MDH

It wasn’t a bad pass but given the coverage it wasn’t where it needed to be. Ideally the ball would have been down and away from Brown so only he could get his hands on it.

If he had the speed he would have been a 1st round pick. Not many guys have his vision, contact balance and elusiveness with break away speed.

That does seem to be an issue. They're a good running team but they're a finesse running team, not a power one. They run out of 11 personnel most of the time and rely on spreading the D out to gain yards on the ground. If a D plays cover zero and clogs the middle of the field Allen seems to struggle in the wind hitting his outside targets.

I haven't seen this mentioned yet but the worst play call of the day (other than not QB sneaking it on 1st and goal at the half yard line) was when they had a 2nd and 1 around the, oh, 15 yard line and did a QB sneak. WHO THE HELL CALLS A QB SNEAK ON 2ND DOWN?! Josh was horrible yesterday but you have to have more faith in your QB than that. Play action and fire a short throw the Beasley or Brown over the middle. Hell, just run Singletary if you want to play it safe as he has the ability to bust off a 10+ yard run. That said, the Daboll hate is a bit much. I saw plenty of guys open and Allen missed them or they dropped good balls. Daboll can't execute the plays, that's on the players.

The only way the NE game is bigger than this Pit game is if the Bills win this week and the Pats lose. Otherwise, this Pit game not only guarantees the playoffs but the 5 seed, which means a road trip (at worst) to Hou or Ten. Other than getting a home playoff game that is the easiest path to getting a playoff win.

Duck doesn't have to drive the field to score 24. The Pit D causes havoc and their ST is fantastic as well. Even a Duck led offense can put the ball in the endzone if their D or ST gives him a couple of short fields. If the Bills don't turn the ball over, they win. Let's see if they can manage that.

Based on messing around with the ESPN Playoff Machine I couldn't find a way for the Bills to not be locked into, at least, the 5 seed if they win this week. The difference between the 5 and 6 seed is huge. No way I want to go on the road to KC in the WC game. Much easier path the the division round if its @Hou or @Ten

If only the coaching staff knew as much as the fans when it comes to Duke Williams. ?

If they lose out they still get in 56% of the time. Not that anybody wants to get in that way... I keep seeing people call a Hodges 3rd string. If Rudolph is benched and Hodges promoted doesn’t that make Hodges 2nd string? If Rudolph was hurt and that was the reason Hodges was promoted then he’d be the 3rd string QB.

QBs have to read leverage. Brown was covered. If he looks to Beasley he’d see the DBs hips turned the wrong way and immediately know Beasley has his man beaten. He shouldn’t be waiting until Beasley is actually open to make that decision. It looks like Allen saw single coverage one Brown and was going there no matter what.

If the Bills beat the Pats in 2 weeks and KC wins out the Pats don’t get a bye.

Exactly.

Great play

Yeah, I’ve had my fill of Allen getting hit on slides with no call.

Not with the Raiders losing their last 3.

If you can’t admit when he has a crap game then yeah, there’s bias being shown, but it’s not on my side of the table.

Yep, if Titans win everything the Bills needed to make the playoffs today would have happened...except the Bills win. Get it done next week and all is forgiven.

C is very generous.

The Bills offense played to the strength of the Raven’s D today. Teams have had much more success with 12 personnel on the field but the Bills decided to go 11 and keep 3 WR on the field against and elite secondary. Most teams try and keep the Ravens in their base D, not the Bills. I’m confident the Bills would have had much more success with Kroft and Knox on the field at the same time. Both running and throwing.

The Bills are defiantly a good team and playoff worthy. What worries me is that anytime they play a good D the game will be very close and they can easily lose to teams who, overall, aren’t as good. The Bills are a more complete team than the Steelers but that game worries me because they cause turnovers and play very, very good D. Will we see a repeat performance from today’s O? Much like today, one miscue on D could be the nail in the coffin. The O’s deficiencies means the D has to play nearly perfect.

Yeah, that was huge. As was the Knox drop on 3rd and 10’when they were driving. The drops dove me crazy today, though to be fair, so did Allen’s misfires.

Why do people think “WR1” equals “HoF type WR”? Brown is one of the top 32 WR in the league. He’s a WR 1. Is he elite? No, but all the guys people list as elite are guys who will garner serious HoF consideration.

Haha, yeah, not sure how that didn’t occur to me.

It wouldn’t have done any good but you’re right, they had nothing to lose and should have thrown it.

I was really disappointed with the offense today but... Damn, Pats, Seattle, Houston and Rams all got smoked by this team. This D is legit and give the Bills a chance to win any week.