11/21 Colts at Bills, Postgame Postmortem Thread

[Doc Brown]

14 minutes ago, KeLLy1278 said:

Anyone here listen to Sean’s postgame presser?  The guy is just parroting the same talking points again and again.  We need to clean up this, this and this.  “We can’t allow 286 yards on the ground.”  Really Sean??  When pressed about what he will actually do to get things back on track he said that “it is simply a mentality.”

 

Well there you have it folks.

Is there anything he could've said that would make you feel better about the loss?

[Mopreme]

10 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

That must have been the first presser of his you have seen.  Let me explain...they are all like that.  Have a good night

Buffalo media needs to start calling him out. 

[Best Williams Available]

Out of the 16 quarters post-bye week, how many good quarters has this squad put together? 4 (2nd halves of Fins and Jets)?? This is what concerns me most. They’re playing mostly bad football for like a month.

[KeLLy1278]

10 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

That must have been the first presser of his you have seen.  Let me explain...they are all like that.  Have a good night

I watch his postgame pressers periodically but the act is really wearing thin at this point.  The guy comes off like he has no answers.

[jlgarsh]

1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

This.  Let’s give Trubisky the INT at the end, didn’t matter.

 

But the two Allen INTs and the McKenzie fumble led directly to points for the Colts and took away possible points for us.  

That’s potentially 21 points less for them and more points for us right there.  Even if we get no points on those drives, it’s putting it down to 20-15 which is down in the range where a couple missed FG or just one more TD make a difference

I just thought both FG calls were bad with how awful the weather was. Seemed like they were playing for a FG instead of TD before halftime and 49 yards in the rain is tough too. Just awful all around.

[jkeerie]

Just now, Mopreme said:

Buffalo media needs to start calling him out. 

It was really hard hearing the questions, but from what I did hear it didn't sound like they were lobbing softballs.  I get the impression McD was really po'd...not just because of how poorly they played but also about the circumstances that led up to who was available to play.

[Boatdrinks]

2 minutes ago, KeLLy1278 said:

I watch his postgame pressers periodically but the act is really wearing thin at this point.  The guy comes off like he has no answers.

Maybe, but this isn’t uncommon from head coaches. Look at Belichick. Hes never answered a question in 22 years of pressers. 

[KeLLy1278]

1 minute ago, Doc Brown said:

Is there anything he could've said that would make you feel better about the loss?

Yes.  How about something like.  
 

“Right now it’s gut check time.  Everyone needs to re-evaluate what they have been doing for the benefit of the TEAM!  The focus isn’t there, the effort at times is NOT there either and that starts with ME!  We played like we missed a month of practice today and I guarantee that this will not happen again!  I apologize to our fans who paid money to see us today.  Now I need to go back to work and get this team ready for the Saints.  I will not allow losses like this one to define the 2021 Buffalo Bills!”

 

How about something like that?!

[Dablitzkrieg]

7 minutes ago, Mopreme said:

Buffalo media needs to start calling him out. 

Why?  Media in general is a ***** joke.  Good for him not saying anything.   It's nobody's business. 

[Richard Noggin]

I have season tickets with my Sicilian mother (who taught me how to care too much about football), and therefore spend every home game at the stadium trying in vain to use humor and perspective to disrupt her old world fatalistic frustrations. In truth, it's exhausting.

 

Then I come here and see the same s#!t: people falling over themselves to be more right about how bad the team truly is and how lost the season is.

 

Is there some prize I'm unaware of for predicting their demise? I don't disagree that right now the Bills are playing bad football. But there are 7 games left and the Bills still control their destiny. What's fun about whining and declaring the end is near?  

[KeLLy1278]

Just now, Dablitzkrieg said:

Why?  Media in general is a ***** joke.  Good for him not saying anything.   It's nobody's business. 

But the stadium needs to be full for every home game right?  How would you feel if you PAID to see that??

[Dablitzkrieg]

Just now, KeLLy1278 said:

But the stadium needs to be full for every home game right?  How would you feel if you PAID to see that??

I did.  And left before halftime.  They sucked

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

11 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Is there anything he could've said that would make you feel better about the loss?

Absolutely.

[SoCal Deek]

2 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:

I have season tickets with my Sicilian mother (who taught me how to care too much about football), and therefore spend every home game at the stadium trying in vain to use humor and perspective to disrupt her old world fatalistic frustrations. In truth, it's exhausting.

 

Then I come here and see the same s#!t: people falling over themselves to be more right about how bad the team truly is and how lost the season is.

 

Is there some prize I'm unaware of for predicting their demise? I don't disagree that right now the Bills are playing bad football. But there are 7 games left and the Bills still control their destiny. What's fun about whining and declaring the end is near?  

There is a prize but had to sign up back in the 1960s as I did. 😉

[KeLLy1278]

1 minute ago, Richard Noggin said:

I have season tickets with my Sicilian mother (who taught me how to care too much about football), and therefore spend every home game at the stadium trying in vain to use humor and perspective to disrupt her old world fatalistic frustrations. In truth, it's exhausting.

 

Then I come here and see the same s#!t: people falling over themselves to be more right about how bad the team truly is and how lost the season is.

 

Is there some prize I'm unaware of for predicting their demise? I don't disagree that right now the Bills are playing bad football. But there are 7 games left and the Bills still control their destiny. What's fun about whining and declaring the end is near?  

I don’t think that most of us are necessarily predicting their demise.  We just want this team to get back on track.  Today’s performance was just unacceptable all the way around.  I don’t think any Bills fan would disagree.  The penalties time and time again are on the coaching staff. 

[Doc Brown]

8 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Maybe, but this isn’t uncommon from head coaches. Look at Belichick. Hes never answered a question in 22 years of pressers. 

The trick is asking him about a long snapper.

[Richard Noggin]

1 minute ago, KeLLy1278 said:

I don’t think that most of us are necessarily predicting their demise.  We just want this team to get back on track.  Today’s performance was just unacceptable all the way around.  I don’t think any Bills fan would disagree.  The penalties time and time again are on the coaching staff. 

The tone of your post, unfortunately, is NOT the norm. I 100% agree that the team is NOT playing well, and that I don't see easy answers moving forward. I booed the hell out of McDermott's decision to kick that FG today, and I'm definitely pissed at how soft the team looks.

 

People can post anything they want, of course. No one gets to tell you how to be a fan. But so many indulge hyperbolic negativity and fatalism, and do so repeatedly, and for what? It's kind of lame. 

 

 

[jkeerie]

11 minutes ago, KeLLy1278 said:

Yes.  How about something like.  
 

“Right now it’s gut check time.  Everyone needs to re-evaluate what they have been doing for the benefit of the TEAM!  The focus isn’t there, the effort at times is NOT there either and that starts with ME!  We played like we missed a month of practice today and I guarantee that this will not happen again!  I apologize to our fans who paid money to see us today.  Now I need to go back to work and get this team ready for the Saints.  I will not allow losses like this one to define the 2021 Buffalo Bills!”

 

How about something like that?!

Actually McD admitted they were not focused and mentally in the game.  He also said it started with him.  

[Richard Noggin]

8 minutes ago, KeLLy1278 said:

But the stadium needs to be full for every home game right?  How would you feel if you PAID to see that??

I paid to see that and sit in freezing rain while coach ignores Josh's vigorous pleas to go for it on 4th down and instead sends out the FG unit for an ill-fated and ill-conceived attempt. Yeah, the org did not reward its fans today. I booed McDermott hard for the first time. 

 

(Brought back terrible memories of booing Marrone for punting in a similar situation years back...just gutless and uninspired.)

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just now, jkeerie said:

Actually McD admitted they were not focused and mentally in the game.  He also said it started with him.  

huh? He said that about this game? 
 

This was a game I would have expected them to really be up for.