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Which is strange considering Miami was able to run the ball and score on us in short yardage goal-to-go and it's our D that is supposed to be the better unit. Josh is bigger than most linebackers. He can't fall forward for less than a yard with 3 cracks at it? It's not that they can't do it, it's more of the coaching staff not having faith in the line and trying to get cute with play calling instead of lining up under center and running it right down their throat and getting a yard.

Along with dumb play calling, IMO. 2nd and Goal from inside the one and Josh is in the shotgun? If you can't run a QB sneak a couple times for half a yard, we have much bigger problems.

Very true and given the injuries we already had on the offensive side, I can't understand how they didn't know heat could be a major factor here for the remaining starters. The D was only on the field 18 minutes and gave up 21 points. Their D should've been the ones gassed, but because we were running a lot of short yardage gain plays, our own offensive game plan bit us in the backside.

Outside of the scoreboard, the Bills dominated this game. Miami barely broke 200 yards of offense, had 15 first downs to our 31, and had the ball all of 18 minutes. We couldn't close the deal when we had the ball. Too many wasted opportunities.

Play calling in key situations what a huge contributing factor. 3-man rush on 3rd and 22. 2nd and goal from inside the one and Josh is in the shotgun? C'mon man.

Not true at all. Players that don't play in the cold are much more likely to be impacted by numbness in their hands and feet and also having more tightness and having a problem staying loose. Not to mention more likely having the burning feeling in their lungs when breathing the cold air heavily. You can't have it both ways, even though you apparently think you can. This was not the first time the Bills played Miami in Miami with it being late summer hot either.

I was too disgusted to watch any postgame, but was McD or anyone asked about that bonehead defensive call? That was the play of the game IMO.

Only rushing 3 when your secondary has been decimated by injuries defies logic. The last thing you want to do in that situation is give the opposing QB time to find the hole in the coverage.

Still not an excuse. When the fish come to BUF in Dec and it's 30 degrees, do they get to blame a loss on the cold? Or will it be due to how they performed on the field?

Him too.😉

It doesn't matter what back you have if the person calling the plays has no faith in the O-line to be able pick up less than a yard with 3 cracks at it. You could have the Fridge, Earl Campbell, or Christian Okoye back there and it wouldn't matter. Moss has the size to be the goal line back and he's impressed me with a lot of the carries he's had this year.

I don't think they're trash, but I don't think they're anywhere as good as their record either. If you can barely break 200 yds of offense against a team with basically 1/2 their defensive starters out, If I'm a Miami fan, I'm not thinking Super Bowl this year.

I get maybe if it's like goal to go and 5+ yards. But less than a yard? Are you kidding me?

Defies logic. It's like getting any pressure on the QB whatsoever never even crossed their mind. If you have a decimated secondary, the LAST thing you should be trying to do is to give the opposing QB time to find the hole in the coverage.

Need less than a yard, Josh is in shotgun. What that tells me is Dorsey had no confidence in the line today. Miami ran it against us in goal to go yardage and has success. No reason why we can't do the same unless they have convinced themselves they can't. Hell, run 3 straight QB sneaks for crying out loud. You needed less than a yard.

That was a 40+ yard gain that put them in scoring position because instead of bringing heat to take the pressure off a decimated secondary, we allow them to complete a bomb with 8 men in coverage. Clear coaching mistake. If Jackson, Poyer and Hyde are back there, you can probably get away with that. With what we have now, not so much and the coaches need to recognize that.

Rushing only 3 on a 3rd and 22 against a decimated secondary is definitely a coaching mistake in my view and also in my view, was the play of the game.

That and it's going to lead to Josh getting hurt. We need to be realistic here. It's eventually going to happen because of being 1 dimensional. Whether is on a run or just scrambling out of the pocket to extend the play. This is a play style that is not sustainable in the long term.

It is an excuse because Miami had to play in it too. If the Bills were not properly preparing and pumping fluids all week, that's on them. We've played in Miami when it's been hot like this before.

How many times did the Bills start off like gangbusters in the lean years only to implode later? A Bills fan of all people should know better than to making a huge deal about 3-0. You're going to have to really try hard to convince me why I'm supposed to be impressed by a team that barely broke 200 yards of offense against a decimated defense.

The way it's supposed to work is the defense that's on the field the whole game is the team that is supposed to be in trouble with fatigue. It was our own offense that it appeared to impact more, not Miami's D. It was hot. It was hot for Miami and their D was on the field for 42 mins compared to 18 for ours. That clearly should've worked in our favor, but it didn't.

Josh shouldn't be in the position of having to throw it 63 times in a game either. This was supposed to be the year we finally got a complementary running game to take some heat off Josh. Saw some flashes against LA, but outside of the long run by Moss today, I'm not impressed. Josh is incredible, but we can't expect perfection from him every week.

That right there is what gets this coaching staff in trouble. Against the Rams and Titans, we were getting pressure on the majority of plays just rushing 4. This coaching staff hasn't figured it out yet that if you're not getting good pressure with just the front 4, you're going to have to blitz a backer or something. Far too often they think they can get away with this and with a secondary depleted by injuries, you most certainly cannot.

I would need to see the replay to be sure, but I'm thinking he was not, which defies logic.

Not to mention allowing a deep completion on 3rd and 22 because you decided to only rush 3 and allow Tua to find the hole in our depleted secondary.