Simon

It's a giant conundrum with him. The previous year he tip-toed through the bulk of the regular season in an effort to keep himself healthy for when games really counted (a strategy I was 100% on board with) then started playing like he meant it in mid-December and was effective down the stretch. This year he came out playing like a wild man and predictably got hurt less than a month in and is now lost for the year (anybody who thinks he's suddenly going to show up for a playoff game and tear it up in his first game back from a surgically repaired bicep is kidding themselves, imo). A guy that size needs to play the season like a marathon, not a sprint, if he wants to be available when shlt gets real.

It would work like this: Sean, if we retain you we'll be independently be making all of the hiring decisions regarding your staff. If that is not something you can live with, then I respect your principles but don't let the door hit ya' where the good lord split ya'.

I know it wasn't sustainable but when Oliver went out he was on pace for 17 sacks and 40 tackles for loss

He did not look like that to start the season. I think he beat the dogsnot out of himself so badly over the first few weeks in an effort to show leadership in the DB room that it's wrecked his game.

He's 29 yrs old and a big horse in good health. His legacy is nowhere near written yet. Whether it's here or somewhere else, I think he'll get what he's earned and be justly remembered as the 1st ballot HOF'er and game-changing QB he's been.

If I kept him, McD would never make another coordinator hire again.

Both coordinators are gone on day 1. That probably solves half the Bills problems in 5 minutes.

It was a pre-determined read

Actually I am using my eyes, while you guys are relying on a stat sheet and depending on broadcasters to tell you what's happening. And he made multiple plays of note last night if you had actually been using your eyes instead of relying on other people to tell you what's up.

He did. Again. There's a host of people who stare at the ball convinced that they still know what they're watching.

There's no digging deep or any need to go to the film room; it's right there on your TV screen every week if you're paying attention. He's nothing like Edmunds.

If you think he's invisible, it isn't because he's playing poorly, it's because you can't see what he's doing. For gawd's sake, he led the team in tackles last night from the DE position, with 1-2 for a loss, and single-handedly blew up a key 3rd down that literally changed the scoreboard and gave the Bills a chance to win the game.

Thanks, 'preciate the 2nd looks. #1- It's stunning how much of the Houston defense has that thing read before the Bills even snap the ball. Brady is in over his head against NFL defenses. #2- I didn't realize in real time that Palmer had broken it off. If that's a designed option route, Palmer actually makes the right read. Unfortunately Edwards (who has about 6 games left in Buffalo) chased a a zone dawg upfield instead of dropping into passpro where he probably would have disrupted the twist and given Allen the time he needed.

Joke Brady has been having issues getting calls in for two years and I'm not convinced he is even capable of operating at speed.

McBeane has been making hires for 7+ years and in all that time the only legitimate NFL coordinator they've hired was a 60 year old milquetoast Leslie Frazier. In 7 freaking years. What on Earth would make anybody think these guys are going to bring a dynamic coordinator in here on either side of the ball?

Out of a cannon? Yes.

Your doctor would advise you not to subject yourself to that kind of pointless frustration again. 👍

Both of those things have been a recurring issue all year long. We may lead the league in missed tackles. And Brady's predictable, repetitive, chickenspit offense has absolutely been boring and uninspiring.

That clip was after the failed 4th/1 where they ran Cook over G for the 4th play in a row (3 to the L, one to the R).

This team has been in a funk all year long. It is the worst coached Bills team we have seen in the Allen era, and it's not even close, imo. There is no attention to detail, both sides of the ball are frequently confused and on different pages, self-scouting and situational awareness are completely absent on Sundays and there is no good answer at this point of the season. The player can sense it and as a result we are seeing multiple games with unfocused, unmotivated players. The only time they really get geeked is when the play rivalry games against opponents they personally dislike (Chiefs, Jets, Ravens), the rest of the season they have mostly been going through the motions. Unless they get younger at multiple positions and retool with an entirely new coaching staff, we are probably going to see more of the same going forward.

I thought the fist one was in his left shoulder

Agreed. I just said the same thing about the staff in another post.

The staff should have done something as well. It went on for at least a half hour and was clear as day from my couch 1000 miles away.

It was stupid and cost them at least two drives, imo.

Somebody asked who was running open. I answered them. Sorry.