Peace Frog Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I thought Reggie Corner played a great game as well, with the way he was blanketing Welker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Was the Dallas game 2 years ago the wake up call this franchise needed? How about the Cleveland game last year. Dick Jauron is an expert at overseeing a team that knows how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Mark my words, this won't be the first time we experience this pain this season. Don't get your hopes up. The Buffalo Bills are highly-trained, highly-paid fvuk-ups. Only the Bills could manage to lose that game. I said it elsewhere, but nobody remembers that Denver season opener a few years ago disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRW Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Was the Dallas game 2 years ago the wake up call this franchise needed? How about the Cleveland game last year. Dick Jauron is an expert at overseeing a team that knows how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Mark my words, this won't be the first time we experience this pain this season. Don't get your hopes up. The Buffalo Bills are highly-trained, highly-paid fvuk-ups. Only the Bills could manage to lose that game. Yeah, but don't you just have to laugh at this point? I don't understand how people continue to take these losses so much to heart after the last several years. I guess I've moved on to acceptance and I just have to shake my head in admiration for the ability of the Bills to find new ways to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I would hope they wouldn't have trouble finding their identity because it's been the same throughout the last decade....the team that can't close the deal. A little motivational speech for our brave little Bills who went out there and gave it their best try.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odon59 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I want to be optimistic too, and I agree with the previous analyses about the young players. Here's the problem - most games in the NFL are close, yet some teams win consistently and others lose consistently. Guess which one the Bills are? Last night wasn't about talent, and most NFL games are not decided on talent because there is too much parity in the league. Go position by position - the pats are clear cut winners at QB, nose tackle, and probably LT. On the flip side, the Bills have better "talent" at RB and DB. A lot of the other positions are pretty much even. The difference is coaching and players playing smart football. The Pats players are COACHED to do things like rip the ball out if you're the second guy in on a tackle, and they also happen to have the presence of mind to actually do it in important situations. Likewise, Mckelvin wasn't COACHED to do the smart thing, or atleast he didn't have the football smarts to do it. He's clearly a superior athlete to the Pats return men, but his decision making was bad and it cost the Bills the game. Take the 3 close games this past weekend: Denver/Cinci, Buffalo/NE, and San Diego/Oakland. The perennial winners won and the bumbling Bills, Bengals, and Raiders lost. Coincidence? I think not. All the winning teams have superior coaching and players that play smart football. Sorry for rambling, and again I really hope the great performances of the young guys is evidence of things to come this season. But honestly, I don't think their culture of losing will change until superior coaching is brought in. It's been said before, but this past weekend really exemplified that theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Guy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I went into this simply hoping for the Bills to be competitive--and were they ever! Sure, it was an extremely disappointing finish, but realistically very few people expected us to even be in the game. This team will only get better over this season, and the bounces will begin to go their way--the playoffs are a very real possibility. I couldn't agree more. Honestly, I couldn't believe that the team was as horrible as the preseason would have indicated, so I went into the season with an open mind. Sure I was disaapointed, but this team is young and they are going to be much better over the course of the season. FWIW...I've had several people comment to me today that the Bills "looked pretty darn good" last night and "should have beaten the Pats"...some of these people were Pats fans! I had a huge Steeelers fan say he couldn't sleep last night because the Bills should have won. We garnered some respect last night people...what else could have been a better outcome from a MNF loss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I want to be optimistic too, and I agree with the previous analyses about the young players. Here's the problem - most games in the NFL are close, yet some teams win consistently and others lose consistently. Guess which one the Bills are? Last night wasn't about talent, and most NFL games are not decided on talent because there is too much parity in the league. Go position by position - the pats are clear cut winners at QB, nose tackle, and probably LT. On the flip side, the Bills have better "talent" at RB and DB. A lot of the other positions are pretty much even. The difference is coaching and players playing smart football. The Pats players are COACHED to do things like rip the ball out if you're the second guy in on a tackle, and they also happen to have the presence of mind to actually do it in important situations. Likewise, Mckelvin wasn't COACHED to do the smart thing, or atleast he didn't have the football smarts to do it. He's clearly a superior athlete to the Pats return men, but his decision making was bad and it cost the Bills the game. Take the 3 close games this past weekend: Denver/Cinci, Buffalo/NE, and San Diego/Oakland. The perennial winners won and the bumbling Bills, Bengals, and Raiders lost. Coincidence? I think not. All the winning teams have superior coaching and players that play smart football. Sorry for rambling, and again I really hope the great performances of the young guys is evidence of things to come this season. But honestly, I don't think their culture of losing will change until superior coaching is brought in. It's been said before, but this past weekend really exemplified that theory. that is a very good post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I want to be optimistic too, and I agree with the previous analyses about the young players. Here's the problem - most games in the NFL are close, yet some teams win consistently and others lose consistently. Guess which one the Bills are? Last night wasn't about talent, and most NFL games are not decided on talent because there is too much parity in the league. Go position by position - the pats are clear cut winners at QB, nose tackle, and probably LT. On the flip side, the Bills have better "talent" at RB and DB. A lot of the other positions are pretty much even. The difference is coaching and players playing smart football. The Pats players are COACHED to do things like rip the ball out if you're the second guy in on a tackle, and they also happen to have the presence of mind to actually do it in important situations. Likewise, Mckelvin wasn't COACHED to do the smart thing, or atleast he didn't have the football smarts to do it. He's clearly a superior athlete to the Pats return men, but his decision making was bad and it cost the Bills the game. Take the 3 close games this past weekend: Denver/Cinci, Buffalo/NE, and San Diego/Oakland. The perennial winners won and the bumbling Bills, Bengals, and Raiders lost. Coincidence? I think not. All the winning teams have superior coaching and players that play smart football. Sorry for rambling, and again I really hope the great performances of the young guys is evidence of things to come this season. But honestly, I don't think their culture of losing will change until superior coaching is brought in. It's been said before, but this past weekend really exemplified that theory. Post more often please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstencel Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Came out both please and worried honestly. Please in that the line had its moments, and the defense played well for most of the game. Mostly good decisions by the QB and the screen/draw game was awesome. Worried in that the usual problem of the defense being on the field for over 60 percent of game. They run a very small defense overall, and they need to hold on to the ball longer early in game, if expect the defense to be there for end of game. If they don't fix the time of possession disparity, don't see them winning allot of games, honestly. Think getting Lynch back will help some there, as they will be able to run more of the traditional run plays, rather than misdirection plays. Worried that the No-Huddle will offset this however. Basically think they look like have some good young talent, and there is a lot of potential there, but they are too small on defense to play the types of game plans they seem to keep rolling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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