Gameday Bills vs Pats* Postgame Thread

[Livinginthepast]

So did all the open air stadium supporters enjoy the game tonight? It was liking watching grainy black and white footage of the NFL from 1950. The product from both teams was horrendous. Pointless to play modern NFL football in those conditions. The final product is a joke. 

[Mopreme]

Just now, nedboy7 said:

 

Im afraid we are that team that beats the Bucs then loses out.  

I can def see that happen or worse, need to win last game against Jets to get into playoffs and they blow it n

[BRH]

Anyone out here blaming Allen needs their head examined. 

 

period.  

[McBean]

1 minute ago, Mattymafia said:

Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott should be gone at the end of the season. These guys SUCK. It is insane that you have a CHEAT CODE quarterback and you dont get him any weapons. Get this idiots out of this place.

fixed for you.

[The Frankish Reich]

Hard lessons learned this season:

1. We have a great QB. We have an elite WR and a couple other very good skill position players on offense. We do not have a single keeper in the backfield or on the O line. Not. A. Single. One. I mean, they're o.k., some of them, but nobody you'd ever build around. 

2. We have (at least with White healthy) elite pass coverage. The secondary is fantastic against the pass. Our LBs can cover like few can. And we have no way to stop a power running team. No. Way. At. All. We are completely defenseless against those offenses. And so if we can't win in a shootout, we can't win.

In other words, a very talented team, but a very unbalanced team. 

[Barnaby Wilde]

Morse can't block my mother.  Any idiot can see he can't block marshmallows.  

[Nelius]

Just now, Solomon Grundy said:

He’s not gonna help stop the damn run!!

 

Oh it's two gigantic separate issues my friend, can't stop the run, but also can't run. Serious problems.

[Blank Stare]

Beane needs one more 4.6-4.7 40 running back this off season to complete the set.

Edited December 7, 2021 by TheProcess

[london_bills]

Just now, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Going for the 2 point conversion in hindsight was what they should've done. Would've made the game much different.

As soon as we play a solid physical opponent, mcd loses confidence in his offence but says he has full confidence in his offence

[Comebackkid]

4 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

He didn’t attack the ball. Waited for it to drop in his hands and wind moved it

how do you attack  the ball when your running full speed down 40yrds down the field?

 

Edited December 7, 2021 by Comebackkid

[Rick 'r Mortis]

1 minute ago, Process said:

@Hapless Bills Fan I like you but locking the Daboll thread makes zero sense. It's clearly something people want to discuss, a very specific topic but not specific to this game.  

 

But okay 

[Roundybout]

Just now, McBean said:

fixed for you.

 

You can't fire them after a season. You simply cannot. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, DapperCam said:

It doesn’t work as well when the other team gets a lead. Hopefully the weather won’t be so terrible and we can actually throw and play to our strengths.

They dodged about 10 plays that were there for us to make to be able to win the game that way…it’s hard to say if belichick really has no faith in mac in a game like that and his game plan was genius or there was a bit of luck involved. We caught them with their pants down quite a few times and just shot ourselves in the foot instead lol 

[BuffaloBillsGospel]

I see a bunch of people blaming coaches in this 1 but I'm putting this loss on the players, on offense dawson Knox had 3 dropped passes and a killer false start penalty, Stefon Diggs dropped TD, Tyler Bass missed a huge FG, Matt brieda fumbles that lead to the damien harris TD run and the horrid Bills defense that allowed run after run and lost to a offense that had 1 pass especially after getting blown out by the Colts they had to come in this 1 with a chip on their shoulders and they got smacked around.

[fan_in_tx]

20 minutes ago, CSBill said:

Had our chances, could not execute in the Red Zone, again. 

Could speed at the receiver helped here a bit?  Jet sweep maybe?  WR Screen?  Middle Screen?   Sit your fastest guys and this is what happens

 

[78thealltimegreat]

Well the bright side is 4 of the 5 losses where games the Bills had a chance to win in the 4th quarter

The dark side of that is without Allen this team is 3rd in their division 

[Governor]

Ya, the Edmunds experiment is over. He was just ripped to shreds 50 times.

 

Frazier should’ve never been hired in the first place because he’s known for this. He gots to go..

 

I can’t even blame Daboll.

 

Edmunds is the QB of the defense. Well, he looks like a QB when he tries to make a tackle.

 

This team needs a reboot. None of this is on Josh.

 

I guess at the end of the day it falls on McD and Beane. They hired these retread idiots.

 

What the hell were they thinking with Tremaine Edmunds? This kid has absolutely no ball skills, gets stood up on every single play, leaves WIDE open spaces where he’s supposed to be. 
 

My gut was right. He isn’t a football player.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2021 by Governor

[Lieutenant Aldo Raine]

Just now, 78thealltimegreat said:

Well the bright side is 4 of the 5 losses where games the Bills had a chance to win in the 4th quarter

The dark side of that is without Allen this team is 3rd in their division 

 

4th

[HappyDays]

8 minutes ago, PolishPrince said:

That throw to knox on third down at end of game after the escape. Amazing. The defender did get a hand on it but obviously I wished knox showed off the physicality and outmuscled it

 

I for one am sick of Allen making superhero plays that his teammates drop. It has been a problem since his rookie year. Knox has been better this year but he will never lose his inconsistent hands. Three years in this is the player he is. We should have traded for Ertz. He has been terrific for the Cardinals.

[Solomon Grundy]

I kept asking about Geno Atkins, but Beane thought it best to go with Vernon Butler. Wanted to go after Carlos Dunlap. Nope, stayed with Mario Addison. The curtain has been drawn on the wizard

[Cray51]

5 minutes ago, UKBillFan said:

We’re 7-5 despite one of the easiest schedules possible.

The Bills have lost 4 of their 5 games by one score or less.

 

You can callout bad plays here or there, but this team is inches away from 11-1 in all honesty.

 

titans game comes down to the end

jags game down to the end

pats game down to the end

pitt game to the end

 

i said 13-4 to start the year, it’s looking more like 11-6.  We have had one bad loss.  In my opinion we are just as good as we were last year.  We just aren’t getting bounces our way.

 

but the fire

mcd and cut Knox callouts are so dumb it’s comical

[stevestojan]

Everything else aside, if our receivers catch even half the dropped passes, we win. There are big issues with this team, but Josh is a winner in spite of the play calling and he threw some beautiful passes that were just dropped. Coach McD might want to say the word execution less and do something about it in practice. 

[ndirish1978]

2 minutes ago, BananaB said:

Back to Bills letting us down. The confidence we had heading into the season is long gone

 

Unfortunately this is pretty much how I feel. I was silently pretty confident we were going to lose this game before it even started. Not because I thought the Pats are worldbeaters, but because we are weak on both lines and somehow the Offense has lost its clutch gene.  

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

19 minutes ago, mannc said:

It’s a finesse, try-to-trick-em offense…doesn’t work in the red zone.

We got forced into getting into the red zone twice against the wind…it’s hardly a try to trick em offense lol 

[Mrbojanglezs]

7 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said:

Reminder to avoid all national media tomorrow, that’s a PSA kids. 

 

Avoid it all together forever

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

2 minutes ago, BRH said:

Anyone out here blaming Allen needs their head examined. 

 

period.  

He's the only reason we had a chance period.

[HomeTeam]

8 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:

I was talking to friends while watching the game and the one thing they commented on was how Allen almost never has time to throw.  The stats that claim he has so many seconds are complete analytics BS.  They simply reflect Allen's ability to extend plays.

 

 

Allen most definitely masks a lot of issues with this offensive line. I'd say that that both guards and center can be upgraded.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I said this in the GDT. Why was Griese going on and on about that pats safety who made that last play? It seemed like josh threw it to the wrong spot there— I don’t know what he was seeing (was he going to sanders? Or did he think Beasley was sort of cutting back?). In any event, i am not sure that safety does anything except stand there. 

[MPT]

2 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said:

If this game isn't a plea for a dome, I don't know what is. All this "teams should be afraid to come in and play us in the snow" is pretty worthless because we suck worse in the snow. We can't run the ball and we can't stop the run. 

 

How does a dome help us stop the run?

[Mopreme]

Just now, HappyDays said:

 

I for one am sick of Allen making superhero plays that his teammates drop. It has been a problem since his rookie year. Knox has been better this year but he will never lose his inconsistent hands. Three years in this is the player he is. We should have traded for Ertz. He has been terrific for the Cardinals.

That requires a smart GM which Bills

don’t have. 

[Barnaby Wilde]

Why are people hitting on Diggs?  Knox killed in the team in first quarter.  Fk Knox.  Just get rid of him and bring anybody who can ***** catch a ***** football right in the hands. ***** him.

Edited December 7, 2021 by AbsoluteMeatHead

[Roundybout]

Just now, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I said this in the GDT. Why was Griese going on and on about that pats safety who made that last play? It seemed like josh threw it to the wrong spot there— I don’t know what he was seeing (was he going to sanders? Or did he think Beasley was sort of cutting back?). In any event, i am not sure that safety does anything except stand there. 

 

Looked like he was trying to thread it between the defenders since he did have Davis. 

[FireChans]

Just now, Cray51 said:

The Bills have lost 4 of their 5 games by one score or less.

 

You can callout bad plays here or there, but this team is inches away from 11-1 in all honesty.

 

titans game comes down to the end

jags game down to the end

pats game down to the end

pitt game to the end

 

i said 13-4 to start the year, it’s looking more like 11-6.  We have had one bad loss.  In my opinion we are just as good as we were last year.  We just aren’t getting bounces our way.

 

but the fire

mcd and cut Knox callouts are so dumb it’s comical

GOOD TEAMS WIN CLOSE GAMES. WE ARE NOT GOOD. PERIOD.

[dave mcbride]

2 minutes ago, Cray51 said:

The Bills have lost 4 of their 5 games by one score or less.

 

You can callout bad plays here or there, but this team is inches away from 11-1 in all honesty.

 

titans game comes down to the end

jags game down to the end

pats game down to the end

pitt game to the end

 

i said 13-4 to start the year, it’s looking more like 11-6.  We have had one bad loss.  In my opinion we are just as good as we were last year.  We just aren’t getting bounces our way.

 

but the fire

mcd and cut Knox callouts are so dumb it’s comical

The pitt game didn’t come down to the end. They scored in garbage time to make it a one-score game, but the game was effectively over.

Edited December 7, 2021 by dave mcbride

[Xwnyer]

Maybe Leslie and Shaun would coach the LB and DB to not rush into the line pre snap and actually read and react.  They got killed overplaying all night long and the OC needs to be fired immediately.  First and 10 on 15 need to get a first down and you call a run up middle that has not worked all day. Same on othe first and goal from 7.  Throwing red flag to challenge placement was plain stupid 

[Solomon Grundy]

2 minutes ago, london_bills said:

But I have a hard time criticizing diggs really, catches virtually everything 

It’s okay to criticize constructively

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

Just now, Cray51 said:

The Bills have lost 4 of their 5 games by one score or less.

 

You can callout bad plays here or there, but this team is inches away from 11-1 in all honesty.

 

titans game comes down to the end

jags game down to the end

pats game down to the end

pitt game to the end

 

i said 13-4 to start the year, it’s looking more like 11-6.  We have had one bad loss.  In my opinion we are just as good as we were last year.  We just aren’t getting bounces our way.

 

but the fire

mcd and cut Knox callouts are so dumb it’s comical

At some point you’ve gotta start winning some close games though…they’ve got the potential to play like a great team but we are definitely not there at the moment and it’s a bit disappointing to say the least 

[Mattymafia]

2 minutes ago, McBean said:

fixed for you.

No, I like those two. Daboll is an idiot. leaving Mckenzie and Stevenson out of the game and getting rid of jet sweeps, not calling a single qb designed run. The guy is an F*ing BOZO.

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

I see a bunch of people blaming coaches in this 1 but I'm putting this loss on the players, on offense dawson Knox had 3 dropped passes and a killer false start penalty, Stefon Diggs dropped TD, Tyler Bass missed a huge FG, Matt brieda fumbles that lead to the damien harris TD run and the horrid Bills defense that allowed run after run and lost to a offense that had 1 pass especially after getting blown out by the Colts they had to come in this 1 with a chip on their shoulders and they got smacked around.

Not the first to say it here, but really: Belichick didn't even consider attempting a FG into the wind. They threw Bass out there only because the offense went backwards so that going for it on 4th down wasn't an option. Bass deserves no blame whatsoever.

[Cray51]

Just now, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I said this in the GDT. Why was Griese going on and on about that pats safety who made that last play? It seemed like josh threw it to the wrong spot there— I don’t know what he was seeing (was he going to sanders? Or did he think Beasley was sort of cutting back?). In any event, i am not sure that safety does anything except stand there. 

I thought the wind took the ball and pushed it down and left