A Few Thoughts about the Texans Game - Community Edition

[Virgil]

Every year, the Bills seem to lose two games in October where we look like we forgot how to play football and definitely don’t look like a championship contending team.  We panic in the moment, but McD regroups the team and we figure it out.  This year, the dominant wins feel like the aberrations and are immediately followed up by games that make us dismiss any progress we saw in the prior wins.  You can bring up injuries all you want, but we overall have guys we consider starters out there, on top of the fact that all teams deal with injuries.  To me, the McD/Beane era needs to be over.  I can no longer tell you what they bring to the table beyond building a good culture.  Thank you for ending the drought, but it’s time…

 

1 – Special Teams – I don’t usually do grades, but I’m compelled to give them a D-.  The kickoff return for a touchdown is the only thing saving them from a F.  So many dumb decisions and penalties gave the Bills terrible field position.  Prater’s missed extra point came back to haunt us, shockingly.

 

2 – Tackling – I’m honestly surprised the Bills were able to grab their luggage off the plane with as bad as their hands and strength are.  Do websites track yards after contact, because the Bills missed more tackles than a bikini Jello pit contest.  You almost had to see it to believe it, it was so bad.  Meanwhile, the Bills go down immediately on contact, usually for a loss.  Is it effort? 

 

3 – The Trenches – I can’t remember a game where the Bills got destroyed on both sides of the ball on the line of scrimmage.  For some reason, Brady didn’t give Josh an extra blocker for much of the game and Josh paid the price for it.  But don’t worry, even when we did have a 6th blocked, the Texans just bulldozed them. Seriously, our line was getting smacked around and knocked on their ass.  Defensively, not only could we not stop the run, but we also couldn’t generate a pass rush.  Considering McD considers this his passion in the game, he’s failing to prepare his team.  Josh was pressured on 28 out of 35 drop backs.

 

4 – Josh – I don’t even know how to evaluate Josh in this game.  The only real positive is that you could see him frustrated on the sidelines, even calling out the playcalling on the terrible 4th and 1 run call up the middle.  I don’t think any change is going to happen without Josh speaking up.  Josh had no time, couldn’t step up, and couldn’t scramble.   I mean, he was sacked 8 times!!!  On the 7th sack, there was literally no one open.  Miles Garrett can’t wait to play us.

 

5 – Linebackers – May none of them return next season.  I know that’s incredibly unlikely due to the contracts, but my god are they terrible.  Sadly, I hope we find out that Bernard is playing through a broken leg, because his contract sucks now.  Milano had one decent tackle but was otherwise a ghost out there.  

 

6 – Taron – I’m going to start calling TJ “King of the Piggyback Rides.”  Like Bernard, I hope we find out he’s playing hurt because he can neither cover nor tackle. The only action he seems to get is when he’s being dragged across the first down marker by the opposing offense.  Don’t worry, we restructured his deal, so he has dead years to come.  

 

7 – Shakir – Brady isn’t doing him any favors by only throwing to him behind the line of scrimmage.  And maybe other teams are scheming to take him away, but something is off.  Even his big play in the 4th was behind the line of scrimmage. Yes, he approached 100 yards and flashed in the 4th.  I’ll forgive the fumble because he never does that, but something is off.  

 

8 – Brady – This is going to be repetitive, but I just can’t help myself.  Is it me, or does he call plays regardless of his players or the situation?  I feel like Brady is incapable of getting the most out of his players or finding mismatches.  He’s been bailed out by Josh, Cook, and Kincaid.  Like in Carolina, he showed a great spurt of production, but then got figured out, couldn’t score, and was rightfully fired.  He should be fired for this 4th and short run to Cook, because clearly, he did not see how this game was being played.  But again with the credit where credit is due, the 4th and long pitch back play to Shakir was beautiful.  I remember the Lions running that play against us last year and wished we could do something like that.  

 

9 – McD – Prior to McD coming here, the Bills were losers in every sense of the word.  We lost mentally, physically, and in the standings.  We didn’t just miss the playoffs, we believed we would miss the playoffs.  McD fixed that.  He developed Josh with Daboll, created a new community amongst the fans, and made Buffalo a place that players wanted to come play. McD also got us to one game of the Superbowl twice, for which I am incredibly thankful.  McD has peaked now.   He’s taken us as far as we can go and now, we must worry about wasting any more of Josh’s prime years.  Thank you again McD, but it’s time.  Results matter and, in a season, where the Ravens and Chiefs were never in contention for the one seed, you blew it.

 

10 – Texans – Credit where credit is due.  The Texan’s defense is fantastic.  This is the type of defense that can win you a championship.  If Stroud and their offense was fully healthy, I think they are playing for the one seed right now.  Will Andrerson is a monster and never seemed to get tired.  Nothing but respect to their defense. 

 

Side note – Is there anyone out there who believes that the outcome of this game would have been different had Coleman played?  Yeah, me neither.  

 

Goodbye one seed, we hardly knew thee.  Besides the Jets game, I don’t see a single game remaining on the schedule that I would expect us to win.  Yes, I’m including the Browns unless Sanders is going to start for them.

 

Go Bills…. I guess…...

Edited 21 minutes ago by Virgil

[Gunsgoodtime]

My question is how did you prepare this soo fast?

[Roundybout]

This roster is cooked. Beane failed to evolve past 2021. He was mentally broken by 13 seconds and has spent every season since trying to beat the Chiefs, without realizing that the league has completely caught up to it. 

 

There is nothing McD can do with this dog**** core. We realistically need to cut Johnson, Milano, and Tre. Bernard is atrocious but is probably very hurt.

[RiotAct]

1 minute ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

My question is how did you prepare this soo fast?

same method as how newspapers were able to get articles out regarding MNF games in time for the early edition of the next day’s newspaper.

 

Or… something.

[PepeSilvia]

Dawson Knox was wide open on the last play. Wide open. 

[JMM]

GREAT writeup. Yea this was probably for the best. Change has to happen. An implosion may be what needs to happen. I've always been nervous about getting rid of McDermott,  but we have to take the chance now. HE HAS TO GO

[kkim0904]

Simple... take out Bernard and sit him on the bench even when he is healthy and fire Brady...  We lost even though Cook had 80 yards rushing in 1st half.  Brady don't know how to use our strength.

Edited 41 minutes ago by kkim0904

[Johnnycage46]

Trying to sleep tonight is going to be fun!

[DuckyBoys]

The O line simply didn't show up this week  Miracle they had a chance to steal the game and Davis was a half foot out of bounds from doing it.  Bills are physically being dominated in the trenches  Lucky Allen survived the game with all the punishment he took  

[Roundybout]

1 minute ago, PepeSilvia said:

Dawson Knox was wide open on the last play. Wide open. 

 

And it wouldn't have mattered so who cares

[BillsFan130]

Beane, McDermott and Brady?

 

Goodbye if it was up to me.

 

McDermott and Beane won't get fired though so that leaves Joe Brady. The guy is clueless and hung Josh out to dry all night 

[The Jokeman]

Offense gave up 6 points on turnovers. Sorry I'm not blaming the D on this one. 

[NoSaint]

Still likely a playoff team 

 

still hate that we’ve assembled a room of WR3 and WR4 guys 

 

Some of them very good in those roles… but cannot be a starting group in the modern nfl 

[BillsFan130]

2 minutes ago, PepeSilvia said:

Dawson Knox was wide open on the last play. Wide open. 

Yep but wouldn't have even mattered cause the OPI

[Virgil]

4 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

My question is how did you prepare this soo fast?

 

Started writing it at the start of the 4th quarter and adjusted it in key moments.  That's how little faith I have in this team.  Even if they somehow won, I would have posted it pretty much as is. 

[Herc11]

Brady is God awful.

 

He can't be any more predictable. Every game the offense is centered around Cook and a passing game within 3 yards of the LOS. Houston blitzed on the majority of plays and he has zero answers. He continues to take the running element out of Josh's game with no designed QB runs to keep defenses off balance. Where are his halftime adjustments? There wasn't a single adjustment made to what wasnt working in the 1st half.

[Pecker]

This Texans D must be the one McD has tried to build for 10 years.

[Rousseauisnoschmo]

You nailed it in the opening paragraph. Appreciate the effort but you could have stopped there.

[The 9 Isles]

This team is a pile of garbage from the GM to the Coaching staff, to the training staff to the scouting staff. 

The players outside of Allen and Cook are mediocre, small, slow, weak and unimpressive. 
 

Blow it up. THIS TEAM will not win a championship it’s current form, don’t kid yourselves. 
 

 

 

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Edited 38 minutes ago by The 9 Isles

[Herc11]

3 minutes ago, PepeSilvia said:

Dawson Knox was wide open on the last play. Wide open. 

He was wide open because of the penalty