Virgil

Family weekend in Buffalo and didn't bring the laptop, hence the late posting. Was happy to see the game in person and really see the entire field. Some guys really shined, others....not so much 1 - Daboll - I'm not going to get this out of the way now. This guy is a nightmare to me. No, I don't know the read progressions or other nuances of what's supposed to happen, but there were so many things obvious from the stands about why he is setting up this team to fail. First off, they ran the same play with zero success at least 3 times where Allen rolls out to his right with dump off passes in front of him and the TE drags across the field. It was covered every single time. Then, after the refs messed up a quick snap play, they run a throw-away play on 3rd and long. On that same drive, we used two time outs because we couldn't figure out what we were doing. On one of the timeouts, DiMarco was lined up at WR. Are you kidding me?! I also can't understand the QB keeper on 3rd and long. You take away the turnovers that setup field goals and our TD that was a broken play, I don't know what our offense was doing today. However, he does get credit for calling the game winning drive. For those who want to talk about talent, let me remind you of Gailey. We were fantastic on offense for a while there with Stevie, Nelson, Jones, Freddy, and Fitz. You telling me that those guys were better than what we have now? It's not talent. There's much bigger problems here. 2 - Milano - This kid impresses me more every game. He's turning into one of our best defensive players. Watching him in real time fly to the ball, hack at the ball, and just make tackles was beyond fun. Don't get me wrong, the whole defense was moving well and Edmunds is improving weekly, but Milano is turning into a force. I love watching him play and hope to see him continue his progression. He plays very aggressive, as does the defense forcing the turnovers we had. I'm loving seeing it all come together. 3 - Phillips - I'm sorry, where the hell did this guy come from? This dude was in the backfield quite a bit and then running all over the field to get the fan hyped up. I don't know what they showed on TV, but he was running behind the qb after plays jumping up and down trying to get the fans into it. It was fantastic. Great pickup this past week and great to see him integrate so quickly. His teammates loved it. 4 - I don't tip, I don't believe in it. She don't make enough money she can quit. I don't tip because society says I have to, I'll tip if someone really puts forth the effort. Tipping automatically is for the birds....She only filled my coffee cup 3 times, I want it filled 6 times. 5 - Allen - If I showed you Allen's stat line at the end of last season, most of us would think that Tyrod was still our starter. Allen was off today. He had a lot of low throws and missed a critical 3rd down throw to a surprisingly open Benjamin. The game plan was to run the ball, but to not break 100 yards is scary at home. You can't blame the pressure today as Allen had more than enough time most of the game. Yes, we are 2-2 with him starting. A BIG shout out to the fact that he led the game winning drive. But honestly, I don't know what I'm seeing from him to make me believe that he can be the guy. It's not just the talent around him. It's not just Daboll. Truth is, I don't know what it is. Probably a little of everything. But right now, I'm not feeling much better about Allen than I did when he started game 2. 6 - Wide Receivers - On the flea flicker to start the game, it was Kelvin and Zay running deep. Both were blanket covered and I was proud Allen for just throwing it away. It's been talked about on here since the game, but Kelvin should not be the guy going deep. It looked like he jogged downfield. There were some plays that he got open, but overall, these guys get zero separation. I still refuse to believe that these guys don't care or forgot how to play. They get open just fine on crossing routes, but I think Daboll's route tree is so uninspired that defenses are sitting all over it. 7 - Running game/Offensive Line - This was easily the best week for our offensive line and rushing attack. Allen had time to throw and we got a majority of our 3rd and short rushing yards. There were solid holes and Shady looked quick as ever. Ivory was a perfect change of pace back who bruised the defense. If not for these two factors, I don't think we are winning this game. 8 - Defensive Tackling - Yes, we held them to 12 points and yes we won. However, I'm starting to get concerned with our defensive tackling. Both on Special Teams and plays in the backfield, we are letting guys break free for big gains for what should be losses. I'm not talking about Hughes letting go of Mariota, as that's a whole other embarassment by the league. I've overall worried about how this is going to bite us when we are in a close battle against a better team. I think it will haunt us. 9 - Clay - Where has Clay been all season? He had his one catch over the middle that made me remember the games he had last year. He's healthy and a mismatch. Why are we not using him more? Daboll? It's pathetic the waste of talent we have there. 10 - Bojorquez - Not be old school, but aren't kickers supposed to be seen and not heard? We are 5 games into the season and he's cost us points now twice. His misunderstanding of us doing a fake FG cost us again. Also, his punts do not get enough hang time to allow our defense to get downfield to cover. I'm not feeling the love with this kid, regardless of the stats. He does pin some guys in the 20, but he also hurts us more than a punter should be able too. I'm sorry if these thoughts feel off. I feel off about the team. The defense is coming together, but getting wasted by the offense. We beat a team that now has two games where they didn't score a touchdown. Is that a win for us or a loss for them? Clay, Shady, were weapons last year that we can't seem to fully utilize. Other teams do so much more on offense with less. When does that change here? Are we going to have to fire Daboll and start from scratch again next season? Will Beane even know how to hire an offensive guy as the good ones are getting the HC jobs now. We need to figure out something on offense. Go Bills!

They sent Zay deep on the play too. Both had zero separation. You could tell Josh didn’t even want to throw it

Actually up in Buffalo sans laptop for the weekend. Probably going to knock it out tonight. I tried to do it from my phone, but that was a nightmare.

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Yeah, not even close. Not saying it to be a dick, but that’s not how that goes at all. They modernized the movie, which I believe took them in the pop direction for her. It seemed weird to have her so that from how she started, but that’s all

She was good. I think they tried to make her a little too Streisand at times. By the end, her character is a little Gaga too. I actually had a harder time with Cooper as a musician. The camera usually didn’t show him actually playing anything and his voice was okay

Just got back from "A Star is Born." Makes me curious to see the original. Overall really good, but not sure how I feel about the ending.

I think everyone knew who they wanted.

I’ll be honest, that’s not totally crazy

I feel like this is an area where he trusts the process a little too much. Also, he knows defense and knew how to jump in Frazier’s face when it wasn’t doing well. He may not know how to with the offense

If I can get 3rds for either, I take it. If not, ride it out.

Big spoon!

You’re right, he didn’t get it out in under 3 seconds the whole game but he did it enough to where we had to adjust our scheme and slow down the rush.

We ran a wide front that play and Rodgers on escapes because Hughes was held like crazy. Right in front of the white hat no less

I think you can have talent overall, but not the talent to run certain schemes.

For those upset with pass protection, why isn’t Daboll adjusting with quick passes like the Packers did to us? PFF has a few of our guys ranked high in pass protection. I just can’t throw them under the bus entirely

And if you think we are on the same level as the Falcons because of record, I’d be happy to place whatever wager you’d like as to which team will end up with a better record.

Watch the first few drives, no one could get in there fast enough. As the game went on, we relented so they adapted as well.

Kid has more offensive production than our entire team this season

It’s been a while since we’ve had this conversation again. Good times

Sorry for the lateness, but I've been sick all day which has caused me to be in and out of sleep. I also wanted to sit on my thoughts for a bit and enjoy the other games. 1 - Overall Defense - I think most teams would take giving up 22 points at Green Bay. In a week where some guys showed up and others didn't, the defense looks to have kept up with their recent improvements and still showing what we hoped for in the offseason. We didn't get the pressure we did last week, but you could tell the Packers were prepared for us. Rodgers got the ball out very quickly and kept us off balance. There were some holding calls missed that would have forced more punts. Rodgers made some comments about how poorly they played on offense, but I credit the overall play of the defense. There were definitely some missed opportunities with two easy dropped INTs. They gave us a chance to win and was proud that they didn't give up when they showed no signs of getting any support from the offense 2 - Defensive Tackling - If there were one thing to call out negatively about the defense, it was the amount of missed 1 on 1 tackles. There were numerous stops in the backfield or short or first downs where the Packer found a way to break free and get extra yardage. It was noticeable throughout the game and could have gotten the ball back for us sooner quite a few times. Not that we would have done anything with it. 3 - Defensive Line - I'm seeing the threads pop up about Star being a bust again and pressure, but again, Rodgers was holding the ball for less than 2 seconds. The line was solid and didn't start giving up chunk runs until they were gassed from being on the field all game. Rodgers still took some shots and guys were hit in the backfield. Again, the line was solid. 4 - Out of order. I'll show YOU "out of order"! You don't know what "out of order" is, Mr. Trask. I'd show you, but I'm too old, I'm too tired, I'm too !@#$ing blind. If I were the man I was five years ago, I'd take a flamethrower to this place! 5 - Allen - Well, I'm back off the Allen train this week. To be clear, this offensive failure was a team effort, but I can't say that I saw anything hopeful from Allen. His Int's were all on him. He carried the ball recklessly. I have absolutely no idea where he was throwing the ball on the first few drives as they sailed out of bounds. If that was him throwing the ball away, then he was bailing on plays very quickly. Yes, he had limited time on more than a few occasions. But with rookies, you look for throws or plays to build on going forward and I didn't see them today. If he wasn't a top 10 pick and deemed our future savior by some, or even TT in a 17 jersey, the pitchforks would be out. Again, this is a one game review, but I'm not seeing anything from today that puts him ahead of any of the other rookies so far. He didn't break 100 yards passing until garbage time. 6 - Runningbacks - Am I crazy for thinking that Ivory should be starting and McCoy should be out there on 3rd or in multi-back formations? Ivory hits the holes quicker and harder. He picked up nice chunks of yards to the point where we should have kept at it with him. I like Shady and it's nothing against him, but our offensive line and supporting cast seems to point to Ivory being the better fit right now. 7 - Offensive Talent - I'm getting sick of people saying how we don't have talent on our offense as a justification for why we suck. These are NFL players getting paid millions of dollars who are the best of a NCAA program that fields thousands of players. These are elite athletes and I refuse to believe that they just forget how to play or we are always going up against elite defenses. Case and point, go look at the box score for the 49ers today. Besides Pierre Garcon, tell me how many names you recognize on offense and look at what they did against the Chargers. Talent may not be amazing here, but it's better than that. We have much bigger problems. 8 - Daboll - Hello bigger problem. First off, never run a heavy set again. We can't execute it. Second, either our complete lack of offensive cohesion is Allen's fault of Daboll's. Since Allen is the rookie, it's Daboll's responsibility to create a simpler offense, quick reads, and releases. Our offense was putrid today. When you look back to last week and the entire season, I don' t even know why we have WR's on the roster. We have no rhythm nor do we inspire any hope of scoring. Daboll was my biggest head scratching decision this offseason and a quarter into the season, I'm still not seeing it. We've score a total of 23 points in 14 quarters of play this season. He has no history of producing a productive offense while other coaches are doing more with less. 9 - McDermott - I almost didn't list McDermott because I had no problems with him this week. It's hard to jump on him for the offense when I know it's not his background. As the head coach though, he needs to figure it out. The defense did as much as I would expect of them, but he sees what we all see on offense. I'm not sure what he does at this point besides get more involved or bring someone else in to consult, but something needs to happen. 10 - Losing, and then Losing - People are talking about being happy that we aren't 0-4. I personally wouldn't care if we were 0-4 if we were seeing progress. We've seen our defense perform to expectations since halftime against the Chargers and we've seen one half of decent offense. Other than that, we are getting absolutely blown out. We've only had a chance in 1 out of 4 games. If we were competitive or losing while learning, that would be something, but I'm not seeing any of that. The worst part is, we don't really know what the issue is. I think it's 65% Daboll, 20% Allen, 15% Talent at this point. But who knows. On to the Titans next week for a game that I'm not very optimistic about anymore as they just beat two Super Bowl contenders. I'd say I'm looking forward to another week in the Allen progression show, but who knows. I'll be there in person with the family, so the thoughts might be late again. Go Bills!

Getting beat and looking like you don’t have a clue on offense are a completely differently thing. This offense has shown no signs of hope for 3 out of 4 games

If Allen played like this for the rest of the season, start a thread then.

Does the mighty taco jingle count?

At this point, he can’t be worse than Benjamin. I’d almost question if he’s faster.