PaattMaann

I cant even explain how much better I feel and I didn't even know the man. WOW! Imagine how his family, our players and coaches feel right about now. WOW!

Good for you. Your opinion, and mine, mean nothing. There was no result of the game so we have literally no idea what would have happened. That is my only point to your silly post. "cincy was going to blow our doors off". We got beat by more than one score exactly once in two seasons lol. Have a good day and Go Bills!

Kinda like the Bears were gonna the week before when they scored on their first drive and were beating us 10-6 at half? Get outta here. Our defense is notorious for giving up a TD and yards early and adjusting and clamping down. Could this have been different? MAYBE. Could this have been the same as we've seen all season? I'd bet on that. There is a reason they play 4 quarters of football.

literally all the advanced stats disagree with you lol The season has been a nightmare and we are STILL the #1 seed (or at worst, division champs at 13-3/12-4 and hosting a playoff game). I'd say our chances at a super bowl are better than most.

they have been an extremely poor tackling team during McD's entire tenure

No Poyer again in practice...injured knee. Cool Cool.

Our nickel D has held up against the run for most of the season, don't know why it would magically stop holding up now... Top 5 in total rushing yards allowed 15th in YPC Top 10 in TDs allowed via the rush DVOA run defense top 10 I dunno man, seems to be working. Our issues haven't been because of the nickel, its been missed tackles.

Regarding the Dolphins running all over us...pretty easy explanation, extremely poor tackling and the LBs were a full 2 yards dropped off the LOS from their normal setup. This was done intentionally to flood the middle of the field and get into passing lanes, which means sacrificing against the run. Couple the alignment with the very poor tackling as usual and its easy to see why they ran all over us. Fine, would rather have that than wide open lanes for Hill/Waddle.

Yea I remember him saying that. Im just thinking if he was still feeling pain last week while throwing, he would have been limited in practice because why put him through unnecessary pain? But I guess they could also be weighing the need to get him all the practice reps possible with his receivers since the offense needed to get back on track....which seemed to have worked for the most part against the Dolphins. Had been a while before last week of having a full week of practice with all the guys on offense going full.

I was concerned about those comments but then saw he wasn't limited at all last week in practice. I feel like if he was truly dealing with pain in that elbow when throwing they would still keep him limited in practice, no? That gave me hope that he's on the other end of this injury. He would still be listed on the injury report because he is receiving treatment on it, but as far as it limiting his effectiveness in games I was hopeful we were past that point. Then of course, that strip sack probably was a set back.

oh, so you are just being a douche and butt hurt about having a to move a game that was impossible to play in Orchard Park? Got it...moving along...

where do you see this?

McD is walking around practice in a "I wish it were windier" t-shirt oh wait no hes not, because hes not a douche

I think we definitely see Phillips return this week considering Bryant was released to make room for Ike

The game is on Saturday though, you said sunday

you know something we dont?

Tackling is one of the major problems with our defense, but its been a problem for four years now. Its not the scheme, and I don't even think its the coaching. By the time you get to the NFL you are either a sure tackler or you aren't. Yes of course there are things you can have a player work on, technique/angle/level but you don't go from being a poor tackler to a good one once your in the NFL. This seasons worst tacklers for us: Hamlin, Dane, Milano, and our entire d-line except for Ed. So really, the only good tacklers are Edmunds, Oliver, Taron and a healthy Poyer (his tackling numbers aren't great but hes had that fugged elbow for 2 months now and its obviously effecting him). I think the only solution to the tackling issue is replacing poor tacklers with better ones. We aren't replacing Milano or most people on our d-line, so in a way we are going to have to live with poo tackling by swarming to the football and get more hats to the ball. Thats my only possible suggestion to a solution. This defense is a top 5 defense in the NFL and McD/Fraziers scheme has had success for 20 years (longer going back to McD learning under Jim Johnson). This isn't a scheme thing. Its an execution thing, and that's mostly on the horses not the jockey.

obligatory post of "the acutal wind isnt why Chicago is nicknamed the windy city"

a foot of snow isnt going to fall during the game though lol.

I'd imagine they will be plowing all day lol, its what they do when it snows how do you know this? I mean, there is a CHANCE it could snow, there is also a chance the accumulation DURING the game will be minimal. It's lake effect. And I haven't seen anyone predicting a foot during the game lol.

Ok Weather Man Dan

my god no, there isn't any talk of that. Stop.

missed tackles might be the easiest stat (other than drops) to calculate...the man touched the ball carrier and didnt bring him down. Easy.

if you check the numbers of our run game over the past 5 weeks and subtract Josh we are a top 10 rushing offense in totals and efficiencies.

You asked a question and I answered it. He is our leading rusher. If you cannot examine the run game in context of the season, I don't know what to tell you. If you watched the first 8 weeks and then compare it to the run game since, its a world of difference.