Game week thread - Buccaneers at Bills

[Low Positive]

6 minutes ago, colin said:

the odds makers have us as 5.5 favs, and they are generally much much more right than wrong.

 

if you look at our EPA per game in each phase, our special teams always suck a little bit (to medium) our D and our O have massive variance.  like 10+ swings on each side of the ball from week to week.

 

as bad as the o was vs the fish (worst since atlanta) the d was much worse in terms of epa.  now, a lot of that is late in the game it was over and they were selling out to stop a run dead and it got past them and scored (twice).  the reality is even with all of our injuries, we are a better team that tampa, which is baffling for me to type because we look so ass and they have looked better so much of the time, but that's what it is.

 

i really think it comes down to coaching and injury luck for us this season.  if we can get a couple guys back and playing a bit, and brady can figure it out some, we should be able to still challenge for the division.  i honestly don't feel that way and mentally kinda gave up on the division, but the numbers are the numbers.

As a related point, I wish Prater could learn to kick a squib that hits in the landing zone like the Miami kicker was doing to us all game. It's the only way to pin a team inside the 30 on kickoffs. 

[Goin Breakdown]

I have a feeling I'm going to get injured just watching the game this week. I think it's spread that far. 

[colin]

7 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

As a related point, I wish Prater could learn to kick a squib that hits in the landing zone like the Miami kicker was doing to us all game. It's the only way to pin a team inside the 30 on kickoffs. 

 

check out pro football reference dude, our special teams is a disaster.  punting was strong last game, but frankly when our O is humming our punt game is very unimportant.  

 

i wonder what the EPA impact of our penalties are as well, I think it might be the worst in the NFL, or close too.  the impact of the plays we get a penalty on vs what happens the next play are game breakers.

[entropyrules]

3 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

 The alcoholics have a good saying “Accept the things i cannot change.” 

Of course almost all of them are Bills and/or Sabres fans

[MiltonWaddams]

11 minutes ago, entropyrules said:

Of course almost all of them are Bills and/or Sabres fans

Are you saying that only alcoholics would be Bills or Sabres fans or that being a Bills or Sabres fan will make you an alcoholic? Truthfully, either way you’re not wrong 

[NewEra]

It’s not worthy of a thread but we worked out Morgan Fox today.  He’s nothing special but he could give us some pass rush from the DT position and (situationally) at end.  Would like to see him added to the practice squad

 

https://nfltraderumors.co/bills-worked-out-five-including-dl-morgan-fox/

Edited 2 hours ago by NewEra

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

14 minutes ago, NewEra said:

It’s not worthy of a thread but we worked out Morgan Fox today.  He’s nothing special but he could give us some pass rush from the DT position and (situationally) at end.  Would like to see him added to the practice squad

 

https://nfltraderumors.co/bills-worked-out-five-including-dl-morgan-fox/

Former Panther!! 

[BigAl2526]

I think the loss to Miami was maybe 10-20% injury related, and 80-90% mental state.  As Steve Tasker said today on OBL, it is incredibly difficult to maintain a laser focus week after week in an NFL season, mostly due to the fact that everybody is dealing to some extent with pain.  The focus needs to be maintained throughout the week of practice, not just on game day.  I think the Bills let down their guard, and when it became evident that Miami was going to be tougher than expected, the Bills could not recover from their lack of focus last week.  If they can't get up this week given their embarrassment last Sunday, they don't deserve to make the playoffs.

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, BigAl2526 said:

I think the loss to Miami was maybe 10-20% injury related, and 80-90% mental state.  As Steve Tasker said today on OBL, it is incredibly difficult to maintain a laser focus week after week in an NFL season, mostly due to the fact that everybody is dealing to some extent with pain.  The focus needs to be maintained throughout the week of practice, not just on game day.  I think the Bills let down their guard, and when it became evident that Miami was going to be tougher than expected, the Bills could not recover from their lack of focus last week.  If they can't get up this week given their embarrassment last Sunday, they don't deserve to make the playoffs.

I think that is very true. By the time they figured out that they were in a dogfight they were down 13-0. They couldn't adjust their gameplan on the fly until halftime and by then it was too late. They seemed shocked by the energy the Fins brought to the game. Also, the coaches seemed to be working on things or putting things on film rather than playing a regular season game. That fake tush push felt like a play they would try in a meaningless game. They also seemed to be trying to force the ball to Coleman. It felt like one team was playing for pride and their coach's job while the other was playing a preseason game. If they miss the playoffs because of this game, it serves them right for taking a divisional opponent lightly. You can't save it for the playoffs if you don't make the playoffs.

[Lost]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

It’s not worthy of a thread but we worked out Morgan Fox today.  He’s nothing special but he could give us some pass rush from the DT position and (situationally) at end.  Would like to see him added to the practice squad

 

https://nfltraderumors.co/bills-worked-out-five-including-dl-morgan-fox/

 

I'd rather work out Megan Fox

[Buffalo716]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

It’s not worthy of a thread but we worked out Morgan Fox today.  He’s nothing special but he could give us some pass rush from the DT position and (situationally) at end.  Would like to see him added to the practice squad

 

https://nfltraderumors.co/bills-worked-out-five-including-dl-morgan-fox/

Yes that would be a good signing

[Slack_in_MA]

As was discussed on the Locked On "Bills Squad Show" podcast, the Alphas on the team need to start speaking up, calling guys out, and showing the way if we're going to make the playoffs. Who are those guys going to be?

[EmotionallyUnstable]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ5ewnlgOm4/?igsh=emhoaXJ0ZHVpYnpt

[Lost]

10 minutes ago, Slack_in_MA said:

As was discussed on the Locked On "Bills Squad Show" podcast, the Alphas on the team need to start speaking up, calling guys out, and showing the way if we're going to make the playoffs. Who are those guys going to be?

 

Diggs was one of those guys and he got marched out of town.  

[BillsFan130]

2 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

Diggs was one of those guys and he got marched out of town.  

Jerry O said it perfectly- Diggs was a "leader" when things were going well. And when things were going bad, he had a tempter tantrum.

 

He ran himself out of town for reasons I still will never understand

[Slack_in_MA]

3 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Jerry O said it perfectly- Diggs was a "leader" when things were going well. And when things were going bad, he had a tempter tantrum.

 

He ran himself out of town for reasons I still will never understand

It will surprise no one that if things go south in NE, Diggs will pull something similar. The ultimate front-runner.

[Dick_Cheney]

9 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Jerry O said it perfectly- Diggs was a "leader" when things were going well. And when things were going bad, he had a tempter tantrum.

 

He ran himself out of town for reasons I still will never understand

Did you not explain the reasons with the first part of what you said. 

[WeckMonster]

1 hour ago, BigAl2526 said:

I think the loss to Miami was maybe 10-20% injury related, and 80-90% mental state.  As Steve Tasker said today on OBL, it is incredibly difficult to maintain a laser focus week after week in an NFL season, mostly due to the fact that everybody is dealing to some extent with pain.  The focus needs to be maintained throughout the week of practice, not just on game day.  I think the Bills let down their guard, and when it became evident that Miami was going to be tougher than expected, the Bills could not recover from their lack of focus last week.  If they can't get up this week given their embarrassment last Sunday, they don't deserve to make the playoffs.

The analytics say it was 10% luck, 20%  skill, 15% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 50% pain

[finn]

9 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

We better get that run defense figured out before Tampa. That’s going to be a handful. I’m sure Irvin will conveniently back just in time for us. Nothing else is going to matter if TB can run it all over us. That’s got to be priority one 

What I don't understand is why this defense, with a defensive head coach, is so bad at tackling. I mean, what could be more fundamental and (correct me if I'm wrong) easy to learn?