The Frankish Reich
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I hate to say it ... Miami is the better team. Which is sad, since we were the better team until October ... they improved, we didn't.
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Well that ended with a whimper
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Maybe we can have the first 2 safety game ever.
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And so the season is salvaged, momentarily, by Nickell Robey.
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And so the season ends, fittingly, on a ridiculous penalty call against us.
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I hated Jimmy Johnson and the Cowboys, but I always remember one post-game quote from him that demonstrated the difference between a Marrone and a coach with status and, well, "gravitas." One of his backup RBs fumbled and Johnson chewed him out on the sidelines. After the game the reporters asked what he'd said to the RB. Johnson: "I told him that if he fumbles again I'm gonna cut him." Can you do that when you're a second-year coach who's accomplished nothing (yet)? Probably not, so it's not all Marrone's fault that he comes off as weak. But maybe that's why we do need a coach with status and gravitas? (We just need to convince that guy to come to beautiful Buffalo...)
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Williams over Goodwin please.
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Icognito was average. On his good days. Because he is 'nasty' people think he is much better than he was
Denver media got a response from Terrence "Pot Roast" Knighton about the possible impact of Incognito. Pot Roast was diplomatic, but made some vague references to the Broncos doing things the Elway way and how Incognito would require some adjustments. Just didn't look happy about it. So no matter how bad an O line situation may be, I just don't see anyone wanting to take on that baggage.
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I've got a feeling Miami is going to kill us using the read option. Got a glimpse with KC last week and we didn't defend it well. Tannehill is a very good athlete and this may be something they can exploit.
I disagree. The Bills D has contained mobile QBs as well as anyone. Vick got very little, Alex Smith (other than the one TD) didn't really hurt us running.
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What about reasons he was a pro bowler????
That was then. And as a replacement for one of the Ravens guards since they went to the Super Bowl. And of course there are an awful lot of mediocre pro bowlers. Curious how the Dolphins are better without him and Martin ... when you are a walking hostile work environment lawsuit for an employer, you have to be better than Richie Incognito.
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Incognito is a dumb clubhouse cancer bully but he can used to be able to play guard reasonably well!
I fixed this for you. There's a reason teams like the Broncos and Bucs work him out, even knowing all about his past, and then decide not to sign him.
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If QBs didn't have such delicate egos, we'd see EJ in there on short yardage plays. Orton's total lack of mobility really shows in those situations. Hell, even on that one "scramble" where he came up a yard short, every QB in the league other than Peyton maybe would've made the first down.
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My question about Sanchez was whether he'd have the arm strength after his shoulder injury. The answer: looks like he does. He was probably the best freely available QB out there last offseason, and Philly took the gamble. And it's paying off. Things like this show how Chip Kelly knows what he's doing.
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Certainly we can blame Bryce/Leodis/Marrone for the loss, but my vote goes to Manny Lawson. He lost containment on 2 plays both leading to TDs. If he plays his position correctly on the Charles TD run, he may have stopped him for a loss and the Bills get the ball back-worst case here they get the first but not a long TD run. Also same mistake on the Alex Smith TD Run. Hopefully coaches show him and he learns
True. But I will say that the DL rotation is, overall, working great. We saw the value of having fresh linemen out there all day. This is exactly what Seattle did last year and what they haven't been able to do this year after losing some guys to free agency. Alex Smith really didn't pull it down and run it all day, and it seems that he just caught Lawson (and the whole D) sleeping on that keeper for the winning TD. That's the value of a mobile QB. Someone please morph EJ's mobility with Orton's passing ability ...
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If anything, the problem comes down to "can't" Hackett. Two trips into the RedZone, and 7 consecutive passes. The last drive was particularly egregious. Why not run Dixon at least once if it's 4 down territory? Also, having Orton throw out of an empty backfield should NEVER happen. Why signal to a top defensive team that you are going to pass, particularly when the field is shorter in the redzone?!?! Only a very few QB's can operate this way (manning, ben, rodgers, brady.)
Terrible job by Hackett. Yes, the players did fumble. But the B. Brown fumble was a really good play by the defensive player, Chandler needs to get the ball in the endzone, but he drops it like 1/2 of the passes thrown to him. And McKelvin, is anyone suprised that this guy fumbles in a key moment? Why is a CB returning punts?!?!! (coaching). Put a WR or RB back there (Goodwin, Watkins, B. Dixon)?, you know, people who are used to holding onto the ball while getting hit.
totally agree. I love Schwartz, but he needed to blitz more at the end. Perhaps he figured the line was getting it done, but that is the time to send more guys.
True. Sure, Brown should've held on, but he's trying to make a play (and as subsequent events proved, we needed him to make a play there since we were unable to punch it in in the redzone), and he's not being reckless with the ball in traffic. I hate to say it but the difference here was ... Alex Smith. His mobility was pretty much held in check all day, but that keeper for the touchdown is something Orton can't do. Other than mobility they are pretty much equal as QBs, but in the end, that mobility (or lack thereof) was why they got the TD and we never did.
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Goodwin. Not even close. One catch this year.
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Yeah, get me a stream of spittle guy. Hey, Rex Ryan should be available shortly! And there's that Tampa coach who got fired last year -- he was a screamer too. Right now I'd take anyone who appears to actually have a pulse.
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That's our coaches -- slumped, constipated, defeated. Think about it. Mularkey. Wade Philips. Chan. Marrone. I guess Jauron (like a statue, but at best a dignified older gentleman) and Gregg Williams (douchebag) were kind of the exceptions. But overall we specialize in "inspirational leaders' like Douglas Charles Marrone.
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All I can say is this: lose to Miami, and you really might as well go back to EJ. It'll be over for 2014, and EJ still has youth on his side. That's how devastating this loss was to our playoff chances.
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Marrone continues to be ultra conservative and our offense continues to struggle at putting up points. Same crap different toilet.
Nothing ultraconservative about that final failed drive. I'd call it stupidly aggressive. But I think most of that was Orton. He had other receivers open (Woods was wide open on the 10 over the middle on the throw to double-covered Hogan in the end zone), but he kept taking shots into the end zone. If he'd run the ball on 1st down instead of almost throwing a pick on a throw to Sammy we would all be saying how predictable our offense is. This was purely an execution problem, not just on the throws themselves, but also on the overconfidence of Orton in trying to force throws into coverage when he had plenty of time and the chance to get a first down at the 5.
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Agree.
The only coaching issue is you can argue with are the two 4th downs. I would have kicked that FG on 4th and 10.
You do realize that KC made a first down after they took over on downs, right? So I guess the thinking is that if we'd kicked the field goal all of a sudden Alex Smith wouldn't have completed that pass, they would have gone 3 and out, and Orton would have led us back down into FG range again? In retrospect going for it on 4th was proven to be the right call.
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I just thought it would make sense to move this thread back up to the top ....
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did he steal vrabel's?
Hah! Actually, was he gone from NO the year they won?
Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose - the next 5
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With playoff fantasies behind us, a look into the future:
- Resurgent Jets and Browns beat us back-to-back. Orton is replaced by Manuel midway through the Browns game.
- Manuel plays well! We get threads like "Maybe EJ Is The Answer After All." Then he hurts his knee against the Broncos. Orton comes in to be humiliated by one of the teams that dumped him. Peyton and Co. put up 56 points on us.
- Hey, by then its December!! Time for the annual pointless signing of a washed up juicer. Shawne Merriman, Tony Moeaki, who's next? My best bet -- they all say we need a tight end, Kellen WInslow Jr. is available!
- Packers in town. They put up 52 on us.
- We go to the Raiders. By then Oakland actually has 1 win. Derek Carr might finally be their QB of the future. Orton plays well but we lose on a 4th quarter strip sack. The losing streak is 7.
- And finally it comes to a merciful end on December 28. Orton's career as a Bill appears to be over. EJ is still out. It's Tuel time! Brady plays 1 quarter, puts up 3 TDs. Tuel plays well against mostly second teamers. We get posts like, "Maybe We Should Have Started Tuel All Along." But Jimmy G. pulls it out at the last minute. We finish up strong as usual, with an 8 game losing streak. 5-11. Marrone fired, Whaley fired, Brandon fired. Its the Pegula Rolling of the Heads.
- Super Bowl over, the coach reshuffling begins. Frank Reich turns us down. Jack Del Rio turns us down. Jim Schwartz takes the Oakland job. We hire recently-fired Mike Smith. Everyone says he's a winner ...