It's not the roster!

[Success]

Yeah - I noted that play.  

 

Philly did the same as we would have in the Dallas game. I give Taylor credit for playing to WIN.

 

[mannc]

3 hours ago, cgg716 said:

And one timeout for the opposing team, McDermott would run 3 times and trust his punter and D. Taylor immediately put the game in his best players hands and won. Taylor plays to win, McDermott plays not to lose. Fans and players deserve better 

And yet Taylor made the awful decision to punt on 4th and 2 from inside Bills’ territory in the third quarter.  That decision kept the Bills in the game.

[Process]

Taylor almost single handedly kept us in that game 

[BuffaloBaumer]

I actually thought that Taylor coached an awful game and was even more pathetic than our coaching staff. The Bengals TRIED to give that game to Buffalo multiple times with horrible decisions to punt on 4 and 1s and kicking field goals. Buffalo was lucky to even be in that game with 3:32 left. 

[Mark Vader]

8 minutes ago, Rigotz said:

I was ok with the "we trust our defense" strategy when the defense was elite and playing bad competition.

 

I was reluctantly ok with the "we trust our defense" strategy when the defense was elite and playing good competition.

 

I am not ok with the "we trust our defense" mantra when the defense sucks and we're playing against good competition.

 

McDermott believes in building a dominant defense and trusting it. He has no F'ing idea what to do when that doesn't work.

Are you saying that we should have attempted an onside kick?

[dorquemada]

11 hours ago, cgg716 said:

8 of the 14 turnovers against WSH and LV. So 6, in the other 6 games. Just like every year, good games against garbage teams trick people into thinking the D is good 

 

Not just the D either.  This team hasn't beat anyone good yet, with the partial exception of Miami.  And Miami can't beat anyone good either. 

 

This is a 9-8 or 8-9 team, though Im not sure where the 3 wins are coming from to get us up to 8 given the lackadaisical coaching and JV level play

 

Why is spencer brown still on this team?

[The Jokeman]

3 hours ago, boater said:

It is the roster.

 

"32 year old, lost a step" Hyde and Poyer aren't keeping OCs awake.

 

Von Miller isn't keeping OCs awake.

 

James Cook isn't keeping DCs awake.

 

Gabe Davis...

 

...and the list of mediocre players goes on and on.

 

There are only two players on this team, Allen and Diggs, that prevent a slide into the drought years.   ...and Milano.

Josh needs to stop with his interceptions and throwing deep, he needs to find Cook more in the passing game if he checks out of a RPO option to pass. 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

4 hours ago, boater said:

There are only two players on this team, Allen and Diggs, that prevent a slide into the drought years.   ...and Milano.

hate to break it to you, this IS a drought-level team atm

 

[Low Positive]

12 hours ago, Dopey said:

We’re tied for 4th in the league in creating turnovers this year and that’s with all those injuries. This place sometimes. 

But there weren't any last night, and that's all anybody remembers on here. At least until the next game.

[Freddie's Dead]

12 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

You guys it’s hard to win in the NFL ask Marv Levy. 

 

That was Dick Jauron.

[JerseyBills]

12 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

5-4 team, too many games without creating turnovers and the offense turning over the ball. 

On the bright side, this is fixable.  Still lots of football to go, they just need to make proper adjustments 

[Gugny]

2 hours ago, Rigotz said:

I was ok with the "we trust our defense" strategy when the defense was elite and playing bad competition.

 

I was reluctantly ok with the "we trust our defense" strategy when the defense was elite and playing good competition.

 

I am not ok with the "we trust our defense" mantra when the defense sucks and we're playing against good competition.

 

McDermott believes in building a dominant defense and trusting it. He has no F'ing idea what to do when that doesn't work.

… as soon as the game starts. 

[KOKBILLS]

14 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

We need to trust in Dorian Williams and Kaiir Elam. We’ve seen them make turnovers, but they don’t do a good job keeping the ball in front of them. Do you live with the mistakes and take the playmaking ability tradeoff?

 

You would think they would have already backed themself into that corner. Especially with Elam. But I'm not going to underestimate McD's ability to make it worse...

[TheyCallMeAndy]

It’s D) All of the above.

 

Dorsey’s offense isn’t a fit for Josh Allen, you likely have to get rid of one this summer.

 

McBeane took huge gambles on old players (Hyde, Poyer, Miller, Joseph, Douglas) and so far it hasn’t been great.

 

Beane has a few key FA misses (Ford and Rapp are major misses) 

 

The FA target misses have made the injury situation that much worse.