For the Dorsey Haters

[Alphadawg7]

Dorsey is a problem.  He just is and for a lot of reasons.

 

Josh also has a problem where he sometimes does not make the better decision.  He is a gunslinger and has 100% confidence in his arm, and he should.  But he also needs to know you don't have to score on every play or get a big gain on every play.  It's ok to get 6 yards instead of firing a 30 yarder down field.  

 

My biggest concern:  Post Game Interview by Dorsey - He literally said they are trying to limit Josh and keep him safe.  To me, that is a huge flaw in Dorseys approach.  We are in "lose and go home" portion of the season, let Josh take off with his legs.  One thing that was painfully apparent was the lack of runs by Josh against Miami, something he has TORCHED them with on a regular basis.  Not only were we not flat out running the ball enough or effectively, but they took Josh's legs out of the game too much.  TURN JOSH LOOSE in that capacity.  

 

Against Cincy and likely KC next, running the ball and controlling the clock to limit the number of drives Mahomes and Burrow get will be huge.  I would much rather see Josh and the Bills take a 10+ play drive to score and chew up a bunch of time then score in say 5 or 6 plays.  That is where Josh needs to use his head and take what the defense is giving him rather than force lower percentage passes down field as frequently as he was trying against Miami.  

 

So for me, its a 2 part problem...some Dorsey and some Josh.  Do NOT neuter Josh, just call plays that scheme some easy throws open and have less guys running deep.  On several plays, we had 2 or 3 guys going deep with one underneath.  If Josh sees one of those deep guys get a step or one on one, he is gonna fire before he ever reaches his check down in his progressions.  

 

If we struggle to run, then scheme up some short throws or screens to the RB as an extension of the run game.  

[london_bills]

16 hours ago, RoscoeParrish said:

 

Allen was back to being impatient yesterday 

[SRQ_BillsFan]

15 hours ago, BananaB said:

Holy *****, we had a WR that broke off his route and another that let a ball hit him in the chest. Ironically the two guys that have played the least football this season. If these plays don’t happen this game is a ***** blowout. We had two passes in the endzone that were inches away from being TDs, one of them that baffled me how it was overturned. Diggs and Shakir each dropped a 50 yarder. Knox dropped another mid range in tight coverage. ***** happens. Allen’s game wasn’t that bad, it’s just the talking heads that pick apart every mistake like he’s the only ***** player on this team. 

If you watch the Beesley interception you’ll see he had both hands pinned to his side by the DB, no way he was going to catch that laser. Just a bad bounce, it happens to every QB. 

[Figster]

17 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

Dorsey is a problem.  He just is and for a lot of reasons.

 

Josh also has a problem where he sometimes does not make the better decision.  He is a gunslinger and has 100% confidence in his arm, and he should.  But he also needs to know you don't have to score on every play or get a big gain on every play.  It's ok to get 6 yards instead of firing a 30 yarder down field.  

 

My biggest concern:  Post Game Interview by Dorsey - He literally said they are trying to limit Josh and keep him safe.  To me, that is a huge flaw in Dorseys approach.  We are in "lose and go home" portion of the season, let Josh take off with his legs.  One thing that was painfully apparent was the lack of runs by Josh against Miami, something he has TORCHED them with on a regular basis.  Not only were we not flat out running the ball enough or effectively, but they took Josh's legs out of the game too much.  TURN JOSH LOOSE in that capacity.  

 

Against Cincy and likely KC next, running the ball and controlling the clock to limit the number of drives Mahomes and Burrow get will be huge.  I would much rather see Josh and the Bills take a 10+ play drive to score and chew up a bunch of time then score in say 5 or 6 plays.  That is where Josh needs to use his head and take what the defense is giving him rather than force lower percentage passes down field as frequently as he was trying against Miami.  

 

So for me, its a 2 part problem...some Dorsey and some Josh.  Do NOT neuter Josh, just call plays that scheme some easy throws open and have less guys running deep.  On several plays, we had 2 or 3 guys going deep with one underneath.  If Josh sees one of those deep guys get a step or one on one, he is gonna fire before he ever reaches his check down in his progressions.  

 

If we struggle to run, then scheme up some short throws or screens to the RB as an extension of the run game.  

Myself personally Alpha, and with all due respect. The Dolphins went into the game with the intentions of stopping Buffalo's sneaky good ground attack IMO. It was tough sledding and you have to give the Dolphins some credit. Well coached and talented football IMO.

 

Josh Allen and company beat the Dolphins with another 300 + yards passing, and 3TD through the air. 

 

No complaints on Dorsey from me my friend...

[Simon Says]

People forget that Josh usually has multiple options on a pass play.  He often chooses the riskier deep ball and you can't take that out of his arsenal. However he might need to 'curb his enthusiasm " at times. 

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[Alphadawg7]

4 minutes ago, Figster said:

Myself personally Alpha, and with all due respect. The Dolphins went into the game with the intentions of stopping Buffalo's sneaky good ground attack IMO. It was tough sledding and you have to give the Dolphins some credit. Well coached and talented football IMO.

 

Josh Allen and company beat the Dolphins with another 300 + yards passing, and 3TD through the air. 

 

No complaints on Dorsey from me my friend...

 

All good bud, but they didn't even really look to incorporate Josh running much in that game.  Wasn't that Miami was stopping it, they were not even looking to use his legs much as part of the game plan.  Dorsey said as much in the post game about how he was trying to limit Josh in that capacity to protect him more.  

 

I just think anytime someone says "limiting Josh" as part of their plan, that is a mistake.  Turn all of Josh loose IMHO is the better approach once we are in the playoffs.  If you want to limit anything, limit the high risk throws a little more and encourage him to take what the D is giving him more.  I love Josh, easily my favorite player all time, but there are times where he is missing a better throw for a riskier throw.  And he does complete a lot of those riskier throws, the problem is the frequency he is taking the riskier throw to the easy one is out of balance a bit IMHO.  

[CincyBillsFan]

38 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

My biggest concern:  Post Game Interview by Dorsey - He literally said they are trying to limit Josh and keep him safe.  To me, that is a huge flaw in Dorseys approach.  We are in "lose and go home" portion of the season, let Josh take off with his legs.  One thing that was painfully apparent was the lack of runs by Josh against Miami, something he has TORCHED them with on a regular basis.  Not only were we not flat out running the ball enough or effectively, but they took Josh's legs out of the game too much.  TURN JOSH LOOSE in that capacity.  

 

 

I agree and disagree with you here.  But it definitely confirms my suspicions.  Dorsey is talking about taking a strategic rather then a tactical approach,with McD's blessing or even insistence.  I believe the Bills have done this a couple of times this year with respect to injuries when they felt they were playing an inferior opponent. Arrogance like this puts you on a knifes edge:  you can cut bad by it.

 

As you point out we are in one and done territory.  If the Bills had lost to Miami it would have been another example of a miscue in the playoffs by McD.  It is interesting that one of the only Allen designed run plays was in the 3rd quarter on a 3rd 8 in the Dolphins red zone as we were trailing 24 - 20.

 

But since we won the game McD/Dorsey's gamble worked.  Allen didn't take a lot of shots and my guess is that starting this week the called Allen run is back on the table.  They must have figured that asking Allen to do it two games in a row before the AFC title game ran the risk of a banged up Allen in that game.

 

Bottom line is that the strategic call here leaves us in a much better position going forward.  We just had to dodge the bullet of not thinking tactically on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

[Figster]

24 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

 

All good bud, but they didn't even really look to incorporate Josh running much in that game.  Wasn't that Miami was stopping it, they were not even looking to use his legs much as part of the game plan.  Dorsey said as much in the post game about how he was trying to limit Josh in that capacity to protect him more.  

 

I just think anytime someone says "limiting Josh" as part of their plan, that is a mistake.  Turn all of Josh loose IMHO is the better approach once we are in the playoffs.  If you want to limit anything, limit the high risk throws a little more and encourage him to take what the D is giving him more.  I love Josh, easily my favorite player all time, but there are times where he is missing a better throw for a riskier throw.  And he does complete a lot of those riskier throws, the problem is the frequency he is taking the riskier throw to the easy one is out of balance a bit IMHO.  

I agree with you on some of the choices Allen makes from time to time. Adrenaline junky is what he is , lol

 

The Bills 3rd down conversion abilities have been very good.

[quinnearlysghost88]

1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:

Dorsey is a problem.  He just is and for a lot of reasons.

 

Josh also has a problem where he sometimes does not make the better decision.  He is a gunslinger and has 100% confidence in his arm, and he should.  But he also needs to know you don't have to score on every play or get a big gain on every play.  It's ok to get 6 yards instead of firing a 30 yarder down field.  

 

My biggest concern:  Post Game Interview by Dorsey - He literally said they are trying to limit Josh and keep him safe.  To me, that is a huge flaw in Dorseys approach.  We are in "lose and go home" portion of the season, let Josh take off with his legs.  One thing that was painfully apparent was the lack of runs by Josh against Miami, something he has TORCHED them with on a regular basis.  Not only were we not flat out running the ball enough or effectively, but they took Josh's legs out of the game too much.  TURN JOSH LOOSE in that capacity.  

 

Against Cincy and likely KC next, running the ball and controlling the clock to limit the number of drives Mahomes and Burrow get will be huge.  I would much rather see Josh and the Bills take a 10+ play drive to score and chew up a bunch of time then score in say 5 or 6 plays.  That is where Josh needs to use his head and take what the defense is giving him rather than force lower percentage passes down field as frequently as he was trying against Miami.  

 

So for me, its a 2 part problem...some Dorsey and some Josh.  Do NOT neuter Josh, just call plays that scheme some easy throws open and have less guys running deep.  On several plays, we had 2 or 3 guys going deep with one underneath.  If Josh sees one of those deep guys get a step or one on one, he is gonna fire before he ever reaches his check down in his progressions.  

 

If we struggle to run, then scheme up some short throws or screens to the RB as an extension of the run game.  

Right. It’s more than okay to take shots down the field. It’s not okay to make taking shots down the field your entire offensive identity.
 

Mahomes knows what Brady knew: yards after catch are still passing yards. Let the wrs/rbs get the ball in the short and medium fields and make plays 

[T master]

I wish in some cases he would just take what the D gives him underneath & i think that might help set up the deep ball a bit more & it would eat up more of the clock to . You don't want to allow Burrow to be on the field to much if he is he will eat you alive .

 

I hope Josh can continue to throw the deep ball but not feel as inclined to force it if he doesn't need to use the other weapons he has at his disposal & the game would come to him much easier with a few less mistakes .

[In Summary]

When the Bills need 8, Josh goes for 30.  It's who they are.

[Billsfan1972]

31 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said:

Right. It’s more than okay to take shots down the field. It’s not okay to make taking shots down the field your entire offensive identity.
 

Mahomes knows what Brady knew: yards after catch are still passing yards. Let the wrs/rbs get the ball in the short and medium fields and make plays 

And that is what they are incapable of doing. Where is the yac?  When it happens it seems to happen only by mistake and because Allen has made a great play.

[Brand J]

1 hour ago, In Summary said:

When the Bills need 8, Josh goes for 30.  It's who they are.

When the Bills need 1 or 2 they might go for 30 too 😂 When it was 3rd and 1 and Josh uncorked that long one to Shakir that was completed, I was so numb to the attempt that I couldn’t even celebrate that it was caught. All I could think at the time was “he better have completed that.” 

[HappyDays]

31 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said:

When the Bills need 1 or 2 they might go for 30 too 😂 When it was 3rd and 1 and Josh uncorked that long one to Shakir that was completed, I was so numb to the attempt that I couldn’t even celebrate that it was caught. All I could think at the time was “he better have completed that.” 

 

There were no underneath routes open.

 

The offense is high risk/high reward by design.

[Brand J]

16 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

There were no underneath routes open.

 

The offense is high risk/high reward by design.

Didn’t know that at the time. All I knew were the numerous deep shots the Bills were taking and failing to pick up, then here we are with a 3rd and 1 and throwing deep again. That’s why I couldn’t get excited when I saw him launch the ball. I was numbly angry if that makes any sense.

[GreggTX]

I don't hate Dorsey, but he needs to do a little better. The way I see it, he's a rookie coordinator and should get better. I'd like to see us get slightly less risky when we have a big lead, but our run game isn't what it should be.

 

[Sierra Foothills]

18 hours ago, Greybeard said:

   It does not look like it bounces off Beasley's chest.  It looks like it bounces off Holland's arm.  You have to see the view from the front.

 

https://www.miamidolphins.com/video/jevon-holland-gets-an-interception

 

16 hours ago, SRQ_BillsFan said:

If you watch the Beesley interception you’ll see he had both hands pinned to his side by the DB, no way he was going to catch that laser. Just a bad bounce, it happens to every QB. 

 

Yes, I'm not sure why so many here have blamed Beasley for this INT.

 

Not only was the ball broken up by the DB but Josh shouldn't have tried to jam it in there.

 

There was zero separation.

 

As for the deep INT to Brown, I don't care what anyone says (including McDermott). I put that on Brown though again like the Waddle drop in the 1st quarter and the Shakir drop in the 2nd quarter it's possible the sun was a factor in Brown not picking up the flight of the ball.

 

JMO.

 

[Mr. WEO]

still a bum

[Straight Hucklebuck]

Chris Trapasso on WGR this morning after looking at All-22: 

 

"no many open WRs underneath" and Bills should "lean into this" if teams take this approach again. 

 

 

DING DING DING

 

Cincinnati might sit back, so it's Beasley, Diggs, McKenzie more, with shots to the outside with Davis so as not to play into the Bengals plan of funnelling everything to Pratt and Wilson, but amazing, Cover 0 - and Josh Allen goes deep and was a drop away from 400-yards. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

On 1/17/2023 at 3:44 PM, Figster said:

I agree with you on some of the choices Allen makes from time to time. Adrenaline junky is what he is , lol

 

The Bills 3rd down conversion abilities have been very good.

Buffalo is money on 3rd down. #1 in the league from what I remember.