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So far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place any more? It would be so fine to see your face at my door Doesn't help to know you're just time away Long ago I reached for you and there you stood Holding you again could only do me good How I wish I could But you're so far away

It's McD's code word for the year for "I'm under too much pressure, so I need to cover for the defense's inability to come up big when it matters most. I can't take the chance of Josh getting hurt, so I am going to turn him into a game manager and play ball control and time consuming offense"

Joe Brady was the bright, shiny object with no track record... 5 NFL seasons. Marcus Brady 8 NFL seasons, Waldron 16 NFL seasons. I would take guys with more experience than a guy still living off his "built by association" with Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, and Justin Jefferson. JMO.

100% agree, nobody is saying the WR talent is good or that the coaching staff is good. It's quite obvious to most Bills fans that Allen has masked a lot of coaching and roster deficiencies for years now. The topic is about is there any possible chance Cooks makes a difference. We are literally picking from a trash heap here at WR post trade deadline. The only silver lining here is that this is a straight up admission by Beane that the WR room is not good enough and that is an absolute indictment on him as GM. Hopefully Pegula is paying attention. Short of a miracle superbowl appearance this year, Beane and McDermott need to go.

My wife and I complement each other perfectly. I do 0% and she does 100%, so together we do 100%

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So, first and foremost, it is COMPLEMENTARY, not complimentary. Not trying to be a grammar nazi but they are two very different things and if youre looking to define "complementary football" it helps to have the right one. Compliment Definition: To praise, admire, or express approval. Complement Definition: To complete, enhance, or make something perfect. In Complementary Football, if each unit is executing properly then they should enhance the other units and make their jobs easier. Like the old saying "the best defense is a good offense" and vice versa. That's literally all Complementary Football comes down to. Offense should play in a way that not only achieves their goals but makes the game easier for the defense. Score points, long drives, run the ball. Defense should get the ball back and in good field position. Probably a mix of 2 and 3. With the "something else" being "I need to say something as a head coach so will just use this buzzword catch phrase and the media will get their sound bite"

I read this thread title just now and it made me smile BIG lol what a great thought I love it AMEN!!!

the children!

Limbo is another descriptor but I like yours better

That's right!!! If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us, who? And the other question I can never remember... how? The talent is not good but it's disheartening that the coaching staff is so poor that they're unable to self-scout and make the corrections necessary to minimize the offensive dysfunction.

The boldes us exactly how I feel about Joe Brady though. If I am moving on at OC it has to be for a proven upgrade. Waldron and Marcus Brady are not that. I'd take Joe Brady over both.

mcD is too fragile to hire anyone other than a Yes man as “DC”.

Typically, you’re 100% correct in your thought about all facets of the game working together in a team based synergy. With the bills however, complimentary football is throwing a lower tier mix of has beens, never were’s and James Cook out there every Sunday and praying that Josh Allen can continue to pull out plays that no other human being on this earth can accomplish, consistently enough to stay competitive and possibly even win despite incompetence filling every office at one bills drive.

COPY. I get it. what I bolded is the bottom line counter point to mine. I love the discussion > Beane has not been perfect. Im trying to be present Now and hope for the best. It is my go to life hack lol GO BILLS

Stay traditionally conservative with tightly controlled procedures and don't let one unit foul things up for everybody else.

It is word salad and is just tossed around to lettuce feel confident in our coaches window dressing.

Good on them. As a feral teen, I was enrolled and boarded at St Francis for the first two years of HS. I believe "sent away" was the preferred nomenclature at the time, but I don't recall anyone else there in my circumstances, mostly well-off families with ivy-league hopes for their kids. There were about 30 kids who boarded at the time. I worked as a janitor after school to help pay for tuition. Lived down the hall from the gym. Way back when Dan Neaverth JR and David attended. Stayed out of trouble there mostly, but alas they were not able to make me a good catholic.

This entire thread just has me grinning from ear to ear- fantastic first read of the day

If Cooks can run faster than this, we have an upgrade.

And black and white for the most part. Pete Carroll and Russ Wilson have tarnished their legacies. John Schneider has burnished his. The highest paid OC in the NFL... $6 million per. That could have been written about Joe Brady and how the NFL has figured out a college play caller as well as the part about play repetition and leaving the tackles on islands without help... too familiar.

I generally understand the concept of complimentary football, trying to harmonize offense , defense and special teams strategizes to create synergies greater than the sum of the parts. My personal observation is we try to manage the offensive cadence to compensate for problems on the defensive side of the ball, in a way that meaningfully reduces the sum of the parts. But my question is what does the coach really mean when he says "we need to play complimentary football". Is he saying 1) as head coach, I am not doing a good job of getting the units working together or 2) the units are not properly executing my complimentary game plan or 3) something else ?

Pretty soon we'll be bringing back all the 90's era players at the rate we are going!

Love the positive thinking, I've been straining myself to get a glimmer of hope out of this. Maybe, just maybe, Cooks can be the equivalent of Emmanuel Sanders to this offense. And maybe, just maybe, Keon comes back with some fire and shows some promise. If by playoffs we are rolling with a reinvigorated Keon and Cooks on the outside, with Shakir in the slot, and rotating in Davis and Palmer, that may not be the end of the world. Maybe Keon doesn't have it and Davis takes over that spot. Still not a good WR room there is no way around that, but could be slightly better than what we have had so far this season, and just enough to get it done while leaning heavy on Cook and Kincaid. This is what I am clinging to!