Virgil

The dyslexia is strong with this one

As a pastor in the house of Tyrod, I find this thread blasphemous

That betting line is embarrassing. Rebuild or not, that’s pathetic

I challenge why they weren’t playing that way from the beginning. I think there’s some evidence out there of this team turning it on and off at times, if not whole games. We looked rough against the Ravens and our 3 blow out wins last season. Definitely not a team playing with high intensity.

Both

Again, I’m not bringing in the jury. I’m evaluating one game

This is the reason people don’t critique things. It’s one game. Hell, it even says it’s thoughts about the one game in the title. And if you read the whole thing, you’ll see the additional context. No one, including myself, said anything about HOF qbs or that he is expected to be one right now

Tough call. Marrone was handed a much better team.

I’m not saying they don’t. His misses were the kind that made me weary of drafting him. We can agree to disagree on this.

Has anyone really run up the middle on us? Right now I’d challenge our OLB’s and edge support

We were 15 and we missed a lot of open throws. A lot. Two of the FG drives could have ended in TD’s with some more accurate throws. So yes, an average QB could have possibly won us this game. I believe that. I expect to lose some games while Allen learns, but I think it’s fair to give context when looking at the entire game.

Week 2 in the books and Allen has started his first game at the Ralph. This game was a tale of two halves with a lot of interesting developments and glimpses of the season to come. I'm probably going to be a little harsh compared to what I'm seeing on the board and hearing on the radio, but I'm just not ready to drink the kool-aid yet. With that being said.... 1 - Offensive Line - I stood up for them last week against the pass rush but can't do that today. Mills was horrible in protection and Allen was either pressured or knocked down on over 75% of his drop backs in the first half. The rushing attack was non-existent to start the game and then hard to evaluate as we had to go pass happy early, although I can't think of a reason as to why it would improve. Mills also had a unnecessary hold to bring back a nice Shady run. I don't know what the PFF rankings will show, but this line is possibly the worst in the NFL through two weeks 2 - Benjamin - Another week from this guy where he doesn't look back for the ball or seem to really have any heart out there. He looks slow and takes himself out of plays. He looks nothing like a guy trying to earn a new contract or a establish himself as a number one. I think Benjamin could be one of the biggest hits to the team this season as he's going to just add to the narrative that WR's can perform here, even though he's just as much to blame. 3 - Special Teams - I'm sorry, but I'm still not seeing what the rush to get Colton out of here. The new guy pooched two punts and hasn't really shown an amazing leg or accuracy. Both teams went 3 and out to start the game, but the punts allowed the Chargers to pick up 20+ yards in field position. The touchback with 3 Bills players standing around the ball was embarrassing and we got really lucky on the muffed punt called a touchback. 4 - The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special 5 - Defensive Line - I have a lot of thoughts about the overall defense and it all won't fit into this one point. Of everything that changed the most from the first to second half, it's the play of the defensive line. After halftime, when McDermott took over play calling, the defensive line was absolutely exploding off the ball. They were blowing up the line of scrimmage and getting pressure without sending any additional help. On the first 3 drives for the Chargers, they gained 9 total yards. This was the defensive line performance I've been waiting for all off-season. 6 - Overall Defense - Vontae Davis retired at halftime. That should sum up how we played in the first half. I'll give credit to the play calling for finally blitzing, but Rivers countered every play perfectly. I can't say the defense got embarrassed in the second drive as much as Rivers and Williams just made great plays. After that, they were embarrassed. This defense that we spent money on, drafted for, and overall put together in McDermott's image gave up 4 straight TD's after an initial 3 and out. There's absolutely no excuse for that kind of performance and it appears McDermott agreed, via taking over the play calling. 7 - Player Motivation - He's my "Get off my lawn" point. It infuriated me when I found out that McDermott took over play calling duties in the second half and that's most likely what caused the second half spark. They didn't send out different formations or blitz more. In fact, they appeared to Blitz left. They needed a halftime kick in the butt and someone else yelling into the headset. I'm sorry, I know they are all human beings, but they are also paid millions of dollars to show up for the game. The fact that they came out flat for the season opener and the first half of this game royally pisses me off. 8 - Allen - Here's where I anger some people. I'll admit that I wasn't on board with Allen being drafted at all. He was my 4th favorite QB and I was pissed when we traded up. Accuracy to me is one of the hardest traits to teach. However, I'm a Bills fan and I want to see us succeed. Once draft night passed, he was my QB. I am get excited when he comes on the field and am impressed with his physical tools. With that being said, I think an average QB wins this game for us. He missed a lot of throws and put the ball in places that completely eliminated the option of a run after catch. He had some throws that were on the mark, yes. But he also completely missed some guys by more than a few yards and his INT's were poor decisions. Even his deep ball the Zay could have been a TD. I'm not an All-22 review guy because they really don't compensate for pressure and other factors, so I'm not looking at that. Overall, I can see where has potential, but if you look at his first few games vs other rookie qb's these past few seasons, I don't think you can say Allen's debut ranks even in the top 5. I get our lack of offensive line talent and WR's as well as our Offensive play calling, but I can't say I'm confident he'll get there yet. We are only talking 6 quarters of play so far and I'm happy to be wrong, but it's all we have to go on so far. 9 - Daboll - There isn't any one specific issue with the offense, but there's something missing that I've seen in almost every other NFL game. Flow. There seems to be no rhythm or flow to our offense. It feels like we are playing street ball on so many drives or we are just running it right into the defense. Rookie QB, bad line, weak WR's, whatever. I have no idea what the identity of our offense is and don't feel any closer to getting there through two games. Like point 8, I wasn't a fan of Daboll being hired either as his history shows no promotable performance. Again, happy to be wrong 10 - McDermott - This was probably the best post game presser I've heard from him. He made his comments about checking the tape, but he made it pretty clear how he felt about Davis and didn't shy away from many of the questions. I'm overall concerned about where the team is overall with him. His defense should be better at this point and his job is to get these players every week, so then coming out flat is on him. I think this was a winnable game and we saw a lot more from the team than last week, so improvement is good. Overall, I'm curious to see what changes evolve from the coaching these upcoming weeks and hope McDermott makes the right calls. Even though they are the enemy, I miss seeing some of the creative rushing schemes Anthony Lynn dialed up. It's also hard to see what Mahomes did for the Chiefs today, even thought I didn't want him either and he has a much better supporting cast. I find myself enjoying the NFL more this year with my expectations of the Bills being so low. Honestly, I haven't gotten irrationally angry once so far. That's different for me. 0-4 looks more probably than possible at this point, but today was a good sign. Go Bills!

We’re about to find out

With the depth expected on both lines this draft, I really hope we’d trade back. I’d gladly take 3 solid starters over a Bosa

Josh Allen on a scramble

The results of this thread will shock you

Charger 27 Bills 10

Outside of a player revolt, both jobs are safe through next year and will remain safe after that if we show improvement. Anyone saying otherwise has no idea what’s going on.

The only quick passes they did were to Faulk or whoever their KR burner was. Bruce and Holt ran deep or deep crossing routes. Hence why the cover 2 neutralized it, the safeties didn’t allow the deep underneath route. I would be curious to look up the average pass distance in the air to WR

Pace was a big factor and Faulk was a stud. I remember fantasy football during those years and you’d see Warner, Faulk, and Bruce possibly go 1, 2, 3. I always think about what kids are bred for these days. I think more kids want to go lay defense or offensive weapons. Offensive line prospects seem to have declined a lot in recent years. Teams rely on chip blocks and quick passes to offset pressure vs holding down the fort. I remever sending 7 or 8 against 5 and those lines could hold their own

Yeah, offensive line quality was a thought for me as well. I’d have to look at Warner and Greens average release time

Every few years we see a trend in offensive and defensive styles. Sometimes we see things that revolutionize the NFL. The Patriots did it a few years ago with their screen heavy offense and the Rams blew the league up with the greatest show on turf. Unless I’m wrong, it wasn’t until the Pats busted out the Tampa Cover 2 did that offense get neutralized and slowly fade out. As I’m watching more and more of these current elite defenses, I’m seeing way more single safeties deep. Sometimes more drop back into coverage, but you don’t get the same deep coverage back peddling as you do keeping the play in front of you. With that being said, I wonder if we start to see teams go back to a stretch the field offense like the Rams ran. I’m sure there’s a ton of things wrong with what I just said, but whatever

Screens and deep balls. If we don’t take at least 5 shots in the game to keep the defense honest, we are hosing ourselves

He’s should stop looking so hard directly at the sun

So, if at the end of the season, he’s thrown more int’s that TD’s, looks lost and is missing reads, and there’s a guy who looks like Luck, you wouldn’t consider it. Yes, it’s a dumb question based off what we know right now. I’m looking at it from the end of the season and Allen bombs. I don’t think that’s the case, but I’ll entertain the hypothetical