Why do we play bad against that teams

[Moulds 808080]

It's hard to believe that we just play bad against bad teams. How did we dominate Miami when they're dominating all these other teams and then look bad against bad teams. 

[clayboy54]

Most teams tend to play down to the level of the competition. It's a league-wide thing, and has been that way for many years.

 

Additionally, you have to know that when bad teams face great teams they really step it up a notch. Its like their SuperBowl. This is especially true for division rivals and teams that have guys that were dissed by their former team.

[Steve O]

Don't know the reason, but we do. I'm in Patriots country right now and had a few comments yesterday about having an easy game tonight. Told everyone that commented that we always find a way to make these games tough.

[RiotAct]

Jacksonville is far from a bad team.  And the Jets are looking okay too… Wilson rounding into form a bit and that defense is scary.

[Big Turk]

8 minutes ago, Moulds 808080 said:

It's hard to believe that we just play bad against bad teams. How did we dominate Miami when they're dominating all these other teams and then look bad against bad teams. 

 

We usually don't, we usually destroy them.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

We literally dominate bad teams most of the time. Win by 20.

 

Last night doesn’t normally happen.

[Franco_92]

The Bills beat up on bad teams more than any team in the league over the past 3.5 years, objectively. This year they have outscored bad teams by an 89-22 margin. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

1 minute ago, arcane said:

The Bills beat up on bad teams more than any team in the league over the past 3.5 years, objectively. This year they have outscored bad teams by an 89-22 margin. 

I believe they’re historically good at destroying bad teams. Like the best team ever over a 3-4 year stretch. 

[pocoboy]

17 minutes ago, Moulds 808080 said:

It's hard to believe that we just play bad against bad teams. How did we dominate Miami when they're dominating all these other teams and then look bad against bad teams. 

 

Reasons why the Giants were trouble:

 

1) Brian Daboll grew up a defender & he gave Wink Martindale plenty of inside baseball on the Bills' offense. If you designed it, it wouldn't be difficult to crack whatever minor changes Dorsey has made.

2) Plenty of guys (including Daboll) with a motivational chip on their shoulder as former Bills.

3) Tyrod is an older soul and has learned to cope in ways that Jones needs to learn. He played pretty damned well, while they didn't get a TD they were dangerous.

 

Reasons we play down to our opponents:

 

1) We desperately try to hide significant parts of the playbook against weaker opponents.

2) The players lack sharpness against weaker opponents, and thus in situations where man-for-man we should succeed with basic play calls, they botch due to a lack of motivation or zeal.

 

Let's also face it - the Jets game embarrassed them, and so they took it to LV and WAS. They've treated the MIA game like last year's KC game, and have since seemed to underprepare/underperform.

Edited October 16, 2023 by pocoboy

[Matt_In_NH]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

I believe they’re historically good at destroying bad teams. Like the best team ever over a 3-4 year stretch. 

Agree, but if we only consider last night then the Bill always have this problem   It's just recency bias and not liking how the game went.

[1ManRaid]

I guess you missed the part where we tied a record for winning by 28+, including against "bad" teams.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Because Daboll took pictures on his phone of the D playback before leaving? 😏 

 

 

[uticaclub]

Giants are a despite team with deep inside knowledge of how the Bills run their team. Also Gabe Davis is not a WR2 and I can't wait for him to be off the team

[Big Turk]

people really have recency bias badly on this forum.  We beat bad teams worse than any other team in the NFL does typically.

[BarleyNY]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

people really have recency bias badly on this forum.  We beat bad teams worse than any other team in the NFL does typically.

Agreed. The Bills are vulnerable to certain matchups however - and sometimes bad teams can matchup against us well. A strong defensive front is often an issue for our offense. See NY Jets game this year. Our current MASH unit of a defense will have trouble matching up with good offenses, but facing quality offensive lines - especially the ones that excel at run blocking - has been an issue. Tennessee took advantage of that last season.

 

While I have been frustrated by some aspects of the Bills roster building it is pretty much impossible to build a team that does not have match up in some instances. Especially when things like weather and injuries come into play. 

[BillsFooteball]

Did you miss the games against the raiders and commanders this year?