Coach Tuesday

The league’s incompetence is on full display tonight. It’s really embarrassing.

Boger is a disgrace.

Here goes the Undercard!

Psyched to binge-watch Emily in Paris tonight!

He is washed - but they’re gonna take Diggs out of the game and probably Knox too and make Allen beat them with his other targets. Plus probably will use 3 safeties bc they’re thin on corners. Beas should thrive tonight.

All of this said - I expect a monster game from Beasley tonight.

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Re: the passing attack, I really think Daboll treats inferior opponents as lab rats. I wish he wouldn't but he does. These games are science experiments for him. Re: punting, Haack is also the holder and I'm sure they don't want to mess with Bass's head at this point in the season which is why I think they won't be making a change (unless Haack truly has The Yips).

Sorry but YOU addressed ME in this thread, not the other way around. I linked an article from Football Outsiders - in response to no one specifically - asserting that no receiver in football has declined more than Beas this season. YOU then responded and suggested I try presenting “facts” next time. I literally had posted data. I don’t know what’s got your panties in a bunch but perhaps not having anyone on the injury list to fret about in the pregame thread this week has got you bored. As for the man vs. zone splits, I’m going off of Allen’s man vs. zone performance stats that I’ve been able to find. I told you it was a hypothesis not a fact (you’re only quoting the second half of what I said). Allen seems to be playing better against zone than man this season; that was at least the case in the second Patriots game when he shredded their zone and played just ok against man (though completed a few big ones to McKenzie against man coverage). I assume, as do most metrics like DVOA, that coaches TRY to utilize their players most effectively. If, alternatively, teams are deploying more two-deep shell zone coverage against the Bills this year then there’s almost no explanation for Beasley’s struggles other than his decline as a player.

Joe B discussed this in the Athletic today.

Not gonna belabor this. Your "hypothesis" is that Cole's production may have decreased not because he's less effective as a player, but because he's being asked to do different things. But it's almost tautological, you're basically presenting stats that support that he's less effective. So it's one of two things, either he's (i) just as effective as last year, but being put in a position where he can't be as successful, or (ii) is less effective. No? Is there a third option here? If not, why would the Bills take a player who was effective in 2020 and utilize him in a less-effective way? Are they stupid? Vindictive? Trying to phase out an aging contract? None of that really makes sense. The likeliest explanation is the one that our eyes are telling us, which is that he's less explosive out of his breaks and less willing to take hits this season - he's not winning early in his routes, so he's not getting the ball farther downfield. As for my supposed "straw man," this board is filled with people accusing Cole of being the victim of a conspiracy. I'm not going to start pulling examples but I'm sure you know all about it and have better search tools than I do as a mod. Not what I said - what I actually said was that if the issue was pressure - that Allen being pressured more often and quickly was leading to Beasley getting a shorter YBC (an example of me responding to the stats you presented, not ignoring them as you've accused), then we'd see similar patterns with the other pass-catchers.

Yup exactly as I remembered it and as I said above, not only was Allen correct but it would’ve been a monster play.

Sure Hap, or he's not winning his routes earlier and that's why he's not getting the ball later in the down. As for "facts," you offered a hypothesis which may or may not be true. All we've got to go on are his stats and metrics. Do you really think if Beas was just as good at getting open in 2021, the coaches would give him poorer/shorter routes because of his insufferable personality? That's insane, to me, but you do you. I offered facts - I showed you the metrics FO has provided. In response we're hearing (from - coincidentally I'm sure - folks with the same vax stance as Cole's) that he's just as effective as last year but he's being punished by the world. Ok, where is the data to back that up? Yes, it's possible Allen is being pressured more often/quickly and that's why Cole's numbers are what they are. If so the other Bills' receivers should have similar reductions in effectiveness in 2021, right? Do they? I guess I could look that up for you, but it's been about 4 years of having to respond to baseless conspiracy theories with actual data and I'm tired. The more likely explanation? Cole Beasley isn't being asked to run shorter routes because of his public display of idiocy. Instead, the Bills are facing more man coverage this year and Cole has lost a step.

He’s talking about the option routes. One in particular to Knox, Allen threw it inside and Knox ran outside - inside/middle of the field seemed wide open because of a blitz. I think Allen read it right and if Knox had turned the right way it might’ve been a monster play.

The umbrella. (Great unless it's really windy out.)

Gotta wonder what they’re paying the o-line coach for if they need the backup guard’s help dealing with basic stunts.

Diggs trade. Exact right player at exact right time. Can you even remember what this team was like without him?

Not Carroll but the rest I agree with.

For the first time in my life it seems like there are more competent QBs than head coaches in the NFL.

He’ll be competing against a kid most likely - helps him if he knows the offense already.

Schoen, Daboll and Trubisky to the Giants makes a TON of sense.

Quick somebody start a thread “my case for Trubisky and Daboll to the Giants.”

He may be the victim of a few high-pressure mistakes like the overthrow in the Super Bowl. Seems not to rise to the moment but his overall stats aren’t bad.

So which way are the sharps going?

Also why the Giants?