Thriftygamer83
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Just now, KeLLy1278 said:
Josh needs to be more decisive there.. can’t expect the protection to last for five seconds.
Are problems offensively might start, end, and be complete with a regressive Josh who drank his own hype, decided his paycheck was better then actually being the franchise QB, and he might soon be a guy whose biggest career bright spot could be backing up Mac Jones.
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JA has drunk from the tank of his own hype. Now, since getting paid it's okay if he doesn't execute well he can pretend it bothers him. While, crying all the way to the bank.
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Are we, are we finally going into a run first, and open up the passing game? Has Daboll finally seen the light of his decisions do we finally have an effective running game?
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Josh Allen has regressed to much, was to immature to handle the spotlight, and has performed about as badly in the past losses as everyone had said. Ouch, I think if he'd of not bought into his own hype he might have been a great Quarterback. As it is he's looking like another nominal scrambler surrounded by talent he's squandering and making his team pay with stupid decisions. Wonder why we're passing the idiot ball around to Daboll when he's seeing JA's inability to execute and perform.
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2 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:
Our confidence must be fragile at the moment - one bad play and we suddenly look shaky rather than getting over it.
The defense isn't fragile and if the O-Line doesn't toughen up they might not have to worry about finding jobs anywhere opther then asking if we'd like fries with that.
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Let's just sit back, watch, and enjoy. If nothing else it's premature to say this game is our season when it's not over yet.
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No longer allowed to comment much on this thread. So, any answers or responses will be reserved for not really caring.
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Buffalo 16
Saints 23
Season hasn't worked out and things are not feeling as though they are going to stop the run. It could be a turning point for New Orleans. If they do it means we prepare for the off-season and look seriously at question marks for everyone from Coaches to players.
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Anybody else feeling that this isn't just a small shot in the dark anymore? USC wants to re-invent itself. With a buy out offer, contract sheet, and to woo away talent with head coaching pedigree. Folks can tell me a million times but it's like a Parker novel for me.... until, it happens we cannot rule anything out.
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Having Aspergers have been struggling with depression, anxiety, and reading social issues at times. It's hard to discipline yourself to not show "symptoms" blending in, it's like wearing a mask, and or having to wear a hat several times to large. And, then you see guys like Carey Price battling those same issues or John Hiatt addressing his past. As an alcoholic I'm always in recovery mode.
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I"m an Expo's fan and I know all about empty promises and half-hearted gestures which make it appear as though things are happening. When the Tampa Bay Rays did it like you could imagine me all but dancing like I did when the Expo's/Nats beat the cheaters. Instead it was more to say that we'd been had and investors were got burned. Welcome to the suck which is being a forever faithful Montreal fan... we still have the Habs and Guy is fighting cancer hard.
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It's hard to gauge how this game could go. For the one hand we could finally have it all together and completely turned around picture it being like.
Buffalo 45
Saints 0
On the flip side thought we could get completely shelled again and fall to a score of.
Saints 47
Bills 16
If nothing else we could do a complete ground game heavy rushing attack.
Bills 14
Saints 0
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People mocking Frank Gore forget how many games he broke a large gain for. Along with forgetting how many times he could function as a fullback as well. That said AP is an interesting name to throw into the mix and he'd be a good guy to have for our younger corp. To work them out, inspire them, and be a leader it's not like McDermott and Beane are not thinking that their backs aren't holding back when they are.
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I've never seen a team that sticks hard to a singular base not even in High School. We were changing it up with 46, 53, 36, and 62 just never really saw this level of unimaginative play calling. We see New England, Kansas City, and others continually changing while we have to much loyalty and haven't even really flipped over some players for picks when they are getting wrecked. Are we stuck with guys who cannot get into step of managing a more complex rotation and defensive read?
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3 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:
Agree, I'm fine with the rotation but same time keep the hot player on the field as much as possible.
Rotation is even better if you use different defensive bases during games, Levy used to do that, adapt, use hybrid line calls, and drop backs. Watching Lou Saban use early forms of it for dropping back zones and blitz schemes.... just like you've got to step into the past to use it in the future. We did it with Kyle and Trent Murphy now it's just rushes without a blitz.
20 hours ago, RosseauDaGawd said:Not fixable as long as Josh Allen is our QB, unfortunately. Guy is a cry baby ***** and the team takes their lead from the QB.
Josh is not a cry baby, his inept offensive line replacements appear to have missed their memo, and have largely left him hanging. Nobody can play behind that line and last. McDermott well.... his faith in Peterman was misplaced until Beane inserted himself into the situation and resolved it. Got. feeling we might be making some cuts, getting some calls going to FA, and adjusting the teams offensive line.
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6 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:
The team may be a tad soft....but there are huge sections of the fanbase that are even softer.
Those are the ones for whom the Aristocrats Joke was made.
10 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:Ahhh...the day Rex hired brother Rob...such an historic day lol
They lit a fire and kept Quarterbacks and running games stuffed. The only problem was not having any real offense whatsoever and Whaley wouldn't let anyone touch his chosen one in Manuel.... hotel room Quarterback situation.... that was uhmmmm, I have Uncles and they are not that deep into Liberace....
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1 hour ago, JohnNord said:
Drough era coaching…right. Because Duck Jauron and Chan Gailey reached the AFC championship game when they were here
Have no idea where you are going with this. Dick Jauron and Chan Gailey loved their field goals too. Now, I also miss the Ryan brothers when they would stuff a running game and use a 46 over and under scheme to also rack up the sacks.
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16 minutes ago, dpberr said:
Short answer: Reading your own press and believing it. The team isn't hungry.
No wonder why penalties stacked up something has to happen. We don't seem to have any discpline or anu real leaders right now.
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3 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:
Little of just about everything I'd imagine. Everything from injuries/covid listed players being unavailable, bad play calling at times/scheme, down to bad games just sometimes happens...
Great Coaches move past this can remember Levy slowly rotating offensive linemen in and out while confusing defenses with placing different OL into different sots knowing he could trust them. Just we on't seem to hve that trust or even real improvement along the line
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22 hours ago, Logic said:
The full version of this article appears to be behind a paywall. If anyone has access to it and is willing to share any more excerpts, it would be much appreciated. As it is, just the viewable beginning portion and article title hint at the overall gist of the piece.
https://www.golongtd.com/p/the-buffalo-bills-are-a-soft-football
The tired phrase was championed by fans and put into action by the front office.
Run it back.
Head coach Sean McDermott made no bones about it after his team’s season ended in the AFC Championship Game. He and GM Brandon Beane wanted to bring back everyone they could from their 15-4 team which, at first glance, sounds like a swell idea. They re-signed Matt Milano, Daryl Williams and Jon Feliciano. They made Josh Allen a very rich man, too. The only logical next step for the Bills, in 2021, was to reach the Super Bowl, win the Super Bowl and start naming streets in Orchard Park after all conquering heroes involved.
Head coach Sean McDermott and GM Brandon Beane decided the best plan of attack was to field the same team and play the same way. Right now, the Bills are 6-4. They’ve beaten one good football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, that has actually morphed into a completely different team since then. Two of their last three games were calamities on par with some of the worst losses from the team’s 17-year playoff drought.
The Bills were bullied by the lowly 2-8 Jacksonville Jaguars and, after a brief reprieve to Mike White Island, curb-stomped 41-15 by the Indianapolis Colts.There’s no under-selling it: This is a defining moment for McDermott, the true czar at One Bills Drive.
McDermott has not offered detail on much of anything through his four years of press conferences but if there was ever a time to be as human as possible — to send a message — it was Sunday evening after watching his defense get steamrolled for five touchdowns by Jonathan Taylor. This was no anomaly. All four teams that’ve beaten the Bills did so with a hammer. Instead, everyone was mostly treated to the usual lullaby.
“I believe we’re a physical football team. When I mention the point of attack on the defensive side, we’ve been better. Just in terms of our hand violence up front. So, 250, 286 yards, whatever it was rushing, it’s hard to win. And then when you turn the ball over, that’s a bad formula right there.”
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“It starts with a mentality and an attitude. It’s a one-on-one game. You’ve got to win your one-on-ones.”
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“At the end of the day, nobody wants to go through what we just went through. Give the Colts the credit. But again, I believe we’re a better football team but we have to play a better complete game than what we did in all three phrases.”
And…“It’s a journey every season. It’s going to ebb and flow. That, to me, is part of the challenge and I love that challenge to be honest with you. Not that you want to lose. But it’s making those adjustments to make our team exactly what it needs to be, and learn who you are as a team. And we continue to grow and move forward. We’ll see where we are after Thursday night.”
Not quite an address that’ll send players running through the nearest wall, no. I get it. This was McDermott’s appeal to begin with. My esteemed podcast co-host Jim Monos — who pushed for McDermott to get an interview and recommended the owners hire him — has noted several times on our show that McDermott’s sense of calm and direction was valued after two years of the batshit-crazy Rex Ryan Era.
But a loss like this — a Mike Tyson vs. Steve Urkel two-second knockout — demands more fire from the head coach. This loss is completely on those at the top of the organization because it’s clear that these 2021 Bills operate as front-runners. If the getting’s good against bottom-feeders, they’ll win by 30. They’ll dance and flex all over your grave. But if you’re a team capable of throwing that uppercut? These Bills, in 2021, retreat to the corner.With the first shoulder lowered by Taylor, this game was a wrap.
Soft teams generally have soft Coaches that's about it right now. Seen Bellicheat smash tablets, other Coaches, and players pump up their teammates. Drought level era coaching and leadership right just saying.
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Right now I thin we'll be more likely to put everything on the table. We've seen this season all but slip away. Considering the hype it's time to be honest. We're most likely not going to be in the playoffs and the offensive line is pretty much the reason why. Trading, cutting, and using the practice squad will be on the table for next year. We expected to much me I don't know if we'll even be around for the second quarter to match the rushing offense and our offensive linemen couldn't block a cold.
1 minute ago, John from Riverside said:Stevenson isnt saving this team.......he could be good for a big play or two
What would save this team is a combo of our D finding their balls and Matt Brieda being on the field a WHOLE lot more
The defensive line is in limbo right now. It's only really an average line which rarely performed and in the clutch has fallen off completely. Ed Oliver might just be looking at being gone for a second round or a couple more down the road.
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25 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:
As a Braves fan living in Atlanta, I have reminded myself of the Braves path to the WS after a couple of Bills losses.
The big difference between the Braves run and the Bills, is the Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos went out and made some trades before the trade deadline. Beane did not. Not getting into that right now because it doesn’t matter. What is important is that there is nobody coming to “save” the Bills. They need to circle the wagons themselves!
So come on boys! Circle the wagons. All of us.
Go Bills!You wonder at this point what can be done to salvage and save us from ourselves. The fan base is going between frustrated and others thinking it's impolite or immature to even show emotions at times. It's like they've never even been to a game or even played football at any level.
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It seems to me there are two types of fans right now. The clean pristine types who never want to remember the Bickering Bills of having what real leadership. And, the fans who view it as not throwing hissy fits but getting the most of themselves and their teammates. I'm apologizing that this isn't some closed down old time New England Boston-era social circle. This is what fans are, we party, we love our team, we bicker back and forth, and we enjoy emotion. This whole thing of pomp and circumstance really is a ridiculous dysfunctional experiment. Condescending attitudes really do drive people straight off the boards and away from the fandom.
Now, my emotions are generally for the honor of having had my Great-Uncle Bob ZIehm play in the backfield for the AAFC 1947 Championship team and my Grandfather would've in the defensive backfield as a safety until Korea. So, pardon me for not seeing eye to eye with prim and proper fandoms.
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Needing the locker room leader to step up and be the voice in that room. Not just to sit by and allow things and collapses to happen. Bickering Bills had leaders and that created a more creative environment and every team deals with turmoil in the ranks differently. If we're expected to behave as a base like treasuring it as a pomp and circumstance relative then it's a woefully ill measure taken without consideration of thoughts and feelings on the team direction. Sorry, if that upsets anyone do know a thing or two about those customs being from Maine.
12 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:THREADS THE WEEK AFTER A BILLS' LOSS:
NEWMAN: Lately, though, I've been, uh, - I've been buying the generic brand of waxed beans. you know.I rip of the label. I can hardly tell the difference.
KRAMER: Well, we've officially bottomed out. What's our next thread?
No I think we're more like Red and the gang from that 70's show right now. Smile, be polite, and if not there's a foot up the arse waiting lol.
Bills v. Saints Game Day Thread First Half - 11/25/21
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I'm ready to ship and shop JA for draft picks. He's not seeing plays, not reading schemes, not paying attention, and not reading the field anymore. A game manager Quarterback wouldn't regress this quickly. Josh just isn't there anymore maybe it's his contract extension now.