ChronicAndKnuckles

Which is my point. You can have the right coach (Bowles) and/or the right QB (Sam Darnold or even Rodgers) yet that’s still not a guarantee to turn things around.

Miracle ? The Bills handled business against Miami in week 17 and won the necessary games to get in as the Wildcard. Only because it was one of the last games of the regular season the Bengals game was so dramatic. It would’ve been the same result if it happened in week 9. I don’t think people hear how difficult it is to change the culture of a historically losing franchise. Go ask the Jets how much they would love a coach like McDermott. I get the criticism, but I hate when people try to take away his accomplishments.

Ending a 17 year playoff drought is not changing the game? The Bills have been a heavy hitter in the AFC ever since. I feel like McDermott is an important character in the story of the game. Is his welcome run out ? Maybe, but I don’t doubt for a minute that he wouldn’t have sustained success with another team.

I voted 12-5. Vegas still thinks we are heavy favorites to win it all. I think fans are too quick to throw away a salvageable season. I also think Beane and McD have to make the correct moves also for that to work.

I should’ve clarified playing *healthy* His elusiveness is by far his top strength. I would actually rather face a hobbled Bryce Young than a 100% Andy Dalton that can complete the gimmes and hand it off to Rico Dowdle.

Carolina is a good team coming off a 3 game W streak and 4 out of their last 5. It’s not that they’re above .500, people are worried because they are one of the hottest teams in the NFL. If Bryce Young was playing I would be 10 times more nervous.

If Beane could somehow trade for Olave that will show a lot of fans that he is serious about winning and humble enough to admit he was wrong. Hopefully his big dumb ego doesn’t get in the way of putting a better product out on the field that fans support with their hard earned money.

Agreed. I am impressed with Maye and I think he has a future as a starter, but the Bills & Allen are gunning for their 6th straight AFC East title. We aren’t even halfway through the season yet and it’s not like the Pats are up by multiple games. Even if they do win it this year it will still be a fluke until they can do it 2 years in a row. Patriots have an incredibly easy schedule compared to the Bills.

Sorry. I’m too old for the “there’s always next year” mentality. Life is too short. This is the last year in the stadium and I really don’t want to go out with a whimper.

Beane, this is your sign to go after a wide receiver. Leverage whatever resources you have to get one. With Palmer down, the Bills no longer have any legit perimeter threats.

The Bills aren’t a consensus top 1 or 2 team in the AFC like I initially thought the first 4 weeks of the season. They are what they are at this point. Part of a handful of AFC teams that you can interchange. There really is no top AFC team IMO. The Colts are great, but I don’t think they are the juggernaut the media portrays. I think the representing team for the AFC in the SB will be whichever team gets hot in the postseason and stays relatively healthy. It could be a blessing in disguise to have all of these injuries early and the DTs returning from suspension this week.

1) WR 2) WR 3) WR Buffalo needs to splurge for a receiver with some real speed. Look at what this has done for KC having Rashee Rice back. I hope Beane makes serious inquiries into a potential younger guy who could have a serious future here, but in a SB window I am open for a year rental if the price is right.

This is a sad reality. TJ was the most consistent player other than Reid Ferguson. He will always be remembered for the Lamar pick 6, the best defensive play of the past 2 decades. Josh Allen gets most the credit, but McDermott had those 2020-21 defensive units playing great football.

The last day will be emotional. I hope whatever game it is will be a win.

I have no freaking clue what the offensive identity is the past 2 weeks. I guess put the game on Josh Allen and hope for the best. The defensive identity is to let the other team march down the field with time consuming touchdown drives while converting impossible 3rd and longs in the process. I call it the “bend AND break” Tampon 2 defense.

I’m a die hard Knicks and Bills fan. It could be much worse. It could be the 2000s. First of all, I don’t think Buffalo is the “doomed” sports city that people try to portray it as. The city has had success in 3 major sports at one time or another. People dismiss the AFL championships, but count the championships for NFL teams before the merger? Knicks have 2 ships in the 70s and like the Bills were one of the premier 90s teams w/ major star power allover both rosters. People think just because you don’t win a championship means the seasons a waste. Watching Josh Allen is like watching Barry Sanders or Dan Marino. I can appreciate their individual success just as much as the teams.

Because he’s a smart veteran that knows what to do when a play breaks down especially from playing w/ Russ all of those years. I just want a guy that can play the perimeter, has reliable hands, doesn’t make mental errors, and knows exactly where to be. He might’ve lost a step, but he’s better than Keon Coleman. Maybe he can possibly mentor him. Not a bad idea to learn from a SB winning WR and to have him on the roster. I’m not normally a “sign everybody” guy, but Buffalo seems like they’ve reached a make or break moment. Gotta own up to those mistakes in the draft and do what you gotta do to fix them.

Can’t believe we’re going into 2026 and Jordan Poyer is on the verge of starting. Guy is damn near as old as me. But welcome news I guess. Rapp is been a complete disaster and one of the worst Beane pickups in recent memory. From Injuring fellow players, terrible in coverage, injured, slow, etc he’s been a failure here minus a few plays here & there.

Agreed. Some fresh blood just might be the antidote to this failing run D. Both offer solid pass rushing ability as well. Bryce Young is going to be out for several weeks with a high ankle sprain. That really sucks for them because I am a fan other than the week we play them.

I was debating the other day who was the worst QB destination of all time. I narrowed it down to Chicago and New York (Jets.) Just absolute pitiful lineup. Even their GOATs are mediocre. Regardless, they should’ve kept in Fields to secure that #1 pick (that they’ll eventually ruin anyway.) They should just concentrate on building a beast running game and defense.

Not really. They play the team that’s on their schedule. I’m not sure what Andy Dalton has to do with the following week? That’s great news. In the NFL I’ll take an easy W anywhere I can get one. This is huge for McD as he’s never lost 3 straight. I don’t want that’s bad karma

Panthers are sneaky good. Bryce Young shows flashes of a young Russell Wilson. This game is no longer the automatic W it was when the schedule was released. Rico Dowdle is also one of the leagues top runners as well. Buffalo has their work cut out for them. This win will solidify Buffalo’s standing as a top team and hush the criticism (for now.) So not a division or even conference game, but still seems extremely important. I don’t even want to speculate what a loss would do. McDermott has never lost 3 games in a row.

Another thing to take into account is the injuries. It’s an easy excuse, but the Bills injury bug is one of unluckiest things I’ve seen in football. Core players at the most important positions dropping like flies. Prior to Hairston going down, the CB room actually looked very promising. Hairston/Benford were solid 1/2 punch w/ experienced vets Tre White/Levi Wallace backing up the outside corners + all pro Taron Johnson manning his usual Nickel spot. Buffalo is absolutely decimated at corner Edit: want to add Dorian Strong to that list as well

welp, the good guy doesn’t always win in the end. Hate to say it but imagine how good the Bills would be with scumbag Tyreek Hill torching the top of defenses and opening up the middle for Kincaid/Shakir. I wouldn’t want him on the team I am just proving a point. If someone great like Pickens is available for as little as a 3rd round pick idc if he’s got a little bit of a diva mentality. Take a chance. Figure out a contract that gives them an out. I’m not going to do Beanes job.

You’re using the Raiders as the litmus test for a good offense ? 😆Child, please. Allen & Cook would drop 40 on them like it’s just another day at the office. Geno Smith is also the type of average QB that McDermott has made millions feasting on for his entire career. The Raiders to the Chiefs are as the Dolphins are to the Bills. 2x yearly free win tokens.