Phil The Thrill

Hopefully this is sarcasm?

The first half wasn’t a problem. It was the second half where he melted down

It was scripted and he carried out a script. When it came time to diagnose and read a defense he couldn’t get it done. There also wasn’t as much pressure.

I’m 65% Allen 30% Daboll

Or someone that is calling Josh Allen’s second half what it was - an absolute meltdown. He played poorly more excuses for Allen

Yes and he still melted down

Isn’t the other constant that all 3 are not franchise QB’s? Allen has a pass for being young I also think you have to consider the talent. The teams in 2017 and 2018 were terrible outside of Shady. In 2019, the Bills hade Allen, Dawkins, and 10 new starters. We’ll see what happens next year. Like I said - no excuses

The same as you do with writing comedy

Houston Oilers are the Tennessee Titans.... not the Texans

Maybe.... but I do think that Josh’s limitations really influence the playcalling

I think you might be missing the point though. The reason they didn’t go for the kill is because they don’t have a QB that has shown the ability to pull this off. Allen melted down last night and even if they went for the kill, I don’t think anything changes But scoring less that 20 points a game loses games which is what Allen has consistently done alL season long. Right now, he isn’t good enough to score more than 17 points a game

It’s a testament for having a great defense and an offense that doesn’t score enough points. But it’s also a sign of good coaching IMO

After a big loss like last night, fans are obviously going to be pointing fingers. Everyone has one unit or person to blame, and the truth it’s never just a player, a coach, or an official. It’s usually a combination of all. We can blame whoever we want (personally I think Allen melted down in the second half) but that’s what happened last night - a total team loss. But last night was also the perfect example of how so many games played out this season - especially against good teams. The formula for winning is based on the defenses ability to hold teams under 17-20 points. This is a problem because in the playoffs you’ll be playing good offenses and this is unlikely. If the defense slips up a little and is unable to limit a team to under 17 points, the Bills usually lose. Outside of Miami, the Bills have never won a game when the opponent have scored more than 17 points. We’re not talking blowouts either. The offense has not been good enough to score more than 20 points in almost every game this year. It happened again last night. It would be foolish and shortsighted to think that this is how McDermott wants to win. I think that given how bad the offense has been, he knows that this is the Bills best chance to win, which likely explains some of the play calls. They just don’t have an offense that can score more than 17 points, and again, I think QB play is a huge reason for this. I also do think he deserves credit for winning 10 games with an underperforming offense. The overall coaching job this year has been great. Take a look: N.Y. Jets W 17-16 N.Y. Giants W 28-14 Cincinnati W 21-17 New England L 16-10 Tennessee W 14-7 Miami W 31-21 Philadelphia L 31-13 Washington W 24-9 Cleveland L 19-16 Miami W 37-20 Denver W 20-3 Dallas W 26-15 Baltimore L 24-17 PittsburgH W 17-10 New England L 24-17 Why does this happen? It’s largely a mix between execution and playcalling. Again, I’m going to be accused of being a “hater” or a “crusader” as it’s called in here - but I think the biggest reason why has to do with Josh Allen not having the ability (yet?) to show that he can consistently finish drives with TD’s in moments when they need him to, like Watson did last night. While it isn’t all on Josh, his teammates have let him down too and you can argue some of the play calls haven’t put them in a good position. For the Bills to get better, this will have to improve and the team should improve the offensive talent in the offseason again. But 2020 will be a giant year. All the usual suspects should be back next year - McDermott, Daboll, Allen, and there won’t be any excuses next year. It’s put up or shut up and the excuses of this being “a young team that is growing” is running out. Onto 2020.

Kind of unfair to blame McDermott there. It would have worked out if the players executed

I guess but at the same time, didn’t they take a shot in the endzone and Duke dropped the football? It was a perfect pass. That easily could have been a TD and this point is moot. Again game management, but also execution

It’s all coaching...Josh doesn’t make bad decisions. Not on him

Yeah this was a huge miss. He almost got Josh killed too

This is all fair. It was not McDermott’s best game, but a lot of his decisions were predicated on the fact that Josh Allen played so poorly in the second half. Again, I hate to harp this but the team needs better QB play and when you’re QB isn’t making the throws he needs to against a poor defense, it limits what you can do in a game. Again, I don’t know how anyone who wants to blame McDermott or Daboll, can’t factor in the play of their QB...it was below average Not true. He doesn’t have a QB that can win games for him

He wasn’t outcoached. If anything O’Brien gave him a chance to win. It was not the best performance, but his back was against the wall given how poorly Allen played

Bryant Young!?!? Come on, man

Im not too concerned

There’s a lot of truth in this, and the NFL to be concerned about the attendance dip. I think that the home experience of watching games on TV from home continues to get better. I know from my own experience at New Era Field, attending a game in person is much more of a time and financial commitment, and to some, not as good as watching from your home. Either way, the NFL Owners are making a ship ton of money so I wouldn’t care too much IMO not very much. For sure. It takes about 90 minutes to get to the stadium for me. It takes twice as long to get home, maybe longer. That means for a 1 PM Bills game, I leave around 7:30 get there at 10:30 or so. By the time the game is over and were packed up, it’s about 5 OR 5:30. Then the worst part. You sit still in a parking lot for about 60 minutes and then have slow downs for another 60 minutes. By the time I get home it’s about 8:30 or later. It’s an entire day - that’s not to mention the money for tickets, food, drinks, gas, and the limited viewing experience in the stadium. Overall watching at home is so much easier and more convenient in a lot of ways

Nope. He left the Bills in 2004. Didn’t make 2nd team All Pro until 2007. He was on the Vikings Takeo Spikes was a 1st team All Pro in 2004 Bryce Paup made it in 1995 So basically thats 5 Pro Bowl Players in 25 years

Outside of them, I think it’s been decades

Seriously though... when was the last All-Pro on the Bills. That might go back a few decades