We're onto Miami(Miami's headed to Buffalo)...opening line BUF -10! Game at 1:05 PM SUN 1/15

[Beck Water]

14 minutes ago, Rochesterfan said:

 

So basically you don’t want the Bills to “tip their hand”, but by activating Beasley and forcing the Dolphins go back and gameplan for Beasley is a bad thing?

 

It is not lalalala crap - it is I genuinely do not understand what difference it makes if the Bills know the extent of the Hammy injury and expect that he is not going to play - why not get Cole activated.  The Dolphins would have been planning for him - just as the Bills are planning for Skylar, but still watching for Bridgewater news.

 

The Biggest loss in all this to me is McK typically plays Hill in the scout team and now you have lost that.

 

We will see, but I expect (as you said in an earlier post) - you will have Cole doing his part, Shakir doing the man routes more, and Hines doing the heavy motion/sweeps.  
 

 

 

Dude, if you’re gonna respond to me, could you please take the time to read what I’ve written?  Otherwise, you’re just talking at me and there’s really not much point

 

OK one more time: Beane could elevate Beasley any time between now and Saturday afternoon.  There is no advantage to do it sooner.  Beasley will not be more motivated or more involved in the game plan if he’s elevated now vs Weds.  If McKenzie is going to be out, no reason to tell the Dolphins now and not Saturday

 

The only reason I can think of to do it now and not Saturday is to make the Dolphins prepare defensively for some of the plays we used to have in the playbook for Beasley, that got taken out.  That would be a good thing for us, just as making us prepare for 2 QBs is a good thing for them

Edited January 12, 2023 by Beck Water

[Goin Breakdown]

2 hours ago, Nineforty said:

 

I've had this feeling that Bridgewater will be the QB since McDaniel's weird comment about Teddy's recovery/availability for Sunday.  

This comment about significant handshake work is the first actual datapoint or anecdote that lends credence to this that I've seen..

Yeah I didn't get that. So basically he's doing some josh Allen style handshakes and that's our way of guessing his availability for the game?  Kind of a silly thing to report but maybe that was his purpose. 

Edited January 12, 2023 by Goin Breakdown

[ColoradoBills]

39 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

OK one more time: Beane could elevate Beasley any time between now and Saturday afternoon.

 

The Bills may want to have Beasley, Brown and a DL called up from the PS.

Only 2 can be called up per week.

Thus someone (Cole) got signed to the main roster.

 

The Bills only have 4 WRs and it seems that McKenzie is out so getting a 5th WR on the roster is not a crazy idea.

[K-9]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

Fine “does not involve the QB as an option to carry the ball”, does that help?  

 

The point is the OP to which I was responding indicated an RPO could not be run effectively if the QB is not a proficient runner.  But they can.

 

https://footballadvantage.com/rpo-football/

 

They just gain another dimension when the QB can also run,

I didn’t read your previous exchanges on the matter, I was just seeking some clarification on your wording. And you’re correct, a QB need not necessarily be a great runner to execute RPOs as they’re designed. Unlike a read option play. 

1 hour ago, The Wiz said:

What still confuses me is how they call Josh's RPO's "RPOs".  A lot of the time it's a fake hand off to the RB and then Josh runs it.  More of an RRO than an RPO even though they do actual RPOs the same way.  Is that really an RPO or does it have a different name that they just don't say?

Perhaps you’re thinking of a read option play. RPOs are just that, options to run or pass whereas the read option is strictly a running play by either the RB if the QB hands off or by the QB if he chooses not to.

Edited January 12, 2023 by K-9

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, Rochesterfan said:

 

So basically you don’t want the Bills to “tip their hand”, but by activating Beasley and forcing the Dolphins go back and gameplan for Beasley is a bad thing?

 

It is not lalalala crap - it is I genuinely do not understand what difference it makes if the Bills know the extent of the Hammy injury and expect that he is not going to play - why not get Cole activated.  The Dolphins would have been planning for him - just as the Bills are planning for Skylar, but still watching for Bridgewater news.

 

The Biggest loss in all this to me is McK typically plays Hill in the scout team and now you have lost that.

 

We will see, but I expect (as you said in an earlier post) - you will have Cole doing his part, Shakir doing the man routes more, and Hines doing the heavy motion/sweeps.  
 

 

 

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

Dude, if you’re gonna respond to me, could you please take the time to read what I’ve written?  Otherwise, you’re just talking at me and there’s really not much point

 

OK one more time: Beane could elevate Beasley any time between now and Saturday afternoon.  There is no advantage to do it sooner.  Beasley will not be more motivated or more involved in the game plan if he’s elevated now vs Weds.  If McKenzie is going to be out, no reason to tell the Dolphins now and not Saturday

 

The only reason I can think of to do it now and not Saturday is to make the Dolphins prepare defensively for some of the plays we used to have in the playbook for Beasley, that got taken out.  That would be a good thing for us, just as making us prepare for 2 QBs is a good thing for them

 

 

They didnt "activate" Beasley.  They signed him to the 53 roster.  Thats probably what you mean but there is a difference between activating from the PS and signing him to the 53.  They probably are just doing this so they can call up someone else as they can only use 2 callups per game.

Edited January 12, 2023 by Scott7975

[Lionel Hutz]

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

[Scott7975]

1 minute ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

 

Yeah, I am underestimating them but it doesnt matter because I am just a fan.  The Bills will win this game.  I dont care about comfortable.  All I care about is W's.  

 

The Pats game was comfortable.  As was the Chicago game.  Unless you are expecting like 5 score blowouts thats as comfortable as it gets.    If you say they really should have beat us the last game, I would say we really should have beat them the first game.  

[jkeerie]

3 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

I think some are, but the majority of the fans are looking realistically at this game and thinking the Bills should win comforrtably.  The Bills are the better team and the Dolphins will be playing a backup QB.  Fortunately, the players don't think like the fans and take any team for granted.  The Bills know that to advance, they need to play their very best in each of the upcoming games.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

At the theme parks in Orlando, and am amazed at how many Bills fans I have run into! I asked this one employee a random question, and even she said, “go bills!” 

[Buffalo716]

9 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

We beat the bears by 22 2.5 weeks ago lol

[K-9]

12 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

I never underestimate any opponent, but I disagree that Miami should have beat us. Review the 4th quarter after the Phins kicked their FG to go up 29-21 with 12 minutes to go because from that point on Allen simply took over the game including burning the last six minutes of the game by driving 86 yards to set up Bass’s winning FG. Teams that “should” have won simply don’t give up two long scoring drives to the opponent with the game on the line in the 4th quarter.

 

If a team “should” have won it was us in the first meeting when we dominated Miami in every area except the final score. We lost that game more than Miami won it whereas we earned every bit of our win in December. 

Edited January 12, 2023 by K-9

[Lionel Hutz]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

We beat the bears by 22 2.5 weeks ago lol

Bears were leading at halftime. 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

13 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

Good thing it doesn't matter what you think, the game is out of your control.

[Buffalo716]

9 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

Bears were leading at halftime. 

It’s a 4 quarter game bro 

 

Any NFL game won by 22 points at the end of the fourth quarter is a dominating victory 

Edited January 12, 2023 by Buffalo716

[Beck Water]

21 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

They didnt "activate" Beasley.  They signed him to the 53 roster.  Thats probably what you mean but there is a difference between activating from the PS and signing him to the 53.  They probably are just doing this so they can call up someone else as they can only use 2 callups per game.

 

I agree of course, the question (to me) is why do this today, vs waiting until Saturday 4 pm (I believe that’s the deadline)

[blizzardman]

10 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

Bears were leading at halftime. 

Then what happened?

[The Wiz]

13 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

Bears were leading at halftime. 

falcons were leading 28-3 at halftime in the superbowl.

colts were leading 33-3 at halftime.

Oilers were leading 31-3 at halftime.

 

 

Side note: when I google "NFL the comeback" it still references the bills comeback game against the oiler and not the Minny game against the colts.

Edited January 12, 2023 by The Wiz

[Beast]

21 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

 

Are you the Lionel from Good Times?

[Beck Water]

26 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

I think people are seriously underestimating the Dolphins. They played us close both games and we haven't had a comfortable win in months. They really should have beat us the last game. 

 

Little ray of sunshine about the place, aintcha?

 

 

[Bill Lewes]

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