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sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jan 22 @ 7:00 PM ET
I know we don't get a very good view of the field on tv, but it just doesn't feel like they get guys open.
- Lunaion

Allen will win an MVP someday if they have any interest in getting him some speed and creativity to work with.

Bottom 10 group of weapons and bottom 5 o-line
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

Jan 22 @ 7:04 PM ET
Allen will win an MVP someday if they have any interest in getting him some speed and creativity to work with.

Bottom 10 group of weapons and bottom 5 o-line

- sbroads24


No way. First and second round picks are strictly for D-line, every year.
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:05 PM ET
The O-line looked like one of the biggest problems today. They got nothing done, never had any rhythm,were chasing the game from the beginning all the way until the sad end.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 22 @ 7:11 PM ET
Allen will win an MVP someday if they have any interest in getting him some speed and creativity to work with.

Bottom 10 group of weapons and bottom 5 o-line

- sbroads24


Would feel a lot better if all that investment in D amounted to anything.
ZiggyBuff
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.10.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:21 PM ET
Ziggy Roma?
- Boss34


I wish. Hes is one of my heros
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 22 @ 7:22 PM ET
Would feel a lot better if all that investment in D amounted to anything.
- Lunaion

Is it the D line Coach
ZiggyBuff
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.10.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:24 PM ET
Saw a glimpse of him squawking at Allen on the bench near the end...
Idk, not much patience from me for me-first diva receivers. I know he’s good and all, but I just wish a qb or someone else would smack them in the mouth and tell them to stfu sometimes.

- Ratsreign


Allen was giving him some lip on the out throw down the field where he thought he should of went up more on the route. Diggs ran a perfect route and josh missed a throw that would of have been perfect to catch. Thought that was not a good look on josh
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 22 @ 7:25 PM ET
Wow!! Dallas kicker just had his extra point blocked.
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:26 PM ET
No way. First and second round picks are strictly for D-line, every year.
- Khmylev

Kind of like what the 49ers did for a few years?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 22 @ 7:28 PM ET
Allen was giving him some lip on the out throw down the field where he thought he should of went up more on the route. Diggs ran a perfect route and josh missed a throw that would of have been perfect to catch. Thought that was not a good look on josh
- ZiggyBuff

Plus he missed him on that throw on the first or 2nd drive, might have gone for a TD
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:28 PM ET
Lacrup....
“On the plus side the Devils beat the Penguins in OT. You hate to see the Pens get 1, but it's better than 2.”

Plus Caps lost last night in New Jackville, and Isles lost today



Time to bust a move....
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:29 PM ET
Allen was giving him some lip on the out throw down the field where he thought he should of went up more on the route. Diggs ran a perfect route and josh missed a throw that would of have been perfect to catch. Thought that was not a good look on josh
- ZiggyBuff

Might be time to move one of them for picks
ZiggyBuff
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.10.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:32 PM ET
Might be time to move one of them for picks
- RichardRoma


Trade one of them to the superbowl winner for swapped 6th round picks
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:34 PM ET
Trade one of them to the superbowl winner for swapped 6th round picks
- ZiggyBuff

By tomorrow morning, Mike Schopp, and most fans, will want Diggs gone, and for Frazier and Dorsey to be gone.
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Jan 22 @ 7:36 PM ET
Is it the D line Coach
- Buff36


Some of it has to be McD/Fraiser, right? Nickle + rush 4 99% of the time seems easy to game plan against.
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:40 PM ET
Some of it has to be McD/Fraiser, right? Nickle + rush 4 99% of the time seems easy to game plan against.
- Lunaion

1. How good were the defenses in New Orleans under Sean Payton?
2. What kind of defensive scheme do you think Shane Steichen would run here, if he were the coach?
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:41 PM ET
Some of it has to be McD/Fraiser, right? Nickle + rush 4 99% of the time seems easy to game plan against.
- Lunaion

Couldn’t make a stop all day long.
joevthree
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 02.27.2011

Jan 22 @ 7:42 PM ET
Some of it has to be McD/Fraiser, right? Nickle + rush 4 99% of the time seems easy to game plan against.
- Lunaion


This.

If they were gonna rush 4 mediocre D-line they should've had man coverage behind it to make him hold the ball longer. They're terrified of getting beat deep, Tyreek Hill ruined them
ZiggyBuff
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.10.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:42 PM ET
By tomorrow morning, Mike Schopp, and most fans, will want Diggs gone, and for Frazier and Dorsey to be gone.
- RichardRoma


With all due respect RR, something needs to change with the coaching staff. Its the 3rd year in the row that we flat out failed in the playoffs.

With all that talent out on the field they looked like there being held back.

Play 10 yards off receivers
Noone full out rush the passer cause we need to contain.
Same nickle package. No 3rd linebacker ever.
Offense on a 3rd and 3 and have 4 receivers 15 yards or more down the field
Not using any of the rookies
Bring in hines and dont use him on offense
3rd and 10 and our coach takes a timeout being down 14 points in the second half of a playoff game

These are all on coaching. Its very noticeably this year
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:43 PM ET
This.

If they were gonna rush 4 mediocre D-line they should've had man coverage behind it to make him hold the ball longer. They're terrified of getting beat deep, Tyreek Hill ruined them

- joevthree

JOEVTHREE FOR NEW DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:44 PM ET
Couldn’t make a stop all day long.
- Ratsreign

We need a coaching staff made up entirely of Floridians
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:47 PM ET
We need a coaching staff made up entirely of Floridians
- RichardRoma

we do know our football.....and would bring more to the game than simply a Richard-A-Roma.
The_Inkwell
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 06.29.2006

Jan 22 @ 7:48 PM ET
Plus he missed him on that throw on the first or 2nd drive, might have gone for a TD
- Buff36


1st drive. Diggs was gone if Josh makes that throw.
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:49 PM ET
1st drive. Diggs was gone if Josh makes that throw.
- The_Inkwell

Would Caleb Williams or Drake Maye make that throw?
ZiggyBuff
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 06.10.2017

Jan 22 @ 7:52 PM ET
1st drive. Diggs was gone if Josh makes that throw.
- The_Inkwell


Josh cant make every throw all the time. Especially when hes running for his life all day. Look at how many great catches cincys receivers made today. At least 2 one handed catches in the snow
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