11/3/24 Game 9 GAMEDAY! Bills vs Dolphins Post Game Thread

[BillsFan130]

Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Absolutely.

 

Divisional games are always tough, across the entire league.

 

And no matter what, I'm always happy with a win against the Dolphins. Especially when it means we SWEPT the Dolphins this year.

 

But that doesnt mean I dont have anything to say about that HORRIBLE challenge by McDermott on Tua's 4th down run. WTF is this dude doing out there?

That challenge was bizarre. What's the point of hiring John parry if he's gonna give McDermott the green light to challenge that 

[RichRiderBills]

1 hour ago, Matt_In_NH said:

They clearly scheme to “let some teams run”. The dolphins are one of them.  It has been successful but today it felt like they could move at will.  No huge plays which is what the bills want to prevent.  But they churned out first downs all day

 

The difference was no pressure. No disruption to Tua's timing. 

[DapperCam]

2 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

That challenge was bizarre. What's the point of hiring John parry if he's gonna give McDermott the green light to challenge that 

Sometimes I kind of wonder if they use it as an extra long timeout. Because that one wasn’t even close.

[balln]

2 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:

Judas priest QB's miss throws, big deal.  Allen played fantastic today.  The INT was 100% on Coleman and likely would have been a TD if he caught it.  And don't forget on that last drive before half Cook dropped a likley TD pass.  Throw in having a spectacular 25 yard TD run called back on a hold and three TD passes Allen was elite today.

 

 

He missed like 5 throws in the most important part of the game - two minute drill. I’ve seen a lot of Allen and he’s not great at being pin point accurate in 2 minute and finishing off teams in regulation. Glad we got the 15 penalty and bass hit a record kick. But usually this game goes to overtime. And ehhhh dunno how it ends

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

20 minutes ago, boyst said:

 

We are quick to disregard how brilliant McDorkdaniels is with offense. The guy finally had a good plan and stuck with it. They were toe to toe with us and outplayed us on offense. We shot ourselves in the foot too many times early. The interception (by the way, I hate that it's counted on Josh as an INT) notwithstanding as part of that belief they outplayed us, btw.

I keep remembering Week 18 last year which I think sums up McDaniel as a coach. The Dolphins come in putting both Achane and Mostert in the backfield and Tua starts doing this little pop handoff which effectively makes it a read option between two capable backs and they just tear through the Bills defense...in the first half.

 

In the second, McDermott decides to stop trying to read the run and just goes for penetration knowing they are going to get burned and relying on TFL to keep the Phins behind the sticks. Instead of adjusting, McDaniel kinda gave it up and went back to Tua passing and their offense falls apart in the second half.

 

Brilliant play design. Other than today, piss poor situational awareness. 

 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

Man, I usually like to pop over to PhinHeaven.com after a win for a little bit of schadenfreude, but at this point it isnt even entertaining. They've hit the point of a losing season where they've just all turned on each other instead of the team. Not fun. Sad!

[Bills!Win!]

Eli Ankou is starting to become one of my favorite underrated players. Reminds me of Christian Benford before we knew Christian Benford was that good

[pennstate10]

56 minutes ago, Nuncha said:

Maybe a tiny bit off topic, but this somehow seems appropriate here. 
 

 

[BananaB]

13 minutes ago, Breakout Squad said:

She’s got a point

Things changing for her, before all she did was complain about her husbands contract. 

[balln]

1 hour ago, RichRiderBills said:

 

We played the Ravens, Texans, Cards, all teams with winning records. 

 

Seahawks had a winning record when we played them. 

 

Jets were everybody's darlings. And the fins with Tua are a different team with a top NFL offense. 

 

I disagree, but no use arguing: We got the Chiefs, Detroit, and 49ers all ahead so we will see how we stack up. 

Gonna look like we played vs ravens and hous. More likely than not. It’s cool. 11-5 is damn good year

[Billz4ever]

11 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Absolutely.

 

Divisional games are always tough, across the entire league.

 

And no matter what, I'm always happy with a win against the Dolphins. Especially when it means we SWEPT the Dolphins this year.

 

But that doesnt mean I dont have anything to say about that HORRIBLE challenge by McDermott on Tua's 4th down run. WTF is this dude doing out there?

Still scratching my head about that one.  

 

We literally hired a guy for that exact thing.  I can't imagine that came from him watching the replay in the booth, so that must have been McD all on his own.

[DapperCam]

7 minutes ago, balln said:

He missed like 5 throws in the most important part of the game - two minute drill. I’ve seen a lot of Allen and he’s not great at being pin point accurate in 2 minute and finishing off teams in regulation. Glad we got the 15 penalty and bass hit a record kick. But usually this game goes to overtime. And ehhhh dunno how it ends

I think he was being extra cautious because we had no timeouts and there was less than a minute left. The only really bad pass was the one to Kincaid which was way too low.

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, Billz4ever said:

Still scratching my head about that one.  

 

We literally hired a guy for that exact thing.  I can't imagine that came from him watching the replay in the booth, so that must have been McD all on his own.

 

It happened so fast there's no way McD talked to anyone. The broadcast cut to him with the flag out before any replay was shown. Absolutely ridiculous.

[RichRiderBills]

1 minute ago, Billz4ever said:

Still scratching my head about that one.  

 

We literally hired a guy for that exact thing.  I can't imagine that came from him watching the replay in the booth, so that must have been McD all on his own.

 

They felt the shin was down sooner. It was close, yes a bad fail, but not horrible. 

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

It happened so fast there's no way McD talked to anyone.

 

I swear I saw him talking to somebody over the headset while he still had the flag in his hand.

Whoever told him to do that should no longer have that responsibility. Losing that timeout for no reason stung at that point.

 

 

3 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:

 

They felt the shin was down sooner. It was close, yes a bad fail, but not horrible. 

 

It's irrelevant because he wasn't touched down by contact yet and it wasn't a slide.

 

[boyst]

16 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Absolutely.

 

Divisional games are always tough, across the entire league.

 

And no matter what, I'm always happy with a win against the Dolphins. Especially when it means we SWEPT the Dolphins this year.

 

But that doesnt mean I dont have anything to say about that HORRIBLE challenge by McDermott on Tua's 4th down run. WTF is this dude doing out there?

That was reay dumb. At first i thought it was to appease the team because they wanted him to challenge it but I didn't see anyone fight for it. 

 

I don't ever want him to challenge any call. Ever. Again. 

[Success]

Really exhilarating win today.  Allen looked fantastic.  If not for the Coleman drop/INT, it likely wouldn't have been a nailbiter - but it's nice to see us win a nailbiter, and that was great experience for Bass to have.

 

Blowouts are fun too, but you need to win some games like this & it's valuable for the playoffs to have a few of these in the regular.

 

[Billz4ever]

Just now, Simon said:

 

I swear I saw him talking to somebody over the headset while he still had the flag in his hand.

Whoever told him to do that should no longer have that responsibility. Losing that timeout for no reason stung at that point.

Not having that 3rd TO limited our options on that last drive.  Forced Josh to throw to the sidelines vs being able to throw middle of the field.  Still can't believe he challenged that.  

[RichRiderBills]

2 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

I swear I saw him talking to somebody over the headset while he still had the flag in his hand.

Whoever told him to do that should no longer have that responsibility. Losing that timeout for no reason stung at that point.

 

 

 

It's irrelevant because he wasn't touched down by contact yet and it wasn't a slide.

 

 

Does not have to be a slide if you are giving yourself up. Not as strict as where you start a slide or dive , but yeah when you touch down your down. 

[Simon]

Just now, Billz4ever said:

Still can't believe he challenged that.  

 

He's relying on a call from upstairs on whether to throw the flag.

Whoever told him to challenge it should never have that responsibility again.

Just now, RichRiderBills said:

 

Does not have to be a slide if you are giving yourself up. Not as strict as where you start a slide or dive , but yeah when you touch down your down. 

 

He's not giving himself up; he's diving for the sticks.