Patriots 17, Bills 10: Week 15 Film Session
by Brian Galliford on Dec 22, 2009 8:32 AM EST
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PrintListen. It's a holiday week. I'm on vacation for most of it. There was absolutely no way that I was going to waste my time re-watching the Buffalo Bills' 17-10 loss to the New England Patriots. It's enough that I'm a Bills fan, and therefore subjected myself to that type of performance once. It wasn't going to happen again. I'd like to spend my holidays sane.
Rather than talk about what I saw on the re-watch, therefore, I'm just going to dump the notes I took during the game as it happened live, krytime mind dump style. These notes won't appear in our usual verbose manner; rather, they're copied verbatim, in bullet point form. If you're confused by any of the references or the meaning behind some of the statements, feel free to ask.
- Good game planning from Perry Fewell/Alex Van Pelt. Hit 'em where they're missing players. (Guess that only applies to the first drives.)
- Richie Incognito is one of the strangest-shaped dudes I've ever seen.
- Like what I'm seeing from Geoff Hangartner and Andy Levitre. Both solid players.
- Terrible idea to sub in an extra OT on that goal line play. Just asking for a penalty. Bye, TD.
- Pretty sad that BUF is so bad on misdirection that Welker can pick up a first down on an end around, 3rd & 2. They've got to know it's coming sometime. Nice play call.
- Terrific read by Paul Posluszny on the interception.
- Pats are going to have a field day rushing the passer. Belichick always knows how to get pressure.
- Holy Lord, Donte Whitner looked awful in deep coverage. Ugly, ugly PI penalty on Moss.
- Brady knows how to attack Jairus Byrd - go high. Byrd might never be a good red zone defender.
- Man, I like watching Mike Wright play football. Tough dude.
- Absolutely no way the Bills will be able to attack NE deep.
- Why can't Terrell Owens be used the same way NE uses Moss? That middle route was too easy, and too quick.
- Yet another penalty on the DBs. Getting abused.
- Aaron Schobel isn't great, but he makes at least one heady play every game.
- A quarter and a half in, we have a Lee Evans sighting.
- Two holding penalties now on Incognito. Not surprising, but killer nonetheless.
- Have to figure out a new way to praise Fred Jackson.
- Drive killed by a terrible Ryan Fitzpatrick throw. Good idea, horrid execution - Josh Reed wasn't even open. Throw it away!
- Another end around, this time to Matt Slater. So annoying to watch them repeatedly abused by this play.
- Laurence Maroney looks fantastic. (Easy to do against BUF.)
- PI on Reggie Corner. DBs are complaining, but the calls are legit. TD coming...
- ... and there it is. Maroney from a yard out.
- Didn't like Fewell's decision to kick the long FG. Rather have seen a hail mary; down 14-3 at the half.
- Screen pass execution not working - gee, I wonder why? Do you think Belichick might have expected it?
- Terrence McGee's shoulder injury looks pretty serious. Might see Ashton Youboty next week, with Corner starting.
- Six straight NE run plays. Should have been running more all day.
- Shawn Nelson seems to be a focal point of the game plan. Nothing wrong with that.
- Come on, T.O. He's losing focus. False start, probably a drive-killer.
- Nice heads up play by Jackson, catching the tipped pass from Jonathan Stupar.
- Nelson wide open - Fitzpatrick misses him by a good yard and a half. I want a QB. :(
- NE three and out. Defense is doing its job; NE looks pretty out of sync, though.
- Trent Edwards?!
- Hate this move by Fewell. 5 is not your QB. Don't ask him to save the game.
- Trent's down. Hobbles off the field. Horrible, horrible decision, Perry.
- Surprised there aren't more boo birds - Fitzpatrick back in, Brian Brohm on the sidelines.
- Another sack. Absolutely brutal pass blocking.
- Josh Reed drops a touchdown. Holy crap. Zero focus from the receivers today.
- Another NE three-and-out. Can't blame the D for this loss.
- Roscoe Parrish with a 20-yard punt return. Bills ball, deep in NE territory. Might we be on to something?
- Beautiful catch by Lee for the TD. First career TD against the Pats. It's about time.
- Of course it's Aaron Maybin on the false start. Of course it is. Who else would it be? The blogging gods hate me.
- Pats' first third-down conversion of the quarter is a stupid little throw to Welker. Ballgame.
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End around play, I cringe
Fourteen games so far. Have our supposedly experienced DE’s, Schobel and Kelsay, kept contain on any end around play all year? Seriously. Just asking.
Well we can put in maybin so if our opponents decide to turn around and run straigt back towards their own end zone he can stop them. A far back of the pocket contain.
by Squirmin' Thurman on Dec 22, 2009 9:23 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I hurts
This team is so sad. I really wonder how worse off they’d be if they didn’t line up any WRs. They don’t even use them. It will be painful watching the reset button take control yet again, and I have to wonder how many fans have the stomach to watch another QB try and develop under this franchise.
Go Bills. Go Fred Jackson, at least.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 22, 2009 9:22 AM EST reply actions
you may be on to something
I like this format. Those of us dumb enough to sit through the entire game, had similar thoughts. Kind of like one of those movies where we hear the charachters’ thoughts in voice over fashion.
Or in this case, we hear the thoughts of someone being slowly tortured.
Lately I've been recording the game on the DVR so...
I can watch it in “fast” (on the “slower” fast forward) forward. This allows me to stop and watch the few plays that are actually interesting to see where the Bills actually execute a play. I can skip the commercials. And most importantly I don’t have to listen to Dan Dierdorf embesslish how great Tom Brady is play after play… Then I can quickly delete the game from my DVR and mind after it is done so I don’t have to ponder it for hours/days until the next game when it all happens again.
I don’t have to listen to Dan Dierdorf embesslish how great Tom Brady is play after play…
Agggggggggg! It makes it even worse to listen to Dierdorf!
Was it just me, or did Fewell have a Jauron-esque demenor on the sideline on Sunday. That didn’t take long.
"God bless us, everyone – except the New England Patriots – those guys are cheaters". ---Bills Daily
There are few announcers worse than Dierdorf
I know announcers like to “pile on” a bad team and pump up a good one or one of the media darling teams/players, but give me a break… it is soooooooooooooo tiresome listening to him go off play after play after play.
Countermoves?
Great notes. I was also taken aback by how dreadful Whitner was on that pass interference play at the goal line. I used to think of him as one of our rising stars, but he seems to have regressed this year.
If Brian had done a film study this week I wonder if one of the main stories might have been the Bills’ failure to adjust to Belichick’s moves to shut down our running game. Our initial game plan — which we saw on that first drive — was to pound the ball on the ground and mix that up with occasional short passes to the TE’s. But the Pats quickly countered that by loading the middle with LB’s. It seemed obvious to me that the Bills’ next move should have been to run wide with sweeps, end-arounds, etc. but that never happened. Maybe Belichick’s trick of having his defenders “walk around” before the play to confuse our o-line was too much for that patched-up unit to handle, but we never really tried anything to get our offense back in gear. All the more reason why we need a new coaching staff next year.
I don’t know if Whitner regressed this year. Before the big injury stint, he was actually playing better than last year. He hasn’t followed that up lately.
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by WhyBillsWhy on Dec 23, 2009 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
edwards
I don’t entirely disagree with pulling Fitz. Not because I thought Trent could save the game, but because Fitz looked much better after the benching than before (except for the first drive, but that was mostly a rushing drive as I recall).
Holy Lord, Donte Whitner looked awful in deep coverage.
I really have no complaints about our overall DB play this season, but their lack of straight line speed got exposed big time on Sunday. Twice Moss just blew past two defenders, and I believe Whitner was one of the two both times. What is frightening is that I wouldn’t put Moss among the fasted NFL WRs at this point in his career.
On an unrelated note, our putrid QB play this year did not allow us to sniff the enormous potential of Shawn Nelson. Was there even one instance of throwing to him on a deep seam route this season?
The Dick Jauron version of the K-Gun...the Squirt Gun.
we’ll never know that because fitz has been so in accurite throwing to him you cant tell if it was intended for him or not. I think every catch Nelson has from fitz this year has been an accrobatic catch, bailing fitz out.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
Nelson will be huge for us
is we had someone who could his passes on the mark and someone to dial up some actual NFL calliber plays.
"Hold ya chin up...nuh nuh nuh...gone" -Marshawn Lynch-
no doubt. He could be a stud with a QB and real plays drawn up for him.
"I don't know how to explain it but we seem to find eachother on the ice and make things happen... Yeah. Pass, shoot, score... Yeah. Pass.. Shoot.. And score."
Nice heads up play by Jackson, catching the tipped pass from Jonathan Stupar.
I think you mean nice heads up play by Stupar, tipping that pass to Jackson.
Jonathan Stupar won the Heisman…while playing in the NFL!
Stupar doesn't have intentions, only accomplishments.
Jonathan Stupar won the Heisman…while playing in the NFL!
Trent’s down. Hobbles off the field. Horrible, horrible decision, Perry.
Yes, just terrible. I’m surprised this move hasn’t been criticized more. I still think Trent is better than Fitz (slightly), but putting in Trent doesn’t fix the penalties or the protections which were very clearly the problem Sunday.
Your game notes
were practically identical to the chatter between my son, my bro and me last Sunday. Painful but true. Get out the broom and let’s clean house. We need a purge! P-U-R-G-E!
have to disagree
Didn’t like Fewell’s decision to kick the long FG. Rather have seen a hail mary; down 14-3 at the half.
A hail mary has less of a chance of being completed as a long FG……..Lindell has proven in the past he can hit a 50+ yard FG………..plus if he made it, it was a one possession game….
I didnt think it was a bad call at all.
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by norcaliangelsfan on Dec 22, 2009 7:27 PM EST reply actions
I didn’t say it was a bad call. I said I didn’t like the decision. Against NE, 14-3 and 14-6 are synonymous. 14-10? That’s a different story. Not sure what he had to lose there. I’d have chucked it up.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 22, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Do you take actual notes at the Ralph? Pencil and paper or crackberry?
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