With the long knifes out for Tom 'Ole Whitey' Donahoe, most of the bitching besides the Henry thingy seems to be 'he has yet to get the Bills to the playoffs, his tenure is a failure'. As far as I'm concered Donahoe got the Bills to the playoffs last year.
-Jacksonville -Clements knocks down a pass instead of going for an INT- playoffs, don't need the Steeler game
-Oakland -Henry doesn't trip over his feet/hash mark -playoffs, don't need the Steeler game
-1st Jets game we lost 16-14. A skosh more effort from either the offense or the defense- playoffs, don't need the Steeler game
still, with all that and starting out 0-4, Buffalo plays like a team possessed the last half of the season, winning 6 in a row. Pittsburgh becomes our playoff game for all extents and purposes. We all know what happened- Clements muffs a punt, **Bledsoe plays like his SUV is idling outside the stadium waiting to take him back to Montana, defense can't stop the backup to the backup runningback when it matters,etc.
Last season was a playoff season in all but name. Sure I'd much rather get to the playoffs for real, and I think we will real soon, but to post that TD's tenure is a failure because Buffalo hasn't yet played a playoff game under him is selling him pretty short.
**No Bledsoe's were sacked while making this post