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Make no mistake about it, Allen was going to be this Allen no matter what. People keep forgetting, the person TRULY responsible for Allens progress is Jordan Palmer and all the offseason work Allen puts in to get better. Allen has a Kobe like mentality where he wants to outwork everyone else and a tireless drive to be the best version of himself he can be. Allen made huge leaps between walking off the football field for the last time at Wyoming to the draft. All from work he did with Palmer. Every off season, Allen has committed himself with Palmer to improve an area of his game. Early on it was mechanics...then accuracy...then ball placement and deep ball accuracy...now this last offseason it was YAC. And Bills went from near last in YAC last year to the top of the NFL this year. Daboll did great things with him and the offense while he was here, but Allens development and improvement was a combo of Allens drive and commitment along with Palmers offseason programs. What Daboll is proving to be though is a great coach. Having a great coach for Allen was also a great value, and one of the most important parts of Daboll's coaching style is the legitimate close bond he forms with his players. So not taking anything away from Daboll, but Allen was gonna be Allen no matter who the OC was. Hats off to him in NY, he is off to a great start. And they have a soft schedule coming up and could legitimately be 9-1 come week 10. They still are not a "great" football team as in a real contender IMHO, but they are a motivated and scrappy team, and that credit all belongs to the new staff and front office on how they came in to change the culture. Just like how McD's first year...we were not a great football team, but we were tough and scrappy and McD got the most out of the guys out there every week.

Agree, very well said. Love how you just put that, it’s spot on and that is 100% the makings of a great coach.

This. This is what I have been pounding the table for all season. RB’s need rhythm, and so do the OL as different backs have different running styles. To see Devin keep being effective early in games and then see Moss get in and play a while was maddening. You just can not run the ball if you don’t call run plays. And you definitely can’t run the ball consistently if that when you do run the ball you aren’t running with your best RB. We saw it last year, the moment (halftime adjustment in Bucs game) they featured Devin and committed to getting the run game involved, everything changed. We didn’t lose again until the 13 seconds debacle and Devin’s production during that stretch would have been 1400 yards and 17 TDs projected over a full season. Not saying CMC for example isn’t an upgrade, but I am saying we are capable of having an effective run game when we truly commit to getting it going and utilize our best runner in Devin.

Called this in camp and preseason. McKenzie is NOT a starter. Period. Shakir will be the starter come playoff time, and probably will over take McKenzie in snaps sometime after the bye, if not the first game after the bye.

He got a “conservative” label by default for being a defensive coach. People wanted him fired before his first game. He came in and played to the strengths of the team and masked its weakness as best he could to take a miserably average roster into the playoffs. During that season, while the 6th seed, he sat his 2 time pro bowl QB for a lowly drafted noodle arm QB. That’s a bold move and aggressive move to try and improve the team rather than stick with what was working at that moment. Fans would never punt, never kick a FG, never do any smart football decisions. But McD with a weak roster was winning us games compared to losing us games like all the previous regimes. Yet because he was a defensive coach, they said he is conservative because this bias was already there and over looked what McD was working with. As soon as Josh Allen came the next season, the aggressive nature of McD was easily spotted. We were a team with a raw rookie QB and terrible receivers and yet still going for it on fourth down, still trying to throw deep. And he has never looked back. We have been one of the most aggressive teams on fourth down since Allen came on to the scene. In Allens 2nd season, the first 10-12 games Allen was the worst deep ball thrower in the NFL. At one point he was like 1 out of 50 on completions deep or something like that. But we kept throwing deep anyway, he didn’t care, he still was aggressive in our approach. I was on here arguing and defending McD against conservative criticisms almost his entire tenure here. The problem is, when you start off with a bias view of an assumption he must be conservative if he was a defensive coach then all you do is look for confirmation bias to support that until it’s decisively proven wrong. and that’s what a LOT of people did with him. Then you get people just repeating this inaccurate narrative that he’s too conservative and others start to believe it too if it keeps getting repeated. But if you come in with no bias either way, it’s easier to take what you see on the field (and understand the “why” on what you are seeing) and form a thesis or opinion based on what he is showing you week to week. And he has just not ever been a “conservative” coach IMHO. But if you were paying attention those first three years it’s pretty easy to see he wasn't conservative.

Good post until you’d said this. This notion that gets posted around here that McD was previously conservative is just totally inaccurate. He has been aggressive his entire tenure here. But this conservative myth started his first year here just because he was a “defensive” coach before he even coached a single game. Then it was falsely painted on him when he was working with a totally inept offensive roster. He has never been conservative…there are no conservative tendencies to fall back on. This false myth just needs to go away. And this isn’t aimed at you, it’s a general post to the people who keep still bringing this myth up. It’s an unfair criticism of McD given he’s easily been the most aggressive HC in Bills history, and it’s not even close. He also has been one of the most aggressive coaches in the NFL since becoming a HC.

I told you so. Said all off season and preseason that he is not an every down starter and wouldn’t finish the season as the starter. Got so much flack for it too. Shakir > McKenzie. I really like McKenzie…he is a lot of fun and a good person. But he’s just not a starter level player and his role is best suited as a gadget guy.

We don't know where Devin was "supposed to go" on that Allen run on the audible. Its easy to say post snap where, but we do not know what the pre snap call was. So not really fair to put it on Devin if you don't know that Devin even made a mistake. Allen gushed about Devin in his post game presser too. And Devin made a lot of important plays for us today, and that is both from watching the game and listening to Josh give him high praise today.

Im not saying CMC isn't an upgrade...I am only calling someone out dumping on a guy who played very well today just to serve his bias agenda. Never said we can't upgrade from Devin...I just defend him when someone is clearly negatively grossly over exaggerating him. I do the same for all our players when someone dumps on them after a good game and a win.

The three I remember that were that kind of hurdle are Vikings in 2018, Chiefs 2021, and Chiefs 2022...all of them got him a first down he would not have gotten without the hurdle and all were wins. So to my recollection, he is 3-0

I find it hilarious when people who have an agenda against one player will go find one play to hang their hat on while ignoring all the other great plays they made. Every player on every team in every game for all of NFL history has plays where they didn't get the job done on some specific play. It's about what they did as a whole. And he had a great game. Period.

Honestly...I don't know if he will prove to be any good long term...but Mac Jones job is not secure right now. It would not surprise me at all if Mac doesn't get his job back right away when he is healthy again.

Last I checked it still counted for 3 points. And they got there in 2 plays again. This time in 1 second less than last time.

Dude...the fact you are in here railing on Singletary who had a great game today just announces to the whole board you have nothing to say and only care about pushing a bias agenda regardless of the facts of what just happened on the field. Josh Allen GUSHED about Devin in the post game presser too and how important he is out there on the field. But hey, keep going with a misguided rant towards a guy who played great today just to serve your desire to be right about him.

Agreed. I am a convert from last year. I was frustrated with the lack of "attack" I felt we had, but now with the revamped DL, this Frazier defense is excellent. Although he still has to figure out how to stop a FG to end a half/game with 12 to 13 seconds on the clock. He is 0-2 now

And that is not even adding in his rushing yards and TD's...that is passing only. GOAT

At this point...if you don't think McD and Frazier are very good coaches then you don't know as much as you think about football. And if you don't think Beane is amongst the best, if not the best GM's in the league, then you really don't know football.

Posters wanted McD and Beane fired in the first half of last game too. Its unbelievably stupid how fast people turn on our great staff and FO in a game.

They won’t get that from anyone.

I mean I know its about who as in an individual...but for me I am going to still say the revamped DL. If we can pressure Mahomes with our front 4, we will win in a blow out. If we can't get pressure and give Mahomes time, then we will likely see a closer high scoring game.

Eagles aren't even the best team in the NFC. They are also lucky to be undefeated still thanks to bone head mistakes in 2 games by their opponents.

Its a different game this year. With no Tyreek Hill, the Bills can put a heavier focus on Kelce. And with how well Edmunds and Milano have been playing this year too, I think we will see Kelce kept a little more under control this time around. End of the day though, Kelce is not only elite, but maybe the best ever at his position...he is at least top 3. So still won't surprise me if he has a good day. But in the past, it was getting burned by both Kelce and Hill that hurt us...now with Hill gone, if Kelce still has a strong game, we aren't as vulnerable as we were previously because we are better equipped to handle the rest of their weapons.

RB's are not a dime a dozen, at least not good or great ones. This gets constantly misused and misstated...the reality of where this came from is merely from the fact a lot of very good or better RB's have come outside the first round of the draft. But so has the best WR's too, but people don't say they are a dime a dozen. The majority of the best WR's in the NFL came in rounds 2 or later. Same with OL for example, which is probably even more important than "who" is running the ball as a great OL can make even a mediocre RB look good. Yet the only position the "dime a dozen" label gets used on is RB. And the reason I think that happens is because people see the RB position in general as devalued in what has become a pass dominant league. And now having a shift where you are seeing more and more QB's come in and have throwing success with the ability to also run the ball (Allen, Lamar, Mahomes, Herbert, Jalen, Wilson, etc), it only further has diminished the perceived value of the RB. But truth is, finding a good to great RB isn't all that easy, and even if you do, you can limit their effectiveness if you don't have a strong OL, or a good passing attack to keep them from stacking the box, etc. A good to great RB isn't just a good ball carrier, they are a good receiving option and also need to be good in pass protection. Its just not easy to find a complete package like that.

The problem with doing that is we have 2 other rookies, one of which has a broken hand. And our All Pro hasn't played in a year and it can often take part or all of a season to come all the way back from that injury both physically AND mentally. If Tre was to have a setback or struggle, we would be left with 2 rookies come playoff time. So I really do not see them trading a CB in season. Definitely could see them do something in the offseason, but we are in an all out press for the SB title this year, no need to make us thin at a very important position...one where we will be facing Mahomes and possibly other dangerous passing teams in the playoffs.

Not surprising given the age of the stadium. Doesn’t matter much longer though, new stadium coming.