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Why did we not take a shot downfield ?

Even with the typo, this is correct

I am willing to cut him slack considering his level of (in)experience and beinf thrown into the fire with little warning. Apart from that, he had little time to throw against Miami. It seemed like there were defenders in his face very quickly. That can surely rattle a young QB. Also, with CJ and Fredie both at less than full strength, he did not have many options. The Saints game will be interesting as their D can be gashed occasionally and if we take advantage of the few opportunities we get, the game will be interesting. The next point is always true, but more so against a O powerhouse like NO - don't fall too far behind early.

(Little voice in my head: " this should be fun")

Like many others, I confess to being enamoured by JP Losman and thought the Bills had finally found their guy.

Umm, Drew Bledsoe in 2002 ? http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BledDr00.htm

First of all, you need to fix the thread title to be more descriptive. Secondly, the debacle of last night falls on Frazier's shoulders. He should never have put Freeman in that situation. And worse, he shoudln't have stuck with him throughout the game when it was eminently obvious that the guy looked utterly lost out there in the first half. If it were possible, Frazier should be benched for the next game.

Belichick would make my list before the Har-bro's just cos of his lack of class. There are hard hits and there are dirty, mean spirited hits. Spikes, Suh and Meriweather fall firmly in the latter category and I would be ashamed if they ever played for the Bills

Gruden is right. Freeman is juat not ready. Those ragging on Marrone should see this utter cluster#### of coaching from the Vikes

What an incredibly boring MNF. Imcompetence on both sides. This is truly horrible.

My list: Brandon Spikes Vince Wilfork Suh Titus Young

I agree. We were playing close in every game this year. When we get a win, it is time to celebrate while acknowledging the deficiencies of the team. We are fighting well this year with an ex-PS QB, 2 hurt RBs, a recovering secondary. But the OP is correct, there is still a lot of negativity on this board. You can pretty much never tell a Monday after a win from that after a loss.

1. Agree about Aaron Williams 2. and 6. I disagree as I thought both Dareus and Kyle played good games. And for those thinking he should have run in the fumble, I disagree. He did the right thing by securing the ball. He is not paid to run with the ball and bad things could have happened. He did his job. 3. Marrone is a work in progress but he is a rookie HC in the NFL. He deserves some slack. Keeping the team together when the Dolphins had the momentum is huge. He has had some questionable decisions particularly in clock management (in earlier games too) but he is far from a disaster. He is having the guys play hard and will improve, IMHO 4. Mario made the big plays we brought him in for. It has been a long time since our D changed the outcome of the game I am surprised you gave no props to Fred Jackson. I think he played his rear off and ranks way up there in my list of all time favorite Bills. Guy is just too good and plays hard.

The point about using our D's aggressiveness against us seems spot on. Those pitches/side screens were driving me nuts as they kept doing that several times with great success every time. I was hoping that we would spread the D out a bit to cut down those throws but we did not make that adjustment. And I appreciate the point about how the slant was non existent with Stevie's absence. It hurt the O for sure. But it is tough to blame the O when a QB who was on the PS a few days back, missing its top receiver, new LG and a slightly hobbled Spiller still managed to tie the game late. 24 points should be enough to win the game with a good D.

I wanted to take the points especially considering the terrible first 3 plays. We were not blowing their D line off the ball either. We were not in desperate mode at that time. Against a good D, take the points. I am not sure it would have changed the final outcome as game strategy from the Bengals may have changed. Also, we are not a high powered Denver offense to overcome mistakes/missed chances.

Every loss of a division rival is good news. You never know what is going to happen down the stretch. Even if you assume the Pats* will win the division, there are wild card opportunities. While I don't think this team is playoff bound (primarily due to injuries), I like how they are fighting and hope for everyone to be miraculously healed soon. As for the Saints game, the Greer miss was the most glaring but there were missed tackles and a general non-adjustment by Ryan's defense which led to that final opportunity. Plus, I cannot believe the Saints playcalling being so unimaginative as to leave Brady with so much time on the clock. Greer becomes a goat but I think there is plenty of blame to spread around in the big easy.

two major penalties - one on Kyle and this non-PI call. Both cost us big

Our D front is getting man handled

Where is our D today ? With much of our DB back, we should have dominated the pass game at least

Come on D !! Pettine, shutdown Jones and AJ

QB Manuel WR Stevie Johnson CB Brooks CB Rogers CB Burton LB Powell OL McClain I haven't been following this week's news too much so Stevie comes as surprise to me

I had and have been a supporter of signing Levitre and was disappointed that we did not. BUT, no matter where you fall in the Levitre debate, it is clear that the Bills failed to adequately replace him. In this discussion about whether or not we should have signed Levitre, a point is being missed (I haven't looked at the entire thread to see if it was made here). It was one made by NoSaint in another thread - there were other lower priced free agent Guards available in free agency. Fine if Levitre was 'too expensive' . Why did we not pursue Vasquez who signed with the Broncos @ 4 year - $23.5 million ? How about Willie Colon (may have been short gap but still viable) ? See this list: http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2013G.php What possible explanation is there to not have even pursued, say, Vasquez ?

Pure class. Such acts are worth admiring. Your post on the other hand ...

And if you had done a search on this board, you would have found this: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/162555-jeff-russo-dennis-dixon-to-be-signed-to-the-practice-squad/

I am very impressed that Marrone went to the depth he did in explaining the decision process. Not sure I agree with him sharing all the details with the public but the fact that he took the time and effort is very commendable. He probably wants to cut down on the rumors and have him and his team focus on making the best of a bad situation. Are you honestly worried about this situation? If this were to come to pass, I would be ecstatic. 2-2 or 3-1 over the next 4 games would be far and above the best we could hope for. Yep. I corrected myself in another thread (or maybe in this one).