Old Coot

I remember when Rich Stadium was the new stadium.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

You are just jealous of WNY weather. Buffalo is where winter goes for the summer.

When you are hyped up and mad, you don't think too much. You just do it.

Website dedicated to Bills' injuries: https://bangedupbills.com/

Lofton was a master of the jersey tug -- tugging the CBs jersey to throw him off balance.

Thanks for this. It confirms what I thought -- most of the sacks were coverage sacks. As an aside, Dawkins looks good on most of the sacks shown. He's beaten on 2 sacks but the rest he holds up pretty well. Not much Brady can do against a talented Texan back 4 especially when injuries have put a bunch of 2d stringers at WR. Brady's use of mesh is what you are supposed to do against man coverage. None of this is to say that Bready is great but you must consider what he has to work with. Interesting, the Chiefs a few years back had a weak WR corps yet succeeded despite that. maybe Brady should look at how the Chiefs did it.

Thanks for this. Do you have a url for the Bills Squad site?

Is it fair to say that most of Josh's 2d half sacks were coverage sacks or was it poor performance by the O line?

He's lucky to still have a head with all those sacks and pressures. Seriously, even the most veteran QB can get rattled when he's constantly being hit.

This isn't to defent the performance of Dawkins but on this play he has no chance of stopping his man when Josh moves up in the pocket. Dawkins is on his man all the way back but when Josh moves up, Dawkins doesn't know it and that movement gives Dawkins' man inside leverage to Josh. There's nothing Dawkins can do at that point so he stops. Again, I'm not defending Dawkins' overall performance, just that this play does not illustrate Dawkins giving up on the block. On an unrelated note, for someone at the game, were many of the sacks coverage sacks?

Brady sometimes forgets to shave with Occam's razor: on 4th and short, the simpliest play is the best.

This is one messed up executed play. First, the crosser wipes out Knox's defender allowing Knox to be wide open. Second, Josh has a tendency to lock onto the receiver he's going to throw to. Here he locks onto # 5 (Palmer) waiting for him to clear the deep safety. That's why he's cocked before anyone is in his face but doesn't deliver until he's pressured resulting in an underthrown ball off his backfoot. Third, Palmer hesitates at the end of his route seemingly settling into a gap in the zone instead of continuing across the field. This results in him not being where Josh thinks he'll be when he releases the ball. This play is illustrative of what I see from this year's Bills team -- failure to execute. That's not the only problem (injuries, etc.) but it's a major one. Thoughts?

Your might be a bad fan but still have good football IQ. Both can be true at the same time.

By head case I meant that he apparently couldn't digest the complexities of playing CB in McD's defense, not that he caused problems like Coleman.