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I thought Ingram actually did do better than Taron by a pretty wide margin. Granted different points in the game. Inside, outside, whatever. The reason I give Elam a shot at some point in this game is to see if he can man up against Nacua and at least slow down the freight train. As a whole I thought our corners were extra grabby last night. Something we don't often see. I kind of liked it. We get torched by KC in large part because their corners are super grabby and dare the officials to call it. Good practice for us as we head into the playoffs.

Agreed. I have been really high on Ingram. I just like his style of game. Bigger physical DB. An aside, i felt bad for both Douglas and Rapp on that play. Rapp has taken some heat for too much friendly fire and dirty hits on the other team. He legit pulled up and tried not to hit Douglas. Tough end result to add to his list of these events when this one was definitely not like any of the others.

Even though Milano was better that the SF and not a major liability this game, this is exactly why I wanted Williams back in there while we were getting gashed. As a unit, these guys have been moving together really well all year. Milano looked like "the new guy" last night.

It wasn't just "the defense" that got smoked by Nacua, Taron Johnson was abused. Surprisingly Ingram manned up better against him late in the game. The big gaffe is having Elam a healthy scratch. We struggled in man but we had our best man corner in sweats. I know Cam Lewis is versatile and special teams and all that. But I would rather have Ingram fill Lewis' role and have Elam available on game day. Crazy to me that the camp reports had him in a very close battle to start and he is a healthy scratch. I don't think he is a world beater, but Elams skill set is a tool this team needs in its tool box on game day. This game is a great example of that.

My quick $0.02 on this is that the call was a Brady gaffe and not a McD gaffe. The only fail safe was for Allen to spike the ball. Once the unit went out there there they either had to run it or spike it. A time out was the same result. With the way Allen was playing overall, he was confident he could get the ball in himself. McD's presser about that play was him falling on the sword for the staff.

QB isn’t good enough. LA Rams have a better one. Because palm trees.

I’m a big Ja’Marcus Ingram fan, but having Elam as a healthy scratch is a giant mistake. Both should be dressed. We struggle when either outside corner gets dinged up. I am not a Cam Lewis fan and would prefer to get both Ingram and Elam on game day. Milano shouldn’t be starting yet. For the second week in a row I would have liked to have seen Williams out there. Milanos snap percentage is waaaay too high.

The GM of the Buffalo Sabres who after maybe the worst lost in franchise history held a press conference this week where he claimed that a big part of the problem with the team was that nobody wanted to play here because: 1. Palm trees 2. NYS taxes 3. The team keeps losing.

Kevyn Adams agrees.

A 100% agree with you. But there’s others that lean into 1 play or 1 decision. Today was a weird one where we had a unit, a play, and a coaching decision. My quick $0.02 on the late QB sneak was that it was a major Brady gaffe. The unit went out there, and the only way to over ride it was going to be calling a time out so you more or less have to run the play.

“Listen, I’d go to war with a lot of these guys. But there are a lot of good players across the league who don’t want to come to Buffalo. We don’t have palm trees. We have taxes. California has taxes but they also have palm trees. And ultimately I think that was the difference maker today” - Kevyn Adams, probably

Fix one of these things and the probably Bills win this one: 1. One Play: The punt block 2. One Unit: The Defense 3. One Decision: QB sneak late in the 4th.

I would like to get Milano off the field. He is better this week, but the defense has been a better unit without him. I was saying just saying I wish Elam was dressed, it’s worth a shot getting him to man up on Nacua with some safety help. Outside of that punt block Nacua is murdering us.

Palm trees. They just don’t have the players to match up because palm trees.

Rapp has been guilty of some egregious friendly fire. Obviously the most unfortunate for Douglas. But also an unfortunate moment for Rapp to be tied too. He didn’t even go for a hit on that one.

Did you miss the full replay? The defender bumped face masks to trash talk and Allen exaggerated it to try and get a call. He didn’t get it so he laughed it off. I know we’re losing but it was hilariously dramatic.

So far Kevyn Adams is super thrilled with the first half. Curious if Pegula granted his request to travel with the Bills this week. Because…palm trees.

I’m shocked it’s so loud in Miami today.

It may have gotten lost in the thread, but I think it’s important to weigh this with the fact that dad is an effing MARINE! A drunk guy had been hitting the family of a marine with snowballs. Then assaulted the young daughter of a marine. Then the marine just quietly packed up and went home.

Terry’s run with the Sabres isn’t just bad in relation to his peers across the league. It’s among one of the worst spans in any of the big 4 sports in the US. That isn’t hyperbole. Terry Pegula is a sports and organizational doofus. McBeane play him like a fiddle and we should all be grateful. At this point Beane might have enough pull to operate independently, but based on Terrys prior running of the Bills and current running of the Sabres; it’s not a chance I would take.

It is 100% an organizational thing because the owner made it one. And when the Bills missed for 17 years straights it’s because they had an owner in his 80’s and 90’s. A big pet of the draught was Ralph’s inability to lead. That’s almost unanimously agreed upon. Let’s not forget Terry’s secret meetings with Darcy Regier when he first took over and when questioned his response was “nobody has a monopoly on hockey knowledge” Nobody answers to anybody but Terry. He’s super open about that. He has preached flag management since day one. We saw it with the Bills when he hired a HC against his GM’s wishes. Then fired him without consulting him. There’s loads of examples like this at KBC. Terry Pegula is so much more culpable than just accidentally hirng the wrong HC/GM 100% off the time. Think about that. At very best Terry Pegula has made the wrong GM/HC hire 100% of the time for 13 straight years. And dozens and dozens and dozens of NHL players refuse to come here. Here is a set of insane Pegula lead Sabres stats. The day Pegula purchased that Sabres they had the 4th highest P% in the history of the league. From 1971 to the date of purchase only 3 other franchises had been better via P%. They’re now 13th. If you took Scotty Bowmmans best 10 years ever. Not best 10 year span, but best 10 seasons and linked them together starting next year, the Sabres still would not get back to 4th over all in P%. Think about that. The 10 best years from the best coach to ever coach the game still wouldn’t be enough to right the wrongs of Terry Pegula. The Sabres also used to average 99%+ attendance, near the top of the league, and were 82% last year, 4th from the bottom. What Terry Pegula has done to hockey in Buffalo is possibly irreparable. Hes maybe the worst owner the NHL has ever seen and we’re incredibly lucky that McBeane have been able to play him like a fiddle. For that I’ll be forever free grateful.

This is not an accurate view of the Sabres. Players leave because they hate being apart of this org under Pegula. They didn’t just trade Oreilly, he literally lost his love for the game here. Reinhardt isn’t here because the org botched it and he’ll never ever return. They’re widely considered a disaster and are on just about every player (who has ones) NMC. Pegula didn't accidentally become one of the worst owners the NHL has ever seen. He did it by proactively sitting atop the organizational food chain and putting in place a structure where nobody is in charge and he constantly plays tie breaker and internal politics are more important than being good at your job. Pegulas run with the Sabres is HISTORICALLY bad.

Yeah, they showed him in his suite with what was clearly the depth chart and a bunch of other papers (that I assume were play calls) with a pen taking notes while watching the game. He’s not Jerry Jones. I think he means well. But he’s not a great organizational leader.

My views have been that Terry is an historically bad NHL owner and showed similar behaviors/patterns in Orchard Park before hiring McBeane. Because of that I am forever in the “keep McBeane until they decide to hang it up camp.” I don’t want Terry to have to make any more NFL decisions. If that means 10-7 from Josh Allen retirement until I die then so be it. EDIT: To add on, anybody else notice Terry’s with the depth chart and play call sheets with a pen on SNF? The reason the Bills are successful and the Sabres aren’t is because the GM/HC have a prior working relationship. Imagine both those positions being independently hired and both equally rolling up to Terry. That’s the Buffalo Sabres and that’s how bad the Buffalo Bills can be.

If you go down route 5, Terry is also cheap… I believe largely by hand.