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Bills were 9-7 without Allen in Sean’s first year…. You call in miracle birth, I call it maximizing what he could from a terrible roster You’re right, let’s bring Bill B in here, win super bowls, and then we can just ignore that he is a bigger control freak than Sean or bring in Harbaugh, who just was suspended for cheating or bring in a guy from the Shanahan tree, who is known as one of the biggest asses in the league they are all saints.

Ive mentioned this before, but I have a family member who works for the Eagles organization. Nick Sirianni is a grade A douche. Poor behavior towards assistants, throws coaches under the bus to the team, throws players under the bus, contradicts himself. But that doesn’t matter because his team is winning. The public doesn’t care that Nick is an ass to his coaches room, or is an ego driven narcissist, because his team is doing well. Most head coaches in the NFL are #######s. But success breeds ignorance to that. These stories from 2019,2020… they don’t come up until we are 6-6. No one cares about the Chad hall stuff if we are 9-3. thats why I chuckle at “we need to get rid of Sean now and replace him”. Replace with who? Bill B? The biggest control freak in NFL history? An unproven OC? We really want that risk during Allen’s prime years? A retread head coach? I don’t care if Sean is a control freak, that tells me he is a normal head coach lol. He was dumb for the 2019 comments, and im sure some players didn’t like him. But the guy has finally brought some winning to Buffalo, and now we want to tear him down. It’s funny to me I think you’re right if the insiders in the org new about it.

If Bill B wanted to come to Buffalo, I wouldn’t hesitate at all with that move. Even with the questionable history of Bill laying a very specific foundation and culture for his team. There have been several players who have not liked Bill as a coach

We can add in grade a douche Doug Marrone if you want

I’m wondering if people would rather have players coach Rex Ryan taking us to 7-9 each year or control freak Sean Mcd with his 5 playoffs in 6 years. I know who I’d want

Came to him after the loss to do what, release the article? Dunne can’t have 25 interviews over the course of a week during the season to put together a 3 part article

Much appreciated!

Yes, someone mentioned that. I will make my own decision, even with the overall verbiage used by Dunne to be steered one way IMO

All good, appreciate the update. From what I read, Ty writes to impose a perspective, and from my initial understanding he didn’t mention any apology particulars. So obviously that was a red flag. Good to know he mentioned it as a post paragraph in the article

Woah, I was wrong. That part is not in the free version, so I don’t have visibility to that context

We don’t know the entire context of the situation. Ty makes a very short statement of what happened, without any acknowledgment of apology and follow up conversation. let the reader make the determination of character. Don’t point the reader to a conclusion, provide all evidence for them to craft their own

No, I totally make my determinations of a person off of a two hour span and not their entire life and career too

This is what I hate about selective journalism. mcdermott mentioned he apologized to the team within an hour of the original comments about 9/11, and tried to paint a picture that simply didn’t come out or stick the way he wanted it to. Did the anonymous source mention this? Not per Ty’s article…. That wouldn’t fit the narrative. if the article says “Mcdermott, while discussing teamwork and importance of communication, made an ill formed mention of 9/11 as a reference towards the importance of communication. McDermott later apologized to the team, when he found some comments were not absorbed in the way intended. It happened within a 2 hour span.” that’s something clear, without bias, and should be how journalism is handled.

Dude has 17 likes on his post lol it was stupid, but we are talking about something 4 years ago…. I certainly don’t care

Do we have statistics to show elite QBs score TDs at a higher rate than average or is this a qualitative statement?

I will say, if my defense holds a team to trying a 59 yards field goal in bad conditions to tie it up at the end of regulation - I'm not too upset at them. Elliot will potentially be a hall of fame level kicker. Sometimes those guys just make plays.

Some people forget the Seahawks a few years ago, when the DE tried climbing into the stands to fight fans. That was something

Didn’t Reid lose to the eagles last week? The Steelers have one quality win on the season - the Ravens. They have played weak teams, or good teams with bad situations (no Burrow for example). Their absolute max is a division appearance this season. And I do believe Tomlin is a top 5 coach in this league. But they are lucky right now to be 7-4

Inherited a non playoff team, takes them to playoff success in his first season Dumps Tyrod for a 3rd, able to use plethora picks to move up and select all pro franchise QB. Not a good QB, the best in his class. With maybe 2-3 QBs as good or better than him in the league. Above Average drafts in 2018, 2019, Average in 2020 (considered above average if Diggs deal is included), 2021, 2022, very strong returns for 2023 so far So an above average draft talent evaluator. In fact, when compared to other teams who are often lauded for their selections (KC, Baltimore), he grades as BETTER than they do (I have a long form post on this somewhere, I can dig it up if needed) Identifying talent: Beane has always been a plus talent identifier. Even though he has been able to successfully stock the 53 man roster with draft picks, his FA plays are solid. Brown, Beasley, Williams, McGovern, Morse. It’s his worst space, but he has rarely completely whiffed. So he is average in this area, and of course it would be awesome to have improvemeant Retaining Talent: Beanes best area, by far. He has shown an ability to retain great talent consistently with team and player friendly deals. Knox, Milano, White, Allen, Diggs, Morse, Poyer, Taron Johnson. Every time he locks a player down, he makes sure to create the opportunity for flexibility, and has leveraged it for restructures consistently. Most every deal he has signed for key talent has shown to be a good/great value deal in hindsight. He is incredibly strong here. Coaching/Front office: Beane is probably second to San Fran in front office development. The Bills have lost Daboll and Shoen, have had interviews requested for several others (Frazier, Brady, Dorsey, etc). His ability to put intelligent people in the room is strong. It’s not best in the league, but it’s up there. so overall, we have a plus drafter, plus front office manager, plus plus talent retainer, and an average free agent user. In the highly competitive NFL, that’s top end. i am on my phone, so I can’t drive too much more detail, but I’ll end with this: The Bills have the second highest win percentage in the league over the last 3 years, and have done so with a core nucleus that will continue to stay in tact. Is it perfect? No. But it’s very good, and something we should be thankful for.

Sometimes I join this board after a tough loss as a confirmation that while I may be sad, at least I’m not as stupid as some others…. Beane is a top 5 GM in this league. Happy to go into all of the details as to why

Could they bring in Dorsey to try to implement an offense that could be decent? I still think Dorsey has talent, just needed a fresh start

They are in the mindset let’s get a top 12 pick, bring Rodgers in next season, and hope

Even the GD robots know we can’t run the ball well…

I mean, it’s not hard to see that it’s not just Dorsey that was the issue. He was a scapegoat, but a valid scapegoat. you can replace Dorsey, and if you like Brady trust that your team won’t become much worse. You can’t replace Allen, Davis, Cook, etc and expect their replacements to be better. Which is why I consider this move an official wake up call to everyone else in the building that no one is safe. It starts with Dorsey, and everyone else could be the next one I’m sure he brings it up a bit with his brother, but Diggs seems like a guy who won’t bother with something that isn’t a real problem. His brother tweeting something isn’t a problem for Diggs, it’s an annoyance. I just don’t think he cares about that stuff.

Diggs gave the professional answer. He isnt a guy for lip service. The guy is a top player at his position, and is the farthest thing from a diva. Those that get worked up are people who put personal feelings ahead of winning. Diggs comes to play every damn week. We have seen nothing less. He is here, and it’s the rest of the team’s responsibility to do their part to win