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Beane actually relied on Ed to stay healthy for an entire season, which was a really lousy gamble. He also didnt bring in enough backup talent because we are hamstrung by the cap. Combine this with McD's supposedly complicated defense (why???) and we have ended up here. The fact that Shaq Lawson is back is testament to that. Just ridiculous !

The takeaway I had was this: The Bills can beat any team in the league!! Sadly it appears: Any team in the league can beat the Bills!!

These are things that you would assume: 1. The Bills worked on these offensive plays in practice and had some alternates if they dont work. 2. On defense that they studied game film on their opponents offenses and practiced all kinds of scenarios and paid attention to the opposing team's tendencies 3. That they had spotters in the booth analyzing what their opponents were doing in game and making adjustments not just in game but in the particular drive of the game (whether the Bills were on offense or defense). Thats what I would assume the Bills are doing. You can see other NFL teams (at least the good ones) doing this in game. Then again the performance vs the Dolphins, Falcons and Texans games would strongly suggest otherwise.

We were at our own 33/34 so normally speaking on a 4th and 1 that early (only 3 mins in the game) we punt. However we had just intercepted Tua and we really needed to establish something early and punish the Dolphins. Any time you get a turnover you have to convert that into some points and grab the momentum. And with this current erratic Bills squad that is key. Once the Bills punted it probably felt to the Dolphins that we let them off the hook and they just reset.

They have a great coach and GM, They have a stud receiver in Nacua and a Vet QB Stafford who is channeling Brady/Brees late career quality. They looked great yesterday. The only problem is that they might be peaking too early.

Its good that some teams hold their coaches accountable for incompetence. In Brady's case though its more than just a poor offensive gameplan. He almost got Josh killed on Thursday. That combined with the ineptitude in the play calling should get him canned.

This was a joke of a call, the TB player had a knee down with the ball in his arms. That should have been the end of it. The mistake he made was reaching forward with his arms out which made the ripping out by the defender possible. But the play was dead. As you said called different ways by different crews.

He struggled mightily in that game where he wore the cast. To the point where he was trying to body tackle with arms and one hand. I suppose the plaster club could have been good for swatting passes down like a tennis racquet or smacking the ball out but that had to hurt like hell. And yes Bosa's effectiveness seems to have dropped drastically. If we had no other injuries he would have sat but with Oliver and Hoecht out, Bosa was forced to play injured. The problem is that the backups havent really inspired much hope that they can fill in properly so here we are.

Perhaps if defenses understood how to keep Maye from rolling out to the right they might stop him.

Absolutely gutless call from the Bengals. 3-7 and you are scared to go on 4th and 1?? Moronic coaching at its best.

7 plays from the one yard line and the Bengals stopped them all. Really impressive defense there!

Short week? Yes, banged up and injuries? Yes, Best defense Yes! But the giving up all those points to a backup and especially the drive before halftime? was inexcusable. The Bills simply were not properly prepared for this game on both sides of the ball. The defense took too long to adjust to Texans and made things easier far too easy for Mills in their coverages and not stopping the run. Too many short yardage 3rd downs for the Texans. Offensively Brady should have known that Josh would be overwhelmed with pressure and had counters to the blitz that burned the Texans until they stopped. He did none of those things. Instead of old screens, draws or misdirection's we got that awful wr screen that they sniffed out almost every time. On two critical 4th downs Brady called two plays which were godawful. The Bills despite all the ineptitude of these coaches had a chance to win this game which they certainly didn't deserve. The coaches made it as difficult as possible.

He steps out of bounds and his hit on the sidelines by the Texans defender. But its too quick for the officials to see. Look at the screen grab from the video. Its a millisecond before the hit and he is already out of bounds by a yard and leaping out.

Yes thats exactly what I am saying. Much of his personal suffering has happened since his prime "jerk" days and he has changed quite a bit. He is obviously a much better person after enduring that but I guess you give nobody a 2nd chance in life?

Yes the Texans D is elite, Yes the most points they have allowed by an offense is 27 vs Seattle. All true but lets be honest we flat out blew it on offense because of Brady's play calling. Even with that great defense, and all the self inflicted errors, our offense had a chance to win it. A better OC and a better game plan in general by the whole staff gets us the win. We played literally into their hands and instead of Brady planning for the constant blitzing, he reacted like he was surprised and he was seeing this for the first time.