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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.

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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 to 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

Nah, ***** em anyway. The right play is always the push. They have effectively neutered Allen now and he is much less dangerous with his legs than in the past, taking the push away all the time is another hit.

I’m still not in panic mode. I was a bit skeptical at first but the dominant win vs. KC gave me assurance that this team can still get to where they want to go. Right now the offense is not helping the defense. We really need Josh Palmer back to give our a WR room a jolt especially now that Kincaid is likely going to be out for a few weeks with his hammy

In what world would a fake tush push pass play that's not a quick hitter ever work? In a short-yardage situation where the "tush push" is likely, the secondary is never actively focused on coming up to support the run. They won't be "deceived" to crash the LOS because they are not part of the initial defensive push. So is Brady slow? Why would he think this is a play that would ever work? The thing that infuriates me is that they had to practice at some point during the year and noone on this staff or even a player questioned it? Like really? Wtf **Disclaimer: If the All22 comes out and shows that this was suppose to be a quick hitter pass play that Josh didn't end up throwing, my apologies**

Daboll was right about the offense and McD was wrong. The heavy TE set rushing offense with Allen should be criminal. Beane also talked a lot of ***** about the Whaley cap management, but look at how awful the current roster is with no space. I'd force my way out like Eichel if I'm Allen, the Pegulas are not good owners and it will take more time for action. Who are they going to throw to? If Kincaid is hurt it's over. The secondary is about to be lit up bad by Tampa.

Some people have perfectly reasonable points and I respect the opinion about how bad we are and should blow it up etc… even if I don’t agree with it (yet), but some people are so hysterical it’s hilarious to read. Probably the same type of people who were saying when we were 4-0 how they didn’t see any games that we’d lose for the whole season. Has everyone forgotten that we went 7-6 twice in the last few years and then pulled it around to end the season 11-6 both times and end up 13 seconds and a missed throw to Shakir from being in the AFC championship both times? We’re 6-3 and one game behind the patriots, I’m not happy with how we’re playing but the sky hasn’t fallen in yet, the injuries on defence are a killer but I expect a strong reaction next week against the buccs, if we get hammered again (at home) then I’ll start to worry a bit more but not yet

McDermott is a legend. HC for life. Can't do anything wrong. It's always someone else's fault

wasted energy. It’s not happening. Right now the offense is not helping the defense. Thats our issue. Defense is on the field way too much

This isn't crazy, the Bills only consistent receiving threat is an undersized TE that can't stay on the field. When he is gone they can just play the sticks up and beat our offense. It's over guys and gals, they have wasted another year of Allen and with the contracts they have it will be a loss for at least 2-3 more years. Anyone looking at it pragmatically can see it.

*200 rushing yards allowed again *uncharacteristic turnovers *bad decisions on crucial downs How many times are we going to repeat these trends? I realize that this was an almost meaningless game, but in order to be truly great, you have to have the same mentality every single game.

I think you're really underestimating how truly bad this core is. Teams aren't producing with these guys. The announcers are practically laughing at how bad they are at getting open on a weekly basis. This isn't to say the coaching helps. But I don't think there's any amount of "creativity" that's going to make Keon Coleman, Curtis Samuel, Elijah Moore, and Tyrell Shavers get open when they simply can't create separation against even single man coverage.

No I can't take a breath. McBeane has had eight years to figure this out. I've been waiting 52 years for a title. The best QB in franchise history is being wasted. McDermott has taken a Ferrari and turned it into a Prius. This game is just another in a growing line of McDermott disasters. Team was completely unprepared yesterday and came out like it was a casual pick up game on a Saturday with a keg of beer on the sideline.

I've seen enough of the McDermott era. This game was a preview of what will ultimately happen again when it matters most.

I just saw the other thread "This staff doesn’t take every game seriously" after posting. That's kind of an expansion on the idea of, yeah, we are intentionally keeping things simple, directing effort to conservative and basic game planning, managing the load over the season and not giving full effort each week.

I hear you, but I've seen enough offenses produce in this league with the kind of receivers we have. The Bills run the same exact pass routes just with different players in slightly different roles or starting from slightly different positions, again and again, and just hope that the pattern works against the coverage call. The only time I see a creative pass play it seems to be an outgrowth of the run game.

The culture. He came to a perennially loser and now they’re a perennially winner. I’m one of the last people on this board to give McDermott credit but he deserves some for that. Obviously, it is more tied to Josh but McDermott gets some. The public heat was turned way up even before the season. It’s only gotten worse. He’s absolutely not a lock to be back. He MAY be back but this isn’t like years past. He has been crushed publicly since April. What the public was worried about has come to fruition. I think it’s more likely than not that there’s someone else handling the roster this offseason.

Tis coaching

I had 3 in my cart when I posted that on StubHub that were $96 each after fees. They weren’t very good.

You don't see a lack of talent? That's crazy. The insufficient creativity is a direct result of the lack of talent. You think they're throwing a million screens to Shakir bc they aren't "creative"? No. It's because no one is getting open downfield, including Shakir, and they have to do whatever they can to get the ball in his hands. How many games do posters like you have to see of Josh running for his life around for 10+ seconds at a time, dying for someone to come open for a small window somewhere, before you admit we have a talent problem?

What I see here is not just inconsistent player effort or insufficient talent but insufficient coaching capacity for creative game planning. It seems like they can put together a great game plan if they have a really long time to ramp up and focus on an opponent, but they are almost like skipping an entire week or two of opponents with very little opponent specific planning., throwing a generic script together, while either putting in less effort or starting work on a future opponent instead. Is this because there is a bottleneck and only a few people are contributing to or are overly controlling and can't keep up with the higher level game planning? Or if it's just a few, are they incapable in terms of creativity rather than time & effort. Or is it intentional to keep the offense simple throughout the regular season? Or everyone is working together and contributing but they just don't have enough talent in the building? Or is it simply humanly impossible for a finite number of people to do the perfect game plan every single week for 17 weeks in this league, so parity will always bite any team? Same thing with the run game creativity vs. pass game creativity. You can see very clearly that there is more time on task with the run game. Why can't we have an offense that does both well? It's not just the players, it's lack of time on task, scheming and practicing the pass game this year.