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Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jan 25 @ 11:09 AM ET
Both daboll and McDermott/ Frazier got massively out coached both times vs the chiefs.


The sad part is .... the defense didn’t even change their game plan from last game

- Sabretooth9



It was like watching Gronk torment the Bills all over again

IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jan 25 @ 11:09 AM ET
Welp, attention turns fully to hockey.

I wasn't expecting the Sabres to be good, predicting a 2-7-1 start in the road to a 7th place finish.
I was expecting for them to be much more dynamic on Offense though...that has disappointed me a bit. PP was on last night, thank goodness. They need to start scoring more 5v5, period...IMO.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:10 AM ET
And so did the offensive line

And so did our defense and its poor tackling

And so did our receivers for failing to get open, despite all the defensive holding their DBs did

And so did our coaches for failing to contain Kelce

And on and on....

- Powerslave


Sure,
but this team was built to win or lose on Allen’s arm- not with defense, not with a running game

And even if it wasn’t built to succeed or fail all on Allen’s back- we do know the QB tends to get all the credit & all the blame
I’m not blaming it all on Allen
In fact, i mostly blame Beane & McDermott for building the team like this
But Allen did still have a bad game
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 25 @ 11:11 AM ET
the frustrating part

kelce 3 yards off the line of scrimage

no bills defender within 5 yards of him, all game long

- homiedclown

Yeah never understood that, obviously they were playing not to get beat deep, Poyer and Hyde 20yrds of the ball was ridiculous.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:12 AM ET
he had 375 yards

mahomes had 330 yards

- homiedclown


Garbage time stats
Inefficiency on Allen’s part
FGs instead of TDs
Etc etc etc

Just stop. Allen played poorly
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 25 @ 11:12 AM ET
And they'll be back. Their window has opened, the sun is out, and it's time to make hay. Go Bills.

#inBeanewetrust

- Powerslave

Yes they will Power
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:12 AM ET
And they'll be back. Their window has opened, the sun is out, and it's time to make hay. Go Bills.

#inBeanewetrust

- Powerslave


Beane is a HUGE REASON we lost yesterday
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 25 @ 11:13 AM ET
The answer (or at least part of it) was to hit Kelce coming off the line of scrimmage. They failed to do that.
- Powerslave

They were to busy playing 10yrds off to do that.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Jan 25 @ 11:14 AM ET
Idk how many times i can say “I’m not blaming it all on Josh”
Reed moor dood

Do u think Allen played well?
Bc he did NOT
Are there reasons for that? Sure
But he still didn’t play well

Are there other reasons we lost?
Yep! Of course there are

We can go round & round all u like,
but at the end of the day it changes nothing...

Allen played poorly, and we lost

AGAIN- no, it’s not ALL on Allen
But Beane & McDermott didn’t build this team to win with defense or running the ball
Unfortunately, the only way we win games (besides the Ravens game last week) is on the arm of Josh Allen

Don’t get mad at me for that
I didn’t make the mistakes Beane & McDermott did in putting together this roster
Hopefully they learned from their mistakes

- jdfitz77


There you go!
1st time since I've been here you finally got what another posters point was.
It is ok to admidt the loss wasn't fully on Josh.

YOU singled out Josh as the reason.
I cited 5.
Now you walked-back your original stance.
That's it, nothing more.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:14 AM ET
Is there any doubt that Bills at Chiefs is a Sunday Night Football game next year? Or possibly that Thursday opener?
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 25 @ 11:14 AM ET
Garbage time stats
Inefficiency on Allen’s part
FGs instead of TDs
Etc etc etc

Just stop. Allen played poorly

- jdfitz77

Whole team played poorly, again that Singletary drop was huge.
ieetbred
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 06.30.2011

Jan 25 @ 11:16 AM ET

In fact, i mostly blame Beane & McDermott for building the team like this
But Allen did still have a bad game

- jdfitz77


Blame them for building an afc championship game caliber team?

They got smashed last night no excuses here. I actually agree that allen had a bit of a rough night but he still carried them as best he could

As for the team build, the trajectory hasnt stopped rising yet so lets see them tweak it this offseason. No reason right now not to trust them
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jan 25 @ 11:18 AM ET
Beane is a HUGE REASON we lost yesterday
- jdfitz77



Whatever.

You're entitled to your opinion. I don't agree with it.
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Jan 25 @ 11:20 AM ET
Whole team played poorly, again that Singletary drop was huge.
- Buff36



When he dropped that pass he killed the entire drive

That was an easy 15 yard gain

That and the INT off of Brown

and you know the field goal to end the half, and then again in the 3rd
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:20 AM ET
There you go!
1st time since I've been here you finally got what another posters point was.
It is ok to admidt the loss wasn't fully on Josh.

YOU singled out Josh as the reason.
I cited 5.
Now you walked-back your original stance.
That's it, nothing more.

- IonSabres


Your reading comprehension levels are poor

This team was built to win or lose based on Josh’s performance

How many games did we win this year bc of the defense?
Just Baltimore by my count
How many games did we win this year by running the ball?
Maybe the 1st game against the Pats?
And how many did we win bc of Allen?
ALL the rest- 13

He is the major reason we win or lose-
bc that’s how this team was built

It’s ridiculous i have to spell all this out,
when it’s so utterly OBVIOUS
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Jan 25 @ 11:25 AM ET
When he dropped that pass he killed the entire drive

That was an easy 15 yard gain

That and the INT off of Brown

and you know the field goal to end the half, and then again in the 3rd

- Stripes77

There was only 1 guy on that side to stop Singletary, instead of putting more points on the board we punted and KC just took all the momentum from there.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 25 @ 11:25 AM ET

Just stop. Allen played poorly

- jdfitz77


pretty sure mahomes had at least 2 more seconds to throw each pass
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Jan 25 @ 11:26 AM ET
Beane is a HUGE REASON we lost yesterday
- jdfitz77


Beane was a huge reason we were there in the first place, what is this fitz?
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Jan 25 @ 11:26 AM ET
Beane is a HUGE REASON we lost yesterday
- jdfitz77


Beane was a huge reason we were there in the first place, what is this fitz?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 25 @ 11:26 AM ET
Your reading comprehension levels are poor

This team was built to win or lose based on Josh’s performance


- jdfitz77

actually they used most of their picks before 2019 to build the D first


they spent the last 2 years building the offense
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 25 @ 11:27 AM ET
Beane was a huge reason we were there in the first place, what is this fitz?
- RhinoFan

beane was calling the D
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:27 AM ET
Blame them for building an afc championship game caliber team?

They got smashed last night no excuses here. I actually agree that allen had a bit of a rough night but he still carried them as best he could

As for the team build, the trajectory hasnt stopped rising yet so lets see them tweak it this offseason. No reason right now not to trust them

- ieetbred


Epic failure on how much money they wasted on the Def line
$10mil Trent Murphy a healthy scratch most of the season when he could’ve been cut & that $$$ used to upgrade a position

Skipped over Dobbins to draft Epenesa (who barely did anything this year) and then drafted Zack Moss (who was average at best as well)

Bills leader in sacks this season?
Addison & Klein tied with ONLY 5
Great thing we extended Hughes... don’t know what we’d do without his 4.5sacks

Beane builds Def lines like GMTM built our defensive core.... poorly

Btw.... we spent more $$$ on our defensive line than ANY OTHER TEAM

No, not everything Beane & McDermott was a failure- but they did make some big mistakes
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jan 25 @ 11:27 AM ET
Your reading comprehension levels are poor

This team was built to win or lose based on Josh’s performance

How many games did we win this year bc of the defense?
Just Baltimore by my count
How many games did we win this year by running the ball?
Maybe the 1st game against the Pats?
And how many did we win bc of Allen?
13

He is the major reason we win or lose-
bc that’s how this team was built

It’s ridiculous i have to spell all this out,
when it’s so utterly OBVIOUS

- jdfitz77



THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE OTHER PLAYERS OR THE COACHES ARE OFF THE (frank)ING HOOK FOR PLAYING POORLY OR FOR HAVING A SH!T GAME PLAN.

FFS.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:29 AM ET
pretty sure mahomes had at least 2 more seconds to throw each pass
- homiedclown


Yes, there are reasons Allen played poorly
But he still played poorly
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 25 @ 11:31 AM ET
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE OTHER PLAYERS OR THE COACHES ARE OFF THE (frank)ING HOOK FOR PLAYING POORLY OR FOR HAVING A SH!T GAME PLAN.

FFS.

- Powerslave


I never said they were off the hook

We’ve won game this season when the defense played bad
We’ve won games this season without running the ball
The only game we won when Allen didn’t play well was the Ravens game last week

Why is it so controversial to say this team wins & loses based on how well Allen plays- regardless of the rest of the team?
That’s just how we were built unfortunately
It’s very obvious
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