Are we playing bad? Yes, no doubt. But I attribute the last 7 weeks to the team basically giving up. Sure they say they’re playing hard but there will always be a difference between playing hard at 4-8 with nothing on the line, and playing hard at 8-4 and a playoff spot staring you in the face.
Don’t be fooled by looking at the win loss record.
I don’t know why they gave up. Maybe dislike of the coach, maybe they figured we were out of the playoffs anyway. Who knows?
It’s human nature to have a let down in this type of situation. I know I’ll get the responses, Well, if they give up, they should be cut. But that’s BS! It’s as natural as can be to let your guard down.
When you’re 3-11 you’re going to be a lot less likely to throw your body in front of Jerome Bettis with reckless abandon as you would if you were 11-3 and fighting for home field advantage.
And that goes for every aspect of the game. The energy level will be slightly different for the Bills and Bengals this week.
My contention all along was that this team does have talent (maybe not at QB). We just have not found the right guy to lead them into battle.
Don’t be fooled by looking at the win loss record.
I don’t know why they gave up. Maybe dislike of the coach, maybe they figured we were out of the playoffs anyway. Who knows?
It’s human nature to have a let down in this type of situation. I know I’ll get the responses, Well, if they give up, they should be cut. But that’s BS! It’s as natural as can be to let your guard down.
When you’re 3-11 you’re going to be a lot less likely to throw your body in front of Jerome Bettis with reckless abandon as you would if you were 11-3 and fighting for home field advantage.
And that goes for every aspect of the game. The energy level will be slightly different for the Bills and Bengals this week.
My contention all along was that this team does have talent (maybe not at QB). We just have not found the right guy to lead them into battle.
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