1/15/2023 Wildcard Weekend - Dolphins @ Bills - Post Game Thread

[Albwan]

Just now, appoo said:

Bills +1

yikes i thought maybe -1 -  cringy

[Old Man]

1 hour ago, The Red King said:

 

Injuries, a lot of reviews.  Miami took a crap ton of timeouts (I think all three second half TOs) when they were about to get flagged for Delay of Game.

43 incompletoins 

[CincyBillsFan]

5 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Miami: 231 yards of offense. QB held to a 44.7 QB Rating. 4 turnovers on offense. 
And somehow people find a way to blame Leslie Frazier?

I have a theory on this.  The defense, in spite of mostly great stats, is playing as frustratingly inconsistently as the offense is. Holding the Dolphins to a couple of hundred yards and forcing a couple of FG's on short fields was a big plus but:

 

*  Giving up a 4th & 8 when the Bills led 17 -3.  Make that stop and the Bills start rolling again with the ball at midfield.

 

*  Giving up a 3rd & 19 in the first half.

 

*  After playing lights out and getting a TO the D allows a 75 yard TD drive in the 4th quarter after the Bills had opened up a 10 point lead.

 

*  Giving up a 3rd & 10 late in the game when they had the Fish pinned deep in their pwn territory.

 

This mirrors an offense that scored 34 points, gained over 400 yards and roared out to a 17 - 0 and then turned the ball over 3 times!  A dropped pass that was an easy catch kept the Bills from taking a 24 - 9 lead at half.  So like the defense the O's inconsistency combines great plays and series with head scratching screw-ups. In the end the Bills have won most of these games but it's damn frustrating to watch.

 

 

 

 

 

[appoo]

Just now, newcam2012 said:

Partly true. I also think that's because he's not very good. 

Definitely partly that. But my thing is that any random NFL QB can complete 55% given decent protection. Especially with the weapons he has on O with this roster.

 

Also should be noted that he had a few drops though.

[Goin Breakdown]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

They were planning to beat them 55-3.

Whatever. I don't care as long as they don't look like trash doing it. 

[Dr. Who]

Just now, gomper said:

Let's be honest. If they play like this next week, it's over. This team has a piece missing mentally. 

Or maybe they've been through an inordinate amount of unusual stress this season and emotionally and mentally it caught up with them. They seem pretty tough to me. I'm guessing next week we see a much better performance.

[Billz4ever]

55 minutes ago, quinnearlysghost88 said:

We just won bc a ref called a first down on what clearly wasn’t. The bengals will kill us with that performance 

If you were looking at the imaginary line on the TV, yes, he was short, but the sticks were actually almost a half yards behind that line.
 

Motor was right at the line and there's no was replay reverses the call on the field.
 

But yes, the Bills need to clean up the mistakes. 

[L Ron Burgundy]

Wonder what that nerd McDaniel was saying to McDermott after the game.  They seemed to speak a while.   Maybe I'm wrong but seemed that way. 

[WideNine]

9 minutes ago, Billz4ever said:

Miami blitzed a lot and the Bills essentially had no hot route. I guess the hot route is chucking it 50 yards.

 

Quick slants to Beas or Diggs...high percentage throws.  

 

Not sure what they were doing today.

 

We have receivers that can win those quick routes, and when Allen leaves the pocket often you will see Cook or Motor just standing in no man's land ready to take a shovel pass past the sticks.

 

Dorsey needs to scheme more of the former, and Allen has got to look at doing more of the latter.

 

If nothing more dumping those off to his RBs with no one around them not only will move the sticks, it will save Allen from unnecessary hits.

 

 

 

 

[WIDE LEFT]

McD cements himself as being the worst game manager in NFL playoffs. Twice he called timeouts negating successful plays by the offense and defense. Actually did same thing last week. Just listened to his press conference. Not one coward in WNY media dared to ask him about his terrible timeout calls

[Dr. Who]

Just now, ColoradoBills said:

 

Thank you.  I was going to reply the same exact thing.

 

I'm sounding like a broken record now but it's not going to change on the offense.  It's bombs away and the Bills will win or lose with it.

Knowing this is the game plan will make me feel better next week.  I won't yell at the TV no more.

It's only a problem when the telly starts answering back.

[BIGFOOTspaceman]

4 minutes ago, gomper said:

Let's be honest. If they play like this next week, it's over. This team has a piece missing mentally. 

We all know this…whether some choose to admit it or not. 
 

The ones who can’t see it are probably young, newer Bills fans. 

[TheWeatherMan]

6 minutes ago, Success said:

We'll be playing after January 20th.  Any one of us would have taken that 5 years ago, and been pretty stoked about it.

 

The difference is 5-25 years ago this team sucked, now they are loaded with talent.  The team and fans should have lofty expectations.  This game did not meet anybody’s expectations as far as on the field play.  The result was a W but it was as ugly as they come.  

[PrimeTime101]

42 minutes ago, clayboy54 said:

Is it a close game with Hyde and Von playing? IDK either.

@Pokebball can laugh at your post all you want, but it brings up a good point.

[Mynamemike]

I’m just happy we’re at a point as a franchise where we can complain about how terrible we are after a playoff win.   On to the divisional round.   It wasn’t pretty but I don’t care what anyone says,   McDermott is the guy that will take us to the promise land. Maybe not this year but it’s going to happen.  

[billybob71]

1 minute ago, Goin Breakdown said:

I'm games that the players are playing at full potential, the coaches look good right? But when the games are intense and close we really start to see how underwhelming they really are (or can be). Bad time outs. Leaving we wide open all over on 3rd and longs or 4th and kings. We've got talent, coaching is wasting it. Just my opinion which I'm sure is wrong to many. 

not so sure you are wrong, we gonna find out next week

[Doc Brown]

We’re on to Cincinnati.  My guess is we open as three point favorites.

[TH3]

And yet they won

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Draft Jerry Sullivan? 🤔

[Goin Breakdown]

Just now, billybob71 said:

not so sure you are wrong, we gonna find out next week

Yessir. I'm all for it. Just spent for today haha