Buffalo Boy

I grew up a mile from BUF. Just flew in for a fishing trip in May. Runway construction has the planes landing over my old neighborhood. The best part of the Buffalo airport is you can get there an hour before your flight and make your flight!!! I don’t advise it but it’s true ….. so you have wiggle room on that end. In May, I got there 1 1/2 hour ahead of flight and sat at the gate for 40 minutes before an on time boarding.

As a kid, summer was magic!!! Funny how our perception of time changes as we get older. As a kid, I liked winter. As a teen, winters NEVER ended. I remember one April, hanging out in my buddies breezeway ( The party room) when we all realized we could go fishing the next morning because our favorite pond was probably ice free. Summers at Sunset Bay, Darien Lake, fishing, camping out on weekends. Buffalo is amazing in the summer. As we approach retirement, my wife and I think we might try to spend summers in WNY but haven’t quite figured out how as we don’t wish to own ( and pay NYS taxes) on property there.

What MAGIC is this…. A working Gif?????

Running and designed runs are completely different animals. He does not need to be running up the gut, on short yardage situations when the game is in hand. Cooke and Harris are both capable backs who need to be used a ton more than last year.

Well Yeah….. but the whole team didn’t show up at home against the Bengals so that says other things need work too. It is a serious thing that our D line is suspect with all the capital we have thrown at it. Injuries played a distinct part last year though so who knows. IF we catch some good luck health wise this year, we have enough to win it all but the coaching on both sides of the ball needs to be better. Offensively, Josh needs to be pushed into taking the underneath more often ( understand the elbow was an problem ) and the designed run stuff for him has to be diminished by at least 50% during the regular season. We have enough backs in our stable to generate a ground game .

A LOT!!!!

It was the Rams/Cinci game and we would have beaten the Rams

So if the season is a smashing success and we win 14 games but we get our asses drubbed, at home ,and our team looks like they quit before the game started? Will the He’s the best coach we’ve had in decades crowd want to give him a fourth chance in a row?

I totally see the kid being SLOWLY worked in by our conservative coaching staff and ending up in the mid 300s with 27 catches ( one or two crazy stat padding catches)

Does this coaching staff use Kincaid??? I legitimately don’t think the kid breaks 500 and wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he doesn’t hit 400 yards.

I’m not feeling it. I’ve talked myself into too much, too many times. Our O-line was borderline abysmal last year. We got a couple guards. Are they upgrades? This whole board thought Saffold was last year! That’s what we did for Josh’s protection. MEH We signed some more D line help though😐 We have one receiver on this team that we can trust, out of the gate. He doesn’t seem too pleased about something. Maybe it’s not having another bonafide NFL starting caliber receiver to take some of the heat off. Running game??? Can we have one? Can we have swing passes and dump offs to Cooke as an extension of said running game??? OC??? Like listening to everyone crowing about our “#1Defense” the year before, what happens in the playoffs is what matters. How did our Offense fair in the playoffs last year? How does that bode for this year? Head Coach??? I want to be wrong!!!!! I want to eat tons of Crow as we hoist a Lombardi!!!! This year I am decidedly skeptical. I am not talking myself into it this year. They have to prove it.

Mike Holmgren

I like it but it reeks of equal doses of Desperation and Whatvtook you so long.

I hope this year he comes out and proves us wrong but this take is just about how I feel. Add in the absolute, inexcusable ass whooping by the Bengals on our home turf. 🤮🤮🤮 We looked like a 4/12 team looking to the off-season. Except for Diggs , he was pissed off and disgusted……. I mean , “ Not a team player”

Wait….. I thought Einstein was Einstein???? I’m confused…… but , then again , I’m no Einstein😎

Too soon😜

After our playoff exit this year , I immediately put McD on my personal hot seat. This off-season has flown by due to how disillusioned I’ve become. The 13 seconds and lack of Defensive accountability was egregious. Letting Frazier stay was ridiculous. Blaming anything on a special teams coach was worse. The offense looked out of sync last year and Josh was used as a “ Get out of jail free” card when they couldn’t get anything else to work. If the new guards work out there is no reason to not have a running game. With Cooke, we should have a short passing game out of the backfield. Will we??? 🤷‍♂️ If we get embarrassed again, in the playoffs again, it is time for a new coach while Josh still has peak performance years left in him.

In at the 1/3 mark!!!!

He started against the Rams getting rid of it immediately all game. Same during the Miami game. He’s got it in him. I absolutely agree with the OP. With a decent running game it keeps us on the field and opposing Os off

Imagine having a #2 who didn’t HAVE to overcompensate me drops. Shakir has much better hands but unless Diggs schooled the heck out of him this off-season he’s not ready either.

Panther’s Hated the Rhule era. Very excited to watch Frank and Co build this team. Interested to see if Young has it or not at QB.

After the first two games we looked great, after that 🤷‍♂️ I remember the Pittsburg game being easy, then every game was a struggle , or seemed that way. I’m happy we won all those games but nothing looked like an easy out before we even hit the halfway point last season.

The Bills didn’t appear to be able to beat the socks off themselves, last year…… even if they were barefoot.

In on 100 REALLY proud of you guys and gals for getting us here!!!! Excellent Work💪

Dummy who relies on physical skills. Thats what I heard said very diplomatically. What appears to be another example of Beane and Company’s poor record of drafting D line.