Bills defend Williams' call.......

[RedEyE]

From ESPN.com :http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=buf

Bills defend Williams' call

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Leave the decision up to offensive guard Ruben Brown, and the Bills would attempt to convert every fourth-and-close situation. That, however, doesn't mean Brown believes the Bills coaching staff should start listening to him. "If they did, they'd probably be in more trouble," Brown said. "You have to be smart. You have to pick your battles in the course of the game." Brown was among several Bills players who defended coach Gregg Williams' decision not to gamble on a fourth-down-and-1 situation at the New England 8 in last weekend's 27-17 loss. It happened on Buffalo's first drive of the second half and led to Mike Hollis' 26-yard field goal that cut the Patriots' lead to 20-3.




.......... I get it now. The entire team lacks confidence.

[THATHURMANATOR]

Horrible call I say

[shelby]

what a crock of :angry:!!!!!!

GWshelby

[LVGrown]

hell yeah, you make that 4 extra points and it is suddenly a 27-21 games with the onside kick to come ya know???? who knows that TD could have led to better things then fumbles and interceptions!

Erin

[Rebecky]

So who thinks these guys are going to PUBLICLY call their coach an idiot? After Winfield was officially "reprimanded" for saying that Buffalo is out of the playoff hunt? Yeah, right.

[DIHARD2]

I see, if the players feel that it is the coaches decision and they feel he made the right decision. So why is everyone here disagreeing with them. I know those who hate the coaching is going to disagree, but that's only because of your hatred for the coaching, not because of your football knowledge.

The fact is the coach at that time did what he thought was right, and it appears those on the field playing believes it was the right thing to do, also. They needed a score to build the confidence of the team, and that's what GW did. There was a lot of time left in the game at that point, so an almost guaranteed three, is better than walking away with nothing.

I can't believe how after last season anyone can believe that a 3/ 13 team should beat a Super Bowl team. We do not have the defense and you cannot turn the ball over five times and expect to win against a team of that caliber.

A lot of whining is going on, especially from those who feel we have all the parts for a championship team. But those who think this way, I don't think they really know football. Especially not knowledgeable enough to coach in the NFL at least I would not trust you with my team if I were an owner.

The fact is we don't have the parts on defense and don't expect it this year, because it's not going to happen. Daaa

The team has been playing for this coach and unless we lose the next three games, don't expect a change in the coaching. We only have one team that we should beat.

GO!!!...BUFFALO!!!...

[Typ0]

It wasn't a bad decision like the 4th and 2 at the 32. People are just grasping at straws trying to blame someone for a team that is not at the level they want them at. This decision could have went either way and I was sitting there wondering why they were kicking a field goal but it wasn't a bad decision. We needed to put points on the board bad. If the defense wasn't going to stop them we had no chance to win but they offense needed to know they could go down and get points. It's easy to say they should have gotten the touchdown instead but if they had walked away from there with nothing people would be singing a different tune. Williams was just doing what he thougt was best at the time and I am not going to riddle him with bullets for this decision because it wasn't that bad...especially early in the half you have to have some points they do start to add up if you can start moving the ball.

[don137]

I am not one that says GW should pack his bags but when they are down 20-0 and the defense at the time has done nothing what was the point of getting 3 points? The Bills brass had to rezalize NE was going to score more points and you need to get 7 on the board if you want any chance of winning and would really pump up the team. Putting 3 on the board didn't do anything to light a fire in the team.

If GW coached the Bills back in the early 90's there would of never been the comeback against Houston in the playoffs. On a 4th and 5 around the Bills 24 and I believe the score was 35-17 Marv Levy went for it in the 3rd quarter. Reich passed a TD to Andre Reed. If they took the conservative route and kicked a FG the comeback would of been short because the Bills needed those 4 points.

[Cntrygal]

It's nice to see some team loyalty and not have the players "complaining".

[TedMock]

If they went for it and stopped everybody would still have been pissed off and would've been complaining about how stupid he was for not taking the points. I wanted him to go for it but the call wasn't what I would consider horrible.

[don137]

Originally posted by Cntrygal
It's nice to see some team loyalty and not have the players "complaining".

I agree completely. The best thing for the team is to stick by there coaches decision. The media and fans should be the only ones second guessing the coaches decisions.

[WCoastFin]

looks like the boys would rather be home for the holidays every year...LMAO! I hope GW sticks around for another decade or so.

[don137]

Originally posted by WCoastFin
looks like the boys would rather be home for the holidays every year...LMAO! I hope GW sticks around for another decade or so.

If just making the playoffs makes you happy then I guess you can laugh because your team gets embarassed every year in the playoffs...

[lordofgun]

Originally posted by TedMock
If they went for it and stopped everybody would still have been pissed off and would've been complaining about how stupid he was for not taking the points. I wanted him to go for it but the call wasn't what I would consider horrible.

I don't know if anyone's saying his decision was horrible. What IS inexcusable is not knowing the distance you need for the first down when the rest of the country does know. It IS horrible that he didn't make an intelligent, informed situation based on how far they actually had to go for the first down. There's a big difference between 4th and 2 and 4th and inches.

[TedMock]

Originally posted by lordofgun


I don't know if anyone's saying his decision was horrible. What IS inexcusable is not knowing the distance you need for the first down when the rest of the country does know. It IS horrible that he didn't make an intelligent, informed situation based on how far they actually had to go for the first down. There's a big difference between 4th and 2 and 4th and inches.

I agree with that, somebody upstairs made a huge error. I hope to god it was addressed the next day. It is a big difference that although can't be easily seen from the sideline, it can be easily seen from in the booth. There are people being paid to watch for things like this and I'm surprised they didn't let someone up there go.