Mr. WEO

you keep repeating this (bolded) as fact, yet you offer nothing at all to support that conclusion. Why would you think any current player is going to bad mouth his coach while he's still on the roster? That's your argument? Are you saying the guys who spoke at length with him to describe what their experience was in Buffalo are lying? Because they are "disgruntled"? They could have simply said nothing or "I have nothing but good memories of my time spent in buffalo"....rather than 25 of them individually painting a similar picture.

wow--after 1 season as a college Punter, he's "arguably" the best Punting talent.....ever? lol this puts a bow on the irrational fixation that too many here have for a Punter prospect. will he have to stay 500 feet away from the schools in KC?

wow current coaching staff and players won't speak up about McD to Dunne??? that's really a wild discovery. Why do you assume former staff (of which the Bills constantly churn) should have their opinions discounted? If you were fired from a very well known corporation and someone asked you what it was like at your former job, would you say "don't mind me, I'm just disgruntled"? nope. As you say, the NFL is transient for staff---but how many other longform pieces about other teams such as this one have you seen published? of course Dunne's premise is that McD is the problem (read the title). It's something that posters here have been saying for years. It's really not a controversial position to take. So if his premise is that, then his goal would be to interview those who would speak---these are obviously those who no longer work there. Some corroborated his premise. Some did not. I don't see anywhere where anyone can reasonably claim he simply made up quotes or events described in his article. do you think he went to each of the 25 and said, just for kicks, "tell me how awful McD is"?. Nor did the organization push back with much energy on their HC's behalf. Instead, McD and Beane were eager to reach out to Dunne for "private conversations" after another bad playoff exit...followed now by a published one (Dunne/Beane). come on. people believe what they want--recall the endless talk/threads/posts about the preseason drama between McD and Diggs? the vast majority here called it "fake news", or "stupid national media"....yet it was obviously true, as we all learned. Bills were willing to give up their WR1, eat a huge cap hit just to get him out of the building.

the rate of growth of the revenue and therefore the cap makes much of this discussion moot. sure it's a lot of money....but there's a lot money for it. This thread can and will be posted every time a QB gets a "massive contract", that, 2 years later, is looked upon as no big deal.

JP Losman Rex The Skipper/Mongolian Buffet Drag Racer EJ Edwards Orton and Flutie get a pass because they QB'd the Bills to their only winning seasons for 20 years. Plus lots of posters seem to forget the "Flutiemania" that helped Ol' Ralphie squeeze more money (another 65-125 million) out of the county for renovations for more luxury suites.

I can certainly see why it would rankle him, and why he would be hurt by it. Doesn't mean that was it's purpose. It's contents are there to read. McD didn't claim otherwise, neither did Beane at the time.

Sure...if any of that happened. Where is the evidence he did all that in his long form article? He interviewed 25 including coaching staff, players, other staff. Much of his quoting of players was complimentary of McD. As for McD calling it a "hit piece"--I could find that he did comment publicly that he felt it was an attack on his character" and "hurtful", because....what else is he going to say? And yet, his buddy Beane by the end of the season is reaching out to Dunne to hang out and offers himself for an interview with this "hit man". Anything and everything in the original article could have been disputed by Beane. It wasn't. it's because he understood that people in his organization are willing to speak up as sources and he wanted to get control of the narrative. Smart move.

it was never a “hit piece”—it was a heavily sourced 20,000 word article that nobody in the Bills FO—Beane or McD refuted in public or private. in fact after the season, Beane reached out to Dunne to get together and talk. Hence this article. Dunne on WFAN Rochester now describing how this all went down. Beane was very open with him—especially the Diggs problem. Diggs didnt want to a Bill any more and for obvious reasons, the Bills didn’t want him around—even if it left a big hole in the roster and cost 31 million. The “hit piece” cry from this board didn’t alter reality, as much as those whining about wish it did

it's a lot less than they signed for.

they didn't make any money (52 million combined).

Oh yeah!!! Their SB win is now totally illegitimate!

now there's "a vision"??

who's "we"?

pre season cuts

Is “Gable Stevenson” a top 5 Bills D lineman of all time?

JP Losman is not impressed

They created this disaster. Had to pay him. what a mess

Only scenario Carr could ever get a ring is as Mahomes’s backup. this guy has had plenty of opportunities. He’s mediocrity personified. A bum.

Wait…..I thought it was his holder?!!? read it right here

He will announce retirement in a bit

I remember when play by play guys were calling. Hurts “Mr. clutch” in college. Lol guys a bum

Huh?

Come on… guys had 1 season of note

lol touché! i think it’s more important that one might floss with greatness, agreed?

cool! He could be the next “He Hate Me!” the brain trust of Daboll/Schoen never sleeps!! imagine being a Giants fan at this point….oof!