You are not logged in. Please register or login.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
Re: 2012 NFL Season
It'll be interesting to see how Baltimore plays without Lewis and Webb going forward. The challenges don't get any tougher than a matchup with Houston. They have a pretty tough schedule remaining. They could easily struggle to go .500 the rest of the way.
- Communist China
- Rep: 130
Re: 2012 NFL Season
The Bills need to fire the entire coaching staff. I'm going to rant about it now and then try to let it go for the year because the year is done. Not many teams get lit up by Mark Sanchez, Alex Smith, and Matt Hasselbeck in 2012. Once again, the defense looks entirely unprepared to start the game. Tennessee did the same thing the Jets did in week 1, which was go no huddle from the shotgun and get short passes. Immediately clear that the Bills personnel and game plan were way mismatched, it was obvious to me they needed a timeout. Instead, they let Tennessee score 3 TDs on their first 3 possessions. Dave Wannstedt's defense has been terrible, despite the talent level being miles ahead of the Bills teams of 3 or 4 years ago. Then there's the offense. Fitzpatrick played as well as he's going to play, and Tennessee missed a bunch of tackles on CJ and Fred Jackson throughout the game. The offense looked really good for most of the game, but made terrible decisions in critical moments and disappeared in the final 5 minutes. There's some blame to go to Fitz, but really Chan Gailey has to be held responsible for this. We know Fitz's limitations, and he put up better numbers that you can really expect of him most weeks. Yet, it was another repeat of the Arizona game because of coaching. With the lead and about 3 minutes left, and a rushing attack that had been great, the Bills were still throwing the ball (in their own end) and got picked off. Then they surrender the TD, and get the ball with 2 timeouts, a minute to play and only needing a field goal. 1st and 2nd down are short passes that are tackled in bounds for a total of like 7 yards. 3rd and 4th down are deep throws that fall incomplete. That's completely backwards decision-making!! And with that amount of time (and willingness to be tackled in bounds short of the marker) they, again, could've been running the ball. But I get the passing, because the Titans supposedly have one of the worst pass defenses in the league - yet the Bills can't throw it down the field when they have to. Bruce DeHaven should also be fired, because he was the one who wanted to cut Brian Moorman, who was an amazing all-pro punter, for this new kid who doesn't know how to punt in Buffalo wind. Great. He had something like a 20-yarder in a crucial situation where Moorman could've boomed it 50. Another stupid decision by a coaching staff that went from making the most of shitty pieces in 2009 (4 wins) to retarding the progress of a much better team in 2012. Moorman was also always doing stuff in the community, a fan favorite, a team favorite, maybe the most liked punter in the league by his team's fans. Dumped for a kid who can't punt in the wind. To play in Buffalo. Oh well, I guess we needed the roster spot to sign Shawn Merriman again.
It's a bye week now. I'd be happy to fire them all. At 3-4 with Houston and New England coming up, the Bills are essentially 3-6 and so the playoffs are gone. We know we need the best QB we can get in the draft this year, and we need a new coaching staff. So the instant they find the right coach who's willing to come, chuck out Chan and crew and forget this season. It died today at the Ralph. Buddy Nix is building a team with the talent to contend, but they need someone else at the helm to put the pieces in place on the field.
I can't help but feel bad for a poor Buffalo fan.
Re: 2012 NFL Season
Vikings Buccaneers tonight. Gunna be a pretty close game IMO
this will be the 1st game all year I predict the Vikings to lose (yeah I picked them to beat San Fran)
Unfortunately for you, you were right, about the outcome at least. Why did you expect a loss? Tampa isn't that good. Although, I guess they're playing better of late? Minnesota on the other hand, not too good the last 3 weeks. They did win last week against a suddenly reeling Cardinals team, but Ponder has been ROUGH of late. It's not helping the fact I have started Kyle Rudolph the last 2 weeks on one of my fantasy teams. Also had the Vikings D going this week in our league. Not good.
Re: 2012 NFL Season
All your reasons are why I chose Tampa plus:
Tampa is better IMO than people think, they have Vincent Jackson, Mike Williams, and Dallas Clark for passing weapons. Freeman is pretty decent, and Martin is good too!
It just goes to show you how much parity there is in the league. On paper, a 5-2 team vs a 2-4 team at home looks like a mismatch. Not this season. I expect every game to be a dogfight for the Patriots until/if they figure things out. And that's not what I expected heading into the season.
