BillsVet

Could have done without the sacrilegious comparison.

I always figured someone got fired for that decision. It's a lot of field to clear in the little time players are off the field at end of 1st half and back on to warm up for the 2nd.

Was at a game this time of year back around 2014. They were using John Deere tractors to clear the field of snow with an attachment which pulled up the rubber pellets and deposited them, by the time they finished, in the corners of the field. What a mess.

The next time someone starts ragging on/blaming Josh when the offense isn't working they should be sent on a one-way tour of the sun.

Per ESPN, Bills are first team since the merger to win (EDIT: 2 games) when down 2 scores with less than 10 minutes in 4th quarter. Not going to keep winning like this or expecting to turn it over (as we've seen this year) 8 times in 1,300 offensive snaps like last year.

Poor talent evaluation is not an accident. I'd call that a combination of arrogant and stupidly stubborn. Especially because the history is there going back practically their whole tenure at OBD. Because this issue didn't show up in 2024...it's been an oncoming slow-motion train wreck since 2021. End of the road or mediocre UFAs. Not developing the position w/higher picks. It'd be like picking stocks and your last 10 lost big money. Eventually you just stop and go with a decent history ETF while admitting you aren't that good at investing.

2.5 seasons running this style of offense isn't partly by accident at this point because, despite a lot of evidence to the contrary, it's what they believe works. They also have a historic habit of overestimating their WR group and then act surprised when those guys can't get it done. Not to mention, they've poorly/under invested in WR going back to about 2021. This year it was expecting Coleman to become a boundary receiver primarily because he was their pick. Or, expecting paying Shakir to become more than a RAC guy who could be a true slot. Or, expecting Kincaid to improve (he has) but remain healthy (he hasn't). Or, expecting Josh Palmer to be a WR2/3 type. And to a lesser extent, expecting Moore to be better than the Cleveland version of himself or Samuel to be the player he no longer is apparently. Has to change in the off-season, but it's McD and Beane and their stubbornness is legendary at this point. Until then, yeah...all they can do is lean in and go with it.

Curtis Samuel 2024 and 2025 with Buffalo: 529 offensive snaps 38 catches 334 yards 2 TD ~$16 million in cash Beane admitted WR draft evals are hard. Looks like the UFA ones are worse given his track record.

That's my point. And, that I'm sure he pushed hard to re-load this off-season on defense.

Pretty noticeable how, at least publicly, McD offers criticism of the OC whereas the DC isn't highlighted that way.

I'm in favor of McD calling offensive plays. He hasn't liked any of his OC's and taking the offense would finally give him the control he craves. Needed a huge comeback against Baltimore to start. OK. 1-0. Then 3 wins against middling competition. 3-4 since then with bad losses to the Falcons and Dolfelons. This is a team trending down entering the finale third of the season.

In a way, this game somewhat reminds me of the Week 4 2024 game at Baltimore. Whereas Baltimore brought it on blitzes IIRC, last night it was from the entire Houston front-4. Texans and Baltimore's coverage was tight although Buffalo's WRs couldn't separate in either game and Josh got knocked around each time. The following week at Houston was bad with Josh going something like 9 of 30 passing, which prompted the trade for Amari Cooper.

You're Joe Brady and had to sit there from the 2024 AFC CG loss to opening day. And in all that time, the GM and HC hand you 1 (EDIT: new) offensive player who'll receiving at least moderate snaps in Josh Palmer. Nothing else. And that's because HC and GM were offensively lazy and assumed similar production with Josh Allen and improvements from unproven players. Still, this is a discussion of to which degree who is at fault. Brady, sure but this problem goes all the way upstream. Football philosophy -> Scheme -> Personnel -> Coaching -> Game Planning -> Play Calls -> Plays The issues in multiple games are rooted in decisions made this off-season which were wrong and avoided a true deep-dive. They chose to run it back...again.

For several reasons I don't think comparisons to the Sabres are equal...but Terry wanted O'Reilly and Eichel moved after they expressed discontent. I can see Terry being "disrespected" and going that route. Or, he can see they're moving into a new 2B+ stadium and realizing now or will soon be a matter of choosing either Josh or McBeane. He's the wizard...a.k.a. the Big Baller. Get it right.

You do know he drafted Josh Allen, right?