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Does DJ get some sort of bonus for calling a successful fake FG or punt? At the least, the jackass could call them during better situations. All his trick plays have been major game changers. I still think the Bears would have beat us, but why give them any more help than they need. His timing blows.

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Does DJ get some sort of bonus for calling a successful fake FG or punt?  At the least, the jackass could call them during better situations.  All his trick plays have been major game changers.  I still think the Bears would have beat us, but why give them any more help than they need.  His timing blows.

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Look, this game was far out of reach for us before it even started. If the Bills could have opened the game with a TD...especially one that resulted from a trick play...it would have done wonders for their morale, emotions, confidence, etc...

 

It would have been great if it had worked, but it didn't. Oh well. It's not like we lost by 7. 33 POINTS!!! You think THAT was game changing?

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Does DJ get some sort of bonus for calling a successful fake FG or punt?  At the least, the jackass could call them during better situations.  All his trick plays have been major game changers.  I still think the Bears would have beat us, but why give them any more help than they need.  His timing blows.

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I assume you are referring to the fumbled fake punt to begin the game, but this call does not freak me out at all. Quite frankly, the Bills were beaten today by a team which is better than they are at every phase of the game (on O, as long as Grossman is healthy he is a better QB than JP and the D provides enough positional benefits that if their game is cooking the O can be brilliant- on D the Bears are simply one of the best in the NFL and their ST unit has been clicking and getting outstanding kicking).

 

They had to get momentum early in order to win this game on the road. They actually got off to the game start they wanted, but simply failed to hit the long pass to Evans, failed to run on short yardage for the first. amd then failed to convert a faked punt which if the announcers were correct was well designed and called and would have went for a first if they had gotten the snap correct.

 

If anything, while generally I like teams that are aggressive, I thought the go-for-it call on 4th and 1 where Daimon Shelton played poorly doing an unforced false startwas a lot more questionable than the fake punt call.

 

I I do prefer aggressive teams generally and I was happy to see DJ have the team go for it on 4th and 1 against NE in the first game. However, I did not realize at the time how much better the Bears were than us, and I was thinking that the aggressive move might have been to ask Moorman to pin them deep in their end and look for our D to begin winning the positional game.

 

This move would have not played to the Bears strength which would be getting an even short yardage 1st down against their D and instead play to a strngth of ours getting our Pro Bowl kicker to seal them deep and then require their O to make plays.

 

Instead, I think that the fake punt call had a better chance of succeeding on 4th down than a run up the middle.

 

The Bills got their taled whipped primarily on the field today anf DJ calling a more conservative game would not have made the difference from all I saw.

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First of all, it was a crappy snap that Moorman had to reach low for. That didn't help. It was risky because of field position. This also wasn't the first time he has had a trick play backfire on him this year either.

 

Let's teach this team how to play smart, mistake free football before getting cute. The Bills abviously aren't good enough yet to try gimmicks.

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Let's teach this team how to play smart, mistake free football before getting cute.  The Bills abviously aren't good enough yet to try gimmicks.

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That makes zero sense. You're supposed to try gimmicks when you're the inferior team.

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That makes zero sense.  You're supposed to try gimmicks when you're the inferior team.

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I never knew that was a written rule somewhere. Thanks for clearing that up for me. And why do I not see this from other "inferior" teams every week. And yes, I do get to see most games every week.

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I never knew that was a written rule somewhere.  Thanks for clearing that up for me.  And why do I not see this from other "inferior" teams every week.  And yes, I do get to see most games every week.

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You must've missed the 5,000 onside kicks various teams have tried against the Colts for the last 3 years.

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You must've missed the 5,000 onside kicks various teams have tried against the Colts for the last 3 years.

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Onside kicks aren't really trick plays or gimmicks. They happen quite often and the opponent almost always knows when they are coming. That is a senseless point.

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