WarHeel

Well said.

Absolutely triggered some folks. They don’t like being told that the next young offensive guru isn’t all we need to fix this team.

Well stated. Whether due to talent or utilization management they definitely weren’t feared for gashing anyone on the ground which in made them a little more one dimensional.

96 vs 68 yards total per game is a fairly significant difference. I would wager that the Bills absolutely attempt to go get a dual threat RB in the off-season.

If the argument is strictly for rushing only then you have a fair argument. While the title of the OP is “ground and pound” I alluded to the lack of presence of a RB for Buffalo who can run as well as receive the check down when needed. Singletary is mediocre at the former and nonexistent in the latter while Mixon was a top 10 fantasy option at the position due to his ability to both rush and receive.

You do that. It beats your former ideology.

About trying to challenge your vocabulary? Sure was. You can’t be helped.

Exhibit A

I have no problem with that argument. Their defense was a shell of itself, which I already stated earlier in the thread, but I also feel that the lack of a run game was their greatest demise before the post-season even began.

Can’t speak for everyone else. On my end I was clarifying the OP for a few who have a hard time with comprehending anything longer than a 2 sentence thought consisting of words less than 2 syllables. Thought the topic would be essence for valid discussion but a few simpletons felt the need to come in and derail per usual.

Geezus My entire point is that Buffalo had no personnel TO run. Not that they failed to commit to the run. These are two entirely different arguments.

Read what you want my guy. You and I both know that’s not what was said.

El Oh el. It’s literally you and one other guy. I’m not even counting the usual couple of suspects because they look for my posts to derail them simply for the spite of it based on political differences.

I’ll try to spell this out for you one last time since you don’t seem to be getting it. I don’t expect them to run because they haven’t done it well all year. They’ve been great through the air. And when the weather was piss poor and it made sense to run they couldn’t because they sucked at it. They kept the game close until the 3rd quarter and then lost what could have been a much more favorable game in which Allen would have been able to throw the ball downfield and let Diggs and Beasley feast. Moral of the story: Many say we need a high octane passing offense and crap on the notion of ground and pound football and defense winning championships. The Bengals capitalized by playing physical on defense AND on the offense by incorporating the run game for over 100 yards by ONE player on the ground for roughly the same amount of carries the Bills had by ALL of their offense combined. I can’t hold anyone’s hand on this anymore so if you don’t get the point after this, good luck.

No doubt. But they only had 19 carries. In the freaking snow. That was by design because their run game has sucked out loud all year with the exception of Josh Allen pulling a Cam Newton intermittently.

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To hell with reading comprehension. I can’t have a reasonable discussion with 90% of this board because you don’t take the time to actually read and digest something before you fire back.

It was a one score game mid way through the 3rd. Not taking anything away from Cincy. I just think if they swap run games it’s a clear W for Buffalo. Is that such a crazy concept?

You’d be one of the few. Nonetheless he’s a game changer in my opinion. But as I stated, CMC wasn’t the main point of the discussion anyway.

So what’s weird about calling out the Bills lack of run game playing a result in their loss today? If you don’t have anything to contribute to the discussion then why come in and derail it? I expect it from 4corners but I know you have at least twice the sense he does. Most do anyway.

What’s there to overreact about? I’m a Panthers fan. This is a topic of observation. WTF are you guys reading?

What’s not true about the Bills run game being abysmal? Reading comprehension is a lost art in this place.

My point is that they’ve had trouble with running all season. Their run game is abysmal and Allen and Diggs have bailed out their offense all year. I think CMC would change a hell of a lot but that wasn’t my main thesis for discussion.

That Buffalo defense was a shell of what it started the year with but even that being said, they were able to run the football when it counted.

Nah, even the Bills haven’t outmediocred us as of late. We are our own breed.