Rubes
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10 hours ago, Billy Claude said:
Based on the data, the DPI only happens very rarely,
KC is the beneficiary of DPI 6 times this year and only 3 times last year (last in league). Just to extend the data further back, in 2020 KC was called for DPI 17 times (#3) and beneficiary 4 times (T30) for a net of -13, while in 2021 KC was called for DPI 13 times (#3) and beneficiary 6 times (T27) for a net of -7.
Nice work. I'd also be interested to include defensive holding calls in there as well, since the two penalties basically only differ on whether the ball was in the air at the time of contact.
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4 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:
Aaron Rodgers (jokingly?) mentioned on MCAfee that if you look at the color schemes of the last 3 Super Bowls the Super Bowl logo colors match the colors of the teams that play in the game.
This year's are purple and red (Ravens/49ers?).
Of course, it's not exact, and you have to stretch a bit but hey! I know he was being sarcastic about people who say the NFL is scripted and said SB 59 better be Jet green and something else.
...and it's mostly purple, suggesting the Ravens will win...
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Such an incredibly sad story. What a great thing for us and our favorite football club to have had such a great, strong female figure as a public leader. With any luck, she'll become that again, but chances don't seem great.
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If all Kincaid got were "easy" catches without much YAC that kept getting us first downs, I'd be pretty happy.
Anything above that is gravy.
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12 minutes ago, sven233 said:
What I want to know is what happened to getting Cook the ball in the passing game. Our best offensive games since Brady took over was when Cook was getting the ball in the air. The last 2 games? Nothing.....nadda. They need to start utilizing him again. I know they tried to hit him on a wheel this week, and I actually think it was there if Josh had waited an extra beat to throw it, but I'm talking about the swings that were leveraging his speed to the sidelines, the play action fake then throw to him over the middle, etc. All of that seems to have disappeared in the last couple weeks. I think this would help drag some attention away from Diggs and maybe allow us to get him involved more. There is a lot more to say about Diggs and his "usage" but I don't want to get sidetracked here. But getting Cook back involved, especially against slower LBs, should be a priority.
Been wondering this as well. Hard to believe that Cook has all but disappeared from the passing game, even for simple dump offs.
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7 minutes ago, FilthyBeast said:
Here's another thought to ponder, regardless your stance on McD....this team may never have a better chance to get to/win a superbowl in the coming years when you consider how wide open things are right now especially in the AFC as a whole.
Yes the Ravens look like a prohibitive favorite right now, but we've seen how different Lamar looks in the playoffs...after all even McD and a lot of this current roster already beat him there, albeit at home.
Chiefs defense is elite and more than good enough to carry them right now but you'll never see Mahomes and that offense look like this again. Veach will fix that in a major way in the offseason. And at least the Bills get them in Buffalo finally should that materialize later this month.
Other than those 2 teams I don't see anyone else that could possibly be in the way especially since I'm not a believer in the Browns/Flacco either despite beating up on some bad teams as of late.
The anxiety and tension among the Bills fanbase is going to be at an all time high leading up to Sunday Night, and will only grow exponentially should this team get into the playoffs again....to say it's now or never is an understatement.
There is still a possible scenario where the Bills get in as #6 and the Chiefs are #3...
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2 hours ago, zow2 said:
I'll feel much better about Coach McD if they manage to contain Miami's offense and make Tua uncomfortable.
...Again...
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25 minutes ago, whorlnut said:
After the eagles game, many (including myself) were satisfied enough to declare Brady the OC next year if McD stays. I think after what we saw under Dorsey, any semblance of an nfl offense was a welcome sight so we may have jumped the gun in what Brady was capable of. Now? Well…this offense is a mess. Allen and the receivers are way off…Diggs is a non factor since Brady took over…we are running Murray up the guy on third and 1 instead of letting our hulking qb dive over the top to move the chains, etc.
Could Joe Brady be coaching for his job today this week? I’m not saying he won’t be the guy next year either way, but the job might come open if we lose and miss the playoffs. We have way too much in a franchise qb to be wasting him with ineffective coaching. I’d rather open up the HC position in favor of an offensive mind, but we all know that’s not likely to happen.
What say you?
Brady has always been coaching for his job. He's interim, its not like he's assured the spot for next year. He knows he has to produce every week.
8 minutes ago, Bferra13 said:Schopp brought up an interesting point yesterday on post-game. He said that this is exactly what McDermott wants. A run heavy offense that can control the clock and keep the d fresh. If this is the ultimate goal, i hate it. We had it really good with Dabol and I didn't appreciate that at the time like I should have.
I can say with confidence that this is NOT exactly what McDermott wants. I'm sure he would like a run-heavy offense like we saw against Dallas, but not what we've seen the last couple of weeks. If he wants a run-heavy offense, it's to take the pressure off of Allen and allow him to use play action better and to be more productive with the receivers when he does throw. We're not seeing that, at least not yet. I can't imagine this is what McDermott wants...he wants this, but with a better, more opportunistic passing game.
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@4merper4mer reels them in again!
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2 hours ago, Ya Digg? said:
So this thread is a perfect example of over analyzing everything the Bills do/don’t do and just looking at scores and records of other teams. Flacco, nice story but look who they have played. He has more than half of the turnovers Josh had and has only played 5 games. Good defense, no doubt, but they did give up 17 in the first half to the Jets the other night (yes they only gave up 3 after the half)
Dolphins finally beat a team with a winning record. I don’t think that defense is anywhere near as good as they have shown lately (again, look who they have played, specifically the QBs they have played)
I get it, we are all Bills fans so naturally we are more invested in them. If you look objectively at the other teams, there’s not a team that should scare you-outside of the Bills having a letdown
Well, sorry to disappoint you with the thread, but I also disagree. It's not a matter of "over analyzing everything," it's doing what a lot of people are doing and trying to look relatively objectively at who are the hot teams going into the playoffs. I acknowledged right off that the Browns haven't beaten a murderer's row of competition, but they've still done so fairly convincingly. Hey, they didn't struggle with a down-and-out Jets team the way we struggled with the down-and-out Chargers (and their defense only allowed 10 points to the Jets in the first half).
You can't argue with the fact that Flacco is experiencing a resurgence (and yes, you can argue that his turnovers are a problem, but he's throwing for a lot of yards and plenty of TDs) and you can't argue with how elite their defense is. It was just a simple question: are the Browns a team that other teams are not looking forwad to facing in the playoffs? I say yes, you say no. No need to insult a thread over that.
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I just hope they don't screen pass us to death. That has always been a staple of the Pats**** offense, and we have always seemed to be especially susceptible to it.
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Just now, JohnNord said:
After seeing Star Lotulelei in action, it quickly became clear he is tied forBrandon Beane’s biggest FA bust along with Trent Murphy - also signed in 2018. Star’s calling card was that he was a space eater that could occasionally flash as a pass rusher but he didn’t do that in Buffalo. But you know who did? Daquan Jones!Jones is the player that Beane thought he was signing in Star.
Kudos to Beane for recognizing it and then going out and getting the right player.
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Interesting...insurance policy for the playoffs, maybe?
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The thinking for the last couple of weeks has been the Bills...but I wonder how many are now saying it's the Browns?
Browns have most all the ingredients you might want:
- Super strong defense
- Excellent offensive line
- Savvy veteran QB experiencing a resurgence
- One of the top WRs in Cooper
- Very good running game
They haven't faced a murderer's row of opponents lately, but they're thrashing people and really starting to peak at the right time. Of all the teams in the AFC right now, even compared with the Dolphins and Ravens, I think they are going to do some serious damage in the playoffs.
Assuming they get their kicking game straightened out...
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3 hours ago, Simon said:
That might be the first time I'd literally have to turn my head or leave the room for a play that I couldn't bear to watch.
If he makes it, I might not even be able to watch a replay until the next day when I could eventually start to believe that a procedural flag wasn't going to come flying into the locker room during the post-game celebration.
I had to do this myself for the first time this year. It was the final 4th down play by the Chiefs at the end of the game. Couldn't bear to watch, I buried my head and listened to it, waiting for the words, "no flags!"
It was enough to make my head nearly explode.
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2 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
They have a bad offense and a good defense. Problem is, they run a style -- taking the easy stuff in the middle of the field in the passing game -- that the Bills pass D struggles with. The Bills seem to do much better against defenses with elite receivers and QBs who work the boundaries than against teams that prioritize always taking the easy passes available in a zone D. The Chargers did it last week and did OK with virtually no talent, and the Pats shredded the Bills zone D in the first game this season.
But yeah, the Bills should win. I just worry it'll be an ugly game.
I think some of it will depend on whether Hunter Henry plays. He's the kind of target that would really frustrate our zone defense, I think, especially over the middle. I also would look for a lot of dump offs to the backs either in the flat or over the middle—need Bernard and Dodson to be on their game.
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1 minute ago, LABILLBACKER said:
I agree he's trying to set up a bigger deep play later. The problem is we'll waste 2-3 blown-up wr screen plays to set up a play that never seems to come? Besides Josh throws that lateral poorly.
Yeah, exactly. It seems like that's what he's trying to do, but I just can't see it working.
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3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:
Brady loves the lateral wr screen as much as Dorsey loved the shotgun draw. Neither works, NFL players are too fast. I can live with the occassional dump off over the middle or in the flat, but scrub the Diggs screen.
I agree, I hate seeing that quick WR screen. Then again, I think Brady is using it for two reasons: one, as a substitute for a run play to try and get 4-8 yards (not necessarily to break one every time); and two, to keep the DBs from playing too far off the line in man coverage, setting up a deep ball attempt.
Can't really say it's working so far, by my unprofessional eyes, but I think there is some method to this madness, I just can't quite see it.
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Pretty sure the Bills-Chargers game was replayed last night...
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The universe is jonesing for a Bills-Fins showdown week 18. Take care of the Pats**** this weekend and make it happen.
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36 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:
Just an example of some of the negative variance that we have to overcome. It's one of those things that tends to normalize over a larger sample size but just like our luck on fumbled balls it's been going against us all season. Even though it was Easton Stick and not Patrick Mahomes I didn't feel remotely comfortable at the end of this game because I think Dicker would have nailed it from 67 somehow.
But wouldn't it be awesome if this is where the worm turns?
Thank you for looking that up. I was thinking of doing it myself after this game, since it seemed to me as well that other teams just don’t seem to miss (unless we have 12 men on the field).
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43 minutes ago, JJGauna said:
The Dorsey Bills would have lost, this was a big win regardless of the opponent. 6 more big wins to go!
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I like these threads for the thought experiment, but for me it really comes down to this simple truth: The playoffs have already started.
We need to win out all the way through February or basically we're done. If we lose to the Chargers, Pats****, or Fins, we don't deserve to be in the playoffs, and even if we somehow lose one of those and sneak in, we aren't going far if we can't beat those three teams with everything on the line.
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Got a Feeling the Pressure is Coming.......Bills Need Counter Plays
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On the very first 3rd down play against the Chargers, Josh missed a wide open Murray out of the backfield, instead trying to cram it into a blanketed receiver, incomplete, punt.
Those dump off plays to wide open RBs are there, Josh just isn't seeing them or taking them, for whatever reason.