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Damn, you scared me! I thought you you were posting that he's having season ending surgery.

Oh man. They sure made that interesting. My stomach is still doing backflips right now. lol

Wasn't Kubiak the one calling plays in Denver?

Damn it.

Damn it McCoy. You may have just cost Buffalo 3 points.

Phew. I thought the offense took a penalty there

Big 3rd down here.

Nice!

Miami pooch kicked it to the 10 (ish) yard line. He couldn't have kneeled it down on that kickoff.

Wish Thompson could have stayed in bounds but a nice catch none the less.

Offense has to do something on this drive. Better not go ultra safe again.

Damn. Thanks Adolphus Washington for giving Miami 7 points. I blame Dennison as well for the ultra conservative drive that helped set Miami up with good field position, as well as that horse collar tackle that gave them 1/2 the distance to the goal line. Lots of blame to go around on that TD...

The poll was approve or disapprove, and so far I approve and am glad to see that most who voted do too. I dont think anyone had Buffalo as a .500 team before the season started, either. Everyone, even Vegas, had them as one of the worst teams in the NFL and gave them 4 wins, or maybe 6 wins at best. So yeah, I'd say that being 7-6 while currently in the tear down stages of a rebuild is pretty good. The main reason I was happy is because sometimes your perspective gets skewed when viewing these boards. Before this poll I would have guessed that there were many less posters that approved of McDermott. Shoot, I've seen numerous threads and posters calling for his firing already (which is just ridiculous). But I guess it's just more of a case of the people who dislike McDermott being more vocal than many of his supporters. So yes, I was happy to see his approval rating in this poll. Perosnally, I think he's done a lot of good things and am excited to see what the future brings when he has more talent to work with. I don't think he's a COY candidate or anything, but so far I'm happy with him.

Yeah, I'll be interested to see if Tyrod is willing to throw him any jump balls (when he's not wide open) like Peterman has.

This poll makes me happy to see. Reading this board sometimes, I sure wouldn't guess that this poll would be a landslide in favor of McD...

For as much crap as this coaching staff takes, they really do seem to be letting guys compete for jobs and starting the guy who earns it. It may may not happen immediately, but for the most part the guy who is playing better has been the one who has earned the startling job.

Who is debating this "Who is better with a Tyrod, Rex vs McDermott?" thing you keep talking about? I haven't seen anyone but you bring that up. I am pretty sure everyone realizes that this this is a completely different team than Rex had. There are over 50 new players and only 20 some left from Rex's tenure (if that). Rex is being talked about because he was out head coach just last year and ex Bills players keep talking about what a clown show it was (sorry, I know you were a big Rex Ryan fan...). What nickell Robert-Coleman said has nothing to do with Tyrod. You realize this would be a discussion even if Tyrod wasn't here, right? Also, I see the majority of this board blaming Tyrod for the things that are his fault. Not a single person here thinks he is a HOF QB. Seems to me like the majority here are ready to move on... Im not defending Tyrod either, so don't try to say that I am. This post has nothing to do with that. I think he has sucked this year and I look forward to having a better QB under center. I am really hoping that they can somehow land one of the top QBs in this draft.

Since Goff's turnaround is being mentioned quite a bit, I think it's fair to mention that Sean McVay is probably playing a very large role in that. McVay is basically taking one of the hardest parts of being a QB away from Goff and doing it himself. He's lining the offense up early and using the headset to read the defensive coverage for Goff, and telling him where coverage dictates the ball should go (as well as getting him into the proper checks). It seems like a bit of a loophole in the rules to me, but I'm not sure how you'd correct it... Really, it's just a damn smart move by McVay. That's some Belichick, Patriots type stuff. Being smart enough to find ways to exploit the current rules to give your team every possible advantage. Now obviously Goff also deserves credit for his turn around, too. He's the one out there executing the play calls and throwing the ball. But im just saying, you have to wonder where he'd be at without McVay doing what he is. That takes a Ton of pressure off a young QB. Goff is damn lucky to have a coach like that.

That's the only clause I could find, too. Why would Ralph or Mary Wilson put that clause in the sale contract? To make the team harder to sell, and to make sure less people were interested in bidding? It would only make sense if it were to keep the team in Buffalo. But If that were the case and there was a clause to build a stadium in WNY, Bon Jovi and the Toronto group wouldn't have even made a bid. And they wouldn't have had to try and convince Mary Wilson that they weren't going to move the team (like they tried) because it wouldn't have been possible. Im not even sure that Ralph Wilson could stipulate that a new owner has to build a stadium 8 years after purchasing the team. That just sounds totally ridiculous to me. The way I understand it, Ralph did everything he could to deter the team from moving with that iron clad lease at Ralph Wilson that he signed while he was still owner. Other than that, and dictating/asking to his wife not to sell the team to someone who would move them, there wasn't much else he could do to keep the team here. Once the sale is made it's all up to the new owner. I don't see how you could dictate to a new owner what he is and isn't able to do with his team. What would be the point in purchasing it then?

You sure about that? Are you maybe thinking of that clause in the stadium lease that didn't allow a team to leave until 2022/23? Or Pegula saying that the NFL was pretty adamant that they wanted the Bills to eventually build a new stadium? The NFL can't force Pegula to build one, though. And there was nothing in the sale (that I'm aware of) that forces the owners to build a new stadium.

Yikes is right!

I dont think that that seems to be his program. His program seems to be to bring in guys that they can mould and develop themselves, while surrounding them with character vets who do things the right way to help teach the young guys. Zay Jones wasn't a guy who didn't/doesn't need any development. He seems to be coming along. Dion Dawkins also wasn't a guy who didn't need any development, and he's coming along nicely too. Matt Milano was a late round pick that clearly needed development and has earned + been holding his own in a starting role. McD's actually getting weekly contributions from his entire draft class. If you want to argue that Tre White doesn't need development and would produce for any coach, I don't really know how to argue against it since it's not really something we can know. But I would say that he has gotten better as the year went on, and id like to give our coaching staff some credit for that... and id also say that McD deserves some credit for identifying and drafting a player like Tre White (in the late 1st) in the first place. It's not like previous regimes usually drafted players with his type of personality, maturity, smarts etc. Also, he helped develop numerous players in Carolina. I'd have to look back at his Carolina teams but I know he has numerous young players that he brought along while there. One I can think of of the top of my head is Josh Norman. He was a 5th round pick that McD helped turn into a top 3-5 CB in the NFL.

Son of a B word! Another great comeback effort falls short in OT. What at a waste of one of the best games of Eichel's career... Why is this team so damn awful in OT? And what's with all these !@#$ing cute behind the back drop passes?

Imdidnt get the chance to listen to his interview yet, but from reading that bolder paragraph it sure sounds to me like Kane will be traded. Trade deadline is barely 2 months away. I guess that still leaves time to hammer out an extension. But if Botterill has no desire to talk extension with Kane right now, I'm not sure what would change in the next 2 months. It's not like Kane is playing crappy or anything. Edit - I just seen this part of Botterill's quote on Kane - "For the most part, an expiring contract like that, you're bringing in a future asset. The team acquiring him is going for a Stanley Cup run." Definitrly sounds like Kane's a goner. Just hope we get something good for him. A late 1st isn't very likely to ever turn into the impact type of player Kane is. Sure hope we get more than that... If we don't get good assets in return, you can officially call it another terrible waste of assets by Tim Murray (although maybe if he was still here, Kane would be extended (assuming Kim Pegula would allow it...)).

Its more Felton vs Dimarco, as he's the one playing more of Felton's role from last year.