Virgil Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 A win is a win. Good teams find a way to win, even if it's ugly. But this offense is just getting worse. I don't know if it's adjustments or what I feared when we hired Roman, that he is a TE/RB guy that doesn't know how to use WR's. You can say that Shady is hurt, but he wasn't having good running games when playing. You can say that Watkins is out, but I'd take our WR's over the Titans today. I'm happy we are 3-2, but our defense can't be on the field like this. This is our 3rd game where the offense doesn't even show up in the first half and we have to rely on street ball to score. This was a team that, while on 13 days rest, was still supposed to be a solid win. I just don't know how to believe that we will beat and contenders this year based off what we've seen so far.
Doc Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 I can get optimistic. They were without 2 great players, a promising up-and-coming backup RB, and the breasts were coming off a bye week and at home, where the Bills haven't won since 2000.
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 A win is a win. Good teams find a way to win, even if it's ugly. But this offense is just getting worse. I don't know if it's adjustments or what I feared when we hired Roman, that he is a TE/RB guy that doesn't know how to use WR's. You can say that Shady is hurt, but he wasn't having good running games when playing. You can say that Watkins is out, but I'd take our WR's over the Titans today. I'm happy we are 3-2, but our defense can't be on the field like this. This is our 3rd game where the offense doesn't even show up in the first half and we have to rely on street ball to score. This was a team that, while on 13 days rest, was still supposed to be a solid win. I just don't know how to believe that we will beat and contenders this year based off what we've seen so far. Like you said, man-- good teams find ways to win games like these. I have seen enough from our offense to know that with a full complement of players, we can be explosive. Today seemed to be combination of an off day by TT, injuries, and the Titans having a pretty good defensive scheme. The other huge upside is Taylor. He has that big play ability that we have been missing from the QB position, and seems to make a ton of clutch 3rd down conversions. I feel pretty good now. And in 3 weeks, I will have no memory of this game or the Tennessee Titans. Just had to win this one, and we did.
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) I'm happy we won, a win is a win. We needed this game. For all intents and purposes, our season was over with a loss. Every team wins ugly in this league from time to time. That being said, I'm going to care less about this win if we don't win next week. We really had to have this one, but it's just step one in what needs to be done. Playoff teams have to be able to string victories together. We can't keep up the win one lose one cycle. If we win next week I'll be optimistic. Edited October 11, 2015 by DriveFor1Outta5
DC Greg Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 The offense gets better in the second half after Roman takes the handcuffs off. That's encouraging. The defense FINALLY started playing elite in the second half of this game, getting after it, hustling to the ball, and being aggressive. That's encouraging. There is a lot that needs to be cleaned up, and Roman needs to not game plan this offense to death, but there's plenty to be excited about.
Beef Jerky Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 The offense gets better in the second half after Roman takes the handcuffs off. That's encouraging. The defense FINALLY started playing elite in the second half of this game, getting after it, hustling to the ball, and being aggressive. That's encouraging. There is a lot that needs to be cleaned up, and Roman needs to not game plan this offense to death, but there's plenty to be excited about. The defense played elite all game...
Nuncha Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Offense is minus McCoy, minus Watkins, Minus Karlos Williams. We played a RB that signed this week. I'll feel much better about the O when these guys return.
DC Greg Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 The defense played elite all game... They definitely played well in the first half, bearing in mind that it was the Tennessee Titans. It seemed to me like it really kicked into another gear though after Tyrod scored. It was a noticeable switch IMO. The corners and secondary, in general, were unbelievably good and couldn't have played better for the entire game. Again, Titans receivers, but they were still flawless.
Wing Man Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Every week is another week that our best skill players get healthier. Any week we win on that horizon is huge no matter how it's accomplished. It's hard to think of even a handful of teams we beat today playing as poorly as we did, but we'll be 3-2 in tomorrow morning's newspaper.
John from Riverside Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 A win is a win. Good teams find a way to win, even if it's ugly. But this offense is just getting worse. I don't know if it's adjustments or what I feared when we hired Roman, that he is a TE/RB guy that doesn't know how to use WR's. You can say that Shady is hurt, but he wasn't having good running games when playing. You can say that Watkins is out, but I'd take our WR's over the Titans today. I'm happy we are 3-2, but our defense can't be on the field like this. This is our 3rd game where the offense doesn't even show up in the first half and we have to rely on street ball to score. This was a team that, while on 13 days rest, was still supposed to be a solid win. I just don't know how to believe that we will beat and contenders this year based off what we've seen so far. Just one question Do you think that good teams dont win some of their games ugly? This team is still finding itself...it is emerging from 15 years of playoff drout.......last year with NO offense we were 9-7 THis year....the team is putting up points and had ONE game were they didnt......we are missing 3 of our top offensive players.....and we are 3-2.....we split with last years AFC Championship teams.....we have beaten Miami on the road......and we have a winning AFC record. The team SHOULD be 4 and 1 right now....but no moral victories....this is probably the best 3 and 2 team in the NFL I always thought the 12 win and 11 win predictions were too much with new coaches and systems.....my prediction was 10-6 and a wild card That is still very possible
Thurmal34 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 This script for 10 of 3 was our script for so many years. Our team is loaded. Stacked. Bills play the second best team in the AFC next week. Let's see how they measure up.
tennesseeboy Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Ditto. I am optimistic about our chances to make the playoffs. I would be even more optimistic if the pats would drop a few before we play them again. 10-6
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 I'll be more optimistic if they won convincingly next week
May Day 10 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 No such thing as a bad win on the road on the nfl
Maury Ballstein Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 You can say that Shady is hurt, but he wasn't having good running games when playing. You can say that Watkins is out, but I'd take our WR's over the Titans today. Cool story.
John in Jax Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Ya think? Plain & simple, they looked like crap the last two weeks, and if they keep it up, they'll be lucky to win 8 games. Yesterday, against the lowly Titans, it should not even been close, even with the injuries. Now, if they somehow turn things around in one week, and manage to beat the Bengals, I will rethink this. We'll see.
Buffalo Boy Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 TT is not a drop back QB. He is learning on the fly. They seem to realize he has to become one in order to consistently win. This is a experiment so we will have to see how it works. If we make the playoffs and he has to play w/o Sammy and Shady we are screwed. I would like to see EJ get a start at some point. I truly believe he moves the O better yesterday . Yeah, I said it😘
Greg F Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 The team SHOULD be 4 and 1 right now....but no moral victories....this is probably the best 3 and 2 team in the NFL Kind of funny because the only other 3 and 2 teams are the Colts and the Giants.
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