Nihilarian

Dude, you simply cannot stop defending one of the worst head coaches this team has had in years. His defensive scheme stinks and no great QB is going to change the fact that with the #2 defense in sacks and the #2 player in getting sacks the defense could not get any pass rush on the Raiders QB to even slow him down in the second half! I'd call it a definite Bromance between you and Rex Ryan! Or stop defending him as this was an entire team loss, offense, defense and special teams let down in the second half. That...says...coaching! The QB is a major issue no question. The team's coaches know the man's limitations in throwing the ball and yet have no qualms about forcing him to do that when the run game falters. I put the offensive failure to move the chains against the 30th ranked raiders defense squarely on the coaching staff as that Bills offense put up 24 points in the first three-quarters! LeSean McCoy 7.6 yards per rush, Mike Gillilsee 6.1 yards per rush.The Buffalo run game averaging 7.1 yards per carry against the Raiders 1st QTR Bills, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, Mccoy run, FG 3-0 2nd QTR Bills, Run, pass, Run, pass, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run TD 10-9 at the half. 9 runs vs 2 passes to score a TD! 2nd QTR Bills, Pass, run, run, sack, run, pass, PUNT. 2nd QTR Bills, Run, pass, penalty, run, run, run, pass, PUNT. 3rd QTR Bills, Run, Run, TD! 3rd QTR Bills, Pass, pass, pass, run, run, pass, run, pass, pass, run, run, TD! nice combination of both passing and running to score. Now suddenly 3 basic 3 and outs for the Bills. 3rd QTR Bills, run, run, pass PUNT - ineffective series because on 3rd and 4 the Bills can't make a first down by throwing. 3rd QTR Bills, pass, run, penalty, pass, PUNT. 4th QTR Bills, Run, pass, pass, PUNT. 4th QTR Bills, Taylor throwing from the Bills own end zone has his arm hit as he throws, INT! Why not run the ball to give the QB some room to throw? 4th QTR Bills, pass, pass, run, pass, pass, SACK, pass, pass, run, run, pass, pass, Penalty, pass, SACK-FUMBLE! 4th QTR Bills, pass, pass, pass, end of game. I have issues with the team attempting to force a QB who is a running QB to suddenly become a pocket QB to win the game. In my view coaches fault. No, I'm not giving Taylor a pass here because he stunk. But then we all know he stinks when attempting to win a game with his arm! What's more is his coaches also know this and yet force him to try to win it with his arm. Why no draw play, no end around, no wildcat on third down. Let EJ throw the GD thing if he comes in at QB. The Bills offense went into a shell and they paid for it. The defense went into a shell and they paid for it. It was an entire team failure halfway through the 3rd quarter, the players, the coaches, the game plan all stunk it up!

What will keeping Rex Ryan a 3rd year accomplish? More frustration for the fan base!! As someone else said the team won't find a top QB in the draft because they need those first three picks for the defense again this year. Even if the current Buffalo Bills scouts could properly evaluate a college player at QB who is to say the GM would want to draft him? Look at all the QB's the Bills passed on because they took EJ. Derek Carr was a second rounder and now looking like a great pocket passing elite franchise QB. Too bad the Bills were so busy trading up for a glass WR that they could have stayed at #9 and taken all pro's LBer Anthony Barr, WR Odell Beckham Jr, DT Aaron Doland, OG Zack Martin, LBer CJ Mosley and traded up for QB's Carr or Bridgewater. If I'm Terry Pegula I'd blow up this entire org and hire a team president that knows who to hire as quality scouts, coaches, trainers, doctors. Anything else is just the same old refried crap.

I agree the team was bad both the sides of the ball in the second half! Some Bills fans can't stop with the Rex Ryan bromance and others can't stop the hate for the QB. and good coaching staff!

Stay the course with hate the QB crusade...it really is getting old! The Bills coaches screwed this game in the second half on both offense and defense.

Marrone wouldn't return with Whaley, Brandon still in charge and is the reason the guy walked away in the first place.

I like Lynn a ton! He has made the transition from RB's coach to OC really well so far. I"d like to see him as OC a bit more than just one partial season. Yet, I'd rather the Bills not hire another new head coach with such a steep learning curve in being an NFL HC. Who is the DC and OC? If the Bills have to hire a new to the NFL HC I would rather see someone like Kyle Shanahan, http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/10/06/kyle-shanahan-nfl-coaching-carousel-list-notebook Also, looking at what Redskins OC Sean McVay has done with Kirk Cousins, http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/08/02/nfl-washington-sean-mcvay-offensive-coordinator-head-coach-kirk-cousins-jay-gruden It's like McVay is more like Jon Gruden than Jay Gruden is. That Washington offense is #9 in points and #2 in yards. Should the team look for someone with actual NFL experience I'd say Tom Coughlin, Bill Cowher, Jim Schwartz, Mike Smith.

THIS! The Bills defense played great in the first half in holding that vaunted Raiders offense to 3 FG's and then fell apart in the second half with that no pass rush on the QB defense. As soon as the Raiders saw that the Bills had stopped running and were going to throw more they let Khalil Mack run right through the Bills turnstile at RT.

It's easy to see that the Raiders changed up what they were doing on defense to stop the Bills offense and Buffalo attempted to do the same and it backfired on them. The Bills are a run-first offense and that #30 ranked Raider defense simply stuff the run game and force the QB to throw! 1st and 10 started with a direct snap to Shady and he got 6 yards and he was injured on the play! next play was a run to Gillislee for NO GAIN. 3rd down pass incomplete, PUNT! Raiders face a 3 man Bills pass rush AKA prevent defense and score a TD! Bills, 1st and 10 Tyrod incomplete pass to Watkins, 2nd down run by McCoy NO GAIN! 3rd down, PENALTY on Glenn for a false start! 3rd and 15 incomplete pass to Watkins, PUNT! Raiders, TD! Bills, 1st and 10, McCoy run for 2 yards. 2nd and 8 Taylor incomplete pass to Christian.3rd and 8, incomplete pass to O'Leary. Raiders, TD! Now, does it make no sense to anyone else that the Buffalo Bills basically stop attempting to move the ball on the ground by any means necessary over asking Tayor to make the long first downs on 3rd down with his arm? Tyrod Taylor isn't a conventional pocket QB and yet suddenly the Bills are forcing him to make plays with his arm over his legs. To me, this loss falls on the coaching staff for going into a defensive shell with the 3 man pass rush while the offense went into their shell in attempting to have Tyrod Taylor carry the game with his arm.

It's nearly two years and what we see is a HC no better than Dick Jauron, or Chan Gailey or Doug Marrone or any of the head coaches hired over the past 16 years. Marrone had the smarts to hire a DC who could actually get the most out of the players on the roster in Jim Schwartz!! But, alas he also had the stupidity to hire an inexperienced OC with no QB coach to attempt to develop 3 young inexperienced QB's and two of them, rookies. The entire world can see in Jacksonville what ex-Bills OC Nathaniel Hackett has done for Jags QB Blake Bortles this year. First as QB coach and now as OC for the Jags as Bortles has regressed so profoundly that has now thrown six pick sixes!! This team seems to hire men who fail at what they are supposed to be acclaimed for as Marrone was a supposed offensive mind and Ryan a brilliant defensive mind. Still, this team shouldn't be afraid to make changes with the FO and coaching staff as we have all seen that the correct choice at the top of the org can have an immediate successful impact! These new owners need to take themselves, Russ Brandon, out of the hiring equation and either hire some senior NFL advisers or team president of football operations and allow him to hire the next GM, HC! Allow NFL football people to hire NFL football people!

The Bills played a great first half by holding that vaunted Raider offense to just 3 FG's and by Tyrod throwing enough to get the offense scoring. 10 to 9 at the half and at the start of the half Shady had another big run and Tyrod ran for a TD and Gilllislee had a rushing TD. 24 to 9 the Bills looked dominant for a bit in the 3rd quarter ,,,and at some time after that, it all fell apart. Rex Ryan doing his George Edwards impression by just rushing three and getting no pass rush on Carr. The secondary stinking it up allowed the Raiders 4 TD's and the offense suddenly stopped working. I can't help but feel that there are times when half of the other NFL teams are so jealous of Tyrod in his elusiveness and running ability while hitting every receiver. Then in the same game, he goes into a shell and can't throw at all. In regards to Rex Ryan and his inability to get the most out of several pro bowlers when the game is on the line is unsettling to me. Ryan has yet to show his defense can stop a QB with a winning record and this year was owned by the 3-8 Fitz.

I get a kick out of the bipolar Bills fans that loved Tyrod in the first half and then went on to hate him in the second half and somehow Rex Ryan is Teflon

Everyone was saying if this defense can hold the Raiders in the first half to only 3 FG's it should be a win... Then the second half started with another big run from Shady and a TD by Tyrod and it was 24 to 9 as all Bills fans were giddy with delight! Suddenly the Bills offense couldn't run, and couldn't pass and the defense started rushing only three. The result of that was 4 Raider TD's 38-24 win. What the hell happened to the defense that held them to FG's in the first half and the Shady that was running wild for 130 yards and Gillisilee who was unstoppable?

Some fans are so blind by their hate for the QB they fail to see a bad defense that gave up 3 TD's to lose the lead and the game. Yes, Tyrod is a very limited QB. The head coach was hired primarily to make sure the defense stayed in the top 5 and it hasn't even been close. The stats say top ten and yet this defense hasn't beaten a winning QB for almost two years now.

The reality is that so many fans would rather point at the QB for not being Derek Carr then see the real reason the team gave up three TD's so quickly. Rex Ryan's defense has yet to beat a winning QB this season.

So true!

Think about how this team overlooked a player like Derek Carr in the first place. Now can anyone really expect this FO to find a better QB in the draft?

This is a running team and should have gotten that run game working to keep the ball away from Carr while eating up the clock. It sure as hell didn't help to be rushing only 3 and letting Carr rip that secondary apart

The Raiders look like they have such a solid WR corps and is easily as good as any in the league. Derek Carr reminds me of another QB from long ago.

Yea, Taylor is such a bum for giving up three TD's so quickly in such a passive way!

Mack was due to eat Mills...

Good lord...

The Buffalo defense gives up three TD's and if the Bills lose the blame will go to the wrong guy.

Just a CRAMP !

Ruh Ro... not Shady

smart time out to slow them down, sheesh