12/22/24 GAMEDAY Week 15 Bills vs Patriots* Post GameThread

[NickelCity]

1 minute ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

I'm still waiting- why was Specter playing the first 2 TD Drives? anyone? help me?

 

They were either trying to save Williams' arm (he came in on the first 3rd down), or they were under the impression that Spector....adds something. What, I'm not sure. He's playing his worst ball imo.

[Justin C]

13 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

That is ***** crazy lol the defense was horrible from start to finish. The only stops were turnovers. As usual. We were on skates all day and played catchup. The defense was useless again on 3rd down. Just relying on fluke turnovers and holding on for dear life. Zero pressure, can’t stop the run, every play that’s normal is whatever the offense wants. Penalties all over and an offense that sucked all year moving it at Will scoring more TDs then our offense. Our defense is our Achilles heel and has been since 2019

Wait stops that result in turnovers should be in there own special category or something? Talk about a bad take.

[Andy1]

It’s inexplicable to me how Elam seems so unaware and unable to turn his head around. He has the physical skills to do it. He has the time in the system with good coaching. Seems like a problem between the ears. Anyhow it counts in the win column and let’s beat the Jets. 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

1 minute ago, NickelCity said:

 

They were either trying to save Williams' arm (he came in on the first 3rd down), or they were under the impression that Spector....adds something. What, I'm not sure. He's playing his worst ball imo.

He was abused on the first 2 drives. We were playing with 10 guys with him out there.

[Roundybout]

16 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

That is ***** crazy lol the defense was horrible from start to finish. The only stops were turnovers. As usual. We were on skates all day and played catchup. The defense was useless again on 3rd down. Just relying on fluke turnovers and holding on for dear life. Zero pressure, can’t stop the run, every play that’s normal is whatever the offense wants. Penalties all over and an offense that sucked all year moving it at Will scoring more TDs then our offense. Our defense is our Achilles heel and has been since 2019

 

 

[GASabresIUFan]

Well that was closer than it had to be.  Great job by the D (except Elam) after the 1st qtr.  

[stlbills13]

I sure hope are getting all the special teams blunders out of the way 

[Bills Bud]

Bills didn’t get called for a delay of game on the Cook 47 yd rush td 

Edited 9 hours ago by Bills Bud

[CincyBillsFan]

41 minutes ago, ControllerOfPlanetX said:

When a win feels like a loss….
 

Not to me.  If the Chiefs fans ain't complaining then I'm not.

[Nelius]

The Shakir reception line was 4.5. Sheesh. Sha-queesh. Good thing I finished Christmas shopping 

 

He’ll get it together because this was the outlier…but any notes on if he’s hurt or anything weird? 

 

 

[Toledo Bill]

6 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

It’s a W. Doesn’t matter how, just get it.

 

Fire Spector into the sun. He should never see the field again.

 

The Elam experiment is over. I was rooting for the kid but he will never get McD’s confidence. Just too handsy even though a couple calls were pure BS.

 

How does Smiley still have a job? He’s gotta go in the offseason. Our special teams suuuuucks when it comes to coverage/penalties/and now fake punts.

 

Burn those uniforms we look like old New England*

 

I’m concerned our D-line just isn’t good enough to get past the divisional round. This was one of the worst O lines in football and they were blowing our D line off the ball most of the game. We had to blitz to get pressure and made a rookie QB look like a vet. That’s a problem.

 

We are on to the NY JESTS

 

 

 

It's hard for me to respect McD with the Smiley situation. Smiley has sucked for a long time. McD doesn't hesitate to bench players for mistakes but allows the special teams clownshow to continue.

[TH3]

16 minutes ago, Dan said:

Why do so many QBs play the game of their career against us?    Or at least it feels that way 

Ya.  Maye played very well

[Ralonzo]

3 minutes ago, NickelCity said:

 

They were either trying to save Williams' arm (he came in on the first 3rd down), or they were under the impression that Spector....adds something. What, I'm not sure. He's playing his worst ball imo.

 

I saw #44 and #48 on special teams. If you want to save Dorian, but you don't want to see Bail Inspector on the field (you shouldn't) then there were options.

[MikePJ76]

Just as a note but if Buffalo is the 2 and they play Denver or Indy the game is going to look a lot like this.  In fact I really fear the colts because they have the parts to run 50 times and throw 15 times in a bad weather game.  They would have a huge size advantage 0n the buffalo defense.

 

 

[Comebackkid]

17 minutes ago, Dan said:

Why do so many QBs play the game of their career against us?    Or at least it feels that way 

because the defense sucks?....  

[vincec]

8 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

I'm still waiting- why was Specter playing the first 2 TD Drives? anyone? help me?

It sounds like Williams was less than 100%.

[Boatdrinks]

46 minutes ago, Danger Mouse said:

think the weather was a leveller here

 

we're getting a bit spoiled. a win after a ***** start is fine by me. 

 

not a great performance by any measure, but winning while playing crap is better than losing while palying well.

Not really a “ weather” game today- just cold. I get the point though- it’s a long season and you’re going to get a few games like this. Not surprising that it was a division game. The team didn’t look like they really brought it today , but they capitalized on enough NE mistakes to get the W. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Boatdrinks

[CincyBillsFan]

17 minutes ago, letsgoteam said:

I'm not seeing a direct thread and I am currently traveling...

 

Where are we at with JA's hand(s).

 

I noticed every handoff on that last series were tossed. I know he snuck to end the game though.

The toss pitch uses more time then an off tackle play.  By my count the three pitches took an extra 5 seconds off the clock.  That doesn't sound like a lot but it equal to one NE play if we hadn't got that 1st down.  Allen threw 3 nice passes after his injury and he ran a sneak so I'm assuming it was a stinger which took a bit to subside.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by CincyBillsFan

[Nitro]

27 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:

Giving WR’s 10 yard cushions constantly needs to be addressed!

That is due to the injuries in the secondary.  Keep everything in front and do not give up deep throws.  That is the design of that defense.  Like it or not.

[HurlyBurly51]

20 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I could see that too…the defense deserves credit too though after that second td they went punt,punt,fumble,INT,fumble td,punt before that slightly ref assisted clock killing td drive.  

absolutely.  I just didn't want to completely overlook an impressive and productive performance from Cook