GunnerBill

I don't know what you were watching but he made the key mistake on the long Henderson run second half, lost his concentration thought the play was over and drifted inside losing contain. And he gave up 4 completions on 4 targets in coverage for 51 yards, the most on the team. That isn't to clown him he is a young kid still learning and he has had better days but he had a pretty rough go yesterday by all accounts. They started the year rotating him inside and outside but the past 6 weeks he has played overwhelmingly from the slot and comes out in a lot of their 12 and 21 personnel looks. I think Stef can still play. But he really struggles to separate vertically now as we saw his final year here. Where his route running still shows up is on those little technical routes inside where he can set DBs and linebackers up and then stop his feet and get horizontal separation.

Does he seriously sit with those whiney babies alongside him every week and agree New England is the bestest and everyone else smells? Can't imagine Belichick did that.

He can do more. Knox has blocked his ass off all year. Kincaid doesn't give you that.

Then wasted one on a running back inferior to the guy the Bills picked a round later.

But he has had chances to bring him in multiple times before and never has. I am not sure they are actually all that close.

I don't say this often in response to your posts.... but I agree with every word of this.

Meh. That's the way the cookie crumbles. I wouldn't change it personally.

It may "seem" like that but I don't really think its true. Both the Houston game and the Cincy game the coaching was not the major problem in the first half. Both those games were primarily execution fails by the players on the field - particularly our tackling. There were players in position to make plays - that's all a coach can do - the players failed to make them. This was a coaching mismatch first half though. McDaniels had McDermott on his heels and was finding ways to stress our defense with clever playcalling and good scheming. The only other game this season where I put a terrible defensive first half so squarely on coaching is the Atlanta game and Babich had playcalling removed from him at halftime in that game. The only coaching fail on offense first half was the 3rd and 15 pass in the flat to Shakir which is only a sensible option if you are already decided you are going or trying a long FG on 4th down. If there is a chance there that you are punting that can't be the playcall. Otherwise players miscues were the problem. Players have the make the plays that are there to be made and avoid the mistakes. That is their responsibility.

I actually think running first and second down is almost the bigger error. I like the idea you mix a pass in on first or second down when the D is very likely to play run.

Hahahaha. I thought Vrabel was a tough guy? This is whiney beyond belief.

Sure but 7 points on the first drive of the game doesn't influence games as much as 7 points late. It was a miss, he should have thrown the flag. It does not signal incompetence.

It doesn't matter if he is touched. If the ref considers the offensive player is giving himself up it is the end of the play. The refs would, rightly, have considered that in the case in question and allowed NE a time out.

Yea in that situation your loss is a first half time out (minimal) your win is a stop on the first drive (potentially significant). Once you see they are sprinting to the line you play the "they are not sure" percentages and throw it. Second half that happens in a close ball game I don't want you guessing. The time out matters more. But when it was? Yea you gotta throw the flag.

I don't disagree that he should have just thrown the flag even if he didn't have confirmation - not much to lose. But I also don't think it was that big of a deal.

Just look at the names on those Raiders and Titans depth charts though.... sheeesh. I think you can argue Palmer would be the #1 on those teams. But the Bills receivers are terrible. A has been (Cooks), a complimentary slot receiver (Shakir), a career #4 (Palmer), a draft bust (Coleman) and a player cut by Jacksonville (Gabe).