11/16/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Buccaneers Post Game Thread

[NeverOutNick]

1 minute ago, Success said:

 

You're giving them WAY too much credit.

 

They could lose to the Bengals, Giants & Miami. They're not that team yet.

 

I'd be shocked if they had fewer than 5 losses.

 

I’d be shocked if we had fewer than 5 losses. And I liked how we played today I’m just being realistic the patriots are a good well coached football team with a better record and easier schedule 

[tigerthelion]

15 minutes ago, Success said:

I think we win the division now.  That was a biggie today.  

 

 

I would love to agree with that but I think the absolute disaster in Miami squashed that plan.

[jaybeezee]

3 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Ya he had a quiet game as I don't think there were any passes thrown his way, but he played. I would guess like 25-35 snaps or so

Saving him for the Texans.  4D chess🤫

[Lafromboise]

36 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

The real cringe is when adult men use the word "cringe"

The real cringe is WIN ON 123..every.. freaking..time..

Edited 2 hours ago by Lafromboise

[BuffaloBillyG]

3 minutes ago, Lafromboise said:

The real cringe is WIN ON 123..every.. freaking..time..

False 

[turbo044]

1 hour ago, kkim0904 said:

TB ran for over 200 yards..  Bernard was middle of it.   It is mind boggling that he played pretty much all snaps.  This needs to be stop.  I really think Bernard is defensive version of Keon Coleman. 

Bernard played quite well today.  TB ran all over us cuz our DT's were constantly pushed backwards all game and, on top of that, had 0 gap integrity.  The greatest LBers in the history of the league can't do anything with this level of poor DT, and honestly DE play.  I'm still waiting for the first impact play of the game from any of the following:  Bosa, Rousseau, Epenesa, Walker, JJ, Phillips.  Jones finally made a nice play but that was when the game was basically over.  All Beane does is allocate financial and draft resources to the DLine and all he does is fail.

[NickelCity]

4 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

 

 

Look, he's been a disappointment this season. But "get this *****in clown outta the building"? For that interview? Where was the faux pas?

[DaVinci]

Thought this was a cool headline:

 

Bills report card: Josh Allen goes nuclear, defense stifles Baker Mayfield

Sal Maiorana

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

[Richard Noggin]

1st half YT highlights notes (helps tremendously after a home game):

 

- Bosa really bad

- Bishop really good, especially with popping violent, clean shoulder pads into guys for several weeks in a row

- Poyer slow to cover/pursue horizontally (but I recall him being solid overall despite not making it to the sideline on two big runs)

 

- The WR blocking on that long Ty Johnson swing pass down the left sideline was 🤌...Samuel, Shakir, and Shavers all did work, and of course Johnson can still scoot

- Allen striding forward in a broken pocket and delivering that deep dime to Shavers in the endzone (I recall him doing something very similar again in the 2nd half)

- Returns were $ all day apparently, minus Hardman's muff 

[dcinmuncie]

If someone made you guess who won the game based on these stats without watching the game and told you that the bills had 3 turnovers, allowed 200 yards rushing, James cook only ran for 48 yards, bills had 25 minutes time of possession and allowed 37 points

 

how many of you would bet the bills won that game? I know I wouldn’t 

[turbo044]

1 minute ago, NickelCity said:

 

Look, he's been a disappointment this season. But "get this *****in clown outta the building"? For that interview? Where was the faux pas?

They're not getting rid of him - he's on a cheap rookie contract for 2 more years. His problem is he should be ladd mcconkey or jfc even Troy Franklin.  I had Ladd as a 1st round talent and Franklin as a 2nd with Coleman being a 4th/5th round flier.  Franklin didn't go until the 5th (I think) and Coleman should ahve went in the 5th. 

[dave mcbride]

3 minutes ago, NickelCity said:

 

Look, he's been a disappointment this season. But "get this *****in clown outta the building"? For that interview? Where was the faux pas?

You are so right. The reaction by the person who tweeted this ridiculously negative response to this polite and apologetic interview is pretty insane.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

30 minutes ago, NeverOutNick said:

How do you figure? Even if we beat the pats they only have one other tough game against ravens. They’re going 13-4 at worst 

Wouldn’t be shocked to see them drop three tbh…I really don’t think they’re a great team but they’re definitely good. Wouldn’t be absolutely stunned if someone like Miami beat them in the rematch…beating every team you’re supposed to is deceivingly hard 

[NeverOutNick]

7 minutes ago, turbo044 said:

Bernard played quite well today.  TB ran all over us cuz our DT's were constantly pushed backwards all game and, on top of that, had 0 gap integrity.  The greatest LBers in the history of the league can't do anything with this level of poor DT, and honestly DE play.  I'm still waiting for the first impact play of the game from any of the following:  Bosa, Rousseau, Epenesa, Walker, JJ, Phillips.  Jones finally made a nice play but that was when the game was basically over.  All Beane does is allocate financial and draft resources to the DLine and all he does is fail.

This is spot on. Our D line sucks against the run AND we have to admit that since Hoecht went down our pass rush hasn’t been closing. Beane completely failed in putting most of our quality draft picks towards the D line. That alone should put him on the hot seat. 
 

and yes Bernard played better, anyone calling him out didn’t watch him closely. 

[Richard Noggin]

Just now, NeverOutNick said:

This is spot on. Our D line sucks against the run AND we have to admit that since Hoecht went down our pass rush hasn’t been closing. Beane completely failed in putting most of our quality draft picks towards the D line. That alone should put him on the hot seat. 
 

and yes Bernard played better, anyone calling him out didn’t watch him closely. 

 

Bernard's heavy feet pursuing Baker to the right sideline in the 3rd quarter DID look really bad, to be fair, but he DID also make a bunch of plays today that contributed to the win. 

[NickelCity]

12 minutes ago, turbo044 said:

They're not getting rid of him - he's on a cheap rookie contract for 2 more years. His problem is he should be ladd mcconkey or jfc even Troy Franklin.  I had Ladd as a 1st round talent and Franklin as a 2nd with Coleman being a 4th/5th round flier.  Franklin didn't go until the 5th (I think) and Coleman should ahve went in the 5th. 

 

Sure, but that's irrelevant to my post. (My agreement with you notwithstanding)

[Shortchaz]

37 minutes ago, Lafromboise said:

The real cringe is WIN ON 123..every.. freaking..time..

I mean yeah, it’s meaningless. The people that put credence in a 3 second breakdown and ignore the hours of work that actually matter are pretty dumb 

[Big Turk]

22 minutes ago, dcinmuncie said:

If someone made you guess who won the game based on these stats without watching the game and told you that the bills had 3 turnovers, allowed 200 yards rushing, James cook only ran for 48 yards, bills had 25 minutes time of possession and allowed 37 points

 

how many of you would bet the bills won that game? I know I wouldn’t 

 

The Bills didn't allow 37 points.

 

They also averaged almost 8 yards per play and had 414 yards of offense even with starting field position near midfield so often on kickoff returns.

 

So while the Bucs had some good runs, the Bills were gashing them for big play after big play once they started to get going.

 

And they left a lot out there today. They could have hung up 60+ on the Bucs, IMO

Edited 2 hours ago by Big Turk

[Shortchaz]

22 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

1st half YT highlights notes (helps tremendously after a home game):

 

- Bosa really bad

- Bishop really good, especially with popping violent, clean shoulder pads into guys for several weeks in a row

- Poyer slow to cover/pursue horizontally (but I recall him being solid overall despite not making it to the sideline on two big runs)

 

- The WR blocking on that long Ty Johnson swing pass down the left sideline was 🤌...Samuel, Shakir, and Shavers all did work, and of course Johnson can still scoot

- Allen striding forward in a broken pocket and delivering that deep dime to Shavers in the endzone (I recall him doing something very similar again in the 2nd half)

- Returns were $ all day apparently, minus Hardman's muff 

I bet anything Bosa wasn’t “really bad” 

[st pete gogolak]

1 hour ago, DaVinci said:

The 5 worst defenses to win a Super Bowl were: 2011 Giants 25th, 2006 Colts 23rd, 2009 Saints 20th, 2007 Giants 17th, and the 2022 Chiefs with a rank of 16 were the 5th worst defense to win a Super Bowl.

The 2006 Colts’ run D was horrific, worse than what we’re seeing from the Bills.  Bob Sanders made it back for the playoffs and they were respectable when it came to defending the run. Don’t know if there is anything or anyone who’s going to come to our rescue.