billsfan1959

So it really was about mental health issues...

Not to mention he was surrounded by offensive players that, collectively, were the worst in the NFL and historically bad. The fact that Allen showed so many flashes of what was to come, and actually improved throughout the year (and, as you say, particularly after coming back from the injury) with that offense is remarkable.

He didn't owe any more of a public expalanation than he gave. If you are still discussing it, it is because of your own issues with it. No, there was no clear shift. He said essentially the same thing. You have an issue. You are assuming the players view things the same as you and, therefore, also have the same issue. There is no proof of that and my guess is the players don't have an issue with McDermott. He doesn't owe you any more of an explanation than he gave. If you are confused and angry, that's on you, not McDermott. Again, if you think McDermott lied or didn't own / take responsibility for his own role in what transpired at the end of the game, then it is because that is what you want to believe - and it completely ignores a complete body of work in his coaching career that says otherwise.

I did and, from beginning to end, the language in the article was dripping with Dunne's dislike for Sean McDermott. When you don't even attempt to hide your disdain for the person you are writing about, you better have something substantial to overcome the credibility issue you create for yourself from the start. Dunne didn't. He sounded like an entitled little brat who didn't get what he wanted and the entire article felt like a tantrum. If articles that scream, "lack of intellectual integrity" are the kind of thing you need to justify your own dislike for MCDermott, be my guest.

Didn't even have a source. An opinion based on nothing other than his belief the Pegulas needed to to something to soften the potential blow of the cost of the new stadium to the fanbase. I don't think there is anything the Pegulas have ever done since Beane has been here to suggest they would force Beane to do something that he doesn't feel is in the best interests of the team.

It was pure speculation by Graziano

"Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula were visible presences at the combine, and that team could make a big off-field headline in the next couple of weeks regarding a deal with Buffalo and Erie County for a new stadium. That project would include a great deal of public financing, which is one reason a lot of people here are eyeing the Bills as a team that could make a big free-agent splash. Billionaires asking the taxpayers to help fund their new stadiums is a tough proposition all the time, but if you're going to do it, it's best to keep enthusiasm for the team as high as possible. The Bills have been knocking on the Super Bowl door the past couple of years, but don't rule out a big-splash move aimed at getting them over that hump and making sure Bills fans' excitement remains at a froth." Written by Graziano

I stand by what I said. If you don't have a really good idea who McDermott is by now, that's on you. I believe your stances are driven by emotion rather than reason and every post you write only reinforces that belief.

If you don't have a pretty good idea of the type of man McDermott is after the last five years, then that says says volumes about you... How do you go about conjuring this much drama up in your head?

I certainly understand the emotional reaction after the game, as every one of us had experienced it to one degree or another. However, it feels that there are a small number of posters who, not only have shown little ability to move past it, but seem to have actually elevated their anger at McDermott to a whole new level. To the point they are willing to ignore five years of behavior that would lead even the casual observer to conclude McDermott is a man of, as you say, deep integrity and character, in order to believe anything that fuels that anger...

100% correct. It's as if some posters here haven't observed a single thing about McDermott over the last 5 years that defines his character. Or, they just have no ability whatsoever to accurately interpret the behavior of others.

How does that in any way translate into McDermott not owning up to his mistakes, or not holding himself accountable? Just when I thought your posts couldn't get any worse...

Right. McDaniel never made his racial make-up an issue. Others, primarily the media, have. Now the guy can't win. If he doesn't openly identify as black, he is accused of hiding his "blackness" and being happy to pass for white. If he does openly identify as black, he is ridiculed for not being "black enough."

At the risk of interrupting your never ending crusade against McDermott, if you don't think he owns up to his mistakes, or doesn't hold himself accountable regarding things for which he is responsible, then you haven't paid any attention over the last five years to those things that define the character of McDermott. Or, you just have no ability to evaluate human behavior.

Actually, there were 16 seconds left when Christy kicked off. 13 seconds ran off the clock on the kickoff return for the TD. Then the Titans kicked off to the Bills with 3 seconds left.

Well if we're going down this whole number 13 thing in Bills lore, if I am not mistaken, it took exactly 13 seconds, from the moment Steve Christie kicked off until Kevin Dyson crossed the goal line in the Music City Miracle.... Not that I'm still bitter about it.....

It was my understanding there would be no math; however, I believe 13 would be above average on a scale of 1 - 32...

Considering Beane and McDermott came from Carolina, I'd say that connection has turned out pretty well for this team...

The Bills' Super Bowl window is open as long as Allen is their QB, they keep a decent line in front of him, and decent skill players around him One of so many...

Elected officials are "elected" by "us" and, as such, they certainly are answerable to us for anything relevant to the roles in which they were elected to serve. My wife is my partner in my life and deserves full honesty from me in anything she wants to know. McDermott is a football coach of an NFL team. He doesn't work for me and what he does has no impact in my life, other than how I choose to let a game affect me emotionally and psychologically. He doesn't owe me (or you) anything. How do I know he will learn from it and be better? First, by looking at everything I know about him as a person and a coach to this point. Second, by what he does from here forward.

Agree. I have no problem with this decision. The problem is he made the decision just a split second too late. He still might have been able to complete that pass. When Rogers lets that pass go, Adams has some room If Rogers could have put some zip on the throw and had better placement. However, it just wasn't a good pass. It fluttered when it left his hand and was on the inside of Adams. I also think Adams could have tried to move back toward Rogers to catch that pass. It would have brought him out of the endzone, but would have been a 4th and goal from the 1 instead of the 8 if he would have caught it. Maybe they go for it on 4th instead of kicking the field goal.

When I was younger, I was an avid sports fan, particularly football, hockey, and baseball. From the time I was old enough to understand sports, I was a fan of the Bills, the Sabres (starting the second they were formed), and the Yankees (because my father listened to their games on the radio). I couldn't get enough of those teams or those sports. My fandom for sports was really shaped in the late 60s through the 70s. I suppose like all developmental aspects of our lives, that created the framework within which I developed how I viewed athletes, the games, the role sports played in my life, and how it fit into life in a greater context. Each subsequent era brought more changes to the games I loved, some for the better, some not. I am not one of those that longs for the "good old days" when everything was better. I tend to be one that has always embraced change. Hell, I am headed into my mid 60's and just started a venture in developing software for a specific profession - when I never even touched a computer until I was almost 40. However, I have found, as I have gotten older, my passion for the sports I loved has continually diminished. I still have my passion for my Bills, Sabres, and Yankees, but I can't remember the last time I sat down and watched a football game, hockey game, or baseball game that didn't involve my teams. I'm not sure I can even narrow it down to a handful of reasons, or if it has more to do with how the game has changed or how I have changed. Like all human behavior, I suspect it is complex. I still follow football, hockey, and baseball, outside of my teams, in a general way - but really only so far as it is relevant to my teams. The moment the season is over for any of my teams, any interest in the respective sport ends.

Well said my friend.

Last year, Burrow was on pace to being sacked 50+times for the season when he got hurt. He was sacked 50+ times this season (in 16 games). The Bengals should be thankful he is very good under pressure and that he made it through this season. However, they need to fix that Oline.

Actually, I don't think it really much mattered who was on the Dline. The Bengals' Oline didn't stop anybody the entire year....