Big Turk Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 I will be the first to say I hate watching the Bills play the way they have over the past few weeks... Teams seemingly run at will against us, we give up big 3rd and long runs to convert 1st downs for opponents, our offense scores about 10 points for us, and we lose the TOP battle badly. Yet the Bills win. How? Defensive interceptions. Timely scoring. Timely defensive stops. Opponents missing makeable field goals. 1) Defensive Int's: I think this might be the biggest surprise of all. Jairus Byrd is gonna be heading to the pro-bowl soon...tied for the league lead in INT's with 5 in only 3 games. George Wilson has 2 in the past 2 games. Bills have 9 picks in 3 games and are among the league leaders in team int's with 13 on the season. Bills finally have a true impact playmaker on defense it looks like... 2) Timely Scoring: How do the Bills continue to stay in the game by doing absolutely nothing on offense, and then all of a sudden put a drive or a few big plays together and score to either tie the game or take the lead, then go back to doing nothing offensively for the remainder of the game? How is it they cannot put together more than a good drive per game? 3) Timely Defensive Stops: The Bills have been nothing short of studly in their 4th down and short defense, stuffing 4th and short run after 4th and short run...you would think teams would see this and attempt a play-pass or something. Not sure how they can suck so bad against the run but consistently stuff these power runs by other teams. Teams gain huge chunks of yards until they hit the Bills 20 and then the Bills shut them down and hold them to FG's the majority of the time...this has been a trend for quite a few years now... 4) Opponents Missing Makeable FG's: This is probably the one thing that has helped them more than anything the past 2 games...Weatherford and Kasay both missed very makeable FG's that gave the Bills some momentum and took it away from their opponents. Without these misses, you could easily argue the Bills would have lost both the Jets and Panthers games...I think this is probably the least likely trend to continue...its one thing to miss a 50+ FG, but to keep issing FG's between 35-45 yards is another... As crazy as the things have been, I think the Bills might be onto something here...it potentially might be the only way they can win. Don't turn the ball over yourself, use your ballhawking secondary to make plays and either score or give you great field position, limit other teams red zone touchdowns, and pray your offense does enough to win or get some help from the D and special teams...
Fan in San Diego Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 This will only work against bad teams. Good teams will still beat us.
Big Turk Posted October 26, 2009 Author Posted October 26, 2009 This will only work against bad teams. Good teams will still beat us. Doesn't anything Jauron tries only work against bad teams? Isn't that his coaching MO?
Fan in San Diego Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Doesn't anything Jauron tries only work against bad teams? Isn't that his coaching MO? Yup
HurlyBurly51 Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Doesn't anything Jauron tries only work against bad teams? Isn't that his coaching MO? I couldn't believe on the game day thread that some people were actually getting sucked in by Jauron again. And that worries me that Ralph might too.
thebug Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 As long as we keep starting the apparent hall of fame QB we have.
keepthefaith Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 "How long can the Bills keep winning like this?, Bills receipe goes against all conventional wisdom..." Jauron's wisdom spans far and wide from conventional
Sisyphean Bills Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 As long as we keep starting the apparent hall of fame QB we have. Yes, football is basically two QBs playing chutes and ladders against one another.
truth on hold Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Doesn't anything Jauron tries only work against bad teams? Isn't that his coaching MO? why cant we beat cleveland?
Lv-Bills Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 I couldn't believe on the game day thread that some people were actually getting sucked in by Jauron again. And that worries me that Ralph might too. I couldn't agree more. LOL. It boggles my mind how in the hell the Bills are winning these games. On top of that, we've gone against three of the worst QB performances in the last decade and lost one, tried hard to lose one, and won one today. All the while, we've watched these terrible performances from the other team, our own QB's have also been just a little less horrible. Maddening. We are still playing awful. Our opponents are playing slightly worse than awful. Jauron must go, we are still playing terrible football.
Bills Fan888 Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 When we play the Texans next week we'll find out. Next week will let us know how good we really are.
Sisyphean Bills Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 I couldn't agree more. LOL. It boggles my mind how in the hell the Bills are winning these games. On top of that, we've gone against three of the worst QB performances in the last decade and lost one, tried hard to lose one, and won one today. All the while, we've watched these terrible performances from the other team, our own QB's have also been just a little less horrible. Maddening. We are still playing awful. Our opponents are playing slightly worse than awful. Jauron must go, we are still playing terrible football. But, our team is very well prepared to play lousy football. That is our secret sauce advantage.
Malazan Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 why cant we beat cleveland? He was out Jaruoned that game
MRW Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 But, our team is very well prepared to play lousy football. That is our secret sauce advantage. Drag 'em down to your level and beat them with experience.
GrudginglyPessimistic Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 I couldn't believe on the game day thread that some people were actually getting sucked in by Jauron again. And that worries me that Ralph might too. I think we fans need to understand that Ralph is not getting sucked in by some Svengali or circumstances here it is him that is the one that is sucking everybody else in on this one, Jauron certainly deserves to be canned after three straight mediocre 7-9 records (which bizarrely he might hit 4 years in a row the way the W/Ls are shaking out this season) but like it or not its tough to blame him for more than a third of our 0 for a decade non-playoff run. Mr. Ralph owns the team (and under the capitalistic practices of US society and the more socialistic operation of the NFL where the workers have wrestled the owners for a significant majority of the gross receipts with the threat they will actually force the owners to compete in a free market unless they agree to a CBA which restrains individual rights) he has the right to monkey around with the football product even though he has a demonstrated record of screwing up the football product. Mr. Ralph deserves great praise from us for keeping the Bills in our small market when he was almost certainly getting lucrative offers to sell the team or pull Modell and move elsewhere. However, right along with this deserved praise needs to come a completely true assessment that he has directly made decision from his handshake deal with Jimbo which set us on the path of QB screw-up after QB screw-up. Further he has been partner to toxic relationship after toxic relationship with Polian (all signs point to Ralph firing him after he acquired the corps of the 90s winners), with Butler (who left us twisting in the win with Mr. Ralph personally mismanaging his rehiring or replacement), with Wade (who he personally lost an arbitration battle with when he deservedly canned him for publicly surrendering when we had a mathmatic chance but he illegally refused to be pay him), with TD (who was a good hire but needed to checked and balanced after Cowher ran him out of town), and with sorry situations with GW and Mularkey. Mr. Ralph ain't getting sucked in here he is simply sucking big time.
TheChimp Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 This will only work against bad teams. Good teams will still beat us. MmmmmmYUP. What he said.
timba Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 why cant we beat cleveland? well... it's hard to win in the nfl.
Red Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Yeah, its a strange thing. Yesterday, watching the game I was amazed at how much of grunge ball it really is. It seems that for every game this year, except for the Miami game, the Bills not only stink bad when they go on offense, but the Bills defense somehow finds a way to slobber up the opposing teams offense as well. Now, one is bad and the other good, but watching the Pats, Bucs, Browns, Saints, Jets, and now Panthers games...they seem to influence the game the same way. Could this be Jauron's "style"? Play bend-but-don't-break, opportunistic defense, spectacular special teams, and just enough offense to win on the score board? I mean, they held the Saints, THE SAINTS, to a 10-7 score for 3 quarters and did what most teams can't seem to do with Brees and pressure him before special teams miscues and offensive ineptitude proved too much for the D to overcome. I'm happy that they won. But alot of these past 2 weeks have come as gifts in the way of turnovers. Can The Bills muster a win without the turnovers from the opposing team? So, though I am happy, I am not convinced that this team is suddenly improving. They are never truly in control of a game. This week, the Texans come to town. And these are not the Texans of a few years ago. The Bills have the benefit of home field (which they also had against the Browns- arrgh!), but the Texans are a pretty good gauge of just how good the Bills are.
Endless Ike Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 well... it's hard to win in the nfl. damn, I wanted to post this
Bleed Bills Blue Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 As crazy as the things have been, I think the Bills might be onto something here... Ah yes, Jauron is crazy alright, crazy like a fox...a mangey, skin-and-bones, flea-infested fox.
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