The Big Cat

http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/185043-rex-wont-change/?view=findpost&p=3873518

Correct, it's never happened.

Name a new coach who took a team with a 3+ year playoff drought who went to the playoffs with a first year quarterback.

those are some pretty candid quotes... this could change...well...just about everything being discussed over the past month re: offseason "needs"

I'm curious why people think the NFL will jump to a hasty punishment just because they were off duty cops. The rationale there seems to be that the NFL will be pressured by public opinion...because they're cops? Has there been a moment in time since Rodney King where public opinion of cops was lower? Where will this groundswell of public outcry come from? This logic doesn't make sense to me.

Define "heavy" then tell us all what you're willing to "bank" on your premonition.

The young boy will pull so much more tail as a kickass bassist than he ever would as a third string right guard. Ya done good!

Bills fans, particularly the Rex Haters, should brace themselves for his arrival.

Also a week old? I'm confused.

By any reasonable observation, the 2015 defense was for more reliable than the 2013 one. But whatever. I get it, only sacks matter. Who cares that Pettine's D's couldn't stop the run if the game depended on it? (and they often do/did)

So when many people were saying that the 2015 Bills defense would regress because there was NO CHANCE they would repeat the non-injuries from the year before...those people were...apologizing in advance?

Ha, when there's an opportunity to employ a properly-used meme, you pounce. Every time.

A meaningless week 17 game against New England's backups.

First Pats* game: following the opening drive TD, 5 consecutive drives without a first down, during which time the Pats* scored three touch downs NYG: failed to get a first down on seven of the first NINE drives, during which time NYG scored 17 points CIN: only 10 drives in the entire game, failed to get a first in 5 of them, including 4 consecutive drives in the first half, during which time CIN scored 17 points JAX: if you still need details for how the offense was responsible for this loss, I can't help you. PATS2: three consecutive three and outs in the second half, followed by a four and out, during which time Pats* scored 10 points. WAS: Start the game with four consecutive non-scoring drives, including two consecutive three and outs, during which time WAS scored 21 points. So, you'll have to remind me again, on what basis you're refuting my claim that stringing together three and outs had a huge impact on losses this year,

god no. that was actually one best games for the defense. which is why when it was included as evidence of rex's "ineptness" earlier in this thread i went in full on troll mode to return the favor. to be fair, manning couldn't win a super bowl, can't win a super bowl and didn't win a super bowl. in sb 50, denver scored 18 of their 24 points on "drives" that accumulated a total of 3 yards

Which is why pointing to Denver as the team with the 30th worst three and out percentage (still better than ours), hardly invalidates the point that the offense played a key role in costing the Bills win in 2015.

One could argue that if Seattle had fed it to Beastmode, you'd have to go back to 2010 to find a dominant Super Bowl winning QB. The notion of dime-a-dozen RB's and that QB's are the only route to victory is just not that true.

You can look at the numbers, or you can think back to games that were completely derailed by the long stretches of back to back to back to back three and outs. If you don't remember things that way, fine. I do. This was all to suggest that the offense wasn't as good as people like to claim. There are stats that support both sides of the argument, but when the offense had to go and WIN games, it could not. And far too often its inability to get anything going ground the entire chances of victory to a nub. That's how I remember many games. We did not have the defense to overcome the offense's failures. Nobody is arguing this. It's like 2012 in reverse.

Nobody is disputing anything you're saying. What would you like to discuss with me? What's the sound of one hand clapping? Weo using stats out of context to shoot down a point?

An ironic non-point given the context. It's been a couple weeks since I've disrupted the three amigos from one of their classic pig piles. Good to see you guys are still adamant in your quest to convince everyone the HC is an abject failure. Cool.

I added a football take and we were immediately jettisoned down the rabbit hole because it strayed from the REX !@#$ING SUCKS BALLS narrative. I don't have the time nor the inclination to keep fighting that fight. Don't confuse the aftermath for what it's not. It means that the best defense in the NFL can overcome that stat. Nobody, at any point in time, has suggested the Bills are/were/will be.

Don't let me stop you. Less is more.

You're a delight.