BADOLBILZ

When was that? The Bills have had a handful of years where they have been truly lousy in the past 35 years. They were usually mediocre when they were not good. You aren't mediocre playing with starters that couldn't be reserves on "other teams". It's like you "didn't live thru" making the playoffs 10 times in 12 years with one of the best rosters in football.

You were one of the people who didn't think they needed WR help. How do you feel about that now?

They signed a distressed product at WR in Crowder who was only worth $2M on the open market because of mounting injuries (and then he got injured) and they drafted a WR in the 5th round. That was a couple steps back from having Sanders and Beasley. Which was already a step back from the trifecta of Diggs plus younger John Brown and Beasley in 2020. The roster is otherwise fine but they have dropped the ball at WR the past TWO offseasons. Not just this one.......but this one more notably than the last. It's been costly........as Allen is having to play Superman to keep the ball moving. 2 years ago he looked like a guy who might play 15 years at a high level. He only had to run for 400 yards and was winning from the pocket. Now he is taking a f#cking beating most weeks having to run the ball to sustain drives because his WR corps has tumbled from top 3 in 2020 to middle of the pack.

I actually loved the way they used their timeouts on the final drive of the first half to prevent a "rushed" situation because the Bills offense OFTEN struggles with composure when rushed. There have been a lot more mistaken-laden finishes in close games than not. It's one of the reasons I am so "pro" aggressiveness with this offense during the entire game. They can win some close games.......they did it in KC and Baltimore this season.......but being big in the clutch is not a strength of this offense.

So I'd say 70% of Bills fans who are also MLB fans are Yankees fans. It's a massive number. It would be a much higher % if so many weren't Canadians. And 99% of people haven't reached the pinnacle of their careers so your 90% of complainers implies the opposite of your intention. Maybe someone who identifies as "Dopey" isn't the one to explore such broad takes? It just sounds like you don't like people.

No we don't know if his knee is still bad..........because he hasn't been forthcoming about that. We just know the team says he's not injured any longer. When times were good he craved attention and adoration. Not really surprising that people are perplexed by being ghosted by him now. If this were the QB I think there would be a lot less protesting/shaming about that from people though. Even you would want answers. I'm not desperate to get him back in the lineup like some.........he's not a cure all.......Tyreek Hill made him look like a UDFA in the 2020 AFCCG so it's not a given that he is going to change results of big games but I absolutely understand why people want answers if he's not going to play. It's a business.

I was sold on him as the top CB in the 2017 draft but I knew he didn't have the wheels to run with the fastest WR's and scheme fit would matter. So there has always been a little over-hype on him. An island, he is not. He's class valedictorian smart though so he has excelled in the Bills cerebral pass defense. Those kinda' smarts can also lead to players making personal decisions about playing that really hurt the team. I'm not worrying about year 8 or 9 with him because he could pull a Patrick Willis by then. If you aren't compelled to get back on the field...... you are a wild card.

Well last year they DID have one of the easier schedules in football. This year, it's been tough sledding and their entire division is in playoff position right now. Fact.......good teams play better red zone defense. Add in that they have notably lesser personnel in the WR corps than 2021............McKenzie is an absolute joke as a starting slot receiver..........and Josh Allen making inexplicably crazy decisions in the red zone.......and it's not so criminal of the OC, in fact. IMO the Dorsey and Daboll experience has been very similar. But there haven't been the full game flops like last year. Which points to original game plans by Dorsey being better than Daboll last year.

I think it's actually myopic to be fine with your best defensive player throwing away a prime year in a SB window to worry about years 8 and 9(2024-2025). He's a CB. And he ain't a freak athlete like Patrick Peterson. Year 8 or 9 might not be high level CB play anyway. Might be safety time by then. White might not be "one to dog it" but he also nearly made the decision to opt out last year..........which was made by very few NFL players and some of them were dogass players like Star Lotulelei who really didn't want to play anyway. His commitment to winning might be less than ideal from the perceived best player on your defense if you want to get home field and win a SB. That can be true without being "one to dog it" which implies no commitment.

Daboll pulled a Mike Mularkey. He took a step back after surprising the league by having a QB unexpectedly look like an MVP candidate one year(Kordell Stewart)........and then after that notably lesser performance with the star QB than the prior season he got a gig anyway by connections. Mularkey got his thru Donahoe to bring Steelers football to Buffalo and Daboll in a package with Schoen to try to replicate McBeane's success. Wyche, Mularkey and Daboll are all the same type of wicky-wacky play callers(as Wyche was called by many around the league). When it works it's great. But inconsistency from year to year was a hallmark.

Late October 1997 there was a huge blizzard in Denver and many of the Broncos had to be transported to the airport late at night via snowmobile for a game in Buffalo the next day. They had almost no rest and trampled a good Bills defense, including Ted Washington having a career year, on the ground for 225 yards. No excuses.

I thought I responded to this hyperbole but apparently not. I didn't attack the poster "for being on antidepressants"...........I said that I didn't take the repetitive and unsolicited attacks toward my post and others from said poster seriously because of it. That's another thing you won't see from me is just telling people "this is the worst post ever" for the 20th time this year just because you have an opinion I disagree with. I'm not on that out of control rollercoaster of emotion like some of you dog kickers. You lied in the post above but even then I've given you the dignity of a reasoned response.

Well then your point is also that the OC is entirely inconsequential. You can't expect no more than 32nd because the QB isn't excellent and then give substantial credit when the QB is. That's too simplistic. I know there are those offensive minds that are better than others despite deficiencies at the QB position. And Daboll has never proven to be one of them. And there isn't evidence to the contrary.

There is a casino in the stadium district.

Well they did go from a high octane, efficient passing offense in 2020 with Josh Allen throwing for 8 yards per attempt and nearly 70% completion and only 400 some yards rushing to a disjointed one that needed Allen to run the ball like crazy to be good against decent teams. We are accustomed to that now.....Allen might rush for 1,000 this year...........but it was a BIG step backward for Daboll and they had some terrible games against an easy schedule. Wouldn't be surprised if McDermott wasn't happy about that turn of events.

Fielding 32nd ranked offenses isn't pathetic? Has there been a worse track record thru 3 NFL OC jobs than Brian Daboll? And his offense in the first half in Buffalo in 2018 was threatening to be worse than any of them.........they were on a pace to be the lowest scoring NFL offense since the merger. It's true that Daboll needed a modern day John Elway to elevate him from an impotent play caller to effective. I'm not saying he's not a good offensive mind NOW.........he's been given a wealth of opportunity to grow as a coach...........but it's not like there haven't been OC's who have been able to field at least competent offenses without a good QB. Even the sorry drought Bills had guys like Chan Gailey and Greg Roman.

They struggled ONCE? They lost OTHER games where they scored just 10, 15 and 16 in falling to 7-6. The Bills offense this season has been more productive against a better schedule..........they've not had a scoring performance as low as those 6, 10, 15 or 16 Daboll doozies yet...........despite Allen turning the ball over like crazy in the red zone this year when he had rarely done so the prior 3 seasons. I don't wish Daboll ill but he is getting fellated like 2016 Ben McAdoo here.

Meh, first world problems. Beasley didn't get any slack on the $100K+ fines he was assessed because he drew attention to himself with his social media griping about covid protocols. He put a target on his back. If the Bills got caught letting him get away with anything they were likely to be punished. He alienated HIMSELF. As for Daboll........he engineered the 6 point performance in Jacksonville a year ago this week and a number of other stinkers last year. He wasn't above reproach for the team struggling to 7-6. Dorsey came into this season seeking to become the first rookie OC to lead a team to a SB win since Mike Holmgren back in 1989. And Holmgren was taking over a 49ers offense that had already won 3 SB's.......including the season before. If Dorsey is a work in progress then he is in good company because it's unusual for first time OC's to be their best right away. Daboll himself was simply pathetic at 3 prior stops as an NFL OC and lousy in his first year in Buffalo too.

I don't think Irony is the term you are looking for but I know what you are saying. I certainly have the techniques for handling negative discourse pretty well down. As one TSW user says at our tailgates........I return the knife and then twist it for good measure. Works like a charm. Never even considered quitting TSW let alone announcing it like a *****. Others effectively handle perceived attacks by not ever returning even the slightest negativity. That's great for some too and it's very funny watching Scott work people with that paddle. Leave the instigator unsatisfied. JW also had the block feature at his disposal here. You aren't obligated to answer to anyone. He could have blocked @LeGOATski but he wanted to take his ball of secrets (that he was never going to tell anyone on TSW) and go home.

Oh that was a GREAT call compared to him screaming "TOUCHDOWN!' on the critical Allen to McKenzie 4th down incompletion in the end zone that bounced 10 feet short late in the Miami game this season. He was never good but he's truly bad now. I think teams just don't value the radio play-by-play guy. Radio isn't very important anymore. The Yankees have a couple of fossils calling baseball games and they are just woeful at this point but I guess they figure the radio audience highly skews toward senior citizens anyway so no urgency to change out the old familiar voices.

You mean where is @eball?

The difference with the TG situation was that Lori got TG to come on to "answer questions"........and he got attacked. Which chased both of them off. TG wasn't "pretending" to be part of the community his role was clear. That's not been the case with JW........TSW is a locker room and he came here wanting to be part of it but to be treated like he's the assistant GM when he walks in. That guy can't really be part of the room. His default "who the f*ck are you?" response to any kind of debate(see LeGoatski) made it very clear how he treats people he perceives as of a lesser station than he. There are ways to handle negative discourse online. You can take it and dish it back out.......or you can laugh it off........there are a number of ways but self-importantly announcing your departure and leaving is the funniest and least admirable way, for sure.

JW has just been coming here to get props.........under the very false pretense that he can share inside info with us..........which he obviously can't. Not under this Bills regime. He doesn't want to otherwise interact with the TSW community unless it's on the terms that he's an insider. Tweeting something stupid that he knew he couldn't go anywhere with was as good a time as any to make a dramatic exit while some poor fools were still believing he was going to break news just for them. Gotta' say though.........that dramatic "woe is me" exit made TG's look downright dignified.

Losing focus when it appears a task that is keeping your mind off your problem is seemingly in hand? Yeah, that remains consistent with someone having a burden on their mind.

I saw you posted something yesterday about McDermott becoming too aggressive.......but I think you discount what being hyper aggressive has helped this team overcome this season. The Bills have had a lot of injuries on defense.......and some on offense........and their offensive personnel is not nearly as good as it was in 2020. The aggression has paid off, IMO. It's easy to be critical of the few times it doesn't work but maybe this is a .500 team at the bye while playing this quality of schedule but pulling in the reins more often. There was a chart yesterday that the Bills have been the best decision making team on 3rd and 4th down by analytics, in the league. I don't think that part should change. They just need to execute better.