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They have this feature called a “poll”. It is very helpful for a question such as this. 😉

McDaniel shows linebackers all kinds of eye candy to suck them in or delay their drops, then Tua drops it in over their heads as they react late. Williams has been known to take the bait so hopefully his eye discipline has improved….

Its 2 games in - way too early to make any proclamations on him. But here are some things I will say -- More often than not, the "hot coordinator" isn't the savior people think they are in their first HC gig. Fans get obsessed with someone because they had a great offense/defense with great talent and then just think they will work magic when they take over a much lesser roster as a first time HC. Sure it can happen, but it mostly doesn't. Look at what the Lions did this weekend, they didn't need Ben Johnson to do it. But - its also not fair to a first time HC to condemn their new tenure after 2 games either, just like it would be silly to crown them if they over achieve early (look at Daboll in NY). Now - generalizations aside, one thing that is standing out in the new Ben Johnson era is he is not coming off well. That is not usually a good sign of things to come if their are rumblings this early about things like how he is in the locker room and how he comes across in the media. Sometimes these guys had it so easy with top end talent they come in with inflated Egos, arrogance, and stubborness that will hurt and hamper their ability to succeeed, unite the team, get the most out of his coaches and players, etc. Quite honestly, I think that is a major factor in what has become the Giants under Daboll. Their success will hinge on the humbling of them through struggles and how they respond. Then there are guys like McDaniel in Miami who just don't have that leadership quality, command of a franchise personality, etc and honestly are probably never going to succeed as a HC IMHO, same with a guy like McDaniels. Its too early to know where Ben Johnson will fall, but its why guys like McDermott exceeded expectations and found immediate success out the gate and others don't. McD has a Team General like leadership quality to him that commands respect and has the guys united and getting the most of them. He cares about his coaches, plaers, etc and listens to them and is genuine which makes him a players coach while still commanding the same discipline he expects. He has always had that, its natural for him, its why his early success started his first season when we were supposed to be a bottom feeder. He came in humble, but in command. When guys come in arrogant without that aura that leads and commands respect, its often a rough go of it. We will see how it goes for Ben, its early, but it has signs that I would say are in the red flag category.

All blues again.

I wouldn't mind another boring 30-10 win at all. Trubisky and the 2s playing 10+ minutes of the 4th.

Best nap I have had in the last 10 years. Have dinner ready to go when you are done because you will be hungry

Bill if I cheer someone's murder, you can get me fired personally. Deal? That goes to anyone on this board honestly.

Minimum.... and on the telecast he couched it with 'if rehab goes perfectly' and 'if the Bengals are still in it'. He may be done for the year.

It's really not that bad, as long as you don't have trouble drinking, because you'll need to drink a lot. My mother hates to drink anything so always had a horrible time just getting the liquid down. I have no problem chugging water so no issues. Sucked on jolly ranchers all day the day before. Ez pz.

I thought this was going to be a Terrell Owen’s thread. Bummer.

Hasn't happened since either. Once in 55 games or whatever it is still must be an NFL record

Don't be mean.

Ohio State.

most of what we find politically is click driven. i suppose everything is now. i'm not denying that these classes exist either. i can't imagine of of the nonsense you'd find at the university of vermont in "culture studies". not to ***** on vermont, but some schools are more liberal than others, and some classes are more liberal than others. if this is a required class for her major, then reconsider your major. i just don't think this is the college experience as most are being let to think. you want to be an accountant, take business classes. i guarantee you won't find much politics in the typical core majors. not once did i hear anything about politics in organic chem. a lot of it is what you sign up for.

i heard a cool story from a union official when they were filming The Natural. Redford wanted a farm house, somewhere where he could keep his horses while filming. So they scouted the Buffalo rural areas. When he found one he liked, he approached the owners and offered them an ungodly amount for the early 80s. Say, $5,000 per week or something. Then, he said he wanted to bring in his own furnishings. He would put all of their furniture in storage, and when he was going to leave, he would put everything back just the way it was. Or the owners could keep the furnishings he brought in. In another quick story, I had a friend who was working on the film as a driver. One day, he was driving some film big wigs from Cali around Buffalo. He had to drive them around downtown for a while and places like mansion row on Delaware. He said they were utterly amazed at some of the architecture in Buffalo and they had no idea Buffalo had some really nice areas.

Wgr550 is the bills flag station. Does pre and post game as well as sports talk around Buffalo sports. Their morning guys, Jeremy and Joe maybe? Do a segment with Howard simon, a long time bills radio guy. The afternoon they have bulldog and shop. I don't listen to the afternoon guys. They usually sound like they just got done with a bender and raging against some shadow argument they're mad at

Big fan overall of Brady, but -- while people are going to push back soley based on our PPG numbers, the facts are the offense was way out of sync week 1 for 3 quarters and we only won that game thanks to Baltimore doing Baltimore things and choking away the game. From the tipped ball on 4th and goal that found its way miraculously into Keons hands, the Balt missed XP, a low percentage chance of a fumble, to not going for on 4th and 3 due to Lamar having a cramp, etc. It took many things to go just perfect, even Kyle slowing up a fraction of a second and just barely missing the block on the game winning FG for us to win that game. GREAT GREAT win and the offense was clicking that stretch, but we were behind the 8 ball the first 3 quarters because of some really questionable play calling and it wasn't until we went into the 2 minute offense for essentially the entire 4th quarter did it work out. No disrespect, I think anytime you look at a stat and remove all context you are making a mistake. The play calling and offense were struggling for 3 quarters against the Ravens and it didn't open up until we ran the 2 min offense, which is completely different than the offense we ran the rest of the game. And we only got to 41 points because we got lucky on 4th and 3 that a tipped ball miraculously fell into Colemans arms and then Henry miraculously fumbled, something he rarely does. Otherwise if that ball doesnt find its way to Coleman, we probably don't break 30 week 1 as that was a domino into all the other things. Against the Jets, the offense was not great, the play calling was not great. Our first opening drive TD only happened because Jets gave us multiple chances with dumb penalties or we would have punted multiple times that drive. In the game, we got a few big plays that helped, but overall, Allen was off before and after his nose. I mean he started the game 3 for 10. Lucky the Jets were worse, so we got a lot of chances with the ball and controlled TOP especially with the insane amount of times the Jets shot themselves in the foot on both sides of the ball. Had that been the Eagles, Lions, Chiefs, Ravens, etc on the other side of that field on Sunday, not only is it a much closer game, we may not have had enough to win with how the offense was playing. I think this team is going to be just fine and we got some cushy games for the offense to get right. But make no mistake about it, this offense was only humming for 1 quarter in 8 quarters of football so far this season and playing up to its potential, and that was mostly done in the 2 min offense. Brady has to be better, has to find a way to get the quick start, to bring that 2 min offense energy and pace to the rest of the game. Dion Dawkins verbatim said the same thing in interviews as well. To be clear, not panicked and big fan of the Brady -- but facts remain, the offense and play calling have not been great these first 2 weeks. Miraculous opportunities masked that week 1, terrible play and self inflicted mistakes by our opponent mased that in week 2 on the scoreboards.

I hate that this stat has been getting traction. Last year, before the Baltimore game, the stat that gained traction was that the Bills hadn’t been beaten by more than 1 score in 42 (regular season) games. A NFL record. They then proceeded get trounced.

Or just McD slow playing info for gamesmanship. He is usually buttoned up. He was then asked if he was ruling out a long term injury for Milano, and he said "no". That was the fastest presser in history. Under 5 Minutes.

It's definitely just you

If you've been eliminated in your survivor pool this year, you seriously messed up. I don't remember ever seeing this few eliminations through two weeks. It's like we haven't even started yet. With that said I'm going Seahawks this week.

Even more remarkable is that no Bills position player has had a turnover in at least 21 games. That also must be an NFL record. Bills taking ball security to a new level. EDIT: Actually goes back even farther than that...the last TO by a position player was James Cook against KC in week 15 in 2023. That's freaking absurd...so it's been 27 games since anyone outside of Josh Allen has had a Turnover.

Admit I thought TO stood for time outs and was gonna be another McDermott thread😆