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Do we know if those 4th down calls were Marrone's, or was it Hackett? If they were Marrone's, bad decisions - lack of guts. If instead he let Hackett make the call, the coach still gets some of the blame, as those kind of huge game changing decisions need to be made by him.While the performance of the offense this year has been horrific often, I'd be surprised if Pegula blows it all up considering that the Bills have their best record in ten years. There have been some losses which really sting (ie Kansas City, Miami, Oakland, Denver), in which Marrone declined to go for 4th and 1s late. That's one part of Marrone's in game management which I question, but the Bills have also pulled out some of their best wins in a long time this season too. I'd say Marrone gets at least one more season as head coach, to see if he can get to 10 or more wins next year.
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At 56, I'm conflicted. After 45 years cheering for this team, I too want a championship in my lifetime. I keep getting optimistic about us getting better, but then keep getting disappointed. Part of me says I've been foolish investing so much of my time and emotion in this. The other part can't stop watching, and hoping. Even during games I'm schizophrenic - euphoric with each great play, but spending much of my time braced for the next improbable disappointment. As Springsteen said in The River: "Is a dream a lie, that don't come true, or is it something worse?".I am actually getting worse as i age(52)...just the opposite as you LOL.This Simmons column spelled it out perfectly. http://espn.go.com/e...=simmons/020204
The fear(irrational as it may be) that I will be in the ground before this team wins a Championship makes every stupid decision, screwed up play, bad call etc just send me through the roof. I dont want no stinking continuity ...i want freaking wins against 2-12 teams!
I am getting to be that guy I said i would never be...the one that is no fun to watch a game with. That sucks
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Rivers in the game last night just seemed to will the Chargers to a win, like no way he was going to stand for a loss. And that was after getting down by 21. He delivered with gutsy play (bulging disk to boot). I get the feeling with Orton it's just "oh well, we tried, and a few things didn't go our way".Wrong! Wrong! I have seen Big Ben shred defenses while playing behind offensive lines worse than this one. Same with Rivers. Yes, the line is putrid, but the main problem is the guy under center.
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Would it have felt better if we were instead knocked out by a blowout loss at NE? It sucks that it was Oakland, but the result is the same.That good news is little consolation for me tonight unfortunately. But luckily I have 9 months to get over it.
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This team does not deserve the playoffs. If you can't play hard and beat Oakland, no need to even think about it. On to next year (sigh).
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It's just what I was worried about. Seems we thought we'd win by showing up.We beat the crap out of the Packers last week. Yet somehow, season on the line, we have absolutely no intensity in any phase of the game. This should have been a smackdown. Maroon must go, and he must go now.
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I was just about to say the same thingMaybe you should go back out shopping
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Just got in from some Christmas shopping. 21-0, I'm loving me some San Fran
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If we make it to the playoffs and make some noise, I could potentially see some offers. But just because we had a decent defense and beat Green Bay does not mean the guy is going to be a hot HC prospect. I simply don't see him leaving until end of next year at the earliest. It would take a desperate team willing to take a chance that a good DC who inherited a very good defense would also make a good HC. For a team to be that desperate, they are probably not talent loaded, and thus would be more of a risk for his long term future. He cannot afford to be considered a failure at head coach again.I'm a bit concerned, but this has been a good situation for Schwartz, too. In his own best interest, he might just stick it out for another season and boost his value on the market even more after next season. He's has a load of talented players on his side of the ball and it would be great to see him stay on as DC. Salary caps don't apply to coaching staff to best of my knowledge, so having a committed and deep-pocketed owner is a good situation, as well.
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If we got to the game in NE at 9-6 with a need to win and chance to be in (with a bit of help), I think that would be awesome. I don't care how "unlikely" it is for us to win, it would effectively be a playoff game. It was also unlikely that we'd beat Green Bay. I think this particular team, with this defense, could show up in NE hungry and on fire. It's been freaking forever since the last game in the season meant anything!
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gudenuf2day
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I've always loved a great defense and this year's is special. Awesome playoff atmosphere and the win was the sweetest in recent memory. Finally the defense had a chance to win the game outright - by virtue of protecting a lead - and they were up to the task big time! Hope we can hold onto these guys!
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We'll see how our offense fares this weekend against a "weak" (#25) defense.
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Wow there are a lot of folks thinking Marrone is going to be canned if he lose to the Packers, or if he doesn't win at least two of the next three. I suspect that is just wishful thinking about what those people WANT to happen, but I predict he will still be our couch next year, even if we lose the next three. I don't think anybody's that trigger happy. We'll just have to wait and see.Marrone is gone if he loses to the Packers and he knows it. He's just going to be a petulant child and take his ball and go home (starting Orton).
That's why he needs to be fired if they lose to the Packers and Orton sucks again. The Bills can be honest and say that the organization and Marrone had come to a crossroads and there was no turning back. Kyle Orton's play has been abysmal, they used a very high pick on EJ Manuel and they want to see him start the last two games because this team has extremely crucial decisions to make at the QB position.
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IF Orton gets us to 10-6, you can bet there will be people saying he ought to be our starter next year. Not sure I'd disagree.I'm looking at it from the coach's standpoint. And I happen to agree with it.
It's a moot point anyway. Orton's gonna start on Sunday. As well he should. It's his team and he needs to see if he can get it to 10-6 which, while maybe not good enough to make the playoffs, would be a big step in the right direction.
GO BILLS!!!
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You guys are crazy! Marrone and Hackett will both be back next year, even if we go 7-9. They're going to get another chance.Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I think they both stay if 10-6 happens, although I don't know if that means playoffs at this point. There may be a couple 10-6 finishers with better conference records, but until someone says we're out of it, we're gonna win the friggin' SB.
But if it WERE a case of a sacrificial lamb having to be offered up, I could see the possibility of Marrone asking Hackett to step down.
I appreciate your softening stance on them as well. You may no be as intractable as you let on.
GO BILLS!!!
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Curious why you'd say that. He's caught 76% of passes thrown to him (29 of 38) for an 11 yd avg. Watkins has amazing hands and has caught 52% of passes (51 of 98) for 13.6 yd avg. I'm not suggesting Hogan's a rival to Watkins, (Watkins gets thrown more deep balls, which are lower percentage), but why shouldn't he be playing?Hogan is fair. I'm glad he's on the team. He shouldn't be playing IMO.
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Hogan's not too shabby either.Either Orton or the offensive coaches Marrone and Hackett refused to throw to him for over half the game. It's stupid. Watkins, woods, Williams and Goodwin are our playmakers along with Fred. It's ridiculous the offense is not built around them.
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Beat GB and OAK
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It was odd that they didn't show either of those. They were big yardage takeaways.Did anybody see the penalties called on the INT returns? They didn't show them on the replay and they seemed questionable. 76 total yards lost on those penalties.
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Perhaps he was only successful late in the game because Denver thought the game was out of reach and had dialed back their pressure. Would have made it interesting if we had managed to get the onside kickOrton didn't turn it on til way too late. We managed time poorly. We should have won.
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Cutler = Orton +/- a negligible difference. Why bother?
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Just keep winning boys, the playoffs have already begun.
The Buffalo Blizzard!D has been OUTSTANDING the past few weeks. One TD allowed in the last two games. Just dominant.
Is Peyton Manning quietly playing his last season?
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I think if they win the Super Bowl this year he will retire on a high note. But if they don't he'll come back as he seems driven to want to win another one.