Optometric Insight Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Games are more often lost than won.
BuffaloBillsForever Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Hacket and Marrone I give a D grade, Pettine an A grade.
jumbalaya Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Love me some Stevie "They can't stop me" Johnson! Agreed. Stevie blew the game with another key drop. He should talk after he makes a play not before. He is no better than Lee Evans. TJ Graham and Goodwin should both ride the pine. This is a man's game they don't belong on the field.
Reed83HOF Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Not sure how the Bills lost as opposed to NE winning it given that the Pats outyarded them by a ton: 145 yards. The Bills actually got lucky on two freaky fumbles, neither of which they forced. Regardless of the fumbles & luck; the Bills had the lead and scored. NE won it because we gave them way too many chances. Bills had chances and there were a few things that are rightly questionable...
BuffaloBillsForever Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Pettine must want to knock Marrone out. Man he coached a terrible game, start to finish. Pettine gave us a shot yet Marrone was no better than Gailey. Hope this young team is able to man up going forward... Gailey was better than Marrone today. If we had Gailey's offense today with Pettines defense the bills would be a possible playoff team. Gailey was also better with challanges and time management.
dave mcbride Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 The better team won. The truth hurts, I know, but in most every category the Pats were better. The only reason the Bills were in it until the end was two freaky unforced fumbles by the Pats.
Meatloaf Sandwich Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Can't win a game with turnovers and penalties. Gailey was better than Marrone today. If we had Gailey's offense today with Pettines defense the bills would be a possible playoff team. Gailey was also better with challanges and time management. No he wasn't...
Trader Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 New England's receivers were better than our receivers. Their running backs were better than our running backs and their QB was better than our QB. Oh, and their coach was better than our coach. All that being said it was a good game. Good teams find a way to win and New England is still the owner of the AFC east. They shut up Stevie Johnson on the scoreboard, the only place it counts.
dave mcbride Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Regardless of the fumbles & luck; the Bills had the lead and scored. NE won it because we gave them way too many chances. Bills had chances and there were a few things that are rightly questionable... Yes, but those chances we gave them were actually good plays by them (i.e., the countless third down conversions).
gordon_g Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 You don't run the no-huddle attack with just over 5 minutes in the game with a 1 point lead, DUMB play calling. Some things to be concerned about, but also some encouraging signs, that TD pass to Stevie was a thing of beauty. Overall not horrible BUT have to cut down the mental errors (both players and coaching)
clayboy54 Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 CJ "2000 yard" Spiller was a total no-show today. Say what you want about Marrone. Freddy got some yards and CJ couldn't make his shadow miss, not to mention the fumble. Spiller let this team down.
Bangarang Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Young team can't get it done in the 4th. I'd hate to talk about moral victories but I can't wait to see what this team looks like next week.
jimmy10 Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Games are more often lost than won. Especially when you're always 6-10.
1billsfan Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 That fourth quarter play selection and execution was atrocious. Buffalo's coaching staff did a piss poor job. That was awful. The hardest part about the combination of a young team and a perennial losing organization is learning how to handle the fourth quarter pressure. It's one game and I think they gain a lot of confidence from this loss. The AFC sucks this year and if this bunch can get it together they can make the playoffs. I'm still very much excited about the 2013 Bills.
RuntheDamnBall Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Yes, but those chances we gave them were actually good plays by them (i.e., the countless third down conversions). What about the drive killing penalties? You can't evaluate a game on this kind of "what if" basis -- EJ completed at least two, maybe three third down conversions - one to Freddie, one to Woods -- that would quite possibly have made this a different game. This was a very, very close game in which coaching did make a difference. A win was within reach until Marrone forgot what to do in a clock management situation and left the back that NE couldn't stop on the bench.
26CornerBlitz Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Dareus was not a force out there today. He's not looking like much of a difference maker.
White Linen Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 CJ "2000 yard" Spiller was a total no-show today. Say what you want about Marrone. Freddy got some yards and CJ couldn't make his shadow miss, not to mention the fumble. Spiller let this team down. This is BS. Spiller is a star running back and our coaches don't have a clue how to use him. That counter tray running play they kept running every single running play suites Freddy's game not Spillers. Freddy is a find the hole running back and Spiller needs open field. That was the most ridiculous play to keep calling constantly. C'mon that's all we have in the playbook for Spiller?
RuntheDamnBall Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 CJ "2000 yard" Spiller was a total no-show today. Say what you want about Marrone. Freddy got some yards and CJ couldn't make his shadow miss, not to mention the fumble. Spiller let this team down. That's what happens when you don't use CJ correctly.
dave mcbride Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 You don't run the no-huddle attack with just over 5 minutes in the game with a 1 point lead, DUMB play calling. Some things to be concerned about, but also some encouraging signs, that TD pass to Stevie was a thing of beauty. Overall not horrible BUT have to cut down the mental errors (both players and coaching) The problem wasn't running the no-huddle given that there was a ton of time left. In fact, if you think that the no-huddle gives you a better chance to get a first down, you'd be foolish not to run it. THe problem was handing off to a guy who the Pats keyed on all day on first down, and then throwing a poor second pass followed by a useless 3 yard pass on third down. In other words, execution killed the Bills there, not whether they ran the no huddle or not. Again, there was a ton of time left.
RuntheDamnBall Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 This is BS. Spiller is a star running back and our coaches don't have a clue how to use him. That counter tray running play they kept running every single running play suites Freddy's game not Spillers. Freddy is a find the hole running back and Spiller needs open field. That was the most ridiculous play to keep calling constantly. C'mon that's all we have in the playbook for Spiller? +1000000
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