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Most coaches are interchangeable aside from Reid and maybe Shanahan We could always get one of the scrawny young nerds that isn't any good. Not every scrawny 30 year old who got coffee for McVay or Shanahan will be a great HC

My major issue with McDermott is that we keep pouring resources into the defense and it's ok at best. Other than that I can live with him.

I have no desire to see this guy in a Bills uniform again.

I knew people who were friends with Losman when he played here. The guy worked so hard to be good, but he just didn't "get it" in terms of running an NFL offense. It was not because he didn't have the passion or drive. He was also a little weird/immature, but then again he was a well known guy in his early 20's in a small city with millions of dollars. From what everyone said he seemed like a decent enough guy. We actually met him at the Albright Knox art gallery when they did one of their free Friday night events, if that says anything. He was all by himself and he held the door for us as we were going in and we chatted for a few minutes once we recognized him. Allen has far superior physical talent and understanding of how to run an NFL offense.

man.... just cast this entire season into the freaking sun

I feel like this happens every season with playoff races. There are always pretenders who somehow are in seemingly great spots late November, but will remember that they are pretenders down the stretch. Also, every year a team or teams make a crazy surge and end up in the tournament, even when it was seemingly impossible. Last year it was (almost) Green Bay. They were TOAST at this point. It was if this, and this, and this, and that happens... Basically no shot, even if they won out. And by week 18 all they had to do was win at home vs the Lions and they would have been in. They didn't, but they went from a .sub 500 team with no shot to controlling their own destiny in the final week of the season. I see the Browns dropping, along with the Colts. Maybe even the Steelers. The Steelers could 100% lose to the Cardinals this week.

Ron Rivera would be my guess next season

when is the last time you saw a nail used in a coffin?

I have grown to like Rodgers since he went heel. It's entertainment at the end of the day. I don't see how anyone can question the guy's toughness or passion for the game. Trying to come back from an achilles in the same season is nuts. Guys in other sports have done it in 3 months here and there, but it's rare. Mostly (IMO) because most injuries occur mid-season where rushing it is pointless anyways.

he's going to return to play I think Honestly, it's a cool story, but returning in the same season is only possible under a very specific set of conditions: 1. The injury happens pre-season, week 1, or at the latest week 2 2. You have the speed bridge surgery and everything goes perfectly in healing and rehab without setbacks or infections 3. You accept the risk of coming back so soon (more likely for an older player near the end of his career than a young guy with 10+ seasons left) 4. You make your life 100% about rehab 24/7 and have a laser focus on coming back in season 5. You play a position where this is possible. It's easier for a QB on his non plant leg than a WR, DB, etc. 6. A lot of good luck as you ramp everything up. One 2-3 week setback means you miss the window at the end of the season. For the vast majority of guys, they are hurt enough into the season that even the Rodgers plan wouldn't work because there's not enough runway. So this will never become "the norm" but I could see guys getting healthy faster and ABLE to plan sooner, even if it's March instead of June. That's still huge for the person. Don't forget that Rodgers life is football. Kirk Cousins is going to rehab, for sure, but he's also going to get some extra time in with his wife and kids and enjoy the holidays a bit more than normal. He'll be ready next summer for training camp, and that's the normal timeline.

I learned this lesson thanks to the cheese steak thread Ribeye instead of deli meat

So what? The Jets actually beat the Eagles this season. Does that mean they are good?

The loss is "more than JUST Josh Allen?" WTAF? Allen accounted for over 400 yards of offense and 4 TDS on the road against the team with the NFL's best record who just represented the NFC in the Super Bowl and in a pouring rainstorm. Yes, he threw 1 INT. Led the offense to a potential game winning drive in regulation. Defense let the Eagles drive down and score. Led the offense to another potential game winning drive in OT. Defense gave up a TD to lose. But it's ALLEN? Is that really the narrative? That Allen is to blame?

It's funny watching another defense collapse

Bears have the Panthers pick and also their own. 2 in the top 4. That's a great job for a new HC

If Vikings lose teams like the 4 win Giants are still alive for the playoffs

It's becoming a pattern here Guys get drafted/signed and almost never see the field

I think it comes down to the highly subjective nature of many penalties, how emotionally charged the games are because there are so few per year, and how close the games are so every drive matters. The league has nothing to gain from choosing winners and losers. Aside from 2 superstar QBs meeting in the Super Bowl, or some other unusual circumstance it makes little difference to the league who wins. If the Falcons and Steelers somehow made it through this year's playoffs people are still going to watch that Super Bowl by the millions. Individual refs might be swayed by circumstance though, even if it's not in an attempt to be corrupt.

I don't think it's "rigged" in the WWE sense where Roger is a McMahon figure drawing up a script backstage. But it would be SO EASY to sway a game. Just throw one timely offensive holding penalty or illegal contact or defensive holding. By timely I don't mean "in a big moment." It can be as simple as wiping out a 12 yard run in the 1st quarter to take a team from the 30 to the 18 in the Red Zone. Instead of 1st and 10 at the 18, it's 1st and 20 back at the 40 yard line. You can call holding on any play, as they say. That changes the entire complexity of that drive for the offense. Playcalling, strategy, everything. Ditto for the defense. Suddenly it's a passing down and an OL flinches knowing an all out blitz is coming. Now it's 1st and 25 at the 45. Probably takes points off the board, and most of these games are close. Best of all, nobody will even remember it by the end of the game.

It feels like, aside from Tucker, kickers are somewhat erratic. Just pick one and roll with him IF he's proven capable in the past, because you could end up with a headcase who starts to miss everything. Bass has proven in the past to be solid.

It seems like every epic, superhuman effort by Allen to put this team on his shoulders and will them to a win is ruined by McDermott's blunders on defense or game management That's why "this one is a true classic!" always equals a Bills loss

Not what I want to see, but IMO he's the "break glass in case of emergency" option for the rest of this year once McDermott totally loses the locker room, which seems close. If not, good, but it isn't going to be Brady, who just went from QB coach to OC 2 weeks ago and still needs to do that job. Because Brady just became interim OC, ANY interim HC would be on the defensive side, and only Frazier has any real experience to do that. Well-respected league-wide. Sweater vest. Experienced. Well-rested now (seriously with that story...). Scapegoated for McDermott's blunders like so many other before him. If you tell me the man goes to church every Sunday I'll say he should start moving boxes into Sean's office the minute a KC or Dallas loss goes final.

Allen apologists? LOL Josh Allen is THE reason the Bills are worth watching. Without Josh this is a 2 win team this season.

Josh Allen is the most physically gifted QB in the league, and has a chance to go down as the best Bills QB of all time. BUT he is going to have to at least play in a Super Bowl or two. That's why Rivers is not seen as on the level of Eli and Big Ben, even though he was just as good. Never got to the big dance, because he kept horrible coaches employed by winning just enough that they "couldn't fire a winner"

I came to post this same thing. It's either that or enjoy the defensive version of Norv Turner for the next 7-10 years. "Can't fire the guy with a winning record!"