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The only play he made outside of the structure of the offense today was the flick down the sideline to Cook and maybe the TD throw to Diggs those are really the only two plays you can say today that was made outside of the structure of the offense

Yes this. I keep saying they key to this offense is making Allen a different player. People give me the roll the eyes emoji when I said the most important part of the Bills offense moving forward is Allen playing within the system and become more Brady than Favre. He has done that 3 straight games hitting the 5 yard passes over and over and eventually teams switch out of it and the big plays start coming. When we lose it’s very rarely we get beat. It’s mostly our own self inflicted wounds that cost us games

Feel free to merge this with the other Frazier thread but the more I watch this defense, and this team in general, has an edge to it. It’s pretty clear through 4 games that Frazier wasn’t running McDermotts defense and McDermott determined that his DC was holding some players back. The difference in play and aggressiveness from Ed Oliver, Greg Rousseau have been night and day. The development of AJ Epenesa who has been really good early this year, Terrell Bernard, Christian Benford look like pro bowl type players now. just a huge night and day difference with some of these guys from last year.

Well if he’s not active next week I don’t know if he will ever be. Could be active but might not play over Siran Neal

Bills 37 Dolphins 31

Do the Bills have 4 of the fastest players in the NFL right now on offense, because that is the sole reason for their success. Don't have to block anyone when your WR's are immediately open because they can separate. Dont need to have a QB with a cannon arm when the throwing windows are huge. As much as Belichick gets hate, his gameplan is correct. The Dolphins love to throw the ball between the hashes at all levels. Clog the middle of the field and make Tua throw the 12 yard curls, the 9 routes with consistency.

I believe 95% of the time, Quarterbacks make the coordinator/head coach and not the other way around. There are examples of Head Coaches who had mediocre play get their teams deep in the playoffs and/or Super Bowls but usually if you have mediocre QB play you better have absolutely dominate defense. Just look at Adam Gase(Peyton Manning), Josh McDaniel's(Tom Brady), Nathaniel Hackett(Aaron Rodgers) as recent examples of guys who's careers and reps were made off of QB's who could have me as their coach and succeed. Josh Allen is going to succeed at a high level no matter who the coordinator is. The only example of recent successes of guys who look better than they are due to their coach is the team we are playing this week.

Have the QB continue to play within the system verse trying to have him do it all himself.

Two really good quick throws for positive yardage and then you chuck it deep into double coverage. My god.

Sean McVay has been a terrible play caller tonight. The Bengals are literally pinning their ears back all game. How bout you try running the ball like at all this game. He's calling no quick game whatsoever just letting Stafford take 5-7 step drops getting crushed every drop back. Throw the ball to the RB in the flats, run some draws, a WR screen or two any of that would be successful right now but no by all means keep trying to throw down the field.

Lock me into the group that thinks they should ban push sneaking. My god is it boring football on a yard. Plus they have the TE stand to the side and grab his shoulder pads as well to pull him forward.

Your talking about teams fan's who traditionally travel well(Bills, Chiefs, Steelers) going to destination cities. Jax and Tampa in Florida and Las Vegas is a destination city as well. I don't think its an indicator at least based on the scenarios laid out.

Unlike last year, I think the last two weeks was unspectacular but highly efficient. The problem for fans is they are used to the over the top down the field offense that is humming at all times. Teams have stopped that. Now we must be boring and matriculate more often. The reason the Dolphins can do it is there is just so much damn speed on that offense. They are doing that because the Right Tackle sucks and they have to chip for him all the time. They chip and release to the flat like 35% of the time I would bet.

Not to make this an Edmunds thread but watching him against the Chiefs and I saw him week 1 he really is just a big body who doesn’t know what he’s doing out there. Bernard has made more game changing plays in 3 weeks than he did in 5 years and that’s not an over exaggeration

Bernard has made as many plays in back to back games as Edmunds did in his 5 years. TFL followed by an INT

I always have said watching this game, it was a very sloppy AFC championship games from both offenses. The Bills may have won but they looked awful on offense and it was an omen for what was about to happen in the Super Bowl unfortunately. If the Dolphins could have even play above average they would have won that game. The difference in athleticism from that era to now is also incredibly noticeable. Same with kickers like you stated.

Yup, there were numerous times during the game that Knox stayed in and chipped and sometimes where Harris was lined up in the slot to chip before releasing as well. I also noticed and I would have to watch more of Crosby, but he was lined up ungodly wide. I'm not talking Wide 9. I'm talking there were time where the man was in a 3 point stance where a slot WR would line up.

When your that big, with that long of arms, and your feet aren't made out of cement, technique doesn't have to be as precise. For a man as large as he is he can get out of his stance. That's why I was higher on him. He can be taught technique. You can't teach the raw size and athleticism he has.

Overall Dawand Jones did really well in my opinion against Watt. He had the Fumble Recovery for a TD but that’s cause Highsmith destroyed the LT

Regressing back to Josh Allen Hero Ball is different than regressing as a QB. He needs to become a savant of the QB room instead of leaning solely on his physical attributes which while make him look unhuman at times is also his kryptonite.

I didn't say he regressed did I. I said once he learns that this is the style of football player he is going to have to become because defenses dictate it to him and begins to take what defenses give him week in and week out than he'll become a SB QB. What didn't you get? He leads the NFL in Turnovers since he entered the NFL. Its because he likes to take deep shots instead of taking the 5 yard routes. He did that today. I hope he continues to do it because the Bills will be very good if he does.

When he starts to realize that this is how he is going to have to play over the long haul from now on then he'll become a SB winning QB. The question is can he continue to play like this without regressing back to hero ball/josh has to do everything status.

Bills 30 Raiders 14

They’re still there. Just watch most of the first half watching Allen check it down to RBs and TEs. It’s what gave Buffalo the lead

The offensive line initially was fine against arguably the best D in the league. Allen kept running out of the pocket that was fairly clean or kept trying to take off running. Just sit still and deliver the football