A Few Thoughts about the Texans Game - Community Edition

[Billsfanatic8989]

My thought is that there is alot of pressure on Stroud. He needs to step up (OL too) and not waste away a defense this great. If they had a good offense they would be a top two betting favorite to win the SB. 

 

With the Bills, I disagreed with going for it on 4th and 1. Take the points. The defense was stopping them at that point. Lastly, I thought a win was in the bag after that 4th down lateral play. Instead, it will be forgotten. Shame. 

 

 

[Jrb1979]

23 hours ago, Jerome007 said:

7-4. It sucks. The Cheats are 9-2, even KC and the Ravens are coming back. Texans could have a tie breaker at the end. And on and on. None of that is fun in any way.

But you guys act like the Bills were wiped off the map. The lost a super close one, and without the missed extra point, would have tied the game easy to go to OT. No, Pegula won't fire Beane and McD tonight. No Brady isn't fired after facing the #1 D.

Best part of this game: Josh is still playing. He seemed done after that hit in the first half. A right wrist/elbow injury would be no fun though

 

 

They kind of were wiped off the map. For a team whose supposedly has one of the best offenses in the league, they again struggled to put up points in the 2nd half. 

[Jerome007]

11 hours ago, Jrb1979 said:

They kind of were wiped off the map.

They lost a the very end of the game. The Dolphins loss was a beatdown. Even the best teams get blown out. In fact, the Bills have been the "less blowout" team for years, and almost never at home.

Hey I hated this loss. And I'm mad too. I'm just also sick of "fire everybody" "it's over"  and blablabla after EVERY loss. I do mean all the time.

The Texans D looked like from another league that doesn't even exist, so we have to consider that. They've won 3 times with Mills (3-0). Their offense has to be REALLY bad to be 6-5 with such a defense. Yet CJ Stroud is touted as a wonder weapon. While some Bills fans are turning on Josh. Make it make sense!

[Jrb1979]

25 minutes ago, Jerome007 said:

They lost a the very end of the game. The Dolphins loss was a beatdown. Even the best teams get blown out. In fact, the Bills have been the "less blowout" team for years, and almost never at home.

Hey I hated this loss. And I'm mad too. I'm just also sick of "fire everybody" "it's over"  and blablabla after EVERY loss. I do mean all the time.

The Texans D looked like from another league that doesn't even exist, so we have to consider that. They've won 3 times with Mills (3-0). Their offense has to be REALLY bad to be 6-5 with such a defense. Yet CJ Stroud is touted as a wonder weapon. While some Bills fans are turning on Josh. Make it make sense!

If want to make it make sense, people have to look at this team realistically. Josh has regressed this season, the offense struggles for halves at a time in most games to put up points and the defense can't stop a nose bleed. 

 

This team isn't that good. The 3-4 record in their last 7 games shows that. 

 

Many seem to think this is still a Super Bowl caliber team and this season they are far from it. 

[QLBillsFan]

The season was lost in Atlanta and Miami. Losing to the Pats and Texans on the road Thursday while frustrating is acceptable. McB and the players not being prepared to play against clearly two inferior opponents is unacceptable. Has the messaging become old, is the undersized D unsustainable? Those games and philosophy fall on McB as the primary reason. It’s time for a new l leadership approach. But with Pegs it’s not happening! 

[Jerome007]

On 11/22/2025 at 11:36 AM, Jrb1979 said:

Many seem to think this is still a Super Bowl caliber team and this season they are far from it.

They aren't the Superbowl favorites we thought they were, but the positive here, NO team is this year! None! So while their chance to win it all is quite slim, its is NOT over. You fight and let the chips fall. We thought they were better. But who thought the Chiefs and Ravens would have 5 losses at this point?  Yet their fanbases are more optimistic then ours. 

[fan_in_tx]

On 11/20/2025 at 10:27 PM, 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.  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.  Also, is it true that McD is 15-35 when trailing at the half?!!

 

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…...

Was I the only one who expected the interception (Almost pick six) after the Texan's scored.   I actually called it... Felt like it was part of the script.