Mister Defense

Yes, saw it and really liked the use of this technology. Often some of the more specific concepts good analysts explain are not completely clear to me. I just don't know the terminology enough, and when there is one technical term after another to explain how plays broke down, etcetera, then it becomes confusing. But seeing it from the player's point of view by using the VR technology really clarified things, as it made the concepts more clear, more concrete and real. It SHOWED us what Dan was talking about. Much better, overall, than just drawing things on the monitor to set up plays shown to us. This will become an excellent tool in the coming years. I hope that they don't overdo it now, but use it well and keep improving the technology and its use.

Go and read the comical thread where someone, just days after Cooper arrived, threw a bunch of mud on the guy's reputation. And, of course, the ignorant haters then added their own bizarre BS also without any evidence, merit--or reason to do so. I had some good fun with those yahoos in that thread! Cooper is a quiet, low key guy, who has been immensely successful, and may well help our team win a Super Bowl (or two...). And he has the kind of integrity and character that all true Bills' fans will come to have significant respect for. Hope this is the last step in his illustrious career, and his most memorable.

High level analysis here and very clear point. How did you come up with that insight? Obviously the one small error though, as there are only 6 games to go for the Bills, but that can be overlooked because the rest is so sharp.

Probably two dozen, but not because I am going back to the game and re-watching the run! It is because I wanted to hear what some of the national media said about the game. ESPN and the NFL Network have shown it over and over and over, often 5+ times on the same show. Overdoing it, so making it less interesting already.. I would much rather hear them talk about how this Bills' team is the best team in the history of the NFL and possibly the best team in the history of sports--ever. To me, that makes more sense, and I can listen to that all day, every day.

Have you watched this team play the last five years? He undermines the best offenses in the league no matter the injuries or circumstances. And molds this team into championship contenders almost every year. If Campbell does this for the next few years, then he may be placed in the same category as McDermott. Just because he acts like a truck driver does not mean Campbell may not be a gifted football mind. Outward appearances often lead people astray in their thoughts. You gotta start looking beyond the most superficial details to analyze effectively... To almost every Bills' fan, McDermott has an amazing football mind.

Wow, had not seen those stats. Thanks. Wonder why the Bills have not used him more on runs and sweeps, as we had heard a lot about that when he was signed. Teams are so worried about Allen running, and getting outside the pocket to make plays downfield, that if he can get the ball to the fastest players, like Samuel and Cook on the outside, it would add a new dimension to defend. Samuel could become a great players for this team, and on the cheap too.

I think almost all Bills' fans on this board would define McDermott as a "gifted football mind". Year after year he takes every Bill team and makes them better and better and better... no mater what obstacles are put in their way, and turns them into a championship contender. Just like he is doing, again, this year.

So happy this guy is the owner of one of the three teams in the Bills' division. While benching his team wrecking quarterback may not have been a bad idea, as the headcase had undermined almost every aspect of his team, it was Johnson who gave him the power over all, to do the many supremely stupid things he did. I hope Johnson, with his almost jerry jones' like meddling and football knowledge, lives a loong life and never sells his team. In fact, it would be great to see him make rodgers the actual, rather than just acting, GM after this year, the perfect compliment to his leadership. Kind of funny how so many on this board were worried about the rodgers led jets, even as late as this summer! Inexplicable to me, as this was the only outcome possible.

This should not even be a question, is not for the Bills. Some of the best young players at their positions in the game already, and just starting their careers. Next silly question is likely: should the Bills sign Cook to an extension? ('As running backs are a dime a dozen..') Duh. I think McBeane are much too smart to not get these current and future stars signed to long term deals.

But not necessarily true if he kicked in the wind and cold of Buffalo. What are his stats outside versus in a 'dome'? How about in games under 40 degrees? I looked quickly online but didn't come up with those important stats.

Not very familiar with Samuel before the Bills signed him--and up until a few weeks ago, still did not really know what he was. Slight guy, gadget guy, who could do a lot of things, but not as good as a true #1 or even #2? Fast, but not a great long ball guy? And he did not sound like a very physical, aggressive receiver. But was hoping he would become excellent under Allen. But now seeing him in action, I think he is very physical, a lot stronger at the catch point than I had thought, and a fast and fiery competitor who will give it his all on every play. If that, what we have seen lately, is the real Samuel, with Coleman coming along very nicely, perennial Pro Bowler Cooper added to the mix, and Hollins now looking like the Gabe Davis I had wanted Davis to be, and with Shakir , Kincaid, Knox, and all of our backs this could become the best group of pass catchers in the league, and soon... Detroit may be the only team with the same kind of talent.

Nice take on those specific aspects. They outcoached Reid and his coaches, just like they did in the playoff game last year. The thing is, that is the coaching staff we have. I have often said what many have said, "Best coaching staff since Levy's". But I think they are better than Levy's staff now, have for the last year or so. They had a plan and executed it very very well yesterday. I think they did the same thing in the playoff game last year, but with an injury depleted defense, and weak wide receivers, dropping 3-? big game winning balls, it could not come to fruition. Now, even with key players out, they just win, and do what they want to do, game after game. And, more importantly, they get better every week, are about to get some key players back, and seem to just getting started--while their next game is in December. Have not read through this thread yet, but curious to see what the small percentage of super ignorant McBeane and Bills' haters are saying now! Wondering if they are somehow twisting this team, front office, and coaching staff into something negative. Or just staying away, as they often do in situations like this when they realize how stupid they will sound... How do haters respond when the team they hate is the best team in the league?

I cannot recall a non-starter making so many big plays in a season as Lewis. He consistently makes big, important special teams plays. And he makes big plays all of the time on defense. Have been thinking that lately, and obviously today, as Lewis was a vital part of the win. Lewis is sort of symbolic of the aggressiveness of this team, flying to the ball like every play was his last, and of the concept of TEAM that makes this team maybe the best in the NFL right now.

Tough one for me to call objectively, as the Bills winning this game gives them a decent chance of getting what they have not yet earned under Allen--a bye and then two home games in the playoffs. Brady, a very solid OC, but still learning...needs to do what he has done a very poor job with starting TODAY, and not just because it is the Chiefs--use the running backs much more and in a more diverse dynamic manner in both running plays and passing plays. Cook may be one of the top running and receiving backs in the league--start using him that way. Very impressive rookie in Davis, in running, catching, and in big plays. Looks like MJD, one of the best all around running backs I have ever seen play. Andy Reid would be riding him and Cook hard, but the Bills almost ignore Davis and under-use Cook. I think almost the same could be said about Johnson. The Bills need to better use these great weapons today and for the rest of the season. Don't be a lazy Ken Dorsey, Mr. Brady, and, instead, incorporate your dynamic weapons. NOW. If those things happen, at least to a greater degree today, and 1-2 receivers come through, Knox? Hollins or Samuel? (Can Cooper catch yet??), the Bills will win: Bills 30, chiefs 17 Everyone is talking about the Chiefs' defense, and very little about the Bills'. Almost every time this has happened under McDermott the Bills' defense has a game... I have not been to a Bills' AFC Championship game since they whooped Montana and the Chiefs in 1994, so today is the first step to that happening again in January.

I wonder about this sometimes.. A player like Butker who often praises a higher being when successful.. which seems to imply that somehow that higher being chose him, and his team, for success on that day, rather than the others. What is their theory when bad things happen to them, like this, or losses? Do they blame, maybe even privately curse out, that higher being for doing this to them?

Well, if you had just said that in the beginning, that that was your main point, "just saying" that I would not have disagreed.. Indisputable fact.

I hated Tony Boselli. Watching him throw our beloved little Bruce Smith around like a rag doll, looked like me trying to knock over my brother's much bigger friends when we played football: I couldn't budge them, like I was running into an immovable wall. No chance. That was my perspective sitting in the front row, 40 yard line on the Bills' sideline, at the Bills' playoff game against the Jaguars. Our great Bruuuce reduced to an afterthought, made me realize just how good that pri#* was, the best left tackle I had ever seen play. I think the entire game, Kelly getting 'knocked out', and in his last game, and the once dominant Bills losing to the short lived Jags, at home!, made those images of Bruce getting manhandled stick with me to this day. So I was very happy the day I found out Boselli was getting inducted into the Hall of Fame.

So, the fact that one of their division rivals has been good discounts that most have been very poor? The Giants, Redskins??? And the Cowboys have won big games over the last years? The Bills have not? Yikes. The haters get on these threads and say to themselves, "Hmmm... How can I twist this info around, these ideas, to further attack the Bills' leadership, undermine it? And with no facts, reasoning at all needed?" So obvious. it you want proof, just go look at their activity on their home pages. You will see the obvious pattern, humorously consistent , and for some, for years. I literally laughed out loud when I did so myself. Soo consistent. (Or, just look some of the next threads as they develop. Watch their hate, ignorance, spew out...) This very small group will almost always be there, ready to pounce. Thankfully, it seems, and I hope I am right, less than 10% of the posters on this forum are stupid or hateful enough to actually believe this irrational hate, this ignorance and nonsense.

only someone looking at the Bills through an extremely dark dense cloud over the last 5 years would think they are in the same class as the Cowboys. There is no comparison. I have been saying the same things about Dallas for the last 3-4 years. They are team that acquired its good record by beating up their weak division. Almost every time they have been challenged by good teams, and in big games, they have not come through--and often in embarrassing ways. That is not the case for the Bills.

I am sorry, I did not mean to hurt your feelings. I did not know that I don't know crap. I know it now. I have changed my tune: jerry's team, always has been, and are currently mega times 10 super duper extremely and monumentally successful+++.

I did not hear ol' jerry answer those questions about the glare in his dysfunctional stadium yet! Thanks--I will now find it, and likely get some more good laughs on his behalf, it seems. But probably the least of his many worries right now. The funny thing is I do sort of feel some empathy for the guy. In the end he seems like he really wants to win and his football team seems to be the center of his life, has been so for years. But his ego, and the lack of objectivity that accompanies that, will almost assuredly never let him reach his goal. He would likely gain significant respect by ceding control of his team by hiring a first rate GM this off season, who in turn hires a first rate coach, as Jerry takes many steps back, including stopping his media presence almost completely. But because of his personality, see the bold above, that seems unlikely to happen. Too bad, as he won't get won't what he most wants in life because of that. We can all learn from that, I think.

They have won only 4 playoff games in the last 25 years. And they have not even sniffed a championship, as they came by their good regular season record by beating the patsies in their weak division, schedule. The fact that the stadium sells out impresses no one, well almost no one. If you cannot almost ever beat a good team at home and win a big game, and this year with their four consecutive home losses by at least 2O points, an NFL record, having a sell out crowd in your cavernous stadium just makes it all the more embarrassing, pathetic. Jones is confused. He thinks creating a successful NFL team is like creating any other successful business, but it is not.

Really, if you owned an NFL team like the Cowboys, you would run it like jerry jones runs his team? Not get players in the off season to address obvious, glaring needs revealed last year, like those to improve the running game and stop the run, even though it clearly doomed your team last year? Bring in washed up coaches, because you know well that the up and coming coaches would want some power in personell and decisions, power you would not consider giving them? And then, you would use the media to constantly put undue pressure on your already dysfunctional team and coaching staff? I would not. If I owned an NFL team I would want to win it all, every year, and do whatever I could to make that happen. Even it if meant making a bit less money, as I would still be making a king's ransom consistently. You, instead, would not really care if you won, and would instead do what Jerry does and put up huge, insurmountable obstacles in front of your team. Glad you are not running the Bills! But the Jets and Dolphins will likely be looking for a new GM for next season. Please apply!! I, and likely most others on this board, will write you glowing letters of recommendation.

Come on: '"far worse"! You cannot really believe that? I cannot imagine anyone who has watched all four quarterbacks play would rather have Trey Lance and Cooper Rush than Mitchell Trubinsky, a former Pro Bowler, and Mike White.

oh it's you.. I was going to continue my investigation into this, today calling my contacts in Indi and such, to find out all about your connections to the Indianapolis coaching staff and/or ownership. I was confident I would rip that all expense paid trip to Hawaii you won in this contest right out of your hands. And that, instead, we would be sitting on a beach in Honolulu in a few weeks, watching the sun go down, just like we watched it come up earlier that day. But upon seeing your actual post, and the picture of the kid who always makes me smile when I see him, I decided to let you off the hook. This time. So, if you know that kid, go and kiss him like Sam Martin kissed Tyler Bass after his big kick last week, and thank him again when sitting on my beach..