buffalo2218 Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:13 PM, CircleTheWagons99 said: Garbage way to start the season. Looked like the same ol bills.... Expand I agree, but I felt off about this game all week. It turns out Daboll's insanely questionable playcalling and failure to execute ended up being our demise. This is just the first game. I'm sure Dolphin fans think were done, but I'm quite sure they don't realize us losing this game will probably have Allen hanging his jewels in Hard Rock next weekend. They can puff their chest all they want, but despite today, Allen still owns the Dolphins
B-Large Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:13 PM, Mojo44 said: It’s going to be a long week. Expand Over/under on a bench Josh thread? It could happen, it’s gonna be an ugly overreaction fest…
dave mcbride Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:12 PM, Drifter said: Bills played poorly. But I still maintain the refs ***** us on calls vs no calls. Expand Complaining about refs is a loser reaction. The Bills were called for a ton of offensive holding, but actually should have been called for MORE. They were gifted some non-calls on what to me looked like blatant holds. Also, Wallace clearly interfered with Claypool on that little pop fly Ben R threw on 3rd down in the first half (he didn’t look back, and plowed into the receiver before it arrived). Yes, there were a couple calls/non-calls that I wish had gone the Bills way, but the Bills lost this all by themselves. Not the refs. 2 1
CEN-CAL17 Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:15 PM, Rc2catch said: What happened to motion? Screens? Any sort of misdirection at all. Bills certainly choked that game away. Quite disturbing Expand Exactly, every pass was a straight 3 step drop out of shotgun. There was nothing done today to beat a potential top 5 defense.
Gambit Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:14 PM, chongli said: And Singletary. Expand I'm not even sure about that. He fumbled twice today I believe. Sure, both went out of bounds but that's still worrisome. 1
SirAndrew Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:17 PM, B-Large said: Over/under on a bench Josh thread? It could happen, it’s gonna be an ugly overreaction fest… Expand There should be a release Haack thread though. I think that’s very reasonable considering his craptastic kicking in Miami. 1
B-Large Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:16 PM, BillsFan130 said: Defence sucked when they needed them The most. Great first half, not a good 2nd half. 0 punts from Pitts in the 2nd half Expand steelers looked much more regular season ready…. And it showed in the second half…
newcam2012 Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:15 PM, BigDingus said: Hats off to the defense though. They held the Steelers down the majority of the game, and allowed only 17 points with only 1 TD (3 FGs). If not for a blocked punt returned for a TD, we'd be in OT right now. Expand This doesn't make me feel any better. Defense was solid but I also think its because the Steeler offense is sub par. New Oline, rookie RB, and now O coordinator. I'm not convinced the Bills D can stop a more high powered efficient offense. Luckily, tje AFC east doesn't have a lot of Offensive power.
LABILLBACKER Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:13 PM, newcam2012 said: This team will only go as far as Allen takes us. If he plays poorly the Bills they most likely lose. Today is a good example of that. The Steeler D is pretty stout vs the run. As a result, I'm not surprised they weren't successful. However, the Bills really never even tried to establish a resemblance of a run game. Take some pressure of Allen. I'm not sure if this type of offense will be as successful as last year. It's only one game but I'm pretty concerned. Expand It's like Daboll, Dorsey, whoever the hell runs this offense could care less about a run attack or TE's. You take those 2 parts out of your offense you become very one dimensional and beatable. 1
B-Large Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:18 PM, SirAndrew said: There should be a release Haack thread though. I think that’s very reasonable considering his craptastic kicking in Miami. Expand It’s gonna be a banner week, we’ll be entertained if nothing else
Capco Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 I think this outcome was a combination of two interdependent factors: 1) The coaches called the game aggressively because they trusted that Allen could turn it on at any minute. 2) Allen played a subpar game. The coaching staff refused to make the necessary adjustments in light of Allen’s play. They kept calling an aggressive game and putting it on Allen’s shoulders when the correct thing to do was start playing more conservatively after the 1st half. That, in turn, did not help Allen. Some I formation sets with runs and play action was the correct adjustment. Instead, they kept going 5 wide and running QB draws, playing into the Steelers’ strengths. Overall, I think coaching adjustments are easier to implement as opposed to not adjusting to how your QB is playing and expecting him to ball out. 2
Rc2catch Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:17 PM, CEN-CAL17 said: Exactly, every pass was a straight 3 step drop out of shotgun. There was nothing done today to beat a potential top 5 defense. Expand That was really dangerous. Thought for sure they’d motion these guys around, surely McKenzie isn’t the only guy capable of running in motion on the jet sweep.
SirAndrew Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:19 PM, LABILLBACKER said: It's like Daboll, Dorsey, whoever the hell runs this offense could care less about a run attack or TE's. You take those 2 parts out of your offense you become very one dimensional and beatable. Expand Running sounds great, I used to love Singletary, but I’m no longer convinced we have the guys. Running is worthless if you don’t have a decent back, or a line that can run block. KC has a guy like Edwards Helaire, that’s a huge difference.
Nitro Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 Bad calls. Poor coaching decisions. Players are not executing. This is feels like a Dick Jauron team. I know next week they will bounce back but MIAMI is not an easy game. Get ready for a long, hard season. No cake walk. 3
That's No Moon Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:15 PM, BillsFan130 said: Bills sucked today. Ya the refs didn't help them at all, but can't blame anyone except the players and the coaching. 16 points on offence and 6 in the 2nd half.. All with pretty good field position Expand Every one of the offensive holds they called was legit and they could have called several more. Dawkins, Williams, and Feliciano in particular were terrible today. 1
B-Large Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:19 PM, Capco said: I think this outcome was a combination of two interdependent factors: 1) The coaches called the game aggressively because they trusted that Allen could turn it on at any minute. 2) Allen played a subpar game. The coaching staff refused to make the necessary adjustments in light of Allen’s play. They kept calling an aggressive game and putting it on Allen’s shoulders when the correct thing to do was start playing more conservatively after the 1st half. That, in turn, did not help Allen. Some I formation sets with runs and play action was the correct adjustment. Instead, they kept going 5 wide and running QB draws, playing into the Steelers’ strengths. Overall, I think coaching adjustments are easier to implement as opposed to not adjusting to how your QB is playing and expecting him to ball out. Expand nor should it all fall on his shoulders. There are games when he has to be Superman, and that’s okay… but if they think week in week out that’s the plan, he gonna get killed. 1
newcam2012 Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:15 PM, Rc2catch said: What happened to motion? Screens? Any sort of misdirection at all. Bills certainly choked that game away. Quite disturbing Expand The offense was out of sync the whole game. I saw far too many cute plays that didn't work. Lack of run attempts, inaccurate Allen, and no offense rhythm. Add in poor coaching, lack of adjustments. Blocked punt for TD, and a worn down defense in the 4th quarter.
Rockinon Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 Pittsburgh's D looks better than advertised. Tough loss. Going to have to knuckle down here on out.
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