Did Mills sabotage Peterman's start due to his anger over TT benching?

[dezertbill]

I ran into an acquaintance last week at a local place here in Las Vegas ( I know, Vegas, right?).  He is from Clarence, and says he has two close friends whom both work within the Bills organization.  When the topic of Nathan Peterman came up vs. the Chargers, he rolled his eyes and laughed.  Told me that some in the building firmly believe that Jordan Mills was so PI$$ED about Taylor's benching that he purposely became a turnstile vs. the Chargers to sabotage Peterman's start.

 

Now,  first of all I'm skeptical when someone says they have "friends" that work at One Bills Drive (I don't know their names).  Secondly,  I never heard of any claims of players having it in for Peterman over Taylor's benching nor feel that any professional would put another athletes health at risk over a benching.  So I went to the video myself to see if I could notice anything out of the ordinary from Mills' side.

 

Now, keep in mind that Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram are two great athletes.  But if you closely watch Mills vs both of them, this guy's friends may be onto something.

 

I pulled this video from Youtube which shows all 5 picks. (it will make you go to YouTube.com website to watch the video).   Here is what I saw.

 

 

 

:45 - Peterman threads a beautiful pass to Benjamin.  If you notice Mills, he Ole's Melvin Ingram.  Not only does he barely move, he just stands there after Ingram whiffs by him.  Luckily on this play, Peterman completed the ball prior to Ingram getting to him.  Horrible look, horrible effort by Mills.

 

2:04 - This was the screen pass to DeMarco.  (Slow the video to .25 speed) Mills pulls inside once the Ball is snapped.  Now keep in mind he is running opposite of where the ball is going.  It looks as if he purposely avoids hitting Bosa (ducking to his left) to double team Ducasse's guy (who neither hit and the defender doesn't end up even being involved in the play) .  Bosa fires up the line and hits DeMarco, throwing off his route.  He then closes in on Peterman who has to rush the throw, which is tipped by DeMarco who is probably short of where he was supposed to be due to rubbing Bosa and it's intercepted and taken the other way.  Now some will say "throw it away", or blame DeMarco.  But Bosa's disruption based on Mills inability to just get in his way led to this.  Another bad look.

 

3:59 - Ingram beats Mills on the outside and Mills hips end up facing the back of the end zone.  Ingram is able to stick up his hand in Peterman's face, which makes him take a step back and right into Bosa coming in from behind.  Now, a smarter QB would have stepped up, and on this play it just looks as if Mills got beat cleanly.  But then again, who knows.

 

7:27 - On this play, Mills HAS to see that there is Bosa and a blitzer lined up outside of him.  When the ball is snapped, he barely moves and once again ole's Bosa.  While the RB takes on the blitzer, Bosa comes in and crushes Peterman.  Now, some will say a veteran QB should just take the sack on that one and not throw the ball.  But it doesn't take away the fact that Mills looked so badly beaten it makes you wonder how much of it was skill, and how much of it was anger over Taylor's benching?

 

8:17 - This was a quick three step drop and throw.  For some reason Mills takes a step to the outside, knowing he needs to protect the inside gap to ensure Peterman has a clear line of sight.  Mills basically gives Bosa an inside lane directly into this QB.  This throws off the throw (it's a 3 step drop for God's sake) and ends up being an INT.  Looking at this closely, Mills sets up so wide and then looks so badly beaten inside on such a simple blocking assignment it's f'n crazy.

 

9:39 -   Peterman's final INT comes from Dawkins' side.  It looks like Bosa makes a move inside and Dawkin's gets hurt (He favor's his shoulder as he comes off the field).  But you'll notice this is the only INT that comes from pressure directly in the face of Peterman that doesn't come from Mills side..

 

Now, these are the only plays I have video of.  Who knows how many more plays he may have whiffed at.  After watching this video, one could say Mills just had a really bad day.  But some can also say that, on some of those plays,  it looks like Mills was barely making an effort (if any), which makes you wonder.....was he really trying to send a message to the coaching staff for benching Taylor?

 

As for Peterman, he took a lot of heat for a performance that wasn't all his fault.  Not only does he get a bad wrap from Bills fans, but from around the league in general.  If Mills wanted to sabotage his start and make McDermott look stupid, he succeeded.    It also earned TT the start the following week.

 

Mission accomplished

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2018 by dezertbill

[Jamie Muellers Ghost]

Interesting. McGlinchey in play at 22 I wonder?

Edited March 27, 2018 by Jamie Muellers Ghost

[KDIGGZ]

He must have also been mad about Tyrod playing because he was a turnstile in the other 15 games as well

[#34fan]

Gotta admit...The O-line did look bad for Nate's series... Could also be that the D was motivated by the presence of a rookie...

[Lfod]

Mills should quit football and start a career as a welcome doormat. Get him off my team. Mills master plan didn't work out so well because now Tyrod is on the worst team in football and will be benched for another rookie. 

 

Anyway if what you say is true then the organization seems to be aware of it and Mills will be gone soon enough.

Edited March 27, 2018 by Lfod

[Billzgobowlin]

I have long held this belief that Mills while not a great player had much more to give that day but I think if that is what truly happened Mills would have been cut the next day.   If that's what happened that would show the character of Mills allowing for Peterman to get hurt.  I hate that the media jumped all over Peterman and McDermott when it was obvious his protection was flat out garbage, Peterman couldn't even take a 5 step drop before someone is in the backfield in his face.  However at that point Peterman should have taken sacks and not just lofted them up.

[Fadingpain]

Was there not video/audio circulated of Bosa on the sideline?  Like a "Mic'd Up" feature or whatever?

 

He was laughing on the sideline talking to a teammate, and he said something like "He didn't even try to block me."

 

I saw this here, at TBD.  I'm sure others remember this too.

 

 

[Steve Billieve]

I wonder if Betteridge's law of headlines can also be applied to threads?

(an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.")

Edited March 27, 2018 by Steve Billieve

[Doc Brown]

I doubt he'd risk losing his 1.95 million dollars he'd lose getting cut this off-season because he was mad about Taylor.  I just think he's a below average tackle who had a bad game. 

 

Having said that, get Deranged Rhino out of PPP for a full investigation.

[Norwood for Wall of Fame]

Then there's this:

https://www.thefootballfeed.com/nfl-news/he-literally-didn-t-block-me-chargers-bosa-mic-d-up-vs-bills

[KRT88]

I would think it this was the cases, the Bills brass would have found out and then cut Mills.  There's no way you'd keep paying a guy who showed that level of professionalism. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by KRT88

[Patrick Duffy]

2 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

Was there not video/audio circulated of Bosa on the sideline?  Like a "Mic'd Up" feature or whatever?

 

He was laughing on the sideline talking to a teammate, and he said something like "He didn't even try to block me."

 

I saw this here, at TBD.  I'm sure others remember this too.

 

 

Yes I remember that, I remember posting in the thread about how he should be ashamed of himself with the lack of effort. He was downright awful.

[smuvtalker]

1 hour ago, Fadingpain said:

Was there not video/audio circulated of Bosa on the sideline?  Like a "Mic'd Up" feature or whatever?

 

He was laughing on the sideline talking to a teammate, and he said something like "He didn't even try to block me."

 

I saw this here, at TBD.  I'm sure others remember this too.

 

 

I do remember seeing this.  And to be honest, I don't know what to make of it.

 

Mills DEFINITELY played like a turnstile that day.  In my heart of hearts I just don't believe that a professional football player would feel SO strongly about his teammates benching, that he would PURPOSEFULLY sabotage a fellow teammate, to the points of 1)endangering Peterman's life.  Nate took some vicious blows in that game and is damn lucky he didn't get seriously injured. 2)hurting your TEAM overall.  We were still in the hunt at the time, and letting personal feelings affect you to the point of helping the team LOSE is unforgivable. 

 

And it is those reasons I say Mills just flat out sucked that game.  If he did in fact purposely allow Bosa and Ingram free, unimpeded, unabated shots at Peterman, risking the rookie qb's life, and assisting us in getting an "L", he not only needs to be kicked off the team, he should be BANNED from ever playing in the NFL again.  

 

Mills is crap on a stick, but I want to believe he is a professional, and that he is able to put personal feelings aside, and put the team, and it's success first.  

 

With all that said, I really really hope we draft a RT early to get his ass out of here.  I know interior OL is more of a priority, but I really can't stomach another season of him at RT. (And Ducasse at RG.)

[billsredneck1]

2 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

Was there not video/audio circulated of Bosa on the sideline?  Like a "Mic'd Up" feature or whatever?

 

He was laughing on the sideline talking to a teammate, and he said something like "He didn't even try to block me."

 

I saw this here, at TBD.  I'm sure others remember this too.

 

 

i wouldn't doubt the op and i do remember this going around. i never wanted mills to start the season. if he is on this team this year it will amazingly be what.....5 or better years since this team has done anything with that position? other than henderson, i can't even remember who our last rt was?  pears?   ....and is juan still here? does dabol have authority over line coaches?.....guess that's another subject.

[QB Bills]

Or it's just that this line was so awful that teams never blitzed us and still got right to the qb. Luckily we had a guy who could mask these deficiencies with his mobility. You saw what happened when you had a pocket qb in there. 

 

I'll say it until the cows come home..you people don't know how good we had it with Tyrod. He did all that could be asked for and more with this porous line, awful coaching and JV receiver group. 

 

Next year is not going to be pretty. Be prepared. 

[/dev/null]

2 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

I doubt he'd risk losing his 1.95 million dollars he'd lose getting cut this off-season because he was mad about Taylor.  I just think he's a below average tackle who had a bad game. 

 

Having said that, get Deranged Rhino out of PPP for a full investigation.

 

Or maybe we could get PearlHoward to explain how Peterman was a plant to help Tyrod keep the starting job

[billsgpr88]

Does it also apply to comments on that thread? And what about responses to that thread?

[26CornerBlitz]

Peterman sabotaged Peterman's start because he melted under pressure and isn't an NFL caliber QB.  Next!

[billsgpr88]

Just now, billsgpr88 said:

Does it also apply to comments on that thread? And what about responses to that thread?

 

 

[ALF]

I still wish the Bills had signed Ricky Wagner RT when he  was a FA. I blame Castillo outside zone blocking more then the Taylor theory.