2020 Our Year For Sure

Not a great coach but obviously better than we have now, obviously.

Disagree. Perception matters.

Dibs, What is so awful about the idea of bringing in another football mind for the GM to report to? Not being a football guy, Pegula may not know whether Whaley can be trusted to build the team or not. So if he can find someone he does trust to make a better decision for him, I hardly see the harm in this. Whaley has an eye for talent, he's not afraid to be bold and he has a lot of good ideas, but is lacking somewhat in experience. I think Whaley with another football mind above him to filter his ideas for him could be a winning formula.

Why did we run out the clock on ourselves at the end of the first half? I would not expect to see that kind of incompetence in high school football. Forty seconds left on 3rd and 1 we don't go no huddle and don't call timeout. We could have run the ball into the endzone on multiple tries. Instead they huddle up and take their sweet time while the clock goes from 40 seconds to 8. Tyrod with no time left to operate forces it into the endzone and instead of 7 points we get zero for no reason other than idiotic coaching.

It's the same players who made up the best defense in the league a year ago when they had a coach who stayed out of their way.

The defensive personnel is not average, not above average, not good, not even great, but elite. Nothing has changed there since last season except they are now poorly coached. Best defensive line in all of football, and an excellent secondary. A little help at linebacker wouldn't hurt. Elite on defense, average to above average on offense has our personnel looking good in my opinion. Gotta get better on the o line.

Hopefully Rex gets marooned.

I suspect this is a part of the plan that polian did not make public.

Nova you poor thing man. I know where you're at, it was tough for me to accept losman was a loser. Know that there are better days ahead, my friend.

Casserly?

Please have mercy

if Rex is never hired then mario plays the proper position and gets 10+ sacks just like he did the three prior years. In this scenario nobody forgets how great a player he is and he gets restructured rather than cut.

Team is so terribly coached.

I fear I'm missing your point. If Miller checks out with the doctors and the coaches prefer him, why wouldn't he play?

Agreed except there was nothing little about it.

I completely agree. Looks like Rex is about to do the same as marrone or slightly worse, despite a better roster than marrone had. That's poor coaching.

Does Greg Roman know what hurry up offense means? Because we should have been in one the whole 4th quarter.

Well not if KC goes 5-1. Then they are 10-6 to Buffalo's 9-7. We have to beat KC plus see them lose to one of the losing record teams they play (Raiders x2, Chargers, Ravens, Browns). Then they are 9-7 and we take the tiebreaker. Also Houston winning out makes them a division winner and irrelevant for us, in which case we look at Indy. If we beat KC and Houston it probably all takes care of itself, just need a little help with the Chiefs. edit oh you meant winning out after we beat them maybe. Yeah you're right nevermind

Sweet!!! We need an :applause: emoticon.

When I think measuring stick game I think of a team who everybody knows exactly who they are. Two weeks ago KC was an afterthought and now they're a frontrunner- there's ambiguity here about how good they really are. So how much will we truly learn from that game? If we blow them out on their home field might it mean they're not very good? A team like the Pats* is a measuring stick to me because everyone knows exactly where they stand, at the top of the mountain. The perfect control group to our experimental group.

Maybe the LB chuck / safety coverage combo some have talked about here.

You never miss an opportunity, BF4E. Thanks _ _ !

I think the Jags game was a useful wakeup call and we be takin care of business, every day, every way.

True. And Amendola will slide right into Edelman's role there. We do need to get into those short passing lanes, which I saw the Bills defense (e.g. Lawson) do last week against the Jets, as they knew Fitz was unlikely to beat em deep. At the same time we must generate pressure. If the DL isn't getting it done on their own, we may have to increase the percentage. Imo it's the most pivotal thing to do to beat Brady.

If this is the case then why the fear of blitzing? If you get consistent pressure on Brady over the course of a day, it then effects him even on a snap where the rush doesn't get home. Pressure throws Tom off his game. I think the coaches should trust their coverage guys and get after him.