The worst clock management ever!
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Rif....we were on the 39...the first pass was to the 32...the second was to the 33...both BALL CONTROL passes just like you said we should have run. So what is the beef. Because they didn't run the EXACT play you wanted? They were safe, quick passes that didn't allow for a sack...and had a lower probability of a turnover than going over the middle.
The last pass...that looked like a check-down at the LOS...BQ saw a mismatch and tried to go long. If it had worked we would all be singing the praises.
I realize you think I am being bullheaded and that I am just being a dick because I don't agree...but the fact is we ran very logical plays for the situation. BQ had been under a TON of pressure...and our running game was doing nothing (we hadn't had a play for over 3 yards by JL since mid 3rd Q). So it dictates that you do quick passes...and we did...and they just didn't connect. After all, we got down there with a short right pass to BE and a short right pass to K2...so why not keep doing what got you there?
Just saying...if you don't agree with the calls...fine....but saying it was TERRIBLE CLOCK MANAGEMENT...that is kinda silly.
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When you go three and out there it's terrible clock management period. Those out routes were not high percentage and the throw to Edwards he wasn't even close to being open and hadn't made a challenged catch all day.
It was bad clock management period.
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What it showed was a lack of confidence in the kicker and defence.
I don't get you guys. If we had run and then the 50 yarder and made it you would all be bitching that he wasn't aggressive enough and we let them have a chance to win with a FG instead of going for the jugular!!! ....but he did what he did, we HIT the FB and WON...and you still bitch.
He showed aggressive play calling. He showed a departure from the "play not to lose" mentality we all hate...and yet you keep on bitching.
Get over it.
I don't get you guys. If we had run and then the 50 yarder and made it you would all be bitching that he wasn't aggressive enough and we let them have a chance to win with a FG instead of going for the jugular!!! ....but he did what he did, we HIT the FB and WON...and you still bitch.
He showed aggressive play calling. He showed a departure from the "play not to lose" mentality we all hate...and yet you keep on bitching.
Get over it.
Everyone is forgetting how close we came to throwing a pick. EVEN IF passing were part of the strategy, then don't put the QB in a shotgun. Sure, the Bills had to watch out for a draw or possible reverse, but the Bills read it right and played it right. I would have preferred a play-action over shotgun. At least the Bills would have probably loaded up the line a little more and given us something short up the middle. We were playing like we had no time. HEY... when we got the ball we had FIVE TIME OUTS! Our 3, the Bills one, and the two minute warning. Except for the 2 minute warning, we gave the ball back to the Bills with FOUR time outs. Dumb dumb dumb. Sure I'll take the win but we were lucky and need to thank the defense for coming through in stopping the run when all night it seemed they were tackling with axle grease on their hands.
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I don't get you guys. If we had run and then the 50 yarder and made it you would all be bitching that he wasn't aggressive enough and we let them have a chance to win with a FG instead of going for the jugular!!! ....but he did what he did, we HIT the FB and WON...and you still bitch.
He showed aggressive play calling. He showed a departure from the "play not to lose" mentality we all hate...and yet you keep on bitching.
Get over it.
Everyone is forgetting how close we came to throwing a pick. EVEN IF passing were part of the strategy, then don't put the QB in a shotgun. Sure, the Bills had to watch out for a draw or possible reverse, but the Bills read it right and played it right. I would have preferred a play-action over shotgun. At least the Bills would have probably loaded up the line a little more and given us something short up the middle. We were playing like we had no time. HEY... when we got the ball we had FIVE TIME OUTS! Our 3, the Bills one, and the two minute warning. Except for the 2 minute warning, we gave the ball back to the Bills with FOUR time outs. Dumb dumb dumb. Sure I'll take the win but we were lucky and need to thank the defense for coming through in stopping the run when all night it seemed they were tackling with axle grease on their hands.
Everyone is forgetting how close we came to throwing a pick. EVEN IF passing were part of the strategy, then don't put the QB in a shotgun. Sure, the Bills had to watch out for a draw or possible reverse, but the Bills read it right and played it right. I would have preferred a play-action over shotgun. At least the Bills would have probably loaded up the line a little more and given us something short up the middle. We were playing like we had no time. HEY... when we got the ball we had FIVE TIME OUTS! Our 3, the Bills one, and the two minute warning. Except for the 2 minute warning, we gave the ball back to the Bills with FOUR time outs. Dumb dumb dumb. Sure I'll take the win but we were lucky and need to thank the defense for coming through in stopping the run when all night it seemed they were tackling with axle grease on their hands.
Exactly, that's a great summation. They had all day and went Katie Bar the Door on the two minute drill when they were already at the 40 yard line.
But.......here's what really gets me and lets me know they didn't have any great strategy all along: They celebrated like they just won the Super Bowl after the kick went through. Everybody and they momma knew the Bills had forever to get into range to make the kick and were most likely going to start at no worse than their own 40 yard line.
The Bills gave us that game and we got fortunate. However, I did mention before that RAC otherwise coached very well. He wasn't the one who couldn't tackle. His other clock management was exceptional, just not at the most important juncture of the game.
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Everyone is forgetting how close we came to throwing a pick. EVEN IF passing were part of the strategy, then don't put the QB in a shotgun. Sure, the Bills had to watch out for a draw or possible reverse, but the Bills read it right and played it right. I would have preferred a play-action over shotgun. At least the Bills would have probably loaded up the line a little more and given us something short up the middle. We were playing like we had no time. HEY... when we got the ball we had FIVE TIME OUTS! Our 3, the Bills one, and the two minute warning. Except for the 2 minute warning, we gave the ball back to the Bills with FOUR time outs. Dumb dumb dumb. Sure I'll take the win but we were lucky and need to thank the defense for coming through in stopping the run when all night it seemed they were tackling with axle grease on their hands.
Exactly, that's a great summation. They had all day and went Katie Bar the Door on the two minute drill when they were already at the 40 yard line.
But.......here's what really gets me and lets me know they didn't have any great strategy all along: They celebrated like they just won the Super Bowl after the kick went through. Everybody and they momma knew the Bills had forever to get into range to make the kick and were most likely going to start at no worse than their own 40 yard line.
The Bills gave us that game and we got fortunate. However, I did mention before that RAC otherwise coached very well. He wasn't the one who couldn't tackle. His other clock management was exceptional, just not at the most important juncture of the game.
Exactly, that's a great summation. They had all day and went Katie Bar the Door on the two minute drill when they were already at the 40 yard line.
But.......here's what really gets me and lets me know they didn't have any great strategy all along: They celebrated like they just won the Super Bowl after the kick went through. Everybody and they momma knew the Bills had forever to get into range to make the kick and were most likely going to start at no worse than their own 40 yard line.
The Bills gave us that game and we got fortunate. However, I did mention before that RAC otherwise coached very well. He wasn't the one who couldn't tackle. His other clock management was exceptional, just not at the most important juncture of the game.
After Trent Edwards threw that strike up the middle to get them somewhere close to the Browns 30 yard line, how many of us felt like we were about to experience one of them good 'ole fashioned Brown's heartbreak losses we've grown so accustomed to? Hey... who knows? Maybe the worm has turned for the Browns with this one. I'm still pinching myself wondering if I was watching the right team.
I understand that we had to keep stopping the clock for the other team since IF they would have made the field goal we would need to get the ball back. But it was painful watching this happen! If the Bills had made the field goal, we would have had less than 40 seconds left and ZERO time outs. Maybe Brady could have pulled that off but I don't mean the one that has it as a first name... at least not yet.
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