Livinginthepast

Actually I think its both. Josh was terrible last night with the INTS, bad throws and fumbles. His supporting cast was also mediocre to poor. But Dorsey is responsible for scheming guys open, misdirection and the right play call for the situation. That part of his work seems to have completely disappeared or has been inept. Last night was yet another example of the broken system that Dorsey created. There are multiple issues on this Bills team and we just got rid of one of them. There are at least 6 more that I can think of to be tackled: 1. McD and his poor game management 2. McD and his poor defensive game plan 3. McD and his lack of preparation and motivation for the team for the big games 4. The terrible special teams 5. Getting decent replacements for the injured players (Beane!!) 5. The invisible Von Miller The first 3 are glaring. I think McD should be promoting a defensive assistant to be DC ASAP for in game defensive calls. The rest are hard to fix in the short term.

100% Josh needs to feel guilty for his part in this mess. He can play way better than last night. There's no excuse for that crap as much as Dorsey is culpable for the vanilla offense!

Even as much as I was surprised at how good Wilson was last night, that was the luckiest pass ever. Even the receiver having his toes minutely in bounds was incredibly lucky. There literally was a tiny sliver of grass endzone between the first foot and the sideline. Only the Bills would give up a play like that! Billsy!

Yes, on this team, there is a huge gulf between between high skill level, athleticism and that elusive 3rd factor of experience of knowing what to do and how to win in a high pressure situation. Sadly I think that is connected to the coaching of this team and their culture. The players can trust the process all they want but if they don't truly buy in and/or start to believe that it is a fraud (which I am starting to wonder if they think this) then they will never get there.

Blitzing repeatedly in the exact same way and not getting home on almost all of them until the 2nd half is akin to a fly repeatedly smashing itself on the screen door. Its trying really hard but effort doesn't mean success. Why wasnt there any adjustment to these blitzes and why was the QB spy so far back from Wilson?

Bills are like an Opiod addiction. We can talk all we want on how bad they are and how much we hate this and that and we dont care but we will all be back next Sunday for another "hit" and more abuse!

I cannot for the life of me understand how these DB's are coached? They are constantly giving the receiver a 5-10 yard cushion. Even on plays that are quick passes. When the QB has all day to throw its even worse. This despite the fact that none of the DB's has the speed to close down the receiver and get there in time to intercept the ball or break it up. Sometimes they don't even get there in time for tackle. The 2nd problem is that they never look for the ball. They literally time their coverage by staring at the receiver's actions. Last night, Wilson serves up a pop fly pass that should have been easily intercepted, let alone knocked down but Johnson has no idea where the ball is and times his challenge really badly and collides with the receiver. Had he just made a slight effort to find the ball and turne, the contact would have been probably incidental and there is no flag. Instead he makes no effort and the refs are quickly convinced of PI. I don't think I have ever seen a team that is worse in these two areas of pass defense than this current Buffalo Bills squad. I've seen better coaching in college and CFL. That is all on McD and his defensive crew!

The Bills still make me feel like the irrational 10 year old I was when I started watching them back in 1979. But they were so bad in 1979 I didn't care. However 1 year later they won the division and made the playoffs. When Fouts won the playoff game for SD with a 50 yard slant pass that should have been stopped I had my first taste of the heartbreak of devastating Bill's loss where I had become irrationally invested. Now 43 years later its the same feeling. No other team does that to me among all the sports teams I have followed, near and far. The Bills still make me want to smash something or scream obscenities as loud as I can. When I saw the PI on Johnson and his clumsy avoidable coverage I smacked the floor and crumpled to a heap with disgust. Then the FG sails wide, BUT WAIT a flag for the most obvious and indisputable penalty in football, TOO MANY MEN!!! Thats when I just went off like Vesuvius! Even my teen kids (who usually find my Bills antics amusing and mock them) were completely disgusted with the outcome and left in a fury! All I could think is welcome to Bills fandom guys, its a lifelong abusive relationship with a few highs but a life of pain!

I first started watching the Bills in the 1979 season. Despite all the possible bad karma I have accumulated in my life since then, I have never deserved the abuse, punishment and heartbreak of being a Bills fan!

This is the most inexcusable part of all. They are going for a FG, They are kneeling down. Why in the F would you not have the correct 11 men on the field for both downs? 3rd and 4th? No need to substitute at all (unless of course they had 12 men on the 3rd down play too?).

I was thinking this thought as I lay awake with yet another stress headache caused by the Bills. McD was a bad game manager so what did the Bills do? They gave him EXTRA duties to run the defense AND manage the game!! Probably in retrospect, the worst possible decision you could have made! Pure stupidity!

Yet another "Statement Loss" for the McD era. And definitely another candidate for most Billsy loss. The PI on Johnson, the dropped handoff, the first play strip fumble and 12 men on the field for a FG that misses? Billsy to the MAX. Nobody used to circle the Wagons like the Buffalo Bills but since those far away days, Nobody loses in clown fashion worse than the Buffalo Bills!

Watching the current Bills squad and comparing them to those teams? Yes right now both are/were excruciating to watch. The big difference though? there was no expectation for the drought teams like there is with this one. The fact that this team could easily be 9-1 with better coaching is the biggest most crushing disappointment of all.

So was the DB's laying off receivers by 10 yards strategy that was apparent all night. Bills DB's have no ball awareness and even when they do (like Rapp on the Denver TD pass in the first half) they are way out of position. All Taron Johnson has to do on that pop fly pass by Wilson at the end is turn around and knock it down. Instead he bumps the Denver player then looks backward. Even high school players have more sense than that! Just bad coaching and clueless players every week!

Only the Buffalo Bills could lose a game like this. This is BILLSY.

All he had to do was turn around. and he runs into him F'ing idiot!!

How about 20??

Too much time left!

Absolutely pathetic gutless defense on the most important drive of the game!

challenge it!! Thats a fumble!

Jeudy was left 10 yards open on a crucial 3rd down!

Nobody ever open deep down the middle.

That drive was another Dorsey special.

Josh throwing into triple coverage.

The Offense looks like preseason form. Sloppy and ill disciplined.