Fan in Chicago

The point about using our D's aggressiveness against us seems spot on. Those pitches/side screens were driving me nuts as they kept doing that several times with great success every time. I was hoping that we would spread the D out a bit to cut down those throws but we did not make that adjustment. And I appreciate the point about how the slant was non existent with Stevie's absence. It hurt the O for sure. But it is tough to blame the O when a QB who was on the PS a few days back, missing its top receiver, new LG and a slightly hobbled Spiller still managed to tie the game late. 24 points should be enough to win the game with a good D.

I wanted to take the points especially considering the terrible first 3 plays. We were not blowing their D line off the ball either. We were not in desperate mode at that time. Against a good D, take the points. I am not sure it would have changed the final outcome as game strategy from the Bengals may have changed. Also, we are not a high powered Denver offense to overcome mistakes/missed chances.

Every loss of a division rival is good news. You never know what is going to happen down the stretch. Even if you assume the Pats* will win the division, there are wild card opportunities. While I don't think this team is playoff bound (primarily due to injuries), I like how they are fighting and hope for everyone to be miraculously healed soon. As for the Saints game, the Greer miss was the most glaring but there were missed tackles and a general non-adjustment by Ryan's defense which led to that final opportunity. Plus, I cannot believe the Saints playcalling being so unimaginative as to leave Brady with so much time on the clock. Greer becomes a goat but I think there is plenty of blame to spread around in the big easy.

two major penalties - one on Kyle and this non-PI call. Both cost us big

Our D front is getting man handled

Where is our D today ? With much of our DB back, we should have dominated the pass game at least

Come on D !! Pettine, shutdown Jones and AJ

QB Manuel WR Stevie Johnson CB Brooks CB Rogers CB Burton LB Powell OL McClain I haven't been following this week's news too much so Stevie comes as surprise to me

I had and have been a supporter of signing Levitre and was disappointed that we did not. BUT, no matter where you fall in the Levitre debate, it is clear that the Bills failed to adequately replace him. In this discussion about whether or not we should have signed Levitre, a point is being missed (I haven't looked at the entire thread to see if it was made here). It was one made by NoSaint in another thread - there were other lower priced free agent Guards available in free agency. Fine if Levitre was 'too expensive' . Why did we not pursue Vasquez who signed with the Broncos @ 4 year - $23.5 million ? How about Willie Colon (may have been short gap but still viable) ? See this list: http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2013G.php What possible explanation is there to not have even pursued, say, Vasquez ?

Pure class. Such acts are worth admiring. Your post on the other hand ...

And if you had done a search on this board, you would have found this: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/162555-jeff-russo-dennis-dixon-to-be-signed-to-the-practice-squad/

I am very impressed that Marrone went to the depth he did in explaining the decision process. Not sure I agree with him sharing all the details with the public but the fact that he took the time and effort is very commendable. He probably wants to cut down on the rumors and have him and his team focus on making the best of a bad situation. Are you honestly worried about this situation? If this were to come to pass, I would be ecstatic. 2-2 or 3-1 over the next 4 games would be far and above the best we could hope for. Yep. I corrected myself in another thread (or maybe in this one).

Indeed in yesterday's game itself, there was the 4th down attempt you mentioned and I also think the clock management at the end was poor. I was hoping they would make all attempts to run a lot of time of the clock or force the Jets to use their timeouts on the last Falcons drive. COnsidering that the Falcons were not playing well on D, they should have left little time for the Jets. I dont have it recorded to see exactly how this could have been done but remember thinking about it on the last Falcons possession.

Play action ? Who is going to be fooled ? I can bet its not that good Bengals defense. They will play press coverage and stack the box - dare Lewis to throw with the option being our RB running into a wall.

Isnt this point already being discussed here: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/162509-why-wasnt-lewis-ejs-backup/ A thread in which you have already contributed ? Why start a new thread on this ?

I will take the argument that Lewis came into the fold late. But, if Lewis was on the PS because he was not ready as of Thursday last week, what makes him ready and better than Tuel today? 3-4 days have made that much difference considering they did not practice over this weekend ? Putting it another way, if Lewis is ready over Tuel today, why was Lewis on the PS for the Browns game with Tuel as backup ? Something does not add up in my mind.

Thanx. I did not know that. Well, then this decision makes me really wonder what is going on with Tuel. What changed between last week and today ? If Lewis was a better option to start behind EJ, why was he on the PS with Tuel backing EJ ?

Wondering if Tuel showed nothing in the last few days of practice. Imho, doesn't bode well for Tuel

Good sound bite. Care to give examples to back that up?

That was fast. He must have been on a short leash. Who takes his place ?

Browns played disciplined, mistake free football. Once EJ went down, they just hunkered down and stayed slightly ahead. Good strategy on their part. We were entirely unprepared for an EJ injury.

Man, we have had no turnovers. A pick 6 will be awesome

Excellent D hold !!!

Looks like the D has to man up and win this one for us

Fooooey