Week 17: Buffalo Bills (6-9) at New England Patriots (12-3)

[mpbaseball22]

21-0 to 49-21

Terrible game for the Bills

[TexasBorn1]

I do not understand Chan Gailey trying to teach Stevie Johnson a lesson in week 17. Too little too late for this benching

[Shibito]

Congrats to Tom Brady Brady breaking Marino's record.

[areobee401]

Congrats to Rob Gronkowsi for breaking records.

Congrats to the Buffalo Bills for the 15 minutes of football they played.

Good game Bills fans.

[ImTellinTim]

Quote: Originally Posted by mpbaseball22

21-0 to 49-21 Terrible game for the Bills

All jumping out to that lead did was anger Tom Brady. That's not good for anyone.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by muggins

That pick wasn't Fitz's fault. Receiver dropped it. Chan should have kept playing SJ. Last game of the year against Belicheat is not the time to try to assert authority.

Quote: Originally Posted by TexasBorn1

I do not understand Chan Gailey trying to teach Stevie Johnson a lesson in week 17. Too little too late for this benching

Any point in any game is a good time to teach a lesson. It's pretty clear that nothing else has worked. It's attitudes like these that make these players continue to ignore rules and hurt their teams for personal attention.

[slickdtc]

You think a little benching is going to keep a player from doing it again? I don't think so. SJ knew this was a pretty meaningless game, in fact, probably only helped us that we lost (higher draft pick).

If we don't resign him, that's stupid. Do we think that much of Donald Jones, David Nelson, and whoever the hell else is out there? They're decent complements, but SJ is a legitimate receiver. We had Evans but not since Eric Moulds have we had a guy like SJ. Taking away a good piece of our offense is NOT going to help, in any single way. Yeah he'll take his stupid 15 yard penalties, but he more then makes up for it.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by slickdtc

You think a little benching is going to keep a player from doing it again? I don't think so. SJ knew this was a pretty meaningless game, in fact, probably only helped us that we lost (higher draft pick). If we don't resign him, that's stupid. Do we think that much of Donald Jones, David Nelson, and whoever the hell else is out there? They're decent complements, but SJ is a legitimate receiver. We had Evans but not since Eric Moulds have we had a guy like SJ. Taking away a good piece of our offense is NOT going to help, in any single way. Yeah he'll take his stupid 15 yard penalties, but he more then makes up for it.

I think it sends a message to the rest of the team and shows that it's not the big bad NFL that's the problem but that the team also is tired of him blatantly ignoring the rules to try to get attention. You have to do something. You can't just say "Oh well, he's going to be him" and let it go. That's how you lose a locker room and/or remain an undisciplined mediocre team. He's not above the league or the team and it's the coach's job to show that.