PoundingDog

I'm getting around that conclusion ... Kincaid is going to be 25 in 2 weeks, kind of older guy coming out of college. Those great ones breakout in their second season in NFL, like Kelce who Kincaid is often compared to, once they figure out what NFL is. How often do teams bracket Kelce and he still gets open in his heydays? When Diggs came to Buffalo, teams do the same and he still got open. Now teams do that to Kincaid and nothing happens even with the same QB throwing the ball.

I hear you. Both Edwards and Hamlin are bit players in NFL. They can function with a a star player next to them. Edwards is an example of that in Tampa and KC. You just have to trust McDermott and Co. on safeties that they deemed Hamlin is above Edwards right now. We can only hope Bishop can become that star safety one day. If Bishop shows that he belongs the next couple of games (not a star), when Rapp returns, your wish just might be granted that they push Hamlin to the bench.

Based on Johnson interview etc. I think he might be in line to return the next 2 weeks. As far as Rapp goes, I'm actually excited to say "Welcome to NFL Bishop." From the limited number of snaps he played in garbage times and replacing Rapp last Sunday night, He sure looks to be the most physically gifted Safety the Bills ever had, at least in McDermott era. Size and Speed. The draft guide says he's instinctual, well we haven't see that. But if it is true, he needs to play to get used to the NFL speed and power, how opposing teams schemes play out on the field (instead of reading from films). He may take some lumps but we WILL need him to solve our Safety issues down the line.

Well, his sack incentives are now in jeopardy. Maybe the NFL is doing the Bills a favor.🤐

Not sure he's main culprit. Once Ed "successfully" penetrated (The Raven probably allowed that), Williams actually diagnosed correctly that it's a run and stepped forward. But the Ravens had plan for him - an O-lineman shot thru the gap Ed vacated and waited for Williams. If Williams beat the O-Lineman, it would be a play "above the scheme". I don't know any Bills LB of the last 10 years is capable of semi-consistent "above the scheme" play to be honest, but I do admit Bernard and Milano occasionally able to use quickness to beat the lineman to the hole. On the other side of the hole, The Ravens had one receiver facing Douglas and Rapp and he correctly chose to engage Rapp. So a scheme play here should be Douglas going into the hole to interfere Henry if not tackling him down outright, until the help, Damar, joining in. The result, based on the scheme, would be a good play for the Ravens like 10 yard or so. But neither Douglas nor Damar laid a hand on Henry. This is not unique to Bills. I've said we need some guys who can play "above the scheme" and right now there is none on defense. If Chiefs Chris Jones were in Rousseau's position, one-on-one against an O-lineman, he might've tossed the guy aside and made the play directly on Henry. So everything could've gone wrong like we saw for the Bills on this play but one guy capable going above the scheme play saves all. That, my man, is the difference between the Chiefs and the Bills of the last few years in my opinion.

On that first Henry TD, they let Oliver in wham blocked to inside. Rousseau probably had the responsibility of edge containment in case Henry or Lamar goes outside. Dorian saw the hole but was taken by the tackle and the Guard sealed off Baylon. The WR came up blocked Rapp who tried to firing into the hole. The free guys are Douglas and Damar. Douglas is probably the biggest culprit not wanting to getting in there directly in Henry's path; Damar just took a bad angle.

A lot of it is on coaching. Ed's role is penetrating at 3-tech. The Ravens said, go ahead and penetrate, but we'll wham block you with their 300 lb FB while Henry runs right by on the other side of the FB. It happened over and over again.

Organizationally, we have not drafted well in DT position. Oliver is a good player. They got Carter but none at 1 tech position for years, even in later rounds.

Williams has shown potential, probably the most physical LB the Bills have had in McDermott era, and yes that includes Edmunds. Last night he looked to be the only one who can bring down Henry one-on-one. And he has enough speed as we saw in earlier games. He needs to play, period. He has issues with coverage like taking the first step in the wrong direction, but you can see it is getting less in that area and now into finer details of covering routes like last night's Hill's TD - though I'd say it is probably a very tough task for any Bills LBs in that situation. The question is whether we see now is his ceiling. I hope not, and all it matters is where he'll be at by the end of the season.

The balance of run/screen and pass is not there.

Still. It is an off schedule play. I want to see if they have something more sustainable - kind of regular office like to get the offense going

Starts at LOS. The Bills were not good on both. The O-Line started to get better last couple of drives. The D-Line needs to take charge for any hope. I'll say penetrate and go for broken instead of reacting

Didn't have to take the shots there. But maybe the Ravens were taking the middle away. Can't see from the TV

They still need to run the ball. Can't lose that even now

I'm not sold on the coaching staff perfection in the post season. During the long regular season, yes and I have posted my belief that credit to MerDermott's tight run ship for early season successes. In post season, I think everything you do is open book, teams pretty much know what you can and cannot do. It comes down to execution - let's face it all playoff teams are pretty good in that department, injuries - that's luck, and difference makers - I'm talking about HOF level plays that Cover 1 people termed "above the scheme". The Bills had no luck last couple of years, but they certainly lacked number of people who can play "above the scheme." The Chiefs consistently had Mahomes, Kelce, Jones, and Hill while he was there do that in the playoff, plus a few guys a game here and a game there. In the playoffs, the Bills got consistent performance from Allen, a game from Davis, that's about it. I believe the Bills brass recognized that and brought in Von, but he's hurt the last 2 years and contributed nada. So far this young season, we see some great signs: Allen looked to be taking another step. Von is trending back to his old form. A few young players offers some great promise (I might call Shakir is playing above the scheme right now). We need some luck on injury of course; I'm not relying on Milano being back, not even Johnson/Bernard back to form, just no more serious injury going forward. Keep an eye on Von. To the outsiders, I think people are afraid of Von being a true force coming to the playoff time for us, just like we are all afraid what Rogers might do for the Jets in the playoff time. Von has consistently played above the scheme in his career, and the Bills are sorely missing such a guy on defense in the past.

I'm more worried about tackling someone. Again I said I'm not a medical professional, just common sense that you use your hand/arm to grab or wrap around someone and exert force thru the forearm in the process, play in and play out at his position. I'd think it needs to be 100% healed and then some before you go back on the field. You can't be just a coverage guy to bat down balls.

It was reported Johnson had a hairline fracture in the forearm. I'm no doctor but I'd imagine arms are fairly import to tackle, right?

From Fan's perspective, we want to enjoy every victory. From the team's perspective, get enough wins to the playoff and be as healthy as possible. Does not really matter when you win. For the coaches, they want to fine tuning the schemes and player developments for the post season run.

There are some validity for the topic. To me, early season success speaks of tight shipment run by the coaching staff and general talent of players. New players, new or adjustments to schemes at the beginning of the season, and we make less mistakes than others. After roughly 4 weeks, teams are catching up to what you are doing and they see what works against and what does not. So this present the first problem: adjustments, finding ways to counter measure. This is the area, Dorsey failed, although the problem might be rooted in the skillset of the roster that you can't change that much. The next issue is injuries. Players' body getting used to the weekly hitting and in that process, some will have a huge impact - there are unlucky issue throughout the season but those are truly unlucky instances. the Bills were the victim of that the last 2 seasons. I'll reserve judgement after the next 3 games - especially the Ravens and Jets games because I believe those are likely the more physical games. We need luck and we need adjustments to go far.

That is what stood out to me so far. His demeanor is calmer and more collected than I ever saw. Even on a game-to-game basis. I feel the Arizona game, he could do less himself (like hurdling people), but throwing more. This last game, he ran only when it presented itself and he slides to avoid contact. Maybe the finger injuries is doing him good. I want to see how he acts in a more stressful situation. Against a bad Arizona defense, he didn't panic. Still would like to see when he's putting to the same situation against a good defense.

Stop Henry before he gets going. That's what Raiders did and Dallas failed to do. I do agree with boyst that Spector and Williams are actually better, dare I to say, than Bernard and Milano, in run defense. It's a couple of weeks now so let's see what the Ravens do to attack them, particularly Williams. The Jaguars actually targeted Williams a few times with Etienne without much success. Now the Jaguars missed Engram big time last night. Ravens do have Mark Andrew which is better than Engram. So we shall see.

He talked about urgency of a short week for facing the Ravens, and Lamar Jackson who won "a few MVPs."

Man, football fans are scheme masters, accounting experts, psychologists, medical experts, and meteorologists,. ... Anyway, when I look for weather, Radar is the best which gives areas coverage of precipitation. I don't know how fine you can zoom in but in general it is good enough for me

More of a problem for Dawkins - our Josh generally trusts Dawkins and focuses dodging other leaking-thru pass rushers from the middle and from Brown's side. Any issue from Dawkins' side smells trouble - see last year Chiefs' playoff game Chris Jones play etc. If you go back to Josh's while-in-pocket sack/fumble history, blindside ones are unproportionally high. I'd not say that's some deficiency of Josh's game, most right handed QBs suffer from that, unless your name is Mahomes.