Chaos

play designs with four guys going instantly sideways seem doomed to failure

i honestly did not expect two wr screens, and cook off the field on third down.

sideway pass makes me sad

good start against the venerable andy dalton

You must be young. As recently as the 1980's there were an incredible number of diseases that came with only the advice "you have x months" to live, that people now expect to be recover from, or manage for many years. It is true no one has found a way to make people immortal.

Probably cost us a game.

To be fair, if it was my $7 billion dollar toy, I would probably just run it the way that made the most sense to me. I don't fault Pegula. I am not sure Beane is complacent. He may just not be the highly competent wizard some fans expect him to be. Truth be told, given the state off the team, it is highly plausible Beane's decision making is being driven by the impact on 2026 and beyond, and not 2025. Also, we have a history of not really using the players we acquire in mid-season. Beane probably has little control over that, so his thinking could be "why trade for B. Thomas to sit on the bench".

Seeding is incredible important in the playoffs. #1 seeds have incredibly huge advadantge. The september games count just as much as the december games.

This year seems different. 1) We have a competitor in the division. 2) Its not the losses. Its the wins. While "a win is a win", the only game where the Bills played a fully solid game was against the 0-7 Jets. 2b) the opponents we beat have a combined record of 3-24 The Bills under McDermott have never won three playoff games in a row. In fact the Bills under McDermott have never won three games consectutive games in a row against teams with winning records. The results through the first six games this year does not suggest any meaningful expectation for this to change. Fan hopes rely on: 1. Josh Allen playing at NFL record setting levels each week. 2. Max Hairston being the first rookie on defense to make a meaningful impact in many years 3. Bernard and Milano somehow returning to form at the linebacker position. 4. things to "click" for Cole Bishop 5. a 31 year old returning from a PED suspension to perform at or near the highest levels of his career 6. Someone on offense resembling the shadow of a WR1 I suppose all of these are possible. But the situation feels a lot like the rest of AFC combined has three aces showing, and we are trying to draw to an inside straight. If the Panthers run all over the Bills defense today and we lose, the goal for the season becomes stumbling into the playoffs and hoping for a miracle.

The failure to force other teams to punt is the bigger problem.

best to set the expectations low on a 31 year old coming back from PED suspension. hopefully those expectations get exceeded.

"Complementary football" in Bills speak, means everyone does what McDermott wants. Else it aint complimentary.

Given the complexity of the Bill's offensive scheme is hard to imagine him being ready to play for the Bills before next season.

what do you mean by "pretty damn good". Run stuffing? Getting after the passer?

if we don't blow it up, does your list change on who we should keep and who we should move on from ?

for discussion purposes, lets assume "blowing it up" means a new DC with control over scheme, playing calling and personnel. In that scenario how many current players on the Bills defense would likely be players on the defense will the new DC likely want to retain? (he might be stuck with all of them)

Every teams numbers in increased by long runs. No one is giving up exactly 4 yards a carry on every run. Not trying to provoke an argument or change the thread subject. But is your opinion that the state of the defense requires a full blown rebuild. Or do you think the fundamentally operating concepts for the defense are solid, and require just a change of a couple of players to be championhip caliber?

I think we get 8 games

The 1934 Reds surrendered 6.40 rushing yards per attempt, the worst figure in professional football history.[3] They are the only team in NFL history to surrender more than five yards per carry. The team lost 64–0 in week 8 and folded as a franchise. The team was purchased by a group of St. Louis businessmen, who played out the final three games of the Reds' schedule as the St. Louis Gunners. Now, you know the rest of the story.

More important than anything is to deflect all blame possible from the defense. The slow pace on offense is simply for that reason.

The NBA has no moral compass

He was about 18 inches Offside.

What makes you think Beane is drafting a WR better than Olave?

What are you afraid of missing out on by not having a late first round pick?

The neutral sites thing makes sense, but its not clear any of the sites you suggest have NFL caliber stadiums to host an event in.