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Loved what I saw in the first half. This offense looking that bad in the first half is still a concern in the sense there’s an issue for sure when it comes to consistency. But I think they will fix it

ValJamesDuex said:
reminder: they are missing Sneed today

First 300 yd passing game they have given up this year
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it’s a good defense but definitely haven’t faced many decent offenses this year
 
truthbluth said:
Are we gonna talk.about how McDermott's teams have made second half adjustments as well.as any coach in the league during his tenure?
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We touched on this earlier but a member of the staff a few years back (don’t think it was a coordinator) talked about how “adjustments” are more of a narrative than a reality, and that the original plan generally wins or loses in the long run based on its original quality (this obviously ignores certain players just getting toasted and yanked etc)

What that says to me is that these guys knew who Rudolph was from the start but weren’t executing properly
 
zenthusiast said:
We touched on this earlier but a member of the staff a few years back (don’t think it was a coordinator) talked about how “adjustments” are more of a narrative than a reality, and that the original plan generally wins or loses in the long run based on its original quality (this obviously ignores certain players just getting toasted and yanked etc)

What that says to me is that these guys knew who Rudolph was from the start but weren’t executing properly
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I think adjustments are a very real thing. We’d have to go game by game to show this, but I am very suspect of that take
 
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zenthusiast said:
We touched on this earlier but a member of the staff a few years back (don’t think it was a coordinator) talked about how “adjustments” are more of a narrative than a reality, and that the original plan generally wins or loses in the long run based on its original quality (this obviously ignores certain players just getting toasted and yanked etc)

What that says to me is that these guys knew who Rudolph was from the start but weren’t executing properly
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I think you can tell when the defense is pumped and synced and there's blood in the water. They look so much faster and stronger but it's not like you can go on max adrenaline for a full game. You'd have to be pretty outstanding to execute a strategy on every play.
 
misterchainsaw said:
And on the other side today was a coach who sabotaged their teams chances to score before the half with actually awful clock management, then followed up by giving us all the momentum by failing on 4th down in minus territory with the lead, and we never gave it back.
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I actually don't hate the decision to go for it. When you're the underdog, you gotta take some chances because he had to figure a 3 point lead wasn't going to hold. The play choice left a lot to be desired.

I also think he should have gone for 4th and 3 instead of kicking the FG.

The poor time management before the half was absolutely ridiculous though.
 
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Dirty Dog said:
I think adjustments are a very real thing. We’d have to go game by game to show this, but I am very suspect of that take
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Could be more a difference in our understanding against theirs, certainly.

HaNotsri said:
I think you can tell when the defense is pumped and synced and there's blood in the water. They look so much faster and stronger but it's not like you can go on max adrenaline for a full game. You'd have to be pretty outstanding to execute a strategy on every play.
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Yeah, I don’t really begrudge them their human inconsistency, especially when millions of dollars are spent on thinking how to get the better of them as well. It’s just how it goes

The Bills have never really had a problem against bad qbs and it was surprising to me that he was cooking as long as he was
 
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Zman5778 said:
No. We're only allowed to talk about his failings.
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Like how this pattern doesn't seem to carry into the playoffs? 🤫 Ignore me, I'm just at the point where wins like these, while fun to watch, aren't all that satisfying.

We SHOULD be beating up on teams like this and usually do in the end. But there's a worrying pattern of slow starts and then, in tougher games (i.e. Houston this year, KC in the playoffs), an inability to recover in time. I think it speaks to a preparedness issue but do hope and (somewhat) think McDermott has grown in this regard and at least tried to learn his lessons.

I'll always still watch because a locked in Allen/Bills offense is a sight to see. Ya suffer the first half of this game to enjoy the methodical execution of the second.
 
Dirty Dog said:
Loved what I saw in the first half. This offense looking that bad in the first half is still a concern in the sense there’s an issue for sure when it comes to consistency. But I think they will fix it



it’s a good defense but definitely haven’t faced many decent offenses this year
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They beat the fins and lost the packers by multiple scores.

Their other 3 losses were to the bears, colts, and jets all by one score and they had tie/lead in 4th quarter.

Bears was week 1...not how they have improved.
 
zenthusiast said:
Could be more a difference in our understanding against theirs, certainly.


Yeah, I don’t really begrudge them their human inconsistency, especially when millions of dollars are spent on thinking how to get the better of them as well. It’s just how it goes

The Bills have never really had a problem against bad qbs and it was surprising to me that he was cooking as long as he was
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Zone defense will allow any QB to look good when they have time. They struggled when the dline wasn't.getting pressure. When they started getting pressure, you could see Rudolph struggle. The adjustment seemed to be get pressure through stunts or blitzes, especially against a third string RT.
 
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