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this is completely irrelevant
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Those would be the counter-arguments, yes. Lol.
Here is my rebuttal: Ravens and Panthers are both better than any team the Saints have beaten.
they killed a couple of those teams though. saints are a top 5 team in this league
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If you have family in the area leave your kid with them during the game. Seriously.
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As expected, the Bills pull off the upset last Sunday and all the national write ups are about how disappointing Miami was and how poorly they played. Little mention of the Bills who now have three wins over teams that are hardly pushovers.
If the Bills win this Sunday, will the narrative change? Or will it all be about how the Saints are coming back down to earth after a hot start and perhaps they are closer to last year's 7-9 team than people thought?
its easy. win some games and get in the playoff hunt near the end of the year
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Moorman > Brees
As NoSaint said, they aren't running well at all. They are 25th in rushing and average 3.4 ypc. http://espn.go.com/n.../_/stat/rushing
I despise NE but I love how they take away a team's best weapons. Personally, I'd take my chances of Pierre Thomas beating us than Brees.
I get you play to your strengths. But a great coach finds something that could be a nice wrinkle and adjusts. Still blitz but switch in a cover 2 look.
ya I agree with you, I hope they mix in some cover 2 looks but I don't think pettine will. we'll see soon enough I guess
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Obviously, Jauron had many weaknesses but every once in a while, he could draw up a great defensive gameplan. I remember we hung with Peyton on the road tough. Well last time we played the Saints, http://www.pro-footb...00909270buf.htm , it was a 10-7 game until the Saints scored 17 points in the 4th to finish us. My takeaways:
1) It's impossible to completely stop Brees. However, he seems to struggle a bit with Cover 2. This would be especially true if Graham wasn't playing because TEs down the seams is how you break a cover 2.
2) Run the ball and control the clock. It's pretty obvious but there should be no no huddle. It's boring but 3 runs and a punt isn't the worst thing in the world against a team like NO. Also, you need to take your shots with play actions downfield. Vaccaro is a rookie S and very aggressive. He can be beat deep.
3) Dare them to run the ball. Seriously, we should play nickel and dime all game. What NE does great is take away your strengths. Brees is their strength. The more they run, the less he passes. And the more time goes off the clock.
Just a few thoughts to watch for Sunday. Any other ideas?
your number 1 point might be a bit of an issue because pettine's defence is not cover 2. he is a very arrogant man and he will bring pressure. your 2nd point is a must just against every elite QB. and I especially agree with your 3rd point, I would dare NO to run the ball. they love to pass, so take away their strength
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Just had to make a mention of this, because its seems that there are alot more positive threads about the team as a whole, draft classes, coaching, etc than after a loss. In fact, the posts focus on criticisms, doubting direction, and competence.
I'm not talking about questioning a call here or play there, but seriously questioning the skillset or credibility of the team, a coach, a player, the draft, etc a from an overall standpoint this season..
What if Carpenter had missed the 31 yard field goal, or if Miami's hail mary had been answered? Would we be praising our draft class, or talking about Pettine being a genius? All because of one play?
One play does not define a team, a direction, or complete competence of a coaching staff.
Fact is, the Bills have shown plenty this season to believe that we ARE heading in the right direction. We are at a point where we have a 3rd string QB (Lewis was on the PS where ANY team could have claimed him, but didn't....thus making him a legit 3rd stringer) and three of our main offensive weapons (Jackson, Spiller, Johnson) all playing hurt. Let's not forget our top CB and SS out with injuries for most of the season so far.
Yet in last two games we lost to a top three team in the AFC by 3 pts in overtime and a win vs. a division rival that started the season 3-0, including a win vs. "those" Indy Colts.
While I agree the defense played their best game of the year vs. Miami, they have shown flashes of greatness at certain points this year. It's all about chemistry and putting it together.
...and while I'm a little critical of the offense at times getting conservative or predictable during games, the bottom line is that they are scoring enough points to win.
In fact, the Bills are one of two teams to have scored at least 20 points in each game up to this point this season.
The other team....that Peyton Manning guy and the Denver Broncos. No Chip Kelly, no Andrew Luck, no Aaron Rodgers. Rather the EJ Manuel and Thad Lewis led Buffalo Bills.
I think there are alot of teams that wished they were promised 20 points each game. Especially with two of the seven games played with a 3rd string QB.
Bottom line is the Bills have shown each week why as Bills fans we should have confidence in the direction the team is heading. They may not always win, and they may make dumb mistakes....but they keep it close. That's what young players, and young coaching staffs do. Its called growing pains.
Over the past seven weeks, they have learned to win on last second drives and capitalize on key turnovers when all seemed lost to pull out the win.
We are growing and learning. Some teams can't say that.
I'm glad for once, we can.
the bills are playing well but until they beat the team that has owned the division the last 12 years I refuse to be too optimistic. It was a descent win for the bills sunday but I still got to see them beat new England in a key situation
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1. Reid. That team was an underachieving joke, and he turned their mentality around.
2. Sean Peyton . Has a coach ever looked more valuable to his team?We saw what they were with, without, then with again. The guy is good.
Rex has done a nice job, but he has an excellent defense to work with. That will keep you in a lot of games. Not sure why so many discredit the Jets roster, I'd take it. That team is tougher than ours. Good job so far for sure, but behind my first two.
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I'm the opposite. I live for seeing the Bills either play Sunday night or Monday night. They call it primetime for a reason.
What better way to have the whole continent know about our team? I don't even remember the last time we played a Sunday night game. We all know the schedule makers hate the Bills but damn. At least make it a conspiracy where people can be for or against. In the Bills' case, they make it OBVIOUS that they hate us. The stats of never playing in them proves it.
I guess I still have nightmares from the Monday nighter against dallas in 07 and new England in 09. it just seems like the bills always find a way too choke when the lights are bright
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Just watching this mess of a Monday night game and wondering if anyone thinks the Bills might get a nod for a real prime time game next season (Sunday or Monday night, most likely on the road of course). You'd never know it by watching network or ESPN coverage this year, but most of our games this year have been pretty entertaining. Even the Browns game was better than most Thursday night games so far...
Any chance we might get one at home??
I hope not. my favorite time to watch the bills is 1 pm on sundays
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...because "the defence was playing well... how did that work out for them at the end of the half though?
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right, with AWilliams pick, there were two strong drives for the dolphins. here were the other ones:
two plays: pick six
three plays: punt
three plays: punt
--PICK DRIVE--
--TD DRIVE--
three plays: punt
three plays: punt
three plays: punt
so they had two "good" drives sandwiched between three and outs. how is it that you'd calculate the odds of them marching down the field without needing any time outs from this body of evidence?
giving up a touchdown was worst case scenario. as a fan, you never hope that to be the case, and your expectations don't matter for diddly.
as a coach: coaching expecting worst case scenario is coaching very very conservatively, especially when you consider the entirety of what miami had done TO THAT POINT.
But to answer your question: i actually did expect them to have one more shot at it after we held them to three and out...again.
i remember thinking: wow this going to be like four possessions inside of three minutes. this'll be the longest end to a half ever!
but even if the bills defence was playing well why would you keep giving Miami's offence another opportunity? as shown it cost them
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I have no problem with Marrone being an aggressive coach before halftime and trying to score. Isn't the offenses job to socre points?
How many threads were on here when Dickie J would run out the clock with 3 time outs and 2 mins before halftime? Being aggressive is a good thing
being aggressive is one thing but when your up 17-7 in the 1st half on your own 20 yard line with a 4th string QB on the road against a great secondary, you run the ball hoping to get a first down. if you get a first down then you can start being aggressive. in my opinion theres a fine line of being aggressive and stupidity and I think he crossed it
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I think we should let the team know where the coaches made some errors, so I'll start: When we were punting with about 3:40 left in the 4th quarter, it took our team about 30 or more seconds to run the play. If you're down & trying to save clock, that's unacceptable.
When the Bills kicked the go ahead FG near the end of the 4th quarter, there was 34 seconds left on the clock to start & after the FG went through there was 33 seconds left. Talk about home field clock management advantage, Buffalo should of talked to the ref & had that checked as well.
don't forget at the end of the first half when the bills take 10 seconds off the clock punt and Miami gets a touchdown. inexcusable, they had no business throwing the ball
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Can't believe how many naysayers fill the game thread with negative comments about how the Bills have no chance, the coaching is terrible, time to start looking at next year, etc.
Really? The Bills never trailed by more than 4 points the entire game, and you guys were that negative? Have a little faith! I know the history of this team gives us plenty of reasons to be pessimistic, but you might find you enjoy the games a bit more if you actually believe in your team!
It's not like it took a miraculous comeback to win this one. They were in it the whole game. Yet reading the game thread it looks like they were down by 20 or something. Very sad.
what do you expect when we haven't had a winning season since 2004, and playoffs since 1999. they have to prove us otherwise
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Gilmore is playing with a club on his hand, I really don't get why you bash him every week. ya he didn't play well but like I said the man has a cast on his hand
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Tasker?
Thanks Dan! Take the Bills, and the points...
lol you don't like tasker? I know he's not the greatest analyst but he is a pretty big homer to the bills so I can live with him
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Like many others I’m sure, my father raised me as a Bills fan and it is one of the best things that has happened to me (besides the birth of my daughter and marrying my wife)
It is one of my fathers and mines closest bonds and still is to this day. Every day we talk about the Bills and what we think needs to be done with the team or the latest rumors we hear. I tell him that I get all my sources from this message board. You all are great. I rarely need to check Twitter or Google anything because I know that someone will have posted something on here first and it holds true 100% of the time. This board is truly amazing and I feel honored to be a member and fellow poster.
Looking back through all the years I have come to realize that many of many of my happiest memories come from the Bills. Especially going to the Ralph.
Being from Toronto and now living in Hamilton, we don’t get to experience the level of fun, excitement, and comradery that one experiences going to Bills games in Buffalo.
I always get to the stadium early around 9am, just to take everything in. I stop at the duty free where friendly nods are exchanged with other Canadians wearing Bills jersey’s and shakes of the head are exchanged at fellow stupid Canadians who are wearing the jersey of a team who isn’t even playing.
I pull in to the parking lot and as soon as I open my car door I am greeted with everything I have been looking forward to since I bought my tickets in the summer.
I see all my fellow Bills fans and just feel at home. I hear the sounds of chatter, laughter and sports radio talk as fans tailgate with their trunk open and the radio on. I get to see special moments happen in front of me such as a father tossing around the football with his son. I also am greeted with the wonderful smell of tailgating. Oh what a smell. It’s just too perfect. I always tell people who never have been to a Bills game in Buffalo that the game itself is just one part of the experience and that the hours before the game are just as special.
I have made the horrendous mistake of going to a Bills game in Toronto. After almost filing for bankruptcy(kidding) after paying the enormous ticket prices, the closest thing there was to tailgating was having a hot dog and a Coke outside of the Rogers Centre (yes us Canadians spell it Centre rather than Center lol)
I have been going to Bills games for the past 28 years and there has never been a time that I remember where I was made fun of for being Canadian. In fact, I sometimes get thanks for my countries strong beer lol
I just wanted to thank all of you for playing a part in some of my best memories and for being the main reason why Bills fans are among the most passionate and best fans in the world and for the great feeling that we are all part of one enormous family.
From your Canadian Bills Fan
CBF
I am a Canadian bills fan from Mississauga myself and I agree with everything you just said. great post
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perfectly saidnot with a 1:08 left on the clock.
if there was like 10 seconds, then yes.
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Does anyone think the Bills will go 12-4? Or maybe 11-5? I think the Bills have a shot to go 11-5.
LETS GO BUFFALO!
is this a joke? 4-12 is much more likely than 12-4
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I personally thought Kiko played his worst game as a pro yesterday and hope it was just an abberation but he was getting beat all over the field yesterday
I agree with you. he had a paul poslusny type of game. lots of tackles but all of them were far down the field
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ansolutelu. Was horrible. The calls were not going our way today. And just a play before that one, CJ had a face masking and the kick return on the same drive, Goodwin also was hit with a facemask.
calls were bad both ways. remember that cinci got flagged for 3 questionable personal fouls, and that offensive P.Interference by green in overtime was terrible
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I usually agree with a lot of the stuff you post every week but disagree with multiple ones this week. especially the Gilmore one. the man had a cast on. he ahd a good rookie year. im not to sure why your calling him a underachiever1) Kiko, Dareus and especially Kyle Williams did not play well today. Of the 3, Dareus redeemed himself to some degree, but there was little pass pressure up the middle, and the run defense was soft. The time of possession stats were disgusting, and these 3, along with Marrone must share the blame.
2) Spiller had 5 carries for 55 yards. Many of his carries seemed to fall 1 or 2 yards short of a first down. Still in all, these were great numbers for a situational running back.
3) Fwiw, the 51 yard field goal by Carpenter would have been good from 60 yards. That was a truly amazing kick.
4) Gilmore was pathetic on the short pass for a long gain with approx. 11 min. left in the 2nd quarter. He was blocked out of the play and pushed around like a rag doll. That said, if we want to pretend that he was a good draft selection/shut down corner, we can do that too. We an also debate as to whether or not Santa Claus is real.
5) If any of you can think of a reason that Chris Hogan is a member of this football team, please drop me a line.
7) Lewis is weird. He carries the football like a loaf of bread. I am not seeing pocket presence. BUT, he seems OK. It's hard to explain.
8)I ain't preachin', 'cause I don't know,
How to make fast things move along slow.
I can't stop it, can't make it go.
Just 'cause I say it.....
that don't mean that it's so, no, no.
Watch what you hear now, make sure it's clear now,
Just 'cause it's said,
that don't mean that it's true.
9) Searcy has lots of issues, but I maintain that I will take him on my football team any day.
10) At RWS, Bills Fans, down 24-10 just were not giving up. I was really proud to be a Bills Fan seeing this. But, this is an ongoing state.
11) OK, I confess.....I am not crazy about Marrone. But I credit him for the 4th quarter pass to Chandler. It was a gutsy call that worked.
12) Gotta give kudos to TJ Graham. I didn't think that he had it in him to get open and catch passes. Goodwin looked OK too, and Chandler is actually looking very good imo.
13) Overall, the defense was unimpressive.
14) If we are to win a few games with Lewis, imo there will need to be a lot more planned qb draws/runs. Hey, there is little to lose.
15) Go Bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saints just too good at home for this version of the Bills...
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how do you figure we should have won? ya we turned it over 3 times and made mistakes but that's what happen when you have a practice squad QB playing