Bleeding Bills Blue

They ended very similarly. Both teams in the red zone with time expiring. The 3rd down sack, and the 3rd down sneak fumble for NE cost both teams the game in the end. We were at the 8 on 3rd down - meaning we can scramble for half, or dump it off and get a couple yards. But losing like 7 or 8 yards on 3rd down killed us. 4th and goal from the 15 is a really tough play. The field has no length, and they have to get into the end zone. I think i would've liked something a bit more creative there.

Ive only ever seen the guy really when he plays against buffalo. He always had really good footwork, and that was why he was so dominant. Safety is a spot where we need a cerebral smart player. It could be a former corner, but it needs to be a smart one and preferably a vocal leader.

On the topic of obscure mediocre QBs... Classic George. Yes. Yes. You know what's interesting. The quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons is Bobby Hebert. No "r" which I find fascinating. You know it's Herbert h-e-r-b-e-r-t, Hebert h-e-b-e-r-t. "Hebert" it's a fun name to pronounce. Try and say it Hebert. Take a shot.

Nobody wants to do rebuilds though. Everyone gets fired, so you aren't even there to do it. If the team turns out ok then great - but everyone's so triger happy in the NFL. Why would a coach want to come to a team with a lameduck GM, and no QB?

Who do we hire for a coach and GM then? Since they're both gone. Who would want this job at that point? You're a lame duck the day you're hired.

I understand not playing press all the time - but typically the coaches let the players decide where to line up. He should be doing it a little bit - it helps throw off timing on those back shoulder throws, and deep balls. He either thinks they're going deep on him all game, or he's worried about his safety help, or he's not comfortable playing press.

So your solution is to bench TT for Cardale to "see what you have". Then let Taylor walk. And... what? Draft someone? If I'm Rex, I feel like this is exactly what happened under Izdik. They nuked the roster, and he felt he got the raw end of the deal.

**I'd rather have a GOOD pocket passer TT is middle of the road - same with QBs across the league. The defense isn't good enough for this type of team. If we had the shut down defense that Rex preaches and talks about, we would probably have a winning record. Denver, Seattle, KC, Philly, Minnesota, Baltimore have all gotten by with their QB play, but are largely in the hunt because they play stingy defense. Until rex's team starts playing stingy defense again it doesn't really matter. He gets 1 last year to prove that he knows what he's doing. If Rex fails, TT would be set up to get a year to try with a new regime. If he flames out then he walks. I wouldn't wait too long to find his replacement, but I'd also give the guy a big enough window to see what he can do. Cardale should be able to compete, and TT's style lends itself to injury so he may get on the field sooner rather than later anyway. It isn't necessarily you. You're just one of many who share this opinion - so you get grouped in. And for me it isn't a right or wrong situation. It comes down to problem focus vs. solution focus. I think the problem focused people just see TT as a problem that needs to be fixed, and don't have realistic opinions on how to solve the problem. Is it coaching? Is it play calling? If he's not it, who is? Etc.

Ugh - that guy has to be praying that they fire fisher.

And even then its hard to know what people were supposed to be doing

Darby wasn't playing well, and hasn't really excelled all season. If White is playing well in practice, saying and doing the right things, then he has earned the right to play. It isn't a end all be all for either player. Darby can still play as many snaps as they want - can earn his job back - can still be a good football player. White can still get burned and lose his job as well.

If he sniffs 2000 and ends up with around 20 TDs... It'd be fairly difficult not to give him the award.

Tannehill is fine - but he has the same limitations that people here complain about TT having. Doesn't win you games, isn't particularly clutch. Both get sacked a fair amount - but Tannehill literally had double the sack yards as taylor and doesn't add as much as a rusher. Those number's aren't usually displayed on a traditional QB vs QB chart. Tyrod's probably standing right next to him near the top of that list.

Kiko doesn't bail them out and they're 4-5. Same as us. They're about as flawed as we are as a roster. Honestly - TT is a younger faster Tannehill type. Tannehill's probably more accurate, but they both don't throw to TEs, neither one uses the "middle of the field" all that much. I remember games where Tannehill barely throws the ball beyond the line of scrimmage. Having all 3 of his top receivers certainly helps the gap, but they're probably about the same IMO.

That rule is impossible for them to officiate. If tt rolls out and I can't touch the receiver, they'll use start blocking and he can take off. Works both ways. Sherman just bastardizes it to mean he can legally take a receiver out, which should be a call for something. Probably "unnecessary contact" 2which doesn't exist, but should.

They used some of the same things NE did to burn us. We're actually too predictable believe it or not. They know if they motion graham out and have NRC lined up across, then he's in that deep quarter of the field. So graham will go there. Not sure how you can really adjust for it unless you have NRC switch sides or something with gilmore - but at that point you may as well take him out. Not every team has the TE's to make this work either, we just happen to have played 2 of the best back to back... and we get another in a week assuming he's healthy. We're trying to go the route of "you know what we're doing but were still going to stop you" much like Schwartz, but it isn't working at all. In the 2nd half we probably worked in some different cover 3/cover 2 combination coverages and blitzes to confuse them more.

About time! they act like they're doing me a favor when they cut right to the action after a kickoff. NCAA football has fewer breaks/commercials and its a far better watch. I also like the big bands, and the drummers, the extra noise.

This seems to be throughout the league though. i think the lack of cohesion, makes it more difficult.

I think people are seeing that in our defense, motioning the 3rd receiver to the other side - if NRC stays on the side with the TE - he is the inside cover "man" there. So they'll exploit the matchup. We need to play more straight man.. especially with eifert coming to town. Gilmore want's to get paid like a top corner? I match him up with green all day. Yes there will be help over the top if we don't blitz, but you're on him all day.

I wonder if the cord cutting trend has hurt MNF in particular. You have to have ESPN unless you are in a local market. I think it was also available on twitter or snapchat or something, but i don't know how many people really want to watch football on their phones.

He does "seem" to be improving a bit. Less of the bluster and bragging that the media likes, but still the passion. Relinquishing play calls over to someone else so that he can get a pulse on the game. It's important. The game management aspect is underrated.

The contact on Powell should have been called unnecessary roughness. They probably lose the game because of it, and Sherman deservedly gets his comeuppance

I mean... Seattle and Denver aren't where they are without the great players on those teams. Was Rex good? Or were Lewis and Reed good? Probably a combination - as in neither happens without the other. My biggest thing ive noticed is that Rex is a players coach. This means the leadership element needs to come from the players. When A.will went down again, it seems to lack the same accountability.

Yeah - considering we lost yesterday.... and that was still his best 4th quarter 2 minute drill. Needed something on 3rd there to make 4th more manageable, and we didn't get it. 4th and 15 with only 25 yards to work with? Gross. You can't clear out with a deep route, you can't do an underneath route because you have to make it to the end zone. And I guess you can't buy time because then they can deck your receiver. Oh and they were on him in like 3 seconds with a 3 man rush.

Ron Rivera - 6-10, 7-9 his first 2 years. Carroll was 7-9 his first 2 years in Seattle. Lewis was 8-8 his first 2 years. Garrett was 8-8 for 3 years before finally making the playoffs. Not to say all are created equal, but sticking with a guy can have its benefits. Rex seems to be finding himself a bit more here as well. Not playcalling the D anymore, and having more of a say on the offense. Things a HC should do.