Bills Fan of St Augustine

We were very lucky and I now have a major headache after watching our offense in the 2nd half. The OL got pushed around. Glenn in particular looked pretty bad. Shady was special. I don't know why we didn't look for Clay or other TE down the middle with quick throws to slow down their rush. No much from WRs either into the middle of the field which should have been open. We won ugly on the road missing the three "Bills" on D. I thought he jumped early....the throw was there...

I really don't think we'll get squat, but maybe someone out there is desperate enough to give us something. Jets for Geno straight up?

No hate here for Maybin. Serious questioning the talent evaluators that said the kid could play in the NFL at all as an undersized DE/LB. What a waste of a pick.

Should have been obvious to Rex. If it ain't broke don't fix it. So why did he try? Now he needs to fix it and soon! I agree. The only minor issue I would take with your post is that the two gap improves run D. On average that may be true or in theory, but when DL penetrate into the backfield consistently in the one gap, the opportunity for hits behind the line of scrimmage increases enormously. Its simply a better defense for the talent level (and compensation) we have on the DL.

Well I didn't see much from either one. I just checked the box score and they had Mario credited officially with one tackle, no assists, no sacks. Dareus only had an assist. I expect a lot more from both of them. They have a combined $27.2MM cap number! That's 20% of the entire team. Agree on the LBs and Brown in particular was dreadful. (Think I said Powell above) Also agree we are not good enough to run on trickery. I don't think our OL in particular are athletic enough to do much else but power blocking. Against weak Ds this works, but let's see how they fare against the Jets Thursday night.

I retain Woods and Glenn provided we don't overpay for either. For Glenn that means average starting LT money, not high end. No way he's worth a tag. Competent OL are in short supply so I would bring him back at a reasonable price. We still need someone to move the pile as none of our OL are particularly powerful off the ball besides RI. I let Bradham walk.

Complete lack of discipline on Defense. Where was Mario, did he play? Dareus had a couple of tackles but not much else. Hughes had his best game of the year, but all in the 2nd half. The "hit" out of bounds was consummately stupid! Missed Kyle today too. Powell has to learn to wrap up. I thought the secondary played very well. Front seven were awful for much of the game. Oh, and get Sammy the damn ball every game!

Agreed. And if you cut a bun in half for a burger, it still isn't a sandwich either. A beef on weck is not a sandwich. A french dip (who cares, it's french!) Anything served between two slices cut from a loaf of bread would constitute a sandwich. Submarines (grinders, hoagies, etc) are often miss-classified as sandwiches too.

I'm not buying it. The OL still can't block. We pay huge money for the DL to hold off OL so mediocre LBs can make plays... or not. We take way to many penalties some of which are just stupid like the taunting calls and other unsportsmanlike calls. It's not just learning a new scheme. Discipline is lacking, attitude is poor, professionalism is absent.

This.

Neither are viable back ups let alone starters. Cassel has no potential, EJ could have potential if he were hit hard enough above the shoulders and it jarred something loose. I'd still take EJ over Matt. Watch the Dallas game tonight? Vintage Matt Cassel.

Either would help, but I don't see it happening.

Well said. Too early, but not overachieving to be sure...

Another awful call in a long and awful season.

I'd sure like to have Fitz around right now....

Yeah, how is that a penalty? I can't even figure out what the ref thought he saw. Well I'm sure to get blasted but we were without our starting QB, RG, RT, two WRs, back up RB and best player on Defense. And we still should have won the bleeping game!

Terrible call and execution. Can't get one yard on second down when we wasted a TO there too...

Cut him tomorrow and move on..

yeah, so does Wood.

Reading this board makes me think some believe we have a QB controversy to solve. EJ is a back up and TT is the starter who should continue to get better with more playing time and confidence. Same for OL which is struggling, but not a surprise. The real mystery and our very real problem is the DL. No penetration at all. Last couple of years, someone was always in the backfield disrupting running plays and chasing QBs on passes. This season, zip! Same guys, different scheme. Running D is ok, but seem to lose their will to play as soon as things get tough. They seem to catch runners and pull them down rather than hitting through them like last year. Better switch back to the old scheme soon before it is too late. 3-3 isn't bad, but losing repeatedly at home is inexcusable.

1st round maybe, but not two first rounders...Maybe the best is yet to come. I hope so..

OL needs to get better or it won't matter who runs behind them. I think they will as they play more together. They were all over matched Sunday except for RI. Where would we be without him? Oh, and it still wasn't a chop block!

Spot on! The biggest "adjustment" was Tyrod carrying this team on his back by running with the football. The same lanes were there to run early, but he wasn't taking them. Either by design of coaching or himself. I suspect coaching.

While I generally agree, l think the D did come through and did deserve to win. Some missed tackles sure, and not much pass rush, but were on the field a very long time early in the game and kept us in it at the half.

Yeah, I'm not sure what he was supposed to do in that situation. He hit with his shoulder.