RichRiderBills

I dont think its been figured out. Hit a couple deep passes and not make bone head play calls and we would have been fine. Honestly, tempo of the game was very similar to last years Steeler game, only difference is we melted late instead of get hot. Instead, Steelers got hot. We dont look like a Madden team vs good teams but we were still effective. Just gotta make plays.

Did anyone take a look at that Pitt punt from their own endzone? Heard the punter clearly stepped on the line. -lots of Blame to go around, but in the end Bills did not "out tough" a tough opponent in a trench war. At least on offense, where Daboll just did not let the guys play in the mud. It was a close defensive struggle and a few plays here and there make the difference. The moments that stand out to me: Allen missing that early deep ball. The obvious 4th quarter punt block. Terrible 4th and short throwback play. Daboll too cute. Too few runs. Too much empty. Tremaine had hands on a pick. Penalties. Not going to say this or that was not a foul, but I thought the refs were too one sided and heavy handed w the Bills. Most of the stuff was ticky tack. I agree inconsistant with short yardage calls. The 4th and 8 ( i think) was poorly planned sequence. If you are going for it on 4th you should know about on 3rd down. We should have won this game. I do feel Buff is a better team...and I was really dissapointed with losing the way we did.

I will say this though; Ben Roethlisberger took more hits Today than he did probably the first eight games of last year . Then after watching other AFCE games ....dont think we have that tough of a road.

Well, i disagree. I dont mind "pass first" what i mind are all these empty sets that do not even threaten the run.

Agree about Allen. I don't know about the OL being big villians though. Its still like Heyward and Watt, two demons. Steelers D always rough. That being said...I cant escape playcalling and that goddamn blocked punt.

Agree. Got to admit, did not see blocked punt coming.

Bottom line; you give up a blocked punt, you dont deserve to win.

Wtf wrongvw refs did i just see that backward pass by jones?

Running the football is part of the game.

I think this loss is on the Daboll. He counts too much on Josh being great and accurate. Too much single set. Not enough running. Allen was a bit off. Penalties killed us. Thought many were marginal. Cant blow ST punts in a tight game. WRs not enough RAC.

I thought the refereeing was bad today. Too many minor infractions /calls went the Steelers way. it was too much. Not the top reason for the loss but very evident.

Part of me would say losing this game is really good for us. Runs were there all day. We need to learn to run the ball more! BUT! then basically that was the whole lesson of the end of our season last year and deadbolt still didn't get it

Well really dissapointed today.

Ugh...too cute Daboll.

Looked like a blatent Offside

Hate that daboll sequence. If your going to go on 4th be ready on 3rd down w a better play.

Bills are playing tough. Tough vs a tough opponent. Mentally tough. No one said this would be easy Keep it going guys.

I hate all these empty sets. I know its nothing new.

Daboll too cute

You are right, and the stat is 13 QBs have "led" teams to playoffs since merger. Only 12 of them played 10 or more games. I think about half were "day 1" starters, but would have to deep dive there. One of the 12 was also Dieter Brock, a 34 year old accomplished CFL QB. Really when you get down to it , cases that compare to Mac Jones are so rare.

Its an accurate representation of % chance an NFL Team since the merger is helmed by a Rookie QB who takes his team to playoffs. The stat is relevant and is .08% I was wrong about the .07. .07 is for rookies who played 10 or more games. You want to take number of teams that started rookies, then calculate that number who made the playoffs, fine....that's going to be incredibly low as well. 5% from the last 10 years still sounds high. You have to eliminate a couple guys who were not day 1 starters. I' ve also made the point nearly all of these guys were dual threat. The instances where teams had established starters or where others were chosen to start over the rookie is viable. The argument is the chance of a rookie QB leading a team to the playoffs is very low. You guys can spin your wheels about Mac Jones all you want, but that's a fact.

You pull this kind of BS all the time hapless. Someone lays out the framework of an uterrly irrefutable point and you put some arrogant burden on them to lay out the math and act like you've won the point. I've laid out stats that are accurate and frame in my point.

We cannot escape that the odds of a rookie QB leading his team to the playoffs since the merger is infinitesimal. The odds of a non mobile running QB pulling it off are even worse. I stand by the stat provided.

I hope not. Folks did hate the Bills though during the run.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/jetswire.usatoday.com/lists/rookie-quarterbacks-nfl-playoff-history-zach-wilson-new-york-jets/amp/ Nope, the math is not wrong, but there are flaws in it, I’d agree there. If you wanted to crunch the numbers of how many teams that specifically started rookies and how many of those teams made the playoffs by virtue of the rookie , you’d perhaps get a different # that would still be significantly low and insignificant. Let’s also add several of the 13 listed did not start the season and were fill ins due to injury or poor performance. Your notion it occurs every 5 years is not at all accurate. Nearly half occurred in the last 10 years, and most of these guys were big running threats. The notion it is statistically (extremely)improbable a rookie QB can lead a team to the playoffs still is irrevocably accurate. Keep in mind, both Luck and Dalton were much better runners than Jones, you are in a zone of even more unlikely. I’ll also add that the kind of defenses some of these teams that did it had llike Rothlisberger and Flacco are essentially impossible to construct these days.