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12 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:
I agree with this statement. Lazy route running causes a lot of interceptions. Looks like it caused the game winner tonight.
I agree with this 100%. If Hill hadn’t gotten hurt and he is running that route instead of scrub Claypool, that ball is probably right where it needed to be. It’s easy to pin that on Tua, but I think that’s a good example of a terrible WR route. -
16 minutes ago, corta765 said:
For drainage reasons when they built the new stadium the field was pitched so water/snow goes to the sides from the middle. Before they put the current turf in and we just had the carpet astro turf it was so serve the arc you could literally see the field height difference. I believe the old crown was 18 inches of height difference from side to middle and the current is more like 6 as they are better with drainage and absorbing the water.
Thanks! Yeah I remember playing on many fields that were set up with different degrees of slope for drainage before. I just never knew it was called a crown.
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I feel like I'm asking a dumb question having seen at least 30 games in that stadium, but what is this "crown" everyone is talking about?
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2 hours ago, Steptide said:
I watched the weather earlier. Saying there could be a system that moves in that could make things nasty, or it might it not do anything at all. Pretty sure they said if it did get nasty, it'd be more into Monday than Sunday afternoon. It's all a crap shoot at this point
Correct. It’s a low pressure system in the south that will move north on Sunday. We’re in northern Virginia, and it looks like we and most of the east coast will get hammered with rain. Much less certain for WNY. It could be raining during the game, or the system could not make it there until later in the evening. We’ll see how it shapes up next couple days.-
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3 minutes ago, Utah John said:
Miller is playing better. It's Rousseau who's gone radio silent. Almost never hear his name called. I think the Bills are playing Rousseau more on the interior which shows the team's need at DT now that Jones is out and Settle and Ford aren't doing much, and Joseph has also evaporated after an encouraging start. Anyway this might explain why we don't hear about Rousseau. But we need AJE and Miller back, badly.
He had some nice man to man coverage on a wheel route in one play this past week! Would sure be nice to see some more pressure though.
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Just now, newcam2012 said:
I've been scoping prices and the way the venders operate. Come game time it seems like the big boys like Vivid, Ticket Master, Tick pic, etc...do not lower their prices. Surprised to find that out.
I go to Clipper games and frequently use the Game time app. Every once in awhile you can find a deal if you check daily. Mind you a Clipper ticket isn't like purchasing a football ticket.
So far, I have seen much positive movement for the Bills Chargers game.
I snagged VIP Clipper tickets for $25 and tonight I'm 2 rows behind the Clipper bench for $60 each. Got really lucky.
Hoping I can jump on a Bills Charger tickets cheap.
The vast majority of tickets on Ticketmaster at this point though are individual resale. It's people who are listing them for sale on the platform, not the platform itself. The Bills drop some tickets on there late, and there are probably entities that just speculatively buy a lot of tickets and try to scalp them for a profit. But I've seen the same thing on there... come game day, whatever the baseline lowest price is for the majority of tickets in a section, people will undercut it to get rid of their seats. It won't be a ton less than what they are now, but it will be less. They go quickly though. I'm not expecting to get in for much less than $200, but I do think I'll get some for right around there, hopefully frontish section of 300s.
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2 hours ago, Process said:
When is the best time to buy tix for this game? They usually go down in price the couple of days before the game right? Or should I get them today before they all get gobbled up?
I'm waiting. No way I'm paying $250 to these scalpers for upper part of 300s. I'll watch from the tailgate if it comes to that. Game is definitely in high demand though.
Prices drop on game day itself, depending on remaining inventory. Problem is, cell service sucks so bad around the stadium, it can be hard to make the purchase go through on Ticketmaster at times. But if you wait, the bagholders will lower their ransom.
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4 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:
Lol. Same here. I am excited about what could happen, and I do believe that the Bills have the talent beat anybody. I also know McDermott is still unfortunately ready to turtle up and shoot the team in the foot with a critical coaching/time management blunder at the end of any half. Hopefully they make enough plays before the end of these games down the stretch that it won't come down to McD making critical late game decisions.
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8 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
I’ve never questioned McDs character and never doubted that he’s a great coach.
This blatant character hit piece this week was absolutely ridiculous. And it truly says something how these guys defended him after the game - that clears up 25% of my issue with him - that they are tuning him out.
I have repeatedly called moving on from him a business decision in order to maximize your unicorn QB. His decision on OC last likely wasted TWO seasons. That OC decision is the other 75%.
He’s obviously not getting fired. And that’s that. And it is a huge deal to see these guys stand up for him.But he better get OC right. And the GM needs to find FOUR more WRs to bring in here next season.
In addition to finding an O coordinator and getting that right, he should also cede all in game head coaching decisions to someone else. Maybe just someone in the headset, but when to call timeouts, when to challenge, when to go for it, etc. If we had someone who could manage those critical calls, especially at the end of halves, McD could stay there as a figurehead. If that makes the people who don’t want to see the poor multimillionaire who ended the drought lose his job, great.That graphic they showed last night told the tale… since 2021, Bills are now 9-14 in one score games. 22-1 in all other games. The reason they suck in the clutch is bad coaching. It’s an unfortunate reality we’re stuck with.
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I certainly agree he has no feel and usually makes decisions that cost the Bills in those situations. It’s gotten worse, not better over his career. You’d think he’d learn. I’m thrilled about the win yesterday and glad they have something to play for. But McD has already dug this team a huge hole this year. It’ll be amazing if they can climb all the way out to get to the playoffs. If not, he should (but probably won’t) be gone.
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4 minutes ago, bills742 said:
I think McD is a good guy deep down and I'm feeling kind of bad for him.
When he steps down in the best interest of the team because he's in over his head and singlehandedly losing the Bills games, I'll wish him well. Right now, he's stealing from the Bills and sabotaging the best chance we've had at a Super Bowl since the early 90s. Enough is enough. He's a multimillionaire and has been duly compensated for his time here. Let someone else take over who can actually take this team to the next level.
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9 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:
my grain of salt is Bill B comes across as a narcissistic control freak too as did Parcels. Polian was widely reported to be a complete ahole. I think to be an nfl coach some of these personality defects are a feature not a bug.Yeah, but those are coaching legends who don't crap their pants when the game is on the line and have 12 men on the field, call timeouts that help the other team, throw dumb challenge flags, have the defense out of position and generally unprepared, have the offense take a knee, and everything else that McDermott does to lose games. I could care less about this hit piece and whatever aspects of his personality are being discussed here.
I don't care if he's a jerk or a saint, I care if he can coach. And at this point, he has proven THAT HE CANNOT. He is SINGLEHANDEDLY losing this team games with his cowardly, deer-in-headlights coaching in any tight game. Enough is enough. That's why he needs fired, not because of any of this crap. It's remarkable how obviously bad he is whenever the game is on the line. He's the anti-clutch and everyone knows it. Dump this hack already.
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Yeah that’d be swell and yes the offense looks improved under Brady and yes Josh Allen is a superstar but… Sean no nuts McDermott is still the head coach. If any of these games are within one score late, he is going to blow it. It’s clockwork. So unless the Bills blow out all their remaining opponents, McD gunna find a way to McD unfortunately.
5 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:Nobody wants to face us in the playoffs!
We can write this on the tombstone for the 2023 Bills playoffless season.
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22 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Yeah it definitely is maddening. That being said, in the grand scheme of things, we aren't in those positions that often(except this year) since we typically are blowing teams out. They also had the best regular season record since 2020 and haven't lost in the regular season by more than 6 points in over 2 years(Indy 11/21/21 was the last time), so that simply shows how few times they have actually lost and how hard it is to beat them...and in most cases, the Bills do far more to beat themselves than the other team actually does.
Agreed. They are a great team talent wise who can blow teams out, and because of that, there's nowhere to lay the blame for their inability to finish games in crunch time except on McDermott. Some of his coaching failures are painfully evident even to casual fans (12 men on the field to lose the Broncos game for example), some are nuanced and we have to speculate on player v. coach failures (his defense's consistent inability to come up with a stop on the last drive to win it), but with so many at this point, he has to take responsibility for all of it. It's his team, and when the game is close and on the line late, they/he choke.
Most teams, especially good ones, do NOT choke with anywhere near this level of consistency. Something's bad, bad wrong in McDermott's leadership for this to keep happening. And he has not owned up to any of it recently. He never places blame on himself or his leadership, and it's infuriating.
This is just my personal opinion, but I believe you can see it all over his face when the game is close late. He gets that pained look in his eyes and just seems lost and overwhelmed. You can really feel him trying not to lose instead of knowing how to confidently go for the win. It's pathetic. I tried to make excuses for him for so long thinking his culture was important, but at this point, the emperor has no clothes. The players, especially the veterans, have to see this crap and know, too. There won't be any winning culture much longer when they come into camp next year knowing that many of them are elite at what they do in the NFL, while the highest ranking person on the team is scared, inept, and at the bottom of the barrel in the coaching ranks. Who could be motivated to keep playing for that year after year?
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7 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Well...that is only partially true...if the Bills have the ball last, they usually win in those situations...if they score too quickly and give the other team the ball back with anything over 13 seconds where they only need a FG they tend to not fair too well.
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15 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Strange considering McD is undefeated coming off Bye Weeks.
He's also often defeated in close games and any time in-game head coaching decisions are required. Let's hope the Bills talent can overcome the inept coach by winning by multiple scores! That's how we do it in Buffalo. We like to handicap ourselves with a complete doofus of a head coach. Then if they win, you know the team REALLY played well. Best of the best of the best with one arm tied behind our backs. Ultimate bragging rights.
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2 hours ago, BillsBlue said:
I have an odd feeling we'll make it in but if we don't there's a whole ton of positives to be taken from this season.
- Kincaid is a true stud, he will be a game breaker for our offense next year no doubt.
- Bernard is a stud as well and a playmaker that this defense needs, he's better than Edmunds.
-Cook is a baller and will be even better next season!!
-Spencer Brown is a legit RT for the future!!
-Cyrus will be a monster next year as he was better than average this year as a rook.
-Shakir looks to be a playmaker and will be even better next year out of the slot(Beasely replacement finally).
-We now know Gabe is not it and can cut bate and draft a real #2/ eventual Diggs replacement.
-Ed Oliver is worth the contract and has finally got it all together.
There's a lot of positives that have come out of this frustrating season imo. I'm a glass half full guy!! Hats off to Beanes drafting!!! We're going to be okay we have a lot of young talent at our nucleus now 🦬
All of this is true and there's tons of reasons to be optimistic about the roster and the overall talent level on the team. Unfortunately, I've come to believe that none of it will matter with our current head coach in place. He keeps regressing and has actually gotten worse on in-game decisions as his career has gone on. He's now actively losing games for the Bills singlehandedly with his terrible decisions.
There's no way the team doesn't realize that, and no matter how talented they are, I don't think they're going to go very far with McDermott still in charge. One of two things will happen. 1) they'll make the playoffs, but he will fail to have his defense ready on a final drive, he'll call some unnecessary timeout that helps the other team, he'll have the wrong personnel on the field that causes a game changing penalty, or god knows what else that will end their season, or 2) he will do that a number of times throughout the regular season like he has this year and the team will just lose faith, quit on him, and miss the playoffs.
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We definitely have the talent to beat them, and I expect Josh and company to put the team in position for a win.
I'm also unfortunately just as confident that if we're not up multiple scores late and the game is close late, McDermott is equally likely to crap his pants as usual and make foolish, scared decisions to blow it.
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14 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:
We don't really know how satisfied Pegula/Beane are with McDermott and won't until the season ends is my point.
True. Anyone can leak whatever they want in the meantime. The proof is on the field. And it’s painfully obvious. McD is great when Allen is blowing people out. Any time the game is on the line late, you can count on him to blow it. Like clockwork. -
53 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:
Good "leak" by the Bills front office. You want them to be unified going into these last five games. All of their goals are still available. Do I think it will work out? No, but from the Bills' perspective they need to keep grinding.
Smart use of media.
“Smart” for the wrong reasons. Being satisfied with a coach who blows nearly every big moment in close games.-
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11 hours ago, GoBills808 said:
Not me
No matter how detrimental I believe McDermott is to our chances at a SB...I still want wins every Sunday
Same here, no matter what. I hope to god McD proves me wrong and makes me look foolish while they make the playoffs. It'll be fantastic.
But my view on him hasn't changed. Brady had an excellent first game as coordinator, and the team really rallied and responded this week. It was awesome to see. But McD is directly responsible for at least two losses on the season so far that were defeat he snatched from the jaws of victory (NE and DEN). If the Bills don't go 5-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs, he should be canned. And if they do make the playoffs, I'd understand them sticking with him, but nothing changes for my opinion the either. He's thoroughly proved himself to be the coach who will choke when faced with critical head coaching decisions in big games, and I think Pegula would be delaying the inevitable if he sticks with him.-
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12 hours ago, FireChans said:
I would argue this game was damming for Warren Sharp and Kenneth Dorsey.
Well luckily McD wasn't forced into any critical game management situations since we know how those turn out. He's always seemed fine when the Bills are blowing somebody out. It's the tight games especially at the end when he's going to take timeouts that hurt not help, challenge bad plays to cost timeouts, have 12 guys on the field, call bad defenses that play into the opponents hand and cost the Bills the game on the final drive, etc.
Brady had an excellent first game as coordinator, and the team really rallied and responded this week. It was awesome to see. Nothing changes for McD on me from this. He is directly responsible for at least two losses on the season so far that were defeat he snatched from the jaws of victory (NE and DEN). If the Bills don't go 5-2 down the stretch and make the playoffs, he should be canned. And if they do make the playoffs, I'll understand them sticking with him, but nothing changes for my opinion. He's thoroughly proved himself to be the coach who will choke when faced with critical head coaching decisions in big games, and I think Pegula would be delaying the inevitable if he sticks with him.-
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22 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
Yep McD is down to only 2 options. Blame the GM for not assembling a strong enough roster (I don't see that working at all, Beane is widely viewed as one of the best GM's in the business). Or blame the franchise QB for turning it over too much / losing his mojo.
I don't think either option will work, but he has a better chance of pinning blame on Josh.
Not with Bills Mafia he doesn’t. We’ve seen what Josh can do.
Even in a rough patch, he made the plays at the end to win both NE and DEN games. McD’s boneheaded coaching caused them to lose both. In his good patches, he’s the league MVP QB.
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2 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
I don't agree that we know that for McDermott. I think there are people who do know, most importantly Beane and Terry Pegula. They know what the relationship is like, and I'd expect that Mr. Pegula will be thinking a lot about it for the next few months. He may do his thinking on his own, he may do it with Beane, but he'll be thinking.
But he might very well simply say to himself, "I trust Sean. I decided to go on a journey with Sean, and I'm on it."
Oh for sure Pegula may do that… it’s my biggest fear. If he keeps on with McD for another year, things may really bottom out. But I won’t be surprised if he does keep him there for $ and because he just likes him personally.
Bills fan murdered after game
in The Stadium Wall
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Plus they have a stand your ground law in place. Since there was a confrontation before the murder, the killer would have a path to try to get off saying that he "felt threatened" by someone touching his vehicle. Would be interesting to see if that defense worked. But since he fled the scene, he probably would have more trouble claiming stand your ground.