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You can still root for the Bills in these final three games because not all outcomes are equal and/or irrelevant to the Bills, imo. For example, what if KC gets destroyed in the Super Bowl again? That would cause them to have a lot of angst and uncertainty about their "dynasty", and maybe they follow up the Super Bowl beatdown with another Super Bowl hangover like they had for like half the season this year. Furthermore, what would be the concern about McBeane? That they're too aggressive in trying to win a Super Bowl, or that they're not aggressive enough, or perhaps neither? I would say my concern with them is easily that they don't end up being aggressive enough in acquiring elite talent fast enough to help Josh Allen out. So wouldn't the Rams winning the Super Bowl be a nice message to send to McBeane? That's why I'm rooting for the Rams to spank KC in the Super Bowl. I believe that's an outcome that would increase Buffalo's chances in coming seasons, however slight the increase.

3.5" 4.5" 9" 12" My hard-on for Josh Allen

one thing I don't want us to rally around next season is thinking that home field advantage will be the difference in beating the Chiefs. they're absolutely good enough and a veteran playoff team enough to go into Buffalo and win, especially since McD served up the mental edge to them. but we shouldn't pretend like it doesn't matter, especially against non-KC opponents. The Titans will be much easier to beat at home than on the road. Same with Baltimore, Cincy, and most of the other AFC contenders. The Perfect Game probably doesn't happen in Foxboro but rather something more akin to the regular season win in Foxboro, etc.

I was obviously referring to the situational football aspect, as that is where McDermott failed miserably. Madden players can play like 20 games a day, so they run into 4th-down decisions, 13 seconds left decisions, etc at a much higher frequency than NFL coaches who only coach 17 games a year. Like I said, it's why the young online poker players are the best in the world. They just see so many more hands than the old-school guys who aren't 8-tabling online. Madden is not my preference, btw. I want the Pegulas to pay for a proprietary simulator software for situational gameday decision-making.

If some proprietary simulator can't be developed, then McD should just play Madden 8 hours a day to get the reps he needs. The top 100 ranked Madden players in the world would run circles around him for gameday management.

The only way to improve is reps but unfortunately NFL teams only play 17 games a season, and when you're a very good team like the Bills, many of those games don't even put the coaches into high-leverage clutch situations. McD needs to spend 8 hours a day with some sort of situational football simulator software, so he can increase his reps. It's like how the best poker players in the world are 22-yr-old computer dorks who play 8 tables at once online. They can see as many hands in two weeks as Doyle Brunson sees in a year.

this is one award that should wait for the playoffs to finish. this was a shaky pick already, and it's going to look dumb when the Rams win the Super Bowl.

Hopefully Josh can have a similar career. I think McD can probably be similar to Cowher and Tomlin - good team culture guys who struggle on gameday.

It helps if gambling is a hobby. I'm going to have to check in to see how my KC -7 bet is doing, and if KC blows them out as expected, I believe the wrong team will be favored in the Super Bowl (or at the very least it should be pick'em), setting up another great bet there.

Rodgers at 38 isn't thinking long-term. in fact, the short-term play in his head may be to come to Mahomes' division and beat him head to head. i'm not saying it makes sense or is smart, but i can see a hypercompetive athlete who wants to still be known as the best QB do this. as a Bills fans, we should hope the Chiefs have as loaded a division as possible

Very doubtful. That was a flukish run in the 90s. If the NFC has 1-2 great teams a year and the AFC has 5-6 great teams a year, the Super Bowl will still likely be great team vs great team, a toss-up.

I agree. McBeane can waste draft picks on the defense for the next decade, and they'll still give up 30 to the Reid/Mahomes Chiefs. The path of least resistance is to give Josh weapons and protection so he can score 40. But I doubt our braintrust will will figure this out.

Bills at Rams is the NFL opener.

Cincy would've been a 51-3 repeat. Super Bowl vs the Rams would be a toss-up. If it were the 49ers, we'd be the heavy favorites. You're right but we shouldn't underplay it either. This was our best shot at a SB in forever and the coaches blew it.

McDumbit is good, too. Not incredibly clever, but does the job. Props to OP.

Don't even sweat it. I've known the Bills were destined to extend Edmunds at huge dollars ever since this article was written: https://theathletic.com/2875908/2021/10/08/why-cant-tremaine-edmunds-win-over-bills-fans-when-hes-viewed-as-a-special-player-outside-of-buffalo/ The Narrative has already taken hold. Bills fans are backwards-thinking idiots who can't recognize greatness. (the subtext is that we're racist). Bills will have to extend Edmunds

I don't but I suspect Bills fans will rally around it. "This time we get them at home" will be next season's version of "Our defense is built to beat the Chiefs" (lol) Then we'll get them at home and lose worse. It happened to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers who also rallied around getting homefield advantage changing their playoff fortunes and then have lost at home two seasons in a row now. to be clear, we had them beat on the road before 13 seconds of mental ######ation. so basically the quality of the team matters, not homefield? you undermine your own argument

lol let's root for the team we're going to battle with for the next decade to gain the confidence of being 2-time champs. i hope they get trounced in the super bowl again

this feels like a hollow argument without acknowledging that Reid's playoff "improvement" was basically that he started coaching Mahomes whereas previously his QBs didn't measure if McD continues to blunder **while already having a great QB**, it's very different and a huge waste of that QB to boot

when you mess up, you admit it and apologize. only because we live in Clownworld does this sound unreasonable.

yeah, McD's mouth muscles needed to execute the command "Squib kick" to the special teams. it is shameful how he won't accept responsibility and publicly apologize to the city, the fans, and the team. shame!

first of all, stop listing Lamar Jackson in these conversations. secondly, Brady, Manning, and Roethlisberger all co-existed in the same conference for a long time. Brady had it the best, but the other two still found a way to win two rings each.

Edmunds will get paid by us. We live in Clownworld and Clownworld has already set The Narrative on Edmunds, namely that everyone outside of Buffalo knows he's a stud but the backwards-arsed Bills fans: https://theathletic.com/2875908/2021/10/08/why-cant-tremaine-edmunds-win-over-bills-fans-when-hes-viewed-as-a-special-player-outside-of-buffalo/ The Pegulas are too establishment to fight The Narrative, and to be fair, most people are too weak to fight The Narrative and find themselves ostracized and outside the establishment. The Bills are going to pay Edmunds. What's the alternative? Be labeled as RAYCISS? Oh, the horror.

i will know everything i need to know about McD in the next few days. to not publicly apologize to the city, the fans, and the team for his bungling of the 13 seconds would be a huge moral failing. the truth may hurt but you never run away from the truth.

there can't be zero punishment even if we don't fire him. what if mcdermott made a public apology to the fans and the team and admit that he was a bonehead for the 13 seconds? then, he outlines a plan to improve his situational game management. the pegulas will hire some nerd to write a software that simulates gameday decision making, and mcdermott promises to spend 8 hours a day on the simulator until it's ingrained into him and he instinctively and immediately knows the best decisions to make for every situation. so 13 seconds comes up again? his brain goes beep-bop-boop, squib kick and taking holding penalties to kill the clock. even the most heartless of us who want McD fired will probably accept a public apology and a plan of action to improve his loser instincts for situational game management. the more I think about it, the more I like it. a public apology that tells the truth of the bungling of the 13 seconds, and a realistic plan of action to improve. that's what allows this relationship to continue. otherwise, the fans and team won't ever fully trust this head coach again.