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I'll go you one better. I'd say if you put Peterman under center the Chiefs still put up 24 to 27 points game with that supporting cast and coaching staff. That's how much the Bills offensive line up sucks. Even funnier, and a total long-shot, would be when the Bills release him Andy Reid picks him up and turns him into a serviceable back up!

The OP is dead on, the supporting cast on offense is awful. I thought Peterman could have been a serviceable back-up pitching in for a game or two when needed but playing behind this pathetic excuse for an offensive line and with this can't catch, can't get separation receiver group has ruined him. His confidence is shot. Cut him loose in the off season.

That's why I'd be happy if they shut Allen down and he doesn't see the field again until next season. You don't want to ruin the guy (like what has happened with Peterman and any confidence he might have had which is totally destroyed) by putting him out there with limited experience behind a porous offensive line and receivers that can't hold onto the football or get any separation from the DB's. Not much value getting experience losing. A top 3 draft spot would be great but it doesn't guarantee anything. Just looking at a few teams in the AFC, Pittsburgh, New England, and Baltimore. They consistently draft in the 22 to 32 spot year after year and have solid rosters. They are have a few things the Bills don't. The first of which is stability at the QB position. The 2nd is a commitment to protecting that investment with a good to great offensive line group. The 3rd is providing the QB with a great group of players to distribute the ball to at receiver and running back. Seriously. I don't think a HOF QB would be able to generate any points with offensive group the Bills are putting out on the field. Unfortunately Beane and McDermott have been focused on re-shaping the team in their own image by purging some good players off the roster and replacing them with inferior talent and dead cap space along with acquiring some 3rd day of the draft picks. They better move to the building part of 'the process' pretty quick next off season as I suspect they have one more year to put something together.

The best thing is to be in a draft spot to pick an elite player at a position of need. In the Bills situation a dominant offensive lineman or a game-changing WR. Absent that my approach would be to look at BPA relative to the magnitude of the addition of that player compared to who you have in that spot now. That all assumes you've got some analytics and grading system in place that works. But if picking a CB that grades at 90 makes my pass defense 10% better or an OT that grades out at 85% that makes my pass blocking 25% better I take the OT. And again this all assumes you've got some competence at player evaluation which you'd expect pro front offices to have. Or not!

I think McDermott is a good coach but he's got some conservative tendencies that he needs to adjust if the Bills are going to be successful in today' NFL. But will he? But the frustrating thing here is the defense has played well enough that with just an average offense the Bills could have scored W's against the Texans and Patriots. With that they'd be sitting in a good spot at 4-4. The disparity between the level of play between the offense and defense is almost impossible to believe. If both were bad then it might be easier to explain. Right now all I can figure the cause is neglect. McDermott is kind of like a parent giving one child all the attention at the expense of their sibling. If you look around the league you see a lot of innovative offensive minds but the Bills with Daboll lack that trait. The thing I don't know is what constraints McDermott has put on Daboll, if any. At this point the season is more or less over so why not step out of the comfort zone and open thing up?

2 TD passes. Watching the game I wondered if we'd see a topic here on Mullens. And here it is. Here's the thing. The Raiders suck and are likely demoralized from having the team stripped by Gruden. The Bills have faced about 6 teams that arguably will be in the playoffs. Yeah the offense is putrid but they haven't faced any bottom feeders on defense and won't get a break against the Bears here this week.

Yup. Now the Bills have Chicago just where they want them. Switching punters has rendered all their game planning unless. I can envision the scene at the Bears facility where all the coaches are silently sitting around the table, searching for answers, sweat pouring off their faces, and then somebody yells out at the head coach (just like Rocky's wife in the movie) "You can't win"!

I'll wager you're not an expert at labor relations or contracts either. See collective bargaining agreement article 42 club discipline, conduct detrimental to the team.

Agree with most of what you say. I believe individuals have the right to engage in social or political causes but your constitutional rights to protest or express those views do not generally translate to the workplace. For example, I cannot walk into the break room at work and make a speech to fellow employees present about one issue or another on one side or the other. I would be disciplined or fired, for cause. NFL stadiums are places of work for professional football players. There are workplace rules and code of conduct rules in place. Just like at all our jobs. If players want to protest, join specific causes, or make social statements on their own time in a public place or a private place that supports those beliefs then there's nothing wrong with that.

It's hard for me to fault any single play the defense didn't make considering they held NE to 1 TD and 4 FGs. I thought the worst play of the game, and a real momentum killer, was Benjamin's PF call on Shady's big gain.

The offense needs a complete makeover. Besides Dawkins, McCoy if he's not traded, Allen if he progress, and maybe Clay, which of the other 7 starters would you want back? Getting this done in one off season is going to be some heavy lifting..

Beane's stint at GM has been a mixed bag so far and he's not going to be fired before year 3. But he has to hit next year to improve the offense that just plain sucks. The fact is the Bills offense has been bad for a long time, just not this bad. How many times have the Bills been in the top 10 measured on yardage in the past 15 years? Zero. 2017 29 2016 16 2015 13 (the best) 2014 26 2013 19 2012 19 2011 14 2010 25 2009 30 2008 25 2007 30 2006 30 2005 28 2004 25 2003 30 So let's no make it seem like Beane disassembled some offensive juggernaut here. That said, I still agree they could have done a lot more to help the offensive side of the ball and the unplanned losses of Wood and Incognito didn't help. I also love how Mahomes gets dragged into almost every thread. Playing Chicago this week might provide some opportunity to commiserate with Bears fans as their team swapped picks with the 49ers in a trade up for Trubisky when they could have stayed at 3 and picked Mahomes too.

Anyone crying about last night's loss needs to adjust their expectations. In other news, Amnesty International has declared that forcing people to watch the Bills offense is now classified as a form of torture! That's fake news. But is sounds true.

Consider it a victory if the Bills offense doesn't get called for any illegal formation and false start penalties along with the Ref's not gifting NE any of the traditionally 'weak' Holding and PI calls we always get called for and they always get away with.

Scheme is important but talent tops all. Outside of Dawkins, McCoy if he's not traded, and Allen if he shows improvement, which of the other 8 starters would you want back? If thing go as I expect in the off season those other 8 positions on the offensive line and receivers will be filled by players picked up in free agency, trade, or the draft. If Beane and McDermott fail to make these improvements they might be gone after the 2019 season.

When you try to 'emulate' another organizations culture you usually end up just 'imitating' them rather than 'being' them. From my experience with 'culture' changes in the business world I find the majority of culture changes to be a bunch of B.S. The don't work. I don't think it's much different in sports. You can't take a bunch of unmotivated losers, put in some new rules and processes, and make them into winners. It comes down to one thing. Either you know what you are doing or you don't. if you're the owner hire people that know what they are doing. If you find you are not hiring people that know what they are doing then admit that you, as the owner, don't know what you are doing either.

The Bills are handling Allen's development like a guy that spends $2 Million on a race horse and hires the 3 stooges as trainers.

Whichever QB the Panthers release after the season..

Under the right circumstances it might make sense for the Bills to take a chance with Chad Kelly. To me that would be to see him 'man up' and sincerely apologize to his former teammates and the homeowner about his actions and behavior. And admitting he has some sort of behavioral or substance abuse problem while agreeing to seek treatment. It's not too late for him to get his off the field act together, focus on football, and keep his nose out of trouble but for that to happen he's got to want to do something about his lack of maturity and off the field problems. But from what I know that didn't happen in previous incidents. I don't know what we can expect Jim Kelly to do. He can give advice and guidance but you can't expect him to watch his nephew 24/7.

The main issue is a lack of competitiveness. All I want is a team that is prepared and competes every Sunday. This is the NFL where some teams might be dominant or very good but the majority of games are still competitive. The Browns went 0-16 last season but lost only one game by more than 20 points. The Bills have done that 3 times already in 7 game and most likely 4 times in 8 if Monday night goes the way I think it might. This isn't college where Alabama beats Southern Louisiana Community College 78 to 3. The difference between the abilities of professional athletes is measured in milliseconds and fractions. The Bills offense legitimately don't belong on an NFL field. Why can't this management team identify and sign lineman that can block and receivers that can catch? And make sure the players line up in legal formations? How many of those calls have we seen to this point? As is typical for all of the 21st century with most Bills front office & coaching staff regimes something is fundamentally wrong here with the 'process'. And blasting away the smoke of falling back on process, either you know what you are doing or you don't.

The most bogus call I remember was against the Patriots a few years ago where the Bills made a big stop on a running play and number 55 taps the helmet of his teammate on the pile of players. The flag flies out. The ref assumes he's taunting or late-hitting on of the Patriots. Personal foul number 55 unnecessary roughness for congratulating a teammate on making a play.

I think the answer to that is Flaco, Rivers, Rogers, and Luck. When facing good/great QB's performing effectively this defense is over-matched from a talent and scheme perspective. Look at their wins under McDermott. I can't recall the Bills beating a good QB playing well. It's been beating 2nd tier QB's and the better one's on an occasional off day.

No explanation was provided and the network feed fails to show visual of any kind of infraction or confrontation involving Hughes. I think the original 5 yard call was for lining up in front of the center although Kyle Williams was only about 1/2 foot to the inside shoulder of the guard and not covering the center. And the ref's original call was number 94. When the ball was snapped he moved to the outside shoulder of the blocker and did not engage the center at all. Was it a weak call? Maybe. Number 55 has a target on his back from the league officials. If I was Jerry I might consider changing my number.

I didn't expect much this season but the lack of competitiveness makes this team unwatchable. And some of their personnel moves have left me wondering. Watkins and Dareus traded and less talented Star and KB and other Carolina alumni brought in at pretty much the same cost. I never realized the Panthers had so many great players until Beane and McDermott! I'm willing to give these guys a pass for the rest of the season but with many draft picks and maybe $90+ million in cap space there will be no acceptable excuses for failure to field a consistently competitive team next season.

Whether another way of approaching the QB situation would have gotten us to a different result than the current 2-4 record, something worse, or something better isn't what concerns me about how it was handled. The concern is what seems like a lack of strategic thinking when it comes to the development and handling of Josh Allen and the QB position as a whole. Where we are now was accomplished by what seems like a series of reactionary transactions and decisions rather than some well thought out plan.