JohnNord

I don’t think he’s very good. He was terrible last year as a starter

Before the ***** hit the fan last week, Josh had been doing a really job of sliding or avoiding the big hit. Pretty sure he won’t end up the same way as Cam. Also, Cam is straight up trash and there’s a reason he’s still available in Week 10

I like Zimmer’s hustle. This year it doesn’t seem like he’s making the big plays he had in 2020

I thought this was a good breakdown of his performance. It left me coming away with the need for Allen to balance opportunities to find “hidden yardage” as well as making the big play. There’s no doubt that Allen missed some opportunities to move the chains. Though if he took the advice Warner gave him on every one of those plays, he be resigned to Captain Checkdown 2.0. That’s not what we want out of Josh. But at the same time, when coverage and situation dictates it, he does need to take those short throws.

He is terrible

Running game and also Josh needs to check the ball down to move the sticks.

LOL the great Thad Lewis. You don’t really see any kids named “Thad” anymore

It’s all about gimmicks now.

I loved the string of videos of he sending out on his TL. My takeaway was that the entire offense needs to work around the very bad OL. This means quicker developing routes and that Josh needs to focus on getting the ball out quick and in a position for YAC. This seemed to be lacking last week. Of course, a running game would help a little..but that’s not happening. These checkdowns have never been part of Josh’s game. In fact, some argued that he struggled with touch on short passes. But to beat Tampa 2, this is something’s he’s going to need to work on.

It’s easy to point a finger at Johnson given how bad the Bills offensive line is season but I don’t think it’s fair to use Teller and Spain as marks against him. To be fair, Johnson did a good job season as the line played fairly well despite losing Morse and Feliciano at times. He also did a fantastic job resurrecting the career of Daryl Williams who was a flier FA. Overall the line did a good job in pass protection and was average in the run game, though could be effective at times. In 2021, the entire line has regressed with the exception of Morse who has been the most consistent lineman. Dawkins and Williams have not played well, which has been surprising. Where I think you can blame Johnson is the lack of development players like Boettger and Ford. They have been awful. But you have to give Johnson credit for getting Spencer Brown ready to play at RT. Overall it’s a mixed bag for Johnson’s tenure as OL Coach. I’m not so certain that he’s the problem

The difference is that when Williams was in the game the Bills OL was kicking the crap out of the Miami defensive line. He probably won’t see a matchup like that any time soon. When an RB is first hit right at the lingo scrimmage, there’s not much more they can do.

So crazy…. I feel the same exact way

The teams that Allen beat last year at this point in the year weren’t that impressive either. Correct..what’s “off” is an offensive line that has played horrible over the past two weeks. When your OL get manhandled and you have zero running game to turn to, numbers really aren’t so great. What has been missing for most games this season has been the big play. But that’s based on the coverages that Josh is getting. Teams have grown to respect him as a passer and so far this season, Tampa 2 has been an effective way to slow down big plays in Buffalo and KC. So I think the issue is the entire offense as well as Josh having to adjust to beating Cover 2 as well as compensating for an OL isn’t very good

People need to get over this… you win some, you lose some. A 5th round draft pick rarely turns out to be this successful.

To be fair, there really aren’t any back that can carry the ball 30 times a game. Maybe Derrick Henry… but now most teams have 2 backs

I agree and think the draft picks were moves for 2022. Beane was hoping to get by this season with Feliciano and Williams. He can get out of the deals this off-season if they want

This is an excellent point. If you fault can fault Beane for anything this off-season, it should be the offensive line. I think they overvalued what they had in Feliciano and Ford. I’m sure they didn’t expect a down year from Dawkins and Williams. I think they took a gamble that the line could play good enough again this year. Unfortunately it hasn’t worked

Do you honestly think changing running backs is going to make any difference when it’s been well established that our backs have INCHES when it comes to YAC? Many straws has been grasped here over the past 24 hours

Don’t pretend you wouldn’t want to work for such great leaders!

No that was John Fina

Of course, if they play every week like yesterday he won’t last long. You could say the same thing any time a team gets blow out. Pretty sure that won’t happen though. To use a one game sample size as an indication to McDermott’s future seems pretty futile. Then again, that’s the whole theme of this forum

Many people in this forum feel a different running back would solve all the problem in the run game. I’m of the belief that the problem lies within the OL. Very few running backs are going to be as successful getting hit behind the LOS

You do realize that McDermott still has 4 years on his contract right? He also has a boatload of goodwill and power around OBD after turning a loser of a franchise into a top team. You can hope all you want but the reality is - he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. One bad season, isn’t going to change that

It’s a bit dramatic but I get what you are saying. The Bills need a strong bounce game and will need to start stacking wins. Each remaining divisional games is the season

Right which is why Buffalo is in the lower-middle of the pack when it comes to redzone TD percentage. I tend to think Josh needs more time to pass