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Bills would look silly to bench Coleman for missing meetings… and then replace him with a WR who was cut for missing meetings.

Inconsistency is often a sign of bad game planning. When you aren’t adjusting for a specific opponent’s tendencies, it’s like running into a brick wall. The Bills coaching staff likes to do their thing and hope they can just execute better. Did it look like Joe Brady had prepared in the slightest for a team with a strong pass rush?

We need a total rebuild. But with the right GM and staff, they can do it in 2 years.

Fire the coaches now. Tank for higher draft position. New coaches need to specialize in versatility, strategy and aggressiveness. No more coach-specific schemes that ignore what an opponent does on gameday. Start purging the bad contracts. First out the door are Curtis Samuel, David Edwards, Connor McGovern, AJ Epenesa, DaQuan Jones, Matt Milano, Taron Johnson, Taylor Rapp, Jordan Poyer, Tre White (most of these are free agents anyway). Start looking for trade partners on Dion Dawkins, Greg Rousseau, Terrell Bernard and Christian Benford. Dawson Knox takes a pay-cut or release. Prioritize using free agent dollars and Day 1 picks on high-impact players. Trade up if necessary. No more significant contracts being given to mid-tier guys like Josh Palmer and Curtis Samuel. No more using late 1st Rounders on guys who will peak as solid starters. Be aggressive in obtaining high ceiling talent. Day 1 is for getting All-Pro talent. Day 2 is for getting starters. Day 3 picks are for filling in the roster.

Coaching (McDermott, Brady, Babich) is a huge problem. Player talent (Beane) is a huge problem. But possibly the most frustrating thing is the regression by MULTIPLE long-time veterans, who have been playing at a high-level on this roster for many years. In some cases, I can believe age is playing into it. But others, I can't help but feel like they came into the 2025 season on cruise control. They saw an easy schedule on paper, the MVP in the locker room, and just figured they could sleepwalk to the playoffs... then turn it on when they needed to. Instead of naming everyone underperforming, think about how many players are playing at a level better/equal than years past? I would say James Cook, Dalton Kincaid, Ed Oliver and Cole Bishop. That's pretty much it. And two of those guys have been injured a significant portion of the season. The other 45+ players on the roster are playing worse than we have ever seen them... including Josh Allen.

There is a divide amongst the Bills fanbase. One side has PTSD from the 2000s drought. They are petrified about making a change, because they are worried about going back to being a totally irrelevant and joke of a franchise. So they would prefer keeping the status quo, because Beane/McDermott means Buffalo should at least be in the playoffs and competitive most years. The other side has PTSD from the 90s Super Bowl teams. They are petrified about NOT making a change, because they are worried we are going to waste another golden era (Hall of Fame roster vs. Hall of Fame QB) without hoisting a Lombardi. They would rather take the chance of things getting worse and going backwards, as opposed to being comfortable with just being good.

Nope. I've barely enjoyed anything involving this football team over the last 3 years. Even our wins seem pointless and meaningless, because AT BEST they are just part of the same routine... getting us back to the same place we are every January, and the inevitable postseason collapse. After 35+ years of watching this sport, I know that I'm only watching for one reason. Hoping that we can someday win the Super Bowl. And deep inside, no matter how well we play on a given week, I know that it's never going to happen. After last night, I'm seriously considering packing it in. This team has no prayer of going anywhere. Which means what is our best option for representing the AFC? The Chiefs going back for a 4th time in a row, finally wiping out the only accomplishment this pathetic franchise was ever able to claim? The resurrected Patriots showing they can lose Tom Brady, rebuild and go to the big game before we can with Josh Allen? The Ravens and their insufferable fans? How about a team featuring Daniel Jones at QB?

WR is the most obvious need. But it goes way beyond that. Dion Dawkins is overweight and has regressed badly this season. Probably time to start planning for the future. Khalil Shakir is either being misused, or decided not to show up this season. Dalton Kincaid is injury prone and Dawson Knox needs to take a massive pay cut. Almost the entire defense needs an overhaul. We are somehow simultaneously undersized AND slow. Matt Milano, Taron Johnson and DaQuan Jones are done. Tre White and Jordan Poyer were done 2-3 years ago. Terrell Bernard is too small to play MLB and needs to be replaced. Extending him was a huge mistake. Christian Benford and Greg Rousseau got paid and took the season off. Apparently extending them was also a mistake. Joey Bosa is a good pass rusher and huge liability in run defense. He should be a specialist, not an every-down player. The Bills need to fire the current front office. Get a new GM and new coaching staff. Time to pack it in for this season. The #1 seed is out of the question. The AFC East is almost certainly gone. We are looking at a Wild Card path (at best), and another early playoff exit.

You can if you have the guts to trade up for an elite prospect, and your scouting is good enough to fill in the roster with Day 2-3 picks.

Astounding how our defensive players can be both small and slow. How we can play a zone defense intended to read and tackle, but be terrible at tackling.

This O-Line is also very overrated.

We are going to get the injury excuse a lot this offseason.

Christian Benford Taron Johnson Terrell Bernard Greg Rousseau Matt Milano Taylor Rapp Not sure why, but all of these vets have regressed BADLY this year.

This defense is horrific in every way. They just let a backup QB a one-minute drill TD.

It's a combination of both. If his on-field performance was good enough, I'm sure the punishment would have been less (see Dallas benching Ceedee Lamb for one play). Not sure how benching a bad player reflects badly on the Buffalo Bills organization though? Is it a better option to force him into the lineup, just because of his draft position? How exactly is Sean McDermott supposed to "handle" an adult who refuses to show up to his job? I've never quite understood the concept that a coach was responsible for controlling the behavior of his players, especially off the field. There are teams (such as Kansas City) who just sweep problematic behavior under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist. That doesn't mean they are doing a better job of handling it. And all franchises eventually get tired of the distractions. See Pittsburgh with Antonio Brown, Dallas and Philadelphia with Terrell Owens, New England with Randy Moss. Elam is a totally different story. If you haven't been following him since the trade to Dallas, he's been an absolute mess. McDermott was right about starting Christian Benford over him from Day 1, and was right that he wasn't good enough to play. Yes, Beane deserves the blame for picking them. Not arguing that at all.