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There will still be a ton of growing pains I'm sure but the kid just seems to have "IT"...the ones that have "IT" show flashes of "IT" pretty fast. I remember Brett Favre's first game against the Bengals. He was super raw but he showed he had natural instincts to play QB in the NFL. I really think we are seeing that with Allen already. I never once had the same feeling about Trent Edwards, JP Losman, EJ Manuel, or Tyrod that i do with Allen. This truly feels like the arrival of a special Quarterback for once.

Rosen is a Nerd!

I'm guilty of starting to lose a little faith in the process before today's game but I'm more than glad to eat crow and take my lumps today. Last year was no fluke, McDermott is the truth!

This thread has been filled with all sorts of entertainment. Can we focus on a different region outside of WNY every week and debate whether or not it's Bills Country?

The same can be said for some WNYer's as sad as that is

I don't think having a good culture is a bad thing but I'm just beyond sick of hearing about it. Did we really need to hear from Eric Wood that the culture here is doing fine? What we need is some elite level talent right now. This whole culture talk is starting to feel like a caricature of itself IMO.

A-Freaking-Men! I was just about to post that Culture isn't the problem here....it's a severe lack of talent!!! Culture is important to a degree...in the sense you would hate to see a team built like the Pittsburgh Steelers full of talent but also full of a bunch of divas which has created a huge obstacle for them getting back to the Super Bowl with this bunch....but at the same time we also shouldn't be trying to field a team with the boy scouts of America either. Some of this stuff that McDermott and Beane start talking about in regards to culture comes across so hokey and reminds me of something you would see from a high school coach. These guys have to really start putting an emphasis on bringing some premium talent in here. I'm not saying to bring in divas or thugs but lets get back to the days of building a good football team with good players first and foremost.

Tragic news, a constant reminder to never take this thing called life for granted. Unfortunately so many don't get that opportunity...just way too young

I would be excited with Bosa or Oliver but is there no clear cut legit Wide Receiver worth taking early coming out next year?

If you know what their content and demographic is then it's easy to see why the "Bills Mafia" shenanigans is a gold mine for their page. It is what it is, they post that kind of stuff for all different teams but there just happens to be a lot of incidents with Bills fans. It's kind of embarrassing but I came to accept there are a lot of jackasses that are Bills fans a long time ago. I think most normal people realize that the people who end up in these videos are "caricatures"of real Bills fans anyway.

I remember when we drafted JP Losman there were articles being written saying JP had a Brett Favre/Jim Kelly presence to him and I never saw that at all when I started following his career once he got here...to this day I don't understand where those comparisons came from. But for the first time since Kelly himself I can see some similarities in Josh. I just hope he can continue to develop his talent. I don't question his heart or intangibles.

That phrase is getting thrown around and used the wrong way too much these days. Every great player that comes out of the draft is not a "generational" player. McDavid is. And luckily for Sabres fans it looks like we actually do finally have a generational player in Dahlin.

But isn't that still the purpose of going out to watch football today as well?

That movie was in heavy rotation during my college years

I agree with everything except we should absolutely take a high round WR within the next two drafts...as long as they do their homework and get the right guy. When you get a guy with an arm like Allen you owe it to him to go out and find the next AJ Green or Julio Jones

I understand that it was a work in progress but at this point we already had a young Kent Hull and Andre Reed so the core was beginning to come together regardless of how many games they won that season. I am not worried about Allen being ruined but I am worried about the overall lack of talent we have up to this point on the offensive side of the ball.

Only difference is there was alot of other young talent showing up around then too. The Bills absolutely have to hit on the next draft...we need a legit WR who is a playmaker and they have to strengthen the o-line if we expect to see Josh have any success.

I think it's been alot longer than that since the lots opened as early as 7am...I remember them opening up at 8am for awhile before they changed it to 9

If I recall correctly didn't Schoop only get into fantasy football a couple years ago? Could explain his obsession with it right now...you know that new toy feeling when you find a new hobby but at the same time it doesn't make for the most interesting talk radio show but these guys are going to talk about topics they want to.

The product continues to get worse and ticket prices and other NFL related expenses continue to rise. It's not shocking people are losing interest.

Whatadrought would be more appropriate

I was exaggerating a bit for the sake of trying to be somewhat sarcastic because I think McDermott is much more business than Rex ever was. But i think to a degree his inexperience might be catching up to him because of the way some things have been mishandled. And don't think for a minute just because nobody has come out and said anything that the Veterans in the locker room aren't extremely frustrated right now. McBeane continued to preach winning now and winning later when in reality it's clear they are going for a full tear-down rebuild and that's the kind of stuff that make players lose trust in a coach. I'm just nervous about how everything is going to play out this season. I can already sense alot of frustration from players, McDermott himself, and certainly from the fans point of view.

I feel like we are right back to the Rex Ryan days...Only past Week 1 and I feel like we are watching a friggin soap opera again. I can tolerate a losing season because I understand the nature of a rebuild but I can't take another laughing stock of the NFL season yet again

No. The Bills are just severely lacking in talent right now.