Deep dive into Bills offense

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Old Coot]

Well done, son.  Excellent analysis.

[eball]

What a great read.  To be able to flip a switch like that four games in…wow.  And it certainly bodes well for the Bills being able to adjust in-game as well.

[Motor26]

I love that mindset. Our players are better than yours and we’re just going to dare you to stop us. 

[Scott7975]

Great freaking article.  Thanks for the share.

[Don Otreply]

It’s kinda like this for defenses; “‘oh Christ, is he gonna drop back or is he gonna run it, damn, he handed it off to Moss…, Next play, Knox, no Sanders, no Beasley, damn it it’s Diggs again…, ya just gotta love it! 
 

Go Bills!!!

[Big Turk]

A very lengthy read but exceptionally detailed...

 

One writer says the NFL should be afraid if the Bills offense after taking a deep look.

 

One writer says the league should be afraid of the Bills defense after taking a deep look.

 

Basically the league just needs to be afraid. We are coming for all of them.

[boater]

I have repeated visions of Josh Allen rushing into the end zone and spinning the ball into the turf in celebration. Anyone have a link?

[Shaw66]

Great article.  Thanks.  How about this:

 

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It was hard not to come away from Sunday night believing two things: A) Everyone in the AFC should be terribly, terribly afraid; B) There’s so much more to come.

 

[TPS]

Not only was it great on the intricacies, but well-written.  Nice.

While he doesn't show up on the stat sheet, the under-appreciated Reggie Gilliam is becoming a nice little chess piece for Daboll. 

[Might Rather]

3 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

It was hard not to come away from Sunday night believing two things: A) Everyone in the AFC should be terribly, terribly afraid; B) There’s so much more to come.

I like both A and B but the latter seems like so much fun to look forward to

[Logic]

What an incredible read. Thanks so much for sharing it.

Exactly what I hoped would happened, happened:

The Bills DID spend all offseason trying to figure out a unique way to beat the Chiefs this year. They DID create a one of a kind, unicorn offensive gameplan. They DID stay pretty simple and true to form through the first four weeks, only to roll out the special stuff against KC. 

I knew from watching the game that Allen deserved an A+. I did not, however, realize quite the extent to which Daboll deserved an A+, too. What an excellent gameplan. What excellent execution.

Between the way the Bills out-schemed and out-physicaled the Chiefs on defense and the way they out-schemed and out-executed the Chiefs on offense, that win was about as thorough and awesome and stylistically excellent as you could hope for. Mahomes had his second worst game ever, Allen shined on a national stage, and the Bills took the reins of the AFC firmly into their hands. 

p.s. The Bills scheme change-up on offense is so interesting, and Collinsworth/Michaels didn't say a peep about it as it was happening. Would it kill the NFL to employ some analysts intelligent and well researched enough to recognize this stuff and relay it to the home audience as it's happening?!

Edited October 12, 2021 by Logic

[Coach Tuesday]

The best part of this was his conclusion that Daboll kept most of the game plan under wraps for the first month of the season - they had the Chiefs game circled on the calendar.  Coaches thinking Big Picture, and it’s what the Chiefs did to us in 2020.

 

This team is arriving.

[Rhode Island Red]

Logic and Coach, great posts.  Haven’t read the piece yet and already salivating…

[DallasBillsFan1]

Now let's do it again against the Titans.  Will be curious to see how we play Derrick Henry.  I wonder if TN will try the "ball control" method with time of possession.

[hondo in seattle]

Good article.  

 

I was  at the game and noticed the Bills were doing something different on offense.  But with my eyes mostly following the ball, I didn't completely understand what I was seeing.  This article explained a lot.  

[Kelly the Dog]

That is one well-researched, well-thought out, well-written article. 

[Coach Tuesday]

1 minute ago, Kelly the Dog said:

That is one well-researched, well-thought out, well-written article. 

I don’t think I’ve seen it postulated anywhere else that perhaps Allen didn’t suck in college, it was the plays he was being asked to run that sucked (for him at least), fascinating.

[wjag]

My take aways from this article.  It explained a lot what my mind did not catch and I even slowed down every play of the game for both sides to watch the plays unfold.

 

1.)  I was wondering what happened to Beasley in this game.  The idea that he provides a free release for Sanders was great analysis.  So he was a decoy.

2.) I commented on this board the last two weeks that they were setting the stage for KC.  But I incorrectly assumed it was to run the ball. So they were tuning up the running game in my mind.  The offense just seemed so plain and Allen so not-Allen like (from last year).    When in fact, they ran an almost boring offense that got disguised by the big points they were scoring.  Nothing on tape for KC to see.

3.) I was beginning to think that the Allen to Diggs magic of last year was over.  Thinking back to what Diggs said after the WTF Game (where Beasley was focal) that he would be going off the next week (Texans) you get the distinct impression that teams are never going to know who is the focal point of the game plan anymore.  It could be Knox or Diggs or Davis or Sanders.  Good luck figuring it out.  And you get the sense the players accept this advanced game planning where it's my turn, it's not my turn.

4.) Lastly I was wondering where last year's razzle dazzle was.  Things like fake punts, half back options, OL pass TDs.  I get the feeling the play book will slowly open up and we will see more and more added.

[Kelly the Dog]

6 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

I don’t think I’ve seen it postulated anywhere else that perhaps Allen didn’t suck in college, it was the plays he was being asked to run that sucked (for him at least), fascinating.

Methinks it was a combination of several factors but that could well be a big part of it. He didn’t have good coaching. He wasn’t crazy inaccurate he just never checked down or threw easy completions. He was never coached out of hero ball. He didn’t have a lot of good players around him. He hadn’t played against good defenses before.