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5 Positives in the Loss

Every time the Bills lose (yes, it happens a lot), I get so depressed that I don't want to read anything about the Bills for a couple of days.  So, I decided that whenever they lose, I will try to write (find) 5 positive things I saw in the game (I didn't appreciate the BillsDaily's (Bogyo) "Bright Side" blog).

1.  Parrish is being used much better by having him KR, as well as PR.  He looked pretty good (and, frankly, since we lost so badly, we didn't waste one of his big returns in this game).  This saves our more regular players (Jackson, Reed, McGee), while giving us a better threat to break a big one.

2.  Going deep/jump ball is very effective with our two WRs -- it is more productive (and less a INT risk) than to go short with Owens and Evans.   We should just do that all the time.  Reed is a very dependable slot receiver -- don't use Owens or Evans for the short passes.

3.  We have not yet lost to an AFC East team at home.  Yes, we needed to beat an East team, and yes, we only have one more away game (with the Jets).  I have no answer to those points.  But, we have not yet lost to an AFC East team at home (yet).

4.  Drayton Florance might be a better CB at this point than McKelvin and was a very good acquisition.

5.  Demetirus Bell is a legit Left Tackle.  He's certainly our best tackle.


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If Im not mistaken........

Bell didnt play, so how is that positive from the game?

"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time." (Robert Collier)

by norcaliangelsfan on Oct 5, 2009 1:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He showed that without him, our gates are wide-open. We saw what it is like without him.

by labill on Oct 5, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They were pretty open with him too...

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Oct 5, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The way the Bills played...

all of their back gates are WIDE open

Good Luck With Your Firings Mr. Wilson….Go Bills!

by killascript on Oct 5, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You said all of that and didn’t mention six sacks from our defense? That’s first and foremost in my mind. We haven’t rushed the passer like that in quite some time.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 5, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

even Kelsay looks reborn

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying
Trent Edwards - Backup QB until furthur notice. Care to prove me wrong Trent?

by J2 on Oct 5, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can’t believe we had six sacks. didn’t notice that at all — against a running team, no less.

by labill on Oct 5, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was a big plus for me. Good pressure

can as in: We can win, can DJ!, and I'm from Canada

by can on Oct 5, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too bad ..

… our LBs can’t support the run. alot of times our line would sufficiently hold up their blocks but would get no support from the LBs. Buggs and Ellison are woefully undersized and Mitchell is about as unathletic as they come.

Without Poz, we have the worst LB trio in the NFL.

For all the crap they took, Spikes and Fletcher-Baker at least made plays …

The poor DLine, as low on depth as they are, played their hearts out.

by sabre74kkn on Oct 5, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bell didn't play...

…but the other points are valid, though not very encouraging. We should have won the MNF game and we could have won the Saint’s game if we executed. I honestly don’t believe we are a bottom 10 team, but it’s starting to look that way.

I was big on Thigpen, pretty upset the Dolphins scooped him. Look how well he played last year in KC

-"...Dude, Marshawn, does Tom Brady get hyphy?"
-"What!!?"

by KGun on Oct 5, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

6 sacks from a qb who hasnt played in how long? a more experienced qb would have gotten rid of the ball maybe 3 or 4 of those sacks…and while it is a positive i just wish it translated into a win

how much longer will the abuse last?

by buffalo bennie28 on Oct 5, 2009 1:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

6. Roscoe is beginning to get a hang of kick returning.
7. Byrd showed promise

"Potential just means you haven’t done sh## yet"

by willgarr15 on Oct 5, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait a minute

How can anyone celebrate 6 sacks when we got rolled for over 200 yards rushing again?

A team that passed for only 115 yards (by a 1st time starter) still managed to beat us by 4 touchdowns.

First two games we stopped the run. Last 2 games, we are porous. Talk about a team with no identity!

The Bills will win again when THEY can run the ball at will.

The Dick Jauron version of the K-Gun...the Squirt Gun.

by ChipShot on Oct 5, 2009 8:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

another positive !!!!!

an entire four quarters in miami, and no more injurys ! All is well now … ya right

by LIVEEWOK on Oct 6, 2009 12:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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