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Just stand by the phone...I'm sure McD will be calling shortly to get your opinion.

Dane Jackson isn't out? Wow.

I don't know about that, but you might need to simply chill out. Geez.

Ahhhh. Just threw me there for a second since the thread was about Tavon.

The comparison I’m thinking of is Rob Johnson. Tua has sustained all kinds of injuries, starting with the hip at Alabama. I’m starting to think his body just isn’t meant to withstand the rigors of NFL football. I really hope the kid is ok, and that he makes the best decision for his future health. Oh, and eff the stinking Fish.

Hoping that in reality it was a glorified "vet rest day" to give him a break. I'd sit him tomorrow as well, list him as questionable, and then make a Sunday decision. Overall the injury report is trending positively, though.

Who is this Johnson of which you speak?

All whites, baby! Sharp look.

Excuse me? If you are blaming either the bad snap at the end of the 1st half or the ball that slipped out of his hand on 4th down as being indicative of a "fumbling problem" then I'm not sure you know what you're watching.

It has? Because of one blind side sack?

Agreed, just as it was insane last week's game was at 1 p.m., for both similar and different reasons.

Too late.

tHat CaN't bE aCcUraTe

Say that five times fast.

Great stat. Collinsworth was interviewed last week and basically said (about Burrow), "sometimes you've gotta just get it out quicker."

Umm, I'm going to need some examples of that, preferably those that specifically apply to Sunday's game. And you conveniently ignored my repudiation of your assessment that McD is "outcoached all the time."

In the circles that actually matter -- i.e. Vegas -- Buffalo is still the prohibitive Super Bowl favorite. Power rankings are clickbait and intended to get people talking. Nothing else.

Name five head coaches in the NFL you want ahead of McD. Nobody is saying he doesn't make mistakes. Nobody. You say he has been "routinely outcoached by the best ones." He has won 4 out of his last 5 vs. Belichick. He beat Reich in the playoffs. He beat Harbaugh in the playoffs. He beat Reid in the regular season last year. He just crushed McVay (against whom he is 2-0) and Vrabel (2-2). So who are these great coaches outcoaching him all the time? I'm sure your answer is "he has a great roster." Easy cop out. Talented teams lose all the time. I look at the preparation of his teams. 20 straight wins by double digits. 8 straight opening drive TDs. I'm sure you point to the recent run of one-score losses but only the KC playoff game falls on coaching, in my opinion -- and we STILL don't know what the players were really told. I can only to point to one single play for which I "blame" coaching last Sunday, and it was the 3rd and 22. They called an odd defense and obviously the inexperience at safety hurt them. That's it. They had players dropping like flies and still were in position to win it. The ball slipped out of Josh's hand on the 4th down pass to McKenzie or we're celebrating a win. Gabe Davis dropped a pass he catches 19 out of 20 times. A FG was tipped at the line. They had two timeouts left that enabled them to get the ball back with one more chance. How did coaching fail them on Sunday? I know other guys like you. They claim McD "has no balls" and won't give him any credit until he wins a Super Bowl. It's laughable.

Solid stopgap measure.

So, do you want to have a real conversation, or just be a dick? Every coach makes mistakes. It is clear over the past five seasons that McD is an excellent coach who does learn and get better as he goes. He’s a top 5 head coach in the NFL who would be grabbed in a second if the Bills were foolish enough to part with him. To blame McD for the loss on Sunday is absurd. The team was playing without 10 starters at times, yet they held Miami to 200 yards while putting up 500 of their own. Did you even bother to read the Kubiak article? They couldn’t run certain plays because of the OL and WR personnel on the field, yet still almost pulled it off. The long pass to Waddle was a breakdown that doesn’t happen if the experienced Hyde or Poyer are playing. Get over yourself.

I believe you.

Personally, I think 20 straight double-digit wins and 8 straight opening drive TDs speaks more to the overall preparation of the team than an 0-7 streak in one-score games that is clearly an anomaly.

I don't have the mentality to take a thread like this seriously.

That's @ScottLaw in a nutshell. If anyone is bored I'm sure they can dig up a dozen or more posts in which he expresses that exact concern that the ball will be taken out of Josh's hands because coach McEgo wants to have a run-heavy, ball control offense.

No, I am certain that McD's terrible coaching cost the Bills the win. I read it on this very forum.