2020 Our Year For Sure

double post, my bad

I remember seeing Willis with 3 yards on his first 3 carries, and 10 yards on his first 5 carries. But sure, this loss falls "squarely on JP." We all expect him to go on the road against the best team in the NFC and look good with no running game whatsoever. Oh wait, you're right, we got the ground game working when it was 27-0! Of course Losman takes his share of the blame, but with no running game he was a dead duck. Not to mention those dropped passes...

We were calling for his head because he was too often late on deep balls, not because of any character issues. He should jump into coaching next year.

In my opinion winning this game is all about controlling the run. I won't even say we need to "stop" the run, just keep it under control, because thats the best I can hope for. We can't eat up clock and control the game if its their offense thats always on the field. That said, I voted for the special teams. Them getting a TD and forcing a turnover would be huge, and unfortunately 'holding Chicago to 70 yards on the ground' wasn't an option.

Does everyone's career end at 29, or just Takeo Spikes?

I said he was dreaming, but I didn't say there was anything wrong with that. Dream on, my friend. Trust me when I say I Billieve every bit as much as you do. Unfortunately I happen to be of the opinion that we'll have to try to win this thing with only one offensive touchdown, but I could be wrong. As so many have already said in this thread, "on any given sunday..."

You're dreaming if you think we're getting more than one offensive touchdown in this game. Sure, we'll score...but not a whole lot.

Wow I'm sorry man, I had no idea of the context. I guess thats the disadvantage of not being from the WNY area.

Uh, whats so funny? That's all true... Have we actually gotten to the point where anytime somebody says something positive about Donahoe our response is automatically to laugh, completely disregarding whether or not the statement is true?

Yup. I don't know how a person who has been watching these games can look at his performance this season and say that Willis doesn't give enough effort. The guy is a workhorse and I applaud the season he's having, and now it even seems that he's learned how to block. The only question left is whether or not he's going to stay in Buffalo long-term.

Please Dibs, I don't want to see posts like that this week, especially from an intelligent poster like you. Its like you're trying to set me up for an emotional downfall when we lose. Can't you just let me accept this loss in peace?

Only if we could've converted the 4th downs, as those were the killers in my opinion. Those were drives we should have gotten points on.

Trust me, I'm not one of those guys. My point was more that McGee has come out this year looking like an all-pro than it was that Clements hasn't looked good. McGee was noticeably making nice plays against New England and he looked great in Miami. His defense of a deep ball intended for Chambers, I remember, was so impressive that even Phil Simms couldn't help but take notice and declare it a "textbook" defense. I'm not really saying that Clements hasn't looked good, but I feel McGee has been more impressive. Even so, Clements has looked a bit shabby in run support, missing Moroney a couple of times I believe.

Clements the NFL's best corner so far this year? He hasn't been the Bills best corner.

People should stop saying this. Quarterbacks improve by LIVE GAME ACTION, not by sitting around on the bench. Yes, a year or two as a backup can sometimes better prepare a guy to come in and start than starting as a rookie, but not to the point where you can expect to be able to lean on him to win games for you. The truth is that you SHOULD still expect to have to hold his hand. Hopefully by the end of the year that won't be the case, but for about the first 6-8 games of the year there's no shame in JP still needing to be pampered. He just doesn't have the live experience to be comfortable back there yet. This is especially true because of the new coaching staff. Here's a guy who, with limited experience, was fighting to get used to the game the way Mularkey & Co. did it. Then you go and bring in a completely new staff and a completely new system, and you expect the kid to not be overwhelmed! He needs more exposure to this system, and more exposure to live game action before we can ask whether or not we should still be holding his hand...because right now the answer to that question is a resounding "yes."

Couldn't you have just said this in the other uniform thread?

Apparently, Aaron Brooks is bad enough to manage it

Wrong. The Buffalo Bills are about overcoming heartbreak. We just haven't gotten to that part of the story yet.

I don't know, but I'd have the Jets covering.

Drew Bledsoe once went to a Superbowl, but nobody credits him for that anymore.

They should've used those red crossed swords unis full-time. Those were bad@ss.

Agreed!

I think he was quoting somebody from the Jets board.

If you really think Holcomb moves the chains when he dumps the ball off, you need to be reminded of a certain 4th and 7 last year on a Monday night in Foxboro. I don't think Holcomb's dump off was moving the chains on that play.