I still don't like the fact that they gave him the ball down there, but if anything coming of it is another learning step for Spiller.
Look at it this, way, as it is right now, Spiller is going to carry the ball for the Bills long term, and he seems to be one that needs to go through all the pains to learn the right moves - he does learn!
After a couple of days to cool down, I believe this is a young team still learning to win. They can beat bottom feeders. But against a top flight team, they are just not ready. Whatever the term you want to use, mental toughness, or like Fitz said in his interview that he thought the team turned a page in vistory @Cleveland, the Bills are not there.
When the Bills are up 21-7. Everyone, me included, thought we had them. I cannot help to think what the young defense felt like at that time. Against the Chiefs and Browns, it's true; it's pressure time; it's sack time; it's turnover time. But the Pats are like the Bills of early 90s. They have guys went through wars the current Bills never experienced. And when the tide is turned, the Bills panicked and it snowballed from there.
I blame Chan & company for not preparing the team to face this kind of adversity. But in the big picture, it's probably a necessary setback they have to go through, assuming Nix continues his current plan of building this team.
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