A few thoughts about the Pats* Game (Tribute to BillFromNYC)

[Virgil]

They are who we thought they were! I wish my 2,500th post was about a better topic, but here we go!

 

Another Bills/Pats game, another loss where we look outmatched in almost every facet and remind us why were aren't a playoff team. If that's too critical, I apologize, but it's just hard to feel optimistic about this team when you see this compilation of errors. CBS switched to the Raiders game with 6 minutes left. That's all you should need to know.

 

1 - Gilly - The only real positive in the game. He did a great job filling in for McCoy. Not the same type of runner, but close and had great speed. I feel a lot better about him as a backup after today. I would have like to have seen him used in the passing game more, but that's just a bonus. His TD run was fantastic

 

Shout out to Powell for the catch of the season at the end!

 

2 - Penalties - Same old Bills. There were at least 6 plays that either gave the Pats a first down or offset a decent play by the Bills. I wasn't thrilled with the Refs this week as there were a lot of calls left on the field and it did feel a little bias towards the Pats, but it went both ways sometimes. No matter your opinion, the old penalty disease that Rex's team suffer from was back today and this just can't happen. And great job by Shaq with the roughing the passer right after his sack.

 

3 - Girlmore - Besides the Cardinals game, I can't think of a game where the words Elite would be used to describe him. Today was, by far, his worst game of the season. And that Jets game was BAD. What made it worse was the Hogan was the person who owned him. Pick your play: The long TD, the PI in the endzone, the blocking on the Brady run, or the hold at the end of the game to extend the drive. Just an overall brutal day by a guy we let walk in FA. If someone wants to pay this man 12 mil+, let them.

 

4 - Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes.

Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis.
Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion.
Shall we go, you and I while we can
Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter.
Glass hand dissolving to ice petal flowers revolving.
Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of goodbye.
Shall we go, you and I while we can
Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

 

5 - Carpenter - I don't want to harp on him as he has some decent weeks, but his misses are just too critical and happening more than they should. His miss was a 6 point swing and a huge part of this game. We need to bring in some competition this offseason.

 

6 - Bush - Why is he on this team? Bringing it out the endzone, the backwards pass to TT, watching Gilly vs him running the ball....he's a wasted roster spot. I just don't understand why he's out there unless it's just for depth at WR. But even that's not a valid excuse.

 

7 - Tyrod Taylor. I've been a big support of TT. I think he's an up and coming player who is dynamic in many ways. I think he's the best QB we've had in our playoff drought and love that he takes care of the ball. With that being said, I think that I'm coming to understand who TT is. Tyrod is a guy who has one tempo, will make long plays, will extend plays with his legs, and can be very accurate at times, but also slightly off enough to make it hard on the WR's.

 

Today, TT was a rollercoaster. He missed Reggie twice for a TD on the first drive. When he scrambled on 1st down, Reggle broke wide open into the flat and didn't even get a look. On the pass that did go to him, it was so high and fast the Bush couldn't even get his arms fully extended in time. His second drive was almost perfect, but drops killed him. He had a beautiful ball to Tate down the sideline. He had some brutal drops and a huge one by Clay deep. When he was off, he was high with his throws.

 

The most frustrating thing is his tempo. Whether it's tied, down 10, or 2 minutes left, I just don't see the throws or urgency that you see with the great ones. He doesn't turn it over. I can see why the people who don't like him complain, even though I don't know what they think is better.

 

To me, TT is the best option we have and this draft doesn't look good. Those who say EJ makes me think they weren't a fan two years ago. (Yes, he had some good throws at the end) As for TT, I keep hoping to see him take it up a level with experience, but I'm not seeing. Good or bad, he's the same guy he was last year. It's good enough to win if he has a defense and run support, but he's not going to put the team on his back and do it himself.

 

8 - The Defense - We gave up 31 points as of 1 minute into the second half. We sent the house multiple times, leaving WR in man coverage without getting much pressure. We rushed four and dropped everyone, but still got picked apart. We did get pressure in moments, but Brady had time for most of the day. Blanton was chasing guys all over the field and the drop off without Aaron was noticeable. Dareus made a few plays, nothing Elite. Overall, Brady has his way with us and this was a fairly healthy defense. Sorry Rex, not today.

 

9 - Rex Ryan - After this game and at the halfway mark, we are 4-4 and 1-3 in our division. This game didn't need to be critical, but the 0-2 start put us in this spot. Rex didn't contain the penalties. He didn't pressure Brady. He went defense in the draft and allowed us to be depth deficient on offense. That 4-0 run was great, but it's a full season. Halfway through, we have proved that we aren't anywhere near the Pats and we are in a lot of trouble with any kind of AFC tie breakers

 

10 - I apologize to the women and children of reading. These recaps are tough to keep perspective with and I'm going to take a quick time-out here and let something loose.

 

I !@#$ing hate Brady and the Hoodie more than I should hate complete strangers who play a game for entertainment purposes. Every time I see Brady's face on the sideline or fist pumping, I wish the Lorax would just come out of the shadows and lay him out. And when the game was over with 8 minutes left, I just KNEW that Billicheat was going to go deep. People wanted to say that BB doesn't do stuff like that and it's a professional game. I don't believe that for a second. BB is a child and when his feelings get hurt, he reacts in kind. I cannot wait for the day these guys are gone and I pray that one of our guys delivers the hit that does it.

 

 

 

Okay everyone. 4-4 heading to the west coast to face the 12th man for a prime time game. I'm not optimistic in light of how we normally perform in those circumstances, but we've been known to sweep NFC divisions.

 

Go Bills!

Edited October 30, 2016 by FireRex

[Big C]

We are 1-3 in the division. I also think Kyle was phenomenal today.

 

We can use the injury excuse, but frankly the D was almost at full health and let Brady pick them apart all day. That can't be excused. More D stops and the upset would have been there for the taking.

[Virgil]

We are 1-3 in the division. I also think Kyle was phenomenal today.

 

We can use the injury excuse, but frankly the D was almost at full health and let Brady pick them apart all day. That can't be excused. More D stops and the upset would have been there for the taking.

 

Ha! You're right. I'll update. It's easy to forget that amongst today's sh!t show

[MAJBobby]

Statically i cant see a playoff run at this point out AFC record sucks. Change the offense to a modern passing offense and evaluate Taylor the rest of the year instead of hiding him

[Virgil]

Statically i cant see a playoff run at this point out AFC record sucks. Change the offense to a modern passing offense and evaluate Taylor the rest of the year instead of hiding him

 

I agree with your second point. However, they've been running more trips formations and 4 WR sets and I'm not seeing a huge difference. Problem is, it's maybe 15% of the offense.

[Dan]

I said it in the gameday thread, and I'll day it again...

 

This game illustrates all that is wrong with the Bills. We are horrbily outclassd by the best in the league. In every facet of the team, NE has play makers, whereas the Bills drop easy passes, miss easy throws, miss easy tackes, miss the FGs that they make. It's evident in every aspect of the organization from the game planning to the conditioning of the players to the depth of the roster. Honestly, until this organziation is blown up and rebuilt from the top down, I can't ever see us fielding a consistent, professional NFL caliber team.

 

I miss watching football.

[MAJBobby]

 

I agree with your second point. However, they've been running more trips formations and 4 WR sets and I'm not seeing a huge difference. Problem is, it's maybe 15% of the offense.

Open it up. I dont care if the QB doesnt like it. You need to see the passer he is to decide at the end of the season.

 

Cause right now reality is almost ANY NFL QB can get us to exactly were we are at this point with leaning of Shady for 4 games

[DrDawkinstein]

Biggest contributors to the loss today:

 

1. Missing AWilliams

2. Defense not making plays on 3rd down

3. Gilmore

4. No running game for a team that is supposed to have a run-first identity

5. Taylor not getting it done through the air

6. Penalties

 

In that order.

 

Not sure what we're going to do over these last 8 games without Aaron Williams. I believe that has a direct effect on items 2 and 3 too. Not good.

[boyst]

Our defense looking like new Orleans. Awesome!!

[stevewin]

- Game sucked

 

- So done with this team

 

- Dildo

[/dev/null]

@Seattle and @Oakland look like losses and Pittsburgh with Rothlesberger doesn't look promising either. Jags, Brownies, Dolphins, ad Jets look winnable

 

Another mediocre 7-9 to 9-7 season

[Virgil]

Open it up. I dont care if the QB doesnt like it. You need to see the passer he is to decide at the end of the season.

 

Cause right now reality is almost ANY NFL QB can get us to exactly were we are at this point with leaning of Shady for 4 games

We can agree to disagree on this. I believe that TT's legs have extended drives and scored TD's that other QB's can't do. It doesn't make him elite, but it puts him in the 12-15 range of top QB's.

[judman]

Just a couple of dropped passes today, right?

[Virgil]

Just a couple of dropped passes today, right?

 

I counted 4 in the first half. I stopped paying that much attention to them after that. The Clay one was ridiculous

[DrDawkinstein]

 

I counted 4 in the first half. I stopped paying that much attention to them after that. The Clay one was ridiculous

 

Bush in the endzone...

[nuklz2594]

it was the junior varsity vs the varsity. was painful to watch.

[Big C]

@Seattle and @Oakland look like losses and Pittsburgh with Rothlesberger doesn't look promising either. Jags, Brownies, Dolphins, ad Jets look winnable

 

Another mediocre 7-9 to 9-7 season

 

Seattle scored 20 total points against the worst D in the NFL - and that total includes a TD scored by their defense. Don't care that it was on the road. Seattle has some injuries too and we can beat them

[MAJBobby]

We can agree to disagree on this. I believe that TT's legs have extended drives and scored TD's that other QB's can't do. It doesn't make him elite, but it puts him in the 12-15 range of top QB's.

See what Taylor does with his legs i think other QBs can do another way.

 

With the way this offense is built to hide a QB i almost would say Cardale could get you to where we are right now. But i get he is a long term development.

 

IE Lynch does he get you to where we are? What about Prescott (who Bills really liked) should have took him in 3rd before Dallas.

 

Their issue continues to look at QBs and like them but want to wait to a spefific place to get them

[Prickly Pete]

There were lots of drops, but Tyrod has terrible touch on some throws.

[IronyAbounds]

As was noted, while the offense is plagued by injuries, the defense was relatively healthy. Yes, A. Williams was out, but if your defense depends on one guy, particularly a modest talent like A. Williams, you really don't have a defense. The Bill really needed either this game or the Seattle game, and traveling to Seattle looked like the least likely of two. Can't give up on the season yet, but playoff chances are marginal at best. In other words, this is the Rex Ryan Groundhog Day Movie, where there is always a game or two that gives you hope mixed in with many other games that just leave your head shaking and which cumulatively leave your team in a murky grey zone where excuses for losing compete with anger about a blowhard whose mouth is always far ahead of his accomplishments. The poor citizens of Buffalo deserve far better.

Edited October 30, 2016 by IronyAbounds