GunnerBill

I don't think that is a guarantee. It is possible, certainly. I'm not ruling it out at all. But you can't guarantee that.

I can 100% tell you he doesn't.

I get that, but it is why fans tend to over index the impact that has. I think this regime has been for a couple of years in year to year territory. I think they overachieved slightly last year, this year it looks like they will underachieve, and that could very well mean time for a change. But I still overall don't think it is really coaching that is holding us back. I do think the team building approach has, and while that is largely on Beane I do believe he and McDermott are broadly aligned on the philosophy (though it doesn't excuse Beane blowing some of the picks). There is some merit in a fresh voice and fresh outlook and I am not a "don't fire people in case it gets worse" person.

Of course it isn't. Shouldn't be good enough for anyone. It does slightly come back to "why has it not been better?" though. I don't think that answer is quite as simple as others do - but that's the modern sports landscape - coaches get over blamed for everything. Sunday felt like an end of days for this regime. If the rest of the season looks like that there will be a change I think, as much as I suspect Pegula is instinctively cautious to move on.

That is interesting on Moore, but he isn't a great route runner and never has been. Maybe he was running a ton of go routes I'm not sure, because he does have plenty of speed. It's the nuances he lacks.

Shakir has only really got open under this OC, Samuel likewise - his best success was under Joe Brady in Carolina. Moore has never been great at route running and getting open. That leaves you with Knox who they are just using a lot less in the pass game than 2 or 3 years ago and Diggs who did struggle back end of 2023, that's fair. I don't think he was fully healthy personally.

That is necessity because the downfield plays aren't working. They are trying to find ways to get the ball in the hands of their smaller shifty playmakers - Samuel, Moore, Shakir in space with a chance for YAC because they can't get them open down the field.

But it doesn't. There are deep routes, there are patterns and plays designed to go down the field. Guys are not getting open, Josh is being a bit tentative in attacking tight windows and it is resulting in a lot of check downs on plays designed to go downfield. Brady's offense in Carolina attacked down the field plenty. They were 9th in the NFL in explosive pass rate in 2020 with Teddy Two Gloves at Quarterback. The plays are there in the design. They are not being made primarily because the receivers can't get open.

I don't know that I am there right now, but I do know that when Josh has played his best football it has generally coincided with a settled personal life and the period he played his worst football (back end of 2022 and into early 2023) we know his personal life was in a bit of turmoil. So I am open to the possibility that there is something distracting him. I think the reason is Josh plays best when he is loose, uncluttered, and happy. When he gets tight he isn't the same guy.

I'm afraid I disagree with basically all of this.

He is frustrated but listen to his pressers. A lot of that is frustration with himself. After 3 games where he didn't play well he has an outstanding performance against KC and then right back to this. He isn't playing terrible football overall but he can't find that consistency he had last year and while I am sure he is frustrated at what is around him - especially at receiver - he is frustrated with himself too. I think that is obvious. Yea Josh knows some of this is on him. And he wants to be better. He just can't find his level at the moment with any consistency and that is eating at him.

I'm not open to either of them. Lane Kiffin would be a return to Rex IMO. A thoroughly dislikeable jackass who would not work hard enough to be an NFL Head Coach because he thinks he knows it all anyway. And the last time Gruden was good I was a young man. Hard NO to both.

Actually the Bills scouts are pretty good. That is why they perform so well on day 3 of the draft - which is the scouts day. Day 1 and 2 are on the senior personnel team - Beane, Gaine, Gray primarily.

That combination is intriguing, but make no mistake that is a Head Coach downgrade that you are hoping outperforms what we have by a bit of freshness of voice and potentially an upgrade at OC. While I agree Saleh wasn't responsible for bringing the entire circus to town in NYC he definitely didn't help himself with his press interactions. This is a good point. Fundamentally it's the same defense. Yea McDermott was hired by Terry, not Whaley.

I think it's his worst regular season loss since he decided to start Nathan Peterman in the middle of a playoff chase in 2017.