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Dan

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  1. Bills D might be good... But they get almost no pressure and suck at getting turnovers. Stats are stats, but this D is a shell of what we fielded last year. Offense... The more things change... The more they stay the same. Mediocre play calling and piss poor effort and once again we have a teams that doesn't look like it can compete in the NFL
  2. Words sometimes cannot convey the sincerity of our wishes, but that is all I have. A sincere wish for Bill to get well with a full recovery. Bills Nation is better because of him.
  3. You see this with every aspect of the team... Many fans patience wore out in about 2008, and understandably so. We just want a winning team.
  4. As I watch the games, that's my thought as well (and it was my primary concern when Rex was hired and brought his entire defensive staff with him). We seem to be installing a Rex scheme and making the existing players fit, rather than saying these are the guys I got, let's play to their strengths. The genius of Rex's past defenses have been their ability to generate QB pressure and confusion without elite talent. The problem now is he has elite talent but he's using that as though he has to disguise the pressure. Disguised or not our DLine can generate pass rush. Someone else said it... But they seem to be using a lot of trickery and movement to fix something that doesn't need fixing. Ever consider that maybe the Giants went conservative in the 2nd half because they were controlling the game? The one time they needed to score (the drive after our TD), they did it with ease. Not every team in the league continues to run the score up and pad their stats and egos.
  5. While I completely agree with you, I bolded the statement regarding Tyrod for a reason. I've seen quite a few people post this sentiment. However, I feel it's less about Tyrod and more about how Roman responds. In the past, opposing teams figured out our offense and our coaching staff was unable to make the necessary adjustments from week to week, and within the game. Roman, I think, will do that. So, I'm less concerned about Tyrod. I still have concerns. It's a long season and preparing week in and week out, dealing with the stress, the losses that will come, the injuries, etc.; they all take their toll on starting QBs. So, as I see it, Tyrod Has all the skills to be a good QB in this league. What we'll find out in week 10,12.. 15 is whether he's a starting QB or just a really good back up.
  6. All you have to consider when discussing Marrone's legacy is his very own quote... "Don't confuse effort with results." A winning ecord of 9-7 does not, in itself, constitute changing the culture of this team. There was only 1 game last year that I think anyone considered we absolutely would win. The Raiders game... .and we lost. If Marrone and Hacket were still coaching this team, I don't think anyone would truly believe this team was a winner. We would all hope. We would pray. But in the end, that's what we'd be left with. ..hope and prayers. And, that, is not winning culture.
  7. The league had been going this way for years. More and more calls are subjective, giving the refs more and more control over the outcome of a game. For years I've assumed its so that the league could grant favor to select teams and players; thereby, alllowing for preconceived story lines to develop and promote future games. Imagine the ratings if Cleveland and Buffalo play a playoff game together. Now, imagine a Denver and Colts game. Who do you think brings in the better story lines, better "drama", better TV ratings. That's not to say the league is picking winners and losers. But, its a whole lot easier to win when you get one or two drives extended because of a mysterious defensive holding. Every year myself and a few friends pick the games each week, and pick the SuperBowl teams in August. In the last couple of years, we've gotten extremely good at picking Superbowl teams, just by going on who's good and who would be favored by the league. 5 years ago, we'd be lucky if one of us even got one of the Championship game participants. Why there's more this year than any other... I'm not sure. But, it makes watching pretty much any game sans the Bills almost unbearable! This year.. Is the record number. Hence, more penalties this year than last or any other. You're sense is correct.
  8. I agree. Smart and Classy putting EJ in. It's a divisional game, no sense appearing to run the score up on the fins. EJ is a good kid and team mate, it goes a long way to helping him stay involved and a part of the team. And it's never a bad idea to get some good tape on EJ if they ever wanted to shop him in the future. Karlos botched that, however, with his 41yd TD run.
  9. For the first time in a long time... I watched the 2nd half of a Bills game and had no worries they would somehow find a way to blow the lead and the game. That pretty much says it all. Whether the Fins are this bad or the Bills this good, I'm not sure yet. But this Bills team just played one of the best all around games that we've seen in at least a decade. Does anyone one doubt that this team is headed in the right direction?
  10. Roman is easily the best addition to this team. It feels so strange to watch the Bills on offense and feel as though its a professional football team. I only wish we could somehow lock him into a long term contract.
  11. EJ comes in... And we score a TD!! Just like preseason!
  12. Good points, as usual. But, ok, don't throw out the game plan. Keep it as a reminder of exactly what not to do against them in the future.
  13. Agreed, the perspective is refreshing. Everyone, myself included, needs to remind themselves that no one plays perfectly. All players have bad days; all teams have bad games. Overly criticizing Tyrod or Rex or Dareus or any of them after one performance is ignoring that simple fact. That's not to mean we shouldn't talk about what went wrong. But, we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water. Whatever this game plan was... Throw it out. Burn the trash can. Bury it in a field under a full moon. It stunk and needs to never be seen again. The really bad thing is just about any fan on this forum could tell you that dropping Hughes into coverage and not blitzing Brady is a bad plan. Or that play 7-10yds off the LOS against the dink and dunk master is not a good idea. I just don't understand how coaches over think this stuff and blow it so badly. Offensively, they're going to have to open it up a bit. I saw it in the Colts game and yesterday it was in full display. Crowd the box and force Tyrod to throw long.
  14. I can get behind that, but there has to be a balance. You need confidence and passion, but today it seems we're seeing the other end of the Jauron spectrum. Too much hype and undisciplined game. They all but conceded the game away in the 2nd quarter with the sloppy play and stupide penalties. Of course, assuming they were real penalties, I didn't see any of them and the TV cameras don't seem to have seen them either.
  15. I'm sorry, but screw that. That's been the mentality of every coach this team has had for a decade. And time after time, the team comes out looking flat, disinterested and gets pushed around. I've seen enough of that lackadaisical football. This is a big game; its a statement type game. They need to to come out on fire and play like it.
  16. !@#$ em
  17. This is the exact game plan that teams for years have used against Brady and it just doesn't work. It's made me think at times that the league mandates teams play zone with no blitzers against Brady! Because everyone does it, thinking that Brady gets rid of the ball so quick you can't get pressure to him so why even try, and everyone fails at it. That's the one thing that I think Rex gets... You can't play a zone, get little pressure on Brady, and expect to win. Those rub routes or pick plays that they have mastered guarantee an open receiver. Give Brady 2 seconds and he'll hit him. They absolutely have to pressure him up the middle and disrupt the clean breaks off the line. On offense, the sith lord prides himself at taking away a team's bread and butter. All I can say here is... With so little footage, it's hard to say what the Bills' offensive bread and butter is at this point. So, we just have to be able to adjust, throughout the game - especially the 2nd half!, and matriculate the ball down the field. Keep pressure on Brady, and keep the offensive game plan fluid and we can easily beat this team.
  18. Good points, and I'm certainly not complaining. We won quite decisively. I just thought we shoulda tried some play action on second down to keep the chains moving a little more is all. But, in no way am I saying or thinking the game plan was bad or am I upset with the win. I just think Roman shut it down to keep plays off the film.
  19. I'm not so sure about that. The offense definitely got very conservative after we went up 24-0. Its quite possible, they figured lets just count on the D and hang on playing a pretty basic offense, so they don't give any more away than they had to, to our next opponent. At least, that's what I'm hoping, because it got real conservative, real quick.
  20. This just proves some people are not happy unless they're complaining,
  21. Maybe it was Rambo, but AW and Nigel both ended up standing there holding hands while dude scored easily. Either way, I really hope, they figure out how to cover that because it's coming plenty.
  22. The 2 WRs crossing, in a natural pick type pattern, that the Colts scored the first TD on left the WR wide open in the end zone. The next team we face uses that formation more than anyone. I sure hope Rex figures out how to stop that route.
  23. Go BILLS!!!!!!!!!
  24. When a college team cheats, they actually get a fitting punishment.
  25. It seems to me, you absolutely have to jam their receivers at the line. Their entire passing offense relies on timing and pick routes. They've mastered the pick route! That's why so many guys seem wide open. Disrupt their picks, make that cheater hestitate and you have a chance.
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