Archives for November 2012

‘Now to the offense. Down 7-0 the Bills drove down the field, starting at the Buffalo 36. They got to the 10 and what happens, on second down false start on Andy Levitre. That crap has been happening for 12 years and it never stops, make big plays only to hurt yourself.’

‘Of the many statistics I looked at in the moments following the end of the 27th loss in Gailey’s 40 games as Bills Head Coach, here is the most alarming one: The last time a Bills running back got a carry came with 8:23 left in the third quarter.’

‘C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson combined for a total of 12 carries on the game. While they each got five additional touches in the receiving game, that still isn’t enough. For my money, one of those players (Spiller, in my opinion) should be getting 22 touches by themselves. Then allow the other player to have an impact as well with a good amount of times with the football in his hands. The Texans wanted to take away the run. They did, and the Bills never adjusted. The overall lack of adjustments seem to be a lingering characteristic of this 2012 version of the Buffalo Bills.’

‘The bottom line is, everything can’t be fixed at once, and for those who really thought the Bills could go from 6-10 to the playoffs the next year were overly optimistic to be sure. But with 8 games left, the Bills still have a lot to play for even if it’s pretty clear they are all but mathematically out of the playoff picture already. An 8-8 finish, or 5-3 second half, would be an encouraging sign that would signal continued progress.’

‘Perhaps more troubling for fans was the decision to ignore the option of running the ball in the second half. The team knew establishing the run was going to be difficult against one of the top defenses in the league, but the Bills didn’t even give it a chance.’

‘This season now has the same hopeless feel that recent ones have had. A final record of 6-10 or 5-11 or even 4-12 seems a distinct possibility.’

‘How about the drive where the Bills opened with a wide receiver screen to T.J. Graham followed by another on the other side of the field to C.J. Spiller. They earned a total of five yards, which divided by two is 2.5 yards-per-play. Spiller was averaging 6.5 on the ground at that point, but hey, keep slinging it!’

‘Get The Ball To RBs: Failure! They were in love with the passing game as both Jackson and Spiller carried the ball only six times each and both caught five passes.’

‘Chan Gailey had some questionable play calls on offense. They had two third quarter three and out series that consisted of all pass plays. He never once threw it in the end zone when down by the goal line three times in the first half. Only gave the ball to Spiller six times in the running game. He needs to get the ball more.’

‘It was a game where the defense showed noticeable improvement, and kept the team in the game and the offense did just enough in the first half to keep things close. But Buffalo’s attack struggled over the final two quarters managing just three points in a 21-9 loss at Houston.’

‘”They were playing seven big guys in the box against our three wide sets and you’re trying to run them out of that. You’re trying to throw the football to run them out of it and we weren’t able to do it. We had some passes that were dropped at times. We had some missed time penalties and it cost us offensively. We weren’t able to move it consistently and get in the end zone.”‘

‘”I mean the story of the day for us is we’ve got to get C.J. more touches. I think everybody knows that and we’ve got to find ways to do that. But really the story for us was just our inability to score touchdowns. We had three field goals and another field goal attempt. Something this team over the last few years has been good at is converting those drives into seven points, not three. To me, that’s where our issue was today, not being able to get the seven points, driving it down the field and doing different things and not being able to convert.”‘

‘”We got to do it every play, every series because we can do it. Just keep an eye on that gap. To face an elite running back like that and be able to maintain him from what he’s done and what his offense has done to everybody else they beat. It’s the little things. It’s about us being in position and not getting too nosey and doing your job.”‘

‘Texans 30, Bills 20.’