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They might realize the Bills wide receivers mostly block because it's pretty much all they're capable of doing. You don't use a hammer as a screwdriver unless you have to.

I hope you feel better after typing that all up!

My grandmother worked at Freddy's in the early 1950's, she always had these when i would come over to her place.

The reality is that even the best coaching staffs and front offices go through down years. That alone isn’t a reason to move on. And sure, no one is saying Beane and McDermott are on the level of Reid and Veach, but the truth is, almost no HC and GM pair in the league are. What we do have is a team that stays in the conversation every single year and consistently gets close. That’s not something to overlook. The Bills have been right on the doorstep multiple times, and being that competitive for this long is incredibly rare in the NFL. It’s easy to take that for granted, but we shouldn’t. If we decide to make a change at GM and coach, the odds are far greater that we take a step backward than instantly improve. That doesn’t mean change is never justified, but it does mean we have to be honest about what the risk truly looks like. There isn’t a ton of room for improvement at the top, this team is already operating at a very high level, even with flaws. Assuming that a new GM and coach would automatically elevate us isn’t rooted in reality. It’s just not how the NFL works.

WNBA? We Never Bowl Alone?

It's the New York State taxes, and the weather, I tells ya! 🙁

Yeah, Ingram has been so great that that last year in the playoffs, when Benford was injured, they went with Elam over Ingram.

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Of all these, I'm most glad Reader is gone, along with Anarumo. Both of them had our number. Without having to face them, I don't see why the Bills wouldn't plan another Pittsburgh job. I mean, the Bengals are giving up 160 ydg rushing, the worst in the league. It's not brain science, especially with the incentive to keep an explosive offense off the field. (Imagine Allen throwing to Chase and Higgins instead of the cast of Gilligan's Island. Now THAT would be an explosive offensive.) The hard part will be to keep the run game going if Burrows quickly scores TDs on every possession. What a weird game that would be: lightning drive/plodding drive, lightning drive/plodding drive. BEANE! Couldn't you have found Allen even ONE wide receiver?

"Christmas Wrapping" is the worst. Other than that, sure whatever.

in their defense they mistook Daniel Jones for Mac Jones because their collective IQ of the NFL is akin our IQ of the WNBA.

I for one thought Beane was doing a good job in the beginning of his tenure but not so much as of late. Here is my list of why Beane screwed up and why both he and McD need to go. 1. Both are great coaches/GM but as time goes by so does your window of opportunity. As McD said after the Texans game about this roster, he said that while he “loves these players,” he admitted the team doesn’t have what he considers a “super-Bowl-caliber” roster. That is on Beane and paying all the wrong players. I mean look at the guys he signed this year alone: Bosa DE (was killing it but we all knew he would get hurt eventually and miss some games, which he is at the most crucial part of our schedule) Palmer WR (signed a three year deal and was the forth/fifth receiver with the chargers so far he has played 8 games and has 18 catches for 272 yards 0 TDs) Hoecht DE great signing for the game and a half he played was impressed but was suspended the first six games played a little in Carolina and was killing it against KC then got hurt and is out for the season. Ogunjobi DT suspended first six games now playing but probably our worst DT on the roster. Honorable mention Curtis Samuels last year 14 games (only started 2) for 31 catches 253 yards 1 TD; 2025 6 games 0 starts 7 catches 81 yards 1 TD. and we gave that guy $24M for 3 years. 2. Signing the guys he drafted instead of signing players that will help. Here is a list of players Beane Drafted then signed to big contracts: Josh Allen - Franchise QB drafted 2018 (best move Beane ever did) James Cook - RB drafted 2022 (great move but almost lost him to free agency because Beane didn't want to pay him) Khalil Shakir - WR, drafted 2022 (average WR probably paid too much for him 5yr $56M) Christian Benford - CB, drafted 2022 (probably paid him market value 6yr $69M) Greg Rousseau - DE, drafted 2021 (overpaid for a 5 sack a year guy who never got better, 4yr $80M) Terrel Bernard - LB, drafted 2022 (overpaid, 4yr $42M) IMO only 2 of these contracts make sense (Allen, Cook); I can live with 2 (Shakir, Benford); and two I could have done without and used that money somewhere else (Rousseau, Bernard). Bernard is small and gets washed out of a lot run plays, Shaq Thompson makes our Defense way better for only 1.25 million this year. He is bigger stronger and better against the run which forces team to play into our strengths (pass defense). Maybe Bernard will be better in the Malino role but Bernard is hurt a lot also just like Milano. Rousseau is getting paid an average of 20M a year and Bosa is getting paid 12.6M this year and has already proven to be a way better pass rusher then Greg. Greg is in his fifth year and has played in 74 games and has 28 career sacks (not cutting it). For example, Jaelan Phillips drafted right before Greg played in 59 career games and has 27 career sacks. You don't sign a guy because you like him you sign him because he is a good football player. We need to get back to that. 3. Bringing back dead weight over and over again. Retreads Philips, Lawson, White, Davis, Jackson, Poyer, Spector, Broeker (all dead weight if you ask me) when we had guys like Tim Settle (DT Texans now), Puna Ford (DT Seahawks now) both did nothing in Buffalo after signing free agent contracts never got a chance if you ask me and are now killing it with their new organizations. 4. McD hiring from within all the time instead of going outside the organization. Coach McD always hires from within (Brady and Badich) IMO we were better with Daboll and Frazier on the staff running their respective units. It makes me wonder why Daboll and McD had a rocky relationship, and Frazier was fired. I believe McD was responsible for the whole 13 seconds debacle when he played the analytics instead of going with his gut and kicking it inbounds. I want to believe that Frazier was telling him to kick it in bounds to kill some time and when McD's plan backfired he fired Frazier. When Frazier was running the D the opposing team always seemed to have a good opening drive but then Frazier made adjustments, with Badich running the D the opposing team has a good first half and some of the games get away from us, but after the half when the game is already lost he makes adjustments). For example the Atlanta game right before the half with under 2 minutes the Falcons drove right down the field to get into FG range which was almost a TD, and the Texans game right after the Bills scored to get some momentum the Texans went right down the field and scored a TD right before the half. both unacceptable. 5. What is up with all these injuries, I know it happens around the league but dam. Our training staff sucks, or our coaches are being over-protective. 6. What happened to the players being the best version of themselves (remember when JA17 first got here and that was one of the things that lured people in). Now it feels like it is not that anymore and it is do what I say and like it and smile. No top end WR free agent is going to want to come here to run block all the time because that is not what they want to do. They want the ball to make plays not to block.

My uninformed and 'hot take' belief is that Allen hits his tee shots further and straighter than Burrow, and doesn't smoke up the tee with those ridiculous cigars. 🤨

i'm starting to wonder if Jackson is mentally done/spent.

FMG’s, on average, are equal to American med grads. They also often go into undersubscribed specialties. Residency and fellowship programs only accept the best. Most immigrants in healthcare do undesirable, underpaid jobs: nurses aides, orderlies etc. American’s are not being put out of work by these people.

QB missed many games, it's Dallas, no QB, it's Pittsburgh. No comment on the last one lol

I’m not opposed to change if it truly makes us better, but I think we have to acknowledge that moving on from Beane and McDermott comes with a real risk, not of staying the same, but of getting worse. We talk about “wasting Allen’s years” now, but imagine falling back into being an 8 or 9 win team, or worse. That’s not some far-fetched scenario. That’s the most common outcome when teams start over. The reality is that with Beane and McDermott, we do have a legitimate shot to win it all every single year. Last year’s playoff loss to KC is a perfect example, it was a game of inches, and the officiating took more than a few of those inches away from us. That doesn’t mean the team was perfect, but it shows how thin the margin is when you’re consistently in the fight. Here’s how I look at it: If you knew with certainty that Beane and McDermott would win at least one Super Bowl with Josh Allen, would you be willing to be patient? Because we already know, without question, that they field a team every year that can compete with anyone. And no, it’s not only because of Allen. He’s incredible, but there’s a lot more that goes into sustained competitiveness than just having a great quarterback. If we decide to move on from this regime, the range of outcomes becomes much wider. Sure, we could luck into a duo that instantly elevates us. But there’s also a very real chance we stumble backward. There are far more franchises stuck in that cycle than there are consistently contending. As for me, I’m honestly still figuring out where I stand. I’ll always want the Bills to win a Super Bowl, especially with Allen. But at the end of the day, football is entertainment. I’m not going to let it ruin my day, week, or year. I simply don’t have the time or energy for that. What I do know is that since Beane and McDermott arrived, I’ve been thoroughly entertained. I appreciate having a team that’s competitive every week and always in the conversation. I’m content to see how it plays out while rooting for the best possible outcome.

The offense is not much different and may even be BETTER than when we've faced them in the past. It's still Burrow, Chase, and Higgins, but now they have a couple of decent RBs and have been adding to the OL. Burrow was still putting up ridiculous numbers last year, and the O is still functioning at a high level whether it's Burrow or Flacco at the helm. It will still be another tough day for our Defense, which has somehow managed to regress over the last couple of years. The best thing we have going for us is the change off of Lou Anarumo and that Defense still sucking. Gonna have to be a shoot out between Josh and Joe, which on one had is great because Josh loves that stuff and usually comes out on top, but on the other hand McD hates that and will try to "limit possessions" and likely neuter our Offense from keeping pace. We'll see. Where's Gene Tundo when we need him?!?!

Can we have the defense from the Orchard Park High School football team replace the Bills defense vs the Bengals. They couldn't do any worse and probably would do better.

I have seen a lot of Mac Jones jerseys that Pats "fans" have been sporting lately. They have dug them out of their storage bins when they heard they might be relevant again.

There is a cap on the number of American medical doctors that can be trained. Additionally, medical school acceptance rates broken down by race indicate that the standards are far lower for applicants who are not white or Asian. Given the fairly recent hubbub over affirmative action policies at universities, it’s reasonable to assume this occurs not just for MD programs, but also for BSN and others.