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It's a long season and in every McDermott year they have had a stretch of "dog days" where they didn't look right for a stretch of 3-4 games and lost some of them. Last year, it was October.........where they got hammered by the Titans, looked like crap on offense against the Chiefs, labored against the Jets and needed Justin Zimmer with a last second forced fumble to prevent New England from upsetting them at home. 4 years of past history under McD suggests that they will likely have a run like that again this year........and hopefully they get out of it 2-2 again. Assuming that they will remain focused for 17 games and not get upset or lose to a team they may be favored over is not very realistic.

As I said with Antonio Williams..........straight line runners are easiest kinda' backs to find........so not surprising they were able to find one with otherwise good RAS numbers in the middle of preseason. Being able to utilize wiggle-free backs definitely simplifies the process of keeping the RB room occupied with ultra-low investment guys that might actually be able to gain some yards for you in your system.

I am good with any color helmet as long as it doesn't have that "grazer" on it. Hopefully they threw that far enough back that we never see it again.

What's with you and trying to jump into threads to pretend "nobody said that" or "that never happened"............you weren't even part of any of these conversations.😂 @PromoTheRobot spent years shaming quitters like you(he drives just as far and has extra tickets, not just his own). And of course, would really lay into local fans who weren't buying BS like "cash to the cap". Point out a type of Bills organizational ineptitude and he'd be the first to point out that "Detroit is worse" and what a bunch of ingrates Bills fans were. It was entertaining. As for your reasoning for quitting.........you posted on TSW that you quit because you were fed up........the part about the "business decision" was a later add on after I started busting your balls about it. Shoulda' lead with that........quitters never win. 😉

Yeah, and at pick #30 my preferences were: 1. Rousseau 2. Marshall 3. Eichenberg I would have been in disbelief if they got both Rousseau and Marshall. Thisclose. People are a bit over-geeked about this WR corps...........they are very good but a lot of it is the well established system and the QB...........if you work under the assumption that you don't want to waste Diggs running 9 routes all game then there is a lack of a guy who can physically stretch teams deep. They might be able to get away with just scheming and route-running enough to threaten teams with the deep ball like they did with Davis last year..........but don't really have a guy opposite Diggs who you gotta' keep a safety deep or wide to one side for.

Yeah almost everyone who was initially disappointed backed off.......perhaps as people realized that the pick was roundly well received and explanations of why he was taken and the perspective for why he opted out or might not have looked like a conventional pass rusher were made. A lot of people had Rousseau written off because of his disappointing workout numbers and taking the season off. Like I said though, no "ardent" hate really from regular posters............but it is concerning that people still want to take players at positions of lesser import when there is talent at big $ positions and a crying need to boot. I'm not leaving a potentially elite pass rusher on the board for a 216# LB.

Well........a 5th round pick wasn't getting a trade-up done there............so blame Beane for trading for Stefon Diggs @DJB.😉 They could have traded the pick they used on Spencer Brown and possibly got up 9 spots.........but they needed to address the offensive tackle position with youth and I think Brown could prove to be a very valuable pick. I was more of a Terrace Marshall guy with that pick...........the Bills just missed a chance at him without a trade-up. Not a huge Basham fan.........I thought he was kinda' maxed out pushing 24 years of age and would end up being Shaq-esque relatively low impact.........played a little better than I expected so far. Also worth noting that @H2o was one of the bigger critics of the Rousseau pick(although there really weren't any ardent ones among regular posters, @BarleyNY was probably the most fervent of the regulars......and the ones who hated it most seemed to be recent joiners so might even have been some trolls). JOK might become a very good player but you don't pick hybrid LB/S when you need talent at premium positions.

Lamp not being able to sustain the momentum of playing all 16 games last season is a disappointment. Talent-wise, he might be their best OG.........was hoping he'd lock up that LG spot for this season.

And now that the team is actually winning you don't have to irrationally blame the fanbase for the losing and mediocrity anymore. Turns out, it was the GM/HC/QB situations after all! (although the fanbase has been representing like the league's absolute best, and I think that's actually helped in some road games)

Because Mack's base salary this season is a pittance.........$2M. That's all it would have cost the Raiders. The Bears dead cap hit would have been $38M.

Yeah I think Obada adds physicality that they don't otherwise have in any of their ends. He's not a good run defender but he will help wear down the OL in front of him. Also, not talked about is that Addison played the Lorax LB role a fair amount last year..........so 5 LB's with Addison is like 6.

I agree with the list...........except I'd put Spencer Brown 3rd on "good night". He really was excellent against Mack. If he doesn't turn into a guy who can't stay healthy that pick might turn out to be a HR for Beane.

The REALITY is that McKenzie was an absolute fumbling machine in Denver.........he's never really had much of a chance in Buffalo because the Bills and everyone else in the league knew about how serious the problem was. Go back and watch his punt return TD vs Miami last year......bobbled the catch. Roberts wasn't perfect but the pace that McKenzie has been on in his career is more than a fumble every other game. If you are an opposing team..........just kick it high and negate any return potential while increasing the likelihood of a muffed fair catch. It's tempting to put him back there because he is great at making people miss and fast enough to take it to the house, so the Bills wanted to get a look at him there, but I think so far it's not looking good.

No pressure in practice. He's the reserve slot WR on a team with an un-vaxed starting slot WR.........and he's on a cheap deal........he was never in any danger of not making the 53, IMO.

I've said it before...........but if Addison wants to be part of the team perhaps he will accept being cut and join the PS. He's not subject to waivers and his salary is guaranteed already.........this would help the team and allow him to come in later in the season fresh......hopefully for a strong playoff run or when there are injuries etc.. Obviously he could possibly pick up a vet min salary elsewhere if he were cut.........but sticking around on the PS is not a concept totally out of the realm if he wants to be in Buffalo.

6 fumbles in 11 games is a total sh*tshow in the return game............I was hoping maybe some separation from that horrible run in Denver would help but that fumble today was ridiculous......it was a fair catch, plenty of time to settle under it and cradle it in and instead it exploded off his pads............it's in his head, IMO.

McKenzie had 6 fumbles in the return game as a rookie with Denver. He had fumble problems again in the preseason before his second season and that got him cut.

Other than THAT kinda' view........the views along Lakeshore are pretty spectacular. Would have been a great weekend to be in Chicago and out on the lake. Great weather, Cubs at home on Friday and the Bills destroying the Bears. One of the best preseason games in Bills history. The Big Cat was probably there.........if we had heat maps of the area we could know for sure.

Nice little beach with a decent taco stand right by the Bears stadium.........could have have had BOTH.

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What @dave mcbride and I are talking about with Stanton is un-watchability. Baez is a strikeout machine but he is a spectacular defensive SS and can steal bags/run the bases. Stanton's legs are so messed up he can't run the bases........he has struggled to consistently barrel up pitches this year and has probably hit close to 20 swinging bunts that the average major league catcher could have beaten out........and he gets thrown out by 10 feet every time. Once he gets on base it takes 3 hits to get him home.............it's tough to watch that.........and now that he is a 25-30 HR guy instead of a 35-40 HR guy he is not much fun to watch play baseball. But at least he's playing a few games in the outfield now.......that's a plus.

Because you are like a brother to me, eebs........a drunken, ne'r-do-well brother who needs tough love.

You see what that milk of amnesia is doing to you? You were the one who dropped your 27 year season tickets because of your frustration with the Pegula's and the McDermott and Beane hires. If you were so sure of Beane you should have got on 877-BB TICKS and talked to your rep....... But nope. You just had some more. Quitters never win..........as you found out during playoff time last year when you couldn't get a ticket.........as you cried those tears of regret into the......."pillow of remorse", was it? As for the article........I was replying to someone else's post and you ignore the context.........where @Logic was applauding the concept of not backloading contracts.........which is the key aspect of the "cash to the cap" philosophy that helped break your spirit as a fan. Beside the New England Patriots.........nobody has been able to avoid backloading contracts well enough to remain a legit SB contender year in and out for the length of a star QB's contract. Beane knows that. Saying he's not going to backload deals is just a form of lip service........talking down to perceived cap-ignorant fans who think that pushing cap debt forward is the root of all cap evil. The reality is that making bad value decisions with your cap dollars is the root of cap woes. Not the timing.........the time is malleable within the parameters of the salary cap. Beane has had his share of those bad value decisions..........basically the entire 2018 free agent class he brought in. But I've also praised him for every first round pick he's had...........praised his professionalism and fit with an organization whose ownership team does not serve as a steadying influence on sports operations...........and have praised a lot of his value free agent adds and re-signings. Beane has gotten A LOT better at his job since 2017. Same with McDermott. They have learned from mistakes and lived up with to their growth mindset mantra so far.

The Bills oft-porous defense in the first half of the season forced the offense to keep the pedal down. 1990 Bills had +165 point differential.......1991 "no-punt-game" Bills +140......2020 all-time scoring team Bills +126.