Billsatlastin2018

NO! That's a bonus topic. Thought a 0 v.s. 0 comparison, Post Season, wasn’t fair.

Easy there, Hoss! What is the reality of the McD era? Well, we know for sure it was a 5 Alarm Tire Fire BEFORE he got here! But like the OP, my ONLY metric is equivalent to his “signature win” criteria. I don’t give a fiddler’s fart about rolling the league stiffs in a given year. I want to know and have tracked for every millennial year, what have the Bills accomplished against Playoff Teams of the SAME year? I don’t care, T this juncture, about winning by 1 point or 30, by fluke, by determination, by great plays and bad plays. Simply, what happened? The answer is, PRE McD, they were awful, winning at a 19-78 pace or 24%... about 9% on the Road. Terrible, right? And now your ‘miraculous HC’? Bills under McDermott v.s. Same Year Playoff Teams 2017 = 2-4 2018 = 0-7 2019 = 1- 4 2020 = 0-2 ? TOTAL = 3 - 17 OR 20% They are WORSE! There are at least 2 other Likely Playoff Bound teams coming up, not counting N.E. - Seattle & the Steelers. Keep track. NADA has been markedly improved as yet. And blowout wins over the Trevor Lawrence candidates, never count!

Correct originally and now! 👍

I want to see a D play perfectly! Even against this Tire Fire.

It’s a completely different world today. Players are no longer slaves and chattels to the Billionaire owners, thanks to Marvellous Marvin Miller! RIP. The most astute, normally those with the largest initial value, are intelligent enough to get as much as possible in their initial and subsequent contracts. And ensure most of that is guaranteed and locked down! Lawrence is obviously in that category. Meaning, like many prior superstars from Elway to Kelly, he doesn’t have to accept what a 5 Alarm Tire Fire org aka the JESTS, dictate! Nor, should he!

Here is what you need to check! We all witnessed a cross between the 3 Stooges and a 5 Alarm Tire Fire for the Bills franchise, throughout the entire Millennium- pre McD. That is indisputable. What is also not in dispute is the actual record year over year v.s. Playoff bound teams of the same year. To me, that is the metric I looked at, which establishes progress. Without the every year posting, here is the total. Bills: 19 Ws v.s. 78 Ls, for a 24% winning percentage. Far worse on the Road, of course. I think about 10%. So, are we moving forward? Looks like it, buuuuuut... NO! Bills under McDermott v.s. Same Year Playoff Teams 2017 = 2-4 2018 = 0-7 2019 = 1- 4 2020 = 0-2 ? TOTAL = 3 - 17 20% Worse. Beating the stiffs is a meh. Ho hum stuff. Beating Playoff bound teams and SB Champions? THE ONLY GOAL! Simply not better- yet.

BINGO! Again, it reminded me of XXV, which I attended soooo long ago. But, unlike the Giants under Hostetler, the Chiefs have a HOF capable QB in Mahomes. The reason Reid decided to allow KC to run the ball, was because he found out early he COULD! And the D was so pitiful, that he was eating up huge chunks of time, where they could not get off the field, let alone stop lengthy 3rd, Down conversions. It was a complete illusion that the game appeared this close!

I have been thinking about this over the past two games. No hard evidence, but there is certainly a different look from Allen- post injury and wondered whether others had sensed it. We may all be crazy about this point- as opposed to the obvious 5 Alarm Tire Fire on D, but no doubt, we’ll find out at Season’s end.

I did NOT like Diggs’ slow shuffle... at all. Not a Yankees’ fan at all, but I really, really admired a classy player like Jeter... who always, always, always, ran them all out, whether up large or down to the final losing out! Because, that’s why you get paid huge to play the game! That being said, the Bills had NO chance of covering 9, after that D was so inept, it allowed a 3rd. & 14 completion, to eventually setup the covering FG.

The Bills’ Running Game has simply been substandard... virtually All Season. It doesn’t give Allen a breather! The D was TERRIBLE! It literally got run over, again. Do you know why Reid allowed Mahomes so many running attempts? Because, he found out early, that the D was UNABLE to STOP IT! He’s not a HOF HC for nada! Take Poyer on that 31 yard gash early... puuulease! He literally whiffed about 10 yards out... by a yard! It was comical. What did they average... 8 yards a carry? What do you think upcoming teams with a decent running game are gonna do? And, when you finally have... on 3rd. & 10,12... 14... how about making a stop and getting off the field? THAT is the weak link and it has been badly exposed the last two games.

This one reminded me of XXV. The D couldn’t stop the Run, was impossibly inept on 3rd. Downs ( did they really give up 3rd. & 11, 12 AND 14?) and finally, they got smoked on Time of Possession... 37-23 in minutes! Woeful and if not corrected... going nowhere.

Need a Turnover or it’s over!

Sooooooooooo.... embarassing!

3rd. And what 12?

On your knees everyone! Noooo...🙄 A wee D Stop prayer!

“Deep down”? 😂😜🙄

Is it the ALL MORON D as well, now? 🙄

Don’t make a play all night and then push him FROM the first row! What a moron!

Mahomes is gonna embarrass the Bills by running it in! c’mon boys. Get a stop!

And another 11...

3 & 1 = 7

CLAP! clap, clap! 3rd Down again!

A Norman sighting! Wonder of wonders! 👍😝

Another run! Another First Down! 7 yards per carry v.s. Lackawanna High!

3rd & 14? First Down! Pathetic.