RuntheDamnBall Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 I've thought all day about this. And this loss was incredibly hard to take. The team did not play well, officiating seemed to go against us at crucial points, and Mularkey called a game that was a bunch of, well, you know. Reasons to Bill-ieve? 1) Mularkey got out-coached, sure. But it was by a guy he has worked with for years, who has about 10 years of head coaching experience on him and has seen it all. On the flipside, Mularkey did take this team to 9-7 on a wing and a prayer. That bodes well for the future. He's seemed to learn from his past bumblings, hopefully this is a big one that makes him realize that he's playing in a league of men -- a truth every rookie has to face. 2) A truly healthy Willis McGahee in '05. 'Nuff said. 3) Lindell has just punched his ticket out of town. If that is not a good thing, somebody slap me. 4) A defense that was humbled and sees how much work it has left to do. If this doesn't motivate them to be #1 next season, nothing will. 5) Perhaps this makes the front office and coaching staff reconsider just a bit if they were rushing to judgement in cementing Drew's starting, perhaps even his roster spot for next season. At the very least, a game like this says to me that next year's QB competition will be an open one. I am hoping JP's up for it, as I think Drew has proven he can't win the big game. But I won't be a hater; I just want the best thing for the Bills. I think a preseason QB competition will yield just that. That's all. It was an ending that came too early in a rollercoaster season. I'm only sorry we have to watch the shlups in the NFC stumble into each other for a few weeks when the Bills deserve to be there more. But let's get hungry for next season. I'm counting the days.
AJ1 Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 I've thought all day about this. And this loss was incredibly hard to take. The team did not play well, officiating seemed to go against us at crucial points, and Mularkey called a game that was a bunch of, well, you know. Reasons to Bill-ieve? 1) Mularkey got out-coached, sure. But it was by a guy he has worked with for years, who has about 10 years of head coaching experience on him and has seen it all. On the flipside, Mularkey did take this team to 9-7 on a wing and a prayer. That bodes well for the future. He's seemed to learn from his past bumblings, hopefully this is a big one that makes him realize that he's playing in a league of men -- a truth every rookie has to face. 2) A truly healthy Willis McGahee in '05. 'Nuff said. 3) Lindell has just punched his ticket out of town. If that is not a good thing, somebody slap me. 4) A defense that was humbled and sees how much work it has left to do. If this doesn't motivate them to be #1 next season, nothing will. 5) Perhaps this makes the front office and coaching staff reconsider just a bit if they were rushing to judgement in cementing Drew's starting, perhaps even his roster spot for next season. At the very least, a game like this says to me that next year's QB competition will be an open one. I am hoping JP's up for it, as I think Drew has proven he can't win the big game. But I won't be a hater; I just want the best thing for the Bills. I think a preseason QB competition will yield just that. That's all. It was an ending that came too early in a rollercoaster season. I'm only sorry we have to watch the shlups in the NFC stumble into each other for a few weeks when the Bills deserve to be there more. But let's get hungry for next season. I'm counting the days. 189972[/snapback] Appreciate the attempt to find positives. Let me just say that Drew has set a very low bar for next season and if JP cannot rise above it in preseason, I will be very,very dissappointed.
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 3, 2005 Author Posted January 3, 2005 Appreciate the attempt to find positives. Let me just say that Drew has set a very low bar for next season and if JP cannot rise above it in preseason, I will be very,very dissappointed. 189981[/snapback] I agree wholeheartedly. We need the kid to step up. Does anyone else feel like if we picked up Kordell as caretaker we could be doing no worse than with Bledsoe? The guy has spent more years in the Mularkey offense, after all. Hey, don't shoot
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 3, 2005 Author Posted January 3, 2005 bump, to try and give this one another chance.
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