1/15/2023 Wildcard Weekend - Dolphins @ Bills - Post Game Thread

[Canadian Bills Fan]

My smart watch kept asking if I was ok and prompted to dial EMS

[BillsShredder83]

6 minutes ago, appoo said:

lot of truth to this. Think Josh needs to be better/quicker in going from home run to check down

Cant run? No, refuse to stick with a run game thats working.

[muppy]

1 minute ago, TheFunPolice said:

Huge sigh of relief.

 

That about sums up my feelings on this game. 

 

 

Mine? pass the tylenol

 

we earned a Win but man was it Ugly at times

 

 

[jcamm1966]

Best case Bengals roll tonite and we go back to the underdog role 

[Maine-iac]

Just like with the pass  against a blitz zero if we block them up running the ball it's going to be a long gain.  We probably could have popped off some big runs against that defense if we tried.

[Scott7975]

1 minute ago, BillsSbSoon said:

Be interesting to see what the line is for next week. If cincy tramples the ravens tonight we might be home dogs. 

 

I doubt the Ravens get trampled.

[Billz4ever]

4 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

This game means nothing next week , whether you win by 3 or 23. This game was close due to turnovers and short fields that resulted  Dorsey needs to give Josh some outlets to hit quickly underneath vs blitzes, I’m not sure either of Allen’s INTs were on him, have to take another look. 

Yep, instead of the short inside slants with Beas or Diggs against the blitz, they're just chucking the ball 50 yards downfield.  

 

Think we had two consecutive wasted drives in the 4th where they did that.

[muppy]

1 minute ago, BillsSbSoon said:

Be interesting to see what the line is for next week. If cincy tramples the ravens tonight we might be home dogs. 

GOOD Light a fire under their ***es

[Success]

Let's just take a moment to appreciate that we DO have a playoff team, making these January Sundays fun & still making plays that none of our drought teams could have made.

 

Clean slate next week.  We can beat anyone - but we can also (clearly) lose to anyone.

 

[BaaadThingsMan]

Anybody happy about the win today? 

[Toledo Bill]

25 minutes ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

McD is in way over his head. He’s not cut out for this. 

Modern day Marty Schottenheimer… 

[NoSaint]

3 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Bills unneeded arrogance almost bit then in the ass today.

Bills much needed arrogance won again. 
 

it’s easy, right?

[Steptide]

McDermott actually won a challenge today, so he had to offset that by calling absolutely terrible timeouts 

[RiotAct]

32 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said:

To be fair this win against Miami is very satisfying knowing they felt they had a chance, only to ***** it away and send them home with a moral victory. 

 

Unfortunately for them moral victories don't count in the post season😂😂😂

yeahhhh… let’s go with that.

[Malazan]

Just now, nedboy7 said:

How can JA be the biggest problem with this team.  This is maddening.  Dorsey a close second. 

 

Dorsey is supposed to put Allen in a position to succeed. He should know Allen by now and know that he needs to rein him in.. instead he gives into Allen and calls bomb after bomb. Dorsey needs to go. 

[Yobogoya!]

3 minutes ago, Tulsabillsfanz said:

I thought we lost the line of scrimmage battles both ways. I’d love to see stats on how long Thompson had to throw vs Josh.  Miami’s d ends were constantly beating us. Buffalo’s d ends were rarely pressuring the Miami QB.  If that happens next week, we’re out.  

Most disappointing thing to me is here we are in the postseason again and for the third year in a row our pass rush is decidedly below championship caliber. 
 

How many offseason do we dump money and picks into this area to get the same lackluster result? 

[JerseyBills]

Got the dub

I'm happy but our performance was very mediocre 

Let's go Ravens!

[appoo]

3 minutes ago, Mango said:

I would have to go back and watch games, but it feels like Allen has been relentlessly unwilling to get into a rhythm underneath compared to the end of last season. 
 

This just feels like 2021/2022 Josh. 

He’s completing a bit more than 63% of his passes though. He’s got to be hitting shorter stuff.

 

Today he was at 59% thabks to all those shot calls

Edited January 15, 2023 by appoo

[billybob71]

i was drinking water til halftime then had to break out the bourbon and Guinness to get through this one

[Scott7975]

Just now, Billz4ever said:

Yep, instead of the short inside slants with Beas or Diggs against the blitz, they're just chucking the ball 50 yards downfield.  

 

Think we had two consecutive wasted drives in the 4th where they did that.

 

Blitz 0 is man coverage no safety.  Chucking it up is one of the correct moves.