2012-10-24 16:48![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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digitaldisciplineI frequently find ESPN.com's Greg Easterbrook to be a blowhard (our politics seldom mesh), but his trenchant criticism of the Bills this week was spot-on:
"Is Mario Williams the Most Overrated Football Player Since JaMarcus Russell? In the offseason, the Bills gave the richest defensive contract in NFL annals to end Mario Williams; in the last two drafts, the Bills have used high No. 1 choices on defensive players; today the Bills are 31st in the league on defense. Nor does Buffalo have football IQ. Trailing 21-14 at home, Bills coach Chan Gailey kicked a field goal on fourth-and-1 at the Tennessee 12. Buffalo was facing one of the league's worst defenses, and would rush for an average of 6.9 yards on the day, yet wouldn't try on fourth-and-1. Scoring take to a 33-28 lead on the final snap of the third quarter, again facing a weak defense, the Bills did not go for two. A six-point late lead is little better than a five-point late lead, but a seven-point late lead is hugely better. Tennessee got a touchdown in the final minute to win 35-34. An aggressive decision on either of these downs might have changed the outcome.
Buffalo has the longest string of non-playoff seasons in the league. With an awful defense and a mediocre quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Bills once again need a total housecleaning -- yet another three-year rebuilding project. Nothing's going to change in Buffalo until the Bills have a gung-ho head coach and a young general manager, both of whom are looking to make their marks, rather than retirement-age time-server leadership looking to pick up a last paycheck."
When I can tell the coaches fucked up from looking at a fucking play-by-play ticker, not actually watching the game itself... yeah, the coaches need to go.
"Is Mario Williams the Most Overrated Football Player Since JaMarcus Russell? In the offseason, the Bills gave the richest defensive contract in NFL annals to end Mario Williams; in the last two drafts, the Bills have used high No. 1 choices on defensive players; today the Bills are 31st in the league on defense. Nor does Buffalo have football IQ. Trailing 21-14 at home, Bills coach Chan Gailey kicked a field goal on fourth-and-1 at the Tennessee 12. Buffalo was facing one of the league's worst defenses, and would rush for an average of 6.9 yards on the day, yet wouldn't try on fourth-and-1. Scoring take to a 33-28 lead on the final snap of the third quarter, again facing a weak defense, the Bills did not go for two. A six-point late lead is little better than a five-point late lead, but a seven-point late lead is hugely better. Tennessee got a touchdown in the final minute to win 35-34. An aggressive decision on either of these downs might have changed the outcome.
Buffalo has the longest string of non-playoff seasons in the league. With an awful defense and a mediocre quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Bills once again need a total housecleaning -- yet another three-year rebuilding project. Nothing's going to change in Buffalo until the Bills have a gung-ho head coach and a young general manager, both of whom are looking to make their marks, rather than retirement-age time-server leadership looking to pick up a last paycheck."
When I can tell the coaches fucked up from looking at a fucking play-by-play ticker, not actually watching the game itself... yeah, the coaches need to go.
