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I've been underwhelmed with Daboll all season, mainly because I was told how good he was going to be and how he'll be creative. Then I, you know, watch other NFL games and see none of the playcalling by other teams here. I know the WRs suck. I know the OL is bad. But you see limited use of RBs in the passing game, which is unbelievable with a rookie QB. I think that's the biggest problem, not utilizing RBs as wideouts. Part of it is Allen, who makes a lot of bad decisions, some of are the maddening f'in refusal to throw into the flat when he should. And really, if you would have told me that Allen would start what 11 games and have 7 TDs I would have been mortified, as I am about his future prospects. He has not improved his accuracy or footwork on iota. The homers can say all you want, this far into it, you should see improvement and you don't. How many off the back foot bad throws today? How many headscracthingly inaccurate passes today? He's not getting better anywhere. Still can't read a defense, got owned today. So part of Daboll's suckitude is, in the end, because of Allen's suckitude. Going to be a long 2019 as well.

My adjusted undergraduate GPA is a 4.0 after you take out the grades where the professor sucked, or I missed and exam, or I did poorly on a paper.

Years ago I realized all these reporters and columnists are not more qualified or skilled at understanding football and opining about it than anyone here. No joke. So I stopped reading and I think so have many more. Being a complete blowhard with hot takes to sell papers.... didn't work. The days of the intelligent reporter like Felser and Kelley are done. Those guys were respected for their work by their subjects. Because they were objective and knew the sport very well. Kelley was one of the greats. Sully was just a curmudgeon, it came out in his work, its tone, its arrogant ignorance. And what's that guy doing now? Some two-bit circus sideshow somewhere with the loser her groomed who is also out of meaningful employment. Don't blame the reader for not swallowing the rotten product and complaining about it. With so many options and outlets, no one has to read garbage they don't like and the invisible hand will sort out the wheat from the chaff, putting punks on the street. Maybe I'm insane for coming here for news but it serves me well, I get any new info from overnight. I get some decent links to things like All-22 reviews, which none of these newsprint hack can even talk to, they're so woefully unqualified to cover football. And occasionally I get about 10 minutes of WGR55 on the way into or home from work.

I do think he's a very good leader of players and I like his approach in looking for certain player personalities and attributes beyond the athletics. But his in game coaching leaves a lot to be desired. This kick is classic. He's got a kicker who got smoked and was laying facedown and motionless at midfield at the half and who was shanked and shorted his last 44-yard warm up kick coming out of the half and who had to squib his first two kickoffs and he trots him out there for a 54 yarder in cold weather when the guy is probably as limber as a dead branch. This after last week, in a similar 4th down position, tried the much lower probability hail Mary instead of trying the 56 or so yarder with a healthy kicker in warm, windless south Florida. He's maddeningly bad at in game coaching and exhibits a lot of chicken-bleep attributes that will get him fired. Today he took the Lindy Ruff "We're up 1-0, let's hold on for 2 periods for the win" approach with conservative calls and letting Frazier, I assume at his direction or support, avoid blitzing a rookie QB just coming off an injury who left the first half for the locker room only to return clearly limping. He's frustratingly conservative.

My drive time to work is less than 10 minutes. And I work from home as well so I on the occasion that I listen, I am usually annoyed with it all, turn XM on and don't tune in again for a while. I have up TBN years ago. Haven't missed it because you can't miss something you didn't like. Like a break-up, you're actually happier and better off afterward! But I did get in the car around 11:50 today and got the worst dose from WGR and that is Sal "Everything is about ME' Capaccio, who is literally the worst jock sniffer every to be put on the radio. This guy is horribly untenable. Today it started with a commercial, which I guess was a "live" commercial for some product or service for pain and he was telling about playing flag football... I was literally laughing with visions of Uncle Rico in my head. Nothing says living in your teens and dreaming about what could have been more than flag football. Jesus how pathetic. Slow pitch softball is a close second. Neither even closely represent the actual sports they seek to emulate. Anyway, right after that he has some dumb piece called "Yeah Buddy" or "Hey buddy" and his buddy of the day was.... you guess it, his kid. So literally he started it by talking about this date five years ago when he had his wife in the studio with him, which I was thinking, typical, he can find a way to turn any segment into a Capaccio family story. But then when he said it was his kid's bday, I threw some Dead on XM and got in a better place! What annoys me to no end about this guy is his constant need to interject his kid into his "reporting" or himself into it. He can't go a segment without talking in some way that interjects himself into the "story." Next time he's on, listen closely to how many times he uses "I" in his reporting. "When I was in the lockerrom..." "When I walked out onto the field" "From where I was standing." And he'll answer a question when guesting on a show with something completely off base about himself or his kid before answering the question... "You know it's funny I took Max to .... But yeah Josh Allen did some good things yesterday." I don't think he's providing any value added, and that's honestly my feeling. So because I think he sucks in that manner, he just annoys the hell out of me. I'l take Schopp's high and mighty all day over this guy's incessant desire to try to talk about himself. The beauty is, I only listen less than an hour a week!!!!

Nope.

Feel bad for JA, really do. Front office gave him zero WR, TE, and OL help. He had no foundation to succeed, learn, improve, and move into 2019 with some serious progress. He's busting his ass out there trying like hell to win games with a coach who is so conservative it's embarrassing and some dumb players who continue to take dumb penalties. Don't take this as JA fanboy, I didn't want him and I still see flaws but I think he's improving.

This f'in league is a joke. That call was bush and worse than the roughing call early on.

Yucky Gleason apparently stated today that Jones is a 4th WR on some teams and doesn't make most. Why is he no longer at the TBN again?

Holy hell... that 2 pt was a fade to Benjamin. Haven't they learned?

Bad throw but a lazy useless uninterested route by Benjamin. Cut an in route up field, leaving the underneath open to the DB. Bad things happen when you try to go to that clown. Sit him down.

Over/under on chicken-bleep calls from McMilquetoast this half is 2.5. Place your bets.

And another chicken-bleep call by this loser coach. Can't try a 58 yarder with 5 second to go with this kicker? It's the higher probability of the two plays. Guy just doesn't get it. He's outta date, like Joe Dirt's haircut.

Can't stand McD's conservative mentality. Guy's chicken-bleep. Old school mentality doesn't work in this league and he's not gonna last.

Getcha wallets ready Erie County and NY taxpayers. Any consultant hired is going to recommend that his client gets "help" from taxpayers. And given that the two milquetoast, pro-corporation, lovers of transfers of wealth from taxpayers wallets to the ultra rich politicians have known this was coming per their statements today, you can bet that they've been apprised of the coming "ask" and will be "on board" with the consultants unquestioned analysis. Here's what I bet $1,000 the consultant recommends about the Bills, so save this for posterity, but also with some assumptions that are necessary to understand: 1. That this teams is clearly profitable now, with zero stadium debt, having bought the team for cash. It is worth by some accounts $2B, leaving the Pegulas with a substantial short term return on their investment in the hundreds of millions. Operating costs (inc. player salaries) are likely covered by the TV revenue alone. 2. A new stadium would require debt service on the part of the Pegulas as they likely do not have $1B (hypothetical) in cash to make this purchase. 3. If they did have cash, there are opportunity costs to consider. For them, investing that $1B in an investment that returns say even 5% annually is a better use of that money than investing in a stadium that declines in value, has high operating costs, and requires annual maintenance. Even with depreciation, it's a bad investment. 4. That the City has been part of this portends where this is going. These three issues are key to even understanding why this team would consider this study,. It is clear the city and county have been put on notice that this is happening and this is a logical step in forcing governments to get ready to cough up cash. So here's what the report will say... 1. It won't say business as usual is OK but rather the team needs to keep up with the Krafts and Jones of the NFL. 2. A remodel of the stadium is feasible but the cost will come in very close to a new stadium. 3. A new stadium is feasible and preferred but the cost will exceed renovation of the current stadium. Given #4 above, the location will be somewhere in the City. 4. Any investment by the Pegulas reduces their profitability and they can't do that... this is the economic development game where taxpayers get the honor of supporting billionaires 5. The govts have to help, ignoring the value of the asset, the worth of the owners, and the ability of taxpayers to pay. And more specifically, they have to help because the Pegulas can't carry the debt service and maintain existing levels of profitability. This probably won't be explicit n the report but implied. They'll want to capture all the increase in ticket and club seat and box tickets without having to pay more out of their pocket. It's socialized debt, privatized profit. 6. The report in full will never be made public, despite it's reliance on public dollars to achieve its recommendations. The above "highlights" will be pushed out instead because it's paid for by a private entity and therefore only the key recommendations that tell us to get out wallerts out will be made available. The report is merely the token effort necessary to "justify" the continued taxpayer support for the NFL.

Don't get a name. Wear the jersey and that's good enough. There's a point in adulthood where wearing the name of someone younger on your back becomes, or should become, passe.

His decision-making, reading the field and defense, making adjustments, and getting rid of the ball quickly will matter more than this list. He's bad at reading the opposing D and that's a huge challenge. He's indecisive with where he wants to go with the ball. This isn't about the rest of the team, it's Allen, plain and simple. This is a league where the best QBs, in all honesty, do tons of damage knowing right away, before the snap, where they want to go with the ball and rip it. Not being able to do that or waiting for a guy to be wide open is a major flaw. Not sure he can learn much in 4 weeks but we'll see.

Been to a number, the ones that the Bills should follow, which is simple yet functional are Cleveland, New England, or Seattle. All older style, open (cheaper option) that have the suites that Jerry Skeletor Jones requires from owners regardless if their market can bear it, but also being what normal paying fans want.... good sight lines, good concourses, easy in and out. Keep the one we have. Pushing a new stadium for this garbage product and asking for taxpayer handouts is going to drive people away and I can't see a net gain in profit for the team.

I'm sure he loves Jesus so let's not condemn him. That's the first trait they need in these guys.

This is Gleason and Sullivan. There are no rights to cover sports. Sorry. Private enterprise is not a democracy.

The most necessary and important coaching change MUST BE getting rid of the 25-year WR coach who is currently "playing" QB coach. What a joke. I know he must love Jesus but that doesn't make him the most qualified to teach and tutor and mentor a young, first round draft pick. Dumbest of all the team's decisions.

...if they pass the faith test, of course. You don't f with the Jesus or you don't play for the McD.

Can't be fixed this season and cutting guys means replacing them with worse options. Firing guys and expecting a new coach to polish a turd in 7 games is a laughable idea. But here's how to do it in the off-season. 1. Open the wallet and spend every waking minute in January-early March in FA research and find at least 3 high quality starters on the line, regardless of position. They can all be replaced, but maybe someone sees value in Dawkins, who was owned yesterday. 2. Fill out the remaining 1-2 OL positions in the draft, and early. This gives you 4-5 new starters. 3. Get rid of the WR coach masking as QB coach, which is maybe the most stunning of the team-building blunders this team and coach have tried to fool the masses with. 4. Upgrade all WRs except Zay Jones. The biggest problems with this coach and GM is the absolute ignorant/arrogant way they approached the need for drafting a franchise QB, which was clear when they traded TT, and then refusing to address the OL despite selling everyone on the idea that teams are built from the lines out. It's absolutely stunning how they could think that Russell Bodine, the lowest rated center in the NFL last year, would be a good choice when they knew they were drafting a rookie QB and he could potentially play. Or that Ducasse and Mills and Miller were worthy of starting anywhere other than the CFL. Remember, they told us it was an open competition and if we're to believe that, then all along they had in their mind they could start a rookie QB. The last 7 days were the end of my belief in McDermott. I felt like he got it, he understood that brains and character (the combination or hard work, dedication and accountability to the team) matter. But his raging hard-on for players of faith is a major blind spot and will cost him his job. That shouldn't even be a consideration. You can get the same character without the blind faith in fiction. So I went from rooting for him to waiting for his demise. Can't get behind the faith-based approach to building ANYTHING other than a church.

A convention center is a waste of money and any benefits, ANY, will only trickle down to the developers who own hotels, bars, restaurants or lease space for same. Making this even more ridiculous, those same people have already had those projects helped with millions in taxpayer dollars. So Croce, a developer who likely makes out in this scheme, is just speaking for the developers, not us taxpayers who get zero (what a home, boat, and car show that few go to?) and who also get to foot the $1M+ annual loss. Yes, it will run at a loss to support hotels, bars, and restaurants. Just one of the worst ideas ever. Ask a Pittsburgher about their wasted money on a vastly underutilized convention center. And any comparison to New Orleans is a joke. I've been there for a convention and that city has what conferences and attendees want.... a vibrant, walkable, 24-hour downtown. It has excellent museums, aquarium, historic tours, a real casino, historic neighborhoods..... oh and good weather so the convention center doesn't sit empty from December to April. And no, we don't need a new stadium. Every time I go I laugh at the stupidity of such an idea.

It's Spanish you ignorant POS. Like Bill Burr said, some people just live too long.