Bob in STL

1). i don't think that Lindell handles the kickoffs. 2). Gilmore was slowed by injury, he is lookign better lately 3). Wood was lousy and he made BS excuses after the game. The guys next to him are making it hard for him to play well IMO. Urbik was platooned with someone in dreadlocks and Lugursky sucks. We really miss Levitre. 4). We need to draft a QB, yes. 5). McKelvin is just a stupid player. 6). EJ was betrayed by his line and his receivers 9). the coaches did not have the players ready ... again. 10). Byrd was MIA on the 80 yard run. He is just not good at run support. 11). Veteran made the biggest gaffes .. Stevie, Wood, McKelvin 12). This just in ... Stevie is not a number 1 13). Top five pick is possible .. .we might not win another one.

Agree and I quit reading right here. At least someone makes some sense. The guy is a rookie coach and doing and excellent job. Even a Bill hater like Dan Dierdorf could see the team is on the way up and playing hard. Will the rest of you guys name another coach that took a train wreck like the Bills and won anything with all rookies QB's like Manuel, Tuel and Lewis (who might as well be classified as a rookie).

Players play hurt every game. It is great to see the veterans out there laying it all out. No problem with a nicked up player playing unless he is hurting us or doing more damage to himself. That was not the situation today with Stevie.

Miami = College and High School Football Town.

^ I will vouch for this. ^ His behavior was deplorable and nothing could make him happy today! He was bringing all this bad karma from the past onto my table. I held strong and with all fingers and toes crossed I willed us to victory. Have a great week Tom! We WON!!!!! Feel Good!!! YAHOO!!! Cheers, Bob

I am not one to always point at the coach but there have been enough return coverage issues for one season already. Lane discipline is coachable.

1) Aaron Williams played his ass off today and I for one appreciate this. Yes, he is playing well. 2) Dareus recorded 4 tackles and 2 assists, but imo he didn't play so well. He provided vey little push up the middle. Nope, several good run stuffs. I saw him being held a lot. We need better LBs. 3) Marrone is a horror show. I am sorry, but he is. Before the deuce at the half, he cost us 7 points. This is not the first time he has hurt us before the half. And really, are you looking at him? Does he not look lost? Please list coaches that you think are worse than him. Agree that he should have taken time off of the clock and get to the half with a 10 point lead on the road. Seems to be learning game managment or else he needs to rein in Hackett. On the positive side, I loved his intensity, his "talking" to the refs about the game and the calls, and his challenges are good. He is involved in the game. Too many past coaches sat there like stiffs. I like the fact the team is playing hard for him. 4) Mario is just great. Seriously, the man is GREAT!!!!! He took over this game and won us a divisional game on the road. This is what is supposed to happen with players on whom a team invests their most resources. It was wonderful to see this fantastic player play at such a high level, no? I hope it lasts. 5) If anybody wants to sing the praises of Gilmore, please do. That said, I loved what I saw from Robey!!! Gimore played hard and his coverage was mostly fine - while playing with a severe handicap he is still better than what we had. They are attacking him and he is doing fine. I saw him swinging his club without concern for further injury while trying hard to make a tackle. We have players on this team that do not play hurt. This kid will be very good, give him a break. Robey is looking like a nice nickel DB. 6) Kyle Williams recovered the fumble, but he was not all that impressive. I am thinking that the Bills gave up a bit too much up the middle. I don't know what his story is. Look at the LB play. Kiko is playing well but sometimes he gives up a lot on the run. He is bit light. He was manhandled one-on-one for a few big runs up the gut. I hope he can gain some weight and still play fast. 7) 8) Robert Woods didn't have great numbers today, but I am just SO impressed with this kid. I feel like he is always helping this football team. Meh. We will see. I like him so far. 10) Granted, Choice and SJ had brutal drops in the first quarter, but both missed passes appeared to have been forced and lacking in touch. Third string QB, still gaining experience. 11) There should have been more called running plays to Lewis. Period. I won't back down on this and I blame Marrone. ??? Really? And if we lose Lewis we get Tuel. 12) Kudos to McKelvin for playing what I think was the best game of his life. He played well and I am happy he avoided some close PI situations. 13) I think that there should have been called running plays to Lewis. 14) Congrats to my Bills friends!!!!!!! Thanks and Cheers Bill! 15) GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!

I don't think so. Attention to detail is not his strength at all. I love it! I go to New England twice a month on business and I have to say I have never seen such spoiled and arrogant fans in my life. I have been a lot of places too.

Team sport - lots of contributors. Props to Wiliams for the big plays when needed.

That was a great quote indded. Bum was a good coach and his Oiler teams of 70's were very good. I also think his son Wade was a good football coach, especially on the defensive side of the game. Classy guy. RIP Bum.

Good post. The Spiller pick and Lynch trade was also about what happens when you change regimes. Out with the old, in with the new. We drafted Spiller #1. Lynch had character issues. No way were we tying up more big $$ in the RB position. On top of that Fred Jackson was looking very good and brought in the kind of chartacter that teams like. In hindsight we did not get enough but Lynch was a timebomb that could have regressed further in the wrong environment. A healthy Hairston may end as a solid starting RT someday. Time will tell.

^ This should be a tru statement if we can do it. Unfortunately, we have given up 30+ points in each of our roads games. An intangible today could be special teams. The punt coverage is looking very poor for Buffalo so far. The return game is also lacking compared to recent past.

Until we can consistently beat them the answer is no. In recent seasons the Jets have been far more physical and have pushed us around a bit. I hate to say it but so have the Dolphins. Now, do we have a better talent base? ... maybe so or maybe the tide is turning. Lets prove it on the field sometime soon.

What is this Williams bashing all about? A. Williams has looked good at safety so far and he was invaluable to the team when he moved back to CB due to injuries. He has made several big plays this seasons. You need lots of good DBs to survive in today's NFL; having versatile players like Williams is an advantage. I see Williams taking a big step forward in his develoment this year and I see a fired up kid that wants to play for us. Can the same be said for Byrd? I expect Byrd to be gone next season.

I bit of revisionist history here. There were so many times that Jauron did not bother to challenge when he should have. He was lifeless and dull.

Thank you. Agree 100%. It is too easy to blame the OC everytime the offense stalls. I think that Hackett and the entire offense has been good so far, especially considerating the injuries and lack of experience. If you are going to blame the OC for the 3-and-out then give him credit for the deep bomb and the two TD passes in the 4th Q. Our running game was in the top 5 in the league into the game. This was accomplished in spite of the fact that Spiller is hobbled and defenses are stacked and daring our young QBs to pass. More disturbing was the defenses poor tackling and the fact that they took 3 quarters to adjust, not to again mention the clear trend we are seeing of poor punt coverage. The Bills lost because the players did not make enough plays. Not the coaches, not the refs, not the sun in their eyes.

Moorman boomed a long one with very good hangtime. We did not cover the punt - i.e. the coverage was poor. When I say the coverage was bad I am talking about the results. I could care less if we have two guys in the right place if neither of them can make the play. A mistackle is still bad coverage. We got burned by punt coverage two games in a row now. Going into this game we were tied for last in the league in net average yards per punt. Opponents were returning 14.7 yards per punt against us on average. Firing the punter was a step to correct it. Looks like that is not the only problem.

We are improving and the coaching staff, like most of the players, is learning as they go. I think out top needs are: - Cornerback - A big strong end (TE or WR) that wins the battles for the ball - A difference maker type of player - Linebackers - other than Kiko I am not impressed. Lawson is a good situational player. Moats and Brandon are poor. - Left Guard - Depth everywhere - I do not like our ST coverage at all, two weeks in a row we get burned by punt returns. This all assumes there is a QB of the future on the roster.

You mean the play when a man in motion came on his side, forcing him to cover two players at one time with no help? Herb Adderly or Mel Renfo could not have done better. I saw a lot of mismatches out there. The Bengals did this all game, they put more people wide than we did and they beat us with numbers. Quick hitter passes behind the line with more blockers than defenders. It took Pettine 3 full quarters t figure it out. Lots of complaints about Marrone and Hackett but Pettine was the coach that got schooled today.

The coverage on the punt was not fine. Our gunners are getting down the field way too late, which is a reason for the bad tackling, The returner is already at full steam when our guys get there. Recall the Browns game. This is becomning a trend. Would I have liked to see them air it out in the OT? Yes, sure. All I am saying is that it is easy to second guess any playcalling when you don't execute the play. Did you see the 3rd down pass? It looked to me like the receiver was a secondary option. He was open and he was past the first down marker. The pass missed him. That is EXECUTION. Make the pass, make the catch, and we get another set of downs. EXECUTION.

Must be part of the Pomminville trade.

Nope. The D, the O and especially the STcontributed to the poor performance in OT. We had lousy coverage on the kickoff. The defense then gave up too many yards. You can count first downs all you want but the defense let the field position swing in the Bengals favor. The offense started deep in their end andf then went 3 and out. Way to conservative. They mostly like wanted to run "safe" plays to get out of the hole. Problem was execution more than play calls. All play calls are good when they work. Punt coverage really killed us. Big kick, good hang time, unfortunately missed tackles all over the place. Game over. Looking at the other 4 quarters, if there was one unit that put us in a whole it was the defense. They had no answer for 3 quarters and made Dalton look like Manning/Brady.

What Is Your Take On Head Coaching - I am all for it!

^ this is what I said before the game! Run and stop the run. thanks to the coaching staff for trying something a bit different this week.

It was nice to see us run the ball and to see a FB and two TE's. We will need that come winter time in the AFC East.