dave mcbride Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Yikes — these are extremely tough words about Pettine from LaFleur: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/01/25/mike-pettine-under-fire-after-bucs-touchdown-before-halftime/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dma0034 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 If Frazier goes to the Texans bring him back! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 minute ago, dave mcbride said: Yikes — these are extremely tough words about Pettine from LaFleur: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/01/25/mike-pettine-under-fire-after-bucs-touchdown-before-halftime/ I am certain the Bills will be scrutinizing all 120 plays in the game themselves. But I am grateful that McDermott isn't doing so in public. I don't think it helps the team. 11 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: Yikes — these are extremely tough words about Pettine from LaFleur: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/01/25/mike-pettine-under-fire-after-bucs-touchdown-before-halftime/ He should be, it was a terrible call, but... Not as bad as the HC kicking the FG or you know Rodgers running the ball into the end zone on the 3rd down play (I could have ran it in). Or the GM drafting Jordan Love in the first, AJ Dillon in the second = 2 picks who contributed nothing to this team, expect Love pissing their HOF QB off.... Plenty of blame to go around. Dumpster fire in GB 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Pettine has always been known as a go for broke DC, always susceptible to the big play. Brady knew this. Pettine probably took gambles in getting the 3 picks as well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, Reed83HOF said: He should be, it was a terrible call, but... Not as bad as the HC kicking the FG or you know Rodgers running the ball into the end zone on the 3rd down play (I could have ran it in). Or the GM drafting Jordan Love in the first, AJ Dillon in the second = 2 picks who contributed nothing to this team, expect Love pissing their HOF QB off.... Plenty of blame to go around. Dumpster fire in GB All true. But as I was watching that, I immediately thought that if anyone gets singled (which I thought would never happen), Brady would attack. So predictable. Basically you play coverage and concede the 45 yard FG attempt there. That was obvious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 minute ago, dave mcbride said: All true. But as I was watching that, I immediately thought that if anyone gets singled (which I thought would never happen), Brady would attack. So predictable. Basically you play coverage and concede the 45 yard FG attempt there. That was obvious. It was horrendous and to me that was the end of GB right there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Charles Romes said: Pettine has always been known as a go for broke DC, always susceptible to the big play. Brady knew this. Pettine probably took gambles in getting the 3 picks as well. The picks are slightly overrated. The one near the end zone was really bad, but the other two were effectively punts. Arians is a believer in Mike Martz, who always downplayed deep INTs thrown from your own end to the other end as risks worth making because the penalty for doing so was negligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_In_NH Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The td at the end of the half is hard to accept. There would be fire Petrine threads all over if that happened to the Bills. But I find it interesting the coach is so critical there when it was the offense that failed on a bunch of 4th quarter drives after the defense picked Brady off three times. Rodgers threw a bad pick that gave Brady that opportunity. And lefleur himself chose a fg when there was no guarantee to get the ball back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 9 minutes ago, Charles Romes said: Pettine has always been known as a go for broke DC, always susceptible to the big play. Brady knew this. Pettine probably took gambles in getting the 3 picks as well. I feel like I remember Pettine sending a delayed blitz on a Hail Mary when he was with us, and it was brilliant. Super effective—QB couldn’t get the pass off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: I feel like I remember Pettine sending a delayed blitz on a Hail Mary when he was with us, and it was brilliant. Super effective—QB couldn’t get the pass off. That works against an early-to-mid career Fitzpatrick, who was still basically a backup masquerading as a starter. Against Brady and a cast of elite receivers? No. Edited January 26, 2021 by dave mcbride 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said: He should be, it was a terrible call, but... Not as bad as the HC kicking the FG or you know Rodgers running the ball into the end zone on the 3rd down play (I could have ran it in). Or the GM drafting Jordan Love in the first, AJ Dillon in the second = 2 picks who contributed nothing to this team, expect Love pissing their HOF QB off.... Plenty of blame to go around. Dumpster fire in GB Dillon was injured for some games. He posted 5.3 YPC and was effective when he was in the game. He had a full 1 YPC more than Moss. GB lost because their OL could not block the Tampa DL. 100% agree I thought Rodgers should have run for the goal line on that 3rd down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Success Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Ethan in Portland said: Dillon was injured for some games. He posted 5.3 YPC and was effective when he was in the game. He had a full 1 YPC more than Moss. GB lost because their OL could not block the Tampa DL. 100% agree I thought Rodgers should have run for the goal line on that 3rd down I think Rodgers just missed it - one glance to the right there, and he would have seen that he could have coasted in, but he was too focused on the receivers. Tough day of "what if's" for GB. At least we didn't have that in our game. Not that I'm some kind of prognosticator, but I was definitely thinking on that TD before the half that the Packers should worry more about the hail mary than about trying to prevent a FG attempt. Probably my time as a Bills fan always thinking of worst case scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 And those ripping on Pettine for the first half TD pass( which was inexcusable), might want to remember White getting toasted on a double move by Baltimore WR with Buffalo protecting a two score lead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Ethan in Portland said: Dillon was injured for some games. He posted 5.3 YPC and was effective when he was in the game. He had a full 1 YPC more than Moss. GB lost because their OL could not block the Tampa DL. 100% agree I thought Rodgers should have run for the goal line on that 3rd down Still could have taken much better players that would have helped them this year. Dillion was not going to give them more than Jones this year (he had 16 TDs last year and 1k yards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, Success said: I think Rodgers just missed it - one glance to the right there, and he would have seen that he could have coasted in, but he was too focused on the receivers. Tough day of "what if's" for GB. At least we didn't have that in our game. Not that I'm some kind of prognosticator, but I was definitely thinking on that TD before the half that the Packers should worry more about the hail mary than about trying to prevent a FG attempt. Probably my time as a Bills fan always thinking of worst case scenario. They played two safeties deep down the middle which makes no sense. Tampa had not timeouts. All they had to do was defend the boundary. Anything caught in the middle of the field the clock would have expired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 37 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said: He should be, it was a terrible call, but... Not as bad as the HC kicking the FG or you know Rodgers running the ball into the end zone on the 3rd down play (I could have ran it in). Or the GM drafting Jordan Love in the first, AJ Dillon in the second = 2 picks who contributed nothing to this team, expect Love pissing their HOF QB off.... Plenty of blame to go around. Dumpster fire in GB Brady had some bad plays too I recall..... The TD before the half was terrible but it didn’t decide the game by itself.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnNord Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 43 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I am certain the Bills will be scrutinizing all 120 plays in the game themselves. But I am grateful that McDermott isn't doing so in public. I don't think it helps the team. This is weak as hell especially when LaFluer might have made an equally egregious call by kicking a FG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billieve420 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Seems like playing Kevin King who was coming back from injury was the real mistake. Dude looked horrible out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said: Still could have taken much better players that would have helped them this year. Dillion was not going to give them more than Jones this year (he had 16 TDs last year and 1k yards) I'm not going to defend taking Love in the first round. Look at how good their WR group was. All the uproar about not taking a WR was much ado about nothing. They have a top 4 WR maybe the best WR in football. Adding other pieces to the offense was fine. They made it to the NFC Championship. They lost their LT to a freak injury. Tampa has a very good defense. Move on to next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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