Gameday Bills vs Pats* Postgame Thread

[CincyBillsFan]

I have officially joined the Bean/McD skeptic crowd.  Sure they have lifted Buffalo from being a total disaster into a competitive team but their miscues going into this season have been noticeable.

 

Tonight we lost because our team is not built to win in Buffalo or to compete with the Pats.  And whose fault is that?  Bill's management.  During the off season we signed a clever vet WR who ran good routes while ignoring the O-line, TE and RB.  We threw all our resources and draft capital at fixing the D-line and look what we got, a line that could not stop the run when we knew they were going to run.

 

IMO Allen, who is even better then we think, has hid a host of problems on the offense and in the coordinator's room.  I'm still hoping this team can claw it's way into the playoffs for continuity's sake. 

 

 

 

 

[Since1981]

They unleashed Josh too late. 

[Trogdor]

2 minutes ago, Nostradumbass said:

He had a lineman barreling down on him, you think its easy to read and throw under those conditions?

Hate to be that guy, but that is literally what he gets paid to do. 

[stevewin]

Couldn't stop Mac Jones

[Matt_In_NH]

Just now, The Frankish Reich said:

That happens with 10 men in the box. You break through that first layer and you're gone. 

The question is why we needed 10 in the box to stop the run, and why 10 in the box didn't even get that done.

Pathetic DL and interior linebacking play, and a ridiculous stubbornness on the part of Frazier not to change his personnel on the field in response to what the Pats were doing (running 100% of the time) or not doing (passing, ever, when going against the wind)

Should not have happened and put them at a disadvantage the rest of the way

[CodeMonkey]

Just now, Big Turk said:

We were the better team, we were able to throw the ball effectively and we just couldn't get out of our damn way again...dropped passes, stupid penalties in

 

Come on, no they were not.

[Nextmanup]

Game reminds me of the Jacksonville loss in that this was an extremely winnable game.

 

We had all day to make a few plays, put it in the end zone, and go ahead on the scoreboard.

Just couldn't do it.

 

Coaching, execution, play calling strategy, and the wind all played major roles.

 

 

[VaMilBill]

Just now, TwistofFate said:

Offensive line is the weakest link.  That can't open holes in the run game, can't handle pressure, and really can't out bully anyone.  The greatest offensive flaw is having zero run game to speak of.

 

We just lost to a team that threw 3 passes all game....let that sink in.

When you’re o line is small you run a lot of traps, counters and zone. Anthony Lynn was great at scheming that up. 
 

Daboll is terrible at it and has forced us to be one dimensional 

[WMDman]

welp there goes the playoffs

[Artem Lipatov]

We lost to absolutely one dimensional team ((

[PastaJoe]

If only they had a dome stadium. 🤔

[Roundybout]

Josh Allen is so goddamn good. He won us that game. 

[Motorin']

1 minute ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

Definitely a bad read. 

And Diggs was wide open on the previous play for a 1st down.

 

 

[Billznut]

1 minute ago, TwistofFate said:

Offensive line is the weakest link.  They can't open holes in the run game, can't handle pressure, and really can't out bully anyone.  The greatest offensive flaw is having zero run game to speak of.

 

We just lost to a team that threw 3 passes all game....let that sink in.

Nobody seems to want to focus on that 

[Juice_32]

Imagine Josh Allen with a running game.

[Dopey]

Close game by two good teams. If I'm playing the blame game, it's certainly not Daboll. We should have scored at least 10 more points. Diggs drops a difficult pass for a TD, but it was there. Knox?!? And that missed FG attempt was fine. It was manageable and if it goes in, we only need a FG to win it. 

This is on the players not executing when the opportunity presented itself. Coaches put them in position to win. 

 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

I read comments but rarely post, but I just had to post after this game.  
 

Buffalo must get a good RB, actually 2 good RBs.  Moss had an easy walk in TD if he had any vision to cut to the right.

 

Josh Allen played a great game, especially in these conditions and he just didn’t get enough help. Way too many dropped passes. With the conditions tonight, it’s amazing that drops were an even bigger problem than the wind blowing the ball around.  

 

Edmonds isn’t a first round level LB. I wouldn’t re sign him. Belichick won with 3 pass attempts…sad. 
 

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

1 minute ago, Beast said:

Josh Allen showed he could throw the ball tonight but our running game was so ***** outstanding we chose to try to will ourselves to a win  the game with it.

Every person on this board knows that. How does the coaching staff not know that?????

[Solomon Grundy]

I’m sick right now. Sick of this screwy defensive scheme that can’t stop a bloody nose. Sick of these “playmakers” that lets QB down. Sick of unavailable players. I’m storing my faith away until next season 

[OZBILLS]

Starts at the top. We're weak. Everywhere

 

But eh, culture guys.

[MarkyMannn]

3 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

We gotta get better …  It starts with me 

Good one! No need to listen to post game now

[MAJBobby]

I am officially ready to say goodbye to Brian Daboll. 
 

you Drafted a Big Armed Big Hand QB for these games. Not to mention one with athletic running ability. 
 

And refused to run him or let him use that arm. Time to move on from you Brian. 

Edited December 7, 2021 by MAJBobby

[cale]

This franchise sticks its head in the sand. A 10 year old could see how we can't run and can't stop the run. But we were down to hoping and praying. We *might* make the playoffs. It will be a short run.

[Cheektowaga Chad]

Just now, Sharky7337 said:

I just can't wait to hear WGR tell me how you don't need to run the ball.

I mean you need to overall

 

But we played like we had mac jones at qb rather than a quarter of billion dollar qb until we had to in the 4th q 

[BillsSbSoon]

Nobody made a 50/50 play when it mattered. Thats the difference. This is one of the worst losses of all time. Maybe weve gone as far as we could with sean, so embarassed. 

[TwistofFate]

1 minute ago, CodeMonkey said:

Out coached, but not exactly a surprise.

Out executed.  With all of the missed opportunities tonight, we legit left 17 points out there.

[Nitro]

2 minutes ago, TheProcess said:

Never ever does he move the pocket by design for Allen. No creativity whatsoever. Better coached team won tonight. From a coaching perspective it wasn’t even close. 

Chess vs checkers.   

[Matt_In_NH]

4 minutes ago, Nostradumbass said:

missed 33 yard field goal and a brutal fumble were the game

 

calling out the coaching is wrong

Missed fg is hard to put on the kicker in these conditions in that end. 

[The Frankish Reich]

3 minutes ago, MarkyMannn said:

PAT after our TD was a big mistake. 

Yep. On a night where the FG was basically out of the question when going against the wind, it was hard to see how that PAT, even if you didn't get it, would impact the game. Meanwhile you need to get that 8th point to keep things even.

 

[Pabstblueribbon]

Buffalo is light in the pants. That's all there is to say, sadly. Just don't have the horses in the trenches. 

[Blank Stare]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

I'm honestly really pissed off today because there is ZERO reason to have lost that game. ZERO.

 

We were the better team, we were able to throw the ball effectively and we just couldn't get out of our damn way again...dropped passes, stupid penalties in clutch situations, dropped TDs, dumb play by Allen tripping over his own player who of course gets shoved into him...

 

Just frustrating as hell to watch us lose this way... inexcusable.

Same story all year. Shooting ourselves in the foot in close games. 

[CodeMonkey]

2 minutes ago, Artem Lipatov said:

We lost to absolutely one dimensional team ((

They are one dimensional when it makes sense, like tonight.  Jones threw twice. Just out coached.

Edited December 7, 2021 by CodeMonkey

[Solomon Grundy]

1 minute ago, CincyBillsFan said:

I have officially joined the Bean/McD skeptic crowd.  Sure they have lifted Buffalo from being a total disaster into a competitive team but their miscues going into this season have been noticeable.

 

Tonight we lost because our team is not built to win in Buffalo or to compete with the Pats.  And whose fault is that?  Bill's management.  During the off season we signed a clever vet WR who ran good routes while ignoring the O-line, TE and RB.  We threw all our resources and draft capital at fixing the D-line and look what we got, a line that could not stop the run when we knew they were going to run.

 

IMO Allen, who is even better then we think, has hid a host of problems on the offense and in the coordinator's room.  I'm still hoping this team can claw it's way into the playoffs for continuity's sake. 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I question the FG attempt 

[Roundybout]

Just now, MAJBobby said:

I am officially ready to say goodbye to Brian Daboll. 

 

Now!?!?

[Motorin']

Just now, WMDman said:

welp there goes the playoffs

 

Have you looked at the schedules of all the other AFC playoff teams and seen how many times they all play each other? 

[Igotbills]

In a game like this you can’t give up a 60 td run. 
 

[HomeTeam]

Say what you want, but nothing the patriots did impressed me tonight. Such a winnable game.

 

My only hope is that we can make the playoffs and go on a run. The AFC is wide open this year.

 

This team does have some issues in the interior lines. Hopefully those can get addressed in the off season.  One thing that I seek solace in is that we have Josh Allen.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

What is preventing the patriots from basically just running this exact same gameplan against us in 3 weeks? We had 11 guys trying to stop the run, but couldn’t. If you were BB, wouldn’t you just do the same thing? 

[UKBillFan]

Is anyone surprised? Really? The Jags and Colts games should have been enough to say we’re nowhere near good enough. If we’re lucky we go 10-7; don’t know if that will be enough for the Play Offs and, if it isn’t, maybe it’ll be a wake up call the franchise needs.

[HappyDays]

3 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

We are going to continue having redzone problems without any threat of a run game. There is absolutely zero holes to run through.

 

On Moss's run at the 6 I think Breida or Singletary could have scored. Daboll does not understand his personnel. He is like many coaches that just calls "his plays" regardless.