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That stands out to me far more than the missed tackles on Watson. That first down should never happen, Watson plays happen.

DeShaun Watson has made a lot of guys look bad. Of course, Milano needs to make a play, but sometimes that happens with a guy like Watson.

Same here. Call me crazy, I’d rather face the Pats twice next season with Brady than without him.

I hear ya, but have one issue with this. Was our D really that much better than the Pats D? The Pats had a D that was just as good or better than ours, and Brady still couldn’t win it all this season. I don’t think being here would be any different. Yep, he’s very average at this point.

Sure, Duke dropped the pass, but I like my odds of three passes into the end zone more than one. We could have done that, but instead ran Gore, and spiked the ball on second down. McD did this all season in that situation, and it’s a bad way to coach in 2019. I attended the Redskins game this season, and the clock management before the half was quite similar. We didn’t even attempt to score before the end of half in that game. The Redskins were a bad team, and it didn’t matter in that game, but I hated it because I knew that philosophy will haunt us against good teams. Winner and losers aren’t separated by much in the playoffs. You must maximize every opportunity.

We are ahead of schedule. I hope you’re correct in your assessment. I just worry that McD is a defense first coach who doesn’t have a clue about the other side of the ball. Nothing explains that end of the first half series imo. McD is a good coach, I just worry we are stuck with the second coming of Marty Schottenheimer.

This is the problem with everyone’s elite D dream around here though. It’s 2019, how many teams pitch shutouts these days? The offense needs to make plays at some point. Elite D’s in the sense you’re talking about don’t exist these days. Teams have too many playmakers on offense nowadays. The 85 Bears played a QB named Tony Eason in the Super Bowl, lets just say that Deshaun Watson is a bit more dynamic. The Vikings D just held the Saints to 20 points. By today’s standards that was a spectacular performance against the Saints. We would have lost with our measly 19 points.

Tre White is phenomenal, beyond that we have role players. I don’t want to overrate the Jets, but watching our second team D that game gave me a new perspective. We are a brilliantly coached defensive team with a great scheme. Overall, we have decent defensive players who play within the scheme. I wouldn’t be particularly stressed about losing Poyer. I think our coaching staff could plug someone into that role without a huge drop off.

This^ Quite sure she’s not really stressed by the injustice that he’s outplayed his contract. There’s certainly a motive there.

I’ve been a Josh Allen fan since late last season. I doubted the pick, but came around after watching him last season. I’m more hopeful for the future than I ever was with our other QB’s. However, I learned yesterday that some fans will always wear Bills goggles. You can’t say anything truthful about some players performances without absurd excuses. Everyone who isn’t a Bills fan saw Allen playing spastic football In the second half where he looked an ultra talented guy who was just learning how to play the game. We still have a bright future, but Allen has a lot to learn. It’s ridiculous to think otherwise. That lateral was one of the worst mental errors I’ve seen in the postseason.

This is spot on. Our coaching staff is amazing with everything outside of game day. Our team is so well coached that we are able to beat lesser opponents on a frequent basis. We have our problems completing with equal/better opponents when the game is decided during crucial moments on game day.

Definitely not, I hated it.

The reality is that no one “knows” anything. Allen might become great, and I root for him. I love the talent the guy has. I just worry that the stupid can’t be coached out of him. He’ll need to become great to overcome those mental errors.

Today’s NFL is all about stars. TBD doesn’t like hearing this, but we saw Watson carry his team to places Allen can’t at this time. I really like Allen, and think he’s in the top half of AFC QB’s, but he’s not there yet.

That too, Daboll ran some mysterious plays today. By the same token, at least get the ball out of bounds.

He did, but was lucky he got that opportunity. That doesn’t erase epically bad sacks on two consecutive downs, and his attempt at a lateral to Knox. You are correct, he atoned, but champion QB’s don’t make that many major mental errors in one game. I’m not saying he’s a bust, just saying we are a long way from having a championship contending QB.

I get that, but it’s a situational thing. Allen’s back to back sacks in the forth quarter can’t happen. He needs to know better. Those are situations where the ball has to get out of his hands at all costs. It shows he has a long way to go.

Agree with your take on the Allen called runs. Everyone agrees we didn’t do well blocking on thd QB sweep in OT. However, our called QB runs have not worked well all season. Blocking has been a consistent issue with those plays, and Allen has been much better scrambling. It’s on Daboll to realize that called Allen runs aren’t our bread and butter, so why call them in OT of a playoff game?

My issue is plenty of rookie QB’s don’t try to lateral the ball to Knox in that situation. Plays like that are ridiculous. That was such an extremely profound mistake, I’m not convinced experience changes it. I think he’s more of a Brett Favre type QB, who will always make really dumb plays. Guys like that need big time production that outweighs the mistakes to make it at this level.

There was much more wrong with this team today than just Allen. I’m not convinced many QB’s would have won facing those conditions today. However, Allen made some of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen a pro QB make today. I found that very concerning. At the same time we’re watching Watson breaking tackles, making something out of nothing to win the game. Our guy is taking terrible sacks, and trying to toss laterals while being tackled.

It’s more difficult imo, because I knew the Tyrod era was coming to end. I suddenly have lots of questions about Josh Allen.

Houston has playmakers on offense, outside of running back (Singletary), we don’t. That’s the difference. I’ve loved this season, and we had good defense, but you can’t rely on defense in 2019. At some point it comes down to your offense vs the opponent.

Now we get to see Watson highlights with Clemson. Back in the day when Allen was busy throwing picks at Wyoming.

Thank god for the refs bad calls. Now we can blame them instead of Daboll and Allen.

That’s just bad D