Dan

I was there. Had the Bills won their SBs… I don’t think he makes it. But they didn’t and he’s in. So it’s all done and done. Just never thought he was that great.

Begs the question ..why did Aikman get in?

What I don’t get is how is the Bills are taking a step back and have it so tough because they changed coaches. But other teams like the ravens and broncos, for example, will be just as good or better with their new coaches ? I still contend… do whatever it takes in draft and FA to get 2 tops end WRs. We absolutely can not roll in to a 3rd consecutive year of thinking WRs aren’t important. So that and shore up a few of the weak or older players on D. And let’s see what happens. Coaching alone will not get us over the hump. We need a few playmakers that turn it on in the big games.

Soooo true! And that’s the thing.. there’s so many videos out there of pretty much the exact same play. And in everyone of them the catch goes to the offense and not the defender. Except in our case! Only 2 conclusions any reasonable person can make: 1 the NFL hates Buffalo. And/Or 2.. someone in Vegas made a lot of money on a bet if Denver won in overtiime.

I think this speaks as much to the popularity of the NFL as it does to just how bad TV (including all the streaming series) shows are. It’s all crap. And just saw this year’s SB was second most watched of all time. And this was a bad game! If the Bills ever make the SB it may break the transmission wires or whatever it is they use to broadcast games.

If those are the starting WRs next September, I will pay for the Fire Beane billboard myself. And run a recurring Fire Beane Ad in the BN. For the past 2 seasons, they’ve gone cheap and tried to rely on average to below average guys. In both years the offense has stalled and stuttered forcing Beane to trade for Cooper in 2024 and attempt a trade, only to settle on waiver wire Cooks in November in an attempt to generate some offense. If he goes through this entire offseason thinking the current WRs and a mid round draft pick are good enough... HE is every bit as big a problem as McD’s defense. The number 1 offseason priority has been and remains… get actual NFL WRs in here. Do that.. and maybe there’s optimism. Fail to do that and it’s another wasted season trying to outsmart the rest of the league.

Just came here to say F$&@ NE

All very good points. I think the only thing to add is that everyone seems to forget the number of injuries Josh was playing with in the Denver game. He literally had surgery on his foot a couple days after the game! So one bad foot, sprained knee on the other leg, bruised (perhaps painful) throwing hand. Quite honestly, it’s a miracle he even played. But that gets lost… and he’s faulted for not being near perfect over and over. if ever there was a game we needed the defense to step up and help an injured and depleted offense… this was it! Yet they still gave up 30 points in regulation.

I’m feeing very much the same. Hated the Brady promotion. Still do. BUT.. I’ve also always thought the coordinator hires are what actually make or break a HC. I will give him credit for picking good ones. Although, I’m not as sold on Carmichael as most everyone else is. If he can help Brady develop a passing attack and remind him that calling the same, not working at all, play over and over is not a good strategy against better teams. ..then ok. I don’t hate the hire… just not excited by it. Pretty hard to find anyone that doesn’t like the Leonhard pick for DC. So, even if he doesn’t work out, it’s tough to fault this hire. By all accounts he brought in the best up and coming DC candidate possible. For that… I’m excited. Go Bills!

I agree. Regardless of the coaching changes, team priorities remain: 1. WR 2. WR 3. WR Then let’s think about a new Saftey, LB, slot corner, etc. We have the players on D to be ok, especially with a new DC, with a couple additions. And we absolutely have to start thinking about replacing older/injury prone guys. But… actual WRs is the single most glaring hole on the roster by a mile. We’ve had 2 years of thinking they could just make any old guy work. If Beane doesn’t significantly address the position this offseason, then he needs to be fired before OTAs.

I was just going to post something similar. We may not need as many changes on D as some think. There were quite a few plays that Rousseau, Bosa, and Epenesa (perhaps others as well); were either dropping by into shallow coverage at the snap, or playing contain in the edge. They were not expected to rush the passer. Granted, I think against a lot of the mobile, younger QBs it was done to contain them and force them to read the coverage and complete passes, and not let them just take off and run. And it was pretty successful mostly. ..the problem always came in the playoffs or against the better QBs like Burrow and Mahomes. But these guys may be better pass rushers than many here think.

I’ll agree… except.. I’ll say Super Bowl Appearance, not just a win. But.. you cannot sit back and make these moves and expect the fan base to give Brady 3 or more years to get back to where we currently are.

Can we blame McD for the high price of beer in the stadium too?

I’ve been saying this for a while… the team’s season stats have all been mostly good. Other than the run defense stats, look at the defensive stats - 7th overall, 1 passing defense. Would anyone suggest our defense is just missing one or two pieces to get over the top? This is what’s wrong with the team. They spend all their time looking at stats. They don’t see the forest for the trees. And every year, we get to the playoffs and weaknesses and tendencies get exposed, and we go home. Its not that the offense wasn’t good. Or even that it wasn’t good in the playoffs. Its that… when the game was on the line… Brady had no answers. His tendencies were figured out and he refused to deviate. How many times in the 4th quarter and overtime in Denver did he run Cook up the middle, with Josh under center on first down? The absolutely only reason we had a shot to win that game was because Josh excels at off script 3rd and long magic plays. But why do we think Brady is good when he continually threw away a 1st down play - over and over. Yes.. the Bills’ offensive stats look good. You can’t argue that. But, it was his refusal to properly gameplan to the opponents weaknesses or to adjust away from his tendencies that ultimately were a big part of why the Bills lost in the playoffs the last 2 years. We all saw that play out repeatedly. He called plays like a stubborn mule. But… I guess it was all just McD. McD had full control of the defense AND the offense AND drafting. I see no reason to think Brady was held back by McD’s insistence that he never adjust a gameplan or continue calling a play over and over and over no matter how poorly it was working.

So the exact same thing they’ve been doing for years?