Is anyone still worried about the Bills?

[Toofy]

And the Bills are a blocked punt and a dropped pass away from being 12-1.

But that's not my point.

I'm not talking about individual mistakes changing games.

I'm talking about half a seasons worth of mistakes, occurring all in ONE game. And the opponent still barely winning.

I'm talking about apples and you're talking about oranges.

I thought you lost 5 games.. how do 2 mistakes make it 4 wins.

 

[GreenCow]

Could Buffalo win in Foxboro? Sure. But they're going to need to do something different than what they've done over the last 2 months to get it done.

All the have to do is not screw up as badly as they did on Monday night.

It's interesting hearing Patriot fans rave about the win, because they barely won in a game where the Bills did everything possible wrong.

 

[Keep Up With The Joneses]

That, in a way, is my point.

We are unlikely to see those conditions again the next time the Bills play the Pats in a few weeks.

Therefore, different outcome in my opinion.

I can see the Bills winning by 10 next time.

Based upon what? The Bills have been freefalling for weeks, losing to some very bad teams (the Jags, really?) along the way. They have not shown an ability to adapt to anything, unlike the Patriots who roll out a completely different game plan every single week.

Could Buffalo win in Foxboro? Sure. But they're going to need to do something different than what they've done over the last 2 months to get it done. Until they do, they can't be taken seriously at this point.

 

[Calhoun44]

If people don't want to read what I write, thats understandable.

But dont then try to characterize what im saying as something that is untrue, if you are going to choose not to read what I write.

I've said numerous times the Bills DESERVED to lose that game, because of the EXACT reasons i've listed.

- Fumbling without anyone touching us
- Dropping 5 passes
- Dropping a TD
- Missing a field goal
- PI in the endzone not called (refs fault actually, not ours)

My only point is that those factors are not likely to occur all in one game again. Thats like several games worth of mistakes compiled into one game.

So I am VERY confident about the next game vs the Patriots because the Patriots BARELY held on for a 4 point win despite several games worth of mistakes happening in one game.

I'm not saying the Bills should have won. They shouldnt have. I'm saying they'll win next time against the Pats, as those mistakes aren't all going to happen again in one game.

I wasn't attacking you; I was jumping in late to the conversation. Actually, the Bills made way more than 5 mistakes in this game and the Patriots made a lot of mistakes too. Blocking assignments were missed, coaching decisions, muffed punts, 15-yard punt, etc. The difference between good teams and bad teams is slimmer than most people realize in the NFL. Every team that losses a game can say they lost because they didn't execute. I hope the Bills play better in Foxboro too, because I know that Patriots will, and I really don't want to see the Bills get the ball run down their throats again. It demoralized their DB's that had to talk to the media, and it would be a hard lesson for a football team to learn twice in three weeks. Good luck (not really) in Tampa Bay, your team really needs a victory.

 

[Kasmir]

There is no break on a sideline pass.

Idiot.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

I can’t even see the ball in your photo.

But here is a closer up photo, where you can actually see the ball touch his hands.

no, it goes BY one of his hands and then clangs off of his forearm

 

[Keep Up With The Joneses]

All the have to do is not screw up as badly as they did on Monday night.

It's interesting hearing Patriot fans rave about the win, because they barely won in a game where the Bills did everything possible wrong.

You think the Patriots played their best football that night?

Barely winning is a hell of a lot better than losing. I guess you have to win something to realize sometimes the best wins are the ones you really had to struggle to get.

Isn't it possible that the reason the Bills did everything possible wrong is because they shriveled up under the bright lights of a huge divisional game on national television, as they have in nearly every other huge game in their history?

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

See the white things? Those are hands. Gloves on his hands. Where do you see the ball in relation to those white things?

In front of them and not touching them. That is OBVIOUS from the back side view, as in the video and here.

Do you see the ball? Do you see the hands? Do you see at all? Have you crashed too many tables with your skull?

 

[Wordsmyth]

GreenCow, your butthurt is palpable.

Like the ice fairy sang, "Let it go."

 

[yukon cornelius]

The announcers never said that. I’m watching the game right now.

Theyre actually talking about how Diggs has his head the wrong way lol.

no, they said the wind sailed the ball and forced him to turn his head

you'll twist anything to try and save your failed argument


it was a 40+ yard pass attempt with swirling winds up to and over 50mph......I'm amazed it got it that close.......but that was a near impossible play under those conditions that they almost made......to **** on your own WR because it somehow makes you feel better that the Bills got their asses kicked up and down the field, often times with the same plays over and over again, is laughable


and for the record, no coach ever said to a WR "hey, catch the ball with your wrists!"

 

[sb1]

The Bills screwed up big time not going for 2 on their own score.

One of the dumber coaching decisions you'll see in this league.

 

[Calhoun44]

All the have to do is not screw up as badly as they did on Monday night.

It's interesting hearing Patriot fans rave about the win, because they barely won in a game where the Bills did everything possible wrong.

They also need to prove they can stop the run. The Pats OL is feeling pretty good right now and they have a bye week to reset the season and re-evaluate what they do well and what to scrap from game plans. The Bills are a good football team, but they should respect what the Patriots did to them in the trenches on Monday and not think like you are thinking (i.e. "just don't screw up as badly next time") or the next game will be a Patriots blowout.

 

[Schmo]

What happens when you take away:

- 5 dropped passes plus a dropped Bills TD?
- A fumble where no one touched the ball carrier?
- A missed field goal?
- The missed PI in the endzone

The Bills got 2 breaks - The punt fumble and a roughing call.

The Patriots got 8 breaks.

if we take away all the breaks that each team got in the game. The bills win by double digits.

Belichick's main tenet for winning is making fewer mistakes than the opponent. He implemented a gameplan that put the players in a position to succeed. McDermott didn't.

7/8 of what you call "patriots breaks" are in reality "Bills mistakes." You could call the first 2 patriots punts "Bills breaks" but they were in fact "patriots mistakes," along with the huge Harry mistake.

I'll give you the PI even though I disagree. So it's the roughing call for the PI. Pats let the bills lose the game. Which means the patriots outplayed the Bills. That counts as winning.

It was an unusual game and like I said, I look forward to who makes the fewer mistakes in a couple weeks.

 

[JMC00]

We are a Nick Folk FG off the post and Harris fumble away from having a three game lead over you but I'm not idiotic enough to think that counts for anything.

Technically are a Nick Folk FG off the post, Harris fumble and the offense scoring too quick against the cowboys away from having a 4 game lead.

 

[GreenCow]

I thought you lost 5 games.. how do 2 mistakes make it 4 wins.

Same mistake in multiple games.

Dropped passes against NE, Jax, and Tennessee.

I said 12-1 because Indi just flat out beat us.

 

[GreenCow]

7/8 of what you call "patriots breaks" are in reality "Bills mistakes."

I've said that numerous times.

 

[Brotherblues]

The angle that is literally staring at him in full clear detail is the terrible angle?

Not the one (literally) 100 yards away? lol, uh…

But even in your clip, you clearly see the ball deflect off his hands. It literally bounces off of him.

It appears to hit the back of his left hand or wrist. He is also not stretching out in any way. So the ball was well within his physical reach for an easy td.

Is that your point? Because it completely ignores the wind effect that caused his catch point (the space between his hands) to be so far off target. He was close physically to the ball, but was nowhere near anything remotely close to catching it. And that same wind dictated the coverages that weren't exactly focused on defending the deep ball.

 

[Keep Up With The Joneses]

"We didn't really lose, because we just didn't play well."--Green Cow, 2021

 

[Toofy]

Same mistake in multiple games.

Dropped passes against NE, Jax, and Tennessee.

I said 12-1 because Indi just flat out beat us.

If we go by that yardstick , lions would have more than 5 wins and all the other teams that actually won could say the same thing that they made the mistake that allowed you to win. You go retrospective to correct them in future not to change the past unless you have a time machine.

We could also wish we tackled better and prevented the helmet catch or other catches or butler benching prevention to make it 9 super bowls. No end in sight to those possibilities. It's happened, accept, learn and move on.

 

[StanleyGrogan]

In front of them and not touching them. That is OBVIOUS from the back side view, as in the video and here.

Do you see the ball? Do you see the hands? Do you see at all? Have you crashed too many tables with your skull?

In front of them and not touching them. That is OBVIOUS from the back side view, as in the video and here.

Do you see the ball? Do you see the hands? Do you see at all? Have you crashed too many tables with your skull?

Much better angle.