JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS
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big play here
yes!
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big play here
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y o y did i have to pick the bills as my team 20 years ago
Because they were really really good.
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why the !@#$ would you hope for that??!? i'm praying for an 0-6 finish and a 5-11 record. too many times we've missed on elite talent by being 2-3 picks behind someone great (see Rothlisberger, Pat Willis, etc). that's what this team lacks - elite talent.
go get a legit QB. Fitz is garbage.
Not sure I can take another 7-9 (or worse) and "it's hard to win in the NFL." We need to show we can win or no one will want to come here - free agents, coaching talent, etc. May already be true but we can make it better by winning. Best drafts in the world won't fix our problems alone. We need FAs and quality staff. How many quality DCs want to come to Buffalo right now?
Just don't see it. This team will be lucky to win another game this year. They are just horrendous. The highlight of the game for the Bills was a 56 yard field goal from a street free agent. Pathetic.
Unfortunatly you may be right but I have to hope for something. Playoffs are out of the question.
I wouldn't say "the worst". I mean it's bad but not "the worst". People are overreacting.
There may be worse teams, but we're not playing them this year. Can we even beat the 3-7 Dolphins at home? Not based on yesterday's showing.
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Well maybe not the best .....and we're maybe not the worse but today ...my goodness....I'm glad I'm a faithful fan
Right now we're pretty much the worst in the division . . . not looking good for next week. My faith in Chan and Fitz is shaken. Just hoping we can somehow fix this mess and go 8-8 this year.
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Third and eight and throw a six yard pass. Not just a fitz thing I see.
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Someone name a QB in this league who could play well behind our mixed-up, beat-up, mashed-up O-line. Be shure to add in playing under pressure because our defense is swiss cheese.
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I simply do not understand why we continue to run the shotgun at this point. Levitre cannot snap the ball.
Anyone know of any FA centers out there?
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Just tuned in 5 mjns ago. What happened?
Joe, if you've missed the game so far, here is my advice: pick up the remote, and press "off". Go about your day.
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hopefully the dolphins don't allow garbage time touchdowns to Fitz here.
we need his stats to look as terrible as possible at the end of the year, so the Bills will at least consider cutting him and drafting a QB high
Let's not be counterproductive. We have bigger holes to fill. We need to keep working on the lines . . . Tom Brady wouldn't do well with these lines.
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For the past 12 plus years.....when will we be rebuilt?
When we have a owner who is willing to spend to the cap. We need FA help big time. We also need to pay our better players to stay. We can't keep dumping our best players when they get expensive.
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I can't believe this happened to us again. I fully expected we would come out and play football today instead we've gotten embarrassed by a 2 win team.
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I was hoodwinked as well. Thought for sure we would be fired up and ready to take on a bad team. But we are making them look like the Packers today.
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Not sure I've ever seen anything quite like this. It is laughable
Nothing funny about it . . . we are bad.
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Yes, Buddy needs to make some better choices in the draft. The team has improved, but it seems to have little to do with Buddy's drafting acumen. Jackson, Fitz and Stevie are all holdovers from the prior administration. Troup and Carrington really need to step it up. In the last two years, Dareus is the only draft pick that seems to be making a difference, and he was something of a no brainer in terms of where the Bills were picking. I do think the Bills made some good moves in the last two years picking up Urbick, Rhinehart and Chandler. Not sure who was responsible for these moves, but if it is Buddy, he deserves some credit. Overall, any improvement in this year's play seems more directly related to the coaching staff and, in particular, Chan's offense.
I mostly agree but I think this year's draft was fairly good - not just Dareus, but Williams, Hairston, Sheppard were good picks. If next year is at least as good, we will be on our way. Some key FA sugnings would help though.
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i think dareus is playing well. we knew he wasnt gonna be some sack machine. williams has been hurt and shep has been making some plays since getting the majority of snaps. harriston looked pretty good for a rookie 4th rounder too.
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This year's draft was very solid.
I honestly think Chan went into his first draft with little clue as to how bad the positional needs were. Nix should have known better, but Chan was new and must have thought DJ made the team look worse than it was. Also wonder if RW was still involved in that first draft - he seemed noticebly absent from this year's draft.
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Barnett is the shining example of what a good free agent signing can do. Have to give the front office their props on that one. More please.
Chandler is another.
Can we have a deep threat WR please?
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I should have been more specific ... the Good Ole Boys rebuilding process.
We're in year 2 of a 3-year process, really year one with a mulligan on the first Chan/Nix draft (for which they were not fully prepared - see also Spiller reach). We'll go 8-8 or so this year, but with a solid draft next year (this year's draft was best in a long time), we should be able to EXPECT playoffs next year or year after, latest. If they can't get it done by year after next, it's not going to happen and we need to blow it up again. But I think Chan will have us in the playoffs next year. For one thing our schedule should be easier, for another they showed us this year they CAN draft well, for another we have our franchise QB and franchise RB (Jackson not Spiller) and have started to build the lines. Now we need some positional players (WR etc.) and DEPTH so we can ride out injuries (see also holes left by Williams, Wood, etc.) and we will be true contenders.
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You're right, the defense needs to be better.
BUT, this stands out to me... Buffalo had 3 offensive possessions that ended in 3 and outs. On ALL THREE of these possessions we dropped back to pass on ALL THREE downs. On every other drive when we used Freddy in the first 2 downs, we successfully made it to the red zone every time, and missed a field goal on one possession at the Dallas 34 yard line. So we were able to get into scoring position every time Freddy ran the ball within the first two downs. I think that's worth noting.
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I noticed that too in the Dallas game. Getting Freddo the ball doesn't solve all our problems, but it is a good start.
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We are all students of the game. I have been an avid football fan for decades. We all have seen the game evolve. We all have ideas that may help this team get out of the hole that they have found themselves in. We are a fan forum, we have no power. We can discuss things like short passes to tight ends, power running, two back sets, defensive schemes that don't leave the middle of the field open for short passes, etc. We can all discuss whether Gailey knows what he is doing or not, or ask why Spiller is not being used, or discuss whether Stevie is "elite" or lament the inability to pressure the QB, or wail and gnash our teeth as yet another player goes on IR, but what's the point? All we can do is watch and hope. If that is not satisfying, then what else is there to do? I will always watch and hope, but at this point I feel that even though there is a general consensus among the posters on this forum about how to fix the team, there is nothing that we can do about it. I'm no psychologist, but I guess it's supposed to be healthy to discuss these things with like minded people.
Yes it's just armchair coaching/managing, but it makes me feel better knowing there are other folks as passionate about the Bills as I am, who have ideas how to make them better, even if I don't often agree with them, and even if the FO doesn't read them. I read this board for over 10 years before finally taking the plunge and posting my first post in September. It's been great therapy. Go Bills!
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I can't think of a better guy to come up here and talk to this group of players...he played during the rough times (first few years here)and then enjoyed much success with his teammates...never complained about his contract, worked hard, played hard, led the team and most importantly was a leader of men...we need that outspoken attitude back, that hardnosed approach to the game...Barnett is doing a fine job and was a great pick up by the coach/Nix, but Talley could inspire greatness in this team....or would at least provide some levity to the situation (because quite honestly, I think these younger back-ups are looking at each other without any idea how to handle these losses or how to have fun out there).
Hmmmm, let's see...Scott Norwood appreciation day or Daryl Talley...I'll take #56....Putting a call out to Spidey...We need some help brother!!!!!
youtube.com/watch?v=nhn9NXCxOQE
Amen brother! My favorite Bill of all time . . . because he was the ultimate TEAM player. Loved to watch him get folks fired up.
I have to agree with some of the posters though, they need more than a pep talk. They need talent.
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Please. We're banged up and not the team we were before the bye, but Miami is not the Jets or the Cowboys. Fins are 2-7 for a reason, and I do not see them suddenly wining three in a row after starting 0-7. Losing Wood makes me nervous, but we win this one. Now is your chance to get back on the bandwagon, there's still room . . .
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He inherited Jaurons mess...after gutting that roster he went 4-12 now hes looking at going 7-9 - 8-8 until this team stops improving every year can we start calling for his head. This team needs more talent and a QB.
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Injuries to key players make it that much harder. Playoffs were a lot to ask this year . . . 8-8 would be a giant leap forward.
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I'm not feeling good about playoffs. But in August I was just hoping for 8-8. I think we'll get that, or better. Playoffs would be gravy.
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I totally agree, but how do you know the play wasn't designed to go short and fitz looked up and saw one on one coverage and went for it. I agree the down and distance was a stupid spot to go for it but Gaily isn't the one throwing the ball now is he. So you can't blame Gaily's play calling there, blame Fitz for trying to make something out of nothing. He is a gun slinger and that is what we got so we have to live with the good and the bad of that.
May have been designed as a short pass, but my point is run the ball more often on short. Not just this play, it seems to happen in every game. Teams are probably starting to gameplan for us passing on short yardage at this point.
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You have touched on a major point here. The Bills coaching staff, for whatever reason, has failed to get the ball into the hands of two of the best athletes on the team. The failure to utilize Spiller and Brad Smith is downright criminal. These are the type of decisions which reinforce the view that this coaching staff is mediocre at best.
In addition, Fred Jackson has been phenomenal all season and even he doesn't get enough carries. Who is responsible? Chan Gailey.
Gailey will never be more than a mediocre coach.
Spiller has had plenty of upportunities and come up short. Mostly missed plays.
Brad Smith has also had opportunities and failed to produce.
I do agree with you about Jackson. I hosted a Cowboys fan at my home today and he kept asking me "why don't you guys just keep giving the ball to 22? He gets a first down on almost every play."
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we don't have a long route option.
run the ball!!