I disagree. Good coaches have a 4th and 1 ready to rock like KC had today while . our bumbling response was another lame attempt to draw the offsides. Orton was not razor sharp today , but we were killing them throwing to our backs. So with 4 downs on their 15 we make no effort to get a first down, throw underneath or to run, we go the throw to the endzone 4 times. When it comes to crunch time, this coaching staff is in a highchair at the table with real NFL coaches.
I don't see the way to the playoffs at this point. Best case I see is 9 - 7 and no playoffs with anothwr year of Marrone and Hackett. We just wasted out beat defense in decades and bumbled away an easy win. These Bills are not different from teams of the past 15 years. They snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and the gameday coaching is dreadful.
I have followed this team since 1963. I have seen this game 100 times. No matter the coaches, decade or players, we piss away games like this over and over again. I am so f***ing sick of this team right now I just have to back away and try to think about something, anything else.
My takeaways are:
*Urbik should have been the starter day one.
*Giving Hackett the benefit of the doubt for conservative play calling given our field position and turnovers, he still is in over his head.
*We have a real NFL QB. Not top ten talent, but a legit starter at long last.
*Sammy's a star and Preston Brown is really developing into a solid player. Can't wait for Kiko to come back.
*Pears is brutal.
*Our D Line is special and D Line depth impressive.
*Chandler is playing well.
Spags, you don't understand. The Jets coulda had class. They coulda been a contender. They coulda been something instead of bums, which is what they are....
Maybe we score more than bad teams. When we hit a good team, our O looks like crap. Detroit had to have a cadaver kicking for us to win. Hackett doesn't know how to create an offense around the players he has. He's out of his depth IMO. But it looks like he's going to come in with and leave with Marrone.
I know where we would end up with EJ. We'd be 2 and 5 and playing the Jets for last place. Deal with it, Orton is flat out better and gives us the best chance to win right now. Now we have multiple threads on how our OL sucks and only one thread on our QB play. I'll give EJ credit though, he was into the game and helpful on the sidelines instead of sulking
An unforgivable sin, biblically, is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Since Marrone is St. Doug, I don't think committed an unforgivable, eternal sin. However, the OP has, IN!