The Big Cat

You. Telling somebody to let it go. Oh, that's fantastic.

Some of us here were roundly ridiculed for suggesting no coach could have success with any scheme so long as our LBs played as lousy as they did in 2015. Welp. There you go.

IMO, not benching Mario was on Rex's short list of indefensible moves in 2015. That it's continuing on another team, especially after he left Houston on such a cold note, baffles the mind.

I'm finding the number of successful small business owners who spend a lot of time on this board and who are eager to talk about their success to be alarmingly high, given what I know about successful small business owners.

Reading through the posts from "fans" who don't really want him back has me all:

Thanks.

you hate that i disagree with your premise that this is all a ruse because he doesn't like playing for the Bills?

You should take a couple months, think about what you've just said here, then get back to us. Time to change the title of this thread. Please.

Not to be a total spaz, but he's eligible to come back for the Raiders, I think. Jeebus, if he can be healthy for that game, against that (thus far) fledgling D, and if we can pick up a win this week and next and get wins over the Bengals and Jags and be 7-4 that week...

Sounds like he's getting a head start on the rest part!

Far too often the Bills offense goes three and out. This was a major problem Sunday, but to Lynn's credit, the rate at which we were going three and out was significantly reduced in the two games prior. TT has to clean that up. The defense is built to be smothering, but they need breaks.

UPDATE! Woman on Facebook posted this: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155420920024782&set=gm.10154519703199223&type=3&permPage=1 Ran into him in the airport, said he was in a wheelchair, could hardly stand and put weight on his foot.

Agreed, but the pass went to Woods late. There was no reason for it to be as close as it was.

On the Hunter TD? No. TT had all day to throw. He got happy feet and bailed. There was no pressure. This is the moment he bails: Here it is from the broadcast angle. Clay hasn't even taken a step up field after chipping:

My thoughts are that this is--by far--his biggest problem. Happened on the first TD throw too. Drop 8, rush three, Clay chips then veers to the flat, but before he's even out of his route, Tyrod has bailed on the pocket. Blockers out number rushers 7 to 3 and he still gets happy feet. Not good.

No. Not at all. Many of these drops killed drives. We don't know how many yards he could have piled up with increased snaps. Also, the team ran for about 200 yards in a double digit win on the road. Why do we need to throw for 300?

Agree on Powell, but that defender had a good 20 feet to make up on Clay, who was already moving in that direction. He wasn't flat-footed.

Thanks for breaking this down. I was very curious what his numbers would have looked like had THESE specific plays gone differently. Of course, the rest is up for grabs on some since they would have extended drives.

The curious case of "why doesn't Mario get benched" continues.

Whaley's drafts have been awful.

I'm sorry, but no team is built to win only earning one first down on five out of six drives. That's the recipe that got Roman fired, it's the recipe that cost us the Ravens game and several games last year. That they pulled this one out is great, but it was fugly, and it's not how they wanted to win. I assure you. Again, when your offense takes the field six times and on five of those only earns one first down, that's a problem. It's a major problem. I harped on it all last year and through the offseason. They HAVE to clean that **** up. Yeah, they had a bad run of drops, sacks, penalties and sailed passes. HAVE to execute better. Too many times they were behind the count of their own doing. Yesterday's game was about as painful a win as they come.

It was an ugly win. Considering they only got that 6 play drive in the third quarter because the bozo from LA tackled Schmidt... Yeah, it was ugly.

Works all the time on madden

Then don't watch