Bleeding Bills Blue

Don't reach for one. We've got holes all over the roster. Grab an OLB or DT for our 3-4 defense. Grab some Oline help. Wherever there's good value. Sure we could use a better QB - but so could every team that drafts ahead of us.

I was 11 when i watched that game, and i remember it pretty clearly. We didn't line up for the extra point we were so pissed off.

New England takes a lot of what he did at Oregon actually. Having a HOFer at QB helps a lot with playcalling though. They also rotate their OLine like no one else ever has before. The biggest key that they do is teach every guy how to play multiple spots on offense, so they never have to sub anyone and can hurry up whenever they want to.

I'm thankful that we don't have St. Doug, Chan, Jauron, Mularky, or Greg Williams at the helm. Rex isn't perfect, but he's probably helped bring in some decent talent. As well as a couple of prime-time games. Whether we end up in the playoffs or not - its pretty cool that people talk about us again. I remember when we hired st. doug, my brother texted me "who the hell is doug marrone?"... And probably the same thing for every other one of those hires I mentioned.

Yeah - Patriots are a perfect Heel champ. They cheat - but they have the clout to get out of everything they do. And we're just some crappy local jobber.

I just remember watching them early on and it looked like... EJ in the preseason. Bradford had 0 time, and any plays he made were like miracles. The running backs all looked like crap since they were being hit 4 and 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage. I'm sure they're better now, but it didn't look promising.

Looked through just some basic numbers. Houston has attempted the most passes in the league - buffalo has attempted like the 3rd or 4th fewest. We also average about 50 yards more rushing per game. Hopkins gets targets because he has to - they cant run so they pass much more frequently. We've also had some big leads to protect several times this year, and running the ball well was much more of a priority. We both have turned the ball over about the same amount - but EJ was involved in several of those (and could be involved in more if Tyrod can't go... Oy vay). I still feel like we take care of the ball better in general than houston though. For our team - this is good, we don't have a star QB. We also have a top 5-10 RB in the league. Passing that often with Hoyer/whoever at the helm is also why i don't see Houston as a playoff team unless they win that cruddy division somehow.

not illegal - the rule book kind of states that he can be defenseless, but it mostly says you cant hit him in the head or the knees. So similar to roughing the passer rules.

I think he didn't have a good game, but there were also some plays that make you believe. The 2 scramble first down passes were legit throws, that no one else we have would have made. The deep ball accuracy was way off last night, and that sucks since teams are stacking the box against us especially in the 2nd half. But to call him "Trentative" because he checks down a few times is pretty tough - he threw probably 5 or 6 fly routes in this game and most of those reads were correct. He played... bad, and we were still in the game. I'd take that over playing Fitz bad, and turning the ball over with lower percentage stuff over the middle. I hate close games, but it seems like were built to play close games. Sucks - but Tyrod might actually be a good option for the type of offense we're going to run. My biggest thought is he needs to tuck and run a few of those read-option plays though in the 2nd half. The read's were to keep the ball and beat them to the edge, and he handed off for a few no gainers.

That stupid QB scramble to the left play needs to be taken out of the playbook. Always on 3rd and 4th down at crucial moments. terrible.

Seems like Roman is micromanaging.... Tyrod needed to go a little willie beamon on that drive and just call stuff off his sleeve. Also the ref's absolutely tanked that game at the end for us... they legit ran over 40 seconds off the clock spotting a 9 yard completion to woods. I could not believe they didn't throw some time back on the clock after they reviewed it for what felt like 10 minutes. Nope, they started the game clock and waited at least 5-10 seconds to put the ball on the ground. What the hell is that?

Carpenter makes that field goal... It's 6-3 and they get the ball at the 20 instead of the 38. That was a huge miss, and a 10 point swing that ended up being a pretty good deciding factor. They also stacked the box against the run in the 2nd half and we had no answer

I think the chiefs number is boosted by how poor denver looked. That division could become wide open very quickly if they keep dropping games.

No Mario really today... Definately a noticeable drop off to carting ton. And we didn't blitz much

Except when they throw screens right over the top of this. The d-line reads the rb screens better and we dont give up 30 first downs. If the linebackers can tackle landry and miller in the flats, we completely negate their game plan.

They were not expecting this many screens - that was very clear. The lining up landry behind another receiver completely negates a pass rush - and if the linebacker can't get over there and make a play its 15 yards easy. Then they had a couple really well timed screen passes to miller where our d-line was completely fooled. We also had 2 clutch 3rd down sacks and a stop at the half that were huge. They need to be better - but i don't think it was a scheme issue, or a coaching issue. Players get penalties because they don't like getting beat, and hope they can pull a jersey without the ref seeing it, its not rex saying "tug his jersey".

Everything was misdirection and screens today. That's on he players to read react and tackle. Obviously they did a poor job of it.

Not sure what he's supposed to do. They can't tackle or cover in man.

Just thinking the same thing

Can't tackle. And they're ripping us up with screens and draws.

Where's our pass rush. So far only the weird blitzing has resulted in any pressure

We didn't blitz on the final drive - mario and hughes didnt cover on the final drive. They just didnt get any pressure. How do you blame rex for that?

This isn't an excuse for Rex, but has anybody else noticed that when we DO rush our front 4, they don't get pressure? Mario, Dareus, and Hughes - aren't getting it done. What changed in a year? I'm not sure - but all 3 of them are playing worse than a year ago.

To be fair, Miami couldn't beat them either

miami also lost to the jags... in case anybody is counting.