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Cap problems this big always lead to disappointing departures. TJ is great and I love him, but there are few ways (including restructuring and other iddling) to get under the cap that don't involve such cuts. Taron has one season left before UFA in 2025. I'll take the chance on letting go of a great nickel DB and keeping Douglas on his last year. We need a solid outside corner more than we need a solid nickel (especially with Milano and Bernard both playing the majority of 2024). Johnson is going to command very large dollars after 2024, so why keep him given we still need some (but less) cap help in 2025.

Cutting Taron Johnson would save $7.7M (including the debt cap hit). I'd rather do that and put someone in there while keeping Douglas for one more season at $10M.

Not saying those things. RB is not an area of need this off-season. I just think we can't boil down skill player performance to one variable that doesn't take into account all the negative plays. I'm happy with Cook and want him to be better. Hope he does it in 2024.

Sir, your lab results came back. You unfortunately suffer from monovariablitis. His gross output is great, but the stats don't capture the impact of the negative plays. Can he get better? Sure. That's all in his own hands. But a stat in isolation doesn't capture his value.

Norwood was perfect in that season's playoffs and then was replaced by Steve Christie.

Dunne didn't give anyone advice. The guy is a pretty successful journalist and he is widely respected for his thorough approach.

So much Tyler Dunne hate here when the conclusion to this season was exactly what his work indicated late in the season: McD doesn't get it done. He gets tight, makes head-scratching calls, and chokes. Anything different to close out the year? Maybe let's recognize good journalism that was well-sourced and not at all one-sided rather than complain about it with no critical framework.

From the all-22, look at the flags at the other end of the field. They were flying sideways, from left to right. The wind is tricky in that stadium and if the Bills didn't consult with alumni special teamers or bring them in to help prepare the K and P, that's an oversight on their part. We've seen that wind do that very thing in Rich Stadium for 50 years.

Josh holds the ball for a long time (and makes plays doing so). That takes offensive line talent. If Tua gets it out in two seconds and Josh holds it for four seconds, that's twice the work for the line. Which, sure, we all see. But to weaponize that line talent into a multiple attack is what very much sets Brady apart from Dorsey *and* Daboll. The quality of the D-line * the quality of the offensive line will be a decisive element in upcoming games. I am so here for it.

That would be Shakir, if they moved him outside.

I don't think so. Checked twice over the last two days and that promo has ended.

He didn't say it in a way that was accusing anyone of anything. He said he was being doubled a lot, which opens up other guys to make plays. He effectively said he wasn't doing anything different this year vs other years, so "it's not because of me." It's because of how opposing DCs are scheming against him and how the Bills are addressing those opposing schemes. It was very much in the vein of, "Glad we're scheming against that well, glad my guys are making it happen when I'm doubled, but sure, I want the ball. I'm not doing anything different. And maybe when we gash them with other guys, that'll get me more chances."

Why isn't Shakir lined out in Davis' position? Guy has caught 26 of 31 targets for an average yards / reception of 16+ and first downs on 17 of his receptions. Davis' reception rate is 56% of targets with 69 (nice) targets. Move his bigger body into the slot, where he can block and let Shakir do his thing on the outside.

Great work. Is a breakdown of snaps and targets by half available?

This is where anyone who knows anything about journalism is going to object. The guy talked to 25 sources and he quoted them, good and bad. He reported on why this team has so many late-game fails. Every wonder why? Oh, you do? But then you assail the guy that works his read end off to try to help people explain it. The article passes the smell test for most who read it and for most who have some modicum of knowledge of you to critically assess the media and journalism. The emotional, non-factual rejection of the work is very McDermott-esque. The problem is Belichik isn't tight and doesn't panic late in games. McD does. Over and over and over again.

It's lightly sarcastic. Sorry, I didn't know you are so fragile. The one quote you chose is about accountability. McD took none after 13 seconds and he's been replaying that evasion since. I was pretty sure you didn't read the piece. Thank you for confirming. That's lazy and not thorough. You have few grounds to complain about the article without doing the work.

I think it leads to, why can the Bills close out games. Bottom line.

So, peer-reviewed clinician objects to peer review. Got it. This is a very reasoned response and I appreciate it. Dunne had to get this out because his time, like that of any of us, is worth money. This thing was an investment of time and reputation and I don't think it was frivolous or shoddy.

Lets see it then.

Do you have any idea how rare this kind of article is? Or what constitutes good journalism? And you just admitted you read enough (from screenshots, DMs, failed firewall blockers) of a 20,000 word piece (that's a GD senior thesis) to reiterate your going-in biases? You're a scholar. A scholar and a GD gentleman.

Thanks for not doing the work. You have no idea how journalists operate or what constitutes good work in that field. You probably didn't read the entire piece either. Yeah, he did provide numerous alternate points of view. Again, it's first-hand people (25) telling the story, not Dunne. He's a conduit, but the testimony belongs to others, all of whom have worked with or for McD. The guy isn't kicking Bills Mafia when it's down. It takes a long time to put together this sort of piece. It's entirely coincidental it came out a week after another McD late-game fail. It was "certainly" released to inflict damage? Gosh, that seems like the easiest thing in the world to demonstrate convincingly. Please, regale us. Do write reports? Try cases? Write for publication with 25 sources? I am guessing no.

Oh, hey, guy who didn't read the piece, who thinks his zero hours working in journalism and thinks that qualifies him to comment on the quality of reporting. Can I come down to your workplace and comment on how biased and poor you are at your job, without really knowing what performance means in your job? Because yOu ArE BIAsEd anD haVe An aXe tO GRiNd?

Dunne addressed the credentials thing. He says it's the Bills' prerogative and he understands. Can I give you an assignment? Can you go out and talk with 25 people who have worked directly with Ty Dunne and report back? Because then you'd be on par with the work he did her. You are correct -- you are speculating from an emotional, uninformed perspective.

No, he interviewed 25 people. As the article, which you likely didn't read, states. Another indication you didn't read it -- not all the comments were critical. Every NFL organization has turnover. Few, if any, have leaders who screw up so badly that so many former associates would come out and day what they did, even off the record. Dunne didn't make it a hit job. McD's leadership style and continual fails late in games have (we JUST had a couple with "12 men" and failing to close the Eagles). Yeah, I hope we go on a run and win the SB too. I can separate my hopes as a fan from a fair, objective analysis of a journalist's work. McD's whining this was a hit piece on his character is yet another evasion of hard truths that must be looked at by one's self but are not. That's NOT leadership when said leader demands that of his people all the time. You gotta walk the walk and not just talk the talk. Which is one reason it appears Digggs really doesn't dig Sean McDermott.

Well, maybe study demographics, New York State parliamentary procedure, political science, and psychology. There would be a howling mob from Utica on east that would absolutely be against the funding. Look, I don't think the anecdote is as important as people have made it. It was horrifically stupid and people, especially from the NYC metro area, are pissed. However, there a dozen key points in the article, made in total by 25 people with firsthand knowledge of the situation, that were just as important to what matters here: McD is not a gameday coach. He freezes. He's rigid personally, and he's not a natural leader. I was never hung up on the comment. It was stupid. McD has to address the team all the time -- people make mistakes. But don't fool yourself -- King made a good point. It would be much tougher to get funding today in a legislative process that depends on the goodwill of New York State votes representing the eastern half of the state / NYC. Stupid mistakes at important points can have big consequences. Whether that's squibbing it at 13 seconds or making dumb remarks. But whatever -- the piece details very amply that McD is not an effective leader of football players. Not at the Lombardi level.