Mister Defense

I will try to be more open minded to the haters’ opinions, using your open mindedness as a guide to address those with differing opinions than mine. I will simply use your more generous words and simply imply that that they are mentally ill and “absolutely off their meds” when posters disagree with me. Sick of how this forum has devolved. It seems almost every thread, and even the most positive of OPS, is soon taken over by those who find no good at all in our superb team. Only a tiny percentage of posters are involved, but they are on a mission to undermine. And like I have said, when the Bills are most successful they become even more aggressive, hateful.

Great post, nailed it succinctly. I agree with all, except the implication that the haters will accept McDermott as a good coach when the Bills win the Super Bowl. As almost none of them will do that, of course, after years of their crazy hate bashing they will just dig their heels in. ( For example: "This should be their 3rd SB win"...) But despite the loud and consistent hate from the haters, I believe that the vast vast majority of Bills' fans are on the same page as you. Negativity just stands out more, and haters love broadcasting their hate, as undermining good will and positivity is their main goal--so it makes it seem like there are more of them than there are. It is a tiny percentage, in my view. Thank goodness!

100% correct. It is why it was created. I have noticed that at the times when the Bills are most successful they often become even more aggressive, more furious. Imagine a cartoon character, with steam coming out his ears, eyes popping out of their sockets, face turning bright red--as he watches the team he hates so much win and win and win and... It is as if they don't vent, their heads may literally explode with confusion and fury. Kind of funny when you think of how ironic it is to see this on a BILLS forum...

Thanks, I appreciate the support. But on the other hand, what about posters who literally hate on almost every move the organization and coaching staff make--and do so for years one end? Posters can just go and check the activity for the top ten most hateful haters, and see the extremely clear pattern of hate on almost everything. It is sooo consistent from the top haters on this board...

Or, "Yes sir, can I have some more of that delicious hate! Love me some serious Pegula hate! More more more please!"

Bills find themselves with a tougher task than anticipated. I think they pull it out, but both defenses dominate, Bills 20, 49ers 17

Not sure what your last line, above, means. Not clear, but it seems to be a main point of the post. Ditto for the question in the topic, 'what can change for the main players'. Can you clarify these?

The purpose is to undermine the Bills, plain and simple, and to antagonize actual Bills' fans. It does not matter the topic, one of the haters gets onto many of the threads and then changes the subject to something negative about the Bills. It is their main purpose on this forum. There are not many of them, but they are relentless in their hate. Notice that many have comically negative, and aggressively so, names on here? And the very positive threads about the Bills make them most outraged. They get on those and just pull things out of their kiesters, often as off topic as all get out, and just keep going until the thread is a negative one. Take for example the extremely positive OP by someone recently on Amari Cooper's words after the last Bills' game, just quoting him. I posted early on there how in the previous post on Cooper, a hate post, was inundated by the haters to a comical point. They were ust throwing out completely made up nonsense against Cooper, with nothing to support the ludicrous comments-- things just made up out of thin air about our new 5 time Pro Bowler wide receiver. To get to their motivation--I think they are worried Cooper may be the last piece of the puzzle for the Bills. Then their lives (on this forum) would become meaningless, Bills' haters trying to survive in a world where the Bills are NFL champions. (As they may need a lot of professional support starting later this winter, we should plan on creating several 'go fund me' pages for them.) Then, in that new very positive thread about Cooper, they did it again, with the first hit across the bow going as low as they can go, saying Cooper was "a loser's loser". I now think the answer is to just ignore the haters completely, don't give them any air to breathe in this forum. I have not been good at that myself, as I want to defend the Bills and true fans. BUT I realize now that they thrive on the negativity and conflict; it is exactly what they want, their sustenance. So ignoring them is likely my new approach. If everyone does the same, it will just become the haters responding to the other haters, and that won't be any fun for them, as it defeats their purpose. So let's do it, as they can make this forum a negative free for all. As I have said before there is no changing them, making them positive, logical, or rational, and that day after the Bills win the Super Bowl they likely already have their supremely negative attack lines powered up and ready to go.

That's my boy, Jimmy. Glad to see this post again, one of my favorites this year.

It is like he can read Cooper's mind, his exact thoughts, knows what motivate$ him, knows what he feels, and so knows what Cooper's future holds as well. I agree, but would say it is almost supernaturally insightful.

Lol, just like with your bizarre nonsensical posts in this thread, your 'writing', the crap you throw directly at Cooper--this too is not real either. I never said that about Diggs. Flat out misrepresenting and lying; what a shocker after having read your well supported hatchet job on Cooper. But that is all you have, nothing real. So it makes sense that this is how you respond--nothing real to back yourself up, so just make something else up. You continue to make things up our of thin air. You can call that intuitive, but I and most others would call it ignorant hate--and lies.

Just more nonsense here, more shade purposely thrown on Cooper, and like all the rest, the "loser's loser" etcetera, nothing to support your crazy hate. Here, you add a new dimension of sludge, ignorance, "I mean we are talking about a guy who took no joy from playing on the league's most famous team By that 'logic', a player like Micah Parsons, or Zack Prescott, or CeeDee Lamb, or fill in the blank, _____________________, any Dallas player not experiencing joy playing for an extremely famous, yet dysfunctional franchise, are lacking in some way, do not love football? You can apply your same logic to any area of life—if the company you work for is very famous, that will mean automatic joy. I assume you do not actually believe this. You are not ten years old, I don’t think-? And you also say Amari Cooper is "just a number accumulator who didn't care much about winning. So, he just happened to have a fantastic number of catches, first downs, and big plays, enough so that he was a 5 time Pro Bowler. And he did all of those things when he "didn't care much about winning"? He was just going through the motions, I guess, just happened to have the innate talent that just popped into his body miraculously and was not working his kiester off to make that happen, to win games... And then more crap, hate, thrown at the guy: "He's good with whatever so long as he's getting paid right." Do you have examples of him not getting "paid right" and then not being good as an NFL wide receiver? Here you indicate that Cooper, more than most NFL players, cares about making good money, that that is his God, but you again offer zero context or support. Seems like the rest of your attacks on Cooper: just made up out of thin air---as there is nothing at all to back up your bizarre and scathing contentions. And what the heck is "elevate your teams level of compete"? Nonsensical words, idea, that fits in really well with the rest of your posts in this thread. I think you say that because what you really mean, if you said that clearly, would be even more outrageous than the rest of your attacks on Cooper. If you're going to criticize, and in this case, bash the heck out of our new player, then go ahead. But you better have some support for your outrageous, over the top contentions. If not it is certainly a hate post, and to me, bashing the guy’s character without any support or logic makes it one of the worst I have seen on this board, or by you, and that is saying a lot.

This is the kind of post and poster I was referencing in my previous post in this thread. One of the all time dumbest hate posts ever, and that is saying a lot. That first paragraph is nonsense, a crazy opinion with nothing to back it up it at all. And so he is just bashing Cooper because of irrational hate for all things Bills/Beane/McDermott. Clear proof of that when one just looks at the facts. Thank goodness the vast majority of Bills' fans do that instead... He says In Cleveland Cooper was a "loser's loser"--a comically stupid statement, and not backed up, of course, because there s nothing to back it up. Instead of being a "loser's loser, Cooper was quite the winner, by anyone's standard who has a spec of objectivity, sense, or logic. In 2022: 78 receptions 1160 yards 14.9 yards per catch 9 TDs 61 first downs, with 78% of his catches first downs, 18 catches for 20+ yards, and 4 for 40+ And then in 2023, Cooper was even more of a loser than in 2022, somehow a bigger loser than he was in 2022, if that is possible: 2023: 72 receptions 1250 yards 17.4 yards per catch 5 TDs, 50 of his catches for first downs, 69%, 21 catches of 20+ yards, and 8 of 40+ yards. A Pro Bowl year, of course. By the poster's unique standards, I will pray every night that next year, his first full year with the Bills, Cooper is an even bigger loser in 2025 than he was in 2023. I am urging all posters on this board to do this as well: "Please make Amari Cooper an even bigger loser next year in Buffalo than he was in Cleveland." If this is how a loser is defined, and according to the poster, the ultimate loser, a "loser's loser", than I want me some more of this kind of loser--and at every single position on this team, every one. It makes one wonder, how the heck would the poster define a winner?? I am assuming what happened was Cooper's words after the game, some presented here nicely by the OP, just sent this guy over the edge: how dare he say those things? How can I even think of bashing him now? Oh, I'll do this....

Asked about the clap after the game, Kelce said the following, from Blueneolines.com (and others): "The 35-year-old tight end was spotted applauding at the crowd after the game to acknowledge the Bills’ performance, in his defense he said “Josh and the Bills balled out, it was only fair to acknowledge them and also thank the fans for showing up despite the unfortunate outcome”. “It’s going to take your best football to beat great football teams, and we didn’t play our best football today and they went out there and beat us,” he said. “That’s how it rolls in the NFL and so all due respect to them that’s going to be a good football team that we will probably see [in the playoffs]” Mahomes also added." To me, this was how I took it when I saw it, so I think he is sincere, a sign of respect, acknowledgment to what is clearly their #1 rival, the only team that beats them regularly during the season. (And beginning in January, if they play, in the post season too.)

Yes, that is what I thought as well. The fact that his brother has heaped praise on the Bills and their fans, and that Mahomes speaks very highly of Josh and visa versa, likely had something to do with my perspective on him doing that, Obviously we cannot know his intentions, though i assume someone has asked him about that. I have not read this entire thread yet.

Yes, saw it and really liked the use of this technology. Often some of the more specific concepts good analysts explain are not completely clear to me. I just don't know the terminology enough, and when there is one technical term after another to explain how plays broke down, etcetera, then it becomes confusing. But seeing it from the player's point of view by using the VR technology really clarified things, as it made the concepts more clear, more concrete and real. It SHOWED us what Dan was talking about. Much better, overall, than just drawing things on the monitor to set up plays shown to us. This will become an excellent tool in the coming years. I hope that they don't overdo it now, but use it well and keep improving the technology and its use.

Go and read the comical thread where someone, just days after Cooper arrived, threw a bunch of mud on the guy's reputation. And, of course, the ignorant haters then added their own bizarre BS also without any evidence, merit--or reason to do so. I had some good fun with those yahoos in that thread! Cooper is a quiet, low key guy, who has been immensely successful, and may well help our team win a Super Bowl (or two...). And he has the kind of integrity and character that all true Bills' fans will come to have significant respect for. Hope this is the last step in his illustrious career, and his most memorable.

High level analysis here and very clear point. How did you come up with that insight? Obviously the one small error though, as there are only 6 games to go for the Bills, but that can be overlooked because the rest is so sharp.

Probably two dozen, but not because I am going back to the game and re-watching the run! It is because I wanted to hear what some of the national media said about the game. ESPN and the NFL Network have shown it over and over and over, often 5+ times on the same show. Overdoing it, so making it less interesting already.. I would much rather hear them talk about how this Bills' team is the best team in the history of the NFL and possibly the best team in the history of sports--ever. To me, that makes more sense, and I can listen to that all day, every day.

Have you watched this team play the last five years? He undermines the best offenses in the league no matter the injuries or circumstances. And molds this team into championship contenders almost every year. If Campbell does this for the next few years, then he may be placed in the same category as McDermott. Just because he acts like a truck driver does not mean Campbell may not be a gifted football mind. Outward appearances often lead people astray in their thoughts. You gotta start looking beyond the most superficial details to analyze effectively... To almost every Bills' fan, McDermott has an amazing football mind.

Wow, had not seen those stats. Thanks. Wonder why the Bills have not used him more on runs and sweeps, as we had heard a lot about that when he was signed. Teams are so worried about Allen running, and getting outside the pocket to make plays downfield, that if he can get the ball to the fastest players, like Samuel and Cook on the outside, it would add a new dimension to defend. Samuel could become a great players for this team, and on the cheap too.

I think almost all Bills' fans on this board would define McDermott as a "gifted football mind". Year after year he takes every Bill team and makes them better and better and better... no mater what obstacles are put in their way, and turns them into a championship contender. Just like he is doing, again, this year.

So happy this guy is the owner of one of the three teams in the Bills' division. While benching his team wrecking quarterback may not have been a bad idea, as the headcase had undermined almost every aspect of his team, it was Johnson who gave him the power over all, to do the many supremely stupid things he did. I hope Johnson, with his almost jerry jones' like meddling and football knowledge, lives a loong life and never sells his team. In fact, it would be great to see him make rodgers the actual, rather than just acting, GM after this year, the perfect compliment to his leadership. Kind of funny how so many on this board were worried about the rodgers led jets, even as late as this summer! Inexplicable to me, as this was the only outcome possible.

This should not even be a question, is not for the Bills. Some of the best young players at their positions in the game already, and just starting their careers. Next silly question is likely: should the Bills sign Cook to an extension? ('As running backs are a dime a dozen..') Duh. I think McBeane are much too smart to not get these current and future stars signed to long term deals.

But not necessarily true if he kicked in the wind and cold of Buffalo. What are his stats outside versus in a 'dome'? How about in games under 40 degrees? I looked quickly online but didn't come up with those important stats.