Generic_Bills_Fan

Haha I have said that same thing in like 4 threads so far 🤣 yes we definitely are desensitized to magical Josh allen absolute missles thrown on the run while being chased by 4 dlinemen...its incredible what this guy has been able to do with a pretty poor offensive line this season. This was a vintage Josh putting the team on his back game we just came up literally inches short

I don't really understand 'indecisive' criticisms...there were some plays where a receiver was going to be open deep and he just ran out of time but I wouldn't say that's indecisive. Also 'pump fakes' often happen because defenders hands are in the passing lanes and you just don't see that from a broadcast angle. Josh was fantastic in this game I think people are just becoming desensitized to these ridiculous throws hes making on the run and under duress just because receivers look 'open' yea of course tanehill got the ball out quick haha our linebackers were completely out of position on every play action fake and pretty much every receiver on the field was wide open.

Well said as always...I will quasi defend that throw into 'double coverage' though as sanders had one or two steps on both defenders it was just a badly thrown ball. Maybe not the moment for a shot like that though.

There is a debate in how the call was changed without an official review but I def agree they ended up with the right call. If that was ruled a first down and went to an official review though like I would assume is the normal process I think it probably stands

I'm not talking about screens that's a pass rush beater anyway. It's just comical how far from one dimensional our offense is I wish y'all could talk to the defensive coordinators game planning against us lol just having thr discipline to prevent josh from scrambling is an absolute nightmare...we hammered kc early with designed qb runs not passes then they had no answers...MacKenzie is a headache then you've got diggs and beasley and sanders to worry about not to mention Knox coming on strong. It's borderline indefensible trying to double diggs and cover all these other guys teams are probably thrilled when we hand the ball off even if it goes for 4 or 5 yards. I think we're a better offense than kc honestly...they lean so heavily on tyreek hill that mahomes seems to slip up when he's out of the equation...we have plenty of weapons beyond diggs

Exactly....the Titans and browns are really the last old school ground and pound to set up play action type teams left and I guess we'll see how they do but there is no sense forcing that into your offense when you have so many strengths in other areas. Like think about Henry tonight...one of the best to ever do it right...you still gotta feed him tons of carries to break big runs. he had a great night and still got stuffed at the line plenty of times. And all those touches are less touches for the strength of your team against a weak pass defense.

That's exactly where I was going with that just with a different spin...air Allen gives the bills their best chance to win and he is masking the deficiencies in the roster which is exactly what you need your star player to do. Every roster is gonna have holes...our weakness is we have guys that should in theory be decent pass blockers and struggle against the run. Nearly every team in the league is complaining about their offensive line right now there just isn't elite talent at those positions coming out of college anymore because the college game is so different. We are gonna go down this road where we force carries with our rbs all in the name of balance for what? There are plenty of ways you can threaten the defense in a similar way to a rb carry without handing the ball off to a rb. I am just shocked that the takeaway from a game where the offense was likely a qb slipping/ a different official spotting a ball away from scoring 38 points and that teams defense gave up 6 consecutive scores and we are complaining about the offense lol

Lol its the offensive linemen...run blocking is not their strength. Singletary/moss had some impressive carries tonight despite having zero holes to speak of. The salary cap is reduced this season and offensive line talent across the league is diminishing...your team is always going to have weaknesses no matter who you are. The fact that we have people screaming to run the ball with a running back when you have an absolute freak at qb and you can do run-like quick underneath passes to someone like MacKenzie blows my mind it's like y'all want to lose lol

The 'hero ball' critique and the defense getting absolutely demolished seem to suspiciously always happen in the same game lol so called hero ball is the only reason our offense is doing anything in games where our oline gets beat up that bad..honestly if you forced me to criticize the play calling I think we ran too much today and set up too many 3rd and medium ish situations...I think this 'you need to be able to run the ball with a running back to compete' is a complete oversimplification...Tennessee is about the best you can get with offensive balance and I will eat crow if I'm wrong but wake me when they win the super bowl. In fact, we watched the outrageously balanced SF offense lose to a mahomes led offense in a super bowl. Today was more about the defense not matching up well than anything else

I mean it's also pretty important to fill running lanes too against a team like TEN...if you're going all out rushing the passer you could leave yourself exposed to some pretty big runs. That buys tannehill some extra time

That's kind of the game with a qb sneak though...they are very effective unless you get everyone around the line of scrimmage...it really didn't look like the titans even sold out on the sneak to me our guys just got whooped outrageously bad...the offensive line started winning late in the game too looked like the titans dline was starting to get gassed...so I'm pretty surprised how monumentally bad that sneak went

Honestly formation alone I thought we had a win there. Our oline just got absolutely embarrassed.

I totally get what you're saying but we don't give him enough credit when he holds the ball and hits on a huge game changing play imo...we wouldve gotten bounced first round of the playoffs if it weren't for plays exactly like that one. Being able to take the top off the defense is huge for opening up other stuff much like Henry running the ball sets up play action passes

It's really pretty amazing how bad he blew it on that play...in a negative way of course loll like that's almost 'I bet my life savings on the titans so im throwing the game' level bad

They have analytics guys crunching the numbers on stuff like this...an allen sneak was undoubtedly the highest percentage play there. Throwing the ball in a short yardage situation like that opens you up to maybe the receiver drops the ball maybe the pass gets batted etc ....just didn't work out and obviously everyone is free to criticize

Passing the ball in that situation wouldve absolutely terrified me...so much can go wrong not to mention they don't want to end a game with a tossup type PI so they let the defense get away with some stuff

KCs line in the super bowl was much worse than what ours has been this season...mostly due to their lack of depth and injuries. Their game plan in that game seemed to completely ignore that fact too which still blows my mind to this day

I mean he's coaching to win the game lol I don't understand this take. What Tennessee does is not exactly rocket science either it's a very physical brand of football where they punish you with the run to the point where linebackers just instinctively bite on play action thinking its a run and receivers are wide open. His guys were not executing and he did what he thought gave his team the best chance to win that's his job.

Hasn't Tampa been pretty suspect against the pass and elite against the run this season? That's what it seems like from seeing a few of their games but I dont know the stats offhand

You are literally proving his point that he should've gone for the win on offense though when you were originally using that as evidence of why he shouldn't lol thats why I'm confused...if you want to say the defense wasn't prepared thats fair but that's not what the original comment was about

Yep I think he is lol the defense got absolutely whooped and would have proceeded to get whooped in OT...granted maybe we win the coin toss and march down and score a td

I'm not saying it's not his 'fault' the defense didn't play well...each drive is not a new drive...his guys could not account for the PA at all and they will entirely put the loss on themselves No one is more thrilled the bills offense went for the win than the bills defense

Exactly...im glad other people are saying this. Credit to McDermott for not blowing his stack in the press conference. I think it was probably the 'right' call but if it had followed the official on the fields call gets reviewed upstairs process I dont think it would've been clear enough to overturn the first down ruling. Something hokey happened where they changed the call on the field

Was he wrong to have no confidence in the defense? Lol I think you can definitely make a case for either decision but going for it with your offense is not the 'weak' decision imo I think in his press conference he was absolutely f***** livid that joshs scramble the play before the 4th down got ruled a first down by the refs then 'changed' without an official review and didn't want to lose his mind

I think both sides could make a good case...it really comes down to what wouldve happened with the coin flip in OT which is a risk I'm sure coaches try to avoid when they can. I think OT wouldve favored the titans as we weren't great in the red zone and they were