clayboy54

Like the Bills, there's a difference between solidly elite and pretty elite. The Bills might be considered pretty elite, at least on some days. Same with the Packers. IMO, the Seahawks, Chiefs, Steelers, Titans and Ravens are solidly elite right now. For whatever reason, there is a dropoff to pretty elite in the next bunch which includes the Packers, Rams, Cardinals, Raiders, 49ers, Bills and possibly the Colts. The Browns should be pretty elite, but they're the Browns. Everybody else is either you never know what you'll get week-to-week or they just stink. Injuries affect this assessment, but that's life in the NFL. This is certainly possible, but I don't see it that way. Getting embarrassed by the best elite teams does not make losing out probable.

I do not disagree with your assessment. I believe the problem is not with calls, but rather with scheme. You can only make the calls from the plays you have already installed. Unfortunately in the NFL, you don't have time to install a new playbook in-season. With the losses we have from last year and the new personnel we have this year, our defensive playbook does not match the personnel on the field. We couldn't possibly have known all this with the dramatically shortened offseason. So, the only realistic course of action is to switch out personnel (as they are trying to do) until you can find a grouping that is capable of executing the existing playbook. Next offseason, they can either change out personnel to match Frazier's playbook or install a completely different defensive playbook with a different coordinator that matches the personnel we have. I suppose we could do both. Unfortunately, this cannot be done in-season despite what fans might think. That is, of course, unless you're planning on tanking and cleaning house at the end.

While I certainly can't disagree with the toilet scrubbing part, you have to admit that there aren't too many teams that would've done much better in that game. At the end of the day, we move forward and win the games we should win and try to make improvements where we can. I still think this team can beat most of the NFL right now. We are still not in a place where we can expect to beat the 5-6 elite teams. There could be a surprise or two in either direction, but I fully expect that the Bills will end up 12-4 or 11-5. This is where we are at in the growth curve. We should lose the Seahawks and Steelers games. We probably will lose one more, perhaps to the Cardinals or possibly the 49ers. If we don't lose one of those, we could lose the finale to the Dolphins, I suppose. Then again, it's why they play the games.

We’re gonna lose 4-5 games this season anyway. Let it play out before you fire coaches.

1. What would firing Frazier do other than deep-six this season? If he needs to be replaced, do it at the end of the year. 2. Moving Edmunds now with no replacement will just further kill the defense. Again, if he needs to be moved, do it in the offseason and pickup a better alternative.

Really? You have no idea what you’re talking about. What McD has done in such a short time boarders on miraculous. Accept that we’re not ready for prime time yet and that’s okay. It’s where we are right now. As long as Beane and McDermott keep building this team up, I am satisfied. Eventually we’ll be championship material. Because everybody jumped the gun and wanted us to be Super Bowl ready doesn’t mean we are.

That is a great observation. We are simply not there yet. That’s okay, we’re more competitive and I’ll take that for now.

What the H does that mean?

That one was on Tre White for freelancing.

If you really believe this has anything to do with coaching, you’re beyond crazy.

They'll be sinking in up to their ankles and having to resort to snowshoes to get through the game.

I’m at the point where I think a Pop Warner team could beat them.

Whooooooooo!

You gotta admit they should have never given the kid that green light.

Spleen?

Has anybody checked with Big Joe Todaro?

Good assessment, Shaw! I want to add a possible answer to why the Bills didn't have their collective heads in the game. Perhaps they, like many of us, were truly freaked-out with the Covid risk. It would certainly be understandable. When your head is focused on something else, the task at hand gets away from you. That's how it works for us and for them. This is something we'll never know for sure, but is likely a contributing cause. And, in the overall scheme of things, its probably not going to be an outlier in the NFL this season.

He had that smirk on his face all fricking night!

I think John Idzik is available.

Look. Every week the NFL has an agenda. The officials execute that agenda on the field (and in NY on replays.) This is not a secret, but like everything else, we prefer to think the game is always going to be fair and square. Instead its a play for money. Whether its the sportsbooks, fantasy, TV ratings, merchandise sales, or something else. While it had little to do with the end result, Tuesday's play was to show the audience that victory over Covid is possible. They got it done.

Yeldon has had a damn good game.

He’s the quarantine QB.

Barkley is being Barkley.

It’s a real nail-biter, folks!

Would you expect anything less?