Coach Tuesday

The most terrifying part of this so far is that Sean seems to have taken a more active role in the coaching on both sides of the ball in this game.

Game is over.

I’m sure a few more one yard runs by Motor would change the dynamic of this game completely…

What are you talking about. That is so far from being the issue today.

Borderline criminal negligence. Not that the Pegulas are bright, but if the lightbulb was on they’d be furious about Beane’s failure to protect their quarter-billion investment.

Sure seems like the defensive leaders have quit on the coaches.

Route is on!

They’ve quit.

This is shaping up to be a bloodbath.

I come here to be entertained, post something unique and/or funny.

Safeties have basically quit on the season. Both 23 and 21 have been making business decisions for about a month.

This has become a crusade of un-funniness.

Really don’t see how Bobby Johnson keeps his job this offseason.

Star hates playing football.

So in general I completely agree with the premise here. When you look at W/L record the Bills are in a good spot over the past few years relative to the rest of the league regardless of this season's outcome. Fans' frustration this year is reasonable - they had a plum schedule with relatively good injury luck and they coached their way to a mediocre season (so far) - the talent level on this team is higher than the performance level, penalties are assessed at an alarming rate, and the weekly gameplans have been garbage many weeks. Stepping back you worry about trends - you don't want to end up anywhere on the NFC North Suck Index: Lions: Perennially horrible franchise with zero hope for ever turning things around (we're no longer in that bucket thanks to the Pegulas & McBeane, thank God). Bears: Poor coaching and roster decisions and uncertainty at QB (we're no longer in that bucket, though we were more recently). Vikings: Constantly treading water - seem to have an organizational goal of spending just enough to remain competitive and stumble into early-round playoff exit (we were very recently here). Packers: Top-five QB but a cautious approach to team-building and tendency to "run it back" have alienated their admittedly mercurial douchebag of a QB and have squandered his prime years where they should've been stacking rings (we may be here: this offseason will help inform whether Beane has the will and the ambition to add roster pieces).

doing WELL

The irony of this complaint thread...

They’ve already spent “serious resources” on both lines and have little to show for it. Throwing money at the problem won’t solve it.

Disagree. Roster is top 5 in the league. They are losing games to inferior rosters.

The GM, OC and HC are not on the same page. They don’t have a coherent vision for what the offense should look like, how best to build out the line and running game, when and how to lean on Allen (who despite being erratic was still the best athlete on the field last night), and what kind of running game to have. These problems should’ve been solved in the offseason but they weren’t, and you can see the uncertainty on game day. The Patriots have a clear vision for how they want to present on offense and defense and they execute it. The Bills, at least on offense, lack a clear vision - Daboll does a little bit of everything but nothing particularly well. It’s telling that on 4th and long with the division on the line they don’t even have a core, trusted play to fall back on. Not a good season of executive leadership from Beane and McDermott, two guys who were handsomely rewarded for early success and may be coasting a bit.

Looked to me like the Pats had their backs stretching out the play to wait for the Bills’ downhill defenders to engage with their blockers, then quickly cut upfield. Bills didn’t really adjust until well into the fourth quarter when they started having their linebackers and ends rush to the cut point. Why it takes a defensive coach so long to make an adjustment like that is very confounding to me.

Red zone issues are a lack of attention to detail.

Every time this season the other team has decided to just impose its will on the Bills, it’s been able to. Every time.

Clearly out-coached by someone who knows how to design a winning game plan.

Cannot manage to play a precision game.