Yes? No? Anyway here goes, Like I said last week we are going to not to undefeated and would lose this season and its OK, Seriously its ok. What we saw against the Ravens was mostly coaching, and I know there is wailing and gnashing of teeth about talent, and yeah we aren't there yet, but coaching cost us. We went in with the same Big Nickle BS that McDermott runs, and did so against a power running team, and got Trucked. I said run a 5-2 this last week and gap control instead of running upfield (which the Ravens gladly invited Oliver to do) and we paid greatly. We made very little 2nd half adjustments and I feel Sean should have stepped in to help Babich the 2nd half.
Offense, They blitzed our #1 ranked pass blocking OL while taking away the Middle of the field. Roll Josh out, throw to the outside. Where has the Screen game gone? I haven't seen one worth a damn ran by the Bills since the 90's. Go 5 wide, make them spread out, many different ways to skin that cat... and on both sides of the ball we did jack.
That said, its past time to move on. We have very winnable games in front of us and as long as this coaching staff has a proper game plan per opponent we face (instead of forcing a cookie cutter "works for all" plan) then we will be fine. We didn't just suck over night.
Some things to remember...
Its a marathon not a sprint.
Playoffs are made in November, December and part of January
We have the best damn QB on the planet
And lastly... we are in a huge retooling year. Tons of cap room being offloaded, tons of new talent so growing pains are going to happen.
Lets be honest, everyone is up in arms because the Media, who you should NEVER listen to, were kissing our butts and Josh was the greatest thing on the Planet. And when we got beat, it hurt a hell of a lot more because the same assclowns will be dumping on us.
Baltimore is done, Houston is next, kick their asses and Go Bills!