Billz4ever

Losing sucks, but in hindsight, I would've taken a couple basement finishes if it meant truly getting to rebuild this team and not suffer in the depths of mediocrity for years and being given false hope year after year that some old, tired, retread coaches, couple free agents and some uninspiring draft choices were going to be what was going to pull us out of our deep funk.

Mediocrity is the same or worse than being bad in my book. You're either a playoff team or you're everyone else. Being mediocre is worse than being bad because you're not a playoff team and you're not going to get great draft picks either, which I think was part of your point there at the end.

The Bills might as well have not existed through most of the Brady/Manning Era anyway. We were that bad.

We don't need new threads about it every Monday, but since it does exist, people are going to comment on it and how it was extra special terrible this week. So many missed calls all around, this game should be a candidate for disciplinary action by the league. I expect better from NFL-level zebras. If they can't hack it get 'em outta here. I'm sure there's plenty of collegiate refs that would love a shot at it.

Bingo. People don't understand this (or don't want to), but the heat is a quick and easy excuse instead of simply acknowledging the Bills had numerous trips into Miami territory and couldn't put the ball in the endzone. It's a lame excuse. We beat them 35-0 last year. If we had won, nobody says a word about it. They might have said, yeah, it was super hot out there, but nobody would be making excuses and trying to blame the heat.

It was not 10 degrees hotter. I even looked it up on the weather almanac. Air temp was 88 last year, 89 this year with the same dewpoint (humidity).

I never heard it and Josh never said anything about not feeling great on Kyle Brandt's Basement. He specifically said he felt a little sore, but physically he was fine. I think people are making a lot of assumptions that are being turned into statements that were never said.

What? The Hurricane had absolutely NOTHING to do with our game. Literally nothing. And last year, when we beat them 35-0, the temp was within ONE degree of this game with identical humidity. The Bucs literally evacuated to Miami. https://www.buccaneers.com/news/bucs-evacuate-to-miami-week-4-kansas-city-chiefs-hurricane-ian

Because some people need an excuse to try and explain how it was the heat and not the Bills inability to put the ball in the endzone, despite multiple trips into Miami territory, that was the reason for the loss.

I thought our punting situation was going to be a nightmare after what happened, but Martin has come in and made our punting game stellar. Not that we do it much, but when we do, we can't count on a good outcome. I actually prefer Martin to that person that shall not be named because Martin is known for his ability to pin the opponent deep, where the other dude really just had a monster leg.

That was the best part of that hold. Like why don't you make it a little more obvious you're guilty. lol

I don't even think Mahomes will be the key in the game. Of course we have to do our best to try and contain him, but I think the Chief's running game is more important here. If the Chiefs are able to run the ball on us the way they did against Tampa, there is no doubt in my mind we lose that game.

The Diggs trade had a lot of hype and expectations, but not nearly as much as what happened when Terrell Owens came to buffalo. It was so bad when Owens came, the response was literally embarrassing. Buffalo gave Owens the key to the city for cryin out loud. And in reality, Diggs has meant 10X as much to this org than Owens could ever have dreamed of.

No big surprise there. His brain was scrambled eggs before the Cincy game.

I prefer Shakir more anyway and did before this week's game. Shakir reminds me of a more athletic Beasley. Crowder never impressed me and doesn't have the shiftiness of a Beasley or Shakir. Crowder was always meh to me at Washington and with the Jets. Not sure why we signed him anyway even though I wish him a speedy recovery. Shakir just needs to remember to block when he's supposed to.

They all do, but when you hesitate, and then decide to hit him anyway after the ball is gone, that is a penalty. We got flagged last week for clearly trying to hold up and avoid the collision. We got a dude this week who hesitates and then makes a conscious decision to NOT try and avoid the hit and instead decides to engage the QB and hit him after the ball is gone. And now it's like you want to argue the latter isn't really a penalty when I've seen lesser than that called for roughing.

So why are we defending the zebras then if it was a horribly called game? Who benefited the most shouldn't matter. The best part of it is how the blocker put his hands up after like he didn't do anything after blatantly holding him for several yards as Jackson blew by him.

Sorry, I may have understated that just a bit. 😁

You are spot on. They let a team keep getting away with it, they will keep doing it until it starts getting called. The Patriots secondary was known for getting away with holding receivers religiously and getting away with it for a couple seasons.

I love getting to mute people who decide to double down on their own stupidity. When you're defending the zebras for a terrible game of officiating, time to do a little self-reflection.

I never said a word about the heat in Miami, and better yet, defended it as a case of one team being acclimatized better than the other. Now, it's quite obvious you're willing to just make crap up as you go. You're now doubling down on a horribly called game. Hilarious.

LMAO, you've been provided undisputable evidence of holding and you're claiming rules were applied consistently. The only thing you've managed to accomplish here is to defend zebras for a horrible called game. I'm still waiting for you to admit who your relative is on that squad.

There's no such thing as "offsets". Offsetting penalties are only when penalties occur by both teams on the same play. Penalties, depending on when called, can have much greater impact on the game then others. According to you apparently, they are all the same. They are not. You've backed yourself into a corner now defending a horribly called game and your only response is to now say they just "offset" each other, when nothing could be further from the truth. I expect better from NFL-level officiating.

I've said at least 3 times now it was a horribly called game. You seem to not be wanting to take yes for an answer for some reason and just keep defending the zebras.

Why are you defending such a badly called game? Which zebra is your relative?