Beck Water

I agree. It's not a schtick. He's like Popeye, "I Yam what I Yam" He boxed out like an NBA star. Poor DB was *right there* and had no chance.

I don't think so, but let me put it this way....if Mack goes home alone, it's entirely his choice. He comes across as kind, genuine, individualistic, competent, confident, and quirky. Add that to his biceps and....Yowza. Maybe not to the Plastic set, but to one slice of chickdom (and it's not a small slice), that's incredibly attractive. So there's a video of him walking into the Bills facility for Sunday's game in this "Weird Science" getup. Seems he's doing some month to month "Fast Facts Friday" Instagram challenge. October musta been domestic tips. November was science, and the wig and stenciled lab coat were part of his get-up for filming those. Diet coke geyser: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC7bq12yPDG/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Become Waterproof: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDAeJ8fROkG/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet I like it even better now that I know he had a purpose with that get-up, it wasn't just a "fashionista fit". Yeah, they're standard "science experiment" stuff you can find on Youtube, but I'm seeing a message. He's saying "yo! You like to be competent? You like to mess around with science and be a little geeky and make a mess? Sure! You can do that and still be an NFL football player! See here! I may get an Insta account just to follow this dude.

He is still the only one saying "thrown down a flight of stairs", including the presumably-most-interested-party, the mom

I dunno - I can see the difference between a "push" and a "bump" being somewhat in the eye of the beholder, especially in the eyes of a protective mother. I can also see an intentional push, under slick and slippery conditions, having more serious consequences than intended. Like I push you thinking you'll just need to take a step back, but you happen to step back onto a banana peel at the top of the set of stairs and over you go. I didn't know about the banana peel. That kind of thing. One thing I would bet money I need on, is that there were likely dozens if not hundreds of fans falling down some steep, snow-packed steps and having to stop their own fall, all over the stadium - with no pushing involved. It seems to me that the stadium used to hire enough Bills fans and give out enough stuff (tickets and such) that the stadium actually got pretty well cleared. Now they're paying a sum of money to a subcontractor who takes their cut and then hires as many people as they can with what's left, and it doesn't seem as though the job ever gets finished.

The mom said they "dealt with" police, which may mean they made a police report. If so, that should be publicly available under FOIA, yes?

AB seems to be the only one who is saying something about "threw little girl down the stairs". The most partisan person (the mom) says "pushed".

You know, if I had a daughter who had been battling cancer for close to 3 years, had a relapse in May 2023, and is now cancer free again, I would be "overprotective" at the "Death Star" level. You could call that being a Karen if you like, you say Karen, I just say "Mother".

I didn't find the mom's actual account of what happened, can you share? Edit: OK, found account above, and "drunk Bills fan decided to pass my husband and I and thought it was cool to push our daughter" sounds more like bad judgement/incidental contact that had an outsize impact because of the conditions.

I don't know about the deliberate push vs accidental bump, but there's an article about parents shaving their head to support their cancer patient kids which mentions Mia DeCamilla in 2023. https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/parents-of-childhood-cancer-patients-shave-their-heads-in-support-of-their-childrens-fearless-fight Her Gofundme appears to date from May of 2023. So the story of the cancer seems legit and the GoFundMe was not organized recently to harvest Bills fans generosity.

I did a little digging. Kate Glaser says she is an "award winning journalist" and works with an organization called "Hope Rises" ( hoperisesnews.com ). She is followed by several Buffalo Bills journalists (Alaina Getzenberg, Matt Parrino, Sal Cappaccio, Matt Bove', Joe Buscaglia) who don't generally follow everyone and his cat, so the "journalist" thing has some cred. She has a year-old post on her twitter about getting a surprise visit from Josh Allen to kids at her organization. She has a LinkedIn where she posted about Thurman Thomas and Patty Thomas hosting a young man her organization helped to buy a lawnmower for his business. This is said to be the girl in question, and Kate Glaser says she spoke to the girl's mom. https://www.gofundme.com/f/decamilla-family-fund?mibextid=Zxz2cZ So I think this actually may have happened, sad to say.

Exactly WAT? I do not believe any little girl, 49ers fan or not, was thrown down the stairs. However, a number of the stairs were snow-packed and probably became slick after being stomped on a while. I could easily see someone slipping, it probably happens a lot. I could see a rowdy Bills fan slipping and crashing into the girl, sending her flying. I also think AB is 100% unreliable, except when he says he's nuts.

Good post and fair points all. I think the point about the value of new/young players vs. the setback of moving on from the veteran core is especially relevant. Veteran players in each room who teach the rookies/new players how to be NFL players, convey the Bills culture, and help the team keep on track through losses and injuries are important. McDermott values that. But those veterans as they age also diminish in skill, and as you point out - scar tissue builds up where the team gets into a situation where they've previously come up short and "we've seen this movie before" trauma takes over. Some players I think do become overall cynical, and then pass on that cynicism rather than the belief and confidence McDermott values. You can manage a handful of cynics if the right counterbalance is there, but it's tricky. I like the Vibe of the team right now. Hopefully, it will continue.

Not a perfect answer, but an answer for sure. We will see if it is enough.

Snow does dampen noise, though I think generally fans tend to be more subdued for the night games. Probably longer pre-game and higher internal alcohol content The bare feet aren't even top-3 for that crazy get-up. I do worry about his foot health walking over snow melt chemicals. We have a Northern breed and her feet are normally fine in the snow, but can get damaged by the combination of snow-melt chemicals and water below freezing (due to the snow melt chemicals)

Just a little note that in KC in 2023, MVS had 21 receptions in the regular season, and 1 TD. So he kind of lacked numbers last year in KC as well. It may be valid that he didn't fit our scheme and we didn't scheme to his strengths, but there's also the point that our scheme has to account for how opponents play us. As of last night, Buffalo now has a receiver with 4 TD. Mack Hollins. You tell me, is that a big deal?

I wouldn't argue against the Dunne article being an impetus for McDermott to self-examine and change. I also think the way the team rallied behind him may have had a strong emotional impact on him. I think there are some other things though. I believe McD spent Josh Allen's first 5 years butting heads with his offensive coordinators to develop a solid run game not named Josh Allen. As a defensive-minded coach, he knows very well that it's much harder to defend a "multiple" offense that can run when they need to, that being able to control clock is a needed complimentary trait, and that if you're concerned with the long-term health of your QB it's not smart to use him as your best RB. I think Daboll (and his disciple Dorsey) heard "blah blah Ginger, blah blah blah Ginger" whenever McDermott would try to make that point, to where McDermott resorted to calling them out in pressers (not his nature). I also think that Leslie Frazier had a different defensive mindset than McDermott in some big moments. (Others may disagree, and that's fine) I think Babich is more aggressive and stays more aggressive when he has a lead, and McDermott is good with that. So I think McDermott, all around, is looser this year because he has a coaching staff that is more comfortable for him to work with and he has a run game that looks pretty solid independent of his QB. He has less internal frustrations he's presenting a "stone face" about. It's also easier to be "looser", more relaxed and happier, with a 10-2 team that just won the division in week 12, than it is to 6-6 at the bye week with several of your best players on IR. A good dose of that "Vitamin W" cures many ills!

Following up my own post to add the dots view of that TD play: That is such a "That F'in' Guy!" play. Josh throws to Cooper. Bad throw, Cooper is busy securing it, meanwhile 3 'niners defenders rally to him to ensure no YAC and no chance that he muscles in for a TD. Sound defense, well-coached defense. Only to find that the ball is now flying towards the goal line in the hands of Josh Allen.

LOL like in previous years, when they could, the Chiefs haven't ladled out the 41-10 or 31-17 or 26-6 beat-downs, those insecure MoFo's. And their fans enjoyed it. Everyone in the league knows McD isn't a "run up the score" guy. Allen and 3/5 of the starting OL sat down for almost the entire 4Q.

On that last, we agree completely. I just SMH. Announcer after LJax runs for a TD: "No other QB in the league can do that". Josh Allen: "Here, Hold My Beer" (proceeds to make 6 guys on the Chiefs miss tackles). I think because he's so big, he looks slower and less shifty, so it doesn't look like as impressive. But the 6 Chiefs chasing him down the field would attest that he's faster and shiftier than he looks. Brady is definitely a "we'll run it until you prove you can stop us" kind of guy. He said after last year's Dallas game that he had a bunch of pass plays drawn up for the game, but when the run was so successful he decided to just keep running.

Maybe I'm an outlier, but it didn't bother me that Hamlin didn't win comeback player of the year. I think that should be based on the quality of the comeback, not its sheer unlikelihood and incredible nature

Thanks! That really makes me laugh. I saw their post game presser, Amari started nodding when Josh said he threw a bad ball so he followed it in case it popped up. Said "so that's why you were over there!". Said the QB normally isn't over there on a DART concept so he figured Josh wanted the ball and they made eye contact so he threw it to him. I'll watch the whole game with pleasure, while polishing up the parrot's rendition of the Shout song in case we meet the Steelers in the playoffs. The latter is critical, Parrot Lady is a Steelers fan. Mom is fine, just bloody (adjective of quality) from a fall. No broken bones, just bruised and a few scrapes. It's nice that she's in assisted living now, much less of a load on me. Thanks for asking guys!

That's true, but he's normally a sure tackler and positions himself well against the run (IMO). The problem with the Ravens game is that we were starting Baylon Spector and Dorian Williams at LB and Cam Lewis at nickle. This. Yeah, yeah, I get you. His snap count was exactly 37, I gave the exact number in the post to which you're responding. And folks know what I meant.

I was surprised. I thought they'd be subbing him out. It may have had to do with SF getting away from the run due to being behind, and not having that many offensive plays. Our defense was only on the field 48 plays, of which Milano played 37 and we were in nickel for 11. A more typical game is 62 defensive plays, so (let's say) they had Milano on a 40 play pitch count, they may just not have reached it.

I think part of it was the plays being called. Didn't the Cincy players comment that the Bills were trying to run routes that require the receivers to plant and change direction suddenly, but you can't do that in snow? Part of it may be Joe Brady making it a regular part of the schedule to have a player-led, players-only meeting where they discuss what plays they like and don't like from the week's install, then he pays attention. Part of it may be the players. Diggs played at Maryland and in a dome before Buffalo. Davis played in Florida. McKenzie played in Georgia. They may not have understood what works in the snow. Shakir played college ball at Boise, Cooper played in Cleveland last year, Josh Wyo of course, Hollins started with Philly. So they may have a better appreciation of what they can, and can't, do on a snowy field. But that would mean nothing if they were playing for a guy who was "you're the player, I'm the coach, I'll tell YOU what to do." Not sure why you're ducking - it's true. I think after McCaffrey left the game and B'lo had a 21-3 lead, they figured they'd leave him in to help knock off the rust faster.

We'll never know, now, but the Bills D had a rough start against McCaffrey. I think if he'd have stayed in the game, they might well have rotated Milano out for Williams.