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Beane's stint at GM has been a mixed bag so far and he's not going to be fired before year 3. But he has to hit next year to improve the offense that just plain sucks. The fact is the Bills offense has been bad for a long time, just not this bad. How many times have the Bills been in the top 10 measured on yardage in the past 15 years? Zero. 2017 29 2016 16 2015 13 (the best) 2014 26 2013 19 2012 19 2011 14 2010 25 2009 30 2008 25 2007 30 2006 30 2005 28 2004 25 2003 30 So let's no make it seem like Beane disassembled some offensive juggernaut here. That said, I still agree they could have done a lot more to help the offensive side of the ball and the unplanned losses of Wood and Incognito didn't help. I also love how Mahomes gets dragged into almost every thread. Playing Chicago this week might provide some opportunity to commiserate with Bears fans as their team swapped picks with the 49ers in a trade up for Trubisky when they could have stayed at 3 and picked Mahomes too.

Anyone crying about last night's loss needs to adjust their expectations. In other news, Amnesty International has declared that forcing people to watch the Bills offense is now classified as a form of torture! That's fake news. But is sounds true.

Consider it a victory if the Bills offense doesn't get called for any illegal formation and false start penalties along with the Ref's not gifting NE any of the traditionally 'weak' Holding and PI calls we always get called for and they always get away with.

Scheme is important but talent tops all. Outside of Dawkins, McCoy if he's not traded, and Allen if he shows improvement, which of the other 8 starters would you want back? If thing go as I expect in the off season those other 8 positions on the offensive line and receivers will be filled by players picked up in free agency, trade, or the draft. If Beane and McDermott fail to make these improvements they might be gone after the 2019 season.

When you try to 'emulate' another organizations culture you usually end up just 'imitating' them rather than 'being' them. From my experience with 'culture' changes in the business world I find the majority of culture changes to be a bunch of B.S. The don't work. I don't think it's much different in sports. You can't take a bunch of unmotivated losers, put in some new rules and processes, and make them into winners. It comes down to one thing. Either you know what you are doing or you don't. if you're the owner hire people that know what they are doing. If you find you are not hiring people that know what they are doing then admit that you, as the owner, don't know what you are doing either.

The Bills are handling Allen's development like a guy that spends $2 Million on a race horse and hires the 3 stooges as trainers.

Whichever QB the Panthers release after the season..

Under the right circumstances it might make sense for the Bills to take a chance with Chad Kelly. To me that would be to see him 'man up' and sincerely apologize to his former teammates and the homeowner about his actions and behavior. And admitting he has some sort of behavioral or substance abuse problem while agreeing to seek treatment. It's not too late for him to get his off the field act together, focus on football, and keep his nose out of trouble but for that to happen he's got to want to do something about his lack of maturity and off the field problems. But from what I know that didn't happen in previous incidents. I don't know what we can expect Jim Kelly to do. He can give advice and guidance but you can't expect him to watch his nephew 24/7.

The main issue is a lack of competitiveness. All I want is a team that is prepared and competes every Sunday. This is the NFL where some teams might be dominant or very good but the majority of games are still competitive. The Browns went 0-16 last season but lost only one game by more than 20 points. The Bills have done that 3 times already in 7 game and most likely 4 times in 8 if Monday night goes the way I think it might. This isn't college where Alabama beats Southern Louisiana Community College 78 to 3. The difference between the abilities of professional athletes is measured in milliseconds and fractions. The Bills offense legitimately don't belong on an NFL field. Why can't this management team identify and sign lineman that can block and receivers that can catch? And make sure the players line up in legal formations? How many of those calls have we seen to this point? As is typical for all of the 21st century with most Bills front office & coaching staff regimes something is fundamentally wrong here with the 'process'. And blasting away the smoke of falling back on process, either you know what you are doing or you don't.

The most bogus call I remember was against the Patriots a few years ago where the Bills made a big stop on a running play and number 55 taps the helmet of his teammate on the pile of players. The flag flies out. The ref assumes he's taunting or late-hitting on of the Patriots. Personal foul number 55 unnecessary roughness for congratulating a teammate on making a play.

I think the answer to that is Flaco, Rivers, Rogers, and Luck. When facing good/great QB's performing effectively this defense is over-matched from a talent and scheme perspective. Look at their wins under McDermott. I can't recall the Bills beating a good QB playing well. It's been beating 2nd tier QB's and the better one's on an occasional off day.

No explanation was provided and the network feed fails to show visual of any kind of infraction or confrontation involving Hughes. I think the original 5 yard call was for lining up in front of the center although Kyle Williams was only about 1/2 foot to the inside shoulder of the guard and not covering the center. And the ref's original call was number 94. When the ball was snapped he moved to the outside shoulder of the blocker and did not engage the center at all. Was it a weak call? Maybe. Number 55 has a target on his back from the league officials. If I was Jerry I might consider changing my number.

I didn't expect much this season but the lack of competitiveness makes this team unwatchable. And some of their personnel moves have left me wondering. Watkins and Dareus traded and less talented Star and KB and other Carolina alumni brought in at pretty much the same cost. I never realized the Panthers had so many great players until Beane and McDermott! I'm willing to give these guys a pass for the rest of the season but with many draft picks and maybe $90+ million in cap space there will be no acceptable excuses for failure to field a consistently competitive team next season.

Whether another way of approaching the QB situation would have gotten us to a different result than the current 2-4 record, something worse, or something better isn't what concerns me about how it was handled. The concern is what seems like a lack of strategic thinking when it comes to the development and handling of Josh Allen and the QB position as a whole. Where we are now was accomplished by what seems like a series of reactionary transactions and decisions rather than some well thought out plan.

I expect we're going to see a heavy emphasis on the running game Sunday. But tactically I just don't understand why coaches even announce this stuff? Would it not be better to leave the Colt guessing? Why give up any edge however slight it might be?

Bills QB situation = dumpster fire. Of concern is that most of the posters here recognized the shortcomings with managements approach prior to the season. Something seems to be blinding their judgement. Whatever it is they need to adjust their thought process quickly.

There's no good choice here with either Peterman or Anderson. They can cite circumstances but Beane and McDermott have only themselves to blame for some poor decisions about the composition of the QB group. Start Peterman and there's a good chance we see another pick six, maybe even on the Bills first offensive series. Start Anderson and you put a guy behind center that has been here a couple weeks, probably doesn't have a handle on the playbook, and is likely not even in game shape. The thought process has to be to pick the guy you think has the lower chance of screwing up. IMO, even though I know very little about him my gut feel is that is Anderson. Confidence in Peterman has to be close to zero right now.

One thing Daboll does which I never liked from coordinators is to call the offense from up in the sky box. I think the OC needs to be on the sidelines with the players in order to 'feel' the game and the vibe of the team. You don't get that experience by sitting up in the air conditioned/heated team suite sucking down beers and eating hot dogs.

I think Anderson's most important characteristic is that McDermott and Beane are familiar with him from their time together in Carolina. So its that connection again which as time passes is going to dry up so our management team had better start looking across the entire league. Where there better options available at this point in the season? Now that its reported that Allen is week-to-week with an elbow injury the focus shifts from what to do about Allen to who to start on Sunday. Anderson or Peterman? Pick you poison. Like its said, all battles are won or lost before they begin, and they really screwed the pooch with the QB strategy and player moves in the off season. Cutting McCarron made no sense financially and personnel-wise, keeping Peterman because of a good preseason once again looks foolish, and with Allen out a week or two at best, not having a veteran back-up is going to expose the GM/HC to a lot of second guessing the rest of the way this season. My view with Allen is that along with inexperience wit the pro game he just doesn't trust his offensive line and receivers. On top of all this, I watch Goodwin, Watkins, and Woods and wonder how these guys evaluate the WR position, which is another story but part of the journey that got us to this offensive dumpster fire.

The answer is Anderson. Tyrod is not on the roster, Peterman is out of the question, and Allen is dinged up. Maybe Josh getting hurt yesterday is a good thing longer-term because it gives the coaches an excuse to put the veteran QB in the starter role against the Colts without having to pull the switch based on performance. Let Josh sit, heal up, and observe for a few weeks and then make the decision to stick with Anderson or go back to Allen based on W/L at that point in the season.

Those two pick were dreadful. At 13-13 what were McDermott and Daboll thinking? They dodged a couple bullets with Peterman's TD pass and the 4th quarter goal line stand. At 13-13 you come out throwing and put the game in Nate's hands? Just plain stupid. He is what he is and they needed to understand that and play within his limitations. And what's the deal with all these illegal formation calls? This is fundamentals. A great defensive effort wasted once again. Add in multiple special teams miscues and penalties. Awful.

Russian interference! LOL..

These analysts can throw out a lot of statistics to support their conclusions. However, consider that Allen has faced 3 top 10 defensive units (in yards allowed) while Darnold has faced 1 (Jacksonville looking like a rookie) and Mayfield has faced 1 (Baltimore and squeezed out a 12-9 OT win). That doesn't prove anything about how Allen is performing vs. his peers in the draft class but it does point out a big disparity in the quality of the opposing defenses they've faced. In baseball parlance, Allen has faced a lot of 'major league pitching' and has a 2-2 record. His peers are hitting a lot of homers in the minors. With the strength of schedule becoming more favorable to the Bills the rest of the way I'm expecting Allen's QB stats to reflect that factor.

Given the terrible offensive performance from the Bills yesterday I thought it might be a good time for a lighter topic. After the 22-0 game was mercifully over, I think I figured out what the problem is with the Bills. It's my father-in-law. You see, the only Bills game he didn't watch with us this year was the Vikings game. I'm not a superstitious person but he just seems to be bad luck. My wife thinks so too and that's her father we're talking about. Yesterday, he leaves the room and 30 seconds later Poyer made his interception. Back from the bathroom and its the Bills 3 and out! Anybody else have a friend or relative that they hate watching the game with for some reason?

Absolutely, aside from Allen and Dawkins who would you want to see back as offensive starters in 2019? If Allen can make it though the season without any serious injury I'll be happy and it seems like he has the mental toughness to make it through. Right now we have an inexperienced rookie QB behind a atrocious offensive line with mediocre receivers. The question is with 10 draft choices and some $90M in cap space next off season can the front office put some better players around Allen?