12/8/24 Game 14 GAMEDAY! Bills vs Rams post game Thread

[Blank Stare]

3 minutes ago, PauleeeWalnuts said:

McD not only can’t admit he blew the timeout during his presser, but he also said there wasn’t enough players on the field to run a punt block at the end. What the hell is going on with this coaching staff and lack of communication? 

Smiley. One of the worst STCs in the league. I’d easily take Farwell or Crossman back and I didn’t care much for either of them either. We have at least one game a year with stupid special teams blunders, particularly in the punt game, that cost us big. 

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Well, in two weeks, we play a crappy team…things will be back to normal (or rose colored glasses) after we beat them.

 

[TNBills]

5 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

Just my own hypothesis, I think Allen may have checked into the sneak. There was a TE at the end of the line that kind of looked like he was going to run a route initially.

 

That might also explain the confusion on what to do after it failed.

Allen said he didn't check into it.

[Dan]

41 minutes ago, appoo said:

The blocked punt was obviously massive and the TO egregiously bad. But that was after the Bills had given up 44 points and forced what, 1 punt?

For me, the most egregious call was accepting the penalty at the end of the game. I would’ve forced fourth and long sooner and either had them try it or kicked the long field goal and go up by six.  Either way we have more time on the clock.  Plus with the way those receivers were playing I had no confidence we would stop them. 

Edited December 9 by Dan

[CincyBillsFan]

19 minutes ago, zow2 said:

here ya go.

 

 

While not officially classified as a giveaway a blocked punt for a TD is worse then a couple of TO's.

 

 

[vincec]

1 minute ago, TNBills said:

Allen said he didn't check into it.

That definitely looked like a planned play.

[zow2]

I am at the stage where the Bills

losses (even when playoffs are clinched) are so much more painful than the wins are enjoyable.  That’s not good.  

 

I’m going to rationalize by saying this loss today will allow them to fix some things that are broken. It’s a reset.  Now they can start a winning streak to get us where they want to go.

[LifeLongBillsFan]

10 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Enough with this nonsense.

 

Players had chances all game to make one play and they couldn't make it.

 

Anytime you give up 44 points it has far more to do with the players getting beat constantly than coaching.

So the defense isn’t good enough to wi games?  Truth is we have to many weak links - Von miller is a waste of money 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

20 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Why do you refuse to blame the players giving up touchdowns? Why is it all down to McDermott’s timeout

I think people are saying he got two things wrong in a row but the accepting the hold felt like a great call to me tbh 

 

the sneak was definitely a mess and I think they had to go into it saying sneak twice without using a timeout if you get stopped…def a mess up but it felt like a pretty specific situation to me that I don’t think will repeat 

 

granted maybe the sneak doesn’t work the second time if we weren’t coming out of a timeout who knows 

Edited December 9 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Ralonzo]

1 hour ago, dhgold said:

Things that pissed me off besides the coaching SNAFUs:

 

Nick Wright called both Rams upset and Stafford going toe to toe with Allen. 

 

Yeah his nose is at full mast already, if KC wins another walkoff he might sneeze a hole in his siding.

[Buffalo Bills Fan]

13 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Enough with this nonsense.

 

Players had chances all game to make one play and they couldn't make it.

 

Anytime you give up 44 points it has far more to do with the players getting beat constantly than coaching.

 

You can't call this nonsense from earlier huh? Like said agree. Do what u think. My post meant something like this. Please do you

[Carmel Corn]

Our secondary got torched today by a couple great receivers and a QB having a good game.  That said, the reason they got torched is because our front 6 were a complete failure at both stopping the run and pressuring the QB.  Our front 4 especially are weak….not good enough to win a championship.

[CincyBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

If the 6-6 Rams did this to the D, wtf are the Lions going to do? 

When those 2 WR's are healthy and Stafford is on his game the Rams O is as good as the lions.

 

 

[TFBillsfan]

Just now, CincyBillsFan said:

When those 2 WR's are healthy and Stafford is on his game the Rams O is as good as the lions.

 

 

And yet it’s HIGHLY possible they don’t even make the playoffs!

[Johnnycage46]

1 minute ago, CincyBillsFan said:

When those 2 WR's are healthy and Stafford is on his game the Rams O is as good as the lions.

 

 

Agree, and oh joy, who do we play next week? Rough stuff.

[playaction]

Stafford was perfect.   Nacua  was great.

 

Tough loss

[ticketssince61]

1 hour ago, NewEra said:

It’s. It a bad loss.  Just a terrible coaching decision.  The rams balled eff out. That blocked punt for a td after a missed opportunity in a wide open td- was just brutal

 

Josh makes a better throw, that is a TD for us and then no punt to be blocked, then the game is a W and not an L

 

Ball was thrown too much in the middle which gave the safety the opportunity to knock it away

 

Was at the game and thought for sure was going to be a TD

[RiotAct]

pretty insane that our defense gave up 5 LESS points than the Rams’ defense.

 

If Allen doesn’t win MVP this season it’s a travesty.

[BillsFan130]

Watching the Chiefs game- this is how you play defence. Stop the run, play man coverage, send pressure on the QB.

Not sit on your arse and play soft zone coverage and hope a team makes a mistake while chewing up 7 minute drives 

[CincyBillsFan]

I will say this having clinched the division I'm not taking this loss all that hard.  It's a non conference game and our chances to lock up the 2nd seed are still very good even if we lose to Detroit nest week.  The offense showed that they can be lethal and we'll be getting 2 more key pieces back soon.

 

I also trust that McD will fix the issues with the D and they will play better going forward.  For now I'm viewing this defensive performance as a one off resembling the inexplicable offensive melt down we had against Jacksonville a few years ago.