Bob in STL

While Poyer did want to renegotiate, even though he is not up for it, the Bills did make a move to improve his incentive clauses. Poyer chose to ride in a car for 17 hours to play against KC when he could have stay home injured. Not the sign of a malcontent. You basically made up everything else - like Diggs' contract, Araiza, Beasley ... all conjecture on your part. You have nothing to support these claims. The only thing that might be realis Daboll and McD maybe not on the same page, but even that is conjecture since Daboll's ultimate goal was to be a HC. Sorry, you are grasping with no facts, you are just throwing things out there. This is why a "journalist" like John Warrow, should either report the whole truth, or nothing at all.

Poyer being unhappy - Poyer was given incentive bonuses because he could not be restructured again. Football is a business. Diggs being unhappy. - Complete fabrication by you. behind the scenes with Zach Moss - He did not perform or fit in with the future plan. Football is a business. Araiza - I doubt anybody on the teams even thinks of a 6th round rookie punter that spent about one month of the summer in camp the teams handling of Beasley - Beasley was a very good player that has reached the end of his playing career. dabol vs. McD - his players were happy to see Daboll get promoted and do well. Allen lobbied for Dorsey. Nothing to see here.

Good point by @Big Turk

You cannot run it one or two times and then give up on it like we did in the 2nd half. We especially fail to run inside the red zone and we put everything on Allen all the time. It is ridiculous. Minnesota had just one great run, an 81 yard TD run. It came immediately after we took a 17 point lead. That play gave them a running game. Without that play Cook was 38 yards for 13 carries. Motor earned more carries but in the 2nd half he didn't get them. Why we needed to dress 5 RBs is quite bizzare.

He just did.

Not really. The initial play was already well covered, and the initial pass patterns were completed. Allen bought more time by getting out of the pocket rolling right, at this point the receivers are scrambling to get open so you cannot blame Davis for the route he runs, it is now street football. There were at least 3 Vikings there near Davis when Allen threw it. Peterson said after the game that he was free to sit on Allen and watch him after he escaped the pocket. Peterson also said Allen tries to fit the ball into tight windows rather than "take what was given". What was given was #26 all alone just past the line of scrimmage. The smart and safe play was to throw it to #26, get more yards and live for another down. Instead, Allen forced another bad pass, and the savvy veteran picked it. This is not on Davis, or the OL, or anyone else.

No doubt his receivers make mistakes, the OL misses' assignments, and the running game is not reliable. Add in that our defense is decimated with injuries, especially the entire backfield. The perception that Allen must carry the team and make all the big plays is the problem. I don't know if Allen puts it all on himself or not, but this is a team game. I just wonder what the OC is doing to help his QB manage the stress of the game and keep him steady.

No. You stay the course for the season. Stability is the better option. Forcing McD out just might piss off Beane too. I don't trust Pegula to strike gold twice. That said, I am questioning the work of Dorsey right now as I see Allen's game management and decision-making regressing and I see no run game. Both of these things are on Dorsey, not McD.

Your thinking is just feeding the problem. He is definitely knowingly passing up short throws in favor of the big play. He knows where the check downs are. On the final interception #26 was wide open and had room to gain some more yards. Peterson was not covering Davis, Peterson knocked McKenzie out of bounds (terrible on McKenzie that he let that happen), then Peterson watched Allen and covered a zone, he picked up Davis because Josh was locked on. Bottom line, the pass was careless, we still had more downs to play, you take the easy yards to Singletary. These plays are happening consistently in the past 3 weeks. The opponents see this. If he and Dorsey do not see this, and know this, then we have much bigger problems.

This quote from Peterson says it all on Allen: “Honestly, he’s great,” Peterson said. “He just has to take what the defense gives him. I think that’s the thing – sometimes, he just looks a little bit too careless with the football.” He just has to take what's given. He was doing that before the bye week. In the past 3 weeks Allen has been trying for deep balls and home runs and ignoring wide open check downs. This is the root cause of the troubles we are having closing out games. We held on versus Green Bay but the last two weeks we gave the games away.

Please stop with the favorable schedule baloney. After the past two seasons you should have learned we can lose to any team on any week. We need to win a damn football game before you even talk about going on a run. Right now we just blew the first seating in the conference for home field advantage, and we are 3rd in the division, 7th in the AFC playoff seating.

Either you pull yourself together or you switch teams. This is a sport called football, it is not life. Stop being soft, Bills fans are not soft. You move on.

The Bills OL, particularly the middle 3, are the reason he doesn't gain more yards. He is also a good receiver so why Allen stopped checking down to him like he did early in the season, is a mystery. Allen is throwing deeper passes the past 3 games with much worse results.

Why not successfully execute the snap and have a player (see: Davis, Gilliam) help push you from behind for a 1 or 2 yard gain - just like the last 10 QB sneaks that we ran. Best case. Get enough room to take a knee and win the game. Worst case: Get stopped for a safety. Even that is not the end of the world and it is actually a strategy used successfully in the past. After the safety punt it high and deep, cover the punt, and trust the defense to finish it. The Vikes had no timeouts. Not the same. Reich is a proven OC and did ok as an HC.

Terrible take after what just happened today.

I was at the 6-3 game. Took my young (at the time) son and I had to explain to him afterwards that going to games really was fun.

How many RBs did we dress? Singletary, Cook, Duke, Hynes, Gilliam, and T. Jones. I guess we don't need 9 D/L's.

Unfortunately, this team is writing their story on blowing leads and failing to close games. Lots of their problems closing out games is due to the lack of a running game. It is that simple. The middle of that OL is not good and it's hard to run when your backs get hit in the backfield. You have to wonder if the team confidence is impacted in close games based on the continuous poor results.

Yes. The biggest difference in Allen the last 3 weeks is that he stopped checking down and taking what was there. He is looking for splashy downfield throws way too often.

^This. A three score lead at home in the second half. You gotta run a little bit and you have to put the game away. The game turned for the offense in the second half, 2nd and 2 at the 12 (red zone). We passed three straight times. The FG was there and those points were needed even though it remains a 3 score game. The fourth down pass was an interception in the end zone. Fast forward to OT. 1st and 10 at the 20 (red zone). Great time to run 26 who had 2 TDs and ran well in the first half and force the defense to think about the run. Three passes to the end zone, interception. We are abymsal in close games this year.

We blew a lead in a close game and then lost in OT.

The play calling by Dorsey is very suspect. The run game is typically used to secure a victory when you have a 3-score lead in the second half. Buffalo's offense cannot execute this concept and instead runs riskier plays that lead to turnovers. This has happened 3 straight weeks.

No Yes

Johnson and Hamin are not Poyer and Hyde, we all know that. Johnson has made some mistakes and missed some tackles. We all get that. But we won games with them. It is past the time for this defense to show some new looks and do some different things. Playing the same nickel formation every snap is getting predictable, especially with a depleted secondary. Frazier and McD have to figure out how to win with the players they have. No excuses.

If you need an RB to be a blocker we already have Gilliam. If you need an RB on ST we have Tiawan Jones. Duke is in there to run and catch. I think we might see a new formation with Duke or Hines or both.