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Thanks it sure beats the fire every one woe is me thoughts that always pop up !!

Agreed. I would also want the new OC to be experienced, maybe a fired HC who is an offensive mind.

"Shaq Lawson is a day 1 starter right off the bus"

Just because we have Josh means we're a desirable spot because some coaches like to build their team with their guys and their philosophies, heck we saw it when McDermott first came here. As yes we had a chance to take Mahomes and Deshaun Watson (whom I felt was a better prospect at the time of the draft) but we elected to pass on both. Why? I think it was because the thought our team had to develop more before taking the chance on a top end QB that or the 2018 QB class was thought to be better than the 2017 class so we risked that by passing on a QB in 2017 we'd get a better one in 2018. All things considered I think it was the wiser choice as am not sure Mahomes would replicate his success if we took him instead of trading down for Tre White etc. Not because he isn't talented but he wouldn't have same roster talent around him and or ability to sit his rookie season or getting same coaching that got under Reid etc.

right, but you said that there’s no evidence. Finishing towards the top of the league in yards per catch every season is evidence that he can do exactly what this team needs. Make plays downfield. He can do it, yet Josh and Brady rarely give him the chance.

This teams personnel decisions in draft and free agency have been bottom third of the league. But making the playoffs is always better than missing them. Because it gives the team a chance. Maybe they catch fire at the right time? Given all the injuries and gaps in the roster, WR as one glaring deficiency, it seems improbable this version of the Bills is going to make a run for the title. Playoffs or not it might be time for a change of GM and HC. Leadership is simply too invested in sticking with their current approach and refuse to deviate from their plan regardless of the facts and changing situation. We can't have another draft in 2026 reaching for defensive line and secondary help in almost every round of the draft. And failing. The obstacle to this any change is obvious, Terry Pegula. He's invisible. What does he really think about this team? Nobody knows. I can't recall him making a single public statement about the team over the course of several years. Clearly, this owner isn't prone to making quick decisions but he can't want until Josh Allen's prime years are all used up to come to the realization most posters on the board have already arrived at that this GM/HC combo is not going to take this team over the finish line. A parallel to this might be how Bengals ownership stuck with Marvin Lewis for 16 seasons. Marvin was a good coach but he was 0-7 in the playoffs and team finally made the move to replace him with current coach Zac Taylor. Let's hope Pegula doesn't wait 16 seasons to figure it out. All he needs to know to make a change is right in front of his face. Waiting another season or two or more will just put off the necessary decision.

Cooks still has a little juice left. He's an average WR now but he at least gives something for a defense to think about. He's not going to kill you there but he can still make a play....that alone should spread the defense out a little more. I was at the Falcons and Panthers game and man, that defense just dares you to throw outside. The safety's are squeezed in preventing everything in the middle...same with the LB's. Coleman was on an island all game and he just can't make plays.

Gotta root for Prep on this one--my younger son is an alum.

Every thread here turns into fire Beane. Fire McDermott. Like a goof ball such as Terry Pegula will make magical moves to improve the team? Not gonna happen. Terry is too busy watching the stadium cost overruns and worried about opening day of NEXT year. His wife is not well. His hockey team is run by two guys on expiring contracts after THIS season. Terry is not firing either of them. He likes them.

Joe Banner, Andy Reid and the early 2000 era Eagles felt the same way. It held McNabb back his first 5 years in the league. You're correct, they haven't kept up with the times. But at least they were getting to the NFC Championship.

Interesting thought and point. Personally, I’ve wanted a cocky, prickly guy. Cignetti was my first choice but he signed that monster deal. Lane Kiffin is next for me but think he goes to Florida. The Bills don’t need to be stoic. They don’t need “calm, cool and collected.” They need attack, attack, attack. The best version of Josh Allen, and in turn the Bills, is Thanos Josh. When Josh is fiery and taking over, they’re at the best. The 13 seconds Josh is his best. Josh taking off on 4th down vs. KC last year and flexing in the end zone. That confidence and swagger is infectious. The Bills follow Josh. The Bills go as Josh goes. Josh Allen sitting on the sidelines hanging his head, staring at a surface and not talking to anyone is him at his worst. He’s been gelded. What I want the most in a new regime is to let Josh be Josh. Lane Kiffin would be chest bumping him and trash talking. The Bills lost their edge. More than any other reason, that’s why I think they’ve struggled. The message and mentality is stale. Josh doesn’t need to be “reeled in.” He needs to be unleashed. The Bills need to try to dominate teams, not try to outlast the Saints. All gas, no brakes

Could we be looking at a Cooks, Aiyuk, Shakir WR room next year?

I agree. Multiple missed/late meetings and the straw on the camels back I think is the film of him jogging a route in a crucial moment against the Dolphins. I saw it live, it popped out to me. I couldn't believe after Allen was scrambling to get back to the line to run another play, giving everything he has, and Coleman jogs his route. I would be done with him too. You can't teach that out of someone. That's just who they are.

haha, love it. need some delusional positivity these days. I'm hoping it's so, just wish they had made this move in the offseason instead of waiting until week 12. Very little time now for Josh and Cooks to jell.

The missed simplicity over the course of this era as to what better wide receivers would do for this team is mind blowing. Beane has the ingrained philosophy from the Cam Newton era in Carolina, priority number 8 is playmakers on the outside, even after Running backs!

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 ?