JohnNord

“I think you're making a helluva lot of assumptions here.” (Then proceeds to retort with a helluva lot of assumptions himself!”) Considering how passionately you defended Dunne your response isn’t surprising. I think you failed to read or understand the part about conversions. The only way he earns is people signed up for his newsletter. I’m sure some did, I’m certain it’s not nearly the “load” you want to assume. Yes he got a lot of publicly when the story broke about 9/11 but really nothing else in the series. I would imagine it hasn’t resulted as many new subscribers as you would think. I think people read the lede about 9/11 but I’m certain Sean McDermott isn’t scandalous or interesting enough for the average Joe Six Pack non-Bills fans football fan to pay $8 to sign up. Plus the story is essentially dead a few days later. Now let’s talk about the audience who WOULD pay $8. There is no way that you objectively can that the reception among Bills fans as a whole is positive. It’s not just the Bills fans. Sal Capaccio, Eric Wood, Steve Tasker, Chris Brown, and Tim Graham all categorized the article as a personal attack. Check Ty’s mentions. He is getting hammered so hard on Twitter/X he essentially stopped tweeting. Out of 10 Bills fans, I’d be willing to estimate that 7 have a negative opinion of him. A SMALL to moderate group of Bills fans supported Dunne - but many of these were already paying him $8. Go back and read the thread where you @Scott7975 and @PBF81 were begging people to read the article. Most were hellbent about not giving him a meager amount of $8. Even after I read the article and said it was interesting, no one gave a *****. They didn’t want to give him their “load of money.” Look at the engagement in his recent Substack posts compared to some of the older articles. On his newest post about the response from McDermott, the engagement is a tick higher but nothing crazy. Shouldn’t the engagement be much higher? Also I check the live thread he started last night. It’s filled with about 10-15 people mostly talking about the Packers game. Like I said, previous subscribers. So again, I’m sure he picked up new subscribers but I’m also pretty sure he alienated the fan base he was trying to attract and built a reputation (right or wrong) among that fan base as a guy who writes “hit pieces” That’s why I feel overall this was not a net positive for Tyler and that his calculated approach backfired on him. Anyone is welcome to disagree

Yes…especially if the Bills can’t beat Dallas Sunday . It’s a huge game, no doubt It’s not… if the Bills lose Sunday they still have an 83% of making the playoffs at 10-7. But yeah, I’d much rather win the division and hope it doesn’t come to 10-7

As advantageous as it might be, it’s never good karma to cheer injuries. Karma has a strange way of working out

I think he might ok as a coach but he won’t go anywhere without roster control and he’s proven he’s been bad as GM. He also doesn’t seem to have the “pipeline” of good young assistants that he used to. Look at his OC’s he consistently hires coaches he’s worked with in the past. They love Jerrod Mayo. He’ll get a serious look. Maybe Dave Ziegler back as GM? Depends how different of a directions Kraft wants to go

This would be consistent to what has already been reported. He’s very stoic and serious about football. He background is wrestling so he has that disciplined, soft-spoken, scrappy mentality. I think the criticism of his “process” is warranted this year especially when it comes to closing out games. I also think some of it unwarranted like blaming his for the offensive struggles If Dunne is rooting for any storyline this season.. it should be this one. It would do wonders for his business

I’ll go a step further - I think Dunne saw this article as on opportunity to grow his subscriber base in Buffalo but it did the opposite. Dunne knows that Buffalo and Green Bay are his most fertile areas for growth. He also has the most connections having lived, worked and covered both pro teams. What Dunne was saying about McDermott from a football standpoint echoed what the majority of Bills fans were saying…McDermott: - is to blame for :13 - meddles in the offense - refuses to accept blame - is wasting Allen - sucks in clutch situations My guess is that Ty thought the majority of Bills fans, already upset with McDermott, would latch onto his article and think “ugh this McDermott is so horrible.” They’d subscribe and share the article, maybe gift subs for the holiday season. This is why I think he went in so hard on him, to say he’s not only a bad coach but also questioned his character. Almost like a scathing article on a political figure like Trump or Biden. The more dirt the more the detractors love it. But the opposite of this actually happened. Fans, players, and the media read the article (rightfully IMO) as a character attack on McDermott. They might not want him as a coach but he’s shown he’s a decent person. I think it also pissed off the team like “he’s a hard ass coach, but he’s our hard ass coach!” As for Dunne, I don’t really think it got him the acclaim wanted. His peers praised him but he was already highly regarded. Many news outlets picked up on his article but the story didn’t have legs and I’m doubting it led to many conversions. I don’t think he’s loving the scrutiny either, as he’s been keeping a very low profile on Twitter. Not really basking in the glow of controversy or having his ethics questions. In the end, I don’t see Dunne hurting his reputation with the football community at large but I he did some damage among the fans who would play $8 that are arguably more important.

There was intent behind the WR versus KC. Brady was setting the defense for a big shot to Gabe downfield late in the game. He was WIDE open but Josh rushed a bit and missed him electing to throw a 50/50 ball to Kincaid. Plus as someone mentioned, Diggs dropped a few screens, the last one which could’ve really hurt the team

Under Brady the Bills ran a few RB at TE leak patterns. I would assume a “real” screen is coming up. As far why the never run them, I never understood. Could it be that Josh isn’t comfortable? This isn’t a new issue. We asked the same question under Daboll and later Dorsey. I seem to remember that back in 2018, Josh taking off and getting the ball short to a Chris Ivory was one of their big plays

He leaves a LOT to be desired. Actually the entire Special Teams unit leaves a lot to be desired. Unless they do something really big during the last part of the season, I’d expect some shakeups into next year

100%. The second you cheer injuries on a rivals team…take a guess what happens to your team next? I think this is kind of like a DaQuan Jones injury for Miami but on opposite side. He’s an important piece on their defense that often goes under radar and likely won’t be easily replaced.

Oliver and Floyd are the best defenders on the team.

I know and you mean but think Brady has done a much better job of scheming players open than Dorsey ever did. KC game was tough but the previous 2 weeks looked better. Every pass in the Dorsey offense looked so freaking hard. As far as the WR screens, Tony Romo said exactly that. They were setting the defense up for that play all day long but Josh just missed Gabe. That’s on our QB

This reminds me when Zay Jones’s old man would threaten to fight fans on Twitter. He often apologize the next day 🤣 but TBH I feel for parents of pro athletes. It has to be hard knowing how hard your son works and watching them overcome obstacles to live their dream, only to be trashed by strangers on the internet saying he sucks. It does come with the territory though and if that was me, I’d stay away from social media like the plague. Nothing good will come out of it. Her point is correct, Josh missed Gabe on two open touchdowns. But fans also aren’t incorrect by mentioning that Gabe needs to be more of a factor in the offense on big games. Tough situation.

The WR’s last season weren’t that much better of a unit either. Actually you might argue Rice is better than JuJu. They are dropping more balls but also not getting separation is a big problem. MVS and Watson are basically deep threats that never catch a long ball. I think Kelce is either hurt or he’s slowing down a little. He’s still good and putting up good number but doesn’t seem as dominate as he has been the past few years. I think that’s made it easier on defenses. If Pacheco can get healthy it might make sense to give him more carries. He is a beast

Start respecting your teams , then. Most of us don’t use or care for the term “Billsy”

Speaking of “knuckleheads” what self-respecting individual uses the word “Billsy?” Ugh

I think he’s better as a safety or slot CB than a traditional boundary corner.

TBH I thought Vrabel did a really good tonight. The Titans roster is mostly crappy and they found just about every way to blow it but when they showed him on the sidelines he was calm and calculated. Levis also turned it up at the end against Vic Fangio who was supposed to be this “god” of defense. This game felt a lot like a Bills collapse. Miami’s numbers on offense look decent but they only scored TD’s when they were given a ridiculously short field by defense/ST’s. The defense also scored a TD. So the defense was the reason Miami had a 2 TD. But in crunch time they absolutely wilted

You’re one of the few. Just about everyone on the Bills and in the media said that it was personal

I have to disagree with you. If you read those article, your takeaway is that McDermott is a controlling, narcissistic jerk, and you’d think everyone is miserable. How is this not a reflection of McDermott’s character?

9/11 story culprit

I would be my entire paycheque that Spain was 1 of the 25. Likely the one who told him the story about the Jordans. Maybe the 9/11 culprit

From Tim Graham…his character was 100% put in question: Independent sportswriter Tyler Dunne, a former Bills beat reporter based in Western New York, published a three-part series called “The McDermott Problem.” Dunne’s analysis, heavily leaning on anonymous sources, called McDermott’s tenure “seven years of torture” and stated Buffalo’s coach is an incompetent fraud with pitiful communication skills, a choke artist who must be fired if Buffalo wants to maximize Josh Allen and win a Super Bowl. Doesn't sound like “seven years of torture” is a shot at his character eh?

When was the last game you marched and said “Wow, Ken Dorsey was impressive?” I can think of the Miami game this season but that’s it. It was downhill from there. Before that we have to go back to 2022 season…Maybe the Rams and Titans in week 1 or wee 2???? Brady has 2.5 games like that already - 2nd half not withstanding

LOL uh yeah…if McDermott was in his ear, he’d want more runs to kill time. There’s no way the sequence before the go-ahead FG happens if McDermott was “in his ear.” This fan base…