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A ten-game winning streak is a lot to ask, especially with a slew of injuries, no bye, and Brady still calling plays. Realistically, the only way they're going to make it is if the offense is utterly humiliated by Pittsburgh and McDermott fires Brady. THEN I see them running the table.

I don’t believe we see Coleman again this year.

Could the addition of Cooks be too little, too late, maybe about four years too late? Yes. That was my immediate reaction, and I doubt I was alone during the past 12 hours. I woke up this morning actively hunting for reasons this could work, trying to drag myself out of the “our front office is operating with a Magic 8-Ball and this roster is a resource-allocation dumpster fire” mindset. Honestly, I’ve been in such an NFL funk I’m barely even pretending to be excited about the rest of the season. So why not at least attempt to convince ourselves something good could come from this? At least until they inevitably prove they have absolutely no idea how to use him. I’m shoving every memory of Hines and Hardy into the mental junk drawer where I keep stuff I don’t want to talk about. Here’s today’s episode of “Delusional Positivity I’m Forcing on Myself”: maybe Brandin Cooks can be this team’s James Lofton. Yes, I know, the ’80s NFL was a different sport entirely. Just roll with it. We’re in survival mode. On the surface, by the numbers (before joining the Bills): James Lofton arrived in Buffalo in 1989 at age 33. 11,085 yards Five 1,000-yard seasons 54 TDs And averaging an absurd 18.3 yards per catch Then in 1991, at 35 (and 36), he had a straight up resurgence: another 1,000-yard season, 8 TDs, a Pro Bowl (back when that actually meant something), and most importantly he helped ignite the Super Bowl run. Brandin Cooks arrives here at 32. 9,687 yards Six 1,000-yard seasons 60 TDs A career 13.3 yards per catch (and yes, we’re all collectively pretending this year’s 8.7 doesn’t exist) I’m digging deep here. I fully admit I have absolutely no clue who the Andre Reed equivalent is supposed to be, please don’t ask, it’ll collapse the whole house of optimism I’m building. But hey, could he also help propel this team into the big game? Stranger things have happened. Probably. Maybe. Don’t fact-check me. If you squint hard enough, and I mean squint like you’re trying to read directions on something you're trying to air fry at 46 years of age, there are some parallels. And at this point, a little delusional hope is all we’ve got. So with that, I give thanks to Brandon Beane for the next 96 hours of optimism. It may be borrowed, delusional, and doomed, but hey, why shouldn’t Bills fans get a little joy before reality smacks us again? We're rooting for you Brandin! Let's go...never mind (I don't want this moved to the political section)

The talent hasn’t been there which is clearly on Beane, but the bigger problem, at least with respect to what we can control at this point in the year, Brady just can’t scheme an effective pass game. Just not consistently. The whole operation is a damn mess. Inexcusable to have let it get like this.

That’s probably right, but a part of me wonders if some genius coordinator wants to install his system with a guy who’s at his best playing backyard football outside of structure. I always think about that when people mention the Shanahan’s of the world. Shanahan wants a point guard distributor to make quick decisions and run his scheme. That’s simply not Josh.

We now have a logjam of mediocre WRs. Between this signing, Gabe lurking on the PS, and the potential of Hardman returning at some point...it's making me think that either Hardman was hurt way more than we thought and won't be back OR they are doing whatever they can to make sure Coleman doesn't have to see the field again this year.

Can't be any worse than what's been there the past 60+ years ! They've allowed Dupont, Monsanto, Bayer, and many other companies to pollute the earth with things that cause many diseaeses as blond as there are profits to be had by those companies to be filtered into the back door of the gov't so nothing much has really changed then has it ?

I would have been until this season. I think it's reached a point where he has to relinquish control defensively. He is baby sitting Babich. Babich may one day be a great DC but that position is the one that favors the wiser man. Offense can still be about innovation so young minds can still find an advantage.

Bills just need to focus and make the playoffs. This game Sunday is sneaky huge! Win and you cement your playoff seeding but lose they are on the outside looking in with 5 games left to go.. (and would lose the tie breakers with Texans and Steelers)

After the Trump reference why does this not surprise me ?

Burrow is back and I think the Browns are a terrible matchup for us with their defense and Judkins running the ball. There is one remaining game I’m confident in winning, the Jets. Beyond that, who knows.

Strategic alliance yes. This was also in the context of the French & Indian war prior. ( France and Great Britain fighting with different native tribes choosing sides) The founding fathers main influence for political philosophy was born out of the ancient Greeks. That and a protestant reformation born out of Christendom. If they were not religious they were deists.... John Locke or James Madison would talk about Aristotle or the enlightenment period in Europe. They viewed the Iroquois as a different people, from a different culture that was fundamentally not part of the American nation. The same applied to the Sioux tribe, Blackfoot, etc

I think that they all need to go. Wipe the slate clean and hit reset. It’ll be the most desired job on the market with Josh. Get someone new building the roster and someone new designing the schemes. There are some position coaches that’s I’d keep but otherwise, wipe it clean.

Meanwhile the bills still employee an OC that has managed to turn the unicorn we currently have under center into a mid tier plow horse

Yup. Not great. But in fairness, I think Young and Turner etc are good players but Verse makes that DL go. If you have that guy on the DL, everything else falls into place. For years, the Chiefs had Chris Jones. They still do, but he’s not the guy he used to be. And because of that, they struggle to get pressure on the QB without blitzing. Karlaftis is in that Rousseau bucket and they don’t have much else. Same for the Ravens since Madabuike went down.

Love T-giving meal!! My turkey is in brine right now (water, salt, sugar, sliced oranges and apples, thyme, sage, rosemary sprigs). Tomorrow, I’ll rinse it, spatchcock it and put on smoker for three hours basting with a butter, white wine herb sauce. Super moist and tasty.

Well, they like him enough to give him chance after chance. His biggest issue is he did 1 thing well and never really adjusted or adapted to how football evolved. To me, he's the Rex Ryan of the offensive side of the ball.

NYT playoff machine provides if we win the three games we should win even if we suck-- Bengals Browns and Jets-- playoff odds are 97%. Lose to Pittsburgh (not assuming the three wins) and chances are still at 61%. It just feels like a must win game because of the Miami and Texans losses. Where we actually are IMO is that it is a must win for fan psychology and team morale to have some belief that this team can still play decent football and make some noise in the playoffs. Win the game and get to 8-4 and the panic will subside-- for a day or two.

That's cool as long as they don't forget every body else, ever since they got Kincaid they have all but forgot about Knox and he's been doing good since Kincaid has been hurt and usually does but when Kincaid comes back he's always a after thought and that could be part of the problem is they aren't including all the weapons in the arsenal and they will need them all !!

Even the part where he stated that the natives in the Pontiac rebellion were raiding communities. Then replied that the Americans massacred and slaughtered them in return. Facts matter. They both were killing innocent civilians. And again the Iroquois suffered like many others partially due to England paying for natives from Canada to attack American soldiers families. See stanwix or the sullivan campaign for reference. It's a good show to be shown in high schools as that's the level of the details involved. And how our government was never created to provide anything to the population. ..

Not true, I've seen or actually didn't see the phantom holding call, but I've saw the resulting flag.

I thought they were talking about the Albany Plan of Union.

IMO it'll take 3 straight years of missing the playoffs/regression before Pegula does anything. McD might fire Beane but I wouldn't count on it, yet.

just get healthy and somehow get into the tournament. the regular season crown will go to someone else, but the tournament looks like it will be wide open as I always say, in a single-elimination tournament , anything can happen

This is my position as well. With Josh Allen, it is very very difficult to lose more than 7-8 games a season. So if the replacement is a total bum, we will still be on the fringe of a playoff spot. Having said that , I am not sure the replacement of the coaches alone is sufficient. If McD is higher on the decision making chain than Beane, he cannot be fired by Beane. If Beane is higher, he stays and McD is gone, will things really change with the drafting process and allocation to resources between O and D?