UKBillFan

I feel the officials want to be centre of the NFL now rather than the franchises or players.

What ever happens tonight, it could be worse... we could support the Lions or the Bears?

Why did Nagy call a timeout there? The Lions were at sixes and sevens! They're trying to outdo each other in stupidity.

That was an utter mess from the Lions coaching team.

*Flag* "Holding..." *Flag* "Holding..." *Flag* "Holding..." It's like watching us.

That's cheerful for a half time show - "That person you're with at the moment? Give them a hug cos they're gonna die".

At this moment I'm happy for us to play anywhere with a dome. (I may change my mind in about nine hours time)

I'm kind of in the same mindset as I was before the Jags game - even if we win this one it doesn't really prove much considering who we're facing (no disrespect to the Saints but they've been shredded by injuries). However, we then lost to the Jags so we better turn up and take it seriously.

And then it snowballs - he looks for the big plays and goes for the hero-ball because he feels he has to for the team, as he sees it as his responsibility.

Then the big question - is Josh coachable? If yes, why haven't they been able to get him into a settled mindset, whatever the scoreboard? If no, why the heck have we lumbered ourselves with a Quarterback who goes into panic mode at the first time of trouble?

Despite the prediction, I'm actually more confident about the Saints than I was the Colts. Perhaps not that one then!

Saints - loss Pats - loss Bucs - loss Panthers - win Pats - loss Falcons - win Jets - win 9-8. No idea if that will be enough for a play off spot. And part of me is feeling generous giving us wins against the Panthers and the Falcons at this point.

It feels like we've shot our bolt. If this was a blowout from out of nowhere then it'd be a punch in the gut but recovery would be possible. But actually the defense was the same one which got it's tummy tickled by the Titans and the offense was the same one which got squeezed by the Jaguars. Yes, we're missing people but so are all teams at the moment. We haven't learned from the mistakes of previous games which means, what, we're incapable of doing so? And if that is the case is that because the players do not have the ability, the coaches do not have the capacity to improve the schemes of both? The Saints match up could be another Titans scorefest with the dome, meaning Josh may feel more settled and we'd hold on to more balls but the defense will, in all liklihood, be putrid - especially if Kamara returns. After that... right now I have no faith that anyone at Orchard Park, from the Pegula's downwards, have any idea how to fix the mess we're in and that means we're very reliant on the remaining AFC franchises having problems of their own to get into the post season. The Super Bowl is further away than it has a right to be and we have been exposed for what we are.

One plus point... we can't play any worse than that, can we?

That went well.

Well... got my answer there.

He's panicking more than anything. The opposition have figured us out and we do not have a plan B so we're easy to play against if you're a mediocre team or better.

How did he come in unprepared? Did he forget Jonathan Taylor existed or something?

What is it about the run? We can't defend it, we struggle to do it on offense. We seem to loathe it as a franchise.

More worryingly... these are the starters.

I wouldn't say the match at the Titans was horrific? The other three, definitely.

As annoyed with him as I am today, Josh really cannot help it when easier passes are being dropped.

Clinging on to the Saints beating the Bucs 38-3 on their home turf last year but I seem to be doing that a lot this season.

Insert 'only' in the final sentence and I'd agree, but he is a problem.

What's to like about him today? (Yes, usually, a lot, but this has been an embarrassing hot mess)