Don't Blame Bass

[K D]

4 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Make the kick and do your one job 

 

Hes what a 5.5 million dollar kicker?

 

Would the bills have stopped Mahomes? Probably not but that's besides the point.

 

Your 5.5 million dollar kicker HAS to make that kick

That's besides the point? That's the whole point. Even if he makes it we lose the game. That's the entire point 

[BillnutinHouston]

Um, he had the wind WITH HIM.

 

Hello?

[Coach Tuesday]

Bass is a mental patient.  As a sympathetic human, I don’t “blame” him for looking shell shocked like he just came back from the front lines at Verdun.  But as a longtime fan of this team - Bass can go get f’d.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

16 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Nobody should be blaming our bad kicker for being bad. Blame the coaches for putting him in that position knowing that he is bad. He was statistically one of the worst kickers in the entire league this year. The result was inevitable.

 

There's absolutely no reason why the offense went off their game plan instead of slowly and methodically continuing to march down the field and run the clock. For some reason Allen they started launching impossible throws down field rather than picking up 7-8 yards every play with Kincaid.

 

Even if Bass makes the kick (we knew he wouldn't) then the Chiefs have the ball with over a min left. You don't think Mahomes is going to get his guys in FG range when we didn't stop them at all the entire night? Again, don't blame Bass. This isn't his fault. We would have lost either way.

 

Fixed it for you.  Really doubt the coaches were telling Allen at the end of the last  drive to throw 2 long passes both on 2nd  and 3rd down.  I will agree that the runs by Cook in 4th quarter weren't working but they kept trying them anyway.

 

Also agree that if they made the kick with 1:47 left, likely KC had scored.

 

The Bills had no margin of error in this game, probably needed to score on every drive to cover up for all the injuries.  You can argue injuries are no excuse, but when down to multiple 4th stringers in playoff games, it will make a difference.  Having to rely on Klein to cover Kelsey because no on else is left isn't going to win games, but who else was left?

 

Overall, do agree with your thread though, don't blame Bass. 

[BillsFan130]

Just now, KDIGGZ said:

That's besides the point? That's the whole point. Even if he makes it we lose the game. That's the entire point 

So because they probably wouldn't have stopped Mahomes, that's  an excuse for Bass to miss a 41 yard field goal is what you're saying?

[Matt_In_NH]

Bass has never exuded confidence to me.  And he has not had a lot of pressure kicks that were not gimmes.  I think it is reasonable to judge the contract they gave him.   He should be expected to make that kick but I would also say they did not lose because of him.  

[SoCal Deek]

I said it over and over again. He keeps slicing his kicks! Is anyone coaching this team? 

[Matt_In_NH]

1 minute ago, Coach Tuesday said:

Bass is a mental patient.  As a sympathetic human, I don’t “blame” him for looking shell shocked like he just came back from the front lines at Verdun.  But as a longtime fan of this team - Bass can go get f’d.

You should check out the dead cap situation. 

[K D]

Just now, BillsFan130 said:

So because they probably wouldn't have stopped Mahomes, that's  an excuse for Bass to miss a 41 yard field goal is what you're saying?

I'm saying we would have lost make or miss. Needed to run the clock and get a TD there. No reason to be throwing 30 yard passes into the end zone when things were wide open underneath 

[Livinginthepast]

3 minutes ago, Toyo321 said:

There are college kickers that would have made that kick 9 out of 10 time.  I bet you Bass misses 50% of them.

 

No contest the guy has to go too.

 

Like I said next year is a mini-rebuild time for this team.  They are too old.

Yes that meatball that played for Washington would have made it because that guy has confidence.  Bass was scared when he trotted out there and tightened up. The kick was really bad.

[BillsFan130]

Just now, KDIGGZ said:

I'm saying we would have lost make or miss. Needed to run the clock and get a TD there. No reason to be throwing 30 yard passes into the end zone when things were wide open underneath 

I'm not disagreeing with that. But it's a team game .

 

You have to make that kick to give your team a chance.

 

There is 0 excuse for Bass 

[MrB1onde]

I blame Bass for missing the kick, but the Chiefs were most likely going to score again even if he had made it.

 

I think that either the coaches did not have/impart the right strategy for the last drive, or Josh simply didn't execute it. The Bills should have absolutely tried to make their last drive the last possession of the game and either score a TD or a chip shot FG with minimal time remaining. There were opportunities on 2nd & 3rd down to get chunks of yardage to burn clock and force KC to use its two remaining timeouts, but instead Josh went for the home run each time. Even if we had gotten a TD on one of those throw, KC is most likely getting the ball back with ~90 seconds and 2 timeouts, which would have been a huge risk.

[Bob in STL]

12 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

He's not.  7.4 mil in dead cap, no way Bills create a hole and take that cap hit plus what it would cost to sign a new kicker.

They must hold a legitimate competition and bring a serious kicking prospect into camp to push Bass.  He might be shot.   Mentally shot.  Push him to be better. 

[Iiiiiiiiive Got a Feeeelin]

21 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Did you even read what I said or are you just mad? Even if he makes it you think Mahomes and their GOOD kicker isn't going to get a FG? We would have lost either way

a real homer aint ya

[Nitro]

17 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

He's not.  7.4 mil in dead cap, no way Bills create a hole and take that cap hit plus what it would cost to sign a new kicker.

cap hell will wake some up in the off season

[Big Turk]

Just now, Bob in STL said:

They must hold a legitimate competition and bring a serious kicking prospect into camp to push Bass.  He might be shot.   Mentally shot.  Push him to be better. 

 

They might bring in a kicker, but he isn't getting cut. They can't afford to do it.

[Billsfanatic8989]

Why was he not cut weeks ago? Did McDermott have tryouts?

 

His ass should not have been active today. Get a guy off the street. It's on coaching. 

[QB Bills]

You're right. He could have slipped. Or lost his helmet. Or gotten stuck in the bathroom at home this morning. He did so many things right today.

 

 

 

Having said that, he can go get f'd.

[BrainwashedBillsFan]

25 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

Nobody should be blaming our bad kicker for being bad. Blame the coaches for putting him in that position knowing that he is bad. He was statistically one of the worst kickers in the entire league this year. The result was inevitable.

 

There's absolutely no reason why the offense went off their game plan instead of slowly and methodically continuing to march down the field and run the clock. For some reason they started launching impossible throws down field rather than picking up 7-8 yards every play with Kincaid.

 

Even if Bass makes the kick (we knew he wouldn't) then the Chiefs have the ball with over a min left. You don't think Mahomes is going to get his guys in FG range when we didn't stop them at all the entire night? Again, don't blame Bass. This isn't his fault. We would have lost either way.

Absolutely correct.

 

My question is who TF called that fake punt on our own 30? That was the Turing point for me. 
 

also diggs big drop was tough to swallow.
 

also Josh not throwing the ball to diggs for the first down and forcing it to shakir. 
 

it’s always 1 or 2 plays that determines the outcome, unfortunately we are always on the other end of it. 
 

good thing is that our roster is pretty solid for next year. Need a WR and then prolly a replacement for Hyde, beside that we are good to go in my opinion 

[K D]

3 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

I'm not disagreeing with that. But it's a team game .

 

You have to make that kick to give your team a chance.

 

There is 0 excuse for Bass 

I'm not saying we don't need a kicker that can make that but he is what he is. He's a bottom of the barrel kicker. Knowing that, we needed to be smarter and put the game on Josh's shoulders. Designed QB runs if Cook isn't working or throws underneath. If we settle for a game tying FG with over a min left we are losing that game either way so I'm not mad at Bass for being bAss

Edited January 22 by KDIGGZ