Boludo Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 On one hand, everyone knew Fitzpatrick wasn't an elite quarterback. During the offseason, however, I managed to forget he was the guy that led the entire league in interceptions last season. Looks like he is on track for back to back titles. The Bills will never go anywhere with this guy at the helm. On the other hand, the defense was supposed to be hugely improved on paper. The highly touted defensive line got almost no pressure on Sanchez, the linebackers were invisible, and the secondary was a disaster. The poor outing by the defense was overshadowed by Fitzpatrick's standout failure, but looking back perhaps the defense was the bigger disappointment due to the hype and letdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 The defense getting manhandled surprised me a lot more. The offense, as disappointing as it was, was the same we had at the end of last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills44 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Defense. More was expected of them. 2 high profile FA signings, and a supposed shutdown CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Expected the D to be very good Fitz played what I expected of him. Stink when the game counts, then throw up some stats when the game is all but over to feed his apologists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Defense--at least Fitz was trying. Mario was dragging ass. Byrd was fried chicken. McKelvin is awful, yet Wannajob somehow missed this. Williams and Claiborne, it turns out, are likely not the best young DB duo in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInUticaTampa Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Defense--at least Fitz was trying. Mario was dragging ass. Byrd was fried chicken. McKelvin is awful, yet Wannajob somehow missed this. Williams and Claiborne, it turns out, are likely not the best young DB duo in the league. Claiborne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAWNDO Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronc24 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Defense. I expected exactly what I got from Fitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyHorseAteTheKid Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Depression... Hope this does not continue.. I won't read a news paper until Wednesday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Expected defense to struggle bc of young CBs and new system but Fitz what are you doing man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReturnoftheBuffaloBeast23 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) Defense--at least Fitz was trying. Mario was dragging ass. Byrd was fried chicken. McKelvin is awful, yet Wannajob somehow missed this. Williams and Claiborne, it turns out, are likely not the best young DB duo in the league. Uh when exactly did fitz start trying? After the first, second or third int??? It could have be a forth but the LB (i think) dropped it. None of his passes were even close the recievers who were open, he couldn't throw a rock in the sky today. This board ceases to amaze me Its funny how many people expected fitzgarbage to be garbage but said he was a great QB all offseason giving all kinds of BS excuses to why he isn't a**. Its his fault we lost and his fault we wont make the playoffs. Not the defense or coaching its him because he is the worst QB in the league face it. When you get outplayed by Sanchez yes you are considered worst QB in the league. Edited September 10, 2012 by ReturnoftheBuffaloBeast23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Claiborne? Oops! got me! Uh when exactly did fitz start trying? After the first, second or third int??? It could have be a forth but the LB (i think) dropped it. This board ceases to amaze me Its funny how many people expected fitzgarbage to be garbage but said he was great all offseason. Giving all kinds of BS excuse to why he is a**. Its his fault we lost and his fault we wont make the playoffs. Not the defense or coaching its him because he is the worst QB in the league face it... Huh? Is there a translation for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReturnoftheBuffaloBeast23 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Oops! got me! Huh? Is there a translation for this? lol its almost as bad as fitz played right??? :wallbash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 lol its almost as bad as fitz played right??? :wallbash: Uh, I think so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsForever Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 On one hand, everyone knew Fitzpatrick wasn't an elite quarterback. During the offseason, however, I managed to forget he was the guy that led the entire league in interceptions last season. Looks like he is on track for back to back titles. The Bills will never go anywhere with this guy at the helm. On the other hand, the defense was supposed to be hugely improved on paper. The highly touted defensive line got almost no pressure on Sanchez, the linebackers were invisible, and the secondary was a disaster. The poor outing by the defense was overshadowed by Fitzpatrick's standout failure, but looking back perhaps the defense was the bigger disappointment due to the hype and letdown. Fitz struggling and turning the ball over is not a big surprise. He did lead the league in interceptions last year. The defense however...from the lack of pressure, horrible defense scheme on part of the coordinator...yeah I'm dissapointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Expected defense to struggle bc of young CBs and new system but Fitz what are you doing man. Couldn't have said it better myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReturnoftheBuffaloBeast23 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 You can make the argument the defense hasnt had time to gel its there first real game together also having to start on your own 40 twice and the 50 once makes life harder... And who helped the other team by giving them get that great field position? You guessed it Ryan Fitzgarbage, so its not the defense its the sh**ty QB we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffBill Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) On one hand, everyone knew Fitzpatrick wasn't an elite quarterback. During the offseason, however, I managed to forget he was the guy that led the entire league in interceptions last season. Looks like he is on track for back to back titles. The Bills will never go anywhere with this guy at the helm. On the other hand, the defense was supposed to be hugely improved on paper. The highly touted defensive line got almost no pressure on Sanchez, the linebackers were invisible, and the secondary was a disaster. The poor outing by the defense was overshadowed by Fitzpatrick's standout failure, but looking back perhaps the defense was the bigger disappointment due to the hype and letdown. Gotta be Fitz. The defense has alot of new parts, and not making excuses because they sucked at least in pass coverage, but Fitz for the most part in the same offense with the same guys as last year. The protection was pretty good he just made terrible decisions and even worse throws all day long. He has continued his downward spiral from the day after he signed his contract extension last year, the rib excuse aside, he is getting worse. They hired a new QB coach to help him, but the guy is supposed to be one of the smartest guys in the NFL but he makes some of the dumbest decisions. I guess playing quarterback is different then sitting at a desk and taking a written test. I like Fitz as a person, and love the effort he gives forth, but this front office and coaching staff's insistence on keeping Fitz at QB will ultimately cost them all their jobs. And as far as the defense, yea they gave up some plays, but the total yardage was close, and who put them in bad field position over and over-Fitz did. They got 21 points directly off of his picks and gave up a return for a TD, that was enough to beat the Bills already. Edited September 10, 2012 by BuffBill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Fitz Is what he is. The defense let me down more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avenger Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 If you're stunned that Fitz was inaccurate and late with his throws you haven't been watching the Bills much. Sometimes you get lucky and he looks really sharp, but it's been a while since we saw that - he's generally looked like a backup since mid 2011. The defensive line - an all pro addition in Mario, a Pro Bowler in Anderson, Dareus with 1 more year's experience and help from linemates and the return of a healthy Kyle Williams coming up with a grand total of 3 tackles, 1 assist, 1 pressure and ZERO sacks against an o-line featuring a guy making his 2nd NFL start - that's shocking, in a soyilent green is people kind of way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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