Dubie54

.....we never saw it coming or refused to believe it. It was all there on full display in the first game of the season and has carried over throughout the entire year. The Miami game was a one off and showed what the team could be not who they really were. Josh Allen regression - he looked lost in the Jets game and has never looked quite right the entire year. At this point, he is simply a mediocre QB with a 45m cap hit next year. Coaching and preparedness - they never looked ready to play the Jets and how many times have we seen it over the year. Game management and making the right adjustments throughout the game is lacking. I think Mcd has lost the team. Offensive play calling and predictable offense - Dorsey is in over his head and we've given two years to an OC in training. Defense not able to make big stops - We have let teams lead by Zach Wilson, Mac Jones, and an aging Russel Wilson make big plays and we haven't been able to generate turnovers. Lack of depth at key positions - The injuries to key players has exposed our lack of depth. Who would have believed we would be sitting at 5-5? It all started with the 13 seconds, then last year's playoff meltdown, and this year's debacle - it's not heading in the right direction and I think there needs to be wholesale changes starting with the HC, OC, and possibly Beane. I'm not sure I see Beane sticking around if Mcd goes.

Epenesa brings so much more than Von right now.

I saw that back in Jets game and he’s looked that way all to often this year on the bench.

Looks like a TD to me.

The Bills are playing as tight as a drum. They’re forcing everything on offense.

What a joke.

Leonard Floyd looks like he can be easily blocked.

Let’s bench Murray now.

Seems like these announcers really want to see the Bills show up and win this thing.

Miami put 70 up on these guys!

Exactly - that thing was smoked and didn’t need to be.

That’s McD - make a mistake and you’re out.

Wtf was that pass?

We’re lucky Payton is worse than Dorsey in calling plays.

Wilson is still plenty dangerous if you give him time - let's hope he doesn't decide to tap into his past glory and light up the Bills tonight.

Very true. But nonetheless he did put up 150 against a team we could only manage to get 68 and has a pretty decent defense.

The Bills Oline against the 49'ers Dline wouldn't be fun to watch. That Dline of the niners is sick and they have a perfect set of offensive weapons.

Well after the 0-2 start they have gone 5-2, including a great win against the same Bengals team we couldn't put away last week. Stroud looks like the real deal and they appear to have two really good lines and a bunch of quality players. I was called out a little last week when I compared their stats in their win over TB to ours but now we have 2 weeks worth of stats to indicate they appear to have a stronger team than ours at this point in the year. Stroud put up 356 and they run for 188 (150 for Motor!), when we passed for 258 and ran for 68. They also sacked Burrows 4 times and had 2 picks. We on the other hand had 1 sack and no picks. Full disclosure, I didn't watch the game but caught the highlights and from what I saw they're a fun team to watch. There's a lot of enthusiasm on their sideline and they don't have the burden of being expected to do much of anything this year in their head, and appear to be having a lot of fun in the process. They have a relatively soft schedule the rest of the season, play 5 of their next 8 at home, so we'll see what happens.

They have a very good OC!

I know this has been talked about forever but the 13 seconds and how it was handled, not just on the field, but the aftermath. They buried their head in the sand and wouldn’t take accountability or make necessary changes. They slowed walked Frazier out the door after another freakin year and then went the easy route by promoting a very inexperienced Dorsey. I’m convinced Mcd, and Beane for that matter, are risk averse. You see it in the game management, play calling, staff management, etc. You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results. I’m totally with you that McD hit his ceiling - I think he hit on the 13 seconds and has been banging it repeatedly since then.

According to the salary cap tracker we’re paying him $522k for the remainder of the year - pretty good deal.

We’re paying Linval Joseph the outrageous amount of $522k for the remainder of the season. Can that be right! If it is, and he continues to make a few timely plays a game, that could be a steal.

Have no idea. But I do think the Morse cap hit of $11.5m is one that is ripe for dealing with. If we cut him it's still a $3m hit, but we may be able to find a 4/5th round center option and possibly pick up a vet for $4m and come out of it by saving a few bucks to be used elsewhere. Agree with all of your other priorities.

I had seen something about the possible Douglas transition to safety when he was first signed here. Can't recall the source, but it mentioned him as a definite safety possibility longer term in his career.

"Drafting a project" - is that what you're calling Josh, a project? Check his stats out since he entered the league - are those project stats? Bates is a solid value player. Can he be the guy in the middle for an entire season, not sure on that one. They should be able to get a good value draft pick and possibly pick up another vet at a reasonable price to add to the mix.