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Message: [QUOTE="pattycuse, post: 3237090, member: 256"] After a night of sleep, a Pats loss, and an hour run this morning I have calmed enough to offer some thoughts on the game. There is that old saying “when someone shows you who they are, believe them.” What we saw last night was each party’s worst traits unfortunately rearing their ugly head, in combination, at the worst possible moment. But unfortunately none of it should be a complete surprise. Consider: - Our offense has shown a trend of creativity early on followed by a tendency to become extremely conservative- especially in the red zone. Daboll also has used some, ahem, interesting personnel groupings at times. Dimarco on a go route, Gore from heavy packages, etc- Daboll’s worst tendencies really bit us last night. - Josh Allen has played hero ball against better teams. Some of his plays last night were, to put it charitably, mind boggling- and fumbling has been a problem all year. I still think he is going to be good, but there are patterns that if not corrected next year will be red flags. -Defense played good but gave up big plays down the stretch. Frazier has a pattern of sitting back in soft zones. That third and 18 play was atrocious, even if it never should have taken place because the officials apparently cannot call delay of game (more on that later). Even the first TD drive...it just felt like the defense was passive. -McDermott is a great coach and builder of culture. But he coached scared last night with a lead. This is always my fear with defensive oriented head coaches, they prefer to roll the dice with their defense and be conservative on offense instead of taking offensive risks BECAUSE you have a good defense. Unfortunately Mc D has shown a penchant for poor clock management and playing conservative. It hurt us last night. - Not specific to the Bills and not the reason they lost- but NFL officiating is a complete and total joke, it has been so all year and will continue to be so. That crew shouldn’t sniff the field again this year. Bottom line is 10-6 is a successful season and the future is bright. We have a ton of cap space, a young QB with loads of potential and a great front office. I trust that Beane will continue to address the roster (WR, DB, RB etc) but just as importantly that the expectation will be set with our coaching staff to self reflect on what happened yesterday to make structural changes to prevent it from happening again. Ultimately you are what your record says but also no one on this board would argue that Buffalo is a juggernaut. There is significant room to improve, especially on offense- and I think we will need to in order to match this years record against next years schedule. Unrelated- Vegas anyone?? I enjoyed celebrating and commiserating with you boys this season. Maybe I will finally make my way to a Fine Mess tailgate next year so we can tip a few back. Until then, I look forward to mock drafts combined with unrealistic optimism that accompanies every Bills offseason. [/QUOTE]

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