PoundingDog

I said before - can someone count the number of HoF players in the last 10, 20, 30 years on teams that made the superbowl? Two teams every year so it's not too hard. The Superbowl Champs have mostly likely 2+.

Nothing wrong about your argument. My point is to throw more should not be based on Allen is the best thrower, more because the game and the defense dictate you do that. Personally I'd prefer they'd go play action on first downs to gain some good yards.

I hope not offending you, but I hate the argument of the bold part. Older guys remember guys like HoF Dan Marino, arguably the best pure passer in the NFL history, never won a superbowl in part is because defenses like the Bills at the time, schemed to make him throw, throw and throw. When teams know you are passing, they can unleash all kinds tricks to defend.

I remember in that game, I saw numerous times Chiefs secondary players fly in making tackles, filling holes (kind of like the Bills asking their secondary players do). When you look at the snap count, Shakir (52), Samuel (44), Hollins (41), Cooper (37) were top WRs on the field. That's not a group good at blocking. The reason the Bills leaned heavy to Coleman and Hollins in the past, in large part, is due to their ability to block the secondary defenders. TE Kincaid didn't play who's not a great blocker but still better than his replacement.

Don't think KC is capable of that but if we are fortunate to pass them, we may revisit that with the Eagles run game.

Take the Texans' game out. The bold part is the problem. I expect the Chiefs to come out better this Sunday.

Listening from the enemy side gives you more insight, especially from a guy like Van Noy who has played in AFC East against the Bills for a long time. "That was the most coservative Bills team I've played against." He went on saying he does not believe that's because of talent issue. I remember someone else mentioned no turnovers ,1 sack, 1 penalty, almost no negative plays. Is this the new playoff formula McDermott is subscribing to now? Maybe it explain why no more throwing the ball all over the yard where wide receivers getting little receving action. Does Allen and WRs all buy into it? I guess we will see how it goes.

The best approach remains to find ways to run/pass involving Cook, Davis, Johnson, using the steady strength of our O-line. I mentioned the trio combined for 50 yard rushing on Nov 17. And Cook had 5 receptions for a total of 7 yards. There seems to have a lot of room to improve there.

We know prior to Bills getting Cooper, the issue is against man coverage. McDuffie is likely on Shakir. And Jalen Watson will probably on Cooper. I'd hope Cooper can be 50-50, though recent weeks perfformance is not enouraging. I remember the Nov 17 game he had 2 down field catches against man coverage - Watson is still on IR then. Is Watson all the way back? This game we have Coleman and Kincaid. I can see some jump balls to Coleman, but Coleman needs to be coached to read Spagnuolo's def4ense to adjust routes accordingly. Not sure Josh trusts him 100% in those situations. Kincaid maybe a key factor. He has the ability to open quickly but timing wise is not really there - I mean getting open at the right time depending on if he's 1st or 2nd or 3rd options etc.

I'm not so confident. Personally I believe we never marry the run game and play-action very well. There has to be something we give away to the defense on play-action to be so ineffective. The reason Bills are notoriously bad at defending play-action is because we rally to the ball approach and it exposes vulnerability to the pass off the action. But we don't seem to be able to do it against others. watch the 3rd quarter of Ravens game. Stop the run. Key on screens, Blitz some.

If the Bills expect to use the same script like they used on Nov 17, the result will be disappointing. I believe the saying "you learn more from defeat." The Chiefs will be ready. And they have important re-enforcement with that corner. Can Cooper beat that guy? What I remember of that game from the offensive side is how poorly we ran the ball. Cook/Davis/Johnson combined for 50 yards the whole game. The Chiefs have a defensive group similar to the Bills and they rally to the ball from everywhere, creating number advantage. I feel this time they have to do better. Mixon was able to run 88 yards on them, I feel the Bills have to find a way to at least match that. Bottom line - winning the trenches on both side and I think we have a chance to do that.

The ball placement is certainly not ideal. Like you said it is at the opposite side of his running direction so he had to turn his body around to catch while his momentum carried him away from the ball, probably caused him to fall/stumble before the ball was secured.

Sorry missing info - added. Yes Damar.

On the last 3rd down, Allen had Hollins wide open. Shakir is also not a bad option to beat to the corner. I hope this is something Allen learns for the Chiefs game. right now, you, I, people in the stadium probably all know Allen is likely to keep the ball. Sure defenses know that too. On the 2 point conversion defense, well designed play by the Ravens (wish the Bills have it too). Maybe this is area where Hyde and Poyer is missed. In the video below, around 2:50 mark, Benford was on Bateman near side. Damar had Andrews; Taron had Likely. Both Likely and Bateman "rubbed" the path of Damar to free up Andrews - wide open. I saw Taron communicated to Benford before the play (maybe for the WR screen between Bateman and Likely). This is a perfect man beater. ideally you want Benford stay home to take Andrews and Damar to pick up Bateman.

I think you guys are selling McDermott & Babich, especially the D players short. The Bills were ready for what the Ravens do and had excellent plan. The players sold out with their effort, the whole unit from the line to the secondary. Jones and Oliver probably had their best half game of the year. Hamlin really stepped up. In terms of rpo, watch an example at 4:29 mark of the video below. #94 played perfect watching the exchange between Lamar and Henry without committing too much either way, much like the Ravens DE played Josh and Cook at the end of the game offensive series on that last 3rd down. The 2nd half is a different story. I'll say the Ravens adjusted quicker than the Bills, especially on defense. The Bills had success on offense in the first half so no reason to do too much adjustment. A lot of people also mentioned Allen was not having his best game and you can see some of the misses in the first half. The plan was for the Bills to go up by 3 scores to force the Ravens abandon their run. It didn't happen. The Ravens offense went with big personnel but used Hill who is more shifty in short space than Henry to loosen up the Bills run defense. It worked and the Bills smallish D started to wear down. The Ravens scored every possession in the 2nd half except the Bernard's forced fumble. I don't know how much better the Ravens offense could be in the second half by using Henry more. I think they did all right. The difference is their best players - Lamar and Andrews committed 4 big mistakes (I consider Andrews 2 pt drop as a mistake) while the Bills best players played clean.