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"I know they're excited about 8-8 and we're excited they got us in."
Sorry, but that line kinda got under my skin a bit. He thinks we're excited about our record this year?? I understand he's not a Buffalo Bill, and probably not a fan, but my goodness, is that how we're viewed throughout the league?? What NFL team for the love of beans and rice would be excited about 8-8, unless it got them into the playoffs?
When the Steelers come to the Ralph next year, I hope we beat the livin fecal matter out of them...
Sorry, that statement just really irked me..
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Thanks for all your great posts, Bill. I enjoy reading them every week, and they've certainly become a "must read" for me after the game.
Have a great off-season, and already looking forward to more great posts for the 2016 season!
2016, the drought ends!
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Very well said sir...Rex lovers need to embrace some facts:
- Rex is credited as a defensive guru by many. The Ravens defense was consistently ranked higher on average for consecutive seasons BEFORE he became DC and after
- the jets defense was #1 Rex's first year, they then descended perpetually each year he was there to become a worse than 20th ranked defense
- he doesn't name or allow the players to name season long captains
- there is a history of leadership vacuums in his locker rooms on two different teams now as head coach
- he's widely identified as a players coach
- he's lost more than he's won as a head coach
What do these facts mean?
Rex is a bust. Players like him because they go to Dave and busters in lieu of game prep, and get extra days off on long weeks instead of extra practice to capitalize. Head coach IS by position THE team leader. The leader of the leaders. Every good NFL coach and even some marginal or bad ones cultivate leadership, as.. It's the freaking job. All this grumbling to the press is 100% because of this coach being bad at his job. The myth of his defensive prowess is a byproduct of his own ability to self promote and grandstand about 2 or 3 isolated successful seasons surrounded by numerous poor ones and bookended by more successful performances from both predeseccors and successors. The guy is a scham, he wrecked this defense, he wrecked the locker room, just as he methodically did in NY.. the pattern is undeniable and he will be the material cause for this new era of failure as long as he's around... But at least he will draw cameras and maximize the credit the team gets for their 4 wins next season
/rant
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Can you imagine how absurd a players only meeting would have been?
It probably would have resulted in a negotiated resolution, where Sammy would receive 12 targets per game, Ron Brooks would limit ST penalties to 1 per quarter, and Mario would share his fridge.
Lmao @ Mario sharing his fridge!
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Definitely not. Ready to see what Tyrod can do with a full season under his belt and a full grasp of the system.
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Much more important for this team to look strong heading into the offseason than to lose games.
I think that you would even agree with this if the Bills did indeed turn it around and demolish Washington, Dallas and the Jets. Everyone could take some comfort that this team should be able to hit the ground running in 2016 after unfortunately taking the full 2015 season to settle into the new offense and defense.
The two guys who have the most riding on these last three games are Taylor and Thurman IMO. Taylor is going to be the starter next year, but will the FO feel the need to draft a QB early if he doesn't show improvement these next three games? Thurman is on seriously shaky ground because there's no way he can come back if the defense continues to play horrible.
Spot on. Look at the momentum Carolina carried into this year following how they finished the season out last year....to win the final three games of the season would be absolutely wonderful. It would set the tone for a productive offseason, build confidence among players, re-ignite optimism amongst the fan base, and I think most of us on this board would be as pumped for a season as we've been in over a decade. When is the last time the Buffalo Bills had a 3 game winning streak?
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Since so many are already in "next year" mode, just tweeting this for you. Next year's non-AFCE scheduled Bills opponents (next tweet)...
Home: CLE, PIT, ARZ, SFRAN, same finisher as AFC South; Away: BAL, CIN, STL, SEA, same finisher as AFC West
They'll likely have OAK from the AFC West.
Holee crap that's a brutal away schedule!!!! Heck even the Bal and Stl games could be L's.....damn that schedule looks tough right now...
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All I am going to say is the Jets lose to New England. Pittsburgh loses to Denver this week and then goes on the road to Baltimore. Pitt and Baltimore seem to split every year regardless of their records. So I am not ready to throw in the towel. 3 weeks is 3 weeks.
I like your optimism, and I too, am hoping for this to happen. Both scenarios are realistic. Let's just hope Buffalo takes care of business against a Redskins team that has looked pretty good at FedEx Field...
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If we're supposedly definitely gonna lose this one, we have no chance, chalk it up as a loss, etc, why are you even watching this game? This team? If the Patriots** are so damn good, why even watch the rest of the season, you know how it's gonna play out. Have some damn confidence in your team! If you don't think we're gonna win, get the hell out! We don't need you! What would Marv Levy say if he read this board? Jim Kelly? They'd be pissed I tell you that.
There's a reason you play the game. Quit acting scared of the big, bad, Patriots**! Is the media saying we're gonna lose? We have no chance? Good! I don't give two flying Gugnies what the media says! It'll make victory that much sweeter! We're gonna earn some damn respect this coming Monday!
LET'S GO BUFFALO!
I don't think we're DEFINITELY gonna lose this one, but count me among those who don't think our chances are very good. I'll be watching along with the rest of us who still believe, and who still have hope for the playoffs this year. Do I have confidence in our team? Yep! Just not much, not against the Pats, not on Monday night in Foxboro, not with the refs in their back pocket, and not during a year when they have this "Us Against The World" mentality because of Deflategate. As much as it hurts to say it, the Pats have a greater chance of going undefeated the rest of the whole season than we do of winning Monday night. I hope like hell we shock the world, and if we win Monday night, Tuesday is most certainly going to be a sick day for me(ie alcohol poisoning).
However, I just think the deck is stacked wayyyyy too far in their favor for us to win Monday night. Heck, Rex couldn't have put it better when he said that for us to win, we're going to have to play a darn near perfect game, and Brady and the Pats are going to have to have an off night.
With that said....
Buffalo 37, New England 20
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Wow, incredibly sad, but also somehow heart warming? Best wishes and condolences to the Flutie family.
Well said sir. Well said.
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I have seen research on this phenomenon and it is believed that when one passes the other has endorphins / chemicals released in their body which can sometimes lead to a heart attack especially in weaker hearts. The saying "they died of a broken heart" can actually be true.
Sorry for your loss Doug.
I remember learning in a psych class in college about the "Total Marriage". They said it was the type of marriage where both partners live pretty much as one, do everything together, have the same friends, basically are like one person. They said when one dies, the other usually follows quickly after. That is CRAZY to both die of heart attacks, an hour apart from each other. Just wow.
Condolences to a Buffalo Bill that is beloved in practically all of our hearts...
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it didnt tip you off when the promo code was thievingcheaters?
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I really wish he was still a Buffalo Bill. He just doesn't look right in that uniform.
Get well Freddy!!
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It's only not a sack on a designed run.
Even if it's a designed run, if the QB is the one with the ball and he's tackled behind the LOS, it's still a sack correct?
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Can't say that I have a problem with that article. Inconsistency couldn't be a better word to describe us so far. The thing this year that has put more gray hairs on my head than anything is the Bills followed BOTH decisive beatdowns with complete mental meltdowns, AT HOME nonetheless...It seems that every time Buffalo starts getting a little national love, it goes right to their head and they come out that next Sunday and put up stinkers. Rex needs to get that trend fixed in a hurry. IMO, the inconsistency is the ONLY thing I can say that reminds me of the Bills teams of the past...
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I think Tyrod plays like Tyrod. Jeff Blake really doesn't come to mind when I watch him. The more I sit and think who he reminds me of, the more of a blank I draw.
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yup, not their fault. seems like teams that have gotten to us (pats and giants) have gone after the slot coverage and LB corp with short routes and quick passes
Seems to be the blueprint for success against us....it's a very hard offense to shut down, and Brady and co are by far the masters of it....sad to say...and Eli has two Super Bowl rings. I think we fared a little better vs Eli, especially in that 2nd half, but the first half of the game he was utilizing it to perfection.
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The truth about this team is we have A LOT of talent on both sides of the ball. We had morons wearing headsets directing this team last year, minus Jim Schwartz who is looking more and more like a genius all the time, and they won 9 games with LESS talent. Anything less than that this year is absolutely ridiculous and anything less than a playoff birth is still a failure. They need to get this s*** straight quick or else that is what we'll be faced with
I agree. We do have a TON of talent all around. Although the numbers and statistics so far this year would disagree, this team is definitely more talented than last years roster. With that said, anything less than a playoff birth would be unacceptable IMO. So many posters have pointed out what I truly believe, and that is this team still needs time to gel and learn to play together. New ownership, new HC, OC, and DC, we are bound to experience some growing pains. I'm very optimistic about what I'm seeing so far from the team, and I have no doubt that things are headed in the right direction. This is not your father's (aka Same Old Bills) team anymore. I do think we can get everything together in time to make a postseason run, but it's got to start with Rex. He has got to get these guys to not only learn to play together, but to play SMART...leading the league in penalties is not something to be proud of. The team often takes on the image and demeanor of their head coach, and that's exactly what Buffalo is doing right now. I'm good with the Bills being considered "A Big Bad Bully", but I'm not good with them being considered a dumb, undisciplined bully. Coughlin's remark that we would beat ourselves really struck a nerve with me, and probably because it was nothing but the truth. Losing both home games to start the season was not something I expected.
A 2-2 mark at the quarter isn't great, but I've seen enough of this team to know we have the talent to put up 11-12 wins. Once the Bills start playing smarter football, and Rex eats a few slices of humble pie, and passes them out to the team when they start believing their own hype, we'll be fine. I think the thing that's most encouraging to me is that in the Giants game, no matter how poorly we played in the first half, no matter how many times we shot ourselves in the foot with dumb(or phantom) penalties, we were never out of the game until the final minutes. If you think of seasons past, if we played that poorly of a game for 35 minutes, there's no way we'd still be in it. This team IS different.
So I do agree with the OP, on all points, with the exception that we aren't ready to be a playoff team just yet. We already are a playoff team. We just have to learn to play like one.
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Think back and ask yourself honestly, how many kicks just made it in last season across the league?
Now subtract 2 feet on each side and you have to expect the % of missed kicks increase.
Narrowed from 18 feet to 14 feet this season.
The purpose here is to make teams go for 2 or go for broke. It adds excitement to the game. What was automatic before needs work now.
I had no freakin idea that the goal posts had been narrowed from 18 feet to 14 feet, IN ADDITION to moving the line of scrimmage back 13 yards....holy crap!!!
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He was terrible on deep balls today. He underthrew Harvin on the play where the Giants were called for PI. It should have been a TD. Another deep throw to Harvin was out of bounds. No a great day by Tyrod. Here's to a better performance by him and the entire team next week.
Agreed. Those two in particular were head-scratchers. He puts those two on the money and both of them are TD's.
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I don't think cutting Carpenter is the answer. I agree with some other posters, he is just in a bit of a funk right now, and he has been dealing with an injury. His 51 yarder split the uprights.
I think we need to let him work this thing out...I really hope Rex doesn't cut him, it would be a real knee jerk reaction, and in my opinion, looking for a scapegoat(albeit an inappropriate one). Carpenter is NOT the reason we lost this game today. 17 penalties, the refs, missing a tackle that ends up turning into a 50 yard touchdown run, those are much more valid reasons to chalk today's loss to.
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I have to disagree a bit with you. While I'm not as sold on Tyrod as others on here, I do think he can show nice touch on some of his balls, and honestly, I think that when he finally does throw it, he throws it as decisively as I could hope for. Maybe because he's newly annointed to the starting QB position, he has yet to really become a vocal, take-charge type leader just yet, but perhaps that will happen with time.
I do agree that late in the 4th quarter, I did not see any real urgency in getting back to the LOS, especially when good clock management was absolutely vital, but I don't know if I'd pin that on Tyrod as much as the coaching staff...
While I didn't think he was impressive today, I don't think that too much blame can be pinned on him for today's loss. I still have hope he's our guy of the future...
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I would say McCoy simply because of his ability to run as well as catch passes. Watkins is definitely going to be missed as well, but I would give the edge to McCoy
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Another thing that I believe is that as each week goes by a little more will be installed and the players will become more and more familiar with the offense and will be thinking less and executing better and faster.
Add into that that Tyrod is basically learning all the nuances of being a starting QB week to week, and we haven't been fully healthy yet. There is a real possibility we have only seen the tip of what this offense can be, and it could really be something much better near the end of the regular season.
Agreed. I'm actually scared to see what this offense will look like when everyone is fully healthy...if we can even make it to that point...
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