Mister Defense

Update: Dorsey doing his thing in Cleveland, of course. 6 weeks into the season: --Last in the league in yards gained. --30th in points scored per game --27th in rushing yards per game And ike I said would happen back on September 8, after watching their first game, they have not progressed, but have regressed. Just like the Bills did under dorsey, but with no star quarterback there to sometimes pick up the pieces. But I was wrong in my other prediction: I think--dorsey will not make it to Halloween. He may not be officially fired by then (again, and in the middle of the season, the year after he was fired in the middle of the season) as it would likely end whatever is left of his career permanently. But he will not be handling any coordinator duties by then. And after this fiasco, I now doubt they would trust him with the players' Gatorade either. Ticket taker? Parking lot attendant? Just a few of the jobs he could likely do competently in an NFL stadium if properly trained and very closely supervised. And if Stefanski is the one who, inexplicably, wanted this guy as his OC, play calling or not, he will be fired too.

Wow, yes, thank you to the Pegulas for turning our team around! Cannot believe what they have been able to accomplish, thought it had been longer. Now, they will work to make sure the Bills take the next steps and become champions. I am confident in that.

Come on, please read the material you post before creating a BS, nasty headline like that. "Accused", as if it was happening now, and not clearly resolved, and "running out", to imply it was an intentional and spurious, criminal act. Loaded and extremely misleading language to lure people in to read this crap. And you give publicity, and lend legitimacy, to what seems to be a radio station not objectively reporting the news, but doing something much different. Later on that same page: 'Full List Of Buffalo Bills Who Have Been Arrested Since 2000', with a big picture of each man. So, a clear agenda there--why decide to stoke the fire? I would be embarrassed for posting this, weeks after it it was clearly resolved. And for that scandalous, sensationalized topic heading, when it is crystal clear from the article that it was a mistake--and was resolved completely. Shameful, but not Cook.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love me some Metcalf, wanted him out of college. Would be a grreat fit with Allen and Buffalo, a beast. BUT, huh?????? a 1st, two seconds, a 4th and a 5th??????????????????? What the heck are you talking about????????? Who would ever, ever, give up anything close to that for him????? I had to read that again and again, thinking I must be misinterpreting it. You are literally giving away what amounts to a full draft, a complete draft, for one player! (Is this Mike Ditka? Please let me know.) You better not ever become the Bills' GM! They will have almost no good players, ever!

A healthy Samuel! Gives me a great confidence now..

For those still denying this is a rebuilding year, at least in part, with significant parts of the team, in particular the safeties and wide receivers in clear rebuild mode, it is time for a reality check. And I am talking to myself here, as much as anyone else! I think the Bills' leaders may realize this too, at least to a degree, know it is a possibility. And know that very nice cache of draft picks next year would look even better with a 8-8, 9-7 record than with a 12-5 year. So, yeah, go with Bishop. And let's get Shavers and some other youngsters out there too. The Bills could not do much worse at the WR position going forward this year than what they have put on the field so far this year. Yeah, still hoping it all comes together soon THIS year, but may not be a realistic expectation.

Great stats here--thank you! He did look very good in one game, and that did have me a little worried, but not since. Very different qbs, and much different people, one good, one a mess, but in Kelly's last year we too saw flashes of the old Kelly. The problem was he was not consistent, and the low times looked very low, indicating he was near the end of his career. Ditto for rodgers. Unless one of his rejuvenation techniques takes, this will likely be his last go round. With his character, it appears it will be a fitting last year for him...

Checks this out, from CNN. The only people who would believe his clearly, comically obviously convoluted lying are the same people who believe the hurricanes over the last few weeks were created for political reasons: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/09/sport/aaron-rodgers-rumors-new-york-jets-coach-spt-intl/index.html Me thinks he protests too much! Sounds like his strange, obvious convoluted lying about getting the COVID vaccine.. Love these tidbits, especially: 1. “As far as any of the ridiculous allegations out there, I’m not gonna spend more than one sentence in response to it and that is that I resent any of those accusations because they are patently false,” Rodgers told McAfee. (And then he went on and on and on about it...) 2. " “I love Coach Saleh...had a nice conversation when they came and visited (the Green Bay Packers) for joint practices." (The conversation took place in 2021! So the only specific positive thing he said about his actual relationship with Saleh--took place over three years ago...) 3. “I did talk to Woody. Woody called me on Monday night. We had a short conversation. I appreciated the call. It was a genuine call and he just asked me how I was doing.” Rodgers said Johnson phoned to ask about the quarterback’s banged-up ankle from Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. Rodgers professed to the Jets owner that he was disappointed in his performance versus the Vikings and that the pair discussed how the team could turn the season around. (Emphasis is mine at the end..) Liar liar pants on fire, he's in love with Billy Squire--clearly! Lies like a little kid lying, digging one ludicrous hole after another for himself. The Bills, clearly rebuilding, may simply win this division by default this year...

For the summary I said in the posts above, and all posts in the past. ar is a mess of a leader, with significantly diminished skills, and an obvious headcase, but clearly making one major decision after another for the jets, thinks he has them over a barrel. I cannot envision what you are saying, and have said that since he has been there--no way the jets with rodgers are a legitimate threat in the NFL. Obviously they may beat the Bills this Monday, though I don't think that will happen, especially after this, but that will not change my mind. Or this reality I point to.

You don't think the jets, 2-3, head coach fired 5 games into the season, offensive offensive coordinator still around, with an aging megalomaniac head case QB, with clearly significantly diminished skills, both mentally and physically, and in control of the team is a dumpster fire of a team? I strongly disagree! I am assuming you are one of the ones predicting significant success for that team in the preseason?

So hard to believe that a team led by rodgers at QB, head coach, and GM is so obviously a dumpster fire this early in the season, isn't it? Goes back to what I said again and again and again since the jets brought him in. No reason to ever be concerned about the rodgers 'led' jets, and laughed out loud at so many predicting fantastic success for the jets now.. Four sacks for the Bills this week? 2-3 interceptions?

Coleman is young, smart, and really dedicated to the game. He looks pretty good for a rookie. Not surprised he is doing well, so far, at separating. I think this, and his physicality and other traits will mean he will get better and better as this year progresses. I believe he will more clearly look like a quality #2 receiver by the end of this season--and next year, keep progressing. But the Bills need help at the position, clearly, and now, whether it is from the current roster or practice squad or elsewhere.

Hey, Einstein, watch the replay, please. It seems you know more than the former long time NFL official the Bills hired to make these calls. Maybe you should apply for his job? Every NFL team can use a genius to help them make decisions...

Wait, wasn't Einstein a pretty smart guy in real life??? So, an ironic nickname here? Oh, I get the Einstein nickname now. Yes, simple sarcasm and irony... Like: "Hey, Einstein, you have to turn the hot water spigot to get the hot water to come out." Makes much more sense now, an extremely apt nickname.

LOl, well, not by everyone! Some supremely dumb threads and posts after this loss. I tend not to get on here much after losses, generally speaking. Now I am wondering if so many are so ignorant this often? In this thread, the OP diagnosed a concussion from his couch, and would bet on his intelligent diagnosis... All the trashing of McD and Beane and other super dumb, can't be any dumber threads than this and the OP. Like little kids with no logic or experience, just throwing out random reactions as factual.

umm, huh?? A joke? You could tell, from home, about a player on the field, that he has a concussion? It looked bad, and likely hurt, and maybe was a concussion, but YOU could definitively determine this was "pretty clear" from your couch last night?? Could you clarify this, your reasoning, or just trolling here, a joke, maybe?

Yes, I do. Thank God, the vast vast majority of Bills' fans do the same...

Responsible for what??? For having the 2nd best record in the NFL over the last 5 years, second only to the 3 time SB champion Chiefs???? I would say both have been responsible for this significant success. You give yourself away, your ignorance,with your opening words: "As much as I'd love to blame McDermott" Translation: "So, while I hate both of these men, tonight, well my extremely irrational hate is more focused on Beane." Lol: see bold above. Yikes. Are all the crazy hate posts on McD and/or Beane as comically ignorant as the posts in this thread, or is this thread exceptionally so?

Thanks, as it gives me an opportunity to respond to the now closed thread "I think the only way McDermott gets fired" One of the most batshi* crazy (and dumb) OPs I have ever seen. It's like these crazies are watching, hoping for a loss, so they can spew their nonsense and ignorance.

Lost some respect for Stroud on this comment: "I’m glad that he’s finally having fun playing the game." Give it a year, or a few more games, cj, and the facade will burn off again, as it always does with ol' diggs. Stefon screams and cries on the sidelines, during and after the game: Bills 31, texans 20

The idiocy and worst kind of (willful( ignorance of a post like this is revealed in much of the nonsense he spewed, but this one says it all, defines the post as complete junk: "We fans have witnessed countless performances in McDermott's tenure that have defied logic in terms of how well your QB performed and how the games ultimately turned out when it really mattered most." The "countless performances"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only is that complete BS, not in any way true, and obviously so, this team has lost very few games since McD and Beane (as I assume if I go and read his comments on other threads, his hates is likely spewed equally between the two men) took over this team. And almost no games lost by more than one score. Yikes, sad, pathetic, nonsensical post and words. Countless performances!!!

Come on though, the facts are awfully clear now. I think this year will make you re-evaluate your analysis. In fact, more than anything now, I want the Bills to be true to their 'everyone eats" offensive philosophy--and start making both Davis and Johnson integral parts of the running (and passing) game. This is the next step, the championship step to me. Think Allen is at his most dangerous now? Wait until the running game becomes a dominant, versatile one... But yup, we definitely disagree! Watch the Giants game from last night if you have not. They went with your conventional wisdom and would not pay their star RB, those dime a dozen rbs... Moves like that will serve to further shatter that fallacy, the CW, about the value of high level running backs.

Wow, not only does it seem you did not watch Bills' games last year, but maybe did not watch the NFL at all last year--or this year. The running games are now becoming as vital as ever, again. So clear that was happening last year, as teams realized they could run and run on the smaller defensive players teams were going with, and schemes, to counter the passing game. It seems you are sadly suckered in by cliches, the so called conventional wisdom, and don't see what is actually happening in the league. Or with the Bills. The teams with the best, most dynamic running attacks are taking over now, again. And when Buffalo began to focus on the run, they turned two seasons completely around and became the legitimate Super Bowl contenders we knew they should be. Open your eyes: San Fran, Buffalo, KC, Ravens.... So I guess I stumbled onto why you would even consider such a comically bad Cook trade--you likely despise the term 'complimentary football' too, I would guess. When McD forced Daboll's hand a few years ago, after a 6-5 start, the Bills then ran the ball the most in the NFL--and immediately became a legitimate SB contender, losing to the Chiefs in the 13 second game. Last year he fired dorsey, and, yup, the Bills ran the ball like they had not in years. And, just as I suspected, see my posts, the Bills became a dominant, SB contender over night. They went 6-1, their only loss to the Eagles, on a crazy long field goal. But you think Beane should be fired if Cook continues to shine and becomes the star he seems to becoming--and Beane signs him to another contract?!?! Despite what we have seen from the Bills when they run the ball a lot and well over the last few years, and despite what we have seen related to NFL running games last year, and even more so this year? Immensely illogical, ridiculous, and comically so. Julian, Two shockingly nonsensical football statements now in this thread. But thanks for filling in the blanks for me--to flesh out how you can possibly have come to these absurd conclusions. Very clear now.

Nope, this is the first time I saw this post. And ??? , "I mean pretty convenient to blast away after a great start for Cook" Umm, were you actually surprised that he started as well this year? Out of the country last year? He was one of the best players in the league LAST year, Julian: 6th most yards from scrimmage in the league, with 1122 rushing yards and 445 receiving yards. 1567 yards. So, yeah, pretty shocking to read the OP. It is how horrible teams operate--not winning teams. You have to admit, pretty funny that some actually said we should do this crazy thing! Can we get a 2nd for Spencer Brown next year? Rousseau? Kincaid? I think we could. Get 'er done, Beane! As soon as all of the good players come into their own, let's cut our losses, just in case...

One of the dumbest OPs in the almost 30 years I have been on TBL. He is just kidding, right, trolling? It reminds of some similar threads with some yahoos hoping to trade Marshawn Lynch, because we had another good (30 year old? 31 year old?) RB at the time. Made a lot of sense to me at the time--let's get rid of what is clearly our best player, not even at the prime of his career, with maybe ten good years left in him, for a draft pick--as we had a player near the end of his career at the same position? Yikes. With moves like the one the OP suggests, the Bills would always be that team we saw for a decade plus after Lynch was traded. Scary dumb, or just a joke? No in between here.