Nikki Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Penalties and issues on the offense crippled the Bills their opener. Hope they can turn it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Luckily the games dont count yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I didn't know the season started yet. Â Â But in all seriousness, if these preseason games are any indicator, the nfl really needs to get the refs back. These replacements will ruin the season for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobesBLO13 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Preseason is a glorified practice. Let the ESPNs of the world over-analyze. Â But as far as the refs go, the NFL needs to do something before the season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Any fan who has paid attention for any period of time knows that results in preseason games have zero relevance. It's to get the starters up to speed and it's to evaluate individual players. They don't game plan. They don't care what the score is. Â If you watch these games looking for that football drama you've been craving since last year, you will be disappointed. If you think it's an indicator of what the regular season will look like, you're a fool. Â We saw some guys make some plays. Mario looked good. Cordy Glenn did well. Nobody important got hurt. SUCCESS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billshank Redemption Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 feel like this is just another unnecessary thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meark Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 We didn't even have any run plays with the first offense. They obviously took the game as practice.. which it was.. I do believe we all know Freddie and CJ can run.. We don't know who our starting receivers are going to be though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 feel like this is just another unnecessary thread... It is. Someone just doing a self promotion for their article. Preseason games mean nothing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Just remember that Trent Edwards and Spiller tore it up in preseason two years ago. If I remember, Fitz and the O could do nothing last year in preseason and started great. I look at the preseason as an opportunity for individuals to make plays. Unfortunately we do not have anyone to chuck it up to any one of our ten 6.2 230 receivers so that that they could distinguish themselves from one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) Preseason is a glorified practice. Let the ESPNs of the world over-analyze. Â But as far as the refs go, the NFL needs to do something before the season starts. Â Then by the same token, the good things that occur need to be taken with a huge grain of salt as well then, right? Â I mean at least if that argument is going to be consistent, right? Â Agree on the refs, they'll either need to step up in a big way or it's going to really be bad. The review machines should get a good workout this year until the regulars come back. Â Any fan who has paid attention for any period of time knows that results in preseason games have zero relevance. It's to get the starters up to speed and it's to evaluate individual players. They don't game plan. They don't care what the score is. Â If you watch these games looking for that football drama you've been craving since last year, you will be disappointed. If you think it's an indicator of what the regular season will look like, you're a fool. Â We saw some guys make some plays. Mario looked good. Cordy Glenn did well. Nobody important got hurt. SUCCESS! Â Again, what does it matter if Mario and Glenn made plays and looked good. Obviously then, by your own reasoning, we can assume that no one on the other side was trying, so that skews their performances towards the positive, right? Edited August 14, 2012 by TaskersGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) Â Â Then by the same token, the good things that occur need to be taken with a huge grain of salt as well then, right? Â I mean at least if that argument is going to be consistent, right? Â Â Â Again, what does it matter if Mario and Glenn made plays and looked good. Obviously we can assume that no one on the other side was trying, so that skews their performances towards the positive, right? Â Well, not exactly. Although these games aren't competitive, there is competition going on. A lot of These players are fighting to be on the team, or fighting for a starting position. So you can draw conclusions on players with limited film tape whether or not Glenn should be starter is a lot more sensible than saying the team is off to a bad start of the season, before the season starts. Pre season is about the individual battles, not how the team performs as a whole in a preseason game. Â Sin short, it matters what Glenn looks like in preseason because he is fighting for a starting job. It matters what Mario looks like in preseason because he is coming off a season ending injury. It does not matter that the bills decided to throw the ball 14 times and not run it once, which resulted in no tds. That isn't what these games are meant for. Edited August 14, 2012 by DanInUticaTampa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Based on the title and the post, won't be clicking the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobesBLO13 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Then by the same token, the good things that occur need to be taken with a huge grain of salt as well then, right? Â I mean at least if that argument is going to be consistent, right? Â Agree on the refs, they'll either need to step up in a big way or it's going to really be bad. The review machines should get a good workout this year until the regulars come back. Â Â Â Again, what does it matter if Mario and Glenn made plays and looked good. Obviously then, by your own reasoning, we can assume that no one on the other side was trying, so that skews their performances towards the positive, right? Yes just like a practice if a player looks good he looks good nothing more nothing less. But you can't judge a whole team based on one game where there's not really a game plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsox Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I didn't know the season started yet.   But in all seriousness, if these preseason games are any indicator, the nfl really needs to get the refs back. These replacements will ruin the season for sure  No Doubt. They were horrible in the First game. Hopefully they'll clean it up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 For me I like to see the starters look decent against the other teams starters. Before this last game I expected the D to look out of sync because of all the new players and the semi-new DC. But overall I was impressed with how they did as a unit. Â The O was perplexing though. Same OC, same QB, same major players and they looked like they had never even practiced together much less played all of last season together. Â Basically I saw the reverse of what I was expecting. First preseason game so Gailey has a few weeks still to right the ship. The third preseason game when we see the starters longer will give us a much better idea of where they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) DOOMED!!!! Â Penalties and issues on the offense crippled the Bills their opener. Hope they can turn it around. Edited August 14, 2012 by The Poojer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 sucky? did you see the Raiders Boys score ? puhhleaseee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I imagine all of our preseason games will be somewhat iffy, and then we'll come out strong to start the regular season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billshank Redemption Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Based on the title and the post, won't be clicking the article. haha and the fact that this is the first post and that its 5 days after the preseason game, just unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) As Marcellus Wiley said on ESPN yesterday, of the pre-season "What's good is good, and what's bad is not as bad as it seems in the preseason" Edited August 14, 2012 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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