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Maybe if he trades the picks from the top two rounds for as many 4th to 7th round picks as possible. For some reason, those players more often than not, end up being better than McDermott and Beane's top picks.

This is harder for me to deal with than most of the drought era because at least back then, there was a thought of "maybe when we finally get the right qb." We now have that QB and we are squandering his career in an unforgivable way. The weaknesses are the same, and gradually getting worse every year. I feel like I cant watch anymore, especially since the amount of commercials already makes games borderline unwatchable. Maybe, I'll feel differently in ten days.

The whole game and the ending sucks, but if that is what is needed to get McDermott out the door, I take the short term pain.

How did our line just suddenly collective forget how to play today? This team imploded tonight. Edit: Or maybe not

With our luck, McDermott and Babich would probably scheme him into ineffectiveness and he would get hurt three games into the season.

Despite the 6-3 record, this may be one of the bottom five teams for watchability to me. Even many of the low talent years where they at least hustled were better than this. Not sure that would change even if they win tonight. I can't explain the logic behind it, other than being fed up with McDermott.

It's depressing to think that outside of maybe the Chan Gailey era and 2005 after Spikes got injured, that this defense is worse than just about anything from the drought era. Even the Dick Jauron defenses would have been good enough to help a Josh Allen led offense to a deep playoff run.

I blame the system. A prevent scheme should never be the default. Rob Ryan looks like Buddy Ryan as a defensive coordinator compared to Babich.

This defense might be approaching "worse than Chan Gailey defenses" level. Absolutely unwatchable.

With this defense, we would be lucky to get three wins if it wasn't for Josh Allen.

Agreed, I am not sure if Buffalo is guaranteed to catch New England, and I am much more scared of Patrick Mahomes in the Playoffs than I am of Daniel Jones. Both scenarios have upside, but I want the Chiefs out of the picture if possible.

I would put them somewhere between fifth and tenth overall for likelihood of winning the Super Bowl. The only thing that makes me have some optimism is that most of the other teams in the AFC also have flaws and have looked flat at times. Barring no more injuries, they may be able to get by at WR with the additions of Davis and Hardman, but I feel like not adding defensive help at the trade deadline could come back to bite us. The defense was not good enough today and was lucky thate Allen had one of the better games in his career.

2 receptions, 30 yards, and 4 or 5 times getting the worse end of a contested catch

The more i think about things, I blame the system more than the receivers. Samuel and Moore had some success on other teams, Coleman has shown flashes but is now virtually invisible, even Shakir has dropped a little. Not an elite unit by any means, but on paper, we have had much worse in the past. In contrast, I remember Fitzy get 300+ yards a game with Stevie Johnson and a bunch of UDFA's and practice squad caliber people. If a career backup can do that with replacement level players, but a HOF caliber QB can't get anyone open all game with WR's who have starting experience, then it must mean that Brady is not calling the right plays or making the appropriate adjustments.

Buffalo is not going to get any better under McDermott and Beane. I am also an Orioles fan and they were the exact same way under Buck Showalter from 2012-2018. Fast turnaround and promising playoff run after a long period of time, but spinning their wheels and refusing to address the weaknesses in pitching and depth, drafting and signing the wrong people until eventually the wheels feel off fast and they were back to being awful again for a few years after. My worry is that Buffalo is doing the same, our cap is locked with defensive players and receivers who disappear for games at a time and most of our free agents do not pan out. Today's game was the first time that I saw the same thing potentially happening here, if we play like that, we will be lucky to win another two games this season. Close losses to young and hungry Patriots and Falcons teams is one thing, but there is no excuse for a blowout loss against a team that fell apart at the seams over the last couple of weeks. McDermott is football's version of Showalter and it is time to move on before it is too late.