11/21 Colts at Bills, Postgame Postmortem Thread

[Solomon Grundy]

Where's Rex?? We need to "build a bully"!!! 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 minute ago, vincec said:

They did play their 4-3 vs the Titans and that didn't do any good. I think it's the DL. They have to be more stout vs the run.

 

No they didn’t.  Klein got 3 snaps.  Johnson got 94%

[Doc Brown]

I blame Lynch.  Don't bring any player back from the drought.

[Brand J]

I would’ve been all for a defensive gameplan that sold out to stop the run. I don’t care if you put 8 or 9 in the box, don’t let Taylor beat you. Bills played 4 down lineman all game, 7 box looks the majority of the game. Never adjusted.

[billsfan714]

3 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

The one thing I hate about the Bills losing, is it brings out all the termites with their negative takes that otherswise remain hidden in the woodwork when the Bills play well.  Okay...the Bills suck today.  They're playing a more desparate team with the best back in the league and without key players.  Okay.  That does not negate what this team has accomplished since Beane and McD have arrived.   Believe me, this beat down is hurting them worse than it hurts us.   Are they overrated?  Perhaps.  Today, it certainly looks so.  We're not the best team in the AFC and we aren't the worst.  We no longer lead the division and the hated Patriots do.  There's more football to be played.  There are no runaway teams this year in either conference.   I'm going to enjoy the sport.  Hope the Bills get healthy and gather themselves for the rest of the season and let the chips fall where they may.  At this juncture, my real reason for pulling for the Bills to win, is to weed out all the faux fans who frequent the boards when the Bills play like crap.  

Oh god spare me the you can't call out this team deficiencies or you're not a real fan stuff.    

[Big Turk]

This team isn't taking their chance at winning a super bowl seriously. They thought the KC game was their super bowl. 

 

They need to regroup and take a good hard look in the mirror and stop all the fun and games and get back to business like last year.

[SCBills]

2 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Defense needs a rethink. We cannot stop the run against quality teams. I trust that McDermott and Fraiser can mae the necessary adjustments so we can be sucessful against quality teams.

I do too… but I’m starting to lose faith in them tbh.  
 

This year has been a gut punch.  To be 6-4, looking like how we look right now is really tough to swallow.  
 

McDermott back to coaching conservative and scared. 
 

And the kicker is, the issues we face are all issues the fans saw coming… Interior Offensive Line, Run Game and Run Defense.  
 

We re-signed our own, swapped out a WR and drafted two EDGE rushers in the 1st & 2nd Rounds of the Draft.  
 

Credit where it’s due on Spencer Brown, but that not enough right now. 

[Comebackkid]

I think on the D line, investing in the smaller quicker guys to have a chance at getting at the quarterback isn't working. So now along with not being able to get to the quarterback we can't hold the line or stop the run.

Bills are a good defense if they can force a team to be one dimensional but that's the only time

[vincec]

Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

No they didn’t.  Klein got 3 snaps.  Johnson got 94%

According to Frazier at this week's press conference, they played their 4-3 as their base defense in one game this season- the Titans game.

[jlgarsh]

1 minute ago, vincec said:

They did play their 4-3 vs the Titans and that didn't do any good. I think it's the DL. They have to be more stout vs the run.

Outside of one long 76 yard TD run where multiple holds were missed, Henry was contained. He had like less than 3 YPC. Something like 19 for 58 yards

[zow2]

I will say this in summation. No team that gets dominated like that in a big game, at home, will be a threat to win the Super bowl. That dream has died today.  They might still be able to sneak in as a wild card but not sure. Too may other AFC teams have 6-7 wins already. 

[jkeerie]

1 minute ago, jlgarsh said:

There's a difference between losing a close road game to a division leader, and absolutely looking like they never got off the team bus. Two poor games in the last 3 weeks. Of course I want the team to win, but right now there are definitely some major issues with them that can't be ignored or glossed over.

I couldn't agree with you more.  But fixing issues that need to be fixed versus blowing everything up is quite a different response to today's poor effort.

[Coach Tuesday]

Just now, zow2 said:

I will say this in summation. No team that gets dominated like that in a big game, at home, will be a threat to win the Super bowl. That dream has died today.  They might still be able to sneak in as a wild card but not sure. Too may other AFC teams have 6-7 wins already. 

Have to agree there - no sane person would pick this team to win a super bowl.  Opportunity squandered.

[billybob71]

3 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

The one thing I hate about the Bills losing, is it brings out all the termites with their negative takes that otherswise remain hidden in the woodwork when the Bills play well.  Okay...the Bills suck today.  They're playing a more desparate team with the best back in the league and without key players.  Okay.  That does not negate what this team has accomplished since Beane and McD have arrived.   Believe me, this beat down is hurting them worse than it hurts us.   Are they overrated?  Perhaps.  Today, it certainly looks so.  We're not the best team in the AFC and we aren't the worst.  We no longer lead the division and the hated Patriots do.  There's more football to be played.  There are no runaway teams this year in either conference.   I'm going to enjoy the sport.  Hope the Bills get healthy and gather themselves for the rest of the season and let the chips fall where they may.  At this juncture, my real reason for pulling for the Bills to win, is to weed out all the faux fans who frequent the boards when the Bills play like crap.  

agreed, fans overreact to losses and over hype the wins, its what we do, the bills were never as good as the hype (most teams in NFL prove not to be) and we prob not as bad as we looked today. somewhere in the middle with the rest of the flawed NFL teams, the only thing we can hope for is they figure out how to improve some things and get hot down the stretch. Not sayin its gonna happen but one of these 32 teams has to get hot and make a Super Bowl run.

[Aussie Joe]

4 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

The one thing I hate about the Bills losing, is it brings out all the termites with their negative takes that otherswise remain hidden in the woodwork when the Bills play well.  Okay...the Bills suck today.  They're playing a more desparate team with the best back in the league and without key players.  Okay.  That does not negate what this team has accomplished since Beane and McD have arrived.   Believe me, this beat down is hurting them worse than it hurts us.   Are they overrated?  Perhaps.  Today, it certainly looks so.  We're not the best team in the AFC and we aren't the worst.  We no longer lead the division and the hated Patriots do.  There's more football to be played.  There are no runaway teams this year in either conference.   I'm going to enjoy the sport.  Hope the Bills get healthy and gather themselves for the rest of the season and let the chips fall where they may.  At this juncture, my real reason for pulling for the Bills to win, is to weed out all the faux fans who frequent the boards when the Bills play like crap.  

Unlike some here… I’m going to keep following the team and hoping for the best until they are either mathematically eliminated or they lose in the playoffs…

 

But after experiencing the highs of six weeks ago when they beat the Chiefs to what we have seen since is disappointing though… was really hoping for a special year…

[SoCal Deek]

I said before the game….wheels are about to come off 

Over hyped and way too soft 

[noacls]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[78thealltimegreat]

This game was done in the final two minutes of the half and the start of the second…make it 14-7 let the colts drive the field to 17-7…goofball fumbles kickoff…24-7….miss field goal…start of second half starts with 2 drops and a 3 and out…

[RobbRiddick]

That game was so bad I stopped watching in the 3rd and bought Kindergarten Cop.

 

This tells you everything you need to know about how I feel about the game

[Mrbojanglezs]

I'm just expecting them to be a wildcard team at this point. Is what it is anything better I'll be surprised