Bills are Fool's Gold: Intentions Versus Results

[5ths the charm]

7 hours ago, MJS said:

We need new coordinators. As bad as the Bills defense has been, you at least see them make some stops here and there and adjust. McDermott has gotten involved to stop the bleeding. The offense, though, is utterly incapable of getting out of a slump or making any adjustments. It seems they have to see a play get stuffed three or four times before they stop calling it. Brady just isn't the guy.

 

I'm not sure it makes sense to love on from them until the end of the season because there are no upgrades to be had right now. I'd be all for bringing back Daboll next year.

Fish stinks from the head down. Beane and McDermott 

[WideNine]

On 11/20/2025 at 9:26 PM, RyanC883 said:

Thanks for your service. @simon had a good summary.  Basically by every metric minus Cook and Bishop this team is worse than last year.  The D is abysmal, and the WRs are bad outside of Shakir who on a good team is a 2 or 3. The piss poor coaching and FO bad decisions are finally coming to a head.   

 

The "D" despite playing mostly rookies and guys that are undersized or old - most should be on the practice squad vs suiting up to start held their own for the most part and kept the offense in the game.

 

This time the offense did nothing but put them in a lot of bad positions with turnovers and poor field position.

 

In a word this team has been "inconsistent".

 

When they do well so many folks here get amnesia about how crappy they played the week before and freak out over any critique, but the chinks and the execution stink is still there following this team around even after a big offensive showing.

 

I felt that in this game it was the OL's turn. They simply did not match the intensity of the Texans who often just rushed 4, sometimes 3 DL players and still whooped up and beat them with effort and beat them getting to their spots to setup blocks.

 

Josh also shares some of the blame as he needs to reset his internal clock when playing a good defense as it has to be 1 one thousand, 2 one thousand, and I am either throwing it to a receiver, or out of bounds, or getting a few yards running forward even if it is not enough to move the chains.

 

There was an alarming lack of effort and focus that has plagued the OL too. Even in Pop Warner we learned to block to the whistle, not block till you feel like stopping. Too many O-Linemen standing around watching Josh get pummeled.

 

That being said, I took no exception to Van Demark taking his guy to the ground. When you are beat that is better than a weaka$$ hold that gets Allen killed and you still get the penalty.

 

Too many play calls coming in late and confusion from that offensive staff. Seemed like Josh was waiting too long for those all night and struggled to hear a bit with the way he was covering the ear holes on his helmet.

 

Also when we fans can see players hurt or clearly gassed, why can't the coaches. Several times guys I saw guys dinged on plays or clearly needing a sub and nada. No substitution and usually a poor play followed.

 

This has been an inconsistent team and certainly not complimentary, but kudos to the ST coach and players that seemed to have decent game plans and the fire to compete the past few games.

 

It's a bright spot, but there needs to be some shakeup from the coaches and core players this season.

 

IMO I would have to see more than one or even 2 game sample of professional execution from players and the coaching staff before I start drinking the Kool aid again. Not just one group here and another group there somehow manages to find a desperate way to overcome another mistake-riddled performance.

 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by WideNine

[Wizard]

I appreciate the thoughts and perspectives.

 

The recent posts about cap numbers and roster turnover does not sound good, but I don't think anyone would have predicted the Colts and Patriots, being this good.

 

Seems like a Yo-Yo season with the injuries and up and down consistencies pointing out the good and flaws.

 

Here is hoping for better. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FireChans]

13 hours ago, Simon said:

 

To me, it's less about how they're actually playing, than it is about preparation.

On offense, plays are constantly getting in late, even more so than it's been an issue in the past. e.g. Thr night they got the ball back down by 4 and ran their first play with nearly 3 minutes left and only managed to get one more snap off before the 2:00 warning. If they were across midfield, then that's by design, but they were around their own 20. 

It's now Thanksgiving and Carolina is the only team they've outschemed since September.

Procedure penalties are a bigger problem than I ever remember them being.

On defense, we are seeing more examples of presnap confusion than we have in the last couple years combined.

Even STs are a mess outside of Davis' recent flurry, with more penalty problems and coverage/return issues.

This is the first time in the Allen era where I've regularly thought to myself that this is genuinely a poorly coached team.

It’s also shocking when the benefit of having 4-5 geezers on the team that “know the system” still are having a ton of confusion out there.

 

That’s supposed to be the one clear benefit.

[All_Pro_Bills]

This team is a result of the cumulative effect of many seasons of drafting at the back end of the round combined with poor choices and bad college player evaluation along with over paying players on second contracts that fail to play up to thelr pay grade. Add in hit and miss free agent moves and stubornly ignoring the WR postition in a passing league. Which leaves them with an MVP QB, a great RB, and not much else.

 

Not much talent. That's just it. See for yourself. Pick the top 5 players at each position on both offense and defense out of all the players on all the teams and with the exception of Allen and Cook what Bills player is top 5 in the league at his position? Even top 10? 

 

This is all on the GM.

 

Edited 13 minutes ago by All_Pro_Bills