BuffaloRebound

Loved the hit on Garrett by Bishop. This defense needs somebody who plays with an edge.

Ed (Oliver) & the Turnstile’s

The No Resistance.

I think McDermott has to figure out a way to get Dorian on the field more. Taron has to be on the field too so not sure if Taron can play some kind of nickel/safety hybrid or milano plays less but the Linebacker and Safety mix needs to change. Rapp, Bishop, Milano… at least 1 of them needs to play less.

Now that the euphoria of the win has worn off, unless something drastic changes on defense this will be McDermott’s last year as Bills head coach. The undersized Linebackers and complicated coverages that values DB’s who are in the right spot instead of guys who can play man… we’re never getting over the hump with a McDermott defense no matter how good Josh is. It’s a flawed system.

It’s an impossible job to spot that correctly 10 yards down the field looking through all the bodies and seeing where the ball was when the first non-hand/foot Shakir body part hits the ground which was his butt. I don’t think refs are biased against the Bills. Just impossible to spot accurately in some cases. Almost needs to be a buzzer/button the ref pushes when he knows he needs help on a spot from the replay assist booth. That’s the main problem is when the ref on the field has to make a call or spot even though he knows he has no idea then the replay booth upholds the BS call on the field because it’s close.

We have too many holes on defense to worry about backup RB, but yes I’d take Bigsby in a second. Davis looks terrible, and we need a more physical RB to get the tough yards on short yardage and goal line runs as thats suddenly become a glaring weakness.

It’s why they win championships. They never stop trying to get better. I really like McBeane but my main gripe is they hold onto guys too long they’re attached to and then those guys kill us when it counts and we can’t get over the hump.

Looked like Jones got moved so easily that the double-teaming O-Lineman was able to peel off and take out Bernard. Combine that with Rapp running backwards at the snap even though there was no Receiver who released from LOS on his side of field. Our 1 Tech got pushed into Rousseau, our LB’s are too small to stand up a block, and our safeties can easily be manipulated and are either too slow or not instinctive enough to make plays.

We are struggling running it up the gut including with Allen. Run more read option with Josh. That should be unstoppable.

NFL has the technology to have replay assist help the refs spot the ball real time. It needs to move to that quickly. Any play that results in 1st down or a yard or 2 short should be automatically reviewed upstairs.

Shakir was spotted short on that crazy josh flip pass when it looked clear he got the 1st down. He landed on his butt and the ref inexplicably marked it back a yard as if his knee hit the ground. That was a bad crew.

Hard to tell since the play-calling was so conservative the first 3+ quarters, but we definitely look more explosive than last year. If teams are gonna sell out stopping the run, Brady now has the weapons to open it up.

Ray Davis is un-playable. He looked sluggish in preseason. Looked terrible on his 2 carries last night, one of which caused a holding penalty on Dawkins and killed a 4th quarter drive. He has no burst. He got blown up in one of the playoff games last year. Doesnt look recovered. Might be time to go to Gore as RB3.

Love the heart this team has, but our defense is a problem. Jets offense is kind of a poor man’s version of the Ravens so it will be interesting how we look next week. I really don’t know what our Back 7 does on most plays. Receivers were either wide open or Henry and Lamar ran untouched. We took nothing away. Our stops were largely individual plays by Oliver and Bosa and Rousseau.