Fadingpain Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Billsfan1972 said: Something else when you come to think of it. The Bill are in the playoffs....... So take this thread for what it is. Every second guess this year, bad decision, questionable call and I am convinced that McDermott was wrong, yet not once did it come back to bite him in the ass..... He is the luckiest coach I've ever seen (outside Belicheck and officaal calls and reversals). 6 times (Mia x 2, KC, Atl, TB, Indy) the opposition had the ball with a chance to win at the end of the game and the Bills somehow survived after giving up leads and letting teams back in the second half and each time the Bills got a break, a turnover or somehow held on. Think about it..... Miami we trounced twice for 40 minutes and then tried to give them a chance to win. TB we got a fumble and then by luck converted a third & 7 with again a run to ice it. Indy a missed fg, kicking from the 41, Brissett missing a wide open Hilton to give the Bills one more chance and 30 yards further to go, and then Webb completing a 35 yd hail mary in the snow (yes I'll call it a hail mary). Atl missing on 4th & 3 from the 7 (and a PI missed on the play). KC another Int. I really can see the Bills up 13-0 vs. Jax and again trying to eat clock the entire second half and Bortles throwing another game ending int..... Let's hope it lasts another week and then it is NE again. "THAN" good. Not "THEN" good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Dude it's called football it's a game of inches and most games come down to the wire. i don't think McDermott is that lucky. Prepared teams get the breaks, sloppy teams don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 That's Jauron Ball. Given the opportunity bad teams will beat themselves. Jauron's struggles against good teams was well documented........but he could beat young teams and bad teams with regularity. The 2017 Bills only beat 2 teams with winning records(and both played sloppy, bad football that day KC and Atlanta)........but they also only lost 2 games to teams with losing records and both were on the road. Defending their dirt was made easy by only having 2 home games against winning teams....they lost both unfortunately....but that 6-2 at home was critical. It's important for them to advance beyond this next year and actually be able to beat good teams with regularity in the future......see Belichick who typically lets other teams defeat themselves as well but also plays to win........... but getting to the playoffs in year one to get some "buy-in" wrt "the process". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 minute ago, BADOLBILZ said: That's Jauron Ball. Given the opportunity bad teams will beat themselves. Jauron's struggles against good teams was well documented........but he could beat young teams and bad teams with regularity. The 2017 Bills only beat 2 teams with winning records(and both played sloppy, bad football that day KC and Atlanta)........but they also only lost 2 games to teams with losing records and both were on the road. Defending their dirt was made easy by only having 2 home games against winning teams....they lost both unfortunately....but that 6-2 at home was critical. It's important for them to advance beyond this next year and actually be able to beat good teams with regularity in the future......see Belichick who typically lets other teams defeat themselves as well but also plays to win........... but getting to the playoffs in year one to get some "buy-in" wrt "the process". Oh, the haters. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) he is Irish, no? Edited January 2, 2018 by DaBillsFanSince1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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