2020 Our Year For Sure
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We let them hang in the game, instead of staying aggressive and looking to put the game away. We should have had more than 16 points in that game, and if Miami found a way to overcome the defense and come back and win, the fault would lie (for the 2nd consecutive week) with our 2nd half playcalling. You say it wasn't needed, and I say we're lucky it wasn't needed, and in future games this year it will be. I hope the coaching staff recognizes this and the next time we have a 2nd half lead we're a bit more aggressive.
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Come on now, the playcalling in the 2nd half was easily too conservative. I don't think they threw a deep ball the whole half, but let's forget about the deep ball. They weren't even throwing the intermediate routes anymore. There was a time in the late 3rd where I found myself whining at the TV to just throw one ball somewhere downfield. It doesn't necessarily have to be a bomb, just something to create some space in the defense. This way they can't crowd the line and each individual Dolphin won't be looking for the run every play. This will help McGahee in the 2nd half, too.
Against the Dolphins it didn't matter that we went into our shell, but in the coming weeks at some point the coaches will have to let JP do his thing in the 2nd half. As I've said, ultra-conservative 2nd half playcalling has already cost us 1 game this year. Also, when we do continue throwing intermediate-deep routes once in awhile into 2nd halves, we will account for Holcomb's Arm's yardage difference between Losman's numbers and a Dilfer/Roethlisberger type of game.
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Why is it that anyone who presents a point-of-view that isn't pro-Losman, they can expect to have both their allegiance to the team and their intelligence brought into question?
I myself like Losman and I think we've found our quarterback. I can't really explain it, I get confidence more in watching him than in anything I see in the numbers. I liked his performance against Miami, and I think alot of the lack of passing yards people are complaining about comes from the 2nd half play-calling, which involved us going into a shell. That play-calling cost us the New England game, but Miami is so bad they couldn't take advantage of it.
In the future, we're going to have take shots downfield every once in awhile or teams will overcome us in the 2nd half as the Pats did. Once we decide to open things up a bit, you'll see JP's yardage totals closer to that of Roethlisberger. The one deep ball we did try against Miami resulted in a long pass interference call. This team can throw deep, and once they do so consistently JP's stats will resemble that of a real quarterback.
Patience, Holcomb's Arm. Let the coaching staff bring things along slowly.
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You can always use good linemen. And they are hard to find. When they are there, you grab them, IMO.
I dunno....lots of teams take a single philosophy going into the draft and see it yeild success. Take for example, going with "take best player on the doard, regardless of position.", which a lot of teams employ.
Yes, and that's exactly what we did! We discounted the positions and took the best football player on the board that would help our team the most. This guy is looking like he's going to play at a high level for a long time. How can we argue with that?
The most important thing is to get successful players from the draft and not take busts. Donte Whitner is another step to building this team. The lineman wasn't there, so we'll look to address it this offseason. But right now we can be glad we've filled the SS spot with a playmaker.
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A better plan is to take Metro's Game Day Express to the Ralph from UB South. To learn more click here.
Thanks alot, that is just what I was looking for! The station it leaves from is about a 2-minute walk from my building. Thanks Jokerman!
And G. Host, thanks also for your idea, but the Game Day Express is simpler.
Thanks everybody, now all we need is tickets...
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There was no reason for him to ever be IN the fans' doghouse, if you look at him strictly as a special teamer. It was a mistake from the coaching staff to start him at safety against NE, they should recognize that his only position is special teams.
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NE missed a 30yd FG in the 4th, along with Cotchery making a crazy play and Coles a big play. I don't know if you watched the entire game like I did, but NE looked as impressive as the Bills did.
Simple Logic: If A=B, and A>C ......then B>C. Vegas seems to agree as we are 6 point favorites.
To quote your original post:
I'm not disagreeing with you in that New England looked impressive. I'm also not disputing that we should be favorites in the Jests game.
However, your first post (2nd one quoted) seems to imply that just because the Jests got their touchdowns on "crazy," "big," or "amazing" plays, they somehow don't count. This is what I disagree with. You're analyzing what the Jests did against the Pats and discounting their touchdowns just because they came on impressive individual efforts.
You said the Patriots would have blown out the Jests if not for their two "amazing" touchdowns, and I sarcastically said that the Dolphins would've beaten us today if not for our 16 "amazing" points. Those two statements make the same amount of sense, but neither make a whole lot of it.
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As a freshman attending the University at Buffalo, I have no knowledge of the area. A friend and I want to attend the Bills-Jests game in a week, and we're both out-of-staters who most likely will have no use of a car. Somebody help!
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You could take the Bills.
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Where and when can I see that show Chris Berman and Tom Jackson have thats exactly like PrimeTime? I'm in the mood for some wagon-circling.
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"As Buffalo Bills rookie safety Donte Whitner sat at his locker Sunday following his team's impressive 16-6 road victory over the Miami Dolphins, 81-year-old team owner Ralph Wilson sidled over with a message.
"They said we took you too high," Wilson said. "I don't think so."
Whitner's face lit up, as you would expect when the man who signs the checks pays you a compliment. "Thank you, sir," Whitner said. "I'm just trying to prove them wrong."
Did this give anybody else chills?
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Yeah I just heard that...we're a team to watch now all of a sudden!
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Please just win this one boys...I'll have the worst feeling in my gut for 7 long days if we lose this damn game.
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I prefer limericks:
I say die Miami die
or I'll climax in your eye.
Sunday you go "Squish!"
Ending of the fish.
See you when its cold and dry.
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Lindell will miss about a 47-49 yarder in the 4th that will either end up costing us the game or coming close, and everyone will overreact and talk about how he's never shown he can make the big kick. Of course the intelligent ones among us will point out how the Bills have never shown they can set him up to attempt the big kick.
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We played the Titans in a home night game the year after the Music City Screwjob...early in the year, possibly even opening week.
A sign in the crowd said "If revenge is a dish best served cold, why isn't it December?"
Got my emotions all stirred up, and we came out and kicked their @ss that night.
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No herb that morning?
You know after the loss to New England in the first week I didn't get that sick feeling I get when the Bills lose to the same extent as usual, but if we lose this week to Miami to go 0-2 I know that feeling will be there in all its glory for days. For the sake of my college classes, DJ & Co. better find a way to win this one. I'm sure Culpepper will make some mistakes so we should at the very least be in it.
Squish the Fish! 
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Accidental double post...
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I have a theory here... the line judge will often be looking down the line to see exactly (according to him) where the ball was when the knee goes down. I think many of them are soooo accustomed to running backs stretching the ball out AFTER the initial knee down point (forward progress). The play here was different in my eyes because Willis actually gets the ball thrust forward BEFORE his knee hits. I really have a suspicion that that line judge didn't allow for what I believe was a good enough reach by McGahee to gain the first down. In other words, he made it and got a bad spot, pure and simple!!
What makes this an easy play for a referee to botch is that McGahee lands awkwardly. Usually a runner's knee will hit the ground first and then the rest of his body will come down, and it's often in that split second after his knee hits but before the rest of his body hits that he'll reach the ball forward, and the extra reach is correctly subtracted from the spot. But look closely at the play. In this case, Willis did a great job of keeping his knee off the ground until the rest of his body came down, and the extra lunge forward came before he hit the ground, and he did get the first. At least thats what I see.
I can't get on the refs here though, its a very difficult call and easy to get wrong. In most cases that spot would've been correct, but Willis put forth a good effort to keep his knee up which I believe went unnoticed.
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Spikes is the only legitimate superstar on this team, and we all witnessed what happened to this defense when he went down last year. In fact, we got to see once again how much the D changes when he goes down just this past Sunday. The thought of benching him makes me queasy.
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Man do I love that play where Denney takes the back down for a loss on a pitch despite being basically tackled by the OT.
I hate the Jucking Fets.
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Does it matter? We can blame it on Losman regardless.