Livinginthepast

If you have Nexus take the whirlpool bridge. Its usually very quiet. If not Rainbow would be better than Peace. I always avoid the Queenston Lewiston, often a gridlocked nightmare.

I went last year for the first time since about 2010? First home game was 1982 season and I went to about 8 over the years since. It was still a great experience and so much better than the drought years. Obviously if bringing kids you wont be boozing like a young man (hopefully not) but still a lot of fun to be had. I parked in the neighborhood near the stadium at some guys house and it worked out great. The food is much better than the old days and there are great beer options but the prices are nuts. I liked the crowd much better this time than previous and things are much nicer than the ugly drunkenness of the old days. Overall it will be a great time rain or shine!

Diggs has a huge ego but trading him was a mistake because they brought nobody in to fill the void. In the end we are a lesser team with him not being here and his type of passion seems to be lacking in the current squad. I think 100% of Bills fans would take a SB with a sometimes divisive dick in the locker room than losing to the Chiefs with a team of nice guys. In addition as much of pain in the ass that he might be, he hardly is at the level of a Ray Lewis, Kareem Hunt or Tyreek who are at a different level of off the field infamy.

Miami first game they had the better talent but last Sunday (aside from Waddle) we are equal, Atlanta (arguable but I would say lesser at that stage because we hadnt got some injuries yet), New Orleans (definitely lesser and they were keeping themselves in the game with getting open for a young QB), Patriots (which I would say at that stage we appeared to be equal to in the talent dept, but not anymore). The Carolina game, our defense did a great job closing them down (but that is also due to Dalton's ineptitude). The Jets game we also took advantage of a deer in the headlights QB performance by Fields. Both teams had lesser talent than us but still schemed guys open. Their QBs couldnt find them or by the time they did, we had closed them down. I just dont buy the excuse that these receivers are incapable of getting open. I swear if they just had Allen draw the plays in the dirt we could get guys open better than Brady sometimes.

What I have seen so far this season watching the Bills opponents or other games in the NFL is that the same or lesser talent on other offenses are getting open in various areas of the field. The passing attack of these teams also seems to look a lot more polished in execution from the snap, to the QB's footwork, to the release. Sometimes the Bills appear to be a team that has a new QB passing to receivers who he doesn't know or its preseason and the receivers are not quite giving it 100% or even worse, dont know where they are supposed to be. Its really bizarre to me that it looks this disjointed at this point of the season. To me that says scheme is the problem. An NFL receiver should be able to get separation and get some space even in the most smothering of defenses.

Many Bills fans feel eternally grateful for McD and Beane for making the Bills relevant again (I do as well). But a large part of the fan base feel compelled to say nothing and be polite when the same mistakes or poor decisions are made. A large group of people on here regard any criticism of both a blasphemy, which is just odd to me. There is no point being Polyanna about this. If Beane repeatedly misses on draft choices, signs players that are irrelevant to contracts where they are overpaid and cannot get impact trades done (Since Diggs), then he isnt the man to get us to a SB. McD is a defensive coach who has a bad to mediocre defense that cannot close the deal or stop teams in the playoffs. He is a terrible in game manager with the bad timeouts, challenges and strategy (in the season and playoffs). He seemingly wont allow Beane to hire outside the organization because he will lose control resulting in mediocrity in the offense, which he is definitely out of his element in managing. He also seems extremely poor in preparing his teams in some games or holding them accountable for poor performances (in game and after). I am glad he has brought a good culture here but I struggle to see what his upside is faced with all these provable negatives. I have always said that if they win a SB while he is the coach, it will be despite him and not because of him.

A 13 seconds video came up on my FB reels about 2 weeks ago. I had not seen those 3 plays since it happened. It has been too painful to watch since. Watching it again I was stunned to actually observe it was WORSE than I remembered. They were playing so far off those receivers and no pass rush. Even if they had purposely held and tackled Kelce and Hill on the first down play and drew a penalty that would have killed clock and they would have got 10 measly yards. No time for a 3rd play FG try. It literally is the dumbest defensive coaching in NFL history in the most crucial circumstance imaginable. I never forgave McD after that. Total idiot strategy that cost us a SB.

A transparent shower curtain cape at times!

yes I think you could easily argue A and C or B and C etc.

Once a kicker gets the Yips, its over. This guy was great and then all of a sudden fell off the cliff. Maybe it was all the deviant behaviour but he seems to have lost his mojo. Mike Vander jagt is a good example. The guy was superb kicker then wasnt.

The question about what the problem is with the Bills passing offense is like one of those tough multiple choice questions from college/university. The kind that confounded you because you had to find the MOST CORRECT answer. The choices seem to be: a) The receivers are garbage and cannot get open, Josh has nobody to throw to. b) Brady is garbage and his schemes are too predictable and get nobody open, Josh has nobody to throw to. c) Josh has been garbage this season, his receivers are open all over the place but his head is not in the right space and he too worried about throwing a pick. d) The Bills whole offense is based on running, they dont care about passing anymore e) All of the above f) none of the above

Im only half joking!

She is doing a Yoko Ono on our John Lennon!!

This is all stuff we could see in the game. The big question for me is why? Why do the Bills look like they are hungover in some games in the McD era? If this was the early 90s Bills it might be because they actually were! But this group? what is the excuse? Entitled players with little accountability? They didnt study any film? The coaches didnt study any film? Or maybe they desperately need a coach who is going to inspire them with a "win one for the Gipper" speech like Marv used to (not likely). On Sunday I was hoping for someone to get mad. Just 2 years ago we had Diggs getting in people's faces but now we have just a bunch of people on the sidelines looking shell shocked when things are going south.

The loss of Hollins and the lack of use of Johnson has had a much greater effect than most people realize. Hollins was a great safety valve for Josh and had the ability to get open on designed routes and especially when plays broke down. Johnson was a great option for passes out of the backfield. Why they stopped using him just doesnt make sense to me.