saundena

Really? Has Josh made mistakes, sure. But he's not the reason we haven't advanced to the SB. He is, however, the ONLY reason we haven't been 7-9 the past few years.

I get your point, but the worst Brady can do is be the head coach of a team that falls apart. If he loses in the divisional round again or the wild card- people are rightfully pissed- but no different than half of MCD seasons (except he never lost in the WC). But to not make the playoffs, or suffer an epic collapse, given the narrative of the new stadium... It would be catastrophic and the topic of a future 30 for 30!

With McDermott, I'm afraid we essentially fired Andy Reid. McD will have his pick of teams next year and you can bet he'll turn that franchise nariund quickly (he broke the drought remember, with TT as QB)! He still won 6 games in 2018 with Josh as a rookie and the rest of the roster on a reset. By the end of 2018 and after Josh returned from injury, the Bills were playing competitively. McD is a big reason why.

Maybe. I don't know. I think McDermott got better as time went on. He acknowledged and corrected his mistakes. Each of the last 3 playoff elimination games, we went into those games with a bare cupboard on defense. Injuries and bad luck are partly to blame- but also, Beane is somewhat culpable too. It's his roster which is loaded with too many high picks on defense that didn't pan out, and too many middling extensions and roster moves at depth. This last year in particular- I felt he held the defense together with spit and duct tape. I know that nobody likes to criticize Josh, but we probably win that game if he only has 2 turn overs (his two sacks- his second and third turnovers of that game were avoidable if he took better care of the foot ball). Also, we probably score on that drive that James cook fumbled too. Neither of those issues were defense / McDermott. One or 2 less turnovers, and we are back to the AFCCG where I think we pull out a victory is snowy Foxborrow, but then lose to the Seahawks

I think McD is also friends with Harbaugh, who, I remember after Buffalo beat the Ravens in the 2020 playoff game, told McD that "He hopes he wins all". I still think that we fired the wrong guy. Auve he was bit of a control freak, but I truly believe if we drafted better, we'd had at least 1 Superbowl.

Wow. Very difficult schedule. Coming in 2nd place last year, makes this year more difficult than if we would have come in 1st. Hope we can get out to a fast start

I want to hear what Joe Marino thinks

Diggs coming up small in elimination games

I've noticed more and more people giving up booze too. Maybe I'm noticing it simply because I'm 44 and recovery takes longer? ...But I don't think so. My peers (age wise) all say the same thing which is recovery is hard and with the prevalence of smart fitness devices, the after effect of drinking not only is felt, but can be seen in the data across every wearable and connected device and screen a person owns! I still drink, but only occasionally and usually only when I go out for dinner or group events. And going back to your earlier point about cultural shifts, if people are getting together less and less and staying in more often, the desire and pressure to drink probably goes down.

I get the reason why, but c'mon. Best coach ever. Despite all the pain he causes me as a fan, I'd have voted him in.

I personally think that McDermott made lemonade of of lemons this year. His best coaching effort during his tenure in Buffalo. That said, I am very much against how this all went down. Beane has just as much culpability- especially after this past season. A sub par roster and no trades at the deadline when there were deals to be had? I guarantee you if we had gotten Waddle or Jacobey Meyers in a trade, we win likely win 2 additional games and maybe play the divisional game at home. Hell, event imagine if seeding is what it ended up being and we had a legit #1, we probably hang 40 on Denver. If so, I have to like our odds playing in the snow at NE with Josh and our running game. Not hard to think that that it's Josh versus Sam in the SB! Maybe McDermott had to go- fine. But so too did Beane. He didn't deserve a pass, let alone a promotion. I don't see a new voice or direction coming out of this, especially now that Brady is our new HC. If the status quo was so unacceptable, all we've done is repackaged the same crap with a different face. I hope to God I'm wrong and will gladly eat a crap sandwich if I am- because the Bills won the SB!

Post of the week!!!!

Excellent point

Potentially not true. Is was reported in Locked on Bills that the trainers reported to Beane, which is why Sean apparently, didn't always have updates when asked about injuries

I didn't say that either. I'm just saying that you speculating how it went down- especially the parts where you assumed that Allen "wasn't silent when they came to him and asked if they can with with this guy". For all we know- and based on Allen's tearful press conference after the game- he stood up for McD placing the majority of the blame for the loss on his own shoulders (turn overs and missed throws). They probably did tell Allen what was happening or at least gave him a heads up- but beyond that we're only guessing. More on how this went down will be made known in the coming days.