SKOOBY Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I'll take missed tackles. How many times were we in a position to stop a NYJ player & we watched our guys miss them in the backfield and out in the open?? Too many. Freaking nightmare basics being missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GripnRip Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Absolutely stupid. I seriously have to question the sanity of anyone that walks away from this game and feels like our defense let us down. Honestly....what game were you watching? We had a pick 6 and held them 16 points what more do you want...how many tackles does it take to make our offense better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 I'll take missed tackles. How many times were we in a position to stop a NYJ player & we watched our guys miss them in the backfield and out in the open?? Too many. Freaking nightmare basics being missed. biggest reason is we don't place enough importance on generating pressure on D....we did it some times and Favre did not handle it well....so what does Fewell do? Stop pressuring...is this like the Mularkey school of coaching? They are expecting it, so do something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonabb Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 How about offensive game planning? When you NEVER throw passes ove 20 yards, you limit your effectiveness. Defenses don't have to defend deep and they squat and play tight coverage. allowing them to jump the run. I've watched every game (season ticket holder too), how may times total has TE thrown a pass that traveled more than 30 yards in the air? The biggest pass play, and deepest throw this year, was from Losman to Evans. It got a TD (and I hate JP by the way because he's an idiot on the field) but if you do that often, you soften the defense for your running game. If not, or you refuse to even try, you kill you run game. That begs this question: is TE just a noodle-armed dink and dunk QB? If so, you can't win in this league because that kills your running game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOOOOOO Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 How about offensive game planning? When you NEVER throw passes ove 20 yards, you limit your effectiveness. Defenses don't have to defend deep and they squat and play tight coverage. allowing them to jump the run. I've watched every game (season ticket holder too), how may times total has TE thrown a pass that traveled more than 30 yards in the air? The biggest pass play, and deepest throw this year, was from Losman to Evans. It got a TD (and I hate JP by the way because he's an idiot on the field) but if you do that often, you soften the defense for your running game. If not, or you refuse to even try, you kill you run game. That begs this question: is TE just a noodle-armed dink and dunk QB? If so, you can't win in this league because that kills your running game. I've said this before.... You have to...HAVE TO attempt a couple deep passes per game....make the defense respect it....If you dont your gonna be facing 8 man fronts every week.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupidNation Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 The real reason is no running game. D did decent, although in the 2nd half they were an open sieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKOOBY Posted November 2, 2008 Author Share Posted November 2, 2008 The real reason is no running game. D did decent, although in the 2nd half they were an open sieve. They missed a ton of tackles as well. That last Jets drive took up like 9 minutes, that's unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliteqb Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 When it comes to crunch time it seems like the defense can't make a stop. That last drive by the Jets was miserable and all too familiar.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelso_Helmet Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 The real reason is no running game. D did decent, although in the 2nd half they were an open sieve. The inability to move the ball on the ground at all is the biggest reason. I've never seen 2 RBs work so hard to shed tacklers behind the line of scrimmage and get a total of 30 yds on the ground. As a result, Trent had to be a flag football quarterback today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flomoe Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Poor Coaching, Poor QB play, Coaching, Lack of ANY Running Game and Coaching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Ya I was gunna blame coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiewishie Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 The biggest reason we lost was the O-line. They hindered our running game and gave Trent no time to look deep. It is tough to go deep when 2 guys are constantly in your face within 3 seconds of snapping the ball. The D only allowed 1 TD. Our D held them to 3 most of the time. if our o-line could have stepped up maybe we could have put up points every possesion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearlHowardman Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Ya I was gunna blame coaching. 3rd vote for (against) coaching here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I dont understand the use of challenges. On TV I was 100% sure we got that first down on 2nd and 4th down...no challenge. Then liek 3 players later Dick throws the red flag on an obvious 100% catch??? What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy O'Connell Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 We lost because we didn't execute - PERIOD. When you control the ball 15:02 straight and get outscored 0-7 you've done something wrong. We missed 1 FG, and went for it on 4 and 1 at the 8 and came up short. If we converted I of those opportunities into points we'd be praising our coaches. Jauron took calculated gambles and they didn't pay off. If we make a commitment to running the ball from now on, maybe we'll start winning again. I expect them to run the ball 25+ times against New England next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWings Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 We lost because we didn't execute - PERIOD. When you control the ball 15:02 straight and get outscored 0-7 you've done something wrong. We missed 1 FG, and went for it on 4 and 1 at the 8 and came up short. If we converted I of those opportunities into points we'd be praising our coaches. Jauron took calculated gambles and they didn't pay off. If we make a commitment to running the ball from now on, maybe we'll start winning again. I expect them to run the ball 25+ times against New England next week. If they couldn't run it against Miami or NYJ, how can we expect them to do so against NE*? Not to mention, the Bills were behind after the pick-6 and had to start throwing more often, anyway. Regarding the gambles, I didn't like the 3rd & 1 call. Despite the running game problems, Jackson was actually running the ball pretty well on that drive, so give it to him then....don't take a chance on a pick in the red zone or facing a 4th down. Even if it does become 4th down, kick the FG - get some points after having the ball for 27 straight plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Absolutely stupid. I seriously have to question the sanity of anyone that walks away from this game and feels like our defense let us down. Honestly....what game were you watching? We had a pick 6 and held them 16 points what more do you want...how many tackles does it take to make our offense better? Well said FIX THE RUNNING GAME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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