclosure I hated when the Bills made McDermitt the head coach. Please, not another Defensive Coordinator! And I knew for sure that Carolina's great D was because of Ron Rivera NOT McDermitt. Man am I glad I was 100% wrong about that one.
The lesson learned? As fans all we have are gut feelings and hunches because we sure as hell don't know that much about these things!
Oh and for the record nothing changes if the Pats beat us by 3 TD's.
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This video also should remind all of us that Allen is still a "kid" in many ways. He's still learning to play QB in the NFL. His enthusiasm is genuine. He's going to make mistakes while also making great plays. I'm now convinced that he is the guy.
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2 minutes ago, Rocket94 said:
Sorry...I had a lot of work to catch up on and I am operating with little sleep. I just wanted to say that while I agreed with some of his article, I never like the way these guys can come across...it does sometimes offend our sensibility as fans. I hope you don't lose any sleep over it either.
Not a chance! Like you I find it annoying but that's about it.
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7 minutes ago, Leonhart2017 said:
Coaches are bad at things sometimes you don’t always want to go for two when you are behind by a big deficit. If Gruden had just gone for 1 on both of those TDs he would be done by 11 and could have kicked a field goal on that 4 and 1 to make it a potential one score game.
And by making a game that was 28 - 0 into a one score game you really tighten the Bears sphincters.
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5 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:
The difference is that both the Pats and Cowboys beat the bad teams convincingly and by double digits, the Bills almost let the games get away and won close games that shouldn't have been close.
I don't know about that the Bills beat the Giants in NY by 14 while Dallas beat the Giants by 18 at their house. In week 1, the Jets were being touted as a potential wild card team. And with Darnold at the helm the Jets are a lot better team then when QBed by a 3rd stringer. Net, the Jets at NY in week 1 was a much tougher team to play then the Dolphins.
Now if the Reskins come back and win this game..................................
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Wow are we looking at a Chicago collapse? Miss a FG then throw a red zone pick.
And they can throw that book that tells them when to go for TWO into the trash! I mean had the redskins just kicked 2 extra points the score would be 28 - 17 and they would only be down by a TD and FG. Now they have to score two TD's.
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1 minute ago, Rocket94 said:
I get your point, but he actually sounds like many of us on here. You don't think that I am uneasy?
And that's my problem with Sal (& others). He's supposed to be a "professional" and yet he comes across as a petulant overly negative fan. As the beat writer he needs to be telling us what we've been doing well to be at 3 - 0. If he wants to be critical address where we don't match up well with the Pats. Warn us about where he thinks the Pats can exploit us. Instead he pounds on Edmunds and laments that Allen missed a long throw.
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12 minutes ago, Dr.Mantis_Toboggan said:
Can’t argue with most of his points, I am still hoping Edmunds reaches that Patrick Willis level of play I thought he would be capable of.
I’ve been wondering where the deep ball has been, but just hoping it’s been more a case of defenses trying to take it away and force Josh to make accurate short/intermediate throws because they assumed he had accuracy issues.
It's not so much the points he makes but rather it's the timing for this article. Why crap on the parade BEFORE the Pats game.
Here's my uncharitable opinion of why he wrote this. The odds are decent that the Pats blow the Bills up on Sunday. So Sal wants to get his digs in ahead of time so he can say I TOLD YOU SO. SEE HOW SMART I AM!
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18 minutes ago, Rocket94 said:
Maiorana sounds as objective as he can be, and he seems more concerned about the Bills than pessimistic. Perhaps it is a wake up call and Maiorana is making valid points about a few issues that need to be addressed. The same things that opposing coaches will be analyzing on film.
I doubt there's anything that Sal pointed out that the Bills coaches aren't aware of.
And we're all concerned about the Bills because as Bills fans we're deeply uneasy sitting here at 3 - 0. We don't need the Bills beat writer to go ALL negative after the team goes 3 - 0 to start the season.
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2 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:
Truebisky is looking sharp.
I spoke to soon.
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Truebisky is looking sharp.
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Just now, Limeaid said:
He is depressed because Bucky and Sucky are gone (Yes Sucky writes for Niagara Gazette but he pays to write there).
Living down here in Cincy I suspect I'm better off for not knowing who "Bucky" & "Sucky" are. But if they were side kicks of Sal's then they must be tools!
11 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:The criticisms are well founded. The Bills should have won this game easily and yet they were very close to losing it. I will take w’s all the time but against a stronger team they would have lost.
But that's NOT what he was critical of. He targeted specific players and overly exaggerated what he claimed was their poor play.
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1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:
Well that won’t be a problem for Brady. The Pats will somehow wire the calls into the crowd noise so that’s all he hears. Ernie Adams is a genius.
Or maybe they'll use telepathy to get the plays in!
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Great throw no matter what the replay says.
Wow, that was a great throw and catch!
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How many people are claiming that the only reason the Bills are 3 - 0 is that they've played an easy schedule. Then these same folks turn around and tout the 3 - 0 Dallas Cowboys as an elite team. The Cowboys who have beaten the: NY Giants, Redskins & Miami.
I get that in the end the Cowboys will probably have a better record then the Bills but at this moment in time you could argue that the Boys have played an easier schedule then Da Bills.
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57 minutes ago, Tolstoy said:
Sal makes some good points here, but I can't help but be struck by the negativity regarding players and coaches all over the field. Is Sal giving us a needed wake-up call, or is he unreasonably pessimistic? Here it is: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2019/09/23/tremaine-edmunds-buffalo-bills-linebacker-struggles-in-win-over-cincinnati-bengals/2418753001/
What a hack. He needs to up his anti-depressant dose. This article is a negative, mean spirited piece of crap.
Living in another NFL city makes me appreciate how absurd this kind of garbage about a 3 - 0 team is. Damn, the Bengals are 0 - 3 and you would be hard pressed to find a writer this negative. The role of the local media IMO is to be a booster of the local team. That doesn't mean ignoring realty or looking at EVERYTHING through rose colored glasses but this guy and to many other Bills "reporters" look at everything through a dark cloud.
We all get that the 3 - 0 start could be mirage and the bubble could burst. We're Bills fans after all. But how about we wait until it happens before sticking a pin into the balloon! This guy needs to let us enjoy the moment. Sure, he can gently point out some potential trouble spots but this article reads like we're 0 - 3.
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Great write up!
I have a theory on the deep balls. I suspect they've focused all their time getting the short passing game down that they've neglected the deeper plays. I expect we're going to see some strikes downfield every soon.
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2 hours ago, bigK14094 said:
His run during the drive to the final touchdown showed me incredible desire and ability when the game is on the line. Yes, he has heart and skill. Maybe some things to learn, but, he is looking like the real deal to me.
I think this play has been lost in all the deserved attention Dawson Knox's steamroller catch & run has gotten. But my goodness that should have been a 10 yard loss instead Allen somehow gets out of the hold of 3 D-lineman and runs for a 1st down into the red zone. Coming so soon after the awesome Knox play seemed to ignite the Bills O-line and the stadium.
The Knox play gave me confidence we would get the tying FG but worried that Cincy would then go down and kick a winning FG at the end. Allen's run gave me confidence that we would score a TD go up by 4 and the D would hold.
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Great review!
One positive to take away which seemed like a negative yesterday was just how badly the Bills dominated the Bengals during the 1st half. At one point the Bills had 220 yards to the Bengal's 20 yards and 15 first downs to the Bengals 0. Sure we should have been ahead by a lot more then 2 scores BUT the ability to dominate another NFL team not named Miami was impressive.
Now the next time we come out and stomp a team like we did yesterday we need to stomp them on the scoreboard to.
Will offense operate better with Barkley next week?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted · Edited by CincyBillsFan
With a week to prepare the Bills can beat TN with Barkley. Barkley is a good enough QB to make this happen. But this is not the preferred path.
And for those that are touting Barkley's "stats" don't forget that NE went into prevent and gave the Bills those short passes. As soon as Barley got to the Pats 40 on that last drive they shut it down with two straight incompletions and then an INT. Guys like Barkley that check down for a living will move the ball and pile up stats against a prevent D. However they seldom seem to get it into the end zone in 6 point games.
The best 2 drives today were led by Allen and resulted in 10 points. And in the name of keeping it real Barkley was lucky he didn't have a lost fumble and a 2nd INT today.