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Add to that Ross Tuckers point that we never get the one seed because he loses too many games he should win. Denver MNF being the worst example. I don't think they would move on. I do think we would have had a least a conf championship or 2 under a different coach. I also believe we could do a lot worse. For me we are potentially living a different kind of 7-9, not good enough to get us over the top but not bad enough to fire.

After 17 years of getting drubbed by the Pats*, I'm unable to let it go - regardless of the fact that the Pats* were better/Bills poorly coached and managed/blah blah blah. F-em. Few things in life bring me greater joy than watching the Pats* get curb-stomped. This having been said, I have to admit that I enjoyed watching them drink from a poisoned chalice as they beat the Bills last year and cost themselves like 4 draft slots. Now it's the playoff Chiefs. Not regular season. Always seem to handle that part okay.

Hoyland is a Wyoming guy. I hope they give him a shot when Bass is out. Just to give him some exposure for other teams.

I actually agree with what you’re saying, for once. Here’s what I think is missing: small business. Home Depot can eat the costs, at least for awhile, until shareholders get antsy about P/E. But what about small business? Probably not so much. This consumer tax stupidity is going to hurt small business the most, which places like Home Depot and Amazon probably don’t mind because if they can hold out until the small businesses go under, they’ll gobble up market share and eventually raise prices.

Me too. I live in Maryland so I have 24-7-365 exposure to Thug-U.

The unfortunate thing is none of us have any say in the matter.

I'm not arguing with any of that. We just seem to be on the other end of these "Calls" or random plays too much. Let me ask you this. If we got the 1 seed and lost to KC at home in the AFC championship this year, 38-35 because we couldn't get a stop, sack, or turnover. Would you want to keep McD? For me, I know that's a great season, but I'd be ready to try something different.

SuperBowl or bust for me. Honestly if he got outcoached in the SuperBowl I'd move on too. He should have been let go after 13 seconds and if Hamlin hadn't died he should have been fired after the Bengals playoff loss. Why would a new stadium have anything to do with the GM or HC decision? That makes no logical sense either way. Beane has given him every tool to work with. Josh is at the apex of his career and there are precious few years left of his elite play. Reality is if they make the playoffs and lose again he isn't going to get fired. We are stuck with him. Only a catastrophic season would make Pegula move on.

He took out Baltimore last year and was a couple of pretty lousy calls away from taking down KC. I haven’t been the biggest McD proponent over the years, but he brings stability and a high degree of competence. I thought the Ty Dunne article might do him in, but it only made him better and stronger. It would have to be a disaster for him to get canned. (Disaster includes, for example, a broken relationship with 17.)

uhhh did you watch the AFC Championship? lol

Was listening to WGR yesterday and someone called into ask what Schoop and Bulldog would need to see happen for McD to get fired after this season. There answer and reasoning honestly surprised me, and also seemed like a course correction from prior years from them. They both stated that the Bills switching to the new stadium next year should prevent McD from being fired under most circumstances, even missing the playoffs. They both stated that a catastrophic PR issue or the entire team falling off a cliff could change things, but that's about it. I know we have a thread about McD every year, and even I've been thinking about this more since last years playoff exit. To me, if we get knocked out of the playoffs again and the defense is the main reason why (giving up 25+ points again), then I think it's time to move on from McD. I'm not a McD hater by any means. I will always be grateful for the culture he's brought to this team and the winning we've since pulling us from the drought. However, if our D (his specialty) fails us again, then I feel very confident to say that McD has taken us as far as he can as a coach. It doesn't mean he's a bad coach, just means he's not a Superbowl caliber coach. I know McD would get hired almost immediately by another team that is looking to recreate the Buffalo success and we would be taking a chance on anyone else. But I also believe we would have our choice of HC candidates. I guess I'm just at the point where these playoffs losses haven't been talent related so much as they've been outcoached and outschemed. We put so much focus on the defensive roster over the years, especially this year, that it's time to put up or shut up. If not, then we are just defining insanity by running it back.

#1 Ravens because of the insecure fan base #2 Bengals because the arrogance of many Bengal players and the Media’s love affair with Burrow. #3 Chiefs for obvious reasons. i have zero feelings for the fellow division teams, until any of the 3 can field a QB to challenge Allen I just see W’s with no emotion.

Chargers are just looking like a "Season from hell" team early on. Losing you star LT for the season in camp, breakout year 2 WR banged up early. Only thing I will say is that Harbaugh is such a good coach so that always helps with overcoming adversity...

Good question! To be a rival in my opinion you need to be on equal footing and play meaningful games. So for the 1970's the Dolphins owned the Bills. It became a rivalry in Sept 1980 and continued through the 1990's as the teams battled for division titles and had meaningful playoff games. Pats with Brady just beat us. They were ok with Stanley, Grogan, Bledsoe and Coates but always one step below the Dolphins. Oddly though they made two SuperBowls before Brady and Marino only made it to one - mostly beacuase of losing to the Bills! Once Brady arrived we were just not competitive with them. Can't be a rival when you are losing repeatedly over a decade and a half. Jets just are never good long enough to matter even though for some reason the Jets give Josh all kinds of problems.

Dolphins have/were that team. The issue is neither team is relevant from 2000 on until Buffalo got good so it became middling. With that said the 2022/2023 some of that hatred came back quick between the infamous Sun Game in 2022 (plus Miami was still in the division race when we beat them later in the year) and then Buffalo coming back to take the division crown in 2023. You truthfully need both teams to be relevant though for it to regain form. Buffalo has been whopping on Miami the way New England did on us so I know Phin fans do not like us at all, but honestly I laugh at Miami the way Patriot fans laughed at us. To me the Chiefs are our prime rival at this point and it has been that way even before Mahomes as the in 2014 that loss took us out of the playoffs at home and the next year the loss in KC again hurt our playoff chances. KC v BUF has had a decade now playoff implications now to SB implications. I will say I have a sizable hatred for Jacksonville. They always have our damn number in the playoffs or games with national attention like England. It is why to me whopping them at home felt so good last year on MNF because they get these weird freaking wins against us even if we are good.

Chiefs and Ravens and the 2023 Dolphins when everyone was anointing them Super Bowl champions after week 3

"My hate will die with you" - Robert the Bruce Smith

After watching the AFC North Hard Knocks, it is very real for the players in that division. Joey Porter even went on to say that he would never even go to a restaurant in Cleveland, Baltimore or Cinci. They genuinely all hate each other.

Brandon Spikes unsportsmanlike conduct for hitting his own teammate in celebration.

For me it's the Jets and it's largely because of their fan base. I love when we shut their loud mouths up.

Short answer- F them all. I’m not crazy about the Chiefs, Ravens, or Bungals, but respect them for their accomplishments. They deserve a healthy respect.

Yep. I hate Baltimore.

I was tortured as a child by my dad always playing it on stereo speakers at home