ChronicAndKnuckles

The way they come out playing after the BYE will show you where they are truly as a football team. Whether those 2 losses were a fluke or not. I am hoping McD can light a fire under this team and himself or you’re absolutely correct, it’s going to get vicious in the media.

Until the Titans annihilate the Patriots and their old coach. I am using the law of attraction and speaking it into existence.

At this point I am rooting against every single AFC team. Can’t be too sure anymore

You think Josh Allen will have a losing record from here on out ? Do you not realize the Bills have a yearly slump at almost exactly this time ? I read your post and this is what I disagree with. 1) I love Joe Flacco, he always gets overlooked by his teams. Once the initial Flacco magic runs out and age catches up, Cincinnati fans will be running him out of town with pitchforks. Bills beat them handily. If they played them this week then I think they crush us. I have faith the coaching staff will have something figured out come December. 2) I got laughed off this board when I said the AFC better be prepared for a Rodgers-led Steelers team. They are the most impressive team to me so far, but there are still very valid concerns for fans. 4 out of 6 of their wins have all been by less than a score, Rodgers is old, and so is their general roster. Regardless, I think Allen goes into Pittsburgh and puts Rodgers back in his place on the QB hierarchy. 3) Chiefs at home is most certainly a win. If I was superstitious, then I would sacrifice the regular season win against them for the playoff one, but I’m not. KC has more problems on offense than we do. At least the Bills have Cook and Kincaid/Knox/Hawes. Chiefs have an aging Kelce/Mediocre JuJu/Hollywood Brown their best option IMO. In order to win, the Bills need to figure out how to beat Kansas City’s world class defense. Come playoff time they turn into the 85 Bears. Chris Jones’ retirement will be on the level of Tom Brady for Bills fan. The rest of the losses I agree with you for the most part. I do think the Bills have potential to upset the Eagles and even split with the Patriots but I wanna remain realistic as possible. I think we’ll see a pretty similar end result to the season as all of the other previous McDermott years. Best case = Bills finish 12-5 narrowly winning their division. Worst case = Patriots beats the Bills in New England. Buffalo drops 3 of their last 5 and finishes at the #6 seed Wildcard. Silver lining is once rhe Bills are in the dance, they have just as good of a shot as any especially if our guys are playing to their ultimate potential.

Exactly. It only confirms what we’ve seen and maybe haven’t been able to articulate, but the Bills have been failing the eye test. The good news is the only way they can go is up especially concerning their WRs, pass pro, and pitiful pass coverage. The thing I want to see the most is the response from the coaches. They have a solid 2 weeks to right this ship. A good coach will scheme up a failing area of the team. Brady, Babich, and McDermott have their work cut out for them, but even they have to start feeling the heat.

This is all horrible stuff. The most you can hope for is this team gets a fire lit under them. Those pass protection stats are pitiful. And it’s not just on them. Allen has not been up to par either. He’s regressing in his 8th year.

Rodgers and Flacco ? Feels like 2012

The birth of a Super Villain

I know his name. We suck. Get er done

No, you’re right. It’s a BORING offense. Even the announcers have been bringing it up during games. That kind of stuff works with Tom Brady and a cast of carefully selected short white WRs and steroid abusing homicidal Tight ends. Not so much what a high-octane Josh Allen offense SHOULD be which is big chunk throws/runs and a complementary running game. I get that they don’t have the cast, but WHOS fault is that, Beane ? Edit: kind of bummed that Daboll is turning it around in Jersey. There was the offhand chance that maybe he would come back here. I was never a Daboll hater either. I follow the Giants closely because of him.

Not retaining key role players like Mack Hollins also hurt. The Bills weren’t the most explosive passing team last year, but definitely one of the better ones. Good enough for an MVP season. I feel like Beane could’ve went a better route (no pun intended) if he wanted a distribution system in the WR room. Carefully selected what role players instead of seemingly throwing together a random group of guys that don’t fit together.

Ed better keep his Wang far away from me.

McDermott is definitely loyal to a fault. I’m sure his players and coaches love him for it, but fans are a different story. Give me someone who’s not afraid to make difficult decisions.

People joke, but McDaniel at least would know how to install a downfield passing game. He’s a clown as a HC, but I hope the Bills do their due diligence if they decide to make a big splash at coordinator (McD will not get fired as much as I want this.)

Underrated comment. Josh Allen should not be involved in choosing a rookie WR. Maybe his input, but That is not his job. That’s why Peyton Manning isn’t the GM of the Colts right now. Just because you’re good at throwing a ball doesn’t mean you know how to evaluate talent. I would understand having him heavily involved in FA options. Now we are stuck with a role player at best and a total bust at worst.

McDermott coaches his team like he’s playing against Josh Allen every week instead of having him on the roster. Another thing that annoys me are these long time consuming drives especially when they only end up kicking a FG. Always ends up biting them in the butt. This offense should be trying to gain as many possessions as possible to put up points.

No. You had people that wanted a running game that can be a consistent threat. Not an entirely run based offense.

For the past couple of years it seems like Josh Allen has been trending down as a runner. We have an idiot coordinator who constructs an offense like they have Trent Edward’s under center. I never understood the constant obsession (even on this board) with neutering Josh Allen and cutting off his legs. You’re taking away one of his best skill sets. There was a 4th down play against the Falcons where he could’ve very easily ran it for a first and would’ve done so in the past. Instead he throws a low % ball that of course falls incomplete by a mile. I get when your guy is hitting that mid 30s mark, but just turned 29 in the offseason?! No major knee/lower body injuries. Even the Chiefs aren’t that dumb. Mahomes is their leading rusher. At least they’re showing they’ll do what it takes when other facets of the offense aren’t working. Just pure stupidity. Josh is special when he’s running with the ball. Don’t neuter him. I’d rather have 5 more high level MVP years than 8 more of this garbage. It’s like watching an Eagle with its wings clipped. Brady has to go. Cook and the running game wouldn’t suffer one bit if they canned this bum.

Nah he did absolute crap against New Orleans.

I saw Tom Brady tear the league up with short white guys. It’s up to our OC to tailor the offense with what he’s got at his disposal. There are still plenty of other strengths that can be taken advantage of. Dual threat QB, top 5 RB, Kincaid, and solid starting line. I’m so tired of the game being relegated to get it to your big, fast number 1 WR. Remember when Miami took the league by storm with the Wildcat? That was one of my core NFL memories, but I always admired how the OC tailored that Miami offense to their strengths instead of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole like so many seem to do nowadays.

Shoot. Get him while his value is low

That’s the whole point. We shouldn’t be seeing the same exact problems from LAST YEAR and the year before that and so on….

McDermott isn’t even good enough to be a coordinator on a Marv Levy team.

Jeudy is only 26 and just came off his best season. Look at how much better Diggs got when paired w/ Allen. He’s a lower tier #1 and that’s perfectly fine. IDK who wouldn’t love this move for the right price ?

You’re right that there’s no point to being miserable. It solves nothing. I want to know why and then I want to know the potential solutions. There ARE things the Bills can do to get better right now. Firing Babich would be number 1. They showed they will can crappy coordinators (say that 3x) w/ Dorsey if necessary. Historically, new coaches usually bring a new energy & success. I’m all for the scapegoat method if it leads to change. The second thing I want is for Beane to really see what’s out there on the trade market as far as a boundary stretching WR. Jerry Jeudy is an option. AJ Brown is another. Pair them with a healthy Kincaid and Shakir, you all the sudden have a respectable cast of receivers. I do agree with you about the injuries. I’ve never seen the Bills lose so many important players so quickly. I mean nobody is possibly prepared for something like that. You can point to strength & conditioning and training or whatever, but these are grown men and professionals. They know how to take care of their bodies because that’s literally what gets them paid. I feel like McDermott is being unfairly criticized for something that is largely out of his control. A lot of People including myself were overlooking this.