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It’s not feasible to have big money players at every position on defense, and if Frazier needs that to be successful then I question his abilities as a DC. They already have an expensive LB in Milano. They have big money on the D line and at CB. Big money at Safety with Hyde and Poyer (though Poyer is obviously also a free agent now). It’ll hurt to lose Edmunds, but they can’t keep everyone and I’d rather see any extra money go into the offense. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/positional/2022/full-cap/ last year the Bills used 11.43% of their cap space on the LB position, which was the highest % of cap allocated to a position group on the roster (2nd closest was the CB position). It would be even higher if Edmunds is extended. I’m not sure if that’s the best way to spend the limited cap space they have… One of the things I loved about McDermott’s defensive success in Carolina, especially back in 2012/2013 when they first started making noise - he did it with quite a few “no name” players (at least at the time) and young draft picks. Time to get back to that, and if Frazier isn’t capable then maybe McDermott needs to take over or find a new DC.

Me too! hey, btw who did the Bills hire as assistant o line coach? I missed the news of a new hiring for that position. I saw our current asst. OL coach (Ryan Wendell) is being hired by the rams but I hadn’t seen any news of a replacement yet.

That’s the question we’d all like to know the answer to… His contract was up this offseason. Did the Bills decide to move in a different direction? Did Hall decide to leave for a new opportunity? did he maybe want to be closer to his wife’s family down south? Or did something happen? We’d all love to know! lol This new guy is definitely more experienced. Is he better? 🤷‍♂️ I hope so!

I believe there might still be a way to recover your account. https://m.facebook.com/help/203305893040179 worth a try at least!

Nice win last night! I thought for a minute they were going to blow it when they allowed those 3 unanswered goals in the 2nd I was like “here we go…”. But then they answered back and took over again in the 3rd. Now keep it going! Like I keep saying, I’ll be happy if they can just stay in the playoff hunt down the stretch and not collapse under the pressure. That would feel like a successful season and step forward to me.

Seems like he’s had a lot of success. https://247sports.com/Article/Buffalo-Bills-hire-Indiana-co-OCWRs-coach-Adam-Henry-204805107/ im excited about this hire! I’ll be interested to see how long he sticks around though. It doesn’t seem like he’s stayed anywhere too long. But maybe he finds a home here!

https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article267759312.html nice article on Holcomb. Personally, I would be happy if the Bills defense started being called more like McDermott’s Carolina defenses. I would see that as a positive thing!

Wow, that’s great! Congrats!

I’m not going to overreact to 2 bad games, but I’d by lying if I said it doesn’t concern me and give me some flashbacks to all the collapses down the stretch. I thought it was the same story again last night as it was on Saturday. It looked like they couldn’t handle the intensity of a team pushing for the playoffs. and way too many breakdowns in the D zone. Yikes. They gotta clean that **** up quick. Lets hope they can get back in the win column tomorrow. No excuses against Anaheim. That’s a game they have to win! https://www.nhl.com/standings/2022/division they have to get back on track quick if they want to stay in the playoff race.

Just make sure your current game pass ultimate subscription is expired first, otherwise it won’t do the 1/1 conversion. But that’s what I do. I stack 3 years of gold either by buying the $60 12 month cards from retailers like Walmart or wherever has them for $60. This last time I did it I actually got 3 years for $14 total by using the Microsoft rewards points. During the pandemic I started doing the daily Microsoft reward point searches and tasks just out of boredom and I’ve kind of made it a part of my morning routine now (it takes less than 5 mins a day). So I was able to buy 3 years worth of gold via Microsoft reward points. Then added them all to my account and paid the $14 to convert it to ultimate. I should be able to do the same thing again in 3 years (if the conversion still works by then). if any one’s interested there is a subreddit dedicated to Microsoft reward points. Some people are super dedicated to doing all the daily reward point stuff on Xbox, PC and mobile and are even able to buy their Xbox’s and laptops with points. ghats way too much work for me! lol

Man what a terrible call. It turned an amazing super bowl game into a controversy. Kansas City very well may have won the game without that call. But because of that call it puts a big old asterisk next to their win (not that KC coaches/players/fans care…). What a crappy way to end a great game!

Well, that was obviously not what we were hoping to see in their first game coming off break, especially with other teams right in front of Buffalo in the playoff race winning today. Hopefully it was just rust. I'm sure some of it was. But it also looked like they had trouble dealing with Calgary once they turned it up in the 2nd. Buffalo had a good 1st. They were overwhelming Calgary with their speed. But then Calgary pushed back in the 2nd and it didn't go well for Buffalo. That's what they should expect from teams down this stretch. Now is when the games get tougher. Veteran teams know what it takes to stay in a playoff spot. I just hope they can at least stay in the playoff race. They can't crumble down the stretch like every other season if they want to consider this season a success. I'm hopeful they won't!

I get nervous during games (sometimes very nervous!), and annoyed if they lose. But i’m usually over it by the next day. I may still be somewhat annoyed but I don’t really let it impact my life.

Brady worked for Carolina years after McDermott had already left. I’m failing to see the significance. By the time Brady was hired in Carolina there was a new head coach (who came from the college ranks and had no ties to McDermott), a new GM and a new owner.

this could be true. It would make sense. I was hoping they'd offer Wilks the DC job. Maybe they did? The 49ers DC job has proven to be a quick way to a head coaching job, where as Buffalo's DC will always be in the shadow of McDermott. Even if buffalo offered Wilks the DC job I could see where he would pick SF. I am not disappointed by this hire nor do i think it reeks of desperation. I actually think it might show Frazier's seat is getting hot. I really don't get why so many are so upset by this hire. They aren't going to bring in someone who runs a completely different defense than what the head coach ran or what the current DC runs. Our problem on defense isn't McDermott's defensive system anyway IMO (which has proven to work with 3 different teams now - Philly, Carolina and Buffalo. Anyone who thinks MCDermott played it as safe as Frazier as a DC needs to go back and watch his defenses before he got to Buffalo). It's frazier's tendency to play it so safe and his inability to adjust in game. Maybe Holcomb will help? Or even possibly replace Frazier if he's unable to make the adjustments McDermott may want. I know people wanted Frazier fired. But it hasn't happened. At least Adding someone like Holcomb could help bring changes to the defense.

New York State is (mostly) paying for the Bills stadium. It has nothing to do with the city of Buffalo having the money. It was the logistics of putting a stadium downtown and everything that would have needed to be done. Plus the Pegulas wanted it in orchard park near their current facilities (which they will continue to use). As far as Buffalo being broke as the reason for Sabres attendance that is not the case. Bills games cost more and were sold out all season long. It’s mostly the same fan base. The location of the stadium has nothing to do with the fan base. You are acting like the fan base is only the residents that live near the stadium or arena and that isn’t the case. Sabres fans stretch all across western NY and Canada. A big chunk of the Sabres fan base is in Canada. The reason for poor Sabres attendance still has to do with how bad the team was for so long. Fans are slowly starting to come back but there are still an awful lot of fans that just scoreboard watch at most. You know when the Sabres fan base will come pouring back? If/when the Sabres make the playoffs. Hopefully it happens this year!!

yes, i'd say he's really starting to come into his own this season. I just meant hopefully he will outperform his contract like thompson (already) has, to the point where it looks like a steal. Cozens is playing good hockey and i'm happy with this deal. But i wouldn't call it a steal. Yet. Though i do have confidence it will be in time.

Hopefully he has a similar breakout to Thompson and we are saying this contract looks like a steal in a year or two!

Yeah we felt it and heard it here. I didn’t know what it was at first. I heard a loud noise and the whole house shook. I thought a big machine was driving down the street or a plane was flying super low over head at first. Then realized it was an earthquake a minute or two later.

That all star skills competition was so stupid. I was cringing half the night.

I find it amusing how many people admit they know nothing about him but still say it’s a bad hire 😂

yeah, they’ve been one of the top 2 teams this season. The Sabres haven’t been bad, but they have made too many mistakes. Can’t do that against such a good veteran team like the hurricanes. They can’t seem to get the puck by Carolina’s goalie either. Bummer. I really wanted to enter the all star break in a playoff spot!

No. It’s exclusive to switch and Xbox. Xbox bought the game studio that made GoldenEye. I doubt they ever release it to PlayStation. The only thing you could do is buy a copy of the goldeneye remake for wii that came out back in 2011. I saw used copies of it on EBay for $9-11. Or if your son has a jailbroke ps4 he could play it. I don’t know how to jailbreak a console though, so no idea how hard it is to do.

I would too. Who wouldn’t? But it obviously doesn’t work that way. Regular season victories + success usually comes before SB victories. What Bills coach established that type of expectations for the fan base?

You’re acting like Josh Allen came into the NFL as a super star QB and has been one McDermott’s entire time in Buffalo (he hasn’t). You’re also acting like the defense has been trash his whole time here (it hasn’t). You said “wtf has McDermott done here” and “defense him please”. i think I gave a pretty good defense. Our division has not been trash either. In McDermott’s 6 seasons in Buffalo the Patriots have gone 13-3, 12-4, 11-5, 10-6, 9-8 and 8-9 (so, 1 losing season). The dolphins have won 10, 9 and 9 games the last 3 seasons. The Jets have been mediocre. Overall, The AFC East has not been near the worst division for a while. They are somewhere between the middle and top. You also seem to be failing to mention some pretty great playoff wins and just focusing on the few rough losses (and only a couple were bad performances). I’m not saying we shouldn’t question McDermott but acting like he’s terrible is s little extreme. By any measure he’s been one of the better coaches in the NFL for a while now. Ok, let me ask this - were you so down on McDermott before this year’s playoffs? Were you calling him garbage and saying he should be fired when he finished the season 13-3?