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Right, that's what I said. But that was it. When push came to shove, we let them march right down the field, unless individual players can take it upon themselves to make ridiculous plays. The last month?!? They showed up against an ailing Steelers team. Other than that, they gave up over 30 points to the Bucs, and let Davis frickin Mills own them all day against the Texans, and then needed more Josh magic against the Bengals. Defense is a concern. There is no denying it.

Happy birthday. Hell of a QB

Thanks. Good discussion. I think your "fundamental point" is incorrect, for two reasons. First, the Bills have used resources on receivers and front seven. They've drafted Coleman and Kincaid in the past couple of years. The point is that it seems cleared that Beane missed on Coleman and the Bills haven't gotten as much out of Kincaid as they wanted and we expected. They also got Sanders in the second round. Thus, I think the quality of Beane's player assessment (particularly given how badly he missed on Elam) is what should be questioned, not his commitment to receiving or the dline. But more importantly, you and several others may think that the Bills need better receivers and front seven defenders, and that they need to commit more resources to getting them, but McDermott and Beane clearly disagree with that philosophy. I laid out their philosophy in an earlier post. They've been very clear about their dline philosophy - they're going to rotate 8 or 9 guys. If that is your philosophy, you cannot spend first round or large cap resources to get a stud dlineman, because that will mean that you're not leaving enough capital for other positions, or you're getting underqualified guys for you 7-9 dlinemen. And although they haven't said it, they obviously believe that receiver by committee, including tight ends and backs, is a better offensive approach than having stud receivers. The Bills have a pretty effective passing attack, just not the kind of passing attack a lot of us enjoy watching. Don't they WANT a stud receiver or dlineman? Sure they do. They just don't think spending a lot of resources trying to get one is as important as spending resources on other positions. I think their approach to getting a stud dlineman is to keep taking them second through fourth or fifth round and hope a star emerges. Sanders and Walker are the examples. Walker already looks like he could be a really good player in the future, so he's a candidate. I think they feel the say way about receiver. Coleman is the latest experiment. Shakir is an experiment who has worked pretty well. You can disagree with their philosophy. A lot of people here do disagree. I've often said the Bills need a stud defensive lineman - a game-wrecker type. But I don't spend much energy worrying about it because, (1) as long as McBeane are with the Bills, they're going to do it the way they think is best, and (2) I don't see the point in getting upset about their philosophy so long as they're winning as much as they're winning. And no that doesn't mean I'm settling for wins - I want the Lombardi as much as anyone, and I don't have a lot of years left to get one. The point is when the Bills are winning as much as they are, they're in the playoffs every season, and being in the playoffs is the first to winning a Lombardi. I just checked, and the Bills apparently are the betting favorite to get to the Super Bowl from the AFC. If they're winning and going to the playoffs and favored to make it to the Super Bowl, who am I to conclude that their philosophy is wrong?

Believe what you want, this was secret agent stuff gone wrong.

The guy who beat Trump in every step of the way? That guy?

That's fair as the grass isn't always greener , to your point. But at some point you got to make a change if they don't get to at least a Super Bowl. If you keep McDermott- Imagine wondering , "what if", If the bills never win a Super Bowl and you had Josh Allen at quarterback . That's a tough pill to swallow

Kincaid opens the offense up immensely. He’s the 2nd most important skill player behind Cook. It is paramount that he is healthy in the postseason if the Bills want to do some real damage.

Spamming the TEs was such a missed opportunity in the first Pats game. NEs LBs want to play downhill.

I was looking at the GFS (National Weather Service) model (The NWS has 21 models to choose from), 200 mb Height, (dam), Kit (kt). A couple of other models like the Canadian RDPS Model has moderate winds blowing from the East. The trick with extended range forecasting is taking a number of models, and finding common trends between them all. The models are generated by banks of supercomputers, but to accurately decipher all the models, it takes a human brain.

The body language is just so bad. He also looked VERY uncomfortable with his footing in the snow on Sunday.

This defense really is a concern. When the Bills finally got a two-score lead with just 3 minutes to go I thought I could relax. The Bengals only had one timeout at the time and the 2-minute warning. I am thinking up by 11 we got the win. But then the Bengals go right down the field in like 50 seconds and it's back to nervous time again. It a took a great play by Allen on the 3rd and 15 to finally win it. You can never relax with this Bills defense. I don't trust them in a big spot at all.

forced punt on last possession of 2nd quarter and first possession in the third quarter. Against a great offense like the Bengals, the best your going to do is get 3/4 stops and/or turnovers. We got that and stopped a 2 point conversion. Those stops and turnover matter man. Defense has showed up for the last month.

I’m afraid the dent on the roof is nothing compared to the stain on the driver’s seat! .

Coleman’s availability isn’t his downfall, it’s lack of effort and hunger to be great. Generally those aren’t issues with any player, so availability is always most important. Can’t make plays from the sideline in street clothes.

One of those talking heads at the time said both were selected a little early, but both would’ve gone to somebody in the 2nd round. The problem with Coleman is that our scouts overlooked the immaturity issue. Because he can dunk and finger roll a basketball and can showboat on the court, he thinks he is already the best athlete on the team. I’m still pulling for Keon.

Without question! I was there.

I don’t think you get credit for that. Otherwise, that’s fantastic. I wonder if they would be enthusiastic about living next to Abrego Garcia the way you once claimed to be.

Thanks! Love the end, 2 people in a bad Buffalo mascot costume celebrating unable to get of the way, and strangely attired young women jumping around like…..cheerleaders?

Curious where you are seeing the wind? I usually go to windy.com, which seems pretty accurate in terms of wind conditions. I am not seeing much wind? It is saying only 8 MPH, and gusts of 17 MPH.

I think James Cook is gonna have a monster day regardless of the Patriots defense. I’m sure he’s been anxious to get back out and redeem himself for last week.

The Taron Johnson pick 6 was the biggest one i’ve personally experienced. Kind of established the Bills as not a fluke, but a real contender winning their 2nd playoff game.

Arguable. And mostly thanks to Josh being super man, so we're always in position to win games. We got a couple of great individual plays for turn overs, thank goodness. We only forced one stop/punt the 2nd half, and allowed the Bengals to move right down the field otherwise. I guess we disagree on what "in position to win" means.

It's all about having a healthier team at the key positions (eg. Bosa, Kincaid, Palmer, etc.) than the team you are playing come tournament time. If that happens, they'll be fine. They have enough to go all the way.

Both of my next door neighbors are immigrants. One from Burma, one from Malaysia. Both are wonderful, hard working people with families.