Archives for November 10, 2014

‘A loss, considering the foes that await in December (Denver, Green Bay and New England) may put their season on life support.’

‘The play-calling continues to leave much to be desired. Marrone remains ultra conservative. He needs, at some point, to show confidence in his offense and go for it on fourth-and-short (and not just to try to draw the opposition offsides as he did Sunday.)’

‘Perhaps that’s what the league is becoming if you don’t have an elite quarterback, quick passes that limit the amount of reads a quarterback has to make. Furthermore, a guy like Orton who can adequately assess a defense before the snap is a good fit. It’s not about a major arm or taking shots down the field. It’s about, guuuulllllp, managing the game.’

‘Another one of those devastating losses we have seen so often in the past 14 years. The Bills had chances to the put the game away in the 2nd half but fumbled the ball away twice. They also couldn’t find the end zone after a takeaway of their own and were stopped at the three on another drive. They just shot themselves in the foot. It may have been payback afterall they could have lost to the Lions, Vikings, or the Bears but it doesn’t make it feel any better. Everyone was hoping things were finally changing, maybe it was “our time” like the slogan says. Once you allow yourselves to think that is when you are doomed to be disappointed. That is at least what happens when you are a Bills fan.’

‘Doug Marrone is getting killed for his conservative game plan. The false start on 4th and inches they probably weren’t going to run a play anyway. They just seem to play not to lose.’

‘Buffalo fumbled a ball through the end zone and lost possession on a fumbled punt return. The two plays took points off the board for the Bills and gave Kansas City seven points. At the very least it was a 10-point swing on the scoreboard.’

‘”I think we missed a big opportunity of course but at the same time we have to come back and just do the best we can next game,” he said. “We all would’ve loved for us to come in out of our week off, our bye week, and come out strong like we wish we would’ve but at the same time, the ball took funny bounces.”‘

‘I don’t want to take anything away from Kansas City. There are obviously some things that we did that, when you look at how to beat them, it gives you an opportunity to beat them. We did some of those things, but then we hurt ourselves, like you said, and didn’t take advantage of opportunities where we had them. They’re a good football team. Obviously, we came into this football game thinking we were going to win. I think it goes back to what you said before. You can’t do those things.’

‘”I still see a lot for me left to do,” Jackson told Buffalobills.com. “I still feel like I can compete at a high level. I still feel like I can bring a lot to this team. I don’t see it drawing to an end so to speak. I still see that I have a lot left in the tank.”‘