May Day 10

I just go with Stinky and add a roman numeral after it in sequence

New England may have peaked early. They also have stayed away from injuries somehow, but now it seems they might be getting a taste. In a playoff matchup at this point, I have KC. Just experience. I think Kansas City is in real danger of missing the playoffs outright. They do not look right, especially without Pacheco who seems like he is always hurt. Chris Jones was the most important player on the team and he is either hurt or lost his drive.

Id also say it is very tough to win all the 'easy' games. That in of itself is a mark of an actually good team.

I wonder if this witch doctor they hired for strength and conditioning has anything to do with the injuries, especially all the preseason ones.

The bills should hire him just to do stuff like this.

tecmo joe cant deviate from his play chart

I dont believe McDermott/Beane are in any danger of being fired. Also, Beane is mostly a grocery-getter for McDermott. He deals primarily in a lot of the numbers, contract stuff, etc. It is possible that he has made such of the botch that the Bills could move on from him, but not McDermott. I would be shocked though because it seems that McDermott/Beane/Pegula have a great working relationship/dynamic as far as they are concerned. The onus is on McDermott to change. It does seem like their metamorphosis into William and Mary is complete and you would assume McDermott is happy with that. Also, you probably suspect that he recognizes that the passing game is broken. Turnovers and timely catches by Hollins seemed to mask that last year and keep it at bay with their 30-point or greater streak. I can see them moving on from the coordinators. Unfortunately I dont see how there is wiggle room to really change the roster all that much for 2026. Lots of money spent and a ton of Void year money.

first to say the Bills should hire him as OC (not going to happen)

I was one who thought Diggs was at the end. Especially after his ACL with his skills and his age. Boy, he sure looks terrific now. Really impressive to come out of the ACL recovery like this.

I have felt this way since Diggs was still on the team. At that point, they needed a 2nd receiver. Now Diggs is gone, it is years later and they have added nothing of value at WR.

Id be surprised if he is back before Christmas. Hamstrings are the worst. Come back a hair too soon and you pop it and return right back to square one. There is no real remedy for it other than not running full speed for as long as you can.

I don't believe the Bills are out of it or done. Could definitely be a team that clicks and wins 4 playoff games in a row... But looking at the schedules, how the Bills are built and playing, looking at the Patriots (even the Colts/Broncos/Chargers)... it is a huge uphill climb at this point. I haven't felt that the Bills have been this vulnerable since Covid. The fact that there is no/zero wide receiver threat at all is unprecedented in a real contending team. Kincaid pulled his hammy and is probably going to out past Christmas and he was the only credible threat past 5 yards down the field. Cook is good, but stop him and the offense is done. Defense is broken/injured, undersized and any back who runs downhill is going to feed them their lunch. They can sell out to stop the RB, but then, any of the other 31 teams who have a better WR room than the Bills will make them pay. They are going to need to perform a pretty extensive surgery on this roster. So much dead money tied up in worthless, redundant, aging, and/or oft-injured players. The world is New England's oyster for the time being with a good coach, good OC, hungry roster, and a competent QB on a rookie deal.

No, but at the bottom is pretty bad company there. Terrible saints in a smaller market is almost double and still near the bottom. Jets are way above. With that said, the patriots are a better team than the bills right now and have a much better short term outlook

They have assimilated into full William and Mary status. 1 Dimensional running ball control offense. Small, fast, and brittle defense. When it works, looks great. When it fails, its terrible. Any team with a downhill running back will kill them.