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Allen was sabotaged by the gameplan today. It's obvious that the only plan was to be more physical than the Dolphins. When Miami pushed back, there was nothing in the playcalling, scheme, or personnel to help him.

They could use way more misdirection play action, especially with the way they ran the ball last week. They could run the ball out of shotgun formation. That would slow the pass rush down and ease pressure on Allen. The could more middle of the field routes for Shakir. There are things Brady could do with play calls and play design. I get they want to build a physical mindset, but the strategy can't only be that Brady calls the same plays over and over, and the team wins on physicality alone.

He's shortened the playbook and become predictable. If Allen is under center, it most likely going to be a run. If Allen is in shotgun, it's definitely a pass. The run/pass ratio on 1st down leans heavily to the run. He was never good at scheming WRs open (both Diggs' and Davis' production dractically fell off when he became OC), and shows almost no imagination in freeing up receivers (for example, there are no digs or WR post routes in the playbook). His playcalling is stubborn. Today on 4th and 1, Miami called a timeout and it was obvious Buffalo was planning a pass. Even though the play was tipped, Brady didn't change the call. Miami knew these tendencies and gameplanned against them, and Brady did not adjust. He's gone from a potential HC candidate to a hot seat candidate this season.

When the Sabres get me down, I remind myself that Eric Staal is in the front office, and that means that none of this s### makes any sense. And I guess that makes me feel a little better.

99.9% of NHL franchise owners aren't hockey guys.

It's already in the PowerPoint

Lost 5 of the last 6.

My suggestion is to fire Adams. Same as it has been since 2021.

UPL looked surprised that there was a guy in front of the net.

Its been bad GM'ing since the day Adams was hired. I'll never forgive Pegula for wasting my time these last six years with this clod Adams. Hang around for the intermission....

Can we just put the math chick back on?

Yeah, after the whistle blows, the PA announcer says, "Hey everybody, look over there, it's JJ Peterka. He's here tonight. Thank you and try the pizza logs."

I don't know what you call it, but Benson, Doan, Kesselring, and Krebs are RFAs next season. Tuch is a UFA. Keeping all these players probably requires moving other contracts (Greenway, Quinn, UPL, Byram/Power). Moving on from Tuch means trading a contributor before the trade deadline, probably for draft picks because the cap space will be needed for the RFAs. Roster decisions need to be made, whether they are considered a retool or rebuild.

That's 3 MORE points than last season. On the Adams scale, that's progress! Seriously, this teams has some good building blocks. Bring in a GM who can take advantage of them.

Two 3 game losing streaks in the first 11 games.

The concept of Greenway is actual Doan. Actual Greenway is much worse than actual Doan. Its time to dump him and his albatross contract

Greenway just sucks.

I think we're at that time for big decisions, whether it's a rebuild or not. If you want to sign the RFAs and Tuch, you need to make decisions on Greenway, Quinn, UPL, Power/Byram soon to clear cap space. If you're not signing Tuch, you need to figure out the timeline to trade him. I don't want Adams anywhere near those decisions.

They're not terrible, but they're not good enough. Unfortunately Adams ceiling is 'not terrible.' Turn the team over to Jarmo to see if he can get rid of the remaining rot to make this an actual contending team.

I'm not.

Nice back-checking by Greenway.

Not good enough.