DrDawkinstein

Happy Birthday, dude!

I've done enough McKenzie bashing for this year. So I'll just say I've been happy to see his role reduced, and he shouldnt have been given the ball on the 2pt conversion either.

Lots of good points, but I want to focus on this one. It's a much bigger problem than 3rd and 2. In the Vikings game we had 3 2nd half possessions in a row stall on 2nd and 2 because we couldnt pick up 6 effing feet on 2 tries. We get into short yardage situations and Dorsey calls plays that sends everyone 10-20 yards downfield. This continued all through the Browns game too. For as complicated as modern NFL Xs and Os can be, football is still a simple game. Line up and move the frickin ball. It blows my mind

Hines on returns was our best Offensive weapon and he didnt even have an Offensive touch at that point. The field position he was giving us was crucial. Get this dude in the game plan already!

Gives me a little solace to see that the rich are getting scammed in crypto too 🤣

I get the math behind the decision. Coaches have cards that have all the formulas of exactly when they should and shouldnt go for 2. So if it is one of those scenarios, I can justify listening to the formula. However, if you need 2 TOUGH yards, then McKenzie is the last player who should be getting the ball. He doesnt have the mass or power to fight for extra inches. He has already illustrated this numerous times. He reminds me of Roscoe Parrish. Fast, agile, athletic, but doesnt have the mass to absorb hits in the NFL. Not blaming it on McKenzie, he can't help his size. If we were going to run, it should be a power run with the snap taken under Center to give the RB a chance to get a head of steam before hitting the line. Or if we are going to run McKenzie outside, get him in motion so he already has momentum going. I'm frustrated with once again leaving easy points on the field, and wish we would've just taken the 1. But I can justify that decision. The playcall and personnel is my issue on this play. If we ran that with Hines, I'd bet he gets in simply due to having 30lbs and more power than McK.

So I'm nuts to think that the folks with the high-ranking connections and unlimited resources should have a better plan than "I hope the neighbors dig us out"? If anything, the Bills should be digging their neighbors out. Mario Williams did this with his Bobcat. Got Jim Kelly and a few other people cleared, delivered them all groceries. THAT is how it should be done.

I mean, sure. This is the same list of convenient excuses folks have been making for the past month, and I guess will continue to make as this goes into the last quarter of the season. I understand my place as a fan, meaning, nothing I say or ask really affects anything in the Bills' lives, so I dont think it's unreasonable to be wondering what is going on and when he'll be coming back. Especially when it is our Defensive Secondary unit that has been demolished by injuries and we are desperate for serviceable players. I'm curious at what point you would start asking? You waiting until the playoffs to question it? The Pats game? I'll be waiting to see, just like you. But damn, already...

Sure, just like his Yachts when he isnt in Florida and Jets when he isnt traveling.

I feel like an over the top demand would have been expecting him back to start the season, or maybe even at the Bye. It's week 11, going on week 12. It's over a year since the injury. Guys who have had the same injury after Tre are already back playing. His coach and loyal team analysts have made comments that he needs to come back. You could take some of Josh's comments last week regarding his injury to be directed at getting Tre back. This is on Tre right now, and it's not unreasonable for fans to be questioning wtf is going on with him.

Well, it's easier to blitz when you run man instead of a soft zone. And our LBs do get pretty deep at times. I'm with Frazier and keeping things the same. Rush 4, Drop 7. Not much more we can do. It will help to get Groot back.

I love Tre, but dude needs to get back on the field, or let us find someone who actually wants to play football.

I get your thinking, but the problem with blitzing when we are down guys in the Secondary, is you end up having to take even more guys out of coverage in order to blitz which only serves to further weaken your secondary and coverage. If we're blitzing, that means we are taking Milano, Edmunds, or Taron out of coverage and putting more pressure on the backups filling in at DB.

Then some other big, kickass all terrain vehicle. Heck, make it a fleet of backhoes and bulldozers. Terry can afford it.

Am I the only one that thinks it is totally ridiculous that with the Trillion$ the NFL has, the Billion$ the Pegulas have, the Million$ the franchise has, and the Million$ these players have... they have to rely on Joe Blow from down the block to dig the players out and get them to the game?!? Pegula needs to invest an easy $1M in a couple of humvees with plows, and a small fleet of snowmobiles, and keep them handy for when this happens again. It shouldn't be up to neighbors risking heart attacks to get these Millionaires' driveways cleared.

It's tunnel vision with folks not following the rest of the NFL or being around fans of other teams. One of the biggest eye-openers for me as a disgruntled and abused Bills fan was moving to another NFL market and getting a dose of the local fans and their complaints about their team, etc. Showed me that EVERYONE, every team, goes through stuff. And a lot of other teams have it much worse than us, and that was even in the drought! The idea that folks would be CRITICIZING the way this roster is built, given our injuries this year and forced reliance on not only depth, but depth provided by rookie 7th Rd picks and UDFAs, is ridiculous. If anything, our record this year is a testament to how well this roster has been built. We just need to get healthy, and get our healthy guys on the field. Tweak the gameplans a little, and hit it hard in the playoffs. Go Bills!

We've been talking about Josh's poor play and decision making for the last 3 weeks. There are multiple threads dedicated solely to that topic. How have you missed that? We can also discuss other aspects of the team that are currently lacking as well.

Our Zone DBs are too small and weak to win on jump balls against the size of NFL WRs nowadays. They get out-muscled every time.

The offense and the play calling was absolutely putrid at that point, and our best weapon hadnt seen a single ball thrown his way. Makes total sense. Diggs has proven before that as long as we are winning, he doesnt care about targets. But when we are playing that poorly and he is being ignored, it seems like a quick and easy fix for a sputtering offense. Good for Stefon. I hope he told McD to get a handle on his OC before he loses the entire team.

I still think they fly it. They probably send the equipment ground which lets them charter a smaller plane. But my money is on flying.

He's a Linebacker. Not a WR, not a TE, not even a DB. If he could catch, he'd be playing offense. I'll happily take him knocking balls down, or even tipping them up for others to intercept.

I looked it up. Jax-Tampa is over 3 hours. They're flying that. Ravens/WFT might be the only legit one. Maybe Philly/NY, that is less than 2 hours to Jersey.

LOL, good examples. NY/NY and LA/LA dont count. But Tampa/Jax definitely does. Curious what they do there. Ravens/WFT is a good one too. I could see that being driven. Wonder about that Tampa/Jax tho...

Both of those would be considered "home" teams on home fields (I'm also not sure the Bills didn't fly to Toronto, although Ralph was cheap). I'm talking a visiting team driving to the other team.

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