Virgil

I don't know how I could have made my last post any more stupid for you to understand the extreme sarcasm

Oh, you can get the ***** out of here

Then you don't have the right to point out how stupid I am for pointing out how stupid he is for making a stupid point. I can go all day son!

It's a fan forum. Short for fanatic. We just played our most hated team and left the win on the field. If everyone was good with it, that'd be worse to me. Also, use a space. I stared at the word until I went cross-eyed

Playing them again would mean both the wildcard teams need to win in the first round. Or, we have to beat the Ravens on the road

You are making this post within an hour of us losing. Read the room man. If people are jumping off ledges in a few days, then come in here with this

You first sentence is naive and pre-mature. The rest is accurate. If this was a playoff environment, then he has to hit Knox on that last drive. That's when you are next level and ready as a QB. Based off this ONE GAME, where he also showed improvement in other areas, he has a little ways to go.

If the starters are on the field for more than a few drives, fire everyone

What's rough is Brady started the game at 60% for the season, which is the worst of his career.

If you can't understand why there's so much emotion and anger after this loss, then I don't know where you've been the last 20 years. We all know the playoffs are coming, doesn't mean we still don't want to win games; especially against the Pats

Sometimes I forget the reasons beyond Marsha, Hoodie, and cheap-shot Edelman as to why I hate the Pats, but then I watch a game and see all the things they do to win and it just reminds me how terrible I believe they are for the league and can't wait until they are done. The ways they push the playbooks and stretch so many rules that the refs are bound to miss some. It's infuriating and they will always be the Cheaters to me. Winning or not, being on a team that I would want my kids to play for matters to me. There's nothing about the Pats style of winning or culture that impresses me. I wouldn't take any of it for even one season, even if it meant a Super-Bowl victory. With that, you can sense my mood and how this will go as I said before the game, there are no moral victories here. 1 - Defensive Pressure - While the Pats ran the ball consistently for the first two drives, it leveled out as the game went on with the passing ratio. When dropping back to pass, Brady had all day to throw. We didn't run stunts, didn't send extra players. We just let him sit back there and make throws. There was only one throw where Brady was in distress, and that was more on him bailing out early. In every previous McD game, Brady was rattled, dirty, and visibly frustrated. Not this game and it's completely inexcusable. 2 - Defensive Coverage - I said this last week and I'm going to say it again. At what point are we going to put Tre on opposing teams #1 receiver and when are we going to cover the man in motion?! It was beyond infuriating pre-snap to know where the pass was going and then have it unfold right before my eyes. On the big Edelman catch on the last touchdown drive, he went in motion, Tre didn't go with him, and he ends up getting covered by a safety. Hyde ended up on Edelman more than a few times and I just don't understand it. 3 - Defensive line run support - I can understand the mis-direction plays, which the Pats try to create a lot and keeps the defensive coverage in more of a structured base formation. But rarely, and I mean rarely, were we crashing the middle of the line and plugging up the holes and allowed them 4-6 yards on a majority of the running plays. Again, pre-snap, you could see it unfold and I almost wonder if Brady audibled into a lot of those runs because of the looks. 4 - "There are no moral victories in the NFL. You win or you lose. The only stat that matters is 1 and 0. It's how you prepare, react, and execute. The team with the 1 is better that day. You need to be better and prove it" 5 - Execution - Milano had one of his worst games today between not holding his zone well, but moreso in the tackling department. However, it all can't be put on him. There were quite a few plays that resulted in first downs due to poor tackling by White, Poyer got bulldozed a few times, and Lorax was abused on a few runs. When our play style is to win the close games, you can't tire yourself out and keep the offense on the field with such poor execution, especially against the Cheats. Don't get me started on Ford either. 6 - Boom or Bust Offense - There were so many opportunities in the second half to step on the Pats throats but we went back to our vanilla rush offense up the middle for no gain. In the first drive, we at least showed some mis-direction, jet sweep, reverse looks that spread the Pats out a little, but that all went away in the second half. Our rushing creativity was non-existent, no screen passes, no quick shots to the receivers, just quick 3 and outs. What made it more frustrating was how explosive the offense looked at times and how momentum was on our side. It's as bi-polar an offensive performance as I've seen this season. Daboll needed a complete game today and he didn't do it. Very disappointed in him. 7 - Allen - This is a hard one for me because he made two of his best throws of the season, but also left 11 points on the field. Allen missed Knox twice for touchdowns. The first one wasn't as easy a throw, but definitely makeable for an NFL starter. His last one would have tied the game and there's no excuse for that miss. He had a couple of misses in the middle of the field that will happen and I'm not too worried about for him. But man, his deep throws! His bomb to Knox was first first lofted deep ball completion of the season and it was at a perfect time. His bomb to Brown was shaded of Jacksonville, but this time he threw before the break and hit Brown perfectly in stride. (Side note: Gilmore got faked out of his shoes on that play for his first TD against him of the season). Allen did a great job not turning the ball over and made some solid runs. He had a beautiful double-clutch, side arm pass to Beasley for a big gain as well. Assuming he doesn't play next week, he will barely eclipse 3k yards this season. 8 - The Dirty - The play that represents the Pats/Brady/Edelman/Hoodie era was the offensive screen where Edelman hurt himself making a block before the pass. My skin crawled watching the Pats trying to play it off like he was knocked down while trying to run a route and even the announcers just tried to defend it. Edelman straight up tackled the defender as the rest of the players executed their routes. The acting, the complaining, the attempted tackle is just trash to me and I'll never respect them. But that's who they are. Push the limits 10 times and hope they only call 5 of them. Missed hands to the face calls on Hughes, facemask on Allen on the Qb sneak, illegal blocks downfield, terrible intentional grounding by Brady...all missed. I just can't wait until it's all over and it definitely is starting to look that will be sooner than later. 9 - McD - I'm disappointed in the lack of aggressive play calling we had. It's one thing to get beat on a blitz because you left a zone open, but it's worse when you don't even try to disrupt the opposing team. The 3 and outs on offense were boring and predictable. On both sides of the ball, it just felt like we were playing for 20 points and had faith that would be enough. And normally that's true, but this is the Pats and that's what I think McD is missing. This team will never respect us until we make them. Brady needs to be put on his ass. Edelman needs to be blanketed. Make them lose their composure and point fingers. Brady's jersey was clean and their offense was dormant all year until this game. McD needs to be better in these games if he wants to be that next level coach. He got beat today. 10 - Overall - A loss against the Pats is always tough because of who they've been to us over the last twenty years. I genuinely believed we were going to win this game before it started and I feel sick afterwards knowing we should have. It's an all to familiar feeling against this team whom I absolutely despise. Winning would've been the icing on the cake for a season where we got a lot of monkey's off our back. To do it in a game where it felt like everyone could see what the Bills needed to do to win except the coaches makes it harder. I'm glad this wasn't week 17 and next week is basically a bye week for us. We can shake this feeling and prep for our road playoff game. Go Bills!

Brady hit so hard he starts kissing girls on the mouth

I believe it. They usually get the tough games in Prime Time to start the season and end with two divisional games. How many times has anyone in the division gotten to 10 wins?

Tomorrow is big game to me, not for final standings, but to complete this journey the Bills are on this season. This game means something to both the Bills and the Pats tomorrow, and possibly more to the Pats. Yes, I know we can still win the division if Miami pulls off the upset next week, but the odds of that are low. Home Field and a bye week is more on the line for the Pats this week with the Chiefs breathing down their necks. So, beating the Pats in Foxboro in December when the Pats are relatively healthy and need the game would be something we also haven't done in almost 20 years. Winning this game would drop the final monkey off our back and give McD his first win over the hoodie. And honestly, for the first time in a long time, I genuinely believe they can. There are no moral victories here. 1) Mistake free football - No special teams gaffs, not turnovers in our own territory, just strong fundamentals. 2) Play OUR defensive game - Let the dogs eat and play our game We don't need to get cute. Stick to your assignments, don't let the trick play catch you off guard, and just hit them hard. Let Shaq, Oliver, and Phillips hunt. 3) Keep the defense guessing - Utilize Brown in motion to free him up, give Knox and Foster some jump balls, fake the jet sweep to Foster, run the hurry up intermittently to not let the Pats adjust. More importantly, Allen needs to get some first downs early against the zero blitz to make them back off a bit. Someone else said 20 points is the goal and I agree. If we get to 20 points, we win. Again, no moral victories. No more BS plays that catch us off guard or refs to help them. Punch them in the ***** mouth and make the Pats sweat week 17.

Sorry, all full up. Can’t sit here

Money? I will drop to my knees and...

Ravens had that issue with drops either last year or the year before and dumped all their receivers. Brown was in that group, but hasn’t really been the problem here

So angry....

I mean, have you seen gas prices today?

wasn’t this used for a bit?

100% deserved

That’s actually kinda beautiful

Brown and Phillips is crazy to me

It’s hard to take a guy seriously saying he’s a Bills fan when he keeps calling the coach McDermotts. I thought I heard him wrong but he did it at least 3 times. Dude doesn’t even know our coaches name

You’re actually going to make me do it aren’t you? *through