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I'm almost certain I heard somewhere we ran into stacked boxed more than any other team in 2024... And part of the problem may be that we also had the most success vs stacked boxes... So now they are not intimidated by them...

I'd like to agree with you... But then again... Kevin Adams...

It really is a super tough league... Crazy stuff happens... The Bills have had tremendously bad injury luck especially on Defense dating back to 2023 now... All that being said... McBeane had plenty of chances to get this thing to a SB with Josh and not only have they come up empty, it's now looking like they are falling behind. I think if you want to really narrow it down, and ignoring the 2025 Draft...the Elam pick...giving up two 4th round picks to move up a total of four spots for Kincaid and Elam...the Coleman pick and the DeWayne Carter pick have just killed the upside possibilities of this roster. That's a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd, and two 4th's in three Drafts you are getting little to absolutely nothing from...And it's not like Dorian Williams, another 3rd, is lighting the world on fire either...

Well... Kevin Adams is still the GM of the Sabres so... I think McBean's seat is cool as the other side of the pillow... However unfortunate that may be for all of us...

I said this exact same thing to a friend today...

I've always said that regardless of how these guys come across in the media, you don't get to where they are in the NFL if you don't have massive egos... In a way I think McD has been living off the drought breaker and Beane has been living off the Allen pick their entire time in Buffalo. And of course they have had good moments along the way because neither is incompetent, and they both have Josh Allen... But those early successes gave them this idea that they had it all figured out. And they did not, and do not. They're both smart enough to be humble in public most of the time, but Beane let a little of it out in the WGR interview after the Draft. I have a ton of respect for both guys... I really do... But at this point I just think it's stale... And a lot of the damage has been done. Nothing is is unfixable... It's not 0%... but I think a fresh set of eyes and ears and a new approach is needed now. It was a good run.

9 games played... Missed games on Defense due (mostly) to injury/suspension... Hoecht - 7 Ogunjobi - 6 Oliver - 6 Hairston - 6 Sanders - 5 Strong - 5 Hancock - 4 Milano - 4 Jones - 3 Thompson - 3 Johnson - 3 Rapp - 3 Bernard - 1 White - 1 Williams - 1 Epenesa - 1 Benford - 1 17 players - 60 games missed - 3.5 per game... Did not count Damar Hamlin because I'm not sure he would have been playing over Hancock anyway... I threw that together real fast so feel free to correct me if I missed something...

Not to mention... at least the Defense has got excuses... The list of players that have missed at least one game this year on Defense only 9 games in is a mile long... And most of them have missed multiple games...

They'll never come close to fielding the total Defense they planned on having most of the year... which makes this season so freaking hard to assess IMHO... Like... How do we even know? I think the KC game was just a little clue...But we still did not have Shaq, Sanders, Oliver, or Jones... And I think had he stayed healthy by this time Strong would have been getting a lot of playing time... So who know?

Right now, regardless of what is going on this season, the pats have just about every advantage imaginable over us going forward outside of the fact that Josh is marginally better than Drake Maye... But even that advantage is nerfed by the pats offense being more efficient, better called...at least consistently, and more talented around the QB's... The pats are also the younger team and arguably the more hungry... So...

It's just a mess right now... They're seeing their plan crumble before their eyes and I'm sure it's got to be pretty humbling internally because it is for me as a nothing fan... Externally they are going to blame turnovers, injuries, and the fact that they never got the chance to field their starting Defense as they planned it the entire season... which is technically true... But they know it's bad... They know...

The fat lady belted one out today...

Well... I don't think we have an offense that is built that way anyway anymore... And that's part of the problem when you do get down and even get unlucky with turnovers... You can't come back...

It was huge... Honestly... The Bills built that reputation last year of not turning the ball over, and as bad as they played today...and they played pretty bad... If they had simply not turned it over they probably squeeze out a win...