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Bills fall to division rival on Thursday Night Football

The Buffalo pass rush was led by Mario Williams, who had 3.5 sacks in the game. As a unit the defense had five sacks on the night.

 

Doug Marrone: "We Have to Finish and Execute" (5:05)

The Bills head coach talks about not producing in the red zone, not getting more points off of the turnovers, and how the team responded after a short week.

 

Kyle Orton: "We Have to Beat Some Good Teams" (2:53)

The Bills quarterback talks about the red zone struggles, Miami having a tough defense, and falling behind in the playoff race.

 

Jerry Hughes: "No One's Going to Quit" (1:57)

Bills Defensive End Jerry Hughes talks about creating more turnovers and the play of Mario Williams.

 

Sammy Watkins: "Keep on Fighting" (1:26)

Bills Wide Receiver Sammy Watkins talks about facing CB Brent Grimes and finding their rhythm again on offense.

 

Mario Williams: "Get After it Again" (3:23)

Bills Defensive End Mario Williams talks about creating more turnovers on defense and the missed tackles against the Dolphins.

 

TNF Storylines: Miami Safety Machine

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Observations: Dolphins 22 - Bills 9

By Joe Buscaglia

 

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We’ve all seen this game before.

 

Over the past 15 years, the Buffalo Bills have provided one game every year that signifies the slow crawl toward the end of the year as another wasted season. After 10 games in the 2014 season, we are finally at that point.

 

In one of the most important games they’ll play all season long, the Buffalo Bills offered a listless performance that left the team on the wrong side of the playoff race once again. The Bills dropped a second straight game, but more importantly, it was how they performed that has them marching towards the inevitable.

 

The Bills lost 22-9 to the Miami Dolphins in front of a national audience, and worse yet, they completely lost their identity in the process. Even with an respectable record of 5-5, the tide is turning against head coach Doug Marrone, his decisions and just how poorly his team played in one of the Bills’ most crucial contests of the year.

 

Where did it all go wrong? Some observations from Buffalo’s primetime loss:

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Doug Marrone: #Bills CB Leodis McKelvin has a fractured ankle, discussions ongoing about what to do with that roster spot.

 

Marrone on morale: "People lose sight of professionalism. Teams keep playing to win until someone tells them they can't play anymore"

 

Marrone: "We have a bunch of guys that will be on this team again (next year), we have to make sure we keep moving forward"

 

Doug Marrone: Kyle Orton (toe) and Manny Lawson (ankle) also among #Bills injuries.

 

Doug Marrone on offensive struggles: "We have to put them in position where they are able to execute"

 

Doug Marrone on 4th downs: "I have to manage the game where I put our team in position to win"

 

Marrone on playing younger players: "I don't believe we're at that point yet ... We have a responsibility to put the best players out there"

 

Marrone: Difference between 1st & 2nd half 3rd down % was due to 1st down results. "We did not play well in the second half"

 

Doug Marrone fatigues me.

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Marrone on playing younger players: "I don't believe we're at that point yet ... We have a responsibility to put the best players out there"

 

i.e. Manuel will be back soon if Orton continues to regress.

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Marrone on playing younger players: "I don't believe we're at that point yet ... We have a responsibility to put the best players out there"

 

i.e. Manuel will be back soon if Orton continues to regress.

I don't know. Are there any more retired QBs that have bounced around the league their entire careers the Bills could hire?

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Hate to say it, but I saw this one coming. After the way they played on Sunday and giving away the game to KC, I fully expected to lose last night. When I saw the early FG's instead of TD's I said yep this one is not going to end well. None of it surprised me and until this team shows some backbone and starts winning games like these two, they will never get over the hump. It's amazing how Orton has regressed these past two games. He played pretty well up to then, but he has been bad these last two games. And don't get me started on Hacket. He doesn't even have the right personnel packages in the game to fit the situation, so how could the offense possibly succeed? He is not putting them in a position to succeed.

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Hate to say it, but I saw this one coming. After the way they played on Sunday and giving away the game to KC, I fully expected to lose last night. When I saw the early FG's instead of TD's I said yep this one is not going to end well. None of it surprised me and until this team shows some backbone and starts winning games like these two, they will never get over the hump. It's amazing how Orton has regressed these past two games. He played pretty well up to then, but he has been bad these last two games. And don't get me started on Hacket. He doesn't even have the right personnel packages in the game to fit the situation, so how could the offense possibly succeed? He is not putting them in a position to succeed.

 

Marrone can no longer say anything about Orton giving the Bills the best chance to win. A veteran QB playing like that has no excuse and is close to worthless IMO.

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Marrone can no longer say anything about Orton giving the Bills the best chance to win. A veteran QB playing like that has no excuse and is close to worthless IMO.

Not worthless. He would be a great backup. His arm would hold out for 2 or 3 games a season. But he has no business being a starter in the NFL.

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Not worthless. He would be a great backup. His arm would hold out for 2 or 3 games a season. But he has no business being a starter in the NFL.

 

What I posted is he's worthless or close to it if his level of play is what we've had to witness in the last two games. That I stand by.

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From Joe B's article on GR Marones quotes

 

And I know the question yesterday was the 4th and 6 and I think he said it was 8:06 or eight minutes left in a 10-point game. My philosophy has always been, and I said this from the beginning, to make sure that I’m managing the game where I give our players the opportunity to win, where I don’t make decisions to take the game away from the players on that 4th and 6.

 

Now, whether you like Easterbrook or not, he always talks about this. Coaches making decisions so they can say the decision was right, the players just could not execute. Lets them off the hook. Marone just says it a bit different here.

 

there is just no way this guy can ever get back in the good graces of Bills fans. Its done , over...put hi out of his misery now TPEGS

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Doug Marrone: "We Put The Best Players Out There" (4:03)

Head Coach Doug Marrone talks about personnel and having extra days of preparation for the next game.

 

Chris Brown: "The margin of error is reduced"

!@#$ Chris Brown joined The John Murphy Show to breakdown Thursday's game in Miami. He discussed the Bills offense in the redzone, their playoff chances, and the defensive effort by the Dolphins.

 

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Doug Marrone asked for more data on going for it on 4th down, so we gave it to him http://www.buffaloru...-for-more-data

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