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    Nice coaching, awesome job

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Coaching does deserve criticism today. The Bills ran the ball 20 times (not including two Orton scrambles), and passed 48 times. In a game the Bills led all the way until 8:59 remaining in the 4th quarter. I listened to the game on Westwood One radio, and the announcers kept wondering why the Bills completely shelved their running game after the 3rd quarter. The Bills ran twice in the 4th quarter, to get the first down at the 15 yard line. Every other play in the 4th quarter was a pass. Once again Hackett gets caught up in the moment and can't see the forest through the trees. After running all over the Chiefs in the 3rd quarter, he completely abandons the run in the 4th quarter. Jauron and Gailey redux.

    TJ Graham of the New York Jets

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    While TJ wasn't Tuel's only target he WAS the only target that was resulting in catastrophic results for Tuel. It started last year in preseason. Tuel would put up accurate, catchable deep passes for TJ, but TJ stopped or didn't realize the ball was coming. Then the KC pick 6, which happened to be targeting TJ. His fumble 6 lost Tuel that game. This year in preseason Tuel made some nice passes to TJ. One was a throw on the run on 3rd & 10 but TJ only ran a 9 yard route. Another was popped off of TJs stone hands for an INT. Perhaps his INT vs Cleveland was not to TJ (actually it was Hogan), but that is the only mistake of Tuel's NFL career that doesn't somehow involve TJ. Remember Jordan Palmer? Every single INT he threw was to TJ. He wasn't even capable of playing DB on those throws. Most of EJs INTs were contested balls to TJ. Russell Wilson was benched and transfered when TJ was his top WR. Without TJ he's a Super Bowl winning franchise QB. Between the losses, INTs and TJs constant fumbles, it could've destroyed Wilson's career had he not transferred. Even this year, TJ vs the Pats, he was awful! (he's not on the team yet still screwing us!) The Jets should have won but TJ was out there falling down on routes. It actually resulted in a botched defensive holding call on one of TJs falls, but that didn't offset all the poor routes and mistakes he made. No catching or route running ability. It's not fair to judge a QB who had to endure the suckiness that is TJ.

     

    This. My favorite Tuel-killing TJ moment was in the Cleveland game. Bills still had the lead, and Tuel unleashes a beautiful 40-yard rainbow room-service dime up the right sideline to TJ. Hits TJ in both hands in-stride, 6 points guaranteed. TJ dropped it. He always had the knack for coming up smaller than his stature. Getting rid of TJ was addition by subtraction. Too bad it cost us two picks and Russell Wilson to do it.

    Fire Hackett

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    First, let me say I completely agree w/the OP. Hackett must go for this team to be in contention come December.

     

    Bare with me a minute, because it may seem I am arguing for Hack...it!

     

    It's football 101...you must run the ball; you must show a willingness to run the ball even if it isn't working; you must wear down the other team by consistantly running the ball...as it showed later in the game when Dixon and Brown were popping off 3-5 YPA.

     

    BUT...

     

    You MUST know when to put it in the QB's hands and stick a dagger in the throat of the opposing team!!! You absolutlely CAN NOT make the most conservative of all calls immediately following a big play by your defense or ST...

     

    1st INT, Gillmore runs it back to the Jets 33, backed up by a penalty to the Jets 48..1st play, HB dive for 1 yard. Posession - 3 & out.

     

    2nd INT, Brown picks it off @ the 50. 1st play, HB dive for 3 yds. Posession - 3 & out.

     

    3rd INT, Williams runs it back to the 1, bills run 1 play...a pass..TD

     

    Jets score...bills answer, it's 21-7

     

    Vick scrambles and fumbles @ his own 26...1st play, HB dive for 1 yd. Possession - FG good, 24-7.

     

    Jets score, bills go 3 & out again, Jets get FG, 24-17 going into the half.

     

    Bills punt on 1st posession of 3rd, penalties, D stuffs them, Jets punt from own End Zone and McKelvin returns a short punt 27 yrds to the Jets 24.

     

    1st play, HB dive for 4 yrds. Posession - FG, 27-17.

     

    A few punts later, Vick gets strip sacked, Bills recover @ the Jets 10. 1st play, HB dive for 1 yrd. Posession - FG, 30-17.

     

    Next Jets posession, INT # 4. Searcy returns it to NYJ 14. 1st play, HB dive for 4 yards. Posession - TD to Chandler, 34-17.

     

    Listen guys, that's only 23 points off of 6 turn overs, which ALL occured on the NYJ side of the field. Granted, the long ball is a low percentage play, but so is running up the middle when you have a weak interior OL up against a very strong DL. The total yards gained on the 1st play after the turnovers is 15 yards!! THAT IS AWFUL and IMHO, grounds for immediate termination.

     

    Great post! I wouldn't call the Jets 10 and 14 yard lines a "long ball" ;-)

     

    We have run maybe 1 successful screen all year. Why do you want a play called that loses 3 almost every time? So you can pat Hackett on the head for trying?

     

    We've had more than successful screens than that, but I will give you that without Fred, the screen is less effective. BTW, did you pat Hackett on the head for trying to run up the middle?

    Fire Hackett

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by Fred Jackson Jockstrap

    So if I'm getting this right: because we scored off four turnovers and not six, getting us 20 points rather than 26 or 34, and because without turnovers we only managed 23 points...on the road...against a division opponent...to win...where we've never won before...by 20 points, Hackett sucks?

     

    My problem with Hackett is that other than the Butch Rolle, he never play-actioned to go for the throat after any of the other 5 turnovers. Every single first down after the other 5 turnovers was an ineffective run up the middle. No bubble screens to Sammy, or screens to anyone of any kind. Only 4 targets for Sammy. If we turtle like that against a real team, we will lose.

     

    I'm not a Hackpologist, but I'm not sure if some people consider the following:

     

    - The previous 3 weeks, the Bills have passed the ball 124 times and Kyle Orton has been sacked 13 times and hit 15 times.

    - The Jest were #2 in sacks going into the game.

    - Urbik had just taken over at LG.

    - The Jest defense has held: Denver to 221 yards passing, NE* to 260 yards, San Diego to 277 yards, Detroit to 270 yards, Chicago to 197 yards. So while I'm sure everyone is saying attack the corners, attack the corners, it's their weakness only 1 team has really done that, Green Bay.

    - A DL can be disruptive even when the CB's aren't very good.

    - 2 RB's who previously haven't seen as much action and would be required to do a bunch of pass blocking. Which Fjax said during preseason that they(FJ, CJ) had been working for weeks on it.

     

    Agree with everything you've said here. That's why the utter lack of a screen game in the face of the Gang Green pass rush made no sense whatsoever.

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