Bills @ Chargers Game Thread - 2nd half

[Tim Tindale]

7 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Some ***** penalties too, I mean seriously that holding on Morse on 2nd and 25 to negate that amazing Gabe Davis 1st down, they killed that drive and it could have kept them out of the game.

 

Think there might have been one on an early drive too. Obviously they could have executed better too but I mean damn we haven't been doing the intermediate passing game as much so going 20 yards on a set of downs is ***** hard.

This times 100.  That Morse call was horrific. I’ve had about enough of the officiating altering games this year. 

[Teddy KGB]

Didn’t see the game but fire Mcclappy 

 

these guys lost by 233 to the raiders last week 

[Putin]

I hate this team 

[dave mcbride]

Just now, Casey D said:

Teams -3 in turnovers win 4% of time.  It's a Festivus miracle we won!!

Just saying that to my wife!

[Kaenon]

Gosh, my average heart rate during this game.

 

Way higher than I could've ever anticipated.

[RyanC883]

Just now, Tim Tindale said:

It’s like you are watching the NFL for the first time. You have never seen a maligned home team play inspired football for an interim head coach?
 

Maybe relax and enjoy it. Other than the officiating, the NFL is an entertaining product. 

 

dude.  You realize we played a team with a backup QB, 3rd string center and missing its top two WRs.  I don’t care how “inspired” they were that is a huge talent mismatch.  Championship teams crush those teams. 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Cook is schizophrenic 

[MikePJ76]

1 minute ago, Starr-Bills said:

I really wish I had your sunny disposition

watch a lot of football and you will understand what I am saying.  The league is about winning close games and doing it in a fashion that is repeatable...not a miracle play, but methodical play and playing with poise at the critical moments.

 

SF lost to Cle with a backup qb, miami lost at home to will levis, dallas lost to josh dobbs, eagles lost to the jets....etc.etc.etc..

 

this is a week to week league.  The trick is winning close games and being able to play with poise when you are under the most pressure.

[Phils n Bills]

Glad we were able to grind that out. Coaches did their thing in this one despite what many want to complain about. Player execution was the issue this time around. A lot to clean up. But grinding out a trap game and coming away with the win is nice for a change 

[Putin]

Disgusting win 

[May Day 10]

2 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

This was the definition of a trap game.

Chargers with a mini-bye, road game on the west coast after a huge win, interim coach/players playing for their jobs, and immense pressure to win. I don’t care what the negative people on this board say, I am satisfied w/ this win today. How many of these games didn’t go the Bills way this year? 

It's hard as hell to win games.  There were a lot of tough circumstances going in to this one.  Also fell on the wrong end of some officiating "luck".  3 Really bad turnovers though, no excuse for that.  The mini meltdown on the punt at the 5 was annoying too

[colin]

Eff all the haters.

 

Bills ***** themselves in the door with a giant blunderbuss but still won.

 

As was said above, negative 3 in turnovers a long w those penalties is an impossible task and we did it.

 

Merry Christmas Eve Eve to all!!

[MikePJ76]

2 minutes ago, Casey D said:

Teams -3 in turnovers win 4% of time.  It's a Festivus miracle we won!!

plus they were lucky to recover cook's first fumble.

 

 

[The Jokeman]

1 minute ago, Teddy KGB said:

Didn’t see the game but fire Mcclappy 

 

these guys lost by 233 to the raiders last week 

Name his replacement. 

[The Red King]

"And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say - that my blood pressure grew three sizes that day. And then - the true meaning of Christmas came through, and the Bills found the strength of *ten* Grinches, plus two!"

[Starr-Bills]

2 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I’ve got the opposite takeaway…I think they simplified too much due to the short week and the chargers came to play.  Josh made a couple massively huge plays and missed some easy ones…such is the nfl 

 

that drive the refs basically stole from our offense didn’t help either 

Fair take. But on the critical 3rd down near the endszone everyone ran long a short outlet would have Been helpful

[muppy]

8 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

I'm only 39 and the bills have taken years off my life.

 

 

no question about it. ZERO

 

lol

[Herc11]

6 minutes ago, Starr-Bills said:

OK, so here’s a problem with the bills or Josh Allen specifically. He’s an incredibly gifted quarterback. Well, he’s an incredibly gifted athlete.  But the offensive coordinators are not making the game easy for him. They need to simplify the game just like they simplify the game for the chargers, Austin stick or whatever the ***** his name is.  I haven’t seen this season or the last two seasons. Any quick reads any easy successes that Josh can make everything is read read read move through your progressions do this do that and that’s fine and that happens but gives the guy a break scheme Shakira Shakira is a door offense and we’re not using them and it’s driving me out of my mind.

They didn't simplify anything for stick. The dude had all day to pass for 90% of the game. 

[MikePJ76]

2 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said:

Didn’t see the game but fire Mcclappy 

 

these guys lost by 233 to the raiders last week 

they quit playing last week in the first quarter.  They literally didn't care.

 

this week was totally different.  These interim coaches who have athletic qb's create all kinds of problems.

[TBBills Fan]

2 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

dude.  You realize we played a team with a backup QB, 3rd string center and missing its top two WRs.  I don’t care how “inspired” they were that is a huge talent mismatch.  Championship teams crush those teams. 

 

Do you get a boost in the standings by crushing an opponent vs just beating them?

[Kmart128]

2 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

plus they were lucky to recover cook's first fumble.

 

 

They ruled it a fumble but his knee was down

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said:

Didn’t see the game but fire Mcclappy 

 

these guys lost by 233 to the raiders last week 

I’m havin trouble blaming mcd for this one being close…two bad fumbles and an INT kept them in the game.  Refs absolutely torpedoed one of our drives that we likely would’ve scored on too.  

[Tim Tindale]

2 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

dude.  You realize we played a team with a backup QB, 3rd string center and missing its top two WRs.  I don’t care how “inspired” they were that is a huge talent mismatch.  Championship teams crush those teams. 

We blew out the Cowboys last week, who blew out the Eagles the week before. The Niners lost in Cleveland to PJ Walker earlier this year.  If Watson were healthy, he’d be on the street right now. 

[Cheektowaga Chad]

That chargers player not realizing he had a shot at going far saved the game

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Is there anyway we can clinch a playoff spot next week? Not being able to have to win that Dolphin game would be huge.

[Livinginthepast]

8 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

I can't just deny this, it felt a lot like they were like well we got to showcase our no commercial 4th quarter feature better keep it interesting. Alson what the ***** was with the blown dead muffed kickoff return?

 

You know what was really sad about that Mitch Morse holding call, it erased a great Gabe Davis play and he needs all of those he can get.

I wondered that about the Kickoff return at the time. How the hell is that just a touchback? He didn't indicate a fair catch did he? If not he fielded  it in the field of play! 

[Nitro]

2 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I’m havin trouble blaming mcd for this one being close…two bad fumbles and an INT kept them in the game.  Refs absolutely torpedoed one of our drives that we likely would’ve scored on too.  

This game was sloppy because of the players.  Nothing to do with the HC.  Get them prepared but the execution was up and down. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 minutes ago, Herc11 said:

They didn't simplify anything for stick. The dude had all day to pass for 90% of the game. 

Yea oline allowed near unlimited holds and winning the turnover differential by 3 and still losing is honestly pretty crazy 

[Kmart128]

8 minutes ago, CSBill said:

Agee, that was a terrible call. The tripping before that was obvious, but that one, no way. 

I wouldnt even call it obvious it was incidental where player just tripped over Browns leg after he missed block. Ive seen players intentionally put their leg out there snd it not get called

[Utah John]

Well that was NOT FUN.

[Gman10]

7 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

 

The best time to start a long winning streak is late December

 

10 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

Wow # 6 in the playoff slot.  That changed fast.  75% chance to make the playoffs now

Im sure the Bengals losing helped

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 minute ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:

That chargers player not realizing he had a shot at going far saved the game

I’m sure he realized…he was still far away from hitting that hole and you really cut out all your lateral options when you’re running down the sideline

[Tim Tindale]

4 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

 

Do you get a boost in the standings by crushing an opponent vs just beating them?

You get a boost in the ESPN weekly rankings, which means a lot to people.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 minute ago, Kmart128 said:

I wouldnt even call it obvious it was incidental where player just tripped over Browns leg after he missed block. Ive seen players intentionally put their leg out there snd it not get called

Cough chris jones cough 

[TBBills Fan]

1 minute ago, Gman10 said:

 

Im sure the Bengals losing helped

 

Well yeah, that's kind of how it works when you have playoff seeding the way it's formatted

[CircleTheWagons99]

Defense is finally figuring out howbto close out games. SACK THE QB. Bernard and Oliver getting it done. Love to see it. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

9 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

 

dude.  You realize we played a team with a backup QB, 3rd string center and missing its top two WRs.  I don’t care how “inspired” they were that is a huge talent mismatch.  Championship teams crush those teams. 

Championship teams sneak past mediocre/bad teams playing for just pride pretty often actually. What sets them apart is they do win the games like that, not avoiding those type of games entirely 

[daz28]

3 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:

I wondered that about the Kickoff return at the time. How the hell is that just a touchback? He didn't indicate a fair catch did he? If not he fielded  it in the field of play! 

A kick remains a kick until it is possessed.

[Tim Tindale]

2 minutes ago, Kmart128 said:

I wouldnt even call it obvious it was incidental where player just tripped over Browns leg after he missed block. Ive seen players intentionally put their leg out there snd it not get called

What made me have to walk to the kitchen is, after the refs imploded that drive, there was a block in the back right in front of the official at the point of the return… no call. This officiating is just all over the place. It must be exhausting for the players. 

[Bockeye]

Definitely need Epenesa back to collapse the pocket and make some plays.  Never thought I’d say that.