Kirby Jackson

Not a surprise. He sucks. Maybe this sends the message that’s needed to him and the rest of the team.

I think Keon is inactive tomorrow. McDermott will try to send him a message for the effort on those plays last week. Personally, I don’t think he’s very good but they’ll use “learning experience about being a professional” as the reason.

I do think that Beane and McDermott are in trouble but that’s irrelevant for this conversation. Stefanski/McDaniel/Webb for OC and Schwartz/Patricia for DC

Probably somewhere in the $4M-$5M range.

The Pats are well ahead of where I expected. I thought they had a shot at the playoffs but at like 10-7. Maybe I underestimated them and their schedule. They look like a good team and have handled business against bad teams. They have a few decent wins as well (Bills and Bucs). They don’t scare me (at all) but the gap has absolutely closed.

Oh I get it. It’s not a big reason that they were blown out by a 2-7 team. Every team has injuries. That 2-7 team was missing their best pass rusher and their top CB. They are also playing without a HOF WR. Earlier in the week, that 2-7 team traded their other top pass rusher. So, to recap they were playing without their best CB, their 2 best pass rushers and a HOF WR. That team WON by 3 scores. The Bills injuries are an excuse this year. There have been times where injuries have been a factor. At the same time, their MVP QB has the longest active starting streak in the NFL. Their elite OL has missed 2 games COMBINED dating back to last season!!

No they don’t. Missing a depth player like Epenesa is not like missing Lamar or Burrow. It’s not the same as missing an impact player outside of QB like Ceedee Lamb. The delta from elite players to role players is significant. The delta from role players to other role players is non existent. There is no drop off from Zion Logue to Mathis to Phillips to whomever. Does it really matter that much if they are forced to play Elijah Moore because Curtis Samuel is dinged? Of course not!! Role players are interchangeable and that’s why the Bills injury issues are overblown. Until this week, Oliver is the only impact player that’s missed more than a game. Kincaid will miss his 2nd.

Yep, he sure did. They were still a 9-7 team that scored 3 points in the playoff game. He deserves a lot of credit for building the program and foundation. He built a winning culture. He’s had 5 or 6 years of a championship caliber team and has yet to play for a championship. This year would be 6-7 year at that level if they fail to make the Super Bowl. No one is saying that McDermott hasn’t had success. The conversation is, “can he take the Bills all the way?” He’s had a lot of chances and never done it. There are plenty of examples of a new voice taking a team across the finish line. Jon Gruden did it. A few years ago the Raptors fired the reigning coach of the year and then won a championship. Winning a WC & sometimes a divisional round games isn’t good enough for a team led by Josh Allen in his prime. That would be great for a team that hasn’t been to the playoffs in 17 years with Tyrod Taylor at the helm. That’s the point of this conversation. You can’t judge this regime against bad teams. That’s not the standard. They have the MVP of the league at QB. Championships are the only thing that matter now.

Must be great to have Josh Allen as your Qb

You never trade a dollar for 4 quarters.

Vrabel would have been a really good hire. Kubiak has probably vaulted himself into the top coordinator candidate (or at least one of the top). He’s the new Ben Johnson. Here is a list of 20 candidates for the Giants job. Joe Brady will also be on most of these lists but the Giants won’t hire another Bills OC yet after Daboll so he isn’t on here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6799945/2025/11/12/ny-giants-coach-candidates-lane-kiffin-jaxson-dart/ Here’s a different list: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/giants-coaching-candidates-to-replace-fired-brian-daboll/ Here’s another: https://www.si.com/nfl/giants-top-head-coach-candidates-daboll-fired Here’s one with Titans candidates: https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2025/11/03/titans-coaching-search-mike-vrabel-mike-mccarthy-joe-brady-brian-flores/86883023007/ Between these lists you’ll see a lot of the same names. There are probably going to be 5+ jobs open. Usually it’s somewhere between 5-8 or something like that. All of the names will certainly be mentioned on one of these lists.

I’m a little bullish on Sanders. He was my favorite of the draft picks. He’s a good athlete and the scouting community liked him a lot more than the draft talking heads. He got off to a slow start but think he could be a good player along with Walker and Oliver.

I’m not advocating for those guys staying. I’m saying Gruden is a horrendous option. He’s been a bad football coach for a really long time. There are dozens of better options out there.

He has a win percentage of .511. Mike McDaniel has a win percentage of .528.

Agreed. Every team is in a different situation. If you’re the Giants and it looks like you’ve found your franchise QB you can take some big swings. If you hit, great. If not, you have a window to upgrade those positions. The Bills are in a different spot. They have maybe 6 years of Josh’s prime left. Those 6 years (or whatever) represent a wide open Super Bowl window. You team is flawed and has holes. You can’t take the next Keon hoping that he’s better than the last Keon. You don’t have that luxury. You need to take the guy that can help immediately even if that means his ceiling is Darnell Mooney.

I bought in on Keon having a big game last week. I’m not doing it again. I just hope he’s more efficient. If they throw him the ball 6 times I hope it results in 4+ catches.

A guy that knows football breaking down games on YouTube isn’t of interest to me. I’d just assume hire those dudes from Cover 1. Gruden sucks. He shouldnt be anywhere near an NFL job. He has a long track record of not being good. Doug Pederson would be better.

Fitting Keon for his gold jacket after 5 catches and 71 yards on 11 targets vs. Tampa.

I can’t give you Atlanta when they have Drake London. He had 16 targets against us. His 17 game pace is 113/1468/13. That’s a better year than any Bills receiver has ever had. When Mooney is healthy, he too, is better than every Bills receiver. No to the Saints. Olave is way better than anyone that we have and we all pretty much agreed that Shaheed would represent a big upgrade. Those guys are better than ours (or at least certainly were before the Shaheed trade). The Patriots isn’t much of a dicscussion either. Diggs and Boutte are both better than all Bills receivers. Maybe you could make a case for a beat up Miami but they have a guy. They have a guy that has killed us. The Bills offered a 1st and 3rd for that guy. He is so much better than anyone that we have. The Jets also have a guy that’s great. Our 2-5 may be better than theirs but the gap in 1’s is so large that I’d pick the Jets (like Miami). Carolina is interesting because they have more talent but may not be better. Tet McMillian might be a 1k guy but the rest of them aren’t great. You could make an argument that we are similar.

For better or worse, I would pay Kincaid. He’s dynamic (when healthy). The problem I had with the Rousseau, Shakir (a little) and certainly Bernard deals is that they’re all role players. I wouldn’t make a habit of paying for role players. Milano has been hurt the last few years but when he was healthy he was dynamic. I’d always pay guys that I think can be all-pros even if it doesn’t work out. I wouldn’t pay role players as a rule because I think you can find them pretty easily.

I would have paid Benford and Cook. I didn’t love the other deals. You could make a case for Shakir and Rousseau.

Every team has injuries. Total injuries mean nothing. The only thing that matters is WHO is injured. If you asked the Ravens would you rather lose 6 starters on defense or Lamar, they pick 6 starters on defense. Oliver is the only impact player to miss time. Benford is a good player but isn’t having a great year. He matters too. The Bills injury issues are WAY overblown because their best players are playing every week. Oliver is the only guy on the team that matters that has missed more than 1 game!!