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I was watching the game in a crowded Sports Bar - even in that environment I could KB was taking the afternoon off. He needs to be a monster and win the battles for the ball. I thought he gave up on the 2nd interception, bad ball but no urgency on his part to break up the play or to even make the tackle afterwards.

Watch the film, Nate’s performance speaks for itself, no matter how poorly the other 10 played.

Teams from hot climates typically wear white at home in the first few months of the season. Current prediction is it will be in the 80's on Sunday in buffalo. I recall Chuck Knox having the Bills wearing white jerseys in the early home games too. This has been going on for a long time.

Come on man, start hating him now. How many games do you need?

tweeter leaves a stain

I am one who backs McDermott and Beane because I believe you have to give them time. We cannot keep changing coaches and front office and losing players under every new regime. I look at the players gone and some of them I did not like (namely Dareus and Watkins). I wish Glenn could have worked out and Darby too. I am most concerned about trading so many draft picks to move up. Moving up for Zay and Dawkins and Allen and Edmunds. That is 6 draft picks given up to get 4 players and making matters worse Zay Jones already looks like he is not going to make it. To make these moves worthwhile Allen and Edmunds have to become star players and Dawkins has to become a solid LT with Pro Bowls. I would like to see the draft trade up behavior stop.

That it is better to coach a team with good players than one with bad players.

Could it be that they look at the two DT signings, compare them in practice, keep one and release the other, and then bring in another player at another position? What would be wrong with that?

Hire an interim coach from the current staff. Then hire a real GM to help me.

Oh another coach who wants to look at the film before spouting off. And this one has a ring.

I wonder how you know that Rosen is better than Allen? That’s an amazing talent. Nobody made a Dareus - Teller trade. They traded a talented, expensive, problem child in a salary dump for a 5th round pick. Basically a salvage pick. Kyle Williams was a 5th rounder and I think he has had a better career than Dareus. Maybe Teller will be a good player, maybe not? Most coaches get rid of players that don’t fit. Bill Billichek comes to mind as one who does this and he has done ok by it.

It makes sense if we add a QBs to the squad, in the likely case of injury. Also, maybe we are adding a better lineman? Relax.

If only one could live each day and then relieve it a second time, just to get everything right and make everything perfect all the time. It must be very hard for you and it has to be very stressful being negative all the time ... even when you are right, this cannot be healthy.

This sounds like the opposite of the OP's "source" is saying. What to believe ... comments directly from the owners mouth to a Buffalo News Reporter on the record or from some internet insider.? I don't sense frustration from Kim at all, instead I sense understanding and patience.

what good are open targets when your unsettled in the pocket and running for your life? He was also thinking about ball protection, remember its raining and his arm is limited. Sure you can a play like this, but this play was far from the norm. I saw covered receivers almost the entire game, many times they did not get of the line and Peterman was already moving on and checking down. It is likely that receivers got open when Peterman was in trouble which was usually in about 1.5 seconds.

I hope we pull a 3rd QB off of waivers today. Yes, its that bad.

Uhhhm. The opinion of someone who works in the organization, especially in the executive ranks with access to decision making, is indeed insider knowledge. You are Terry Pegula and so far you have dealt with Marone quitting, Polian backing out, the Whaley/Brandon/Rex/Rob clown show ... your new coach and GM make the playoffs in Year 1, draft a QB prospect and a stud MLB in round 1, clean house to clear cap space to sign players - how is this frustrating?

True, there will always be people who want the job but there are certainly people, solid people, that won’t touch it if Beane gets fired after one or two years. Mularkey, Maroone, and even Bill Polian are relatively recent people who walked away from a job with the Bills. Those are the one know about. I can go back to the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and name others.

Good post indeed. There will always be people questioning the trades - did we get enough return? Part of trades was getting rid of "bad contracts", or "did not match the scheme", or getting rid of players that could not be counted on for health reasons. Allen and Edmunds are key and Beane will need to hit on his draft picks. Now that he cleaned up the cap and the dead money clears next season he will need to be very smart with the cap space.

Sure does not sound like an Executive speaking here. Especially the criticizing line about the trades and the part about no plan for Allen. Maybe he talked to the Director of Food Services or something else not football related. I will admit I was puzzled by Buffalo playing a fairly deep zone in the rain, especially when Baltimore was in man coverage and slowing our receivers up at the line of scrimmage. McD was completely out coached in this one and coaching was as big a part of this ugly result as was the play of Peterman or the OL.

you lost me on #2. The offensive line play was deplorable from the get go.

Well your missing Dan Daraugh and Kay Stephenson but Peterman is the worst anyway.

Tom, the national media does not follow the Bills very closely as you know. McDermott is not a lousy coach but he is still learning. It is becoming more obvious that he has blind spots and that some games he gets completely outcoached. There were at least 3 games last year that we were not prepared to play. He also has some solid leadership strengths and overall he did a great job getting us to 9-7 last year. Brandon Beane has full responsibility for who we brought to camp. Most casual observers could see the possible train wreck at QB, OL, and WR.

Good post but lets also throw in the poor play of the WR's. I actually think our WR talent is worse than that of the OL. I saw lots of replays of covered receivers. Lots of receivers jammed at the line in man coverage in the rain causing Peterman to not even have a quick outlet pass. No adjustments made by the coaches either. Even when Peterman and Allen had time to throw there was usually no one open. The coaching staff has to do better.

Please stop. The players that came into the AFL in the early 60's were NFL cuts or old men, undrafted college players, and CFL players looking for another shot. The majority of the CFL's best players were American players that could not make the NFL, many of them played in the early AFL. Cookie Gilchrest, one of the best Bills players in the 60's played in the CFL. It was 1961. The Bills were one year old and they sent their scrubby team to play a preseason under Canadian league rules .. big field, 3 downs, etc. Never mind the Canadians league starts games months earlier than the AFL and NFL did. The Bills were not prepared and they were not very good that day. They were two years away from a Power House team. This has nothing to do with what we saw in Baltimore yesterday. The Bills are not jinxed. McDermott is not horrible. He was totally outcoached and unprepared for the season opener, no doubt about that. McDermnott and Beane are learning as they go. It sucks but it is true. He and Beane started the season with a mess at QB, OL and WR. They need to own that. They both lack experience at their jobs and we are seeing it right now. To think that McCarron, Peterman and Allen was a good group to go to camp with was a crazy notion all along. There were lots of veteran QB in the free agent mix and this is what we got to start training camp.