JohnNord

With all due respect you’re making a big deal out of nothing. I’ve heard Sal talk about this on WGR and he’s always surprised how well Bills fans represent at away games. During games when the Bills are ahead fans come down to the lower seats and celebrate. He always thought this looked cool so he tries to document this moment. I have no problem with it. Besides, he does work for the team as a sideline reporter on game day

He was well liked in Denver and has an element of speed that doesn’t exist with current Bills WRs. Might be worth it to run a few speciality play to take advantage of his skills.

I don’t see any way that the Bills trade for Kupp since they’ve already landed Cooper. If they were going to spend, you have to think it would go for a DT or Safety. As good as Kupp is, the problem is that he plays the same position as one of their beat WR’s. Shakir continues to develop and probably is Josh’s most trusted WR. I think you want to find a way to get him on the field more…not less

Lost in the discourse about “sliding” is the fact that the hit by Hamler wasn’t some kind of knockout blow. He might be able to slide in the open field on scrambles but it will impossible to avoid the standard contact that comes with playing professional football.

Dalton Kincaid…. Very favorable matchup with our old fried Tyrel Dodson. Should be running a lot of play-action and misdirection

He’s a very good head coach that has greatly benefited from having Mahomes…and now Steve Spagnolo as his DC. To his credit, he’s an excellent schemer and play caller and usually gets the most out of his talent.

Classic example of a coach bluffing to try to get an advantage. DK has a low ankle sprain and will likely be out for 1-2 weeks

It might take a couple weeks but he should be fine by the postseason

Part of what Hochul said is just lore. I believe that San Antonio was never a serious contender. It seems like the cities that we knew were in contention were Toronto and Los Angeles

He’s actually right here. I remember watching Hill and Waddle smile on the bench during the 4th quarter of the Bills game. I didn’t think anything of it but can understand why fans were upset. Apparently they did they did the same thing last week and McDaniel joined along with them. Doesn’t seem to be a sense of urgency

Wasn’t the stadium supposed to go in Dunkirk?

Hopkins is certainly a rental. As far as the better receiver in 2024, I think the answer is Cooper. Both have dropped off a bit by age and bad QB play, but I think Hopkins is much further off from his peak. I think Hopkins can still play but if you’re looking more for someone who can make an impact at the trade deadline, it’s Adams or Cooper. As far as what the Bills need - it’s hands down Cooper. He’s a great route runner who can still get open vertically and make teams pay for running Cover 1. He can also seperate fast which is what was missing. Hopkins can do this as well but not as good.

He’s doing good but still has a long way to go as a WR. He needs a lot of work on his route running and think there’s some things he can still clean up with contested catches. Now that there is a legit WR like Cooper on the roster, I think it’s really going to help Coleman.

The only play I remember him making was against LAR to open the season. He caught a batted ball for an INT. He was a non-factor the rest of the time. The Bills had to bring in FA’s because he wasn’t giving them anything on the DL.

They are solid players but the never really developed into the pass rushing threat that the team really wanted.

Boogie turned out to be a horrendous draft pick. But in his draft class, he seemed to be a relatively safe pick. He was thought of as someone who could step right in with a high floor. But man, did he suck. The best thing Beane did was cut their losses. Still drafting high DE’s who couldn’t give the defense the pass rush they needed had collateral damage. It forced the Bills to roll the dice and overspend with Von Miller which ultimately hasn’t worked out.

“herky jerky”

It’s never that simple. Part of what you said is true but it’s more than just coaching. I think Mahomes has shown that despite his stats, he’s still the best QB and best player in the NFL. It’s not close. So while his stats aren’t the best, he’s made a ton of plays already this season. For all of Josh’s great numbers there have been multiple games this season where he’s played very poorly - namely Houston. To say that it’s all coaching, is oversimplifying and somewhat scapegoating the issue. I feel that you are overlooking the Kansas City who has often been overshadowed for their entire run. Not only are they coached well but they have two All Pro’s in Jones and McDuffie and some other very talent surrounding them. Classic example of excellent drafting and development. McDermott’s beaten Reid the past three seasons. Two of those wins were one possession games. Is that not a game of inches? “Won a bunch of games” Mitch’s record with Pittsburgh was 3-4

I think there’s some truth to that given how many snaps the defense plays in Nickel. Id also agree about the Baltimore game. I’ll have to disagree with just about everything else you said. The Bills played a bland zone defense in the first half. They switched up to man in the second half which was probably the reason for their success. So he did break his scheme on Sunday. I’ll also disagree that it doesn’t work for the 3-4 top teams. They’ve beaten KC three years in a row in the regular season - so it has worked. What was different in the postseason? Poor play from every WR not named Shakir and a guy off the couch at LB trying to defense Travis Kelce. When the Bills lost to Cincy the entire team played like crap. Not just the defense. I swear that people think McDermott controls every play call on offense and defense

Daboll’s first season in NYG was a lot like McDermott’s in BUF. The difference is that McDermott/Beane managed expectations in 2018 knowing it would be a “reset year.” Daboll and Schoen re-signed the team’s “franchise QB” so they didn’t have that luxury. When you watch the Hard Knocks draft episode, Daboll is very stoic about the Nabers selection and it almost looks like Schoen is acting excited rather than being genuine. Nabers is a great player but they knew they were screwed without drafting a WB. I think they really were hoping for a way to trade up for Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye. I don’t think it ends well for them - but maybe Mara gives them one more season?

Also talent… it’s probably easier to script when you have Diggs, Sanders, Davis and Beasley as your WR’s in 2021 than it is with Hollins, Shakir, Samuel in Coleman in 2024. To your point on execution. Brady dialed up a perfect call on 3rd down to his best receiver who got wide open but he simply dropped the football. That’s an example of an unsuccessful drive that would go against the OC in this metric - despite him not really having an involvement.

I think you’re making too big of a deal out of scripted drives.

Like most things that aren’t positive about this team, I am certain some will find a way to fault McDermott. Maybe part of it is his scheme which aims to keep everything in front of the defense and protects against big plays. The other factor is that the defense has had a lot of injuries and teams are taking advantage of the weaknesses - Williams, Spector, Lewis, Hamlin, etc. The 6th round pick the Bills signed from the PS last week was terrible when he was on the DL. To the credit of McDermott and Babich both have made adjustments and found a way to slow teams in the second. Remember how the knock on McDermott was “he just doesn’t make adjustments!” LOL

He did and then left two plays later and was ruled OUT. It could have been because of the score at that point. But it could be “something to monitor” as any generic beat report would say!

I saw this on TV…two punishing blocks on a well-executed screen. We need more of this