SirAndrew

Daboll tries too hard to be smart, and I think I post that every week during the game, but it’s growing tiresome.

Yeah, he’s failing to establish an identity. Gore is breaking off ten yard runs, then we go into a spread offense. Run the clock and put 7 on the board against a team you should beat easily.

Daboll has no direction as to what he wants this offense to be, that scares me. It should be coming together a little better at this point in the year.

Our offense is maddening. They show brief flashes of brilliance, followed by stagnant play. That falls on Allen and Daboll both being inconsistent.

Yeah, I didn’t really think about PS vs active roster. I still don’t see the point though, because under no circumstance do I ever want this guy to touch the football.

I don’t know what they see in this guy. I get it, he’s just filling a roster spot, but I’m not sure he can contribute anything positive. We got rid of Zay, the McBeane regime (which I do like) always seems to need at least one guy who’s capable of singlehandedly losing a game in limited action.

Look on the bright side, he could have said Bon Jovi.

Yeah, I’d be all about the division had we beaten the Pats. That’s why no one is counting on taking the division. The Pats could have an epic collapse and we take the division. Otherwise, we’re on the outside looking in. We failed our first chance to prove being a series division contender.

No sir, I just think Goodell is a terrible commissioner. The hypocrisy of his leadership is astounding across the board. It’s not realistic to talk about player safety when you see Gronk jumping on guys, and Jones going for Allen’s head with no punishment. There’s nothing “excellent” about playing dirty with protection from the league. Everything about Goodell’s leadership has been awful.

The targeting rule is a great idea, but the problem is the NFL does everything wrong. The league is a poorly officiated unjust mess with Roger and Kraft as commissioner. The NCAA manages to get rules right most of the time, while the NFL would mess it up. I can already imagine everyone getting ejected against the Pats, while the Pats players take guys heads off with no penalty. The only way the NFL improves player safety is by Goodell actually taking something seriously for once. This league won’t accomplish much progress until new leadership eventually takes over imo.

I’d say Allen is a crazy 7. You never know what you’ll get.

Exactly, neither team makes it to that Super Bowl without the ability to score points. This Bills team is playoff bound because of their elite defense. There aren’t many elite offenses/QB’s in the league, and we will be able to collect regular season wins against many lesser opponents. We will need our offense to get it together before the playoffs. It will be an early exit if this putrid offense doesn’t turn it around. I’m very much a realist about this team. We are playoff bound, and have an elite defense. There are tons of reasons to feel good about this team. However, we aren’t going deep in the playoffs without fixing this offense.

Cool observation, but I’m over the idea of losing to all those NFC EAST teams. The team I want to beat in 2019 is located in Foxboro.

Yeah, I agree with the posters who say the Pats will lose a few games this year. I believe that to be true, but who really expects them to go 16-0? Just because they lose a few doesn’t mean they aren’t contenders. I’m not going to celebrate because the Pats look “vulnerable”. What does that even mean? I would be celebrating if they had a terrible record, and the dynasty was clearly over. The Chiefs and Pats are the only real AFC contenders, with a few teams who have potential to contend on the outside.

I get that, I’m just saying that Belichick is still a defensive mastermind. Wentz, Prescott, and Jackson are all insanely overrated. It isn’t tough to imagine Belichick making them look bad.

Nah, Belichick will shut down QB’s like Prescott, Wentz, and Jackson. We also play those three QB’s this season, and I’m not afraid of any of them. Dallas scares me the most being a Thanksgiving Day game. All of those games are very winnable for a team with an elite defense. I’m not saying the Pats will win all those games, but the Texans, Ravens, Eagles, and Cowboys are all very winnable games. The Chiefs game will be the most interesting imo

Which one throws picks into triple coverage? Is that Jekyll or Hyde?

Exactly, Patriots are always the best team by default. It’s hard not to be the best when the refs are on your team.

Right, and when people say the Pats look “vulnerable”, are they referring to the offense? Nothing about their defense looks “vulnerable”. There are no complete teams with both offense and defense in the AFC. Only elite defense or elite offense, but no team has both. I’m taking the elite defense with Brady as the QB over any other situation in the AFC.

Yes, in the AFC. The NFC’s strength is irrelevant as far as the Pats chance to win a title imo. The Super Bowl is just one game, and anything can happen in a one game winner take all championship. It’s getting there that’s such a challenge, and not much stands in their way in the AFC.

Yep, but that doesn’t mean the Pats can’t be the best team in the conference. I actually think we’re close to being the best team in the conference behind the Chiefs and Pats, so that concept doesn’t change my opinion that the Pats are the team to beat.

I still think the Chiefs are the only potential challengers to the Pats (unless we get our offense together, so we can challenge them as well). The Ravens and Texans are much better than anyone they have played this season, but are also both overrated and not real contenders imo.

People have unreasonable expectations for the Pats. People were talking about how bad they looked in Washington last week. They won 33-7, with Brady passing for over 300 yards and three TD’s. How many teams would call that a bad week? Even against Washington. If they aren’t beating teams 50-0 with Brady throwing for over 300 yards every game, somehow they are declining. The reality is they are unbeaten, and winning games is the most important stat. Let’s give our team some credit too. Brady looked rotten against us, because the Bills have an elite defense.

Yeah, but it’s tough to say they’re not, because who is number one then? If that question can’t be answered, it means the Pats still have a strong case.

I get that, but unpredictability is the only area I actually see. I don’t think Daboll really has maximized the offense’s strengths, or masked deficiencies. He hasn’t called this offense consistent with the fact that we have an elite defense with a young QB. The run game and high percentage short passing games are crucial with an elite defense. I see too much of an emphasis on establishing the passing game at times when the running game needs to be used. Josh Allen is not ready to consistently take over games at this point in his career. Our offense needs to be a team effort, and sometimes it feels like our play calling is placing too much on Allen’s shoulders imo. Daboll began the season by having Allen throw on 17 consecutive plays against the Jets. That’s absolutely absurd for any team that doesn’t have Brees, Brady, or Mahomes. Eventually incorporating Singletary helped us crawl back into that game.