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2023 Buffalo Bills - Get Right (1 Viewer)
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GroveDiesel
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Josh Allen is going to finish the season with more completions to Jets players than Aaron Rodgers.
That pretty much encapsulates the craptitude of the night for both teams in one stat.
That pretty much encapsulates the craptitude of the night for both teams in one stat.
It's only week 1, there basically is no pre-season anymore so lots of bad football was played this week. Josh Allen is still one of the best in the league, but this game just reinforces how fans can never be super confident in winning a title- he can implode at any moment.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
This is the first Bills season in quite a while that I just haven't been especially invested in. As a fan, I have to openly admit that it's really just vibes, but I can't shake the feeling that this team got into a serious funk down the stretch last year and I'm deeply skeptical that they really snapped out of it. I don't pretend to know what the deal with Diggs and Allen is and I'm inclined to think that it's overblown, but look. It is not normal for a very successful defensive coordinator to just take a leave of absence and have the HC fill in. That's a red flag. I don't know exactly what the problem is, but it indicates the existence of a problem. I am not sold at all on Dorsey nothing I saw last night moved my priors on that one.
Plus, this team needs an infusion of new talent and hasn't gotten it. I don't think Tre White is ever going to be the same player he was pre-injury (he's still fine, just not elite), and we still don't have a dependable starter across from him after years of trying. Hyde and Poyer are both getting rather long in the tooth. We didn't really replace Edmunds, like at all. Spencer Brown is not getting it done and we don't have an answer there. We are going to need to replace Morse and probably Dawkins in the near future. Obviously I'm not talking about a rebuild or anything like that, just that the Bills are at that point where a lot of the key role players who got them here probably aren't going to be capable of keeping them here because they're getting old and/or because the new guys have mostly not helped out.
This probably sounds like I'm overreacting to Week 1, but I was a little doubtful of the idea that the Bills were just going to take the field this year and everything was going to be fine. Whatever their deal was last year is still there.
Plus, this team needs an infusion of new talent and hasn't gotten it. I don't think Tre White is ever going to be the same player he was pre-injury (he's still fine, just not elite), and we still don't have a dependable starter across from him after years of trying. Hyde and Poyer are both getting rather long in the tooth. We didn't really replace Edmunds, like at all. Spencer Brown is not getting it done and we don't have an answer there. We are going to need to replace Morse and probably Dawkins in the near future. Obviously I'm not talking about a rebuild or anything like that, just that the Bills are at that point where a lot of the key role players who got them here probably aren't going to be capable of keeping them here because they're getting old and/or because the new guys have mostly not helped out.
This probably sounds like I'm overreacting to Week 1, but I was a little doubtful of the idea that the Bills were just going to take the field this year and everything was going to be fine. Whatever their deal was last year is still there.
ChiefD
Footballguy
It's only one game.
If you would have told me the Chiefs, Bills, and Bengals would be 0 for opening week I would have laughed. These three teams will be fighting at the end for that #1 seed as usual. Maybe throw Miami into that mix, but they are one Tua hit away from a .500 season.
It sucks for sure. But they will be fine. They are too good not to be.
If you would have told me the Chiefs, Bills, and Bengals would be 0 for opening week I would have laughed. These three teams will be fighting at the end for that #1 seed as usual. Maybe throw Miami into that mix, but they are one Tua hit away from a .500 season.
It sucks for sure. But they will be fine. They are too good not to be.
You know it's funny, you articulated the thoughts better than I did, but this is exactly how i feel and just posted in the panic meter thread
There has just been something off.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
What a week for the Bills. Oof
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I remember back in the 1990s, when I was living in central Indiana and had to follow the Bills by reading stuff like USA Today and Sports Illustrated. I sometimes thought about how cool it would be to live in the region and see your team covered in your hometown paper and local news.
Now I have professional journalists and YouTube content creators pushing fake controversies into my timeline.
I'd prefer to go back to just watching the games and not having any ****ing idea what's going on elsewhere.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I hope the major takeaway for Josh is that they can win by trusting the defense and taking what the opposing defense gives them.
Defenses more and more are playing a 2 high safety look versus the better QBs, especially ones like Mahomes and Allen that like to make chunk plays outside of structure. Teams play them to limit the big play and force them to take smaller gains on longer drives and hope they get greedy and make a mistake. That’s exactly what Josh has done over and over in those situations. Yesterday against a pretty lousy team he simply took the short easy gains over and over and over again and it lead to lots of points.
He still got to make a couple of unreal throws for TDs, but he didn’t need to launch ridiculous passes downfield to double covered receivers.
Defenses more and more are playing a 2 high safety look versus the better QBs, especially ones like Mahomes and Allen that like to make chunk plays outside of structure. Teams play them to limit the big play and force them to take smaller gains on longer drives and hope they get greedy and make a mistake. That’s exactly what Josh has done over and over in those situations. Yesterday against a pretty lousy team he simply took the short easy gains over and over and over again and it lead to lots of points.
He still got to make a couple of unreal throws for TDs, but he didn’t need to launch ridiculous passes downfield to double covered receivers.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Just like we all expected: Josh Allen leads the league in completion percentage.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
Now the trick is to show he has the patience to do this when he is pressured/rattled.
It still amazes me that every team in the league doesn’t use this offensive strategy when it has won so many superbowls.
It still amazes me that every team in the league doesn’t use this offensive strategy when it has won so many superbowls.
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