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https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-sign-de-nate-orchard bills signed Nate orchard

Lets see what they do with the roster spot...

Wow! Now that was fun. 10-2 Buffalo. Nylander with 2+2 Asplund with 1+3 (and that 1g was an absolute highlight reel goal) Mittelstadt with 3 A’s Good game by pretty much everyone tonight. Much better system play and teamwork compared to that bruins game.

Boo! No Dahlin. No Thompson. No Borgen. No Guhle. Sitting Luukkonen for Jonas Johansson.

I think it’s a combination of things. McDermott needs good LB’s and a good pass rush for his defensive scheme to work as well as it did in Carolina. As of now, this D line doesn’t look like they could sack a QB to save their lives. Struggling to get pressure and sacks is going to hurt any defense. It’s a major area of needed improvement. Hopefully Trent Murphy can help improve that as he gets back to form, but 8m not holding my breath... We also look like we need a #2 CB and possibly a nickel CB as well. Gaines was pretty bad today. But McDermott has shown an ability to develop mid/late round CBs in the past, so we will see what happens there. A better pass rush could also improve the entire secondary alone. Lets not write the D off yet though. It took Carolina’s defense a while to come together too. They struggled for the first season and a half McDermott was there. Then the last 6 games of McD’s second season, the defense took a good step forward. Then they were the #2 defense in the NFL the following season. Now, the timeline is probably different in Buffalo because Carolina wasn’t in the initial stages of a rebuild like the Billls are. But I do expect this defense to show improvements as the season goes on.

I was thinking the same thing during the game. Just think about how many starting caliber players that $54M could buy. That’s 5 guys at a $10M per year salary, or almost 11 guys at $5M per. I mean, there’s only 11 guys on the field at a time... (not that I realistically think you can sign 11 starters for $5M each, just trying to put it in perspective). I don’t think it can be debated that the $54M in dead cap is easily taking away from the quality of product the Bills can field. That’s at the very least a few starters and a lot of depth that they are unable to field this season. I am definitely still hopeful for the future. 1 terrible game won’t change that. But that doesn’t make today any less brutal. I hate seeing the Bills get embarrassed so very badly. It makes it hard not to start doubt everything... and I mean everything - from the GM to the ball boy... lol j/k. Seriously though, it does start to plant those seeds of doubt about this GM and coaching staff.

Personally, I like calling him Suckass. I think it’s a pretty fitting nickname... lol.

McDermott pretty much confirmed that starting Gaines over Davis had nothing to do with injury. He said that Gaines had a great week of practice and they thought starting him was the best decision for the team.

Exactly. Not that hard to understand.

Seems like some people want McDermott to just throw his players under the bus. Him saying “I have to watch the tape” is how he avoids doing that, IMO. He knows they they played like crap and I am sure he said that to them behind closed doors. But that doesn’t mean he should do it openly to the media. Players tend to appreciate their coach keeping things behind closed doors.

Wow. Cleveland ties it up. Tyrod playing well in the 2nd half.

So, what do we do now at QB if Allen shows he’s not ready? This could be a huge mess.

Well, gee... thanks for depressing me even more. lol (j/k)

Well, that was more brutal than I could have imagined... the announcer said said that was the first time in Baltimore’s history that they held a team to 0 first downs in the first half. And mind you, they’ve won 2 Super Bowls...

I can’t watch this game but it Doesn’t look like Watson is doing too well from the stat line. 5/13 61yds 0 TD 1 INT How is he playing?

We cannot sack the QB to save our lives.

What I hate about games like this, is that it makes me doubt everything so much - from the coaches, to the personnel guys to the GM. and I’ve loved this coaching staff and GM so far, and am usually very optimistic. But it’s damn hard not to doubt them when things are going this badly. We don’t even look like we could beat a CFL team right now.

Good job D! Good play Edmunds.

We are absolutely killing ourselves with mistakes/penalties.

Penalties are killing us, among other things. Newhouse and Ducasse... ans Groy.

This right here is the reason that new threads are not allowed to be started during a game. Over-emotional Hot takes...

I honestly did start laughing after that return. Like you said, no other choice. If we are going to be comically bad, I’m going to at least laugh about it.

Well, hey at least I’m not nervous about this game anymore. We suck. On Offense, defense and social teams. Its funny, I just said to my buddy - hey, at least our special teams has been ok. Welp, cross that off the list. lol

Didn’t even try for 1st down there. Can’t blame em. Give Cory some room to punt.