eball

Too many “in the know” people love the job McD is doing for it to be a real question at this point, but he still has a lot to prove. Is he really ultra-conservative, or has he simply been playing the odds with inferior offensive talent? Will his game day management improve? There’s no question he has players believing and playing hard, and next year It appears he will have much more talent to work with (including, hopefully, a legitimate franchise QB). 2019 is a huge year for McD. For the first time as a HC he will go into a regular season with a lot of outside expectations.

That’ll teach those folks to leave decorative knives just laying around...

Jackson is a poor man’s Vick. Harbaugh looked like an idiot by not bringing Flacco in at halftime. The late TDs were fluky. Baltimore is an 8-10 win team every year with that defense but if Harbaugh hitches his wagon to Jackson it will spell his doom.

Doesn’t seem like a “process” guy but they have the culture so maybe he takes the chance seriously. Certainly has big time talent.

Nailed. It.

I can't see Baltimore beating the Pats*** even with their stellar defense. You don't think Belichick can stymie a run-oriented offense behind an erratic rookie QB? Bolts need to win this game today.

Hey dude...somebody's got to balance out your constant Chicken Little impression. Carry on.

I guess that’s what an agent’s job is?

McDaniels saying no to Cinci is actually the first thing he has done that earns my respect.

Just waiting for the day the Bills win the Super Bowl and you bemoan the fact they didn’t win it one year earlier.

Am I crazy to say I love this? Hell yes, make it miserable for the visitors. If a player doesn’t come here because he remembers an unpleasant trip as an opponent than I don’t want him!

Give me a freaking break. When a known curmudgeon like ScottLaw calls the organization's moves "comical" despite the fact said moves are being widely praised by fans and critics alike, he deserves to be called out. No GM and HC make "all" the right moves. None of them. The moves McD has made since the conclusion of the season leave very little room for criticism based upon what we saw on the field. Exactly what about McD over the past 2+ seasons leads you to believe he is the type to "scapegoat his subordinates?" If anything, he has proven to be intensely loyal -- perhaps to a fault. Be "concerned" all you want -- I'll look at the positive signs.

Talk about two guys who absolutely don’t get it. McD fired his OC after one season, and allowed the other coaches time — during an obvious but un-admitted rebuild. Now he’s making appropriate changes. And amidst all of this, he has changed the culture and earned rave reviews from players and coaches alike. Yeah, you two knuckleheads know better.

And Zay was 37th, putting him where one would expect -- a high level WR2.

Five minutes ago...

Of the five games in which the Bills allowed 240+ yards passing, four of them came in "blowouts" (Baltimore, Chargers, Packers, first Pats*** game).

I don't think this explains the ranking. For example, in their final seven games of the season, during which the Bills went 4-3 and suffered only one "blowout" loss (NE***), the passing yardage against was 116, 107, 115, 170, 208, 117, and 126. I don't think the Bills played at an "elite" level of overall defense this season, but the fact is their pass defense was quite good -- better than top third.

The Bills kept two teams (Minnesota and Tennessee) out of the playoffs as well!

I'm not sure who they will bring in but both Foster and Jones will get better as they work more exclusively with Allen. I like McKenzie. I don't think they will break the bank in a trade for a "stud" #1 receiver but I've been wrong before. This is supposedly a deep TE draft -- I see them going there. Man, I wish we still had Bobby Woods.

I've admitted previously I knew nothing about Josh Allen on draft night and was immediately disappointed with the pick. At this point I'm ready to fight anyone who says he isn't going to be our franchise QB for the next 15 years.

Should have won the first Miami game and the 2nd Jets game; also "should" have won the Houston game. This extremely flawed and shorthanded team was a whisker away from 9-7, though to be fair they were also a whisker away from 3-13. I'm an optimistic fan by nature, but I absolutely can't wait for all of the offseason activity this year!

There's a reason why he can't seem to stick anywhere...

Kubiak made an interesting observation about the pick-6. Not sure if I buy it but he said it was one play after Josh got drilled by Kiko while trying to "block" for Shady. Kubiak said he thought it was obvious Josh was a bit shaken up and the Bills should have gone with another run play to give him a few minutes to clear the cobwebs. Anyway, the difference in just about every stat (besides completion %) between the 6 games of pre-injury Josh and the 6 games of post-injury Josh show dramatic improvement.

Castillo has no history, ever, of successfully coaching an OL. This is a move that gives me confidence they know what they are doing; they just weren’t going to shake things up in the middle of a rebuilding season.

The guy improved all year, bought in, and showed his potential on Sunday. Why wouldn't you keep him around?