Bills vs Seahawks
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Victor7
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Everything was clicking man. It was a beauty.
sukie
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Oh crazy shit happened in this game for sure.
Snap over head
Foot stepped on on4th down
Fat guy interception
Fumble inadvertent kick first down
QB (Josh) knocks interceptor out of bounds preventing pick 6
Muffed punt recovery
Defensive linemen fighting each other
842 penalty flags thrown
Snap over head
Foot stepped on on4th down
Fat guy interception
Fumble inadvertent kick first down
QB (Josh) knocks interceptor out of bounds preventing pick 6
Muffed punt recovery
Defensive linemen fighting each other
842 penalty flags thrown
sukie
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He is and will be a Von more fun to watch as he learns NFL defenses more. Kid is no pussy and he is really likable
Coaching! - Had the team hot out of the gate.
Coleman - stepping up more every game.
Cook - Any RB that drops a hundo get's a ball.
Shakir - dude finds seams!
Groot. What else is there to say?
GOATS
Secondary just loves to leave guy open
O-Line - EEEEnuff! with the false starts already.
Coleman - stepping up more every game.
Cook - Any RB that drops a hundo get's a ball.
Shakir - dude finds seams!
Groot. What else is there to say?
GOATS
Secondary just loves to leave guy open
O-Line - EEEEnuff! with the false starts already.
Position grades: Josh Allen's play-action passes helped ignite Bills' attack
Seattle had struggled against the run all season, and the Bills are bludgeoning teams on the ground. So it was no surprise when the Bills capitalized with some well-timed play-action passes. Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the game.
You knew the Seattle Seahawks’ defense had to be worried about stopping the Buffalo Bills’ running game Sunday.
Seattle had struggled against the run all season, and the Bills are bludgeoning teams on the ground. So it was no surprise when the Bills capitalized with some well-timed play-action passes.
Josh Allen was 5 of 8 for 88 yards on play-action passes, according to Buffalo News charting. He used play-action on 24% of his attempts, a bit of an uptick on his low rate of 17% through the first seven games.
On the Bills’ first play from scrimmage, they came out in a run formation with Alec Anderson as an extra tackle and faced an eight-man Seattle front with one safety deep. Perfect. Allen faked a handoff to James Cook and hit a 23-yard pass to Dawson Knox, who beat linebacker Ernest Jones IV down the field.
Josh Allen flexes after a touchdown run by running back James Cook during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game in Seattle. Joshua Bessex, Buffalo News
“Got off to a quick start,” Allen said. “First drive, go down there and get points, something we’ve talked about repetitively over the course of the last couple of weeks. Felt good to go out there and get it done. First play, Dawson making a big play for us and really starting us off the right way.”
It was a similar drive starter on the Bills’ second possession. Eight in the box, a single safety deep. Allen faked a run, checked down to Cook in the flat for 12 yards. The 35-yard seam pass to Khalil Shakir in the third quarter was a play-action fake. And while Allen didn’t fake the handoff on the 27-yard pass to Knox in the fourth quarter, it was a similar look. First down, big personnel, eight in the box, single safety high.
The Bills ranked 18th but solidly in the middle of the pack last year in play-action rate at 22.7%, according to Next Gen Stats. That’s a reasonable spot for Buffalo. The Bills are never going to be near the top of the play-action averages like teams that focus on having the quarterback under center and major in wide-zone runs and bootleg passes. An elite quarterback like Allen likes to be in the shotgun and is adept at reading the entire field. (Play-action works well in shotgun, too, but it will be used less than on under-center plays.)
Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the game, based on video review and scored on a scale of 0 to 5:
Quarterback (5.0). It was another ruthlessly efficient game for the Bills quarterback. He now has 181 career TD passes, tying Joe Ferguson for second most in Bills history. On Allen’s interception, Amari Cooper slipped making his break on the slant, which prevented him from getting across the face of the cornerback. Bad luck.
Offensive line (4.5). The middle three of the Bills’ offensive line – David Edwards, Connor McGovern and O’Cyrus Torrence – had a strong game. The Seahawks run a lot of twists, and the Bills passed them off well. McGovern and Edwards ran a power duo block on Roy Robertson-Harris on Cook’s 18-yard run. Torrence held off Leonard Williams on the 12-yard TD pass to Dalton Kincaid. Torrence, with his third strong game in a row, walled off Johnathan Hankins on a 13-yard zone run. On a 12-yard run in the fourth quarter, Dion Dawkins pancaked the linebacker (Jones), and Edwards sealed off Byron Murphy. Dawkins and Edwards were road graders two plays later on Cook’s 7-yard TD run.
The uptick in first-down passes was good strategy to help the pass blocking. Allen was 5 of 5 for 85 yards against the blitz, as Seattle was loathe to risk rushing five or more at him.
“We couldn’t stop the run when we needed to,” Murphy said. “That really was the biggest thing. We just couldn’t stop it and got outplayed.”
Receivers (4.0). Shakir killed man coverage on a 16-yard catch vs. Devon Witherspoon and a 35-yarder vs. practice-squad promote Josh Jobe. The Bills targeted Jobe on three catches for 81 yards. Besides his above-the-rim catches, Keon Coleman was an aggressive blocker. He got an unnecessary roughness penalty by blocking Jobe into the bench on a swing pass. He blocked Riq Woolen on Cook’s 2-yard TD run. Kincaid reached 100 receptions in just his 24th game, the fifth fastest by any Bills player and the fewest by any member of the team from the start of his career (from Bills statman Mike Haim).
Running backs (4.0). Cook had 20 touches (and 133 scrimmage yards) for the ninth time in 16 games with Joe Brady as coordinator. He did a great job of making himself small to slip through holes between the tackles.
Defensive line (4.0). The total shutdown of the Seattle running game set the table for the defensive dominance. Explosive Kenneth Walker III was held to 45 yards on 13 touches. On a third-and-goal from the 1, Greg Rousseau threw off Pharaoh Brown and stuffed Walker. Then quarterback Geno Smith tripped on fourth down. Rousseau had four hurries and two bat-downs. Ed Oliver penetrated to create a goal-line run stuff for Rousseau and Christian Benford. Oliver was stout vs. Laken Tomlinson to create a third-quarter, first-down run stuff. Dawuane Smoot had five pressures. Casey Toohill and Austin Johnson read the screen play coming on Johnson’s interception. Eli Ankou held firm vs. a double team early in the third quarter to keep Baylon Spector clean and cause a run stuff of Walker.
Linebacker (4.0). The Seahawks were unable to get Walker in space on the Bills linebackers. Dorian Williams fought through tackle Michael Jerrell and made the tackle on Zach Charbonnet at the 1 on a key second-quarter play. Williams applied blitz heat on Johnson’s interception.
Defensive backs (4.0). The tackling by the defensive secondary continues to be exemplary. Taron Johnson made eight tackles in another under-the-radar, Pro Bowl-caliber performance. Rasul Douglas opened the game with a run stuff and opened the third quarter with a near interception. Damar Hamlin had a nice tackle in space on Noah Fant on a Cover 0 blitz.
Special teams (3.0). Brandon Codrington made a rare judgment mistake by fielding a punt on his goal line in the first quarter. Javon Solomon almost blocked that punt. Joe Andreessen made a big hit on kickoff coverage at the 20. Sam Martin had a 58-yard, 4.65-second hang time punt in the fourth quarter. Gunner Mack Hollins cleanly beat his blocker downfield to recover a muffed punt.
Victor7
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We did get lucky on a few of those. But hey, we are usually on the bad side of lady luck, so I'll take it.
Victor7
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Balls
Chiefs. Undefeated despite lack luster effort. Pisses me off. Andy Reid = GOAT
Uncle Kirk. Buccaneers fans will have recurring nightmares of the pwnage he has inflicted upon them this season
Jameis. Dude is fun to watch. Wild and entertaining
Chargers OL who took out Saints dirtbag. Did you guys see that one? Saints player tries to hurt Herbert intentionally. Chargers OL was having none of it and delivered some instant justice.
Hail Mary. They are fun when not on us
Lions. Holy hell man they are fun. I would do unspeakable things to have Ben Johnson as our coach. It would be epic.
Broncos. They just keep racking up W's. Coaching matters.
Goats
Anthony Richardson. Not only does he suck, but he's also tired and takes himself out of plays. Never seen that before. Softie. They are actually a decent team with old man Flacco behind center.
Cowboys. lol
Jets. Even more lols. Love the implosion, love the disaster, love the karma that is coming Aaron Rodgers' way. Fucking POS.
Bengals. Joey B this, Joey B that. You guys were one hit wonders. More evident every year.
Fish. Tua is back, we are going to go on a roll. Nope. Lost to a midget.
Ravens. Mr. MVP lost to the Browns? Say it aint so!
Chiefs. Undefeated despite lack luster effort. Pisses me off. Andy Reid = GOAT
Uncle Kirk. Buccaneers fans will have recurring nightmares of the pwnage he has inflicted upon them this season
Jameis. Dude is fun to watch. Wild and entertaining
Chargers OL who took out Saints dirtbag. Did you guys see that one? Saints player tries to hurt Herbert intentionally. Chargers OL was having none of it and delivered some instant justice.
Hail Mary. They are fun when not on us
Lions. Holy hell man they are fun. I would do unspeakable things to have Ben Johnson as our coach. It would be epic.
Broncos. They just keep racking up W's. Coaching matters.
Goats
Anthony Richardson. Not only does he suck, but he's also tired and takes himself out of plays. Never seen that before. Softie. They are actually a decent team with old man Flacco behind center.
Cowboys. lol
Jets. Even more lols. Love the implosion, love the disaster, love the karma that is coming Aaron Rodgers' way. Fucking POS.
Bengals. Joey B this, Joey B that. You guys were one hit wonders. More evident every year.
Fish. Tua is back, we are going to go on a roll. Nope. Lost to a midget.
Ravens. Mr. MVP lost to the Browns? Say it aint so!