The Buffalo Bills were burnt out by the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday night, which probably knocked them down a peg or more in the nationwide conversation. With the Kansas City Chiefs concerning Buffalo in 6 days, the Bills cant actually concentrate on what went incorrect against Tennessee. I can.
Here are my takeaways from the video game:
Errors squash the Bills
The Titans had touchdown drives of 12, 16, 18, and 30 lawns tonight. (Thanks to Yards Per Pass).
28 points and 76 yards.
Devin Singletary and the Bills running offense is not great, Bob.
Six-minute drives in the 4th advantage Tennessee.
Bass kicked it through in the 2nd quarter, but the laces were facing the rookie when he approached the ball. Its at least the 3rd time this year weve seen a bad hold from Bojorquez, according to Jay Feely.
Taron Johnson requires to be replaced this offseason.
Singletary ended up with 25 backyards on 11 carries for 2.3 lawns per carry. Its been a recurring theme through our postgame responses, and it was clearly a detriment tonight as the Bills kept going to the run game even when down huge in the fourth quarter.
I mean, he did punt the ball 74 lawns (plus a penalty) to flip the field at the end of the very first half, so he has some redeeming qualities. There was likewise the 40-yard punt return after he outkicked his coverage on his other punt.
Down 18 points with 17 minutes left, the Bills took 6:29 to score a touchdown. Great. A touchdown. However they ran the ball and didnt go hurry quickly enough. (Heres my Twitter thread on it in real time.) They took too much time, period. On the taking place Titans drive, the Titans went 70 yards. IT WAS IN LESS TIME THAN THE BILLS DRIVE. Tennessee was attempting to kill the clock and they took 6:03 off the clock before scoring their touchdown. Buffalo needed to score three or 4 times in the last 17 minutes and the offense only had two drives in the last 17 minutes.
The run defense was stout against Henry.
Move along on 3rd and long.
This defense relies on beginners, and got burned by it (in the passing video game) …
Listen. We understood it was going to happen. Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers and every great QB returns to earth. Bruce Nolan talked about it at length: Josh Allens step-back game was inevitable. He was 10-of-21 at the half with an interception (off his wide receivers hands).. In the 2nd half he was 16/20. He still made a horrible decision on his 2nd interception in the 3rd quarter. It takes place. We arent going to toss the infant out with the bath water. Regression to the mean is expected, but it occurred in prime time.
Here are the first 2 drives on offense:.
Matt Milanos backup. TreDavious Whites backup. When Tremaine Edmunds was down previously in the year. What is the Bills plan when a gamer decreases? For the last a number of years theyve been lucky that it didnt occur, however its 2020. And 2020 comes for EVERYONE. A.J. Klein has been so bad they went to Tyrel Dodson. Theyve been playing practice team players at linebacker. They began Cam Lewis, a 2019 UDFA, at cornerback tonight.
Early in the 2nd, he let up another big play to the Bills goal line. The Bills require to draft or sign his replacement in the slot this coming year.
Derrick Henry had nine brings for 24 backyards in the first half and finished with 19 for 57 and a touchdown. The Bills shut down the Titans on the ground.
Big unique teams plays and a pair of interception returns for the Titans enabled them to waltz in for easy ratings. With 5:39 left in the game, the Bills were outgaining the Titans 310 to 292, however Tennessee was up 28-16. That just occurs with mistakes. Buffalo was expected to be the group that had actually practiced and was ready to go. Tennessee had one complete practice in 12 days. Buffalo made the mistakes. And then the cherry on top was the kickoff return fumble with 3:49 left in the video game.
3rd-and-4: Josh Allen hits Andre Roberts in the hands for 19 (Deflected, INT).
3rd-and-1: T.J. Yeldon dive for 3 backyards.
3rd-and-13 with 9:30 left in the first: Gabriel Davis for 15.
3rd-and-7: Josh Allen makes a DB blitz miss out on, jukes a POUND, and gets 8 backyards.
3rd-and-10: Gabe Davis with a touchdown catch! Unlawful shift?
3rd-and-15: Andre Roberts gets 16 after Allen avoids the pressure and tosses a dart.
Then partway through the 2nd quarter, it was 3rd-and-9– Allen gets 11 to Diggs with pressure in his face and not having the ability to step into it. On 3rd-and-10 with 4:47 in the 3rd: 15 backyards to Diggs on a resurgence. Huge pressure to Allen.
The Buffalo Bills were blown out by the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday night, which most likely knocked them down a peg or 2 in the nationwide discussion. With the Kansas City Chiefs coming to Buffalo in 6 days, the Bills cant really focus on what went incorrect against Tennessee. With 5:39 left in the video game, the Bills were outgaining the Titans 310 to 292, however Tennessee was up 28-16. Its been a repeating theme through our postgame responses, and it was plainly a hinderance tonight as the Bills kept going to the run game even when down big in the 4th quarter.
I am not one to suspend Allen on 3rd down, and he showed why once again. The guy chooses the sticks and I like it and dont want it to alter.
What is the Bills strategy when a player goes down?
