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I don't know, and I don't necessarily see any of what we do know as a smoking gun. My two sources over recent years are both no longer in the organisation. But it would not surprise me. The Bills have underachieved in 2025 to this point. That creates tension and it is against a background where both know there is an external pressure on them to get over the hump.

3rd quarter duds was definitely a narrative/reality a few years back. But if memory serves we were still winning games on the regular. JMO, but some folks expect 4 quarters of domination 17 games a year and ignore the fact that even during the drought years we often had better teams on the ropes....until the 4th quarter.

McD seems the same to me. Not prepared for most games and has to wait for Josh to take over and bail him out. Thankfully this year we also have Cook and now Benford chipping in with the bail outs. But I will give him credit for being more aggressive even if sometimes it’s at the wrong moment (ie Texans low scoring affair, you go for the FG early).

Cincy is just a poor comparison all around because they have terrible ownership that refuses to spend money. Pegula gives McDermott and Beane blank checks every year. I don't buy this narrative that Cincy's problems stem from paying Chase and Higgins. If anything the criticism is that they should have paid them one year sooner, and that again goes back to cheap ownership. I mean Cincy right now has $11M in cap space... We're spending right to our limit every year. They have $79M in projected cap space in 2026. I also don't buy that the Bengals have failed Burrow. He is just flat out injury prone. He takes normal NFL hits and misses almost half of his career from them. It's not like they've had trouble scoring points whether with Burrow or one of his backups over the years. That WR tandem is a cheat code that more than makes up for whatever deficiencies exist on offense. As far as their defensive struggles that is partly because of cheap ownership and partly because of poor drafting the last few years. You're not going to sell me on the narrative that the Bengals invested too much in their superstar WR tandem. The other issues that exist there are completely independent of that.

I could just be misinterpreting, but McD certainly did not seem like he approved of that deal.

That is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen posted here

Yeah, this is a worry. A soft zone and no pressure is a bad combination when you have reliable receivers, as Burrow showed us last week. I'd like to see a more aggressive defense, even it it means a few long plays. Better than a demoralizing series of third and long conversions up and down the field all day. Alternatively, they could study film and look for patterns to exploit, as Bernard did to intercept I think Mahomes earlier in the season. But with their bye, it's more likely the Pats will have studied the Bills' patterns. (Of course, to master Brady's full playbook, you only need to watch a single series, so maybe they went skiing instead.)

No one here would really know

But would he still have been upset if Slay showed up with his lunch pail?

Yes? That's literally every media personality's job, if you don't make hyperbolic, attention-grabbing statements then you don't get views, and if you don't get views you lose your job I think it's fair to say that Allen is the main reason why we make the playoffs every single year, but not the main reason we make the playoffs generally. He has the second-highest contract AAV, so he's going to get "less help" than ~30 other QBs by default. Them's the breaks. The fact that he's better than his peers in that price range helps the team, significantly. Players like Burrow are better pure passers. Players like Lamar are more dangerous dual-threats. Allen being the complete package is extraordinarily helpful to the team. This is still a playoff roster with Sam Darnold and a 30 million dollar receiver instead of Allen and Josh Palmer, though. The defense, OL, and RBs are good enough to regularly make the playoffs with merely "good" QB play and a true #1 wideout.

That was Kolb. Brohm was the next great Bills QB that we plucked off the Packers PS. And he never got a fair chance.

People always try to make Sean McDermott out like Bill belichick He does not have full control of the organization.. there is a reason why they pay Brandon millions of dollars a year If he had no importance Sean McDermott would double dip Brandon brings in the groceries Sean Cooks them... He does not have enough time to be scouting college players and seeing who is a gem and who is a bust... Elam is nothing close to a Sean McDermott type guy yet we took him in the first round that's Brandon That's why there is a general manager at the end of the day... 4-5 years ago this team had very good wide receivers... And the team was Josh Allen centric and it was not going to win a Super bowl because you can't put everything on a quarterback for 60 minutes We had to get more balanced... You need to be able to win every style of football game to win a Super bowl.. to get through the playoffs and win a Super bowl you need to be able to play every style This team today is much closer to that goal than it was 5 years ago... Brandon needs to just draft a better wide receiver or two But there's a salary cap and I'm keeping Josh upright before spending on fancy toys... Bengals miss the playoffs even when Joe was healthy because they have too many issues The bills might not have fancy toys but we are built to win multiple styles which Cincinnati really hasn't for most of Joe's career This is the NFL coordinators get paid a lot of money to take away your best weapon so you need to be able to do it three or four different ways.. and we are definitely in a better spot for that today than 5 years ago But Sean doesn't have enough time to scout college players.. he's game planning for the Patriots This board has been crying for years that we make Josh be Superman too much.. putting the ball on his hands 45 times every game would just be more pressure... We have in fact taken a lot of that pressure off.. singletary had six 100 yard games in 4 years Cook has 7 this year... That is taking insurmountable pressure off of Josh Allen and he doesn't need to play Superman 60 minutes per game for 17 regular season games.. he just needs to put the cape on at the right time

I thought his touchdown grab was actually a sneaky good catch. He seems to have a lot of tools, just depends on how bad he wants it.

Maybe but it'll all be buried because we're about to win the Super Bowl! The AFC playoffs look like a 3 week stretch in the middle of the season in between prime time games

We did have some good receivers in those days! As for Blanda, young people think of Tom Brady as the poster child for NFL longevity. But old timers like us remember when George was both throwing and kicking the ball at the ripe old age 48!

Never mind.

Leaked video of Phillip Rivers' tryout with the Colts:

IMO, the sooner they start doing it the better - but it probably won't happen, at least not this year. I think the Bills FO might be getting too caught up in the "we paid him $12M, we have to use him" philosophy. R Davis may have slimmed down in the offseason in the hopes of a J Cook holdout, and Davis would get the RB1 gig. Wish we had a sure handed, non-fumbling bruiser for the short yardage role. But I kind of think both Josh and Cook kind of like the TDs.

It’s National Enquirer, Gossip Magazine and People all rolled up into one in here on so many levels. Is Drama Kings a thing?

On the flip side his similar play against the chiefs in the playoffs resulted in a TD. TDs are at a premium in the playoffs and he willed his way to get that score with the extra effort it goes both ways

I don't think we're a 3 win team without Allen and I don't think McDermott is a bad coach. He's the proverbial RB that gets you 2 yards on 3rd and 2, and also gets you 2 yards on 1st and 10. My issue has been that McDermott and Beane chose to build the team in a way that takes away from Allen's greatness. Then we inevitably get into games like this past Sunday where we need Allen to be beyond great and boy are we blessed that he can pull off a win like that even when so much around him goes wrong, but to use McDermott's own words "it shouldn't have to be that hard" to win through the passing game. They intentionally constructed the team to have that flaw, and for what it's worth I give McDermott and Beane equal blame on that front. Like I said earlier in the thread I give McDermott credit for letting Allen win him the game. I don't mean that sarcastically. The best thing he and Beane can do moving forward is to build the team around Allen and get out of the way. He can gift them both a Hall of Fame legacy if they'll only let him. Some of McDermott's comments this year and his aggressiveness against Cincy give me hope that he's finally figured that out, and Beane goes as McDermott goes as far as I'm concerned.

Once again the kids a rookie. What does Witten’s career numbers have to do with comparing the kind of player Hawes could be. He’s already an elite blocker and nasty like Witten, not a phenomenal athlete but already has a rapport to get open for his QB. Hopefully he can run routes consistently like Witten did but not a far fetched idea to think he can. He’s only going to get better.

Also @Slippery Rubber Mats! We don't want anyone getting Brohm'd. I'm interested to see how the Bills plan on covering Diggs. He's a chain mover at this point but was very effective in the first game and I hope they have a better plan for him this time around.

Sometimes it's good to have a reminder of why you have someone on the blocked list.

We haven’t won or Super Bowl, or even been to one since 1994. I’ll sign up for most anything other than standing pat.