fridge

J. Byrd definitely had the best season. For best all-time you old farts are trotting out some names I don't know so I'll have to defer to you.

ummm...

How could it not be Bruce Smith? I mean... he changed the outcomes of games. I see the need to add an offensive guy based on our team, but having Bruce would have meant we would have closed out the close games we lost.

Yes, "since I brought it up," you couldn't help but confirm my point. Is that right or am I just too PTSD'd to understand what's going on here?

...because this is a bills message board? The context is implicit in the site's name. You can't say you're not ready to crown McVay when a large majority here have already crowned McDermott. The context is the the only reason that I'm here.

1. By the end of the week he could have more playoff wins than the Bills have had in 23 years. The guy is 24-8. To put in perspective how much better he's been than McDermott in their first two years, if McDermott goes 10-6 next year, McVay would need to go 0-16 for McDermott to have a better record. 2. I truly don't understand your point about the roster. He gutted the roster and made them a winning team in one offseason? That's spectacular. We're sitting here in McDermott's third offseason, praying he develops an understanding for the importance of lineman and receivers.

...or more likely he wasn't offered the NYJ position, just an interview.

It's a little weird that he's only four years older than Rodgers.

I'm sure this will go well...

Thought this was a pretty neat idea. You can submit your message for the book here: thankyoukyle.com

Most posters keyboard jockeys slam nearly every guy we've had in the last 20 years. Outside of a few players (Kyle Williams and Fred Jackson), this board is filled with hate. Even in Fred's last year, people couldn't wait to proclaim his career was over, much like I've seen on here for the past five years with Kyle. It's almost like they get gleeful about it.

They can't fire him, but I don't see him improving this team anytime soon.

NFL officiating accountability is an absolute joke. This is a multi-billion dollar industry. There is no need for these refs to be entitled to their position. There's rampant nepotism, and the same handful of men hold the "esteemed" title of head referee. Makes you wonder why the NFL is so quick to keep their boys. A fine and one-game suspension is not an accurate punishment for delegitimizing the impartiality of their sport.

This video stinks. He's had plenty more impressive runs than the ones in they chose to include.

I went to a Ducks v Sabres game solo... in Anaheim. There was no Sabres fan in my section and I had a miserable time. I've sat alone a few times at Bills games but I don't believe I've ever driven up and gone to the game alone. I would probably enjoy that actually.

So let me get this straight... you think he's an insufferable douche, but you've been tuning in for YEARS. Sounds like a "you" problem.

You chopped up my post, and ignored most of what I had said, then just rehashed what everyone says ever about McDermott... so... I don't even know why I'm responding, but here: 1. When the heck did I say I wanted McCarthy!!?? 2. Ok. What does this even mean? Are you arguing that we got help to make the playoffs in the final week of the season? 3. The law of averages is a myth? I used it within the context of of describing the feeling of, "they were bound to make it sooner or later". Not sure how or why you thought I was referring to something genuinely statistical (there is, by the way, a very real predictor method that would state that probability-wise it was nearly impossible for the Bills to make the playoffs for 17 consecutive seasons).

I think anointing McDermott because we backed our way into the playoffs is wrong. We had a season similar to a handful of other ones over that 17 year span. I attribute the playoffs to the law of averages. McDermott did his best to try and miss them though, see: Peterman, Nathan. I went to two games last year, LA Chargers and JAX Jaguars, and both were miserable. For different reasons our team looked completely ill prepared. In the Jaguars game, we scored 3 points. We had this huge moment where we finally make the playoffs as you say, and he laid an egg. The drive before the half in that game where we allowed Blake Bortles to run all over the field while we were running prevent defense was textbook playing not to lose, and look what happened. If you're going to use one season as a sample, why not this one? You and other posters might be enamored with McDermott, but I'm not going to look past the following: Mis-management of the QB position (last year and this year) Trading out of the Mahomes pick Hiring Rick Dennison (former defensive player) as our OC Hiring Brian Daboll, a thrice failed OC Cutting our punter on a weekly basis Calling Timeouts like they grow on trees just to check the offensive formation Never getting a coaches challenge correct Situationally archaic (especially at the end of halves) Getting blown out an incredible amount of times in his first 25 games (too lazy to look up the number, but it's high) Saying "culture over strategy" Ignoring the offensive line in favor of signing the oft-injured Trent Murphy who, surprise, is often injured Preaching the process then trading for and praising Kelvin Benjamin Trading away Darby for Jordan Matthews and a pick Mentioning that we need the type of players that can play in the weather Pretending that "Buffalo Football" means hard nosed football, when in reality our best years were the most modern passing offense of the 1990's

Bad pass, worse drop. I still voted pass though. I think Allen could have corrected his feet and got it in there. He avoided their rush so well I don't think he realized how much time he gave himself. For Clay, he did about all he could. If he caught it, it would have been an incredible diving catch.

This is not a WGR message board, and yet every week people create threads in here as if we all tune in. I don't mind Schopp or Parker, or any of the on-air talent in Buffalo. Do you know how hard it is to talk about two sports teams for 20 hours a week? I don't really listen that often, and if they're going in a direction I don't care for, I turn it off. Is that so hard to do? If I disagree with someone I don't think they're an idiot for that reason alone.

I put those coaches on par with McDermott. Aside from Hue Jackson, they've each had more success. If you can't tell, I'm really unimpressed with McDermott.

You really have try hard to find a coach I want less than McDermott, but congratulations OP, you've done it.

I remember that game. Crazy, it was ten years ago now. I've never been one to care that much about symbolic gestures, and fielding 10 guys for one play is a lame way to show respect. Had we kneeled, I'm sure people would have said how classy it was, but I would just think it was 2nd down.

The stadium looked really awesome on MNF with the heated seats. It popped off the screen and I had some people mention to me later how cool they thought it looked on TV.