Coach Tuesday

I wonder if the anticipated pressure up the middle tomorrow will impact his comfort level doing that front foot hop step. Interior passrush often gets a QB to revert to poor mechanics.

Well that was insanely awesome. Also now I want a whiskey real bad.

I think he'd rather draft and develop tackles/versatile linemen and kick them inside if he has to.

Good for him. He has the tools, just wasn’t putting them together quickly enough here.

He really likes Morse. Very alert and smart player.

The Bills are one of several teams being featured in the weekly o-line analysis of Football Outsiders’ Ben Muth. Word of Muth Watching the Bills beat the Dolphins, you can see why people might be excited. Buffalo looked explosive when they had the ball, rattling off big pass plays one after another. It was a vertical attack that resulted in 31 points and a division win. The guys throwing and catching it are always going to get the attention, but the Bills' offensive line was very good as well.

Could be - my point is that the draft is a crapshoot, professional scouts and GMs who “live and breathe this stuff” get it wrong all the time. Plus the most annoying guy on the message board is the one who shows up and says “None of you are coaches and scouts so be quiet.”

9 GMs passed on Patrick Mahomes. 10 if you count whatever McDermott was in that draft.

Minshew is terrible this game is garbage. Can’t believe Jax won a game.

Sorry but he’s not the next Aaron Donald and they should’ve used that pick on a guy who went 56 picks later.

Yup. Spain was trash. He seems like a slow starter - takes about a month or so to get into playing shape. Hopefully that's what happens otherwise they'll bench him in favor of Feliciano when he returns.

Is there an echo in here?

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They could have had BOTH. Your beef should be with Cody Ford, not sure why you're making it so hard on yourself.

Kind of disagree. The numbers may have been misleading in projecting failure - but that doesn’t mean it was reasonable to predict success. The fact that he was in a bad offense with no playmakers might explain why his numbers were bad, but it still leaves you with very little to project that he’d be great (or even mediocre) with a better supporting cast. My issue with the pick at the time was the fact that the Bills as an organization did not have a history of developing outliers, and certainly did not seem set up to do so Josh’s rookie year (no real QB coach, no vet QB to learn behind, no receivers or offensive line). Given the state of the roster and coaching staff, and the team’s horrible player development record going back two decades at that point, I didn’t want them taking “projects” or “risks” - I wanted them to pick someone who could run the offense quickly and cerebrally to make up for the lack of weapons. I was worried they’d ruin a project like Josh and we’d be back to drafting another QB a few years later. They - more specifically Josh - proved me wrong. It’s simply amazing to think about the situation he was put in his first season (Peterman, no weapons, etc.) and the fact he persevered and developed is a true testament to his unique football character. It’s a great story and I love watching the guy play every week, I wouldn’t trade him for any other QB.

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I thought Allen had an amazing game and I also thought (without film study) he left about 150 yards on the table. I would guess he'd say the same thing and so would Daboll. Nothing wrong with it, I'm sure he'll keep working and have even better games. Scratching the surface.

You will get flamed - but actually, I've been thinking about McD this week and whether this might be a statement game for him. Sean McVeigh gets a ton of credit (rightfully) for being a young wiz coach. McDermott is in the same general age and experience bracket and, while he's considered "solid" and "up and coming," he's not fawned over like McV is. If McD has any ego (and most good coaches do), he's eager to show on Sunday that he can match wits with McV, that his defensive acumen is up to par with McV's offensive acumen, etc. Put another way - McD might not know who the Rams' players are but he DEFINITELY knows who their coach is and doesn't want to get embarrassed by him in a battle of first-place teams. Sneaky interesting theme for this week that nobody is talking about. Interesting - would you say he's "f**'ing crazy"?

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Interesting if you're right. That would be a big jump for him - that was the defense he had the most trouble with last year.

Who are these demons you battle, eball? Name them!

Actually the ONLY look that gave Allen trouble against the Phins was Cover 0 and I was surprised they didn’t use it more. Not sure he really solved it last week and he still has some work to do there (going back to last season). I expect we’ll see a lot more Cover 0 the next few weeks.

Football Outsiders analysis of the Rams Jared Goff is -- to steal a Ben Muth quote we posted in Audibles in Week 1 -- a JUGS machine playing quarterback. You point him the right way and hope nobody hits him before the throw goes off. There's nothing entertaining about him. He crumples whenever what has been pre-diagnosed falls apart. So it brings me no great pleasure to report that the Rams are at it again behind a more complex McVay offense and a running attack that is working without Todd Gurley.

That’s fine, they are unabashed Patriots fan stat geeks - totally good with calling them out for being mean. But slamming the entire analytical approach because it didn’t predict success for Allen is way too harsh.

Doubtful Akers plays but don’t sleep on Darrell Henderson - he hits the hole fast. Have been watching clips of him and he’s scary.