wardigital Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 The Bills ran the ball three times when they got to the Browns 34 yard line because they are afraid of what might happened if they put the ball in Trent Edwards hands right now. That is not a winning strategy, but with the way he has been playing, you can at least give them to the benefit of the doubt. But Jauron's Buffalo Bills are a fragile team for this reason: They are run entirely on the basis of fear. Marshawn Lynch had a fantastic game last night. He was the only reason it was a game last night. But all season long, he has had trouble hitting the line hard and picking up slop yards. He gains yards only when he is capable of somehow doing it all by himself. I would have liked to see Fred Jackson take a snap from the 34 yard line last night, instead of giving it to Lynch three times, because Jackson is the type of running back who picks up small chunks of yards in the scrums. But he fumbled, so Jauron operated completely out of a basis of fear, and kept him out of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Chipper Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 The Bills acted like the ball was on the 10 yeard line and it would be an automatic fieldgoal. Someone should have told Dick they were only to the 30 and against the wind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Trent Edwards lost the game for us...the coaching staff judt twisted the knife a little bit. Yes, Edwards lost the game. But the coaching staff had a chance to pull out a victory anyway and bail out their young QB and give him and the team a much needed confidence boost. I have a hell of a lot more sympathy for a young kid who's playing scared and trying to fight through it while 300 lb guys are trying to kill him, than I do for a supposedly experienced, veteran coach standing calmly on the sidelines whose only job is to put his players in a position to win the game. Jauron failed miserably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleed Bills Blue Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Bills should have thrown some passes and mixed it up from the shotgun to try and get the ball just another 5 to 10 yards closer near the Browns 20. Agree 100%. Especially head-scratching considering the nice pass to Royal was in big part why we got down in fg range to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Agree 100%. Especially head-scratching considering the nice pass to Royal was in big part why we got down in fg range to begin with. :wallbash: Bills played "Marty ball" after getting to Browns 33. The disaster slowly unfolding before our eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Right and then there's the stupid "Wildcat" formation announcing "Attention defense now we are going to run." I still don't understand why we run this with Jackson alone in the backfield. Seems to me the reason that Miami and others are more succesful with it is they have a pair of RB's back there, creating a dual threat of "who is going to carry it," and not just running what amounts to a designed QB sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibs Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 We had over 1 minute left, a time out and Browns kept using their 3 time outs to stop the clock too. Yet as soon as we got to Browns 30, the coaches acted as if the Bills were in position for a chip shot 20-something field goal. They ran 3 straight running plays up the middle which looked design to secure field position at that spot. This left Lindell in the unfortunate position of needing to make a 47-yarder, where the odds are a lot lower than something inside 40. Bills should have thrown some passes and mixed it up from the shotgun to try and get the ball just another 5 to 10 yards closer near the Browns 20. They had all of their plays open to them, including going over the middle as Browns were using time outs to stop the clock. Irionically they left Lindell with a 47-yarder, the same distance Norwood had to win game against Giants. But in the latter case Bills had no choice but to kick it from 47 as there was no time left. Very different situation here. A winning coach like Parcells or Bellicheck keeps working the ball down the field. It's not like Browns were putting any heat on Edwards anyway, and he would have thrown it away in the event he was under any kind of pressure. I was sick to my stomach when I saw Bills go into "secure" mode at Browns 30. I have thus far resisted temptation to blame the coaching staff for Bills free fall. But as of today they are officially "on the clock" in my book. Though I totally agree.....absolutely.....that the play calling at the end of the game was abysmal & most likely cost us the game, the reality also is that if TE had played at a level anywhere near what he did earlier in the season then we would never have been in that position. We would most likely IMO have dominated CLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 Though I totally agree.....absolutely.....that the play calling at the end of the game was abysmal & most likely cost us the game, the reality also is that if TE had played at a level anywhere near what he did earlier in the season then we would never have been in that position. We would most likely IMO have dominated CLE. agree about TE, but that Ive seen plenty of QBs like Favre and Rothlesberger get off to bad starts but still find a way to get their team in a position to win at the end. TE had a much better 2nd half than 1st, as did the OLine. Clevelands D is poor and I really think if we did anything but telegraph 3 straight runs up the middle we pick up another 5-10 yards, and put the kick into Lindell's comfort zone. If TE was really all that bad then get him off the field, and either put in Losman or Hamden, or line up in the wildcat every time. But when a player is on the field he should be expected to make plays, which TE had been in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderswr80 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Browns were giving the Bills WR's 5-8 yard outs all game long. They Browns were too busy keeping things from getting down field. Poor play calling from a poor staff that has been put together by the Bills Brass..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 Browns were giving the Bills WR's 5-8 yard outs all game long. They Browns were too busy keeping things from getting down field. Poor play calling from a poor staff that has been put together by the Bills Brass..... yeah I kind of feel for TE and especially Lindell for the how the poor coaching set them up to fail at the end. If Jauron & Co had any nads they'd come out and admit they made a strategic mistake in that last series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 This says it all. the play calls at the end were "not to lose" vs. "play to win." Gutless and stupid. I can't believe the coaching staff. Yes Lindell gets paid to make tht kick but the odds were not favorable. Especially against the wind in the Ralph. I can not imagine anything worse than being a Bills fan right now. Once again we are the subject of ridicule. Trent showed he is average at best and can outright suck. Give him the first INT bc it was deflected but the other two were piss poor throws and he looked like a deer in headlights the rest of the game. Did we not run a bootleg to Schouman when we were setting up the FG against Jax on 2nd down earlier this season? Even if you gain five yards...you're looking at 42 rather than 47...it's hard to understand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frez Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Why not get the 9 million dollar man LEE EVANS into the game somehow? Hell, give him some short passes or something so he could at least touch the ball and make a play or two? Lee Evans...............9 million dollar decoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frez Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I'm sorry, but this team is a joke and is run by the Mickey Mouse club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Wheels Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 TMQ "Monday Night Football" Analysis: Phil Dawson of Cleveland had just put the Browns ahead 29-27 with 1:44 remaining on a 56-yard field goal kicked with the gusting wind, and then Buffalo reached first-and-10 on the Cleveland 34 with 1:03 remaining and a timeout. Buffalo was facing into the wind -- the Budgies needed another 15 yards for a realistic field goal opportunity. But ultra-conservative coach Dick "Cheerio, Chaps" Jauron acted like the game was already won, running Marshawn Lynch straight ahead three times. To the surprise of no one except "Cheerio, Chaps," the 47-yard attempt into the wind failed, and Cleveland prevailed. Acting like they've already accomplished something has been the theme of the Bills' season. When the Bills started the season 5-1 and stood atop the AFC East, players, coaches, fans and management began to celebrate as though they'd already accomplished something. Management awarded "Cheerio, Chaps" a lucrative contract extension, even though his career record is 55-73 and it was unlikely Jauron would be recruited by other teams in the offseason. (That is, he received a retention bonus although no one else was bidding for his services.) Since reaching 5-1, the Bills have played four straight cover-your-eyes awful games, in all four cases using the kind of ultra-conservative strategy that makes sense when holding a big lead but is inexplicable when trailing. On its current course, Buffalo could end the season among the year's worst teams. But at least it has Jauron locked up for more losses in the future! http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...terbrook/081118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyF Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Bills played "Marty ball" after getting to Browns 33. The disaster slowly unfolding before our eyes "Marty Ball" is exactly what I thought. Even if he makes the kick there is 38 seconds left, which is too much against a team whose kicker just made a 56 yarder. There were so many options available. To think a coach would settle for a 47 yarder on an uncomfortable night, where they set up on the wrong hash mark with a kicker who was not overly accurate on his first two field goals defies explanation. Heck even on Edwards lousy swing passes to Lynch they were gaining positive yards. The number of options available were staggering and they just did not care or were paralyzed with fear to do anything. Reminds me of 2006 when they rolled over vs. Indy, NE and others because they refused to let Losman throw the ball.... Pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Can someone who was at the game tell me / us how much wind there was in the face of Lindell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 We had over 1 minute left, a time out and Browns kept using their 3 time outs to stop the clock too. Yet as soon as we got to Browns 30, the coaches acted as if the Bills were in position for a chip shot 20-something field goal. They ran 3 straight running plays up the middle which looked design to secure field position at that spot. This left Lindell in the unfortunate position of needing to make a 47-yarder, where the odds are a lot lower than something inside 40. Bills should have thrown some passes and mixed it up from the shotgun to try and get the ball just another 5 to 10 yards closer near the Browns 20. They had all of their plays open to them, including going over the middle as Browns were using time outs to stop the clock. Irionically they left Lindell with a 47-yarder, the same distance Norwood had to win game against Giants. But in the latter case Bills had no choice but to kick it from 47 as there was no time left. Very different situation here. A winning coach like Parcells or Bellicheck keeps working the ball down the field. It's not like Browns were putting any heat on Edwards anyway, and he would have thrown it away in the event he was under any kind of pressure. I was sick to my stomach when I saw Bills go into "secure" mode at Browns 30. I have thus far resisted temptation to blame the coaching staff for Bills free fall. But as of today they are officially "on the clock" in my book. I 100% agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...terbrook/081118 I wish Dick Jauron could be made to sit and read that paragraph 100 times and memorize it inside out. It is the most true thing anyone can say about the Bills right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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