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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.

We have a top 10 all time quarterback and division playoffs is our ceiling because McDermott and Beane make the same mistakes every year. Players that don't fit the system, conditioning that results in five injuries a week, undersized players in a prevent defense, offenses that start out great, but go to the well too often and become painfully predictable, listless efforts a few times a year and to add, a blatant ignoring of our depth issues at the trade deadline. My patience with them is officially 100% gone.

At this point we need to move on from McDermott and Beane. I am starting to think that even an average coach would have gotten us to a super bowl by now. Absolute lack of urgency and no trades plus our players dropping like flies every week.

Agreed, but I am more confused then annoyed. This was the year where at least one deal seemed like a given. At the very least, I thought that they would make a trade to replace Oliver and Hoecht. Because they planned to trade, it feels like bad preparation on Beane's part which bothers me more than if he had just said that he felt fine with what we had.

I would not have expected trading for nothing at all in any scenario, but At least the Chiefs and Pats didn't do anything. With our luck, whoever we traded for would have gotten injured within a week or two anyway.

Nice game and extreme encouraging progress from Bishop and Hairston, but I still think that we need to add a couple of pieces before the deadline. Especially with the Hoecht Injury. Other than that Patriots win, this was a good overall day for playoff positioning.

The Patriots may be the darlings of the media for awhile with the light schedule, especially if we take an L to the Chiefs. The Dolphins were like that two years ago and were as far ahead as three games, but eventually, we took the division. Granted, Maye is better than Tua and some positions have legitimate talent concerns, but there is still plenty of season left.

"Billy, this is Tre'Davious White. He was part of the team that ended the drought, a two time pro bowler and has lead the league in interceptions before. Perfect veteran leadership and body is as good as new..... from the waist up, only catch is that his legs are ravaged by injury, rendering him incapable of covering someone for more than 5 yards"

This fearmongering over losing SNAP is the equivalent of when the executives of networks and cable/streaming providers bicker over how to divide millions amongst themselves and flood programs with messages telling you that the other side is going to take away your station by January 1st and that we need to call them to complain. SNAP benefits will not get taken away, the chaos that ensued from that would be much more costly than moving things around to make it work. Even if the budget is not settled by then, there will be a "Last second miracle" that allows SNAP to continue. The real problem is that not enough people realize that both sides are at fault and that their bickering always ends up taking precedence over our well being. Talk does not matter anymore, only action when it comes to this budget. I don't care whose fault it is anymore.

I still believe that Buffalo has the better team, but the cupcake Schedule that New England has is extremely concerning. The Bills are going to have a small margin of error going forward to win the AFC east. I am hoping for something similar to two years ago where we take the division back when it counts after letting the division rival enjoy it for awhile like when we did that to Miami.

Who would win in a Basketball game between the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, if the Ohio State football players were the refs and Josh Allen and Tage Thompson switched squads?

Joe Klopfenstein, for just one day, then he will be cut and they will sign who they really want.

I got frustrated and stopped watching in the second quarter. When they did better in the 3rd quarter, I started watching again and that is when they fell apart. If I had just waited to check the score until after the game like the Ravens game, they would have come back and won in the same manner.

This system is not working. It is time to move on from McDermott. I would rather have a mini rebuild and a chance at a Super Bowl before the end of Allen's career and miss the playoffs for a year or two to get there, than seven more straight years of 11-12 win wild card seasons and a defense that allows 30+ a game.