GunnerBill

Those were bad beatdowns, sure. But the Bills made killer mistakes, turnovers etc in those games. They played a part in their own downfall with stupid stuff. This was just failure to execute the most basic football. And that makes it worse IMO.

Activate Davis now. I don't care if he has one leg. Shavers isn't good enough. And fully healthy Gabe Davis > Keon Coleman. Sad but true.

Ha. I have been for 2 years on it is a year to year evaluation on McDermott and Beane. I am still angrier at Beane than at McDermott but there is no excusing how bad this defense is. It was bad last year and it is worse this year. I know, I know, playoff failings... but that aside McDermott has always been able to hang his hat on his side of the ball is pretty good for the most part. They had top 10 defenses year in year out. But right now the defense is a disaster. And if McDermott can't fix it then I think he can't fix the team.

1. The defense is absolutely trash. There is no question it is poorly coached at the moment and dreadfully called. But the players can't execute the most basic stuff either. Babich has to go. I don't think that is a silver bullet but the not being lined up right on 3rd down in the redzone type stuff has only been a feature since he has been in charge. He is in over his head. Fire him and make McDermott directly accountable for improving the defense. 2. That said there is some Brandon Beane blame there too. Bishop is trash. Williams is worse. Tre White is washed. Rapp is a backup out of his depth. And extending Bernard was a mistake. 3. On offense, Brady isn't faultless - the Falcons never stopped James Cook. He had 4.3 ypc at half time and yet had only 7 carries. He ended at 5.1 ypc on 17 totes. I don't care about load management he is our only weapon. He has to get the ball. Last week and this we have gotten away from him to put the game in the hands of bad receivers. It makes no sense. I don't want to be a run first team but with this roster we HAVE to be. 4. Josh was crap last night. I didn't think he played poorly last week really except for the pick but last night he was bad. The ball never quite seemed to be coming off his hand right and then he got frustrated and was pressing and it spiralled. But I do not for a minute put this on Josh because...... 5. The ineptitiude on offense isn't really on the OC or the QB. It is on the General Manager. He thought Keon Coleman was worth the 33rd pick. WRONG. He decided to spend his cap dollars on mid range FAs lile Samuel and Palmer. WRONG. He vehemently and aggressively defended his total under prioritisation of receiver by blaming radio guys in the spring. WRONG. Teams are basically bracketing Shakir, manning up everywhere else and daring our receivers to win and not a single one of them can. Yes I hated Brady going back to the gimmick sweep play, but he is running gimmicks because he knows what you know, what I know and what Josh Allen knows. In conventional drop back offense his skill guys cannot get open. And that is on talent. And that is on the GM. 6. That is as bad a Bills performance as I can remember since the Peterman meltdown in San Diego. Pathetic. McDermott is squarely on the hook for the defense and as I say I'd make him directly accountable for that the rest of the way. Brandon Beane is on the hook for the offense. I think everyone (possibly except Pegula) believes the extension of their tenures should be a year to year decision at this point. They will be evaluated at the end of the season but right now there are more black marks than credit points on both ledgers for 2025. Both seats should feel boiling hot.

I wouldn't fire him now, no. But if I were Pegula I'd tell him to fire Bobby Babich take over his defense and make him personally accountable for improving it by the end of the season or else forget any other metrics he is fired. Because that last night was totally unacceptable defense for a professional football team. Every time the Falcons ran outside zone they got 10 yards. Guys not lined up properly on 3rd down in the redzone. Players out there who are in year 3 who still don't know their ***** assignments. Disaster class in tackling. It was as bad as year 1 of the Rex Ryan defense for uncoordinated horror show. And forget injuries. If anything it got slightly better the more guys that went down. I still have serious questions for Brandon Beane on how he put this defense together and some of recruitment and retention decisions, but they can wait. That last night was a defense that couldn't execute basic day 1 install type plays. There has to be some accountability for that. It should start with Babich who is in way over his head. But then it should move to McDermott too. Defense is what got him the job. Well the defense is now an absolute mess. So either sort it out or get out.

Sums our night up and sums Josh's night up that drive. Josh having to do way too much, trying to force things and making mistakes. That was a terrible performance all around. A lot of soul searching to be done.

Thompson should have picked that.

Williams. He is hopeless.

Dorian Williams blew that coverage

Ullbrich used to give Josh fits with the Jets too.

Even on play action.

Gotta go for it

A flag picked up on 3rd down? Surely not. There was no foul there though.

Our offense has to feature Cook. The Falcons never really stopped him. He averaged 4 ypc in the first half. First half and last week we have gotten away from him when he still going at 4 yards a clip. That can't happen.

I think his hand is under it. I still think that's a catch. What I will say is it wasn't overturnable. It wasn't clear. But I think he caught it.

It is not a touchdown but Rapp looked like he was running in treacle.

I disagree. I think it was a catch. Not a big deal in the context of this disaster though

Yea this is the worst Josh has played all season. He has been bad. But he isn't in the top 3 reasons we are losing.

Do we have any players left??

In Seattle, presumably.

That is just a bad throw Josh. It isn't all his fault but Josh is playing poorly.

Inside 2 minutes it can't be challenged

That's a catch.

Nice play Taron.

Shavers isn't good enough. It was a nice story him making the team. Get Moore and Samuel both active. They are just better football players (and they are not great).