WildCard Posted September 25, 2019 Author Report Posted September 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Brawndo said: When Allen goes down with a season ending injury... The ***** Brawndo??
TrueBlueGED Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 42 minutes ago, WildCard said: Are The Bills Actually Good? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-josh-allen-and-the-buffalo-bills-actually-good/ The Bills can actually be good and still not in the same class as this year's Patriots. Which is essentially where I land. I expect us to get smoked, but that's more of a commentary on the Patriots than the Bills. 4
inkman Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 23 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said: By what? I don't think most people think we're actually going to win this game. And going into it at 3-0 makes it as un-stressful as possible. All that article tells me is that underlying metrics actually favor this bills team more than hot start teams of the past The Bills aren't good. This week will be the beginning of the end.
TrueBlueGED Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 Just now, inkman said: The Bills aren't good. This week will be the beginning of the end. The Bills don't have to be good in a vacuum, just relative to the rest of the conference. Which, excepting the Patriots and Chiefs, is anywhere from mediocre to bad. The Bills are good by the standard they have to be to make the playoffs. Seriously, the AFC is terrible.
Doohicksie Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said: Also, it is stunning how dreadful the video player is on the Bills' site. It is simply impossible to watch anything there. I believe that's a larger NFL.com issue. 1
WildCard Posted September 25, 2019 Author Report Posted September 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, inkman said: The Bills aren't good. This week will be the beginning of the end. Compared to who? What WC contending team would smoke us?
Sabres Fan in NS Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 I have absolutely nothing concrete to base this on, as I have not watched 1 second of the Bills this season, but I have a good feeling about the game Sunday. 1
Brawndo Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, WildCard said: The ***** Brawndo?? Woody left too much wiggle room for the football gods with his timely injury to the guy chucking the pigskin comment. He needed to specify the QB who made the deal with the devil as the one who should be hurt.
TrueBlueGED Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Woody left too much wiggle room for the football gods with his timely injury to the guy chucking the pigskin comment. He needed to specify the QB who made the deal with the devil as the one who should be hurt. I'm okay with blaming Woody. Now please go back to your actual job: finding us Risto trade rumors to post.
Randall Flagg Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, inkman said: The Bills aren't good. This week will be the beginning of the end. That's an incredibly vague statement. It doesn't actually teach me anything about the Bills. The Bills have a reasonably strong defense and an offense whose yards per play, yards per game, first downs per game, number of extended TD drives etc. (metrics that have traditionally been terrible for us) anywhere from the top half to the top eighth of the NFL. This is only through three games, so it doesn't confirm we're good. But the fact that it came against teams that haven't won a lot (again, in just THREE games, which were by DEFINITION going to be worse if our stats were good in them) doesn't tell us we're bad. Maybe you're just irritated from spending a lot of time around the blatant optimism of TBD, but over here I don't think anyone is anointing the Bills as champions of anything. We're enjoying 3-0. We're enjoying the fact that a lot of the AFC looks worse than we do. We're enjoying how BAD a lot of NFL QBs look this year. And we're taking this one week at a time. And simply saying "The Bills aren't good" with nothing more to it is not very convincing or interesting 19 minutes ago, Doohickie said: I believe that's a larger NFL.com issue. Yeah it is. Pretty remarkable considering the year and the size/wealth of the NFL Edited September 25, 2019 by Randall Flagg 1 1
nfreeman Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Taro T said: The Cheatriots are far more beatable in September than they are later in the year. They're missing their FB and the WRs are banged up, including Edelman. If White can shut down Gordon, they've got a shot. Wouldn't put money on the Bills, and it is a monumental task to win this week, but it is possible. Charlie's 15% chance seems about right. And they lost their LT and C for the year. 1
sabills Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 The way the schedule looks right now the Bills could be pretty mediocre and still get 11 wins. Games they'll lose: Pats x2 Games they'll probably lose: Cowboys Ravens 50/50 Games: Browns Jets Eagles Games they should win: Dolphins x2 Titans Steelers Broncos Redskins Realistically, nobody on that list after the Cowboys really scares me.
Claude_Verret Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 It's highly unlikely that the Bills win this week, but let's not pretend that the Pats* have been put to the test at all this year either. The Bills, warts and all, will be by far their toughest opponent so far this season.
inkman Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said: By what? I don't think most people think we're actually going to win this game. And going into it at 3-0 makes it as un-stressful as possible. All that article tells me is that underlying metrics actually favor this bills team more than hot start teams of the past 1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said: That's an incredibly vague statement. It doesn't actually teach me anything about the Bills. The Bills have a reasonably strong defense and an offense whose yards per play, yards per game, first downs per game, number of extended TD drives etc. (metrics that have traditionally been terrible for us) anywhere from the top half to the top eighth of the NFL. This is only through three games, so it doesn't confirm we're good. But the fact that it came against teams that haven't won a lot (again, in just THREE games, which were by DEFINITION going to be worse if our stats were good in them) doesn't tell us we're bad. Maybe you're just irritated from spending a lot of time around the blatant optimism of TBD, but over here I don't think anyone is anointing the Bills as champions of anything. We're enjoying 3-0. We're enjoying the fact that a lot of the AFC looks worse than we do. We're enjoying how BAD a lot of NFL QBs look this year. And we're taking this one week at a time. And simply saying "The Bills aren't good" with nothing more to it is not very convincing or interesting Yeah it is. Pretty remarkable considering the year and the size/wealth of the NFL 1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said: By what? I don't think most people think we're actually going to win this game. And going into it at 3-0 makes it as un-stressful as possible. All that article tells me is that underlying metrics actually favor this bills team more than hot start teams of the past I'm just a broken fan floating rudderless in a sea of apathy. I wish I could feel anything. 1 1 1
Wyldnwoody44 Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, TrueBlueGED said: I'm okay with blaming Woody. Now please go back to your actual job: finding us Risto trade rumors to post. Pshhh, you would be. Good luck finding me ? 1
shrader Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 21 minutes ago, Claude_Verret said: It's highly unlikely that the Bills win this week, but let's not pretend that the Pats* have been put to the test at all this year either. The Bills, warts and all, will be by far their toughest opponent so far this season. I’d be curious to see if any other team has played three winless teams so far like NE has.
Randall Flagg Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 38 minutes ago, inkman said: I'm just a broken fan floating rudderless in a sea of apathy. I wish I could feel anything. Well that's understandable. I guess I'm the same way about the Sabres
WildCard Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Posted September 26, 2019 For those in the McDermott is a dinosaur crowd
sabills Posted September 26, 2019 Report Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, WildCard said: For those in the McDermott is a dinosaur crowd I've come around a bit on McDermott; I DID think he was a dinosaur because thats the soundbites he was projecting. I think he's different than that in reality. Which means he's just pandering which is also annoying, but whatever. Maybe he's doing the Belichick thing. Edited September 26, 2019 by sabills
darksabre Posted September 26, 2019 Report Posted September 26, 2019 I don't know what that chart means 1
WildCard Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Posted September 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, darksabre said: I don't know what that chart means Old man dinosaur wisdom is to run it on 1st down to eventually make a short 3rd down. Or, if you pass it on 1st down, to run it on 2nd down to make it a short 3rd down. However, the stats say you're much, much better off just throwing it. The Bills, in close games, throw it on 1st and 2nd down more than anybody in the league not named the Kansas City Chiefs
Lanny Posted September 26, 2019 Report Posted September 26, 2019 https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/lack-of-evolution-on-first-down-running-backs-including-gurley-should-run-less/ Quote PASS MORE ON FIRST-AND-10 The most obvious and typical time to involve a running back is on first-and-10. But as I mentioned above, it’s become far more efficient to pass on first-and-10 than it once was. If teams called a more optimal game, they would run the ball more on short yardage and inside the red zone and would pass the ball more in all other situations including on first-and-10. Ultimately, this means fewer rushing attempts in general. (I’ve long discussed how to use running backs more efficiently in the early down passing game, and won’t dig into that in this article) Looking at success rate, over the last two years, first down passes have been more successful (53%) than first down rushes (45%). Removing two-minute situations and isolating one-score scenarios, passing is 9% more successful and leads to a gain of 3.2 more yards per play on average (7.2 vs 4.0). Yet teams run the ball 54% of the time on these neutral 1st and 10 situations. 1
MattPie Posted September 26, 2019 Report Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) I wonder how that differs from the old Run and Shoot, which focused a lot more on the Shoot part of that. Edited September 26, 2019 by MattPie
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