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The pictorial was funny, but agreed on the bipolar comment.

I don’t see a dominant team anywhere in the NFL this year. Every team has their flaws. Even if we had to go on the road in the playoffs, I think we could beat anyone. Offense is in a rut right now but I have faith they’ll figure it out.

All of this is true

Lol we're 2 games back in division.

O is one dimensional. Not one dimensional in that they can only run, one dimensional that they can only move the ball on short yardage plays and hope to get a lot out of the run. It’s hard to defend because we have Cook and Allen but when a team has good game plan we are *****. We are trying to get every WR involved but have them run their same token plays every week. They all have them, even Shakir. It’s predictable! The substitutions only make it more predictable. Coleman is getting the bulk of reps on O at WR and that’s gotta change. I don’t care if he’s a good blocker. You gotta move guys around to see if someone can do more for the passing game at that spot.

Add Bernard to that list. I wasn’t a fan of his play last season. No idea how they thought he earned an extension..

I’m frustrated on how they’re using Shakir. We gave him a contract extension and all they throw to him is bubble screens. Coleman can’t play X. At this point Coleman is a WR4 who should be used sparingly preferably in the redzone. Call up Gabe Davis and roll with Palmer Gabe Shakir Coleman Moore. I think that’s our best case scenario for the rest of this season.

There were a few times when Josh probably could have thrown the ball and caught it himself.

They did come back against a bad Baltimore pass defense. They didn’t against Miami or Atlanta. They are not built to play from behind. They used to be but they aren’t now. If the Bills can’t run the ball and rush the passer, they’re a bad football team. If you’re behind, those are 2 things that you can’t really do. It shouldn’t have been a surprise yesterday to see Miami win the toss and take the ball. Everyone knows that’s the formula to beat the Bills. The Bills should have went on that 4th down on the 1st drive. Once they get down 2 scores they’re doomed. They are last in YPC allowed at 5.5 (tied with the Giants). They have the worst WRs in the league. If you want to make a case that they’re the 30th best or 31st best, go for it but you can’t make a reasonable case for more than that. So if teams get ahead, they run all over you. You’re forced to throw the ball and the only place that you can win is between the hashes 20 yards and in (sometimes WR screens too). Teams can take away your trash WRs and jam the middle of the field making it hard to win there. The “gameplan” to beat the Bills is simple. It’s REALLY simple. Now, can teams execute it is a different story. If the Bills get out in front they’re really tough.

be nice to have a leader in the locker room. somebody who will light a fire under the asses of this team

if this ugly loss was against a contender, we would all be less grrrr. we got ragdolled by the fish. that is the problem.

Everybody misses open guys every game. Go back and watch mahomes last week, he repeatedly threw balls to contested areas when there were other guys open. go look at the deep ball he threw to worthy on max, he had three guys wide open, two of them in the middle of the field and he took the tougher deep ball.

While I agree, Beane has not given Josh the toys to really win. We looked absolutely terrible yesterday. They wanted it a lot more than us. Most of you know I’ve been very pragmatic about the coaching and management of the team, but this is enough. I’m old enough to remember how they destroyed us for a decade until that fateful Sunday in 1980. I don’t remember the early 70’s, but knew how much my older brother and dad hated the Fish. I was embarrassed to be a bills fan yesterday. My wife had to drive her younger son to work, but think she also left so she didn’t have to hear me yell at my iPad (the Bucs were playing on tv, so I used a Chinese website to see the Bills).

You're assuming we're making the Playoffs. We're 2 games under the Patriots in the Division. We'd have to beat them in their house and close a 2 game gap to get the Division. That's looking unlikely with the way they're playing and the way we're playing. And a Wild Card isn't a given. Right now we're slotted to have the 6th Place Wild Card. But when you're 2-3 in the last 5 games and dropping to the friggin' Falcons and Dolphins - idk how you can look at any game with confidence.

The Bears have the same record as we do so how does that make Ben better than Sean? Do you see how bad their defense is? There offense might be a hair better than the Bills is that due to coaching or not having "the worst WR group in the league"? Vrable's done good things in New England no doubt. Yet I want to see what they do in the playoffs based on Vrable's previous struggles there. Did you see Pittsburgh's WR last night? Have you seen what the Jets are doing? To call our WR the NFL's worst is negligence.

Dolphins had 10 players lining up right at LOS and we run a WR sweep.

They came from behind and beat a healthy Baltimore squad throwing the ball so they can do it. James Cook didn’t even go off that game. Right now they’re not getting what they need from Coleman and it’s hurting them. I think a healthy Gabe Davis can give us more than what Keon is right now and once we get Palmer back I think will see improvement from the offense

They ran the same play they showed before the timeout 🫤

I don’t disagree with you, I think it’s scandalous how Beane in particular has been in getting Josh the help he deserves since Diggs left, I think he’s really bought into all this big baller Beane cr*p and thinks he’s a celebrity now that he’s on Pat McAfee. I’m just trying to see a way for this season to not be a disaster though and I still think there’s enough to pull it round if Josh sorts his head out. Although to me “pulling it round” means getting to the divisional as anything can happen after that, and doing that probably won’t get rid of Beane and he’ll do the same next season so maybe long term that’s not the best thing, so it’s a tough one whether to continue as is and hope for that bit of luck to get over the hump or blow it up as we’ve probably only got 3-4 years left of Josh at an elite level imo (he’s not Brady or even Stafford, he’ll never be a pocket passer it’s not in his DNA)

The difference is that Josh Allen was playing as the best player in the world. If he regressed to “great player” this was going to be the result. The margin for error is nonexistent. The thought that, “it doesn’t matter who is out there because Josh will cover for them” is beyond flawed. They should have built a roster to turbocharge him. Instead they said, “we will focus ALL of our energy elsewhere and you can overcome it.” The Bills philosophy is the exact opposite of what it should be. It should be build around Josh and address everything else after that. The chose to try to focus on everything else and whatever is left can try to help Josh. It’s malpractice.

Total playoff preview

The issue isn’t, “can the Bills beat every NFL team?” That’s a yes. On any given day the Bills can beat any team in the NFL(and probably by multiple scores). The issue is, “can the Bills win 3 or 4 consecutive playoff games to win the title?” I don’t know how anyone can say yes at the point. They could have lost to Miami in the first matchup and got whooped by them the second time. The Saints were looking for the go ahead score late. They were pounded by Atlanta. It took a miracle to beat Baltimore. It isn’t a case of the Bills not being able to look good or win a game. It’s about them being too limited to win once the playoffs start. They can’t win from behind because their WRs suck and they can’t stop the run. So they need to throw to guys that aren’t open and try to stop teams from running despite giving up 5.5 YPC (or whatever it is now). You can’t have the worst WRs in the league AND give up the most YPC in the NFL. You can’t win 4 straight playoff games like that. The Bills can only win one way and that’s a major problem.

This is the bit of the season where the team is very up and down, confusing the hell out of us by being great sometimes and dreadful the others. We're almost at the crisis point where it feels like the season is over and we're not even going to make the playoffs. But don't worry, the bit where our backs are against the wall and we churn out the necessary wins to hit the playoffs on a high is not far around the corner. But then another key injury or two will occur along the way...let's say....Bosa and Shakir....and we will ultimately lose to the Chiefs or Ravens in the playoffs. Those who like McBeane will point to another playoffs made and the "bad luck" with injuries. Those who want McBeane gone will point to another season of Josh's prime wasted by forcing him to work miracles with a sub-par team around him. Then we'll watch all the best free agents land elsewhere while we give hefty extensions to our own mediocre guys. Aaaand then we'll draft players who fit the current scheme/culture but which don't address the actual needs we have to push us over the top. And we'll see the same thing happen again next season, only Josh will be another year older. I think it's time to press the button and make the change at the top - or else we're forever going to be left wondering "what if", and Josh will either be a HoF guy with no rings, or he'll win one somewhere else.

If Gabe is healthy he can give us more than what Coleman is giving us right now. At least he has history and chemistry with Josh. We desperately need Palmer back

They had a similar WR room last year (minus Cooper) and figured it out, the biggest thing is that Josh Allen isn’t playing well and seems to be in his own head, if they sort that out then the team wins 90% of home games even with the receivers we have. Having said that, I expect us to run it down tampa’s throat the same as we did KC