The Big Cat

November 28, 2016

This is still a false argument.

People said that Tyrod inflated the team's rushing ability last year, but when QB rushing yards are removed for all teams, the Bills finished 5th overall in rushing yards and 1st in yards/carry in 2015.

This year, I haven't done the work to normalize the stats for all teams, but even if you keep QB rushing yards in the equation for all other teams, and only remove Tyrod's rushing yards, the Bills rank 6th in the NFL in rushing yards overall. The team yards/carry average drops from 5.29 to 5.03, but that would still rank 1st in the NFL.

I'm also not sure why it's even brought up. Is it to dispute whether or not the Bills are a run-first team? Is that the argument?

November 28, 2016

1) Yes. I think it's an unwillingness rather than inability, but either way it screws the offense.

2) Hyperbole?

Honestly, no. Only twice in franchise history have QB's thrown for more yards in a season than Fitz did in 2011...when the second leading receiver was David Nelson.

Give Fitz Watkins, Clay, Woods and the cushion of our running attack and Shady out of the backfield and he'd push for 5 grand. Dude threw to a spot unlike anything we've seen since Kelly. It's what makes him so effective.

November 28, 2016

I just don't get this fanbase? The guy is leading a team that has averaged 25.5 pts per game this year. Over the past 7 games they've averaged 27.7 points per game. This is with minimal help from the defense in terms of turnovers (field position) recently.

I mean Tyrod is far from perfect but my gosh, he's pretty special with his legs and throws a good deep ball. Has plenty of arm strength to make every throw. Yes he could do better in the middle of the field...but his running and the Bills rushing attack is the identity. Who else would lead the team to more offense this year... Sam Bradford? Brock Osweiler? Bryce Petty? Gimme a break.. You can break down the game tape of every NFL QB today and they missed throws yesterday. It's not a position where there is 100% perfection. I understand people here wanting/expecting 300 yds, 2 TDs, NO Ints, but geez. The O has been fairly productive.

may be you can help us all understand how scoring points gets credited to the quarterback when we:

lead the league in rushing
have thrown the fewest passes in the league
have the 28th ranked net yards per passing attempt
have thrown the fewest TD's
have nearly a 2:1 ratio of rushing TD's to passing TD's (20 to 11)

November 28, 2016

OK....did he or did he not get the PI call on the pass?

I know you have a strong push because you dont want anyone to blame the D (and that appears to be happening.......21 fricken points and we have to come up with 28 to win) but jeez

He got the PI as a door prize for executing the play poorly.

I've never once said that the defense was beyond critique. I myself have critiqued the defense on many occasions. The reasons for the defense's non-dominance has been the point of contention, and my observations haven't changed since last year. What any of this has to do with TT's habit of being waaaay too late on throws, something which is abundantly clear to anyone watching Bills and non-Bills quarterbacks enough to know what good, rhythm, throw to a spot and throw your receiver open passing looks like, I have no idea.

You could see he was late in the replay. He needs to put the ball in Clay's hands right as he clears the 2nd level, not throw the ball when he clears it.

It's also not an isolated incident. TT doesn't throw the ball when a player is about to clear the defense, he waits until he's fully clear and by that time the safety is in play. It's one of his major flaws. He just can't pull the trigger until he actually sees the guy wide open. It's the same problem EJ had/has.

He can't throw guys open. Period. He simply doesn't do it. Fitzpatrick would be all-world with the weapons we have on this offense and with how much we rely on the run game. And don't tell me TT's ability to scramble sets him apart. It gets him back to zero. His scrambling ability almost compensates for his inability to execute the primary function of his job--to pass the football.

Gotta see the All 22 film before you criticize the qb's decisions on where to go with the ball.

Was nice to see #14 back out there. Very exciting! 80 yards is a great showing after being out 2 months.

Indeed. The All-22 will prove whether or not everyone who was at the stadium yesterday has been lying about receivers being open all over the field. Let's wait and find out, I guess.

November 28, 2016

I was encouraged today with tyrod throwing the ball at Clay and Sammy and getting the PI calls....that is in fact progress in that area

Sorry but this takeaway is flat wrong. Every tweet/text coming out of the stadium reported that the PI to Clay was a result of TT missing him WIDE OPEN for the entirety of the route and delivering the ball exceptionally late.

THAT has been TT's habit this entire time and it's extremely discouraging.

November 28, 2016

More then the QB. The OC and schemes are terrible too.

Sure.

November 28, 2016

Every QB and Offense in the league is capable of a 300 yard passing game but the Bills. Makes absolutely no sense.

Doesn't make sense? The QB stinks. It's not that difficult.

November 28, 2016

But if the play is not called for him and he is the third checkdown it's too late. He should be the primary or #2 option. 18 throws (19 if you include the PI and he was targeted 22% of the time). Again this is a replay from 2015.

Then how come we keep running all these plays in which the primary option is covered and the other three guys are wide open?

November 28, 2016

IT'S NOT THE PLAYCALLING

IT'S THE QUARTERBACK

ENOUGH WITH BLAMING THE OC

November 28, 2016

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November 28, 2016

His hot steak has to end at some point

Doesn't it?

November 28, 2016

Is this the part where we remember TT standing in the pocket all day staring at wide open receivers all over the field then scrambling for 1.5 yards?

November 27, 2016

Troll?

November 27, 2016

I'm bringing up solid facts

It's funny bc you fans are so delusional you can't even bring up good counter arguements

All you do is tell me to stop posting, which shows what I'm saying is 100% correct

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