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Josh is performing at an elite level. A clear level above basically every other QB in the NFL. He leads the league in passer rating, QBR, ANY/A. Any advanced statistic has him sitting far in the top right of any graph. FWIW, James Cook is the 10th RB in yards from scrimmage and tied for 2nd in TD’s.

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Yes yards passed per game is a stat. And I agree, you dont pass a lot you dont get a lot of yards, that was my point. I also said we aren't so dependent on Allen's long ball, more short passes which is very logical Sahakir's YPC would decrease, as I said YPC solely as a stat is very myopic. The Bills have not been airing it out as they have been in years past, higher efficiency shorter passes. Of course Shakirs YPC is going to decrease. So yes in that regard saying His "efficiency" has dropped because of shorrter YPC is , imo , myopic. Totally new offense this year, comparing apples to oranges.

A good offense? With Josh Allen at QB? No, you don’t need elite weapons. To win a SB? I think you do.

This doesn't even seem farfetched, it seems likely. The Bills D is pretty small, so the Ravens are going to ride Henry down our throats. That'll open up play action & Lamar scrambles, which will slowly exhaust the D. Bills will be forced to play catch up & pass a ton. Ravens D only gives up 50 rush yards a game - by far the best in the league. And if our WRs aren't getting separation, Josh is going to start throwing into coverage just in hopes something works. Before this year, he had never gone 2 straight regular season games without an INT, and now we're on 3 straight. It's damn near impossible to expect 4 straight with no INTs. ..... Bills - 26 Ravens - 20

Can’t pick the Bills to lose until they show me a clear area of weakness. This team is firing on all cylinders at the moment, and until they give me a reason to think they’re not going to be the best team on the field on any given Sunday, Monday, Thursday… late December Saturday’s, and apparently even the occasional Friday now, why think otherwise? Who says they HAVE to lose? I mean what better way for Josh to assert his eternal dominion of the Fish franchise… Bills 31 Birds 17

Not in the least. Not sure what the cap implications would be, but have zero desire to add him to the roster. We have a group of guys that have gelled better than any offense we have had under Josh. Watching the team dance to “Mr. Brightside” shows me this is the most cohesive team we have had. I am not willing to mess it up with a has been who wouldn’t add anything to our team. Like I said in the offseason, and it wasn’t well received, Diggs leaving was addition by subtraction. Don’t need to add another guy who wants the ball. Keep the guys who are happy to distribute to everyone. #EveryoneEats

That's not expensive at all if you think you're a genuine contender & can make a legit SB run. Can't always look to setting up future years when you still haven't won anything yet. The Chiefs have the luxury of resting on their laurels if they want. There's no sense of urgency outside of just legacy. The Bills are now 7 years into Allen's career & haven't even made a SB. If $7 million can help push us to that point, who cares if it's a rental & he won't stick around next year? If we make or win a SB, it worked out perfectly.

Did we ever get a real injury report on Josh Allen's hand? Is it fractured?

True. The Douglas trade last year was needed because Elam wasn't up to the task of replacing T. White. Also, he had another year left on his deal. I think you'd need just an avalanche of injuries at the WR position for Beane to try and trade for an expensive WR like Hopkins. Learning the playbook and developing chemistry with Allen takes time. Do you really want to spend $7m or whatever it is on a rental player with the hope that he'll be a meaningful contributor in January?

I haven't had a chance to post about this until now. I think it's right on the money. I caught some heat about my post a week or two ago about how the Bills are better prepared than most teams at the start of the season. I think this DVOA data is some of the evidence. It's not that the Bills win every game at the beginning of the season; it's just that they're ahead of most teams in terms of their preparation for the season. It's especially true because McDermott spends all year trying to build a team that can play multiple ways - run, pass, blitz, stuff the run - he wants his teams to be good at everything. The result is that when the season begins and he starts game planning, he has more tools available. Good passing teams haven't perfected their passing yet, good running teams haven't perfected their running. But the Bills already know how to stop anything - that's what they prepare for. Later in the season, the Bills are still multiple in that ways, but then they're running into teams that actually have perfected some aspect of their game, running or passing or whatever. At that point, being versatile is quite as useful. The test for McDermott has been - and it's a test he hasn't yet perfected consistently - is to continue to be able to use the Bills' versatility in game plans that shut down things that teams have gotten really good at, because that's what they find in the playoffs. However, I'm encouraged about later in the season, because at least so far it looks like Brady has created the passing attack that McDermott wants - a passing attack that is good at taking whatever the defense gives them. I thought the first few plays against the Jags were telling. Either the first four pass plays, or four the first five, all attacked the flat. Josh took the snap and barely thought about going downfield because he knew from what he had seen that the Jags were leaving the flat unprotected. So, over and over, Josh just threw it out there and let the receiver take ten easy yards. Eventually, the Jags tightened up that weakness, but it just created weaknesses elsewhere, and Josh was ready when that happened. What we saw was really efficient offense, whatever it was that the defense tried to do.

With a QB like Allen & his contract, this is exactly how we remain competitive: replacing star players with great draft picks. It takes a year or 2 or even 3 to evaluate Beane's drafts - but he seems to hit on more picks than most GM's.

https://nypost.com/2024/09/26/sports/josh-allen-clarifies-latest-speculation-of-stefon-diggs-discord/

Shakir's "efficiency" as you state by only measuring YPC ranking is myopic imo. That is like saying Josh Allen is having an off year because his yards passed per game is so low. He is arguably having his best year but to WIN, he doesn't have to throw for 400 yards, a healthy maturation of Allen and the overall offense. Just win. Same with Shakir, he might not build up incredible stats as the Bills have 1) yet to need Allens long ball AND 2) his distribution to all receivers has been extraordinary.

LOL, the cherry picking of stats in this thread is epic. No one can use this year's passing stats (so far) and compare it to any previous year. Currently, Josh Allen is on pace for 3,587 yards for the entire 17 game season. Let THAT sink in. Josh is averaging 211 yards per game. The next closest year to that is 2019. The entire Bills team has played together so well that Josh has only 634 yards so far. That's all that has been needed for the Buffalo Bills to be the HIGHEST SCORING team in the NFL. FWIW.

Good writeup. The Jaguars game could not have gone better for the Bills. Point 10 is the key for me. These next 3 games will go a long way towards defining the season. Three big games against good teams. Each team can and has been beaten already, but it probably won't be easy on the road. I think the defense should be able to get some stops this week, we just need the quality offensive game plans and terrific execution from Allen to continue.

On offense: Bills are 1st in PPG, Ravens are 26th in PPG allowed. On defense: Bills are 7th in PPG allowed, Ravens are 11th in PPG scored. The Ravens defense allows the least rushing yards per game. However, they also give up explosive passing plays at a high rate. Just like last week against Jacksonville, I'd like to see the Bills lean into a pass-heavy gameplan. While the metrics, rankings, and specific matchups seem to favor Buffalo in a lot of areas, the fact is that this game is in Baltimore, in front of a fired up home crowd for "Blackout Night", with a Ravens team that should be feeling pretty desperate at 1-2. My head says the Bills are simply better than the Ravens, and Josh usually looks good on Sunday Night Football, and the Bills will win by a touchdown. My gut says it's gonna be one of THOSE games, weird things are gonna happen, and the Ravens will find a way to pull out a win. 27-22 Ravens

8 - O Line Jax has 3 high picks on their D line. Travon Walker #1 overall in 2022 the other Josh Allen - name changed Aric Armstead - big FA signing How many sacks or pressures did these $$$ guys have vs Bills? No sacks, maybe a few pressures, eh?

Because AI Josh tells us why. https://www.instagram.com/gptsport/reel/DASx5wwRnru/

I didn't use the word force feed in a negative.. in his career he has always gotten the ball to a couple of majority targets.. not saying he's forcing the ball to unopened guys The Chiefs game plans always have some guy getting almost 8-10 targets.. 8-10 targets in an NFL game is forcing the ball to somebody in technical terms Every NFL team has five or six wide receiver three running backs and two or three tight ends.. you can scheme up pass plays for 12 people Diggs getting 10 targets game was force feeding him Our top two guys targets wise have 14 and 12 targets over three games.. rice has 29... That's a lot of targets.. even if you're good Josh Allen has shown he could throw the ball 10 times a game to one person he's choosing not to Shakir is really close physically to amon ra st. Brown , a little lighter but he's faster and both tough runners

Bills 26 - Ravens 20. Make no mistake, Baltimore is a real team unlike our first three opponents. I'm counting on Allen continuing to play almost mistake free. Our offense should be fine if we keep doing like we've been, but it'll get slowed down by the Baltimore defense IMO. Our defense is going to have to load the box to stop the run. The Baltimore crowd cares and it will be an adverse environment.

Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens (-2.5) | 8:20 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC The Bills have a day less to prepare for the Ravens this week, but that’s OK. Unlike the Cowboys, they will be able to contain Derrick Henry and force Lamar Jackson to beat them either with his arm or by scrambling. Jackson needs more out of Zay Flowers, who ranks 57th (out of 63 qualified WRs) in EPA per reception at 0.5 despite ranking third in average separation at the ball’s arrival at 4.35 yards. And the Ravens need more out of their defense. They have allowed just 2.8 yards per carry, but their secondary was leaky when the Raiders and Cowboys opened things up the last two games. Josh Allen has been spreading the ball around, but maybe he should lock in on Khalil Shakir more. It’s hard seeing the Ravens having an answer for Shakir, who leads the NFL in EPA per target (1.51). It’s a passing of the torch of MVPs. The pick: Bills https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5785494/2024/09/26/nfl-week-4-picks-predictions-betting-jayden-daniels/

His team has an identity. They needed to shed some personalities—good and bad—and are building who they are, hopefully with Allen and McDermott in lock-step. I really like the addition by subtraction.

I'm not sure how to write this thought. If Beane isn't the best or one of the best GM's in football I don't know who is! How many GM's have taken a 60 mill dead cap hit, flushed out an old core in a off-season, loaded up on kids and a few castoffs for depth and made the team better instead of back-sliding like so many other teams have done in similar circumstances? Add that over the last 3 years he altered his draft philosophy to add more weapons for Josh early in the draft, added more draft capital overall, and then executed a development plan for late round picks and UDFA that has resulted in Ingram, Lewis, Spector, Benford, T Johnson, Hamlin, Dane Jackson, Siran Neal, Shakir etc... Also outside of KC and the Rams, which teams on this list have won a super bowl in the last 5 years?

I trust Kincaid, Samuel and Skakir in that situation. If we continue to roll on offense with what we have, it's obviously working, so why mess with it? This is my personal take and opinion. Allen is playing more loose just because Diggs isn't here. He doesn't have to go to him X amount of times. We are hearing it in his press conferences. It's a relief to him. I wouldn't make any changes until it's needed.