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Kirk Cousins really impresses me in this area. I think the best manipulator of the pocket was Tom Brady. He always had guys reaching for him, always on the verge of a sack, but it was tough to get him. Before the season I said if Josh could improve on his pre-snap recognition his game would really elevate. Now I say if he could learn how to manipulate the pocket and bail less (thus keeping both sides of the field open), I wouldn’t know how to stop that guy as a DC.

Hamlin really stands out in a negative way watching the animation. Slow to react, extremely poor angle, and slow to chase. A safety with recognition skills would’ve been quick to trigger and met the runner after about a 7-8 yard gain. At that point Henry had serious steam so tackling the Mack truck would’ve been a bigger issue.

Next time we play the Ravens, I’ll love to see what adjustments are made. Hopefully it’ll be to have 5 down lineman: Groot - Carter - Jones - Oliver - Epenesa

What for? And why was Rashee Rice not on the hook for his recklessness? He should also be handed a suspension once he’s cleared to play.

You must have LOVED that QB sneak call on 2nd and inches.

Really was alarming how our DL was getting manhandled. Getting pushed back 3-4 yards right at the snap. Haven’t seen that in awhile. We were physically outmatched by an OL that had been having issues coming into the game.

I wonder if we got an answer to the question of if we had beaten KC and went to BMore last year, would the Bills have won that game as well? I don’t think we would’ve taken down Baltimore AND San Francisco for the Lombardi. We don’t have the “ice in his veins” kicker, or the guy on defense to come through in the clutch for us like KC does.

Was there a receiver wide open deep?

I HATED the fact that Dorian Williams couldn’t learn and take his lumps on the field last year and that lack of athleticism problem surfaced when we trotted AJ Klein out there against the Chiefs in the playoffs. Enough of the Rapp/Hamlin duo. Get your uber athletic 2nd round safety in the starting lineup and let him take his lumps. I’d also love for Elam’s athleticism to get incorporated into the defensive game plan, because right now, Buffalo has to have the slowest secondary in the NFL with regards to regular contributors: Lewis, Ingram, Douglas, Rapp, and Hamlin. Physical bunch, but slow.

Definitely wasn’t Allen’s sharpest game, but I agree - that game plan was all wrong and did him no favors. They didn’t attack, they were trying to rely on YAC from horizontal stuff until they got in a big hole and Allen just started launching it. Would also help if his guys would catch the ball.

It was an 18 pt game at that point if I remember correctly. Needed the 3 there to get it to a 2 score possession.

You got that backwards. Near last in pass defense, tops in rush defense.

Allen first QB the Ravens have played that didn’t throw for at least 235. Bills are the first team that didn’t score at least 25 against that defense and the QBs even include Gardener Minshew. Just felt like they weren’t attacking on offense or defense. On offense everything was horizontal until they got down big and Josh just started chucking it. On defense they played scared of Lamar until they came out with aggression after halftime. The trick play turnover was the back breaker. Never recovered from it.

They had the wrong game plan for both sides of the ball.

Ravens OL has been an issue for them this year, but they’re physically dominating the Bills out there so far.

Bills gotta have the slowest secondary in the league going off 40 times.

Jones missed Singletary there for the first down.

KC had an unlucky offseason, always in the news for something negative. They’ve had major injuries to significant contributors for the first time I can remember. They’re also 3 plays away from being 0-3. I swear, if they win the SB again this year, they’ll win it every year that Mahomes is healthy.

CB used to be part of the “big 4” highest paid positions (QB, LT, DE, CB) now it’s the big 5, but luckily CB1 money isn’t nearly as debilitating as WR1 money. The top paid WR makes $35M/yr. The highest paid CB makes, what? $22M/yr? Benford is a definite re-sign.

That’s the pattern I’ve seen every single year. Start off hot, followed by mid season lulls, then they get hot at the end of the year going into the playoffs. The only year they were lukewarm/trending in the wrong direction at the end of the year was when Damar Hamlin died on the field. Or at least, was clinically dead.

Oh yeah, I’m not questioning his attraction to the Bills, just why he wasn’t given starting consideration elsewhere in the league. So I went back and did some digging myself. Former 5th round pick who missed most of his last year starting due to concussion issues. Was productive when he played, but coming off that season I suppose teams were reluctant to give him a starting opportunity so he signed with the Bills on a 1 year deal, to compete with McGovern at guard.

But surely he would’ve taken a starting role elsewhere with more money… but that was being offered as far as I know, so off to Buffalo as a backup. The league’s oversight is Buffalo’s gain.

What’s the story with David Edwards? Why did 31 other teams not have a starting role for him prior to him signing with the Bills?

I do wonder if Babich is getting more out of the defense than McD would if he were calling the plays. That’s a great thing to have.

I mean, it’s hard to look around the league and see kickers regularly making 50+ yarders while your own is a toss up at anything more than 40 yards. We’ve seen that extreme wide left shank 3 times in a short span of time - the Pittsburgh playoff game, the Blue and Red scrimmage game, and now against the Dolphins. Something is off with his mental state and mechanics.