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    The elephant in the room

    This team can't win close games.
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    Re: The elephant in the room

    OMG…

    Half our team didn’t play and our defense held their offense under 220 yards.

    Miami needs a dome.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Opi what do you think?
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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Silly thread premise

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    This team hasn't close games.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    90 plays to 39, over 40 minutes of possession to 19, you gotta win those.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by sukie View Post
    Silly thread premise
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    Oh you said silly thread.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by YardRat View Post
    This team can't win close games.
    There’s possibly something to this. It’s more the coaching staff makes strange decisions in crunch time.

    But today to me it boiled down to execution. Allen never misses that easy of a TD throw. Bass missed an easy FG, Milano missed an easy pick 6, horrible penalties. Lots of offensive miscues
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    Re: The elephant in the room

    The key is to not be in close games

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by sukie View Post
    The key is to not be in close games
    That seems to be how the coaches think too ... which is why we are unprepared to play in a close game. All considered ... we should have won today and didn't because of two reasons:

    1) Josh Allen failed to will us to win.
    2) The coaches figure we are so far out ahead at the end of the game things like clock management and prudence aren't supposed to matter.

    Josh Allen wasn't able to make a couple plays today. Whooptie ****. He played great. The offense had the football all day long! The offense had the football at the end of the game and didn't know what to do to respect the clock. It's like they didn't even have a plan. Don't worry, Josh Allen will take care of it. **** that ****. As a team we don't know how to play to win. There is no excuse at this point.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    90 plays to 39, over 40 minutes of possession to 19, you gotta win those.
    Yeah, this is pretty conclusive. Add in that Allen threw for 400 yards and it looks like monstrous dominant win.

    The injuries are ridiculous though and they should have been prepared for the heat. It's not like we haven't played there before.

    At the same time, I still have my doubts about McDermott stepping up past building a culture with players supplied in plenty by Beane. And Frazier seems generic. The game day coaching is not real imaginative, creative or dynamic, it just relies on Allen as Typ0 said.

    I don't know, this game just played out real improbable. Might be just a chaotic mess of circumstantial incidents.

    All things considered, I'm just going to walk away from it and hope we get some players back with some motivation next week.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by jamze132 View Post
    OMG…

    Half our team didn’t play and our defense held their offense under 220 yards.

    Miami needs a dome.
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    Silly thread premise
    The last time they won a regular season game decided by 9 points or less was Nov 1, 2020.

    Almost 2 years.

    Today isn't an anomaly, and it isn't silly.

    It's a trend, and a troubling one at that.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    The second down play at the one where they ran Josh was just annoying. When I saw them in shotgun I knew exactly what was coming and so did the fins. Stop using shotgun at the one yard line on early down FFS.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by YardRat View Post
    The last time they won a regular season game decided by 9 points or less was Nov 1, 2020.

    Almost 2 years.

    Today isn't an anomaly, and it isn't silly.

    It's a trend, and a troubling one at that.
    In 2020 the Bills were 5-1 in 1 score games. 0-6 in 2021. 0-1 this year.

    So basically as of late they either slaughter teams or blow close ones.
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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by TacklingDummy View Post
    In 2020 the Bills were 5-1 in 1 score games. 0-6 in 2021. 0-1 this year.

    So basically as of late they either slaughter teams or blow close ones.
    I guess this is conclusive as well.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    It’s no elephant. Most of us see it I think , yardie
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    Re: The elephant in the room

    What a bunch of ****ty “fans”.

    This team played their hearts out. Everything against them. Short week. The Miami stadium designed to **** up the opposing team putting them in the sun the whole game. 100 degree heat. Players dropping like flies from the heat. It is easier to count how many starters were LEFT on the field than were hurt.

    And STILL the Fins barely won.

    The great Tyreek Hill had two freakin catches. Against a bunch of rookies and practice squad secondary. Tua was held to only 171 net yards. They ran for only 41 yards.


    I am SO PROUD of this team.


    You whiners and cynics that are so quick to **** on the Bills get a collective **** YOU form me.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by notacon View Post
    What a bunch of ****ty “fans”.

    This team played their hearts out. Everything against them. Short week. The Miami stadium designed to **** up the opposing team putting them in the sun the whole game. 100 degree heat. Players dropping like flies from the heat. It is easier to count how many starters were LEFT on the field than were hurt.

    And STILL the Fins barely won.

    The great Tyreek Hill had two freakin catches. Against a bunch of rookies and practice squad secondary. Tua was held to only 171 net yards. They ran for only 41 yards.


    I am SO PROUD of this team.


    You whiners and cynics that are so quick to **** on the Bills get a collective **** YOU form me.
    You have no capacity for critical thinking. Prove me wrong, what did the Bills do wrong today, regardless of adversity ?

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by Mace View Post
    what did the Bills do wrong today ?
    Missed a FG.
    Allen bounced 1 to McKenzie.
    Not challenging Gabe’s touchdown catch.
    Gave up a 3rd and 22.

    The Refs. decided this game just as much as the Bills did.

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    Re: The elephant in the room

    Quote Originally Posted by jamze132 View Post
    OMG…

    Half our team didn’t play and our defense held their offense under 220 yards.

    Miami needs a dome.
    We'll get a dome when you do.

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