I hate to say this, but...

[dave mcbride]

We'd all love to say, "See, I told ya so!", let JP be JP! But it seems to me that Jauron and Fairchild actually knew what they were doing by keeping the reigns on him for quite some time, and then only allowing him to open it up against these guys in this game. If they used that gameplan against the Colts, for instance, Losman would have been killed. Don't over-react, the OL still stinks. Perhaps they took a sizable step this week which will help with their confidence in themselves and each other but this was the game to do it, and they did it. Indy was not, regardless of the stats. Look at the time Losman had in the Indy game. He never would have gotten those balls off the Evans in the first place.

 

The team won the GB game by limiting the mistakes and hoping JP could come up with one big play to win. They did it and it turned out well. It may have been luck but that was clearly the gameplan and clearly it worked because of the win. Against Indy, a team everyone thought they would get blown out by, and should have, it worked again. It looked bad, it was frustrating to watch, but they kept the team in the game. That was a game they could have stolen at the end. It was, again, clearly the gameplan and it failed  that time but almost worked. And again, if they used the Texans gameplan in the Indy game, I think we lose by 23.

 

So I think we have to give them some credit. I think PERHAPS they know what they're doing with JP. And I predict that they take a step back this week, and don't let him air it out, but this week the gameplan will be somewhere in between Indy's and the Texans. It's also probably better for JP in the long run to make him into a well rounded player like they have been doing.

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I agree, dog. I know I've sounded crazy at times to some people, but all along I thought they've been a very well coached team given the limitations of the personnel.

[IDBillzFan]

You get sacked when you call pass plays on third and long and have a TE blocking the best speed rusher in the game.

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Yes, I know, I watched it happen to Peyton Manning twice yesterday. In one case, he had NO ONE blocking DeMarcus Ware, who clocked the hell out of him on his blindside and caused a fumble.

 

What's your point? It only happens to sucky teams?

 

And if I recall correctly, we beat Green Bay by two touchdowns, so again I ask...what was your point?

[JDG]

Another thing that deserves noting is the Bills had terrible field position all day. They were starting back at their 10 yard line the entire game it seemed. The average start was at the 19 yard line, and there were series starting at the 3, 13,  27, 11, 16, 26, 5, 6, 2, 32, 38, 45. That last drive, starting at the 45, directly a result of the Jauron decision to punt.

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Chad Stanley is one of a handfull of AFC punters who can legitimately compete with Moorman for that Hawai'i trip. After two weeks where Moorman was arguably the best punter in the NFL, for three quarters Moorman wasn't even the best punter on the field on Sunday. Chad Stanley completely out-punted him to that point.

 

The last series, though, Moorman was a difference-maker. Moorman punted 42 yards to the Houston 11. The Texans make it out to the 30, and then Chad Stanely had a mediocre punt of only 34 yards. The Bills' drive falters, Jauron makes the gutsy decision to go with our MVP, and Moorman drops a 45 yarder to the Houston 11. After the Texans inexplicably pass on 3rd and 2 in a "run-the-clock" situation, Chad Stanley has another mediocre punt of only 36 yards this time, and the rest is history.

 

JDG

[JDG]

We'd all love to say, "See, I told ya so!", let JP be JP! But it seems to me that Jauron and Fairchild actually knew what they were doing by keeping the reigns on him for quite some time, and then only allowing him to open it up against these guys in this game. If they used that gameplan against the Colts, for instance, Losman would have been killed. Don't over-react, the OL still stinks. Perhaps they took a sizable step this week which will help with their confidence in themselves and each other but this was the game to do it, and they did it. Indy was not, regardless of the stats. Look at the time Losman had in the Indy game. He never would have gotten those balls off the Evans in the first place.

 

The team won the GB game by limiting the mistakes and hoping JP could come up with one big play to win. They did it and it turned out well. It may have been luck but that was clearly the gameplan and clearly it worked because of the win. Against Indy, a team everyone thought they would get blown out by, and should have, it worked again. It looked bad, it was frustrating to watch, but they kept the team in the game. That was a game they could have stolen at the end. It was, again, clearly the gameplan and it failed  that time but almost worked. And again, if they used the Texans gameplan in the Indy game, I think we lose by 23.

 

So I think we have to give them some credit. I think PERHAPS they know what they're doing with JP. And I predict that they take a step back this week, and don't let him air it out, but this week the gameplan will be somewhere in between Indy's and the Texans. It's also probably better for JP in the long run to make him into a well rounded player like they have been doing.

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Given that the Conventional Wisdom of the Texans game is "see I told you so - we just needed to unleash JP", I greatly appreciate this post. I agree with most of it.

 

In regards to the gameplanning, though, one of the great mysteries of this season for me is why the Bills' braintrust did not come out with the "Miami/Green Bay/Indy" gameplan against Chicago, but instead came out throwing. That was just inexplicable to me. I think we've seen plenty of evidence this season that Chicago is exactly the type of team that thrives off other teams' mistakes, but can be prone to making mistake of their own. Oh well, go figure.

 

I also think that it is worth noting, that one of the knocks on Losman to this point is that all he is over-reliant upon hitting the deep bomb play as a source of offense, and that he doesn't sustain drives with regular offense. There were some hints in the Texans game that he might finally be answering those criticisms, particularly with his performance on the two-minute drill, but for the time period between those two deep bombs and the two-minute drill, those questions weren't completely answered, either.

 

JDG

[Kelly the Dog]

Given that the Conventional Wisdom of the Texans game is "see I told you so - we just needed to unleash JP", I greatly appreciate this post.  I agree with most of it.

 

In regards to the gameplanning, though, one of the great mysteries of this season for me is why the Bills' braintrust did not come out with the "Miami/Green Bay/Indy" gameplan against Chicago, but instead came out throwing.  That was just inexplicable to me.    I think we've seen plenty of evidence this season that Chicago is exactly the type of team that thrives off other teams' mistakes, but can be prone to making mistake of their own.  Oh well, go figure.

 

 

JDG

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Very good point.