RichRiderBills

Wtf wrongvw refs did i just see that backward pass by jones?

Running the football is part of the game.

I think this loss is on the Daboll. He counts too much on Josh being great and accurate. Too much single set. Not enough running. Allen was a bit off. Penalties killed us. Thought many were marginal. Cant blow ST punts in a tight game. WRs not enough RAC.

I thought the refereeing was bad today. Too many minor infractions /calls went the Steelers way. it was too much. Not the top reason for the loss but very evident.

Part of me would say losing this game is really good for us. Runs were there all day. We need to learn to run the ball more! BUT! then basically that was the whole lesson of the end of our season last year and deadbolt still didn't get it

Well really dissapointed today.

Ugh...too cute Daboll.

Looked like a blatent Offside

Hate that daboll sequence. If your going to go on 4th be ready on 3rd down w a better play.

Bills are playing tough. Tough vs a tough opponent. Mentally tough. No one said this would be easy Keep it going guys.

I hate all these empty sets. I know its nothing new.

Daboll too cute

You are right, and the stat is 13 QBs have "led" teams to playoffs since merger. Only 12 of them played 10 or more games. I think about half were "day 1" starters, but would have to deep dive there. One of the 12 was also Dieter Brock, a 34 year old accomplished CFL QB. Really when you get down to it , cases that compare to Mac Jones are so rare.

Its an accurate representation of % chance an NFL Team since the merger is helmed by a Rookie QB who takes his team to playoffs. The stat is relevant and is .08% I was wrong about the .07. .07 is for rookies who played 10 or more games. You want to take number of teams that started rookies, then calculate that number who made the playoffs, fine....that's going to be incredibly low as well. 5% from the last 10 years still sounds high. You have to eliminate a couple guys who were not day 1 starters. I' ve also made the point nearly all of these guys were dual threat. The instances where teams had established starters or where others were chosen to start over the rookie is viable. The argument is the chance of a rookie QB leading a team to the playoffs is very low. You guys can spin your wheels about Mac Jones all you want, but that's a fact.

You pull this kind of BS all the time hapless. Someone lays out the framework of an uterrly irrefutable point and you put some arrogant burden on them to lay out the math and act like you've won the point. I've laid out stats that are accurate and frame in my point.

We cannot escape that the odds of a rookie QB leading his team to the playoffs since the merger is infinitesimal. The odds of a non mobile running QB pulling it off are even worse. I stand by the stat provided.

I hope not. Folks did hate the Bills though during the run.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/jetswire.usatoday.com/lists/rookie-quarterbacks-nfl-playoff-history-zach-wilson-new-york-jets/amp/ Nope, the math is not wrong, but there are flaws in it, I’d agree there. If you wanted to crunch the numbers of how many teams that specifically started rookies and how many of those teams made the playoffs by virtue of the rookie , you’d perhaps get a different # that would still be significantly low and insignificant. Let’s also add several of the 13 listed did not start the season and were fill ins due to injury or poor performance. Your notion it occurs every 5 years is not at all accurate. Nearly half occurred in the last 10 years, and most of these guys were big running threats. The notion it is statistically (extremely)improbable a rookie QB can lead a team to the playoffs still is irrevocably accurate. Keep in mind, both Luck and Dalton were much better runners than Jones, you are in a zone of even more unlikely. I’ll also add that the kind of defenses some of these teams that did it had llike Rothlisberger and Flacco are essentially impossible to construct these days.

For those homers in the NFL community predicting the Patriots to make the playoffs or even win the division. Since the merger 13 rookie QBs have started a playoff game. 10 have led teams to playoffs, and most of them were fairly pedestrian teams. The merger was 51 years ago. 13 dudes total. By my rough math, thats a .07 % chance for a team to make the playoffs w a rookie QB. IMO most of the rookie QBs who were threats were running type QBs.

Funny this morning, Cowboys and media gushing about Dak....who basically was the guy he's always been; huge statline but takes the L. This has been Dak's and Kellwn Moore's MO.... Cowboys will be marginally relevant non contender...same as the past 25 years.

Rich Eisen just mentioned the Bills and Josh Allen being passed over for the game. Sounded like a backhanded cut at the boys.

The Bills did not practice.....

Steelers can only blame themselves. They let oline go to hell, then this past off season instead of fix it, they double down on skill guys. Not the Steeler way. Its a bit delusional.

Yep, and I'm saying these reasons are all very subjective hunchy fanspeak and not well crafted / articulated analysis.

Very few are , and most that have articulated themselves a bit better than what you did with a glorified " I got a feeling we blow it" . Its not that the Bills are invincible, but I just don't see it. Steelers Oline is really weak...new offensive coordinator / offensive system with stubborn old QB will be a recipe for disaster. I think the Bills defense will be improved and Big Ben behind this oline is a recipe for disaster. Pitt is a regional rival we love to hate. Stadium will be rocking. Yes Steelers got out to a hot start last year, but our roster is just better all around. The Bills are a top 3 super bowl contender, and most of us are not used to this spot. We're good...we have good focused players, and focused coaching that have not lapsed in these moments. As of 2021, Bills have a better QB, better defense , and better coach. This is my bottom line. There were guys like you every week last year. I am cool with that, but itemize the reasons why and maybe there is buy in.