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I keep thinking Trubisky is done, done, done then he makes a throw like that.

Sounds like it’s you. Sorry you’re having a rough patch, but things WILL get better! I’m unusually and uncharacteristically detached about the Bills right now (for me) but the rest of my world is pretty vivid despite some struggles with elder care

Mmmm hnnnnn. How far away were you standing when you beheld this, my Brother? And while you’re here, can we get a pin

I agree with you. I also think this is true: https://twitter.com/McClapsAndSlaps/status/1732955792213454944 I think a good number of people were not sold on Dorsey at all Joe Buscaglia, pre-season, tagged retaining Ken Dorsey as OC being the “riskiest decision of the Bills off season”

I would take Jaylen Warren and George Pickens on the Bills in a heartbeat. Pat Freiremuth. Deontae Johnson is solid.

Why do you think Bills corporate had to know about an article an Independent self-employed journalist who is not credentialed by the Bills and is not working inside the Bills facilities has written?

That’s not too far from where I am. One philosophy is the Rooney family, “hire good people and give them time to figure it out”. There are plenty of examples of teams which have pulled the plug on a coach who was “good but not good enough” and spent seasons regretting it - Denver with Kubiak/Phillips; Philly with Reid etc. Sometimes teams move on for a “hot young name” who sometimes turns out to be “not all that”. On the other hand, especially this season the questionable game management decisions and just general mistakes (12 men on field, etc) have mounted up. If you ask me “do’s I think the Buffalo Bills can win a Super Bowl with Sean McDermott?” Before the end of last season I would have said “yes”, before this article I would have said “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure”. I do think that Pegula does not like to be publicly embarrassed and this will not go over well with him.

I don’t think he made stuff up. See post upthread about editing a battle scene filmed from a zillion angles. You can accurately report what is told to you by sources, but the context of who the sources are and whether some of the stories were corroborated (and what stories were used vs omitted) matters.

The Steelers really should upgrade their OL and OC, and see what they have in Pickett. Trubisky seems to be done, stick a fork in him. OK, he threw a nice block on Peppers there. But Hayward would have got more yards if he didn’t have to dig for that.

Yeah, that part.....SMH

You mean, hung him out to dry with the play call Wallace acknowledged he didn't execute correctly? You kind of can't have it both ways here, Freddie.

I actually think it got more attention now. The Bills kind of looked as though they got it together and might be turning it around - thumped the Jets solidly, played last year's NFC Champions very very tough into OT. So they're back in the news as a team "In the Hunt". I don't think the intention is to "hit a man when he's down", I think the intention is to generate views and subscribers and make money.

I mean, he was 30 after 2021, and his "mental disposition of a child" went on to play for a winning team that went to the Superbowl

I can't keep up. I thought our complaint was that McDermott WOULDN'T hang anyone out to dry but just said bland general things about execution.

I don't necessarily struggle with unnamed sources - journalists have to protect their sources at times. Organizations that hold a high standard and require two independent sources to corroborate info before publication, I'm fine with that. I struggle with Ty Dunne's unnamed sources, because his current business model requires him to obtain subscribers to his own work, which intrinsically requires that he generate controversy and bring in views. And I say that as someone who liked Ty Dunne's writing for TBN and BR. In that context, I kind of feel as though 25 unnamed sources are ....I can't think of the name of the film, one of the sub-plots is a historical re-enactment group that's contracted to stage a battle for a film producer, the producer wants them to be totally inaccurate and the re-enactors revolt against him and do the historically accurate battle. Afterwards the producer smiles at the leader and says "we have so many camera angles on that, we can make Any Thing We Want out of it."

Quinton Spain. He went to Cincinnati and played 100% of their postseason snaps in 2021 so, there's that. I would have to agree.

Thanks for the warning. We all know I'm a stats geek and I like analytics - to a point. But there's a place for eyeballs and there's always a need for context around stats.

Oh wait, not "top 5". We have a "god given gift" at QB. I think we need to expect above average with that. Actually, Peter, I have receipts defending Dorsey and pointing to stats on how good the offense was last year under him (overall). But I think you want to re-visit what "non-biased metric" means and the exact definition of a number of the metrics you cite. Let's review: DVOA has its believers, but let's look at what Football Outsiders has to say about it: That's inherently and by design a biased metric. Similarly for EPA/play. "Biased" doesn't mean "bad" in this context; it just means it's not entirely objective - again, by design, for a purpose. "QBR" as a metric has been discussed extensively here and elsewhere. It's not well regarded. Red zone efficiency - I'm actually not sure what stat you're talking about here. If you mean red zone scoring (TD only) after 10 games last season Bills were towards the bottom of the league. Later in the season they improved, but still not great. yds/play and 3rd down conversion % would be examples of actual non-biased metrics, and yes, they're important, but they need context. For example, in the Jax game, the Bills had a decent 3rd down conversion % of 42%. BUT, we only had the ball for 22 minutes vs. 38 for our opponent. We had a pretty strong yards/play, but owing to turnovers and getting a low number of 1st downs overall, it wasn't a good offensive showing at all. Hope this helps!

I'm having trouble parsing that - do you mean "info that came out was true and all happened"? I believe it probably happened, but I also think as you allude there are probably a bunch of positive things that didn't make it into the article. Like I said, Dunne makes his living by publishing controversial takes. A nuanced or balanced take wouldn't gain him subscriptions. I think in this case, it may not have had as good a result since it's gotten so much media airplay that people will roll with that and not go subscribe.

Jaguars: Bills scored 7 points in the first 3Q. Giants: Bills scoreless for first 3Q. Scoreless. Against the #26 defense in the NFL NE: 3 points in 1st half, 10 points in first 3Q - against a 2-5 team Tampa: 24 points in first 3Q against #10 D. Looked good. Bengals: 7 points in 1st half, whole team looked horrid Denver: 8 points in 1st half. I don't think we need a bunch of FrankenStats to tell us that the Offense looked disjointed and often ineffective until far too late in the game for a 6 week stretch.

Now That's Funny. Here, let me embed it

I will say this. Pegula has shown in the past that he is sensitive to embarrassment. As a pretty level headed, source-verifying journalist said of the infamous "I was not privy" press conference: prior to that presser, Whaley had a future with the organization. After it, he didn't.

If you'll excuse my saying, your summation is consistent in accuracy and perception with many of your other takes on this board. That is to say, not very. Do with that as you will.

You are correct and I've commented on this several times upthread. The league can, and has, but they usually let the legal process play out and complete their own investigation first - all of which takes time. In the Zeke Elliot case you cite, the league "sat on it"/investigated for more than a year before issuing a suspension. The league has never swept in (that I can think of) and suspended a player at the 'accusations' stage.

Below average, factually.