Wayne Arnold

Hard to win the Super Bowl in December, Sparky.

Excuses are for losers. This is the NFL. Pull up your big boy pants. I like how McDermott has stepped his game up since Dunne's article but I still want him fired if this team misses the playoffs.

What a drama queen.

I realize that Diggs did literally say "It's not (because of) me." But when listening to the press conference and gathering the full context of what he was talking about, to me it sounded like what he meant was "My lack of production in recent games is not for lack of effort on my part - it's because defenses are doing a good job". "(Opposing defenses) have been doing a good job. For me personally, I've been trying, bro. I promise you, I've been trying. It's not because of me, you know what I'm saying? Teams are doing a good job. We've just got to continue to make plays and I guess spread the ball around. We've been winning so far. You know, in a perfect world I want the ball. I want to have success. But at the end of the day, if we're winning games that's what I got to tip my hat to. But I'm still chasing greatness each and every day. It's not because I don't want it. I promise you that. I want to still continue to play at a high level. But I've got to play within the scheme and 'be me with us'. We've got a slogan - or some words to live by, 'Be you with us'. I'm going to still be me. I'm not going to stop. But hopefully we get some things rolling." If you focus solely on the statement "It's not because of me" by itself and ignore the rest of everything he says around those five words, you would think that he's putting blame elsewhere and not holding himself accountable. But again, if you listen to the full conversation that he's having with the media and have a better understanding of the context around "It's not because of me" you realize that he's talking about his effort and dedication and giving credit to opposing defenses. That's it. I like Tim Graham but what he did was total BS.

Thanks for posting. That's a crazy fact that Summeral/Madden only announced two Bills games.

What's worse than rain and temps in the lower 40s? It never ends.

Poyer will be even happier after they break up.

No. He's terrible.

Is your assertion that he's a better coach now? Because the results don't seem to reflect that.

You could say that about every team. It's easier to move the ball and score points in an indoor/controlled environment.

I don't like arguing semantics but saying "he probably earned a load of money for it" is not an assumption. It's a hypothesis. Saying "the article was worth it because he earned a load of money for it" would be an assumption. See the difference?

So what?

Wish I could agree but recent history tells us that the Bills do not play well in crappy weather at all. I think back to hosting the Colts in the rain in 2021 and getting romped - to last season's playoff loss to the Bengals. More than anything, it takes mental toughness to play well in bad weather. Since 2017, this team has lacked mental toughness. I'll let you figure out the common denominator there.

I went back over my reply and didn't see a single assumption there. Hard to take the rest of your post seriously after that. Although I'll say that the story is not dead in comparison to other sports stories that are written about small market teams throughout the year and will be referenced by people at least through the end of the season whether this season proceeds to go well or poorly. It appears that you may be letting your bias skew your ability to evaluate the subject. A perfect example of what I was referencing when I talked about the emotional defenders who lash out at those who question people in power. That percentage is the most vocal, making it seem as if more people are against the criticism than for it. But that's not necessarily the case. See: vocal minority.

I think you're making a helluva lot of assumptions here. The article got a TON of publicity. Dunne probably earned a load of money for it - maybe even more than anticipated. Many people (including many Bills fans) found it intriguing and informative and supported Dunne for writing it. When a writer has the balls to write articles questioning people in power, it's always going to be controversial and it's completely expected that there will be backlash and scrutiny. A certain percentage of people will get offended by it. And they're the ones who are the most vocal because they're the most emotional about it. They rush to the powerful person's defense because they somehow take it personally - as if it's an attack on them or a family member. In this case they see the head coach of the Buffalo Bills as some sort of hero figure or a representative of their community and/or own personal identity and they will defend him as such. I've seen it first-hand on this message board alone. I'm sure Dunne hasn't receive any more scrutiny than he expected before releasing it.

Bruce Smith better

This is the best OLine Allen has ever played behind. Chiefs have an excellent defense this season and played well at home. Sometimes you just have to tip the cap to the other team.

You're probably right. Regardless, Swift is only hot if you're into women with no curves.

You're way too emotional about it. Unless you're related to McDermott, it's weird.

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Steinfeld is waaaay hotter. Swift has more money. Depends on what you prefer.

McDermott smiled and showed more positive emotion than I've ever seen. That looked like a conscious effort to be more "loose" and couldn't have been coincidence.