Bills run game (and why we're absolutely awful schematically)

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Watching this Bills offense work, and man it is night and day. Forgetting the talent they have at RB, and across the board really, they do some very simple but effective things up front.

There isn't a question of who has who. They're running iso, fb lead ups, and some power. They're running the exact offense we need to be running but with good blocking and guys executing at a high level.

 

When I think about our own run game, it's almost entirely zone. Nothing wrong with zone...except when there is. You see, a lot of zone blocking depends on communication amongst the line. Each man needs to know what their responsibilities are, but then also what the man to either side of them will be doing so they know how to scale. A guard expecting a chip from his tackle will take a softer bucket step so he gets a bit more drive, depending on the chip to help get his hips around. When the tackle thinks he's free running second level instead....you get runs blown up at the line. 

Our best runs this season have been off of an iso and, iirc, a trap. Designed to be simple, you have a specific man you must block in a specific way. No guess work, just know the damn play and execute.

We have linemen we can't trust to get their assignments sorted out for inside zone and stretch work. Ron was awful at a lot, but his offenses always had basic concepts reigning supreme. Iso, power, blast/belly, trap. Our run game misses this, and the reason we do it is to set up the rpo....which we don't run really. Bryce hasn't had a single rpo called that I can remember. So we're giving a zone look in the run game to mask our rpo later and doing fuging nothing with either.

Just a fun aside while you're watching two functional offenses.

[Davidson Deac II]

I wouldn't call either of these offenses functional tonight.  Better than us perhaps, but just barely.  

Edited November 14, 2023 by Davidson Deac II

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Just now, Davidson Deac II said:

I don't know, the Bills offense looks pretty bad tonight.  

 

Denver's defense is just good. Allen is shaky but at least the play calls themselves haven't been the issue

[Davidson Deac II]

Just now, lightsout said:

 

Denver's defense is just good. Allen is shaky but at least the play calls themselves haven't been the issue

If you go to the bills board, they are screaming about the play calls.  

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Just now, Davidson Deac II said:

If you go to the bills board, they are screaming about the play calls.  

They're out of their minds. Run game is cooking. Allen missed some big throws, and the turnovers have killed them.

The play calling is good. 

[WarHeel]

The Bills have essentially no idea how to utilize the RB position. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Davidson Deac II said:

If you go to the bills board, they are screaming about the play calls.  

Their problem to ight is turnovers. I don't care how brilliant your scheme and play calling is when you turn the ball over four times that's tough to overcome. Yet they probably still will if they can just avoid turnover #5.

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Just now, WarHeel said:

The Bills have essentially no idea how to utilize the RB position. 

 

Murray has been hot this second half especially. Just fuging run it enough to keep the d honest. fuging pass happy league, they shoot themselves in the foot.

[Davidson Deac II]

1 minute ago, lightsout said:

They're out of their minds. Run game is cooking. Allen missed some big throws, and the turnovers have killed them.

The play calling is good. 

They are complaining about going away from the run game.  They might be right.  Allen just made another bad pass, but he got lucky that it wasn't intercepted.  

[LinvilleGorge]

Good grief. Allen nearly threw another pick right there. Two Broncos had a better shot at that ball than his guy.

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Just now, Davidson Deac II said:

They are complaining about going away from the run game.  They might be right.  Allen just made another bad pass, but he got lucky that it wasn't intercepted.  

Now that I can agree with but Allen has had options. Just missing them/throwing picks.

[WarHeel]

Just now, lightsout said:

 

Murray has been hot this second half especially. Just fuging run it enough to keep the d honest. fuging pass happy league, they shoot themselves in the foot.

Cook had that fumble where the whistle should hand bedb blown so they sit him for 20 minutes. Then he started off hot in the second half too but then he and Allen miscommunicated on the handoff. 

[Anybodyhome]

24 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

  Better than us perhaps, but just barely.  

Who isn't?

[PleaseCutStewart]

Are you really complimenting the bills offense? With the talent they have I'm pretty sure a 5-year-old could call their offense. Yet they are absolutely brutal with play calling and Josh Allen terrible interceptions