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22 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:
Send this to Ford, Knox, and Morse with a note that says “this is the kind of rubbish that we have to hear when a 3 players miss a block that would’ve cleared the way for the QB to get into chip shot FG range”
Right, when the officials make one horrific call that alters the game like “Fail Mary” or the “just give it to ‘em” game, I get it. However, it’s not as if a terrible call determined the final play of that game. We do this every time we lose. It gets especially bad considering our Buffalo complex where we think the refs are out to get us. I’m good with placing blame where it’s due. The officials were terrible in this game, but our players earned the blame for that loss. Literally no one on the team stepped up Saturday, with the exception of Hauschka. It was a complete team loss.
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3 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:
Name the calls that benefited the Bills in that game. There were three terrible calls that benefited the Texans and cost the Bills dearly.
Fair enough, but I’m sure we committed penalties they missed. I’m just saying NFL officiating is generally bad. You never who’s going to get the short end of the stick from one week to the next. We still had plenty of opportunities to win that game.
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Just now, Doc Brown said:
This game is somewhat similar to last year's NFC Championship. There were some egregious non calls but the Saints had a million opportunities to put the game away. Same thing with the Bills.
Exactly, NFL officiating is a travesty, but often times the game can be won regardless. The Vikings had at least a field goal anyway. Who knows if Bress would have scored, they weren’t looking very unstoppable to me.
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You could on for days with all the missed calls in an NFL game. Officiating is terrible across the board, and no one benefits from it.
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17 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:
No one is talking about pitching a shutout.
we are talking about a taking a 3 score lead Galway into the 3rd Q and blowing it.
Big difference m. Yeah the Offense was anemic since Dallas. But any decent D doesn’t let a team it has on the canvas for a standing 8 count get back up and knock you out.
I agree.But that D shut down the Bills when it mattered while their Offense was slapping that top 5 D
16-0 can be a two score game, and you stated that elite D’s don’t give up a shutout. I kind of assumed that you were talking about pitching a shutout. I get your point, I just don’t trust defense to carry a team every week in the NFL. Both sides of the ball need to step up at various times. We had an offense that was rarely capable of stepping up this season.
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3 minutes ago, KD in CA said:
For all the offense's issues yesterday, the most critical play of the game (year/decade/millennium) was giving up a 3d and 18 on a ***** dump off.
That stands out to me far more than the missed tackles on Watson. That first down should never happen, Watson plays happen.
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DeShaun Watson has made a lot of guys look bad. Of course, Milano needs to make a play, but sometimes that happens with a guy like Watson.
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1 minute ago, billsfan_34 said:
Hope he stays so we can beat on him lol
Same here. Call me crazy, I’d rather face the Pats twice next season with Brady than without him.
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2 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
Lol imagine if the Bills gave him 30 mil for 2 years to try and win a super bowl with this defense and let Allen watch and learn?
I hear ya, but have one issue with this. Was our D really that much better than the Pats D? The Pats had a D that was just as good or better than ours, and Brady still couldn’t win it all this season. I don’t think being here would be any different.
3 minutes ago, billsfan_34 said:Nope none- he is in absolute decline. He must come to grips.
Yep, he’s very average at this point.
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1 minute ago, Wayne Arnold said:
This makes no sense to me.
If McDermott wasn't playing for a 3 score lead to end the first half, he would have ran the clock down with runs then kicked the FG. Instead, he was aggressive by letting his 2nd-year QB throw pass attempts into the end zone.
If D'haquille doesn't drop a touchdown in the end zone, it's 17-0 Bills at halftime. How is that McDermott's fault?
My problem with the coaching occurred in overtime when they forgot Singletary existed and decided to treat their offensive possession like a 2-minute drill even though there's virtually no game clock in overtime in the playoffs.
Up to that point I thought McDermott put the players in place to win the game and the players failed to execute.
If the Buffalo Bills offense were capable of scoring 100 points per game, they would. McDermott isn't telling them not to score. They're simply not good enough (yet?).
Sure, Duke dropped the pass, but I like my odds of three passes into the end zone more than one. We could have done that, but instead ran Gore, and spiked the ball on second down. McD did this all season in that situation, and it’s a bad way to coach in 2019. I attended the Redskins game this season, and the clock management before the half was quite similar. We didn’t even attempt to score before the end of half in that game. The Redskins were a bad team, and it didn’t matter in that game, but I hated it because I knew that philosophy will haunt us against good teams. Winner and losers aren’t separated by much in the playoffs. You must maximize every opportunity.
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2 minutes ago, HardyBoy said:
This was never supposed to be the year, this team is still rebuilding. The offense is light years better than last season. This team is not ultra conservative on defense, and have gotten a lot more aggressive each year as they got better talent. With an extra year to largely finish the rebuild on offense, I am guessing the offensive aggressiveness ramps up to match the defense aggression.
We are ahead of schedule. I hope you’re correct in your assessment. I just worry that McD is a defense first coach who doesn’t have a clue about the other side of the ball. Nothing explains that end of the first half series imo. McD is a good coach, I just worry we are stuck with the second coming of Marty Schottenheimer.
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2 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:
An elite D doesn't give up a 3rd Q shutout.
This is the problem with everyone’s elite D dream around here though. It’s 2019, how many teams pitch shutouts these days? The offense needs to make plays at some point. Elite D’s in the sense you’re talking about don’t exist these days. Teams have too many playmakers on offense nowadays. The 85 Bears played a QB named Tony Eason in the Super Bowl, lets just say that Deshaun Watson is a bit more dynamic. The Vikings D just held the Saints to 20 points. By today’s standards that was a spectacular performance against the Saints. We would have lost with our measly 19 points.
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5 minutes ago, 2020 Our Year For Sure said:
We should trade him. He was a nobody before we signed him, McDermott can find another nobody who will do fine in his system. Take advantage of Derm's ability to coax good safety play and add value to the franchise. Let someone else pay him, use the money to re-sign more pivotal pieces and add to WR/RB/DE.
Tre White is phenomenal, beyond that we have role players. I don’t want to overrate the Jets, but watching our second team D that game gave me a new perspective. We are a brilliantly coached defensive team with a great scheme. Overall, we have decent defensive players who play within the scheme. I wouldn’t be particularly stressed about losing Poyer. I think our coaching staff could plug someone into that role without a huge drop off.
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1 hour ago, H2o said:
She's just trying to make sure he has enough money to keep her digging hands happy.
This^ Quite sure she’s not really stressed by the injustice that he’s outplayed his contract. There’s certainly a motive there.
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4 hours ago, Doc Brown said:
You're both nuts. He threw the lateral while falling to the ground after the hit. It was careless and I'm sure he could take that decision back if he could. Just a lack of situational awareness as we had enough time left.
I’ve been a Josh Allen fan since late last season. I doubted the pick, but came around after watching him last season. I’m more hopeful for the future than I ever was with our other QB’s. However, I learned yesterday that some fans will always wear Bills goggles. You can’t say anything truthful about some players performances without absurd excuses. Everyone who isn’t a Bills fan saw Allen playing spastic football In the second half where he looked an ultra talented guy who was just learning how to play the game. We still have a bright future, but Allen has a lot to learn. It’s ridiculous to think otherwise. That lateral was one of the worst mental errors I’ve seen in the postseason.
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5 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
Next season’s schedule is brutal. This was the year to take advantage. This game was ours. Completely blown and very concerning. McDermott is great at getting these guys ready through the week. On game day he is terrible. The weekly inactives are inexcusable. Clock management is the worst I have ever seen. When to challenge or not is embarrassing. No adjustments and it’s just play for a fg as soon as you cross the 50. I love the way this gets ready to play week to week. But within the game itself, I hate the coaching.
This is spot on. Our coaching staff is amazing with everything outside of game day. Our team is so well coached that we are able to beat lesser opponents on a frequent basis. We have our problems completing with equal/better opponents when the game is decided during crucial moments on game day.
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45 minutes ago, BringBackOrton said:
Did Sir Andrew ever recommend a desperation lateral in a 3 pt game with 50 seconds left on first down?
Definitely not, I hated it.
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1 minute ago, Joe in Winslow said:
Again, calling bull####.First full season as a starter, RAW out of college. He's WAY ahead of where anyone who knows anything thought he'd be.
The reality is that no one “knows” anything. Allen might become great, and I root for him. I love the talent the guy has. I just worry that the stupid can’t be coached out of him. He’ll need to become great to overcome those mental errors.
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4 minutes ago, jrober38 said:
Can't describe the feeling right now.
This game looked won with roughly 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Somehow we crapped the bed completely.
Our offense was yet again useless for most of the game. Our QB struggled with the basics and showed an extreme lack of awareness in crucial situations.
The defenses wilted late, although Watson was simply spectacular. He put his team on his shoulders and willed them to victory.
Today’s NFL is all about stars. TBD doesn’t like hearing this, but we saw Watson carry his team to places Allen can’t at this time. I really like Allen, and think he’s in the top half of AFC QB’s, but he’s not there yet.
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2 minutes ago, Nitro said:
Problem was the play calls had no safety valve for him to throw to.
That too, Daboll ran some mysterious plays today. By the same token, at least get the ball out of bounds.
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Just now, Joe in Winslow said:
And yet, he atoned for them with a BRILLIANT 1 minute drill to tie.
So, yeah, pound sand.
He did, but was lucky he got that opportunity. That doesn’t erase epically bad sacks on two consecutive downs, and his attempt at a lateral to Knox. You are correct, he atoned, but champion QB’s don’t make that many major mental errors in one game. I’m not saying he’s a bust, just saying we are a long way from having a championship contending QB.
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Just now, Nitro said:
You realize he was sacked three times to Watson's seven? Those sacks on Allen were jail breaks. Daboll and the line coach did not make adjustments to the Houston second half scheme.
I get that, but it’s a situational thing. Allen’s back to back sacks in the forth quarter can’t happen. He needs to know better. Those are situations where the ball has to get out of his hands at all costs. It shows he has a long way to go.
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Just now, WideNine said:
Our Bills defense needs to stop folding in the 2nd half of games. Good defenses close games out; They do not allow back to back scores and 2 point conversions. Missed tackles really have been a problem all year, needs to be a focus. That soft zone on 3rd and 18 was a huge mistake - did not like the call or the execution.
Not sold on Badork as our punter... and today did nothing to make me feel like we have the right guy.
Daboll did not call the best 2nd half, and the o-line needs some better pass protectors as 3 and 4 man rushes should not have been coming through our line like a hot knife thru butter. Definitely need an upgrade at RT as the Texans attacked that position with rushers setting up wide all game long. They got better on the left side defending that wide nine rusher, but even inside they were giving up pressure.
How do you call a timeout, and then put in a downfield pass play that leaves Watt unblocked when in OT????? Sheer freaking genius.
Allen choked a bit and the game got a bit big for him...just calling it as I saw it. That is where a smart OC gets the RB who is eating the Texan's lunch involved and does things to calm his QB down and lets him get into a rhythm. Instead he goes empty sets and puts more responsibility and pressure on his young QB and calls a bunch of QB designed runs when we know Allen can get hurt or put the ball on the turf. I don't get it.
I like Allen using his legs on broken plays, or designed roll outs with receiving options, but have never been a fan of him plowing into defenders on stretch running plays or off tackle.
Smoke seemed a bit off this game and I am not sure why - signaling for a flag as the ball is popped up and was still in play in the end zone. Not being aware of where the sideline was on the other deep route where normally he is really aware and would toe-tap that. White also played a bit uncharacteristically soft against Hopkins. I think he was so concerned about giving up the big play that he was giving him a bit too much cushion in the 2nd half.
Give White some slack as he was in man to man quite a bit and he did not want to give up the big play.
Agree with your take on the Allen called runs. Everyone agrees we didn’t do well blocking on thd QB sweep in OT. However, our called QB runs have not worked well all season. Blocking has been a consistent issue with those plays, and Allen has been much better scrambling. It’s on Daboll to realize that called Allen runs aren’t our bread and butter, so why call them in OT of a playoff game?
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4 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
He’ll stop doing those with more experience
My issue is plenty of rookie QB’s don’t try to lateral the ball to Knox in that situation. Plays like that are ridiculous. That was such an extremely profound mistake, I’m not convinced experience changes it. I think he’s more of a Brett Favre type QB, who will always make really dumb plays. Guys like that need big time production that outweighs the mistakes to make it at this level.
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PFT: Uncalled helmet to helmet hit on Allen in OT could have set up GW FG
in The Stadium Wall Archives
Posted · Edited by SirAndrew
I’m making an overall statement that NFL fans and teams don’t benefit from the substandard officiating that occurs every week. That’s what I mean when I say “no one benefits”. Different teams (except maybe the Pats) are getting a bad deal each week. Officiating should be better across the board. College football has superior officiating to what we see in the NFL every week.
As far as our game, we had some bad calls go against us, but we can either whine about bad calls, or simply realize that our team didn’t show up, therefore they didn’t deserve to win. Our team stunk on Saturday. The refs were awful, but that game wasn’t all their fault. If we need to win on a fluke kickoff return, we weren’t going far anyway. Blaming that loss on the refs is ridiculous, and I can’t believe how many people on this board are doing it. Here’s the list of reasons we lost: McD could coach with some guts, Allen could play smarter, our guys could block defenders, our defense could play a soft zone and tackle the ball carrier short of the sticks on a third and forever. Those are just some of the reasons we lost in addition to a few unlucky calls.