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Well, that's why I'm posing the question. Was it, rhetorically. I originally thought the same, but knowing that McD loves to run first, despite having the biggest and most prolific arm in the game, it got me wondering. I mean why would one try to make the running game the staple of your offense if you had Allen as QB. Again, purely rhetorical, and your point taken, but they easily could have passed more than they did, and let's keep in mind, they were high on Coleman who was taken in the first pick after the 1st round. They could have taken McConkey who was more of a field stretcher than Coleman, even if only be default on the merits that Coleman isn't that. i.e. even then they were focused on the short game. IDK, we'll find out more in a few months.

Which begs the question, why not hire better coordinators. That discussion opens up a sore and controversial topic here though.

Here's my question though, if we continue with this Everyone Eats philosophy, why world we spend a lot of resources on a to WR? Will they ditch that philosophy? While it may have appeared that we went that route "because we don't have a bona fide #1 WR," it seems that they went that route deliberately. If not, then McConkey would have been a better pick than Coleman, at least his ceiling was significantly higher. Also, contributing to the notion that the EE philosophy was deliberate is the fact that they rotate the WRs like they rotate the DL-men. Manny of us disagree with that. Otherwise, if we maintain that philosophy, what WR is going to want to come here knowing ahead of time that his ceiling is restricted.

Thinking and being able to adjust on the fly is imperative and has been a weakness every season. The best coaches are great tacticians. Unfortunately ours is not a great tactician.

Great post. Whether Coleman sucks or not, drafting him is a great example of why not to trust many of the narratives put forth about draftees. The narrative was that he's great in traffic and "contested throws." I went to great lengths to disprove that narrative back then. At the end of the day it turned out to be false, and to boot, Coleman's catch% is horrific, worst on the team, his dropped ball % was higher than Gabe's average while he was here, and his hands were nowhere near what that narrative was. He's a liability, not an asset. Hopefully he'll improve. We'll see, but if Philly beats them as I think they will, it will say even less for us.

Stay focused here LOL, we used a completely different system this year. He was in a different role as well. WITHIN that system you would see a proportional increase. It's ridiculous to think otherwise.

This really depends upon what they do scheme wise. This idiotic everyone eats scheme doesn't entail any need for a big-time WR, not would any want to come here for a max 100 targets, for example. OL played great all season generally speaking, just not two days ago. Zone or man on D for example also. Critics of our methodology want to see Allen unleashed in the paying game, not turned into a RB Game Manager, but they see it differently. Needs depend upon the projected uses for them. To name a few.

Might motivate the coach and GM, but the players themselves?

Entering the game seemingly completely unprepared for what was about to hit them. And those screens, who's brilliant idea was that.

It's simple, his catch% is among the best in the NFL, perennially. My argument is that if he were to increase his snaps played, and therefore his targets, his output (yards, catches, TDs) would increase proportionally. You disagree. That's fine, for as ridiculous a take as it is. No need to belabor this.

Shortly into the game a few friends and myself commented that they didn't seem very well prepared for what KC threw at them, on either side. KC dominated the D in the entire first half and had that continued they've have posted an even bigger day and a monster day offensively. Offensively Allen looked out of sync but in the first half we didn't run well and with the exception of that long pass to Hollins and maybe one other semi-long throw, the passing game was being overwhelmed too. I still think that Allen was out of sync after posting an average 17 for 26 for 160 or so yards, and a mere 5 passing TDs over the prior four games. That doesn't include the Pats game that he sat. So for six weeks he didn't do much in terms of passing. Maybe he was just a little rusty. Otherwise, we were shaking our heads at the screens and other dumb plays.

What, you got laid at lunch time or something?

Worthy posted the best game of his season against us. On a full season it would have amounted to 102 catches for 1,445 yards and 17 TDs and a catch% of 85.7%. FWIW

Oddly, "Mr. Hands" Coleman's drop% rate this year was higher than Davis' while he was with the Bills. Maybe include him. On a sidenote, his catch% is one of the lowest for any Bills WR on Allen's watch otherwise. Ranked 116th among WRs. No WR worse than him had more yards. Only two players were within 200 yards and only two had more receptions, Dionyae Johnson had 4 more receptions, DeMarcus Robinson had 2 more receptions.