Livinginthepast

This was the problem yet again. Our defense doesnt know how to force fumbles anymore. We never seem to want to smack out the ball but cannot wrap up either. Our soft zone rarely is close enough to get us INTs. Our easy to read defense doesnt disguise anything so we rarely get the misthrows by opposing QBs (like Allen's deflected INT last night). Hell our DBs never turn around in pass coverage to get INTs on underthrows either. All from a defensive coach??

The firing of Daboll seemed like the planets were aligning but I'm not sure if he could stomach being under the McD umbrella. After all McD ruined Daboll's best chance of going to the SB with Allen and the Bills with 13 seconds. I doubt he would be jumping at the chance to come in mid season unless McD was fired with Brady and Babich and he was parachuted in. I think we are stuck with Brady and the results so far this season speak for themselves. Now that Brady has a body of work that can be studied, its obvious that DCs have studied his vanilla plans and dialed up an easy neutralization strategy. Its not until Brady's vanilla gets a little Neapolitan flavor at the end of games that things start to flow better. The Hook and ladder for ex.

True but they had almost the whole game to make that up. Had Brady not gone for the 3 yards back to get 1 yard run play on the best defense in the league we might have got a TD or FG on that drive. We blew at least two drives when we should have scored and were starting to get rolling and Brady got stupid.

The fact that they can execute a play so effectively makes you wonder even more why Brady is so vanilla on offense. Its just ridiculous. we dont need that level of gadget play every series but maybe a couple of times during a game? I'm so done with the WR screen for a loss or Josh being swallowed up with the pass rush. I'm done with Brady's weak 4th and short strategy. Get that the F out of here.

Brady is not up to the job. He has been given the keys to the Lamborghini in Allen but doesnt know how to drive stick shift. McD put him that position knowing that he was relatively raw in the OC job. So thats on McD. Beane did his part by not getting him any weapons on offense and not resigning/trading the players that did work (Hollins and Diggs). Which was an incredibly stupid move. I would call them the 3 stooges but Babich makes 4.

The team looked better with Keon out last week but with Hardman not available, you might have thought Keon makes it back last night just as a backup. Moore looks useless. Davis has been better than both. Palmer executed the hook and ladder with Shakir but doesnt really have much impact. If the goal was to teach Keon a lesson, I think he has learned it now.

It stopped being fun the season after 13 seconds. It was a slow creep, but as the offense got worse, the defense started to lose the playmakers, then the injuries have sucked the life out of the team for 4 seasons. That slow march to all stress got worse with Hamlin almost dying on the field. Then you have the Officials always rearing their ugly heads. You are always expecting a flag on every play. This season feels like smoke and mirrors. Somehow with this boring offense and this epically bad defense we are 7-4. But the really bad losses in easily winnable games are accumulating. Tonight was fun for a few seconds during the hook and ladder play on 4th and 27 but it felt like a drop in an ocean of disgust I already felt.

Typical Bills to tease us to win this awful game and then find a Billsy way to screw up. If Josh throws that pass to Davis 1 yard more in bounds we win. But thats always the way isnt it? If Dawkins the veteran actually paid attention to the snap count, we probably get a first down and call timeout but no of course he has to move. I'm sorry but even with the depleted talent, Joe Brady has no excuses for serving up that plate of feces. Maybe 4 or 5 good play calls all night. Daboll or a competent OC wins that game with this team. A competent OC counterattacks the blitzs but not our Joe. As for the defense? Got better in the 2nd half but they are the worse tacklers in the league, out of position and often too small to compete. White is a complete liability out there, never looks at the ball on pass defense and prays for a drop or out of bounds because he is always out of position. Every year with McD there are games which are completely blown that come back to haunt us. I think all 4 losses count in that category.

I saw maybe 5 good plays from Brady all night. The Hook and ladder was straight out of Daboll's book. But that was it. Brady was garbage tonight.

Perfectly executed play . This is what we are capable of with good playcalling

Oh my god a hook and ladder !

Why the lack of urgency?

Can the Bills please strip the F'ing ball!!

That sack was low and should have been a penalty. Of course leave it to the useless refs to miss it.

I disagree, thats his decision based on his own control, arrogance or his own stupidity.

Lets go back 3 yards to get 1 yard against the best defense in the league. Brilliant Brady! Absolutely brilliant!

About the 5th or 6th time tonight they had them behind the LOS and miss the tackle.

The Texans defense did something I have been screaming for the Bills defense to do all season. Slap the ball out on a tackle.

Can you imagine if we had that level of quality, depth and skill on Defense? Well coached too. So basically the opposite of us.

A Good OC has a counterpunch for that. Notice I said good.....

Fire Brady right now. Like before the end of the 3rd quarter.

OMG the 3rd holding penalty on our STs.

Bills player tripped on punt coverage. No penalty from the flag happy refs who hate our STs.

Another Joe Brady special on that drive.

Cant fire himself.