[Front Office & Free Agency Moves]

This team will never have enough d-linemen!!!!!!!! Must acquire more! more! more!

[Levi Wallace gone to the Steelers on 2-year deal]

I thought Dane Jackson played well when White went down. That late 1st round draft spot is typically a great place to find a plug and play CB at a great value and with more speed than Wallace has. 

[JD Mckissic to Bills 2 year, 7 million]

This is how we determine if players are good, right?

[Russell Wilson traded to the Broncos]

Please give us 17 games of Geno Smith in Seattle!

[What year you became a Bills fan and Two Bills Drive camaraderie]

1. You've been a fan since
I was born into this mess. I don't remember a before time. I'll say 1990 because I was 4 and that's where my memory begins. 
 

2. Your first Bills memory
I vaguely remember talking to my sister's friend about Buffalo and Washington prior to Super Bowl 26. Some better formed first memories involve some pretty epic meltdowns during Super Bowl 27 and 28. 
 

3. One of your favorite Bills memories
My older sister showed horses when I was growing up. And in the early 90s when I was little, I'd get brought along to the horse shows. One of the horse shows took place at the New York State Fair and we'd stay on the fairgrounds in a camper for four or five days (which is awesome when you're a kid). The show runs for 5 days, I think, and all these different farms and stables come with their horses and riders and carts and wagons, etc. And all these horses get stabled in this giant horse barn—rows and rows of horses—and every farm and horse stable gets their own little area. It turns into a horse city and our area was right on main street. Anyway, the State Fair always overlapped with the first weekend of the season. There was another stable on the same aisle as ours that had a little 13" tube TV. Every year I'd go down to their area and watch the first Bills game of the season—just me and the old man who managed their stable. I don't remember his name but he was a Chiefs fan. The Bills always won those game and I'd be running around horse city throwing a football to myself and replaying the game for the rest of the day. 

A close second is listening to The Comeback live on the radio while we were on our way home from my Grandparents'. 
 

4. Your favorite player of all time and your favorite player currently...

Thurman Thomas was my all-time favorite. Current favorite is Josh Allen. 

[Adam Schein: Bills have biggest Super Bowl window right now]

28 minutes ago, Greg S said:

 

Because of 13 seconds I will be extremely nervous for every game the Bills have the lead in the 4th quarter especially in the final seconds. Up by 14 with 30 seconds left. I will be screaming at the TV. "Don't you dare go and 13 seconds this game now". Only when the clock is at 0.00 will I breath easy. Thanks Sean.

My anxiety with 4th quarter leads goes way further back then "13 seconds." There was that whole music city miracle thing, and that 2009 season opener against the Pats, and that Hail Murray last year. 

[Who would you rather be?]

I think the real question here is would you rather be someone who says "youse guys" or someone who says "yinz?" 

[Josh Allen Radio Row]

"There are two rules in this house: listen to your mother and we don't speak poorly of Josh Allen." - me in like, 20 years, probably. 

[Are you excited about the Superbowl matchup ?]

I'm mostly excited about all the "Andy Reid is wasting Mahomes' prime" talk that must be happening in Kansas City this morning. Or, is that just a Bills fan thing?

[Josh Allen's 4 year progression displayed through one stat?]

We need to figure out how to clone Josh Allen and have a whole offense of Josh Allens and then get defensive Josh Allen and clone that Josh Allen and have an entire starting lineup of Josh Allens. 

[How many chances does McDermott have left?]

3 hours ago, section122 said:

The patriots have completely warped people's sense of reality when it comes to winning a super bowl.

 

Who are the best coaches in the NFL right now today?

 

Bill Belichick - 6 super bowls head coach for 26 years

 

Andy Reid - 1 super bowl, head coach for 23 seasons

Sean Payton - 1 super bowl hc for 15 years

Mike Tomlin - 1 super bowl hc for 14 years

John Harbaugh - 1 super bowl hc for 14 years

Pete Carroll - 1 super bowl hc for 16 years

Bruce Arians - 1 super bowl hc for 9 years (Brady)

 

The only other active coach to win a super bowl is Mike McCarthy and I don't think anyone thinks of him as a top coach.  No other active coach has a super bowl.  Not McVay, not LaFLeur, not Shanahan, not any of these other guys thought of as the best coaches in the league.

 

Having a competitive team with a chance to win it all every year is the goal.  The Bills have that with McD.  Yes we are all hurting today but come on, he is already what the 2nd or 3rd best coach the Bills have ever had?  Firing him would be one of the dumbest mistakes the Bills have ever made.

 

Can we just pin this to the top of any "McDermott" thread? 

[Texans getting closer to hiring Josh McCown as Head Coach]

If he's not the head coach and the starting QB I am going to be severely disappointed. 

[It's statistically proven. Blue pants are a bad luck charm]

31 minutes ago, Bad Things said:

Cue the "Red Helmet Brigade" in 3, 2, 1...

Is there a sign-up sheet for this "Red Helmet Brigade?" I would like to join. 

[Bills defense needs a nickname]

"The best dang defense you ever saw, unless you watched the Colts game and like five Damien Harris runs." 

Too long?

[Shaq Lawson possibly returning to Buffalo]

As a fellow Lawson, I approve this move. 

FWIW, they also signed Kenny Stills for the playoffs last year and I don't believe he ever dressed. 

[The Bills have been multiple teams' "Superbowl"]

Great. So now we've lost 10 Super Bowls? 

[Covid may decide who wins the AFC east]

Well, it's like they always said... football is a game of inches pathogens. 

[Beasley test positive]

I'm ready to stamp a big fat asterisk on this season and write-off all the end results as meaningless, flukey, and bogus... unless, of course, the Bills win it all. 

[Final 3 games for all the AFC North teams]

Just now, Dablitzkrieg said:

You're anxious? 🤣🤣🤣

 

Hypothetically. 

[Final 3 games for all the AFC North teams]

1 minute ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Why are you and so many people focused on this?  We are in "good shape" due to controlling the outcome.  Simply win.   That's it.   Screw the Raiders, the Browns, who cares!

Probably because we have no way to control the situation, and in an effort to reduce our anxiety about things completely out of our control we look for solace in data and hypothetical scenarios... or something. 

[Final 3 games for all the AFC North teams]

If Vegas can beat Cleveland tonight we'll be in good shape. Otherwise we'll be officially out of the #7 seed and "in the hunt" this week. It still a high likelihood we get in either way, though. Beat New England this week and we've got a good shot at the #3 seed. 

[2022 RB Draft class looks pretty good]

The 3rd round is clearly the best round to take a running back. 

[[Misleading Title] Dion Dawkins to Covid list]

I'm so done with this century. 

[Playoff picture]

Cleveland is a team to watch and root against. I played around with a lot of scenarios in the ESPN playoff machine and if Buffalo and Cleveland both finish 10-7, Cleveland gets in and we do not. That's the only scenario I've been able to find where 10-7 doesn't get Buffalo in. But, hopefully we just win out and finish 11-6. 

[The Bickering Bills]

It is more common than not that a team that loses the conference championship regresses and finishes with a worse record the following season, or is bounced from the playoffs in an earlier round. I know there have been some exceptions to this in the AFC over the past decade, but what we're experiencing right now isn't uncommon. 

We didn't add any pieces and ran it back with 21 of 22 starters from last year. Teams had the whole offseason to study our offense. We haven't adjusted or adapted quick enough. 

 

That said, they've got a franchise QB who is one of the best in the league and one of the best WRs in the league. They should be able to retool the roster this offseason and come back better next year.