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Lol, I have lots and lots of spell check Easter eggs but those two were actually on purpose. Tub is a touchdown, I think I first heard it from Shannon Sharpe, checks is butt is ass.

There’s a couple things I’m having a hard time with. I don’t think winning yesterday would’ve hidden any flaws. There’s just no way fans see the issue with the passing game and the coach/GM doesn’t. They have to know it’s an issue regardless of the W/L outcome. You also mention that we look like a different team in our 6 wins vs our 3 losses. I think that’s the point with the pessimism. It seems much easier for teams to force us into the 3 loss version of this team. A 2-7 team who by all accounts quit on the season, dominated us. That’s not good and I don’t think it’s an anomaly. At this point, I think we’ll make the playoffs because we have Josh Allen. Once there, anything can happen. But the difference this year vs others is I’ll expect to get bounced at some point and have no real expectations of a SB. I’ll think it’s possible because it is, but it’s not expected which will make the season ending loss not hurt like it has in years past.

It’s over when it’s over. right now there are major flaws causing issues and they have to find a way to fix the flaws or at the minimum lessen the flaws. They need all these guys with injuries to get back asap.

This team look like the '95 one Still some flashes of greatness But too much holes to go anywhere

Hey I remember when the 2008 cardinals got blown out at Philly and then got blown out a few weeks later at New England and lost by 40. a few weeks later they came up a play or two short of winning the Super Bowl. anything can happen.

…our collective sinking feeling that the next gen is in play now at NFL, and we aren’t it. Josh wasn’t mad, he was sad. Very different rationale for those emotions.

I knew I would get killed for saying that in the postgame thread. And I probably will here too. But... here's my reasoning: Losses like this are actually better than wins right now. Right now, wins hide a flawed, one-dimensional offense. In a game like this, we actually have to work on throwing the ball. Even with a terrible receiving corps, Allen's passing stats in the second half extrapolate to 400 yards and 4 TDs for a game. And he did the same in the Ravens game. Getting down big is the only thing that gets the Bills out of their scheme. We need to get out of our scheme, get back to being a 3D football team. I know it's like pulling teeth watching this staff try to learn from what's actually happening, instead of assuming their schemes are brilliant. And Beane is guilty of malpractice with the receiving room and not getting a real #1. And, yes, I'm bummed we probably won't get the one seed in a year when KC and Baltimore won't either. But the young teams are a LOT hungrier than we are for regular season wins. NE, Indy and Denver are tasting their first success after years in the wilderness. That's the kind of motivation that sometimes drops once they get to the playoffs--they're playing with house money at that point. In 6 wins this year our team has looked completely different than in the 3 losses. When our motivation isn't there, the coaches can't save us. But, all we care about is the playoffs, when our motivation will be high. However, we need is to be a more balanced team by then, not a team that can't complete a pass 25 yards downfield. Our only hope this season is to develop a downfield passing attack to go with our run game (and get guys back on D). Adversity is the only way we're going to get there. Plenty of teams have found themselves after ten games and went on a run to the Lombardi. Freaking out now and starting a rebuild mentality is not going to get us there. And by the way, our coach and GM are not going to be replaced unless we go like 5-12 for two or three years in a row. So all we have is the hope that bad losses help them recognize we need to be able play real NFL offense and not think they're going to outsmart the league with three tight ends on every down. The best teams have 2 losses. We have 3. Teams as stacked as the Rams have 3 as well. A lot can still swing if we fix our approach. Finally: every week, people predict how teams are going to do for the rest of the year, based on how they look this week. We have no idea. So yeah, the Pats look good and had a great win against the Bucs. They could easily stumble, have some bad injury luck, or run out of gas. So don't panic.

It seems this offensive offense is easy to game plan for, when one of the worst defenses this season shuts them out for the first half and gives up only 13 points for the game. Yet it is so complex that it takes a while for the players to grasp it. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

I usually read these posts early in the morning so you beat me to it. Both Brady is not scheming them open, and the crop of current WR’s minus Shakir are terrible. Beane should have worked harder on a trade before the deadline.

I have been saying this for years. McDermott is the ultimate boss, not Beane. McDermott has two primary concerns. One is defensive tackles, the other is cornerbacks. He has little interest in providing Josh with top notch wideouts. I know, people will point at Keon Coleman but they traded down twice before they drafted him, skipping over a far better wr in the process. Do look at the 2025 draft. Look at his earliest picks. I don't know how anyone can think that these picks came from Beane. McDermott holds far too much sway in this oeganization. He has since he came to town and gave the Mahomes pick to KC, after which he promptly drafted a (now useless) cornerback. I really do hope that McDermott is not our coach in 2026, but it is like he cast a spell on Mr. Pegula. https://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/teams/bills

Weird.

6-6 baby! That's where we were in 2023 before ripping off six straight wins and taking the division.

I like this!

Too late. We got who we got.

Anyone here remember 2023? I think we were 6-6 at one point after an OT loss to Philly. We closed out 6-0 before winning a playoff game and then observing sacred Bills tradition of losing to KC in the playoffs. But I'm trying to remember how much panic there was on the boards when we were at 6-6.

You needed a graphic for your remarks. Problem solved…

I’m throwing the towel in 🤷‍♂️

Such an Overreaction. We have one of best QB’s in the league. Just get the man a damn WR

Just you wait and see the 4D chess moves Beane has up his sleeve for the second Jets game. Don't forget they didn't trade us Williams - we know Beane won't. All I'm saying is, and you heard it here first (hear me out), is don't fret when the Bills drop their game to the Jets in alarming fashion. It's all part of #playthelonggame

How did that work out when we let the Pats beat us in the last regular season game this past season? I do like the sarcasm though!

Nothing in this recent teams history shows that they easily beat up on weaker teams. Even games where they are matched against inferior rosters it almost always becomes a nail biter. More times than not they win, but it never a no doubter.

Think about it...Beane gets turned down by the Dolphins for solid trade compensation for Waddle, then the Dolphins completely dominate the Bills in all phases of the game on the way to a comfortable 30-13 victory? That was all by design, and the joke is on the lolphins. Not only did they make their own draft position significantly worse for the 2026 draft, but an inspired win like that after firing a GM would lead an owner to believe McDaniel and Tua were never the issue. The only downside is it wasn't an NFC loss to bolster our playoff chances. 4D chess by BBB here. Now the Dolphins won't take a top QB because either they believe in Tua again, or because they draft too late. Combine that with keeping McDaniel at HC for another year. #playthelonggame

Cope and seethe.

So true. At least the Chiefs would not make it 4 years in a row and we will still have that record (of futility).