If we must criticize, how 'bout Cam Lewis gets his share?

[Beck Water]

OMFG, that roughing penalty.  Bills D gets a stop, but Fins pin us at the 2.  We get punting room, but not more. 

D gets another stop, this time preventing a FG on a drive that practically started in FG range.  They were fierce.  I was proud.

 

Dolphins punt.  Then Cam Lewis Enters the Chat.  I don't think I've seen a more clearly idiotic play in the last two seasons.

 

Prove me wrong.

 

Edit:  OK, I have been proven wrong, by an unexpected source.  It is not longer even the most idiotic play I've seen THIS season.

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by Beck Water

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

Yeah that was awful, like you’re off the team awful.  He also tried too hard to intercept that Jefferson catch on 4th and 18 instead of knocking it away in my opinion.

[Freddie's Dead]

1 minute ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Yeah that was awful, like you’re off the team awful.  He also tried too hard to intercept that Jefferson catch on 4th and 18 instead of knocking it away in my opinion.

 

This^^^^.  Activate Ike and cut Cam Lewis to make room.

Edited December 18, 2022 by Freddie's Dead

[Bermuda Triangle]

He should not be on the roster next weekend.  

 

Just mind numbingly dumb situational football IQ, in two crucial situations.

[What a Tuel]

1 minute ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Yeah that was awful, like you’re off the team awful.  He also tried too hard to intercept that Jefferson catch on 4th and 18 instead of knocking it away in my opinion.

 

Not to pile on the guy, but pretty sure he lost containment on the long Dalvin Cook TD too.

[BuffaloDave55]

Cut him...today!

[BillsFooteball]

I never feel like a game comes down to just one play. But if bills lost last night then a strong case could be made that Cam Lewis single-handedly cost the bills 2 wins 

[ColoradoBills]

Cam is an undersized utility DB.  The punt play was horrible but even without that he needs to be giving up his

roster spot on the 53 to either Ike or Beasley.

[SageAgainstTheMachine]

3 minutes ago, What a Tuel said:

 

Not to pile on the guy, but pretty sure he lost containment on the long Dalvin Cook TD too.

 

Which is more what you expect from a backup to a backup.  Bad plays don't concern me as much as selfish ones.

[BillsFanSD]

Jimmy Johnson would have cut this guy before leaving the stadium last night.  That one penalty reduced our win percentage by nearly 15%!  

 

There are guys on the street who can knock the ball down on 4th and forever and refrain from roughing the kicker.

[BillsFooteball]

Also can someone who knows more advise what is Hamlin’s strength. I understand not going to replace all pro Hyde. Yet multiple times a game (I know he forced fumble last week) I say to myself if Hyde was there then that doesn’t happen. To me either would have speed or excellent tackling. What I see is slow, poor in coverage, poor tackling. Or is that he’s a good tackler but consistently takes poor angles 

Edited December 18, 2022 by BillsFooteball

[Solomon Grundy]

It seems to me that he wants to be the "hero". That play in the Vikings game and last night's play screamed of an attention/hero type of mentality. Like he needed to make a play for his team to win. He needs to know he not Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs or Von Miller. He's a role player who might've played his arse of the team

[Dave_Bills]

2 minutes ago, BillsFooteball said:

Also can someone who knows more advise what is Hamlin’s strength. I understand not going to replace all pro Hyde. Yet multiple times a game (I know he forced fumble last week) I say to myself if Hyde was there then that doesn’t happen. To me either would have speed or excellent tackling. What I see is slow, poor in coverage, poor tackling. Or is that he’s a good tackler but consistently takes poor angles 

I see all the same things as you do. Unfortunately we just don’t have any better options…those angles he takes my god

[Solomon Grundy]

7 minutes ago, BuffaloDave55 said:

Cut him...today!

I feel like he's gonna do something stupid in the playoffs to make us lose a la Daryl Porter

4 minutes ago, BillsFooteball said:

Also can someone who knows more advise what is Hamlin’s strength. I understand not going to replace all pro Hyde. Yet multiple times a game (I know he forced fumble last week) I say to myself if Hyde was there then that doesn’t happen. To me either would have speed or excellent tackling. What I see is slow, poor in coverage, poor tackling. Or is that he’s a good tackler but consistently takes poor angles 

Why did we acquire Dean Marlowe? 

[ColoradoBills]

3 minutes ago, BillsFooteball said:

Also can someone who knows more advice what is Hamlin’s strength. I understand not going to replace all pro Hyde. Yet multiple times a game (I know he forced fumble last week) I say to myself if Hyde was there then that doesn’t happen. To me either would have speed or excellent tackling. What I see is slow, poor in coverage, poor tackling. Or is that he’s a good tackler but consistently takes poor angles 

 

He hardly played on D last season and was thrown in to start this season.  He is no Micah Hyde but still can improve.

S/FS position he is covering is a critical position in Frazier's D.  He will be fighting for a starter job for 2024.

[VaMilBill]

6 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

It seems to me that he wants to be the "hero". That play in the Vikings game and last night's play screamed of an attention/hero type of mentality. Like he needed to make a play for his team to win. He needs to know he not Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs or Von Miller. He's a role player who might've played his arse of the team

Totally agree. Especially in 4th and 18. But it’s not just him, it’s all over the league. You see players routinely intercept 4th down passes. Only time that should be done is if the other team is in the red zone and you pick it in the end zone

Edited December 18, 2022 by VaMilBill

[TheyCallMeAndy]

I rooted for him due to the UB connection, but a dumb on-field decision nearly single handedly cost us another game. IMO he blew the Vikings game by going for an INT rather than a knockdown, allowing Jefferson to catch it.

[Bad Things]

One of the biggest bone-headed plays I've ever seen.  No excuse for that.

[TheyCallMeAndy]

What we do at safety will be very interesting this summer. Age has caught up to Poyer and Hyde in the form of injuries, Hamlin isn’t a starter. Johnson and Lewis look like practice squad players. 
 

Lots want to see Benford move, I actually want to see it be Taron Johnson who’s a very good NC but I still think is an elite Safety and Benford take the slot. 
 

Draft a Safety in the 2nd or 3rd round as well. 

[Nephilim17]

That single play could have cost us the number seed — not saying we have that wrapped up but it's possible — and that single play could have lost us the game last night.

 

He makes McKenzie look like Stephen Hawking.

[Solomon Grundy]

22 minutes ago, BillsFooteball said:

Also can someone who knows more advise what is Hamlin’s strength. I understand not going to replace all pro Hyde. Yet multiple times a game (I know he forced fumble last week) I say to myself if Hyde was there then that doesn’t happen. To me either would have speed or excellent tackling. What I see is slow, poor in coverage, poor tackling. Or is that he’s a good tackler but consistently takes poor angles 

He definitely flunked geometry in school!! 😎

[KDIGGZ]

Can Lewis should not be on the field in any circumstances. What happened to Dean Marlowe? Why did we trade for him if he's not going to play?

[pigpen65]

Yeah this guy seriously needs to be gone. How the *****, in such limited action, does one single player cost the team one home game and almost cost them a second? It's crazy how bad his decision making is. After the first time I thought maybe he's on the take. After yesterday I think any of the coaches or management that wants to keep him here must be on the take. Just crazy crazy stupid

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

5 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said:

He makes McKenzie look like Stephen Hawking.

In a motorized wheelchair with a synthetic speech generator? 🤔

[Beck Water]

27 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said:

Yeah that was awful, like you’re off the team awful.  He also tried too hard to intercept that Jefferson catch on 4th and 18 instead of knocking it away in my opinion.

 

The failure to batt the pass down was a bad play, but our DBs are legit drilled and drilled and drilled to be ballhawks, until situations arise where they need to knock it down.  Yeah, good players have the situational awareness and adjust.  Yeah, his failure to knock the pass down arguably cost us the game.  But I can understand that it's asking a player to override physical and mental reflexes that have been dinned into them in every meeting and drilled into them on the field all week.  Backup players make bad plays, it happens.

 

Under no circumstances is a ST player coached to scoop up the punter and slam him down.  That was a real FART ("***** Are you Really Thinking?") kind of a play in my view; no excuse I can think of.

 

 

[Matt_In_NH]

Let’s count the ways this team has sucked over their 5 games winning streak.  

[947]

He didn't just rough the punter in the way it normally happens. He caught him out of the air after the ball was gone, wrapped him up, & up buried him into the ground. Why in the hell would anybody ever try to tackle the punter? That was probably the dumbest play in Bills history.

[Ya Digg?]

45 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

OMFG, that roughing penalty.  Bills D gets a stop, but Fins pin us at the 2.  We get punting room, but not more. 

D gets another stop, this time preventing a FG on a drive that practically started in FG range.  They were fierce.  I was proud.

 

Dolphins punt.  Then Cam Lewis Enters the Chat.  I don't think I've seen a more clearly idiotic play in the last two seasons.

 

Prove me wrong.

Kind of a weird flex here but ok…not sure who is going to “prove” he should be on the team

[mikemac2001]

It was such a bad play it seemed staged it made me question wtf I was watching 

[SCBills]

Unacceptable penalty for a guy already on a short leash (if he isn’t, he should be) after going for the INT over knocking it down against Minnesota.. THE play that allowed the Vikings to win that game. 
 

How on earth does a 3rd string spot duty Safety almost cost us two games?

 

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by SCBills

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

The problem with Cam is he is a marginal Roster player desperate to always make a big play. He is playing for his career every play.
 

Needs to try to play within himself and play smart.

[Don Otreply]

Make him clean all the toilets at OBD for a week, twice a day, 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

50 minutes ago, BillsFooteball said:

Also can someone who knows more advise what is Hamlin’s strength. I understand not going to replace all pro Hyde. Yet multiple times a game (I know he forced fumble last week) I say to myself if Hyde was there then that doesn’t happen. To me either would have speed or excellent tackling. What I see is slow, poor in coverage, poor tackling. Or is that he’s a good tackler but consistently takes poor angles 

Hamlin’s main strength is not being Jaquan Johnson. 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:

Make him clean all the toilets at OBD for a week, twice a day, 

The NFLPA would like a word with you.  They also said you're fortunate that Gene Upshaw passed away many years ago.

[Beck Water]

17 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

Kind of a weird flex here but ok…not sure who is going to “prove” he should be on the team

 

I was wondering if someone would "invoke obscure rules" or obscure special teams procedures and tell me it wasn't as much of a brain-dead ***** up as I thought.

 

So far 🦗 on that point

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

5 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

I was wondering if someone would "invoke obscure rules" or obscure special teams procedures and tell me it wasn't as much of a brain-dead ***** up as I thought.

 

So far 🦗 on that point

Coach McDermott has a strong faith, and advises the players to play as inspired men of God.  Unfortunately, Lewis equated that as 'playing like a saint'.  The New Orleans Saints of 2009-11.

[LabattBlue]

Speaking of ST, anyone notice our two ST aces both getting called for a penalty on the same play?

[SectionC3]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

OMFG, that roughing penalty.  Bills D gets a stop, but Fins pin us at the 2.  We get punting room, but not more. 

D gets another stop, this time preventing a FG on a drive that practically started in FG range.  They were fierce.  I was proud.

 

Dolphins punt.  Then Cam Lewis Enters the Chat.  I don't think I've seen a more clearly idiotic play in the last two seasons.

 

Prove me wrong.

4th and 18 against the Vikings not knocking the ball down.  I sense a pattern here. 

[Royale with Cheese]

I hope he doesn’t have hot water this morning when he showers.  

[RJ (not THAT RJ)]

7 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Coach McDermott has a strong faith, and advises the players to play as inspired men of God.  Unfortunately, Lewis equated that as 'playing like a saint'.  The New Orleans Saints of 2009-11.

post of the year. Bravo!