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    The Bills Formula For Winning in 2019 Was Never Sustainable For Playoffs

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    15 hours ago, Phil The Thrill said:

    After a big loss like last night, fans are obviously going to be pointing fingers.  Everyone has one unit or person to blame, and the truth it’s never just a player, a coach, or an official.  It’s usually a combination of all.  We can blame whoever we want (personally I think Allen melted down in the second half) but that’s what happened last night - a total team loss.  

     

    But last night was also the perfect example

    of how so many games played out this season - especially against good teams.   The formula for winning is based on the defenses ability to hold teams under 17-20 points.  This is a problem because in the playoffs you’ll be playing good offenses and this is unlikely.  
     

    If the defense slips up a little and is unable to limit a team to under 17 points, the Bills usually lose.   Outside of Miami, the Bills have never won a game when the opponent have scored more than 17 points.  We’re not talking blowouts either.  The offense has not been good enough to score more than 20 points in almost every game this year.  It happened again last night.  
     

    It would be foolish and shortsighted to think that this is how McDermott wants to win.  I think that given how bad the offense has been, he knows that this is the Bills best chance to win, which likely explains some of the play calls.  They just don’t have an offense that can score more than 17 points, and again, I think QB play is a huge reason for this.  


    I also do think he deserves credit for winning 10 games with an underperforming offense.  The overall coaching job this year has been great. 

     

    Take a look:

     

    N.Y. Jets

    W 17-16

    N.Y. Giants

    W 28-14

    Cincinnati

    W 21-17

    New England

    L 16-10

    Tennessee

    W 14-7

    Miami

    W 31-21

    Philadelphia

    L 31-13

    Washington

    W 24-9

    Cleveland

    L 19-16

    Miami

    W 37-20

    Denver

    W 20-3

    Dallas

    W 26-15

    Baltimore

    L 24-17

    PittsburgH

    W 17-10

    New England

    L 24-17

     

    Why does this happen?  It’s largely a mix between execution and playcalling.  Again, I’m going to be accused of being a “hater” or a “crusader” as it’s called in here - but I think the biggest reason why has to do with Josh Allen not having the ability (yet?) to show that he can consistently finish drives with TD’s in moments when they need him to, like Watson did last night.  While it isn’t all on Josh, his teammates have let him down too and you can argue some of the play calls haven’t put them in a good position.  
     

    For the Bills to get better, this will have to improve and the team should improve the offensive talent  in the offseason again.  
     

    But 2020 will be a giant year.  All the usual suspects should be back next year - McDermott, Daboll, Allen, and there won’t be any excuses next year.  
     

    It’s put up or shut up and the excuses of this being “a young team that is growing” is running out.  Onto 2020.

    We need more weapons on offense, your point is right on. The offense is simply not good enough to win in the playoffs. 

    The offensive gameplan vs the Steelers

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    2 hours ago, Lurker said:

     

    Those play calls in the last 10 minutes were atrocious.    Not just the calls but the personnel groupings.  Gore running parallel to the LS?    Really!??    They could have easily snached defeat from the jaws of victory if they had faced competent quarterbacking from Pittsburgh.   

     

    I still can't get a read on Daboll after 14 games.   Sometimes he calls plays like Superman and other times like Jimmy Olsen.    It makes watching these game a real pain in the ass.   But since I'm a Bills fan, my ass is used to the abuse--so on to New England... 

     

     

    Right on, Brady won't make the same mistakes next week, the play calling was atrocious the last two drives. Any good Qb would've tied the game at least. They played not to win, but not to lose. It reminded me of the Jauron days. 

    The offensive gameplan vs the Steelers

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I didn't agree with the last two drives. I thought they were too conservative just trying to run the football when clearly Pittsburgh was stacking the line of scrimmage. Anything short down the middle would've given us 6,7 yards easy with room to run. That would've forced Pittsburgh to use their timeouts earlier and we would've been able to pretty much run out the clock. 

    The defense did their job yes but against a third string Qb it was expected. 

    Don't give Brady the same kind of chances next week because he won't miss the open receivers or make the same mistakes they did I guarantee it. 

    Bills could have clinched a playoff spot today with a win

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    38 minutes ago, CoudyBills said:

    I totally get what you are saying.  I disagree with the sentiment that Baltimore isnt that good.  Years of the Bills sucking might be causing you to frame your argument in a way that diminishes the Ravens.  The Ravens are very good, the Bills showed they can play with the best team in the league.  Still have miles to go on offense but I think today shows that the Bills aren't the same old Bills.   

    That is correct. 

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