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Ya well. Thats not true at all…maga pud

Remember the good ol' days when Hawes caught TD passes? Or Ty escaped the backfield and caught some tremendous first down snags or TD's??

This. I've never played professional football, so I just assume its my ignorance of the way things are. I also don't watch/keep up with many other NFL teams, because the NFL makes it difficult to get invested in teams when they always seem to favor 2-3 teams with officiating. So… maybe its not just a Bills thing. But, yes, I would think… I'm an owner with billions of $$s and want my franchise to hoist the Lombardi because that’s good in so many ways. I would have teams of scouts that do nothing but track all the opponents, all season to develop trends, tendencies, weaknesses and strengths. Then develop game plans off that, based on a team of scouts that continually self scouts the Bills all season. And, they give the game plan to the coaches on monday morning. BUT… if that doesn’t hold true because another team has had ..say a bye week to prepare… you have to be flexible enough to switch plans mid-game. And, for the love of all that is holy, the HC has to demand that certain key playmakers are on the field in certain key situations. Bills had the ball, down by 7, roughly 7 mins to go in the game. THAT is the drive you have to be your best, have your best players on the field, call the best plays you've run repeatedly in practice since TC. AND you need to know what your opponent is most likely going to do to try and stop you, based on afore said scouting. It seems too often.. they just throw a dart at the play board and hope for the best. I know they normally give the players the bye week off. But I would have practices every day, just a different kind of practice. Have them all just go line up correctly in pads, and stand there for 5 mins at a time. Force them to be mindful of their assignments, where the LOS is (are they offside), think. Just think. Why are you 15 yards off the LOS when they only need 4yds? Why are you going to lose contain and let the RB easily get around you to the sideline? What do you do when the guy covering you, blitzes? Why are you running down field like you're lost when you're supposed to break to the outside? Just think about all this. Stand there, repeatedly, in different looks and stand there. Think. No talking, no walking, no nothing.. just thinking. Then, every day after practice, everyone meets in the meeting room and sits patiently while Brady writes on the white board… “I will not forget James Cook is on the team.” 1,000 times. Then have Babbich stand up and write… “I will not suck. I will simplify the defensive communication and I will stop checking the equity reports on my house in anticipation of moving this winter and focus on the Panthers.” 1,000 times. (I'd probably make them do it in cursive writing, just to mess with them.. but i can be dic at times) but.. like i said.. i've never played professional football. So, these are probably bad ideas.

It's like these guys have the attention span of a hamster. Also, what's with subbing out Cook in key moments? He's easily the most speed oriented player on offense and they just LOVE putting him on the sidelines when it matters most. I don't get the thought process

Brady should have 2 homework assignments over the bye - mandated assignments. Study the Eagles down and short game: We have Josh Allen and Cook, and we suddenly suck on down and short, its ridiculous. We went from being unstoppable on down and short, to some very ill timed and weird bastardized version of a wannabe tush push, something we had done quite well previously, in the AFCCG. It was like the Bills decided they were going to go hard against the Tush Push and refused to run anything close to it and what they did run was a joke. And now this year, not only are we not doing a proper tush push or proper sneak, we are doing all these bone head cutesie plays that are not only not working consistently, but also resulted in 2 fumbles in the last 2 games. Study what the Falcons did this weekend to us: How the Falcons used London and Bijan in the passing game is what they need to be looking at on how to utilize Cook and Keon. Im not saying Keon and Cook are exactly the same level or type of player as each, but how they use them is exactly we should be looking to get Keon more involved and Cook more involved in our passing game. London isn't a burner either, but Falcons move him around to get him the ball in space and get him off the line easier. Cook is a ghost in our passing game, him suddenly not being used in that capacity is mistake and I think it has to do with how many carries he is getting if I had to guess, otherwise nothing about it makes sense. If reducing Cooks touches is the reason, then they need to get Davis like 8-10 carries a game to offload some of Cooks touches to get him more in the passing game. Whatever the reason, its just wrong. Him never being an option on 3rd down, or on sure passing downs is mind blowing. Even McD seemed genuinely shocked to find that out. Ive been a supporter of Brady since his emergence, and I do think that support was warranted and deserved. But, the is the NFL, teams CATCH UP to what you are doing and all it takes is one team to show the blueprint on how to disrupt it and then you have to adjust. Even Sean McVay had to adjust and evolve along the way. So this for me is Brady's moment to prove he is a top tier OC and future HC or he that he was a guy that did something different until teams figured it out and it fizzled and never recovered. Everybody eats is a great mantra, and a great mindset. But it should be just that, a mantra/mindset - not a literal forced game plan. It needs to mean, don't force feed the ball to a target, take what the defense gives you and make smart decisions. But this year, the commitment seems to be more focused on 8-10 guys catch passes each week, too many plays where guys are all running clear outs with no intent on them getting the ball to scheme one guy open, even a backup WR, TE or RB to where the only way anyone else is getting the ball is if the play breaks down. I mean our 3rd string WR's, TE's, and RB's are too involved, we need to game plan to get our better players more quality touches, not just get everyone touches. If our 3rd string is out there, and no one is open, sure get him the ball. But we are running plays to get these guys touches too much. Bonus Points: He should go watch film of Keon's last year in college to see exactly how not to use him. We are using him the same way, a tall target that just runs too many routes that don't suit his abilities and puts him more in consistent contested catch or back shoulder type plays. Again, watch Drake London this past game Brady, get Keon more quality opportunities that better suit his abilities to make plays. We are using him more like Mack Hollins than an actual player we are looking to get good looks too. Someone who clears out and blocks more than a guy who we are game planning to get involved. Why isn't Keon getting slants/crossers in the redzone or down and goal? Like are you serious? Such a stupid missed opportunity, stop making him beat a corner on the outside in the red zone.

Man, 95, leads a 100-member Taylor Swift fan club in his retirement home

It's even more frustrating because Brady famously did just that against the Cowboys in 2023 when it became apparent they couldnt stop the run. Brady got a ton of kudos from the players for getting away from his game plan and adjusting to the thing that was working and continuing to call it until they stopped it (which they never did).

It’s really looking like Coleman is jag. I think you’re spot on. However, every year you have Josh Allen is a year the Bills should contend. Waiting until next year is a waste. They have to make a trade for an offensive weapon.

Respectfully, unless you want to stop being a Bills fan and watching football, that's all you can do. Oh wait... sorry... you can go on message boards and complain about it and accomplish nothing.

I don't understand why football coaches can be so stubbornly stupid. Football is EASY. If you have something working (Cook in the second half), you keep doing it over and over until the opponent does what it takes to stop it. At that point, you attack the weakness caused by THEIR change of plans. But these guys? NO-HO-HO we can't have that. No, we'd rather a jet sweep on fourth and short that is subsequently fumbled and then stuffed than having the eighteen foot tall QB fall forward for it or heck, a simple handoff to an RB averaging close to four yards a pop. It's idiocy, unbridled, unvarnished idiocy. Either that or it's the byproduct of new age analytics foolishness.

It seems like Pearsall has been pretty effective this year when he has played. He's averaging 5 catches for 82 yards in four games. His worst game is better than four of the six that Keon has played.

Completely agree...Josh has been the polite, patient team player long enough. The fact that this organization (McB) blatantly ignores helping him find weapons is all the more reason he should be infuriated. We have one of the worst defenses and WR rooms in the NFL. And this ridiculous and unsustainable narrative that Superman is supposed to rise above all this negligence is embarrassing.

I agree. beane clearly has no idea how to scout WRs. Might as well trade again for a proven one since he doesn’t know how to scout.

They may have a 2 in Palmer. They don’t have a WR that demands attention from a Defense. Allen scanning the field for open WRs that don’t exist is maddening.

We need 7 robots like this... First down!

He could just be "big-boned", right?

But there's only one ball. There's only one ball to go around

Correct. Not sure what made you think a podcaster is an expert in the first place.

As much as the team and some fans have tried to pump up Coleman, characterizing him as a WR who could be a difference-maker, I haven't seen it from day one. Still don't. He's a #3 at best in my view. For me, he's this version of the Bills Tremaine Edmunds - the guy they desperately want to believe is more than he really is. I'm not buying the 'Everyone Eats' mantra. Josh is an elite QB. PLEASE, find a way to get him big boy weapons, if not this year, next year.

Nah - we took Whitner and McCargo in the 1st, before him - we were ALL SET! Prayers to Nick today!

Your "Cimmerian Pervert" (you?) is rather ... interesting. Could be a Young Republican. Bullying? That's so millennial. These Young Republicans won't stop with bullying; they go for the gas chamber.

The problem is, if you have one, you need two. Remember the endless begging for a #2 WR when Diggs was in his prime on the Bills?

I think if Hairston came in playing as well as Trey Amos or Will Johnson (CBs selected after him), there wouldn’t be this “one toe in” approach that we’re seeing out of the coaching staff. If they like the rookie enough, he’ll play over the vet.

In 6 years with the Bills, their "fullback" has 6 carries for 10 yards. He's actually caught more passes than he has rushing attempts and has caught 2 TD passes. I would think they'd give him the ball now and again just to show different looks if he's already on the field. (As it is, you can tell which way the running play is going to go based on where he lines up.)

Yeah we lost. We lost by 1 score and a couple plays not going our way. It's not like the Bills stood no chance in those games. In 2020 and 2022 the Bills were obviously outmatched. Not 2021 or the last 2 consecutive years. Those games were all a play or coaching decision or maybe even a fair and obvious 1st down call by a ref from going the other way. In 2021, don't kick it in the EZ for a touch back. In 2023, can the OL give Josh even a fraction of a second longer to get that ball to Shakir? In 2024, can the refs AND replay assist give us an obvious 1st down on that tush push? Can Kincaid catch a ball directly in his hands? Not just one score games but one play games we always end up on the wrong side of. It's the NFL. One score games are frequently decided as much by luck as talent and coaching. Blowing it all up or giving up because of some in season struggles 6 games into a 17 game makes no sense. Look back at 2021 please. Everyone says that was our best shot at winning the Super Bowl and it probably was. The Bills were 7-6 in mid December and had 2 losses waaaAAAaaayyyy worse than anything we've seen this year against the Jags and Colts. And then what happened? That team we saw in the playoffs that year was unlike anything we saw that regular season aside from occasional glimpses. And we don't go back to 2021 thinking and talking about the playoffs because playoffs are all that mattered . That's what I mean by that phrase. It's not saying I'll be satisfied with getting into the playoffs again. It's saying I just don't see the point in freaking out over our annual early season slide when it always happens. And the players are human and maybe why that slide happens. Buffalo has been flat multiple games in a row. For a roster that has so much experience losing heartbreaking one and done playoff games, it wouldn't surprise me at all if there's an element of finding it hard to get up for regular season opponents they "should" beat on paper. Maybe that's a coaching thing because it essentially happens every year. But what's also a coaching thing is that McDermott has a pretty incredible record of righting the ship and getting his players back up after these slides. Every year. My own approach is to enjoy the regular season and save all the stress for the postseason. But I do understand the weekly up and downs, too.