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Mahomes is better than Brady.
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Guess I'm never watching fox again
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22 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:
Things could certainly have gone far worse this season, we were essentially firing blanks as we struggled to get to six and six, to turn that around and get as far as we did was an accomplishment Imo.
Going forward, I hope to see a couple of above average receivers added to the offense to compliment Diggs and Shakir, I don’t think Davis is back with us next season, even if he is back we need fast and quick wide outs that run a full route tree, well that’s all I’ve got this morning, be positive my fellow Bills fans, it’s not the end of the world.
GO BILLS!!!
Going 5-0 after dropping to 6-6 was the worst thing that could have happened to us this season because it bought McD at least one more season.
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59 minutes ago, Your Brown Eye said:
That crossing route hurt, Diggs was wide open.
Josh had stopped looking for Diggs by that point. Last 3 attempts to Diggs were incomplete.
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48 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:
So mad that Bass missed that kick for obvious reasons. But he robbed us of seeing if our d coordinator could stop them. I doubt it. What do you think 1:47 two timeouts, tie game.
There's no way Mahomes loses from that situation.
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He should have been fired at half time of the Jet's game.
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8 minutes ago, mjt328 said:
The problem with journalists today (sports or otherwise), is they have already decided beforehand what the "truth" is the public needs to know. So they have no interest in telling both sides of the story.
To Tyler Dunne, the purpose of the article was not to show what really happens behind-the-scenes at One Bills Drive. Or just to let people know what Sean McDermott is like as a coach, and then let them draw their own conclusions.
He has already drawn the conclusion that McDermott is a bad coach and needs to be fired, and that is the "truth" he must expose to the public.
What's laughable is how every investigative reporter on the planet thinks they can publish a bunch of anonymous gossip, and then equate it with exposing the next Watergate.
There is nothing remotely similar about these two stories.
It's sports journalism. It's almost always going to be empty fluff and generic quotes.
Again. Dunne had the opportunity to write a very interesting expose on McDermott that nobody has ever done. He could have included the 9-1-1 story, the sneaker thing, and other embarrassing stuff. Nobody has a problem with him including any of that.
Where the story falls short is how he makes ZERO attempt to get feedback from coaches or players who support McDermott. They clearly exist. If his intent as a journalist was speaking the TRUTH, then he would have considered it absolutely vital to get a clear picture of how everyone in the locker room sees the coach. Not just those who don't like him. But that didn't fit his agenda, which was making it appear like nobody on the team respects him.
And why didn't Dunne give at least SOME context about where his 25 anonymous quotes came from? Isn't that an important part of the truth? He didn't necessarily have to give names. But people are obviously going to give more credibility to a "respected veteran who has been in the locker room many years" versus "a position coach who was fired after one season" or a "player who was benched and later cut." The fact his information was left out, gives me a pretty good idea which side his information probably came from.
Side note:
I'm a former newspaper reporter myself, so I have a very strong opinion about how journalism is done nowadays.
I fully understand the concept of "speaking truth to power." But it can't just be one side of the truth. It can't just be the bits and pieces of the truth that will convince readers what they need to believe. Reporters need to TRUST their readers to be given both sides of a story, and still come to the right conclusions.
If you want the other side of the story, read the other 99.9% of McD coverage. Where's the criticism for that coverage not telling both sides of the story?
The Dunne article is the first time we've gotten this side of the story. We wouldn't need a Dunne article to balance the scales if the other reporters did their jobs.
The purpose of this article was to tell us the side of the story we haven't already heard. Why waste any time in it fluffing up McD by repeating the stuff we've already heard 1000 times?
In conclusion. You don't need to "tell both sides" in every piece of journalism, especially when one side of the story has already dominated the coverage of that subject, and you're telling the opposite side of the story.
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10 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:
Any comparison to Watergate reporters is nonsensical. Talk to people who matter. Not Quentin Spain and Chad Hall. Interview guys who left and came back line Shaq Lawson. That’s real reporting.
Deep Throat didn't even work at the White House.
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2 hours ago, mjt328 said:
And that's a problem.
News articles shouldn't have that kind of agenda.
If Tyler Dunne had 25 sources, he should have worked harder to get (at least some) of them to reveal their identities, instead of being anonymous.
He should have specified whether these sources were current or former coaches and players, which is important context.
He should have talked with people who actually like Sean McDermott, and gotten some positive quotes to contrast all the negative.
There is no balance to the article. McDermott comes across like a control-freak, and that rubs a lot of people wrong. But there are lots of NFL coaches who are also control freaks and succeed BECAUSE of that character trait. Not to mention that his predecessor Rex Ryan was the complete opposite, and mostly failed because he didn't run a tight-enough ship.
The purpose of news journalism is to speak truth to power. To reveal what the rich and powerful do behind closed doors. To attempt to hold them accountable for their actions.
Imagine if Bob Woodward had spent half his time interviewing Nixon's sycophants to get some positive quotes during the Watergate investigation instead of revealing the scandal.
It's laughable.
There's no balance to the article? So? There's no balance to the coverage of McDermott either. 99% of it is empty, vapid, fluff. It's a breath of fresh air to get an article that brings a little balance to the overall coverage.
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2 hours ago, Process said:
We already know he is an imbecile and not fit for the job based on what we see on the field.
A three part, targeted hit piece relieving things that happened behind closed doors years ago was not necessary and serves no purpose other than to humiliate a guy that is still currently the HC of the team.
No. The purpose of the article is to shame and humiliate Terry into firing this clown.
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How did McDermott keep his job after the 9/11 speech for 2 years?
How does he possibly keep it now that the story is public and he's confirmed it?
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Just wanted to remind everyone that St. Doug quit on the Bills. He was not fired.
If he had stuck around and lucked into a 9-7 season and playoff berth during either of those 2 rex ryan seasons he'd still our coach today.
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Dodson! We got Dodson here! See? Nobody cares
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1 hour ago, Dunkirk Donski said:
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I think Allen has lost interest in Dorsey’s offense, not in the Bills or in Football.
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2 minutes ago, boyst said:
So where was our defense when it mattered? Letting them score on us at will?
If this is not on defense than why do they have 21 and likely to go up another TD or more?
The offense has done literally nothing aside from their opening drive in each half. Can’t win going 3 and out in all but 2 drives. Time of possession get skewed far against us and wears down the defense.
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Is that Allen’s fault for not audibling out of that run?
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45 minutes ago, Steptide said:
After 5 seasons with the bills, we still question beane and McD, and time after time, they're often right
They were wrong to trade up for Tremaine and start him for 5 years.
I'll give them a little credit for not extending him on a monster contract.
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D also looks better because no more Tremaine Edmunds. Dude sucked.
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Where was the trip? Lmao
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Bernard had more highlights in that 1st quarter than Tremaine has had in his entire career.
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Bernard has more highlights in this quarter than Tremaine has in his career.
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26 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
One of the more dumb things ever is how terrible Edmunds was. Like the MLB of a top 3 defense isn’t important. It was so dumb.
maybe he isn’t Ray Lewis but he was a good MLB. How any team doesn’t watch that film and not try to pound the ball on us all year.
we couldn’t pay TE but it’s a big loss.
2022 defense average 104 rush yards/ game at 4.3 ypa. Last night they allowed 172 yards at 6.1 ypa.
very astute point!!!
McDs defenses have always feasted on bad teams and gotten roasted by good teams. The stats usually average out to look good by the end of the season.
Last night
172 yds, 6.1 avg, 0 td, long 83
Tremaine played in 4 out of the 5 games below.
Some of our run D performances last season
147 yds, 5.9 avg, 2td, long 81
172 yds, 5.1 avg, 1td, long 21
174 yds, 5.1 avg, 1td, long 25
Or 2021
264 yds, 5.7 avg, 4 td, long 40
146 yds, 6.6 avg, 4td, long 76
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I thought Tremaine was still out there playing last night. Defense looked exactly the same as it always has under McD.
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Is Mahomes at Brady Levels?
in The Stadium Wall
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Brady was carried by the team around him far more than Mahomes. Mahomes is physically gifted in a way that sets him far above Brady.