Doc Brown

I have them both in the six to ten range which should be good enough to win a Super Bowl with an elite QB. I think Beane is a little overrated on these boards while McDermott is a little underrated.

I won't watch it but I'm guessing his buddy Payton and Wilson were ahead of us.

He has the #1 offense last year ranked 19th and the #2 offense last year ranked 20th. He must really put stock in the quarterbacks.

I wouldn't care either way and Biden is far from my guy. I'd vote for a ham sandwich over Trump or Biden at this point. We deserve better.

Not good. 20. Buffalo Bills 2022 rank: 10 | 2021 rank: 9 This is a major downgrade for the Bills, who didn't get a breakout season from any of their young playmakers last season. Gabe Davis, who was coming off a four-touchdown game against the Chiefs in the playoffs, was able to catch only 51.6% of his passes and garner targets on 17.7% of his routes. His style is always going to trade middling efficiency for big plays, but he didn't hit home runs frequently enough in 2022. He has to be something more than Buffalo's version of Marquise Valdes-Scantling in a contract year. Dawson Knox also failed to build on his impressive step forward in 2021, as his touchdown rate regressed back to earth. A Buffalo front office that was reportedly trying to add a tight end to supplement Knox before that season finally got its man this offseason, using a first-round pick on Dalton Kincaid. I'm excited about Kincaid's long-term potential, but rookie tight ends almost always fail to live up to lofty expectations. Neither Devin Singletary nor James Cook won the starting job at running back, while a midseason trade for Nyheim Hines delivered a total of 50 yards from scrimmage in nine games. General manager Brandon Beane wisely swapped out Singletary for power back Damien Harris this offseason, with the Bills hoping to pound light boxes as the Chiefs did with Isiah Pacheco last season. Harris struggled to stay healthy in New England, but the hope will undoubtedly be that he can contribute in a 150-carry role. So much of how this offense goes depends on quarterback Josh Allen and receiver Stefon Diggs, and the former isn't included in this debate. This is a tier of teams with one star wide receiver and questions around that player, and it's hard to argue that the teams ahead of Buffalo in these rankings don't have better options for possible breakouts on their 2023 rosters.

I don't give a *****. Some people are born with silver spoon in hand and that's the way it's always been. I'm genuinely curious if a sitting president can pardon himself.

True but it's still pretty careless on his part knowing he was being recorded. There is some irony in that the people want to take him down may actually be helping him win the presidency without realizing it. I can see him in the oval office pardoning himself with a big grin on his face holding up the Iran letter.

Diggs might have to get a restraining order at this point.

Agreed. The only scenario I see him being fired this coming season is a 5-12 record or worse with a healthy Allen. He grew up a Steelers fan and probably wants to follow their head coaching model.

Josh has only been elite for three seasons though while Manning was already elite when Dungy got there. There's no perfect comparison.

Love the mindset. Not that I have two yard Frank Gore runs on 2nd and 10 on my mind under Daboll.

Yeah. You're right. I just always have in my mind that 4 to 1 odds means if you bet $25 you gain $100 if it hits (with no vig). Good call and way to make me feel worse.

I'm 99% sure my math is correct and it's 46% and approximately 57% (56.8% to be exact).

I like to go by Vegas odds. We were 10 to 1 in 2020 (10% chance of making the Super Bowl), 5 to 1 in 2021 (20%), and 4 to 1 (25%) last year. The odds of us making the Super Bowl over the last three seasons at least once based off that was 46%. Now we're back to 5 to 1 (20%). The odds of us making the Super Bowl is 20% this year. However, if you factor in the last three seasons the odds of us making the Super Bowl once in these four years is approximately 57%. That's what I'm going with this year and am going to choose to ignore Einstein's chart.

It's no coincidence that the season we had the best weapons and o-line (2020) was the lowest rushing production and attempts per game of his career by a healthy margin. I'd like to see them get back to that and it's why I think Beane's biggest mistake this offseason was not finding an upgrade to Spencer Brown. I do understand though his limited options given the cap space and scarcity of free agents at the right tackle position.

Out of curiosity. How much money did Diggs already receive and would lose if he sits out this season (worst case scenario of course)?

JALIEN - my first impulse since the Rob Johnson trade. Darn. How do I get out of this?

I'm surprised the Chargers didn't make this list. Staley is fighting for his job after botching the week 18 game in OT two years ago and then blowing the 27-0 lead at halftime in Jacksonville in the Wild Card round. Herbert hasn't won a playoff game going into year 4. I'd pry put them above at least the Bears.

Josh Allen showed up at all the voluntary OTA's. Diggs didn't. So to think that Diggs was trying to send a wake up call to Allen, McDermott, and Dorsey to work harder to win next season like he does is laughable. Come on man. Stop making excuses for his selfish behavior.

Diggs didn't show up to voluntary OTA's. He waited until mandatory mini camp to bring up his "issues" and then was the only one of 90 players to miss practice that day. The "he just wants to win" excuse is a slap in the face to everyone else on that roster who also wants to win but doesn't have to publicly throw a hissy fit on the field during a playoff game to show it.

Which one showed up to voluntary OTA's?

I mean. I do have a time machine fwiw.

Even in college football it took Harbaugh five years just to beat Ohio State. There was tremendous pressure to can him but Michigan's patience eventually was rewarded. We only have five years (not six) of playoff experience to draw on over McDermott and he's 4-5. If he was 0-5 or 1-5 then he should be shown the door. I strongly believe that you can get better at your job and McDermott has shown me enough growth as a head coach over the years that I believe he'll figure it out next post season.

I do too which is why Frazier "took a year off." The game plan that worked great against the Chiefs in the regular season couldn't be replicated in the playoffs because two key big pieces that were in that game were missing (Miller and D. Jones). Frazier should've realized this and adjusted accordingly. McDermott maybe should've stepped in after the first half and started calling plays like he did against the Chargers in 2018. However, maybe McDermott is thinking we went 13-3 with a great defense so I'll trust Frazier to figure it out like he did all season. That didn't happen so when they did the autopsy Frazier got the boot.

The losses in the playoffs under McBean are too small of a sample size at this point (as our the wins). He's 4-3 since Allen became elite in 2020. In basketball it's more of a fair argument that a great regular season coach can't get it done in the playoffs because it's a seven game series. If a bad break bounces your way or you have an off day you still have six games to win four. If your the better team and lose four out of seven coaching changes should be made even if that coach had a great regular season. Single elimination in the NFL makes for great playoff games but they often will let the worse team advance. Which is why the best shot for a Super Bowl is simply getting a playoff spot year after year hoping you can cash in on one of those lottery tickets. I know this same argument has been hashed out on this thread ad nauseum but the basketball comparison doesn't hold water imo.