A Few Thoughts about the Texans Game - Community Edition

[Virgil]

Just now, The Jokeman said:

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

 

What about the 2 min drive they had to end the half?  That was pathetic.  They did finally tighten up, 23 points to a Mills led offense is not great.  

[dcinmuncie]

3 minutes ago, JMM said:

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

I don’t disagree but there’s no chance any heads roll this offseason imo 

[CaliBills]

Can’t stop a bad offense and can’t score on a good defense. 

[Goin Breakdown]

1 minute ago, BillsFan130 said:

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 

Pagula won't do sh!t. You'd know if you followed the Sabres. Maybe you do idk. 

[MPL]

Every loss looks the same. Just once I'd like to see Josh Allen with a defense like Houston's. Sheesh. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

Spencer Brown had probably the worst game of his career. Not sure when he picked up the injury, but he should have been off the field after the second or third possession of the half. 

 

 

 

 

[Buffalo Junction]

The offensive line hasn’t shown up in any road games besides the Panthers game. 

[Allen2Moulds]

3 minutes ago, PepeSilvia said:

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

The safety faked towards Knox, and baited Allen into the throw.  It was a great play by the defender, and given all the sacks tonight, Josh rushed it.

[transient]

6 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

My question is how did you prepare this soo fast?

Based on watching the same ******* game as last season against the Texans, I’m going to assume it didn’t take that long, no offense to Virgil intended. 

[Chugga]

I will always appreciate what McDermott and Beane did for this organization.  After suffering through 17 years of a god awful drought the stability and level of success they have brought I will always appreciate.  That being said they have taken this team as far as they are going to take this team.

 

I will forever be grateful that they elevated us into a new stratosphere in the NFL.  Unfortunately they are not capable of competing in this upper level of the NFL.

 

The team building has been awful and reliance on “let’s run it back but add a new near 40 year old DE every year isn’t the answer”.  And a defensive minded head coach can’t have a defense that is a historically bad liability.

 

Sorry guys you’ll always be a favorite of mine, but it’s time for real change

[nedboy7]

Texans are that good.  Defense as bad as they were gave them a chance. The incompetence on offense was amazing. 

[appoo]

1 minute ago, Virgil said:

 

What about the 2 min drive they had to end the half?  That was pathetic.  They did finally tighten up, 23 points to a Mills led offense is not great.  

literally 2 drives the entire game. 

[Disgusted ills fan]

4 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said:

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  

Dawkins needs to change his nickname to 'Schlowman' 'cause he's a freaking turnstile against speed rushers.  Our entire O-line took turns being the pylon tonight.  I told my wife after we watched Josh get sacked for the 7th time, Josh should look at the guys in the huddle and tell them "I f-ing hate all of you right now".

Edited 8 hours ago by Disgusted ills fan

[<bills4life>]

2 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

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 

That’s going absolutely no where. Quick exit incoming. 

[dave mcbride]

5 minutes ago, PepeSilvia said:

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

Irrelevant because of the penalty. The much, much bigger issue was not running a tush push on third down. It almost always works, and they HAD to get a first there. And they should have run it on fourth down as well if they weren’t going to run it on third. Get up to the line quickly and force it through.

Edited 8 hours ago by dave mcbride

[VaMilBill]

Josh is clearly not comfortable in this offense. Outside of the TB game and the KC game he hasn’t been smooth. 
 

I think it’s time to fire Brady. This season is slipping and we need a change. 

[GunnerBill]

9 minutes ago, Virgil said:

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.

 

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…...

 

On defense it is ABSOLUTELY effort. Especially first half. I'm sick to death of Bosa. He isn't trying at all. But he isn't alone. Embarrassing.

[UKBillFan]

5 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

 

And it wouldn't have mattered so who cares

 

Because it was still Josh making an abysmal decision in a key position. It's just another example of his regression this year, other than sparking against the Ravens in the fourth, versus the Chiefs and signs of "old" Josh against the Bucs.

Edited 8 hours ago by UKBillFan

[Jerboski]

8 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

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.

lol you are incapable of ever putting any blame at Sean’s feet 

[Marcus Aurelius]

8 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:

My question is how did you prepare this soo fast?

1. Prepared yesterday  or

2. Quantumly went through a wormhole to the future