Billsfan1972
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Kincaid was just minimally open and seemed no one else was running a route and then Allen rolled right away from Kincaid. Just didn't look like a good play.
As for Davis he needs to make the right read. Simple as that.
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3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I disagree that was the only mistake. I put both interceptions primarily on Josh. But I agree if Cook catches a ball that he has to catch it is 14 all at the half.
What I was disputing was the inference that unless you excuse Josh for the mistakes you can't be a Josh fan. I am a Josh fan, he is the most watchable player in football and while I would still rank Mahomes #1 I wouldn't swap Josh Allen for any player in football. There is nobody else I'd rather were the Bills Quarterback. But I also apply the same standard to him that I apply to everyone else on the Bills and everyone else in the league and when I see a mistake I call it out.
The first interception was on Davis. Sorry week 18, you need to be on the same page. Allen threw it perfectly to where the receiver needed to be, and where a big bodied physical receiver should catch the ball, as he was looking for Davis right from the snap and Davis did what he seems to do too much, make absolutely the wrong read.
The second was 4th down and actually netted the Bills 17 yards. Was a lousy call too btw.
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10 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I'm a Josh fan. I also try and be objective about what happens on the field. I don't absolve him of mistakes he makes. Not does he, by the way. It is what I love about him. He knows and admits he was beating us in the first half. He came out and put that right, especially in the 4th Quarter where he willed us to victory.
If Cook catches a simple pass, it is 14-14 at the half. As said the one big mistake was missing that Diggs pass.
Now if only they converted that 4th down play and got to kneel from there.
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It's really simple, if you are a Josh fan (and I'm the biggest), you see those two interceptions as at worst a fourth down heave he had to make on a badly designed play and Gabe, being Gabe and again not being aware and making the right play.
A great strip sack, which was unfortunate, but happens (and again bad line play).
Add to that Cook dropping an easy TD.
The one I am disappointed in was an easy TD to Diggs and a bad overthrow (this is shades of Josh year 1 & 2).
If you are the national media, you love to crusify Josh.
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11 hours ago, DCofNC said:
I think you are. It was a blitz, the hot route typically turns inside, quicker throw opportunity. I’m not sure why JA assumed he was going to settle down at the top of the route and that means maybe we are both wrong.I watch football, never played organized football, but when I saw the play the first thing I thought "where's the Bills receiver, Allen threw it to the spot they were supposed to be?". Then of course the replay confirmed it was Gabe.
It is a blitz and it is the receivers job to know where to be and be ready for it. It was a perfect pass where Gabe should have been. A large physical receiver and a pass where only they can catch it. At worst an incompletion.
Aren't these the plays that are practised over & over?
I have a name for gabe "Wrong Page" Davis.🙄
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6 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:
Weren't you the poster that said we'd be lucky to finish .500 when I made the thread after the Eagles game where I said we'd run the table and make the playoffs? You don't always have to take the glass half full approach. We haven't beaten a 1-4 seed yet but we've only had three opportunities (with Allen) and one of them would've been a win if we simply squib kicked it. Also, we only have to play one on the road (maximum) to get to the Super Bowl if you think we're a poor road team in the playoffs. We also won @Baltimore last year and for some reason they don't scare me at all.
Maybe, but regardless they are in the playoffs and McDermott fans are partying in the street. There were plenty of chances to stumble and a few games were way too tight.
Some good down the stretch, some so so.....
There is no one on this site who doesn't want the Bills to win the Superbowl, but there are concerns no doubt too.
If the weather is as bad as predicted Sunday, that really will be a tough watch and I hope not a repeat of the New England 2021 game.
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2 minutes ago, Xwnyer said:
Maybe because Pitt killed us in preseason, yea that doesn’t matter and the forecast favors them.
Yea I put a lot of stock in preseason. Where stars like Nathan Peterman make a names for themselves.
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Don't forget Lamar was injured late in the 3rd in the playoff game too. It was a very shaky game.
The Bills have played two great playoff games in this run. One vs. NE (the perfect game) and then the 13 second game (for 59:47 of it at least)....
The worry Sunday is not Pitt, it's the elements, which frankly favours Pitt.
We've seen what the Bills can do this year. Yes 11-6, but it was shaky at best.
As we've all been saying.... All will be forgiven with four more wins.😜
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4 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
I don’t disagree with this, except I would argue we still can win a SB with him. Worse HC’s and worse teams have won SBs. But it would be nice if he at least reduced some of these late dumb decisions like the timeout at end of Philly game. He may still make that kick regardless, but to make it easier was about as stupid as it gets.Worse HC's???? Since you are an expert name them and explain what you see in McD that makes him so good?
Again the in game decisions and late game defense has been atrocious. Lost to Mac Jones and outcoached on defense not just the last drive, but all game long.
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I've been invested in this thread, but enough is enough.
The people who support McD feel it necessary to attack Dunne.
Dunne wrote an exhaustive piece, that true may not portray McD in the best light, but to question the content and attack him I don't get (personally feels it is out of the MAGA playbook to me).
Not a single thing has been refuted.
As I said me & 95% of Bills fans had no idea who McD was when hired and all we wanted was the Bills to win.
Sorry that I decided half way through year one that I was not buying the "Process" and felt there was too many religious references that I had issues with.
On the field, yep I too admit a very strong bias to the offensive side and think McD has done everything he can to neuter it.
I too think he has not maximized Josh Allen over the years and this year's issues on offense are attributed to him.
And let's not get into the game day decisions.
12 men is 100% all on him. Yes the Bills would have escaped with the win and be 7-5. He did not take accountability as he too did not with 13 seconds. That is not a leader imo.
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16 minutes ago, RochesterLifer said:
Honest question here, as I have never been on an NFL team.
Is it possible Josh and Stef may not be aware of the whole story, or see (evening they are supportive) a need to comment?
No.....
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Do you think 95% of football fans who are not Buffalo Bills fans know anything about McDermott or how this organization is run?
Outside the Bills, what do I know in any detail about other coaches? Very little. I do not live & die and neither do fans.
What the knowledgeable football fan knows (and not talking casual), is that the Bills have underachieved and went from one of the SB favourites to their season that could be sunk come Sunday.
The only other team approaching that ineptitude this year (and they have no fans and have had minimal playoff success) is the LA Chargers.
Casual fans all know Josh Allen and they are wondering why they are 6-6.
This article was needed and is a national story and yep a lot of us here simply are happy to see additional context provided.
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6 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:
I just read the second part and it is pretty depressing. My biggest takeaway is McDermott has a lot of good qualities to organize and instill discipline, but he’s so uptight and so bad in pressure situations, it’s hard to see the Bills ever winning a championship with him.
I am definitely pro-Bills and generally give the benefit of the doubt to everything associated with the team, but the evidence presented aligns with the problems we have all seen in late game situations.
The overwhelming evidence of McDermott’s demeanor and decisions far outweighs all the discussions in this thread about players buying trucks for coaches and ill-advised speeches. Sean is tight and fails under pressure.
I have very limited inside info but do have access to a current Bill who recently signed. He basically has not liked any of his head coaches, except one. All he will say about Sean is “he only cares about defense”. My takeaway from that is most head coaches are unlikeable personally but their ability to lead players to play their best trumps all the other stuff. I’m doubtful Sean has that ability, in fact he has a penchant for bringing out the worst in his team at crunch time.
All he cares about is defense??? Wow I'm gobsmacked.😜
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39 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:
Hyde was clearly enthusiastic in support. He was the only one we've heard who was considerably enthusiastic.
Why wouldn't it be McDermott has been singing the praises of what a great defense it has been all year while throwing the offense under the bus.
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23 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:
Da fuq?
Yeah, that’s what I did.
If you think they are trying to win for McD and because all this came out, you're wrong. They just want to win was all I was saying.
You don't think Diggs wants 150 yards receiving, Allen 350 yards passing and that the D doesn't want 2 ints and 5 sacks?
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10 minutes ago, Niagara Dude said:
I agree but winning 2 of those 3 games against Pats/Jets and Broncos and they are lined up to win the division in a season where there is no Joe Burrow or any dominant team. We could easily see the Jags or Dolphins in the Super Bowl this year.
While we all think easily should have been 2-3 minimum, I'm just going with 12 men and the Bills would be 7-5
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5 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:
We will know how the players feel when we see who shows up this Sunday
No we won't. The Bills will be out there trying to win. Now if they go down 20 and turtle, that's another story.😜🤣
Did you post this so you can come back Monday and say "I told you so"
What actually would be funny and apropo is if everything goes right and somehow they do win a game that comes down to the final defensive side of the ball.
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11 minutes ago, CaliBills said:
Some of you all are reaching
Pretty sure you are wrong on the offense players not supporting.
some of you all are reaching so hard surprised you still have arms attached.
Behind paywall, but just googled and ESPN has Sherfield quoted (7 catches 53 yards on the season).
I guess that counts as Offense.
BTW I am sure 100% will say they are behind him, because they do want to win tomorrow. That is what the team should say and do.
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3 minutes ago, PBF81 said:
It's interesting that you say that, there's still a third of the season to go. This whole thing is far from over.
Bet big money that much more comes to light between now and shortly after the season ends.
My big thing at the moment for those claiming "hit piece," is where are all of the offensive players, particularly Allen & Diggs, defending McD independently and not in a group statement. That silence is deafening.
Seems that what's really occurring is that much that has been hidden is being exposed, not only via Dunne's piece.
Here's the thing, McD can gracefully acknowledge his shortcomings and go more with the flow, or what's forthcoming is going to happen. A huge part of the problem is that he doesn't understand many of these interactions.
Well Hyde supports him!!!! Yes interesting that not one player on offense has said anything.
Diggs has been in a snit all season and I haven't read a single post in those threads, but how many there "Blamed McD"?
Again if there is no playoffs sure we'll hear a lot more, but I said from day one that Dorsey I'm 100% sure had to do things on O McD's way and that was an issue.
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1 hour ago, HardyBoy said:
Right, and you're willing to get a super bowl by any means necessary, even if that is standing in the square of a public flogging throwing rotten vegetables.
I think probably you should back away from the keyboard because you are becoming more and more unhinged.
Every single person wanted the Bills to win a Super Bowl when McDermott was hired.. 99% of us still want that.
I have no idea what you are reading into any post to think otherwise.
The article for the most part just puts into print what many of us have been voicing for a while and some stories that none of us had heard before.
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16 minutes ago, HardyBoy said:
Right, and you're willing to get a super bowl by any means necessary, even if that is standing in the square of a public flogging throwing rotten vegetables.
Again melodramatic?????
Like 90% of fans, I had absolutely no idea who McD was when hired and frankly didn't care (unless stories came out of him being a wife beater, a criminal, low character.....).
You see I'm just a fan who watches on Sunday (and am here way too much). Do I care about the combines & the draft? Very little. I disappear when the season is over and return when the Bills have played their first game and will give opinions when I think I have something to add (or get off my chest).
As said midway through year one, McD started to rub me the wrong way. I did not like the term "Process", I don't like when religion creeps into coaching and is brought up and then he started Peterman. I had already seen the offense disappear and yep I attributed it to McD.
I have been lambasted for saying that I think Allen should have been fast-tracked and the fact the Bills went 48 games without a 300 yard passing game showed how little McD understood about where football is (and is going) and something no other coach would/could do.
2017-2019 the Bills did fine in one score games and it was basically a byproduct of the offense being held back (playing not to lose and no chance of ever coming back). Remember 2021 and all the close losses and a 7-6 record after losing to TB? Five of the losses was <7 points.
Just rambling, but yup never was a fan of McD and boy do I wish he proved me wrong (as do 98% of the people here).
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2 minutes ago, HardyBoy said:
Yes, some people are cheering...but more so getting entertainment from it.
The article is slanted...saying McD is jealous because he didn't have that relationship with his players, when he believes coaches shouldn't have those types of relationships with his players, but never brings up that the reason McD said that about the truck is because it goes against his coaching philosophy and instead "jealousy"
It's a character hit piece
I should be the first in line cheering, but read my posts & the Bills winning the SB is all I want. No fan wants the Bills to lose.
As I've said win 9 in a row McD and you'll be more then welcomed back with open arms and while we will complain at blunders during the year, few will call for your head in 2024.
What the article did was confirm what many of us have thought.
Quit being so melodramatic.
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I listened to the King interview and yes it was melodramatic. Within the interview was McD's apology and guess what? It was as some others said, not sincere & more "I got caught, so better apologize and cover my a$$". And then using not once, but twice "I lost someone Very close". If you did, then you of all people should understand how wrong to use it as motivation in a speech to your team.
We are on a merry-go-round. This year there is no doubt at all his coaching has held the team back. The late game meltdowns are one thing, but again my main concern is what he has done with the offense and how he affected Josh Allen.
Him shouting at Allen after an interception as opposed to having a conversation says a lot about him. As not a fan I saw it as McD upset his defense is back on the field.
Would really bothered me is just how much influence he has had on the offense this year and game planning that side of the ball.
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52 minutes ago, Niagara Dude said:
This is a win league business, when you win everything is good and when you don't win then the knives come out. I guarantee you this, if this team loses 2 or more of their final 5 games and miss the playoffs that included our defence giving up leads late in games then the knives will come out. It was McDermott who named himself DC and said he would fix things.
McDermott supporters will be far fewer and media will be running the Dunn report over and over. All the negatives will be highlighted and you will hear more reports of players making comments about McDermott. Easy for Terry to give his full support now because he has no choice. Terry cannot let some players believe they can just tune out McDermott because he won't be around next season. If I'am Terry I do the exact same thing or McDermott easily loses the locker room.
The simple reality is, If they miss the playoffs then everything is on the table, that includes Terry talking to key players to find out about any communication issues. The fact is if the Bills miss the playoffs everyone will point to losing games to Jets/Pats and Broncos. Even if they won 2 of 3 games they are in great shape to win the division right now, they were not prepared to play any of those games and that is on the HC.
Even if they won just one game (pick Jets, Denver, NE or Philly all lost in the last two minutes or OT), never mind Jax or Cincy & the Bills are in much better shape.
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See yourself out Allen haters!!!!
in The Stadium Wall
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4th down.... I can't believe people think there were points to be had. It was a bad call on 4th down.