Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Someone up thread said JA May have been concussed on the Watt sack. That may explain why he looked so dazed late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, BillsFanSD said: Yep. This team has an excellent core of players that we can build around. Last year's OL was terrible. It was never going to be completely fixed in a single year. It still needs work, but we'll get there. We need another WR. We've known that since early in the season. Duke isn't the answer. Again, we'll get there. Our QB made some outstanding plays to build a lead, get us to OT, and put us in a position to win. He's got room to grow. This loss sucks, but there's a lot to look forward to. not if Daboll os back. ONE Td against the worst D in the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) Does this remind any old timers of the 1989 season? Bills team on the rise losing a close game to Cleveland. Next season looks to be a brighter one. Edited January 5, 2020 by Nitro 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRA3196 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 team choked in the 4th qtr. I don't think the defense gave up a 13pt lead all season. Young team trying to do too much at times. I like how aggressive the team played early, they played fearless. Once the team got the lead, they played scared. Was a fun entertaining season. Lots of things to clean up in the offseason. We will see what the 20/21 season has in store for the Bills. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopreme Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just now, Big Blitz said: Every single one of my DC buddies down here said the following: Allen is going to be good. Just needs to not be dumb with the sacks. Your oline is awful. You don't have a WR anyone worries about. How much money did they spend in the off season on that awful OL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I hope history repeats what happened in 1999.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven233 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Not blaming the refs by any means as we had every chance to win that game, but that phantom blindside block call may have cost us that win and that hurts. Just a brutal call. Throw that on top of an obvious missed delay of game call on Houston in a key moment and it's just rubbing salt in the wound. But man, it's extremely frustrating to waste so many opportunities. Should have never come down to that. Tons of money/cap space and draft picks to get some more talent on offense and to fill a couple holes on defense, but next year just seems so far away. Reload and come back stronger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Reich Thing Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, dakrider said: That play didn't hurt the Bills at all. Critique something worth being critical about. Once again, it was ONE example. That play is absolutely worth being critical about because it shows where our QB is at mentally in big playoff moments. I don’t feel like making a list of everything because I’m as frustrated as everyone else that the Bills lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Big Blitz said: Every single one of my DC buddies down here said the following: Allen is going to be good. Just needs to not be dumb with the sacks. Your oline is awful. You don't have a WR anyone worries about. Oh and your play calling was bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: What is that. Mock draft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, John in Jax said: Four 5-yard penalties for Hou. So Hou o-line did not hold at all, all game...zero holding? Don't think I've ever seen a team have zero holding calls on the o-line for a whole game (+ OT too). Four five yard penalties, two of which they took intentionally to make room to punt. The commentators made it extremely clear that the NFL was going to do their best to give this game to Watt and Watson. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Lurker said: I hope history repeats what happened in 1999.... 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just now, WideNine said: Our Bills defense needs to stop folding in the 2nd half of games. Good defenses close games out; They do not allow back to back scores and 2 point conversions. Missed tackles really have been a problem all year, needs to be a focus. That soft zone on 3rd and 18 was a huge mistake - did not like the call or the execution. Not sold on Badork as our punter... and today did nothing to make me feel like we have the right guy. Daboll did not call the best 2nd half, and the o-line needs some better pass protectors as 3 and 4 man rushes should not have been coming through our line like a hot knife thru butter. Definitely need an upgrade at RT as the Texans attacked that position with rushers setting up wide all game long. They got better on the left side defending that wide nine rusher, but even inside they were giving up pressure. How do you call a timeout, and then put in a downfield pass play that leaves Watt unblocked when in OT????? Sheer freaking genius. Allen choked a bit and the game got a bit big for him...just calling it as I saw it. That is where a smart OC gets the RB who is eating the Texan's lunch involved and does things to calm his QB down and lets him get into a rhythm. Instead he goes empty sets and puts more responsibility and pressure on his young QB and calls a bunch of QB designed runs when we know Allen can get hurt or put the ball on the turf. I don't get it. I like Allen using his legs on broken plays, or designed roll outs with receiving options, but have never been a fan of him plowing into defenders on stretch running plays or off tackle. Smoke seemed a bit off this game and I am not sure why - signaling for a flag as the ball is popped up and was still in play in the end zone. Not being aware of where the sideline was on the other deep route where normally he is really aware and would toe-tap that. White also played a bit uncharacteristically soft against Hopkins. I think he was so concerned about giving up the big play that he was giving him a bit too much cushion in the 2nd half. Give White some slack as he was in man to man quite a bit and he did not want to give up the big play. Agree with your take on the Allen called runs. Everyone agrees we didn’t do well blocking on thd QB sweep in OT. However, our called QB runs have not worked well all season. Blocking has been a consistent issue with those plays, and Allen has been much better scrambling. It’s on Daboll to realize that called Allen runs aren’t our bread and butter, so why call them in OT of a playoff game? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rocky Landing said: This is a terrible thing to say regarding a great player, but sometimes when they hand the ball off to Gore, I wonder if Daboll is on the take. That handoff end of first half was all time stupid. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyBillsFan Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Mshaw said: whole country now sees Allen as a joke of a QB... sad to see. next year is his last year to prove it or we need to move on, at least bring competition What utter BS. They saw an up & coming young talent who can make some amazing plays but still has things he must work on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhg Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 This to me has the feeling of the playoff loss to the Browns in 89. Hurts a lot, but future is bright. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Nitro said: Does this remind any old timers of the 1989 season? Bills team on the rise losing a close game to Cleveland. Next season looks to be a brighter one. Who is the current Don Shula that will announce the road to the SB will go through Buffalo next year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronthebaron Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 A lot of over-reactions here, which I totally get because this was painful. A lot of Allen blaming, but it looked like on a lot of the “bad” throws, receivers weren’t getting open. We need guys that can shake coverage when Allen is moving. Stills and Hopkins do that well for Hou. Offensive line looked bad at times. Remember, this is the first season this whole group has been together. The talent is there, just need more time together. we need a TE that can attack the zone. I hope Knox can be that—like a Shockey type—but we may not know that until next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice_32 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Allen threw 46 times. Singletary ran 13 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 29 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Cody Ford is straight trash He was never a RT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, Thrivefourfive said: I question Allen’s mental capacity. Our boy may be “situationally ######ed”. that pitch-back to nobody at the end of the nice run late in the 4th was... something else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, sven233 said: Not blaming the refs by any means as we had every chance to win that game, but that phantom blindside block call may have cost us that win and that hurts. Just a brutal call. Throw that on top of an obvious missed delay of game call on Houston in a key moment and it's just rubbing salt in the wound. But man, it's extremely frustrating to waste so many opportunities. Should have never come down to that. Tons of money/cap space and draft picks to get some more talent on offense and to fill a couple holes on defense, but next year just seems so far away. Reload and come back stronger Haha not blaming the refs by any means but here are two things they did in immediate succession that completely changed the outcome of the game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 26 minutes ago, Binghamton Beast said: Bottom line.....we could only score 19 on one of the worst defenses in football. Not only that but In 5 quarters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhill Mike Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just now, Juice_32 said: Allen threw 46 times. Singletary ran 13 times. That's just crazy... AND the Bills led most of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mopreme said: How much money did they spend in the off season on that awful OL? I'm pretty sure they were looking at without knowing much Ford Feliciano and Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McClappy Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, DRA3196 said: team choked in the 4th qtr. I don't think the defense gave up a 13pt lead all season. Young team trying to do too much at times. I like how aggressive the team played early, they played fearless. Once the team got the lead, they played scared. Was a fun entertaining season. Lots of things to clean up in the offseason. We will see what the 20/21 season has in store for the Bills. Playoffs though are different. You typically can't kick 4 FG's and expect to win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine-iac Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I'll be honest I was afraid of taking a lead early. Most games we hung around and grinded and then crept away in the second half. I'm not sure this team knew how to play with a decent lead so early in a game. Again with that said we had numerous chances throughout the 4th quarter and overtime to win this game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: gore killed two potential TD drives. Good thing is we’ve seen the last of him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, SirAndrew said: Agree with your take on the Allen called runs. Everyone agrees we didn’t do well blocking on thd QB sweep in OT. However, our called QB runs have not worked well all season. Blocking has been a consistent issue with those plays, and Allen has been much better scrambling. It’s on Daboll to realize that called Allen runs aren’t our bread and butter, so why call them in OT of a playoff game? 42 yards on the first play of the game and one block springs him for another huge gain? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Let’s be clear, dumb football lost this game. Cody Ford dumb block, LBs dropping back 30 yds on 3rd and 18. Not wrapping up when tackling, Offside penalties. All dumb !@?) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Jax Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said: They pitched a shut out the first half? If Daboll didn't go conservative it should've been 24-0 instead of 16-0. The D could've pinned their ears back and teed off on Watson. 16 points is nothing in the NFL. You're on the road with a 16 point lead and you go conservative? Totally on McD and Daboll. Yep, I agree 100%. But others here are blaming the defense and giving a pass to Da-bum & McDummy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Ammendment NoMas Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 26 minutes ago, Another Fan said: I’m actually more upset of the clear delay of game on 3rd and 18 then the actual loss I'm shell shocked why there is no review. In the NBA, you look at the replay and make the call. Why we get no challenge, no review is unacceptable. This rule needs to change. The game should be stopped and the play blown dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, SirAndrew said: There was much more wrong with this team today than just Allen. I’m not convinced many QB’s would have won facing those conditions today. However, Allen made some of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen a pro QB make today. I found that very concerning. At the same time we’re watching Watson breaking tackles, making something out of nothing to win the game. Our guy is taking terrible sacks, and trying to toss laterals while being tackled. You realize he was sacked three times to Watson's seven? Those sacks on Allen were jail breaks. Daboll and the line coach did not make adjustments to the Houston second half scheme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just now, CaptnCoke11 said: Good thing is we’ve seen the last of him. No. Gore didn't. The coaches that refused to dress Yeldon to give some different looks back there or if you're putting Gore in to spell Devin, then throw it on first down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Soul crushing Bills loss as usual. No excusing this. Bonehead play calls, crazy stupid sacks, ridiculous 3rd down D. Just pathetic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 9 Isles Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Outside of the constant ball washing Brady gets from the newtworks I'm hard pressed to remember a broadcast rooting harder for a player than ESPN did today for JJ Watt. It was disgusting. I had to turn off the sound halfway through the 2nd half. Refs knew Watt is the NFL'S golden boy on D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Aaronthebaron said: A lot of over-reactions here, which I totally get because this was painful. A lot of Allen blaming, but it looked like on a lot of the “bad” throws, receivers weren’t getting open. We need guys that can shake coverage when Allen is moving. Stills and Hopkins do that well for Hou. Offensive line looked bad at times. Remember, this is the first season this whole group has been together. The talent is there, just need more time together. we need a TE that can attack the zone. I hope Knox can be that—like a Shockey type—but we may not know that until next year. Yes it was 10x more painful then that 10-3 Jags game. We had this game won. We were dominating them and right on schedule our coaches decided to go ultra conservative again. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshAllin Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I dont know the stats but heard singletary was close to 100YRDS, and they didnt use him in overtime is laughable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Gun Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) up 16-0 half way through the 3rd and the coaches call off the dogs and go into safe mode and lost, that is 1000000% on the coaches and someone needs to be held accountable. They had this game won for fun and the coaching lost it! Edited January 5, 2020 by pop gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Just now, BillsRdue said: I'm shell shocked why there is no review. In the NBA, you look at the replay and make the call. Why we get no challenge, no review is unacceptable. This rule needs to change. The game should be stopped and the play blown dead. Face it the NFL officiating is on par with the NHL as far as being horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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