Coach Tuesday

To me, he looked very good in that offense. Looked like they incorporated new (for NE) running play concepts for MG, which looked similar to some of Lynn's off-tackle plays last year. He's a patient runner - he drifts towards the tackle, waits for a seam, and then explodes. IMO he'd be PERFECT for the Dennison scheme.

I could see this being a very tight game, decided by a couple of big plays on Specials.

One game dude - one game. Let's slow our roll until October.

I decided last night that Gilmore is lights out in coverage between 7-12 yards past the LOS. Anything shorter than that (like WR screens) or longer than that (deep passes) seem to confound him. It's quite bizarre. He's an odd player.

I think Shady's agent has been quietly griping to Beane all offseason and they threw him a bone. Sets a TERRIBLE precedent for Beane if he's already getting bullied by agents of players who are already well under contract. This regime is already looking shaky.

JSP is one of those weathervanes pointing in the wrong direction at all times - his sunny take on letting Gilmore walk makes it far more likely that the decision was a bad one, perhaps even more so than Satan choosing to pay Gilmore so much money. Last night's result doesn't mean much. The Patriots are often slow starters, they'll adjust and tweak and hit their stride shortly. And the Chiefs are often fast starters and slow finishers - I'm not ready to anoint them yet. Losing Berry is HUGE, he's the heart and soul of that defense.

If they're smart they'll view it as sunk costs. Snead can't blame the prior GM (a Bills fan speciality) but it was, at least, a prior coaching staff. I think they won't hesitate to cut bait on Goff this offseason if he doesn't show a ton of progress. And outside of the QB position, that roster is STACKED.

Literally, they got one RB for the price of two. Unbelievable!

Gilmore caught peeking

This is not a surprise

So they took the amount of money they could've used to match Gillislee and they voluntarily added it to Shady's contract???????

The truth must be hard for you to grapple with.

But $2 million dollars!

This also sums up the mindset of Bills fans! Some amazing quotes around here tonight.

This quote encapsulates the psychology of Bills fans. Seriously - this sums up most of this board. Truly amazing!

Or LA, where he'd have weapons and could reunite with McVay...

Knock Brady's lights out after the whistle. Take the suspension and the fine. I'm just saying.

Alpha maybe so, but the team has openly advanced the same logic in not exercising the option and then after trading him...

Thanks. I'm already going to hell anyhow, so I'm openly hoping Brady blows out his knee tonight. The Bills are going to be unwatchable this year, but here's to big things in 2018 and beyond. Best of luck with the Packers this year.

I guess the flip side of that is, if the Bills give up an entire draft for Luck, he comes to another team with depleted talent...

But that's not the point. He thought Terry was in his corner, I believe.

It's all good. WRT my recent posts - it's not that I'm down on the new regime so much as I'm down on the owner. I like Terry as a person - he and his wife seem like great humans. I haven't liked what they've done with their two sports franchises. In several instances now, they've over-empowered unqualified managers and then have lost patience for the plans they empowered. Empowerment is good, but it needs to be smart. I've always wanted Terry to hire a football/hockey "czar" of some kind, if not to have total control than at least to consult with him and serve as a sounding board for important decisions. WRT to McBeane, I don't think it was a good idea to expel so much young talent, so early, without having a track record of prior success. Not that I don't think it will work in the long run - it may or may not - but because I don't believe that Terry ultimately will have the patience to see it through, especially if (i) the Bills are still struggling to win games by next fall, and (ii) the young players they got rid of are performing at a high level elsewhere. If that happens, ownership will be under tremendous pressure from fans who will be looking around the league and realizing that a roster of former Bills could whip the current Bills roster on Sundays. We'll be closer to an even 20 year drought. The CBA and stadium lease issues will be on the immediate horizon. Under all of those circumstances, and taking BADOL's point about McBeane (and other coaches/GMs in the past) confusing Terry's assent with his buy-in, I just wonder whether Terry will remain willing to stay the course. He has demonstrated time and again that he can change his mind QUICKLY. It shocks people - it shocked Rex, Wales and Murray, none of whom (I believe) saw their dismissals coming.

Thanks Dave. And yeah, my point was really about whether Terry will lose patience after a couple of years despite his assurances to McB that he'll stay the course and have patience.

Man, Kyle doesn't sound overly psyched...

IMO, to keep his job McBeane needs to have the Bills to playing "winning football" (i.e., smart and disciplined, not getting blown out, etc.) by October of 2018. If that isn't happening AND (i) Mahomes is lighting it up for the Chiefs; (ii) Sammy is lighting it up for the Rams or someone else; and/or (iii) the other castoffs (JWill, Mikey Gill, Gilly Lock, Darby, Ragnuts, Bobby Woods, Zach Brown, etc.) are all playing at a high level, Terry is going to lose confidence in the Wrestler and the Accountant and we'll be rebooting yet again.