Coach Tuesday

I think he wanted a modern strength and conditioning staff that would accommodate his bizarre workout regimen and would coddle his penchant for obscure and repeated ailments, and he wanted to be part of a modern passing offense. Not too atypical of many young millennial athletes.

Some fans want to believe so badly that the team is on the right track that they will construct ludicrous narratives to explain what is happening.

Folks: stop ignoring reality. Sammy Watkins flashed elite talent last night. He is one of the best young WRs in the league. The Bills could have controlled his rights for at least the next two years and they let him go for a bag of magic beans. And they have no one who can come close to replacing him. That's it - it's black and white. This is the team we root for. Just accept what has happened.

Assuming you mean Watkins. I fully believe that was his mindset this offseason but I'm not convinced the situation couldn't be salvaged - the Pegulas fired everyone who had created the friction, including the crackpot training staff. Who's to say that Sammy wouldn't have changed his mind? More critically, what is McBeane's plan for player development? They can't keep expelling everyone who isn't a fully bought-in choir boy or they'll end up losing 90% of their games for the next three years. Sooner or later they'll need to adapt to modern athletes and come up with a plan for developing them and keeping them in line. This is a veteran roster after all - it should be doable. The Giants manage OBJ and the Cowboys manage Bryant. If Beane wasn't lying, that means he actually thinks this team can win games this year. Which scenario is worse?

The Rams just rebuilt in ONE OFFSEASON by bringing in a young offensive wizzard who understands modern passing concepts. They picked up two quality WRs who the Bills didn't want and are using them to score points and win games. The Pegulas entrusted their billion-dollar organization to a couple of nobodies with a 3-5 year plan who promptly shed a ton of talent, stocked the roster with aging vets, and neutralized the offense to the point of being flaccid and unwatchable. But yeah, it's Tyrod's fault. Are we really ready for three more years of this? More importantly, is Terry? By next October, the Bills likely will still be going sideways while a team of former Bills whom McBeane jettisoned could whip their current replacements. You think Terry is gonna stay patient at that point? The fans will be going nuts. Pundits will be calling the Bills a farm team en masse. There is no way this regime sees Year 3 at this rate and then here we go again with the restart. The only salvageable piece of that is that by then, maybe they've actually drafted a Baker Mayfield... The Watkins trade was the dumbest display of "strategy" I've seen from this team in a long time, and that's really saying something. It was cruel to the fans and, more importantly, Beane really put himself up against the wall with the move, and then McBeane doubled down in the idiocy and insult by lying to the fans that they're not throwing in the towel this year. Terry watches our offense and he hears about tonight's Rams game and he isn't going to be pleased. That "patience for the process" McBeane was banking on is already under a ton of stress. Yup. It's called Stockholm Syndrome.

Where are the "but Jordan Matthews!" folks?

Seabiscuit, I don't see many folks rooting for Sammy to fail. Gilmore on the other hand...

So if I'm reading the quotes this week correctly, McD, Dennison, and Shady are basically telling Beane to find some better receivers, and Mathews is complaining about Dennison's gameplan. Awesome.

If they think the Panthers were squatting on routes - wait until they see what Denver's corners do. Talib will get at least one pick-six this weekend.

This is what I have suspected. Rex and his crackpot training staff caused a rift and Whaley refused to intervene.

I highly doubt he's joking. Carl Everett was not joking about the dinosaurs. Apparently D.J. Reader doesn't believe in dinosaurs either.

Dude. I hated the trade and still do. I take issue with any human who "believes" (whatever that even means in this context) that the Earth is flat.

Seriously though, if you believe the Earth is flat, you ought to bathe with a toaster. You're just that useless to society.

He's a beast. He single-handedly wrecked the Eagles' offense last week on a mere 44 snaps.

Human civilization is ending.

Do we have any Flat Earthers on this board and if so, can you please announce yourselves?

Meanwhile, Chris Jones looks like the player the Bills should've drafted at 19 (or traded up for instead of Ragland - imagine having both Shaq and Jones).

They are surprisingly susceptible to a short passing game over the intermediate middle. Not sure we have the right personnel to capitalize. Also Talib may set a record for pick-sixes. I don't see the Bills scoring a TD in this game...

Also, Derek Wolfe is Kyle Williams 2.0.

"Among those"? "Believe"??

Grambling is a huge Bills fan actually. Maybe you need therapy dude.

Have you watched him this year? He's checking at the line like Manning, and he is not afraid to throw into tight spots. He may be on his way to becoming a star.

Baker Mayfield is The One. I'm on that train. JohnC: rebuilding and starting with a QB in doing so is the right approach, you've been consistent about that here and most of us have now come around to it. That said, it has to concern you a little bit that McD and Beane don't appear to value speed or explosiveness on offense. What if they rebuild the wrong way?

I realize Denver is a different team on the road, but their defense just smoked one of the best offensive lines and rushing attacks in the league, and their QB is hot right now, especially when it comes to picking apart soft short- and intermediate- zones. This is going to be ugly.

Good stuff Kirby. I too feared in the offseason that we'd be in for a season of boring football, especially on offense. Sunday was borderline unwatchable. The Bills are in the entertainment business and if they're not going to win games (which they're not), they should at least try to look somewhat threatening or explosive. Beane seems to want a team full of Tolberts at every position. I don't know how long I can stand for this.