saundena

Well stated. I'd like to add that the injuries (particularly on defense) compound their consistency issues.

I said yes because the question was phrased "trade places right now / today". I think it is hard to project either team too far out. Bills clearly have issues- but could very well get everything sorted out over the remainder of this season and offseason- and get back to being a perennial Superbowl contender. We also have Josh Allen who at his best, was performing consistently at or better than Mahomes. He didn't suddenly forget how to play quarterback. The Texans on the other hand are likely to have a better season than we will this year and Stroud looks great. Still, lets see how they look at the end of the year and after defensive coordinators start doing a better job game planning for Stroud. Overall, I think the Bills have a slightly better future over the medium and long term simply based on Allen. Having said that right now, I'd rather be a Texans fan- at least for the remainder of this season- their fans have a much more enjoyable season to look forward to I think.

I think it's time that Bills Mafia hire out every billboard in Buffalo, simply with this message! Shows as a fanbase that we support our Unicorn QB, and recognizes that we can't waste his prime years.

LFG Buffalo

I believe continuity is essential for long term success, and while I've been on board with getting rid of our coordinators (Frasier, Dorsey 🙏), I've been patient with McDermott because I think he's a good coach. But the more I read things like this; the more comfortable I'm getting sacking him at the end of the season. I believe his skill set might be better suited to turning around dumpster fire teams and not for bringing a team from good to great. Of course who do we replace him with? It might take him a while, but maybe he's the next Andy Reid, Sean Peyton or Tony Dungy... All good coaches that it took many years to to win a SB. If it is time for a change, then I hope we can find the right person to bring us to the promise land. I also like Beane, but don't know how it would play out if Sean were to get canned. Technically, they both report to TP and presumably McD could be fired while BB retained.

I wish you were right, but I don't think so. I think we're stuck with Dorsey until the end of the year, or at least until we're mathematically eliminated.

I don't know if Dorsey is 100% of the problem, I think Josh deserves his fair share of criticism, but i think it's time to make a change for the sake of next season- this year is lost. If we get rid of Dorsey we have half a season to see if we are able to get better results on O. Better to change one piece and assess the results rather than change everything and see what the outcome is. One variable at a time.

I would fire Dorsey tomorrow because we are definitely regressing under his stewardship on O. McDermott's seat needs to start getting warm. If we collapse down the stretch I then I'd say bye bye. If we look competent down the stretch then give him another season. Something is rotting this team from the inside out and it started in the 2nd half of the GB game last year.

It took 10 days to come up with this game plan?

Rando question... Are any of you having buffering issues with the Peacock stream? Been watching streaming all day and only having problems with the pregame stream

Bengals 42 Bills 21 Injuries are too much and the wheels come off.

This hit me hard. I'm 41 and Matthew Perry to me feels like the first Ultra Celeb of my generation to pass away. His character Chandler was my favorite of the friends. Sounds like it could have been a heart attack in the hot tub. Surprisingly, a lot of people have heart attacks in hot tubs. RIP, you will be missed

Keep your well stated, rational responses to yourself- this is TBD after all You are right that any coach could have won with our D when healthy. McD will be tested with the parts we have left and it's on him to adjust and make us successful

Wtf!!!!!

Many things went wrong in this game. Some issues were self inflicted, some weren't- but once the bad stuff started rolling downhill the issues compounded which is what you saw during the 1st half. I think if this game was in Buffalo and we didn't have a huge time zone disadvantage we would have won an ugly game (much like the Chiefs did vs the Jets)- so I don't think we need to blow up the team. That said, Dorsey needs to find rhythm and flow to his calls, and so a better job of removing the things that don't work. Our TE's are collectively underwhelming- Knox especially. We need to find better balance with our RBs. Cook didn't seem to have it today, so why not lean on the other guys? Unfortunate circumstances compounded by injuries and self inflicted wounds were too much fo us to overcome. If we can get healthy I still think we are a formidable team.... so hopefully, by some maricle we don't lose Jones and Milano for the entire season.

No, his track record speaks for itself. There are things he needs to work on, but we were in the dark ages before he got here. Our defense is (was) much better since getting rid of Frasier. If (insert name of successful HC) didn't have (insert name of top notch QB), said coach would also mimic Belichick sans TB. We have a very good HC and QB. We just need some good news on the injury front (and stop stop having them)

Yes when we beat one of the worst teams, all of our injury problems will suddenly vanish

Geez what's your problem. I never said I wasn't going to continue supporting my team. I'm simply saying that is very gut wrenching for me as a fan to watch as our season stands on the brink- a result of an awful degree of bad injury luck that nobody can do anything about.

Luck is the single most important factor for any team. If the Chiefs are unlucky last year and Mahomes got injured, they don't win (or make it to) the Superbowl.

Amen But I do think Dorsey's seat should be getting warm. Josh and Diggs totally bail him out

I don't consider myself to be a chicken little but I do feel strongly that there are things we could have done to help ourselves. For instance, the team should have arrived much earlier in the week. Whoever decided on a Friday arriveal (McD?)- it was a failure. I'm also not a big Dorsey fan. No rhythm or flow to the play calling whatsoever and he seems to double down on things that don't work A lot of problems were beyond our control (scheduling, Injuries, etc.). Still, it doesn't change the fact that the sky indeed seems to be falling. White, and now Jones and Milano will make it much harder for us to win the division (Jones and Milano were so important last week VS Miami) let alone make a deep playoff push. Winning a SUPERBOWL takes luck and that is something we just don't seem to have the last two years. It seems like the wheels came off this season before it even got rolling I don't know how this year will end up, but I know the path to winning the Superbowl just got harder simply to to the awful luck we seem to have. So for me, the sky is falling and I don't event have to point to the errors and issues we caused ourselves. We simply don't have luck and that is enough to keep us from the Lombardi once again.

Miami scares me. They looked very sharp against the Chargers. They just have so much talent in offense. Obviously if Tua or Tyreek go down they will be in trouble, but I don't want to be the guy wishing for an injury. Josh needs to pull his head out of his @$$ and take what defenses give him- if he does that we'll score on most of our drives. Stop trying to put up numbers like Tua. Not gonna happen with our OC and receivers

I would have gone with on track to winning a championship, but McBeane's refusal to hold Frasier responsible for his 4th defensive meltdown in the playoffs leads me to believe they lack either the stomach or awareness to make the changes that need to be made. This team has gone as far as it can defensively under Frasier and I hope OBD see that before it's too late

The Bengal Bludgeoning of Buffalo

What makes you say that?