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The Baltimore game was the most egregious of the three. That had boat-race written all over it until McDermott got so freaked out about anyone possibly making a mistake that he basically tried to sit on the lead for an entire half, and they ended up needing a miracle forced fumble and dropped pass just to survive.

Everyone forgets because of the ultimate margin of victory, but he coached ultra-conservative for the first three quarters against the #7 seed Broncos.

An issue is that the team doesn’t seem to be terribly resilient in important moments from a mental standpoint, and that's a direct mirroring of the coaching staff. There is something missing there - I don't know if it's not having an extra gear, or lacking a sense of urgency, or that they can't compartmentalize, or are just plain soft - but something is off in that department.

This is a franchise with zero Super Bowl victories and an all-time winning percentage that's under 0.500. Being the hottest chick at fat camp doesn't necessarily make you hot.

Aaron Rodgers only playing in one Super Bowl is a great example of what can happen when you stick with the same coach who constantly underachieves in the playoffs and pair said coach with a front office who doesn't want to allocate top draft picks to offense because they expect the QB to pick up the slack. Who does that sound like?

He is a good culture guy, but sorry, he consistently coaches tight in big games and turtles. Too many times, he's had an A/B decision and picked "A" when the answer should've clearly been "B." Also, he coaches not to lose, which doesn't win Super Bowls. The second half of the Baltimore game last year was a perfect example of that, and barring a couple of gaffes by Mark Andrews, the Bills lose that game because he was too afraid to put a team away. That thinking creeps into the roster too, which is the reason his squads, especially on defense, have no edge or bite.

It's funny - I used to care WAY more about training camp and preseason when we sucked. I guess because that was the only time of the season when you could have any optimism lol.

That's usually my go-to because I just like to hear general opinions about the team without getting too much in the weeds with play-calling and stuff like that. I actually think Talbot is the more knowledgeable of the two, even though (as you mentioned) Parrino has more access.

Haven't heard of it - will give it a listen though based on your recommendation!

Look forward to listening. There really hasn't been a particularly good Bills podcast, which is kind of wild considering how popular the team is.

The 80s Rams uniforms that they wore a few years back when they lost to NE in the Super Bowl were about as good as uniforms get. Sad to see how they, and several other teams, tried to modernize and ruined their look. The aforementioned Rams, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, the Bills when they went full-CFL in 2002, etc. Less is more!

An ultimate leader of men. We all talk about how much we like the current construction of the Bills now. Good guys, hard-working guys, no crazy egos. Marv did not have the benefit of that last description. He had to manage a bunch of guys who, let's be honest, at times could be prima donnas. He did so by treating them with respect, defending any in-fighting in the press, and having a true understanding of the trials and tribulations that an NFL player goes through. He has a bunch of famous quotes, but my favorite may be when he was asked why the Bills didn't have brutal training camps. His response: "It's easy to be tough with other guys' bodies." The players respected him, and they played for him. Three of those four SBs were against probably two of the best seven NFL teams ever, so spare me the nonsense about how he failed to win the big one.

I'll be on a business trip and will have to catch this one at a bar somewhere or even in my hotel room. Don't these HR dingleberries know that you shouldn't have your employees traveling on opening day of the NFL season? This is our freaking national pastime!

New to me too, and I 100% believe it. McDermott probably wanted to bring in someone like Brian Hoyer and run the ball 46 times a game.

Miami always looks awesome right up until the temperature drops below 65⁰.

I was thinking Trent Edwards and Losman.

This franchise has ruined at least two QBs in my lifetime by making them worry too much about picks, and those were in regular season games. They're gonna happen whether you like it or not.

That's all well and good until you play a team in the postseason who is excellent at taking care of the ball.

I'm not even sure the Bills' current defensive strategy would even allow for this type of player to emerge. It's clearly super-reactive and predicated on not taking risks.

He has 1000 yards five years in a row, and he hasn't had a ton of awesome QB play during that period. Can the Bills even afford him, though? And do we really want to improve any portion of the team outside of the defensive line? We may need a 16th guy for the rotation. For what it's worth, I'd rather dedicate any extra money to Cook.

100% agree. If they don't win one during the Allen era, it will be a colossal failure. Colossal.

Dude, a lot of Bills fans don't even care if they make a Super Bowl (let alone wine one) as long as they get to watch a team that consistently makes the playoffs. Completely traumatized from the drought. This will get downvoted, but it's 100% true and a pattern that has emerged on this very board.

I didn't really care about the shade situation, but ruling that the team in the sun can't have those AC misters on the sideline if the shade teams eschews them is ridiculous. It's like they don't remember the Korey Stringer incident at all

Browns' traditional uniforms are classic. Literally the one thing about that franchise that the fans can hang their hat on.

And LeBron James. And they both did it through diligence and hard work only. It definitely wasn't a situation where they were clearly on PEDs and everyone just turned a blind eye to it because they were megastars that made their respective leagues tons of money. No way. Why would someone even think that?