Richard Noggin

Just because Culley was a fraud of a QB coach in Buffalo, and has since been responsible for a wildly unproductive WR position group (the position he played back when, innit?), his current role as Assistant HC suggests that he probably possesses some of those broader leadership and management qualities so essential to that style (CEO/non-coordinator type) of NFL head coach you're pointing to above.

Sounds like many of you/us are identifying Edmunds as a guy playing out of position so far in the NFL. Who thinks he'd be a much better fit either at SLB or WLB in a 4-3, or even more so at basically ANY spot at LB in the 3-4? I've seen 3-4 ILB mentioned once or twice the past few days. Personally, I keep imagining him as a 3-4 OLB, or a standup EDGE guy in whatever alignment. He HAS played that spot a couple times this past season, in fact (against San Fran and New England, I believe). As a standup EDGE his size and athleticism would be more important than his processing and "instincts." Plus he could probably still put on 10-15 LBs and be a scary specimen. These aren't exactly new ideas here on the boards, at all, but I am seeing posts in this thread that seem to be saying this without wanting to actually say it.

Well this got sorted out, then. Nice work, everyone.

Heeeyyy

Of those cuts (which I mostly agree with) I could see Jefferson sticking (let him play hard for another deal elsewhere). Financially all those guys make sense to jettison, minus Morse (savings roughly equal to dead cap PLUS the hole at a vital position). The others seem like no-brainers.

Cam Lewis, anyone? Also flashed in his VERY limited opportunities.

That play call was so terribly representative of Daboll's flaws as a play caller. Now of course, Brian Daboll designs and installs an effective, modern NFL offense. But in the heat of a game against aggressive and multiple opponents, Daboll's sequencing and the marrying of the run and the pass seems to get really disjointed at times. Like he can attack a specifically targeted weakness, repeatedly, when his otherworldly QB is dealing, but he struggles to call a balanced game that helps to keep the defense OFF balance when things tighten up. They didn't have answers tonight to the multiple questions posed by an aggressive Spagnuolo attack.

The link you've provided in no way supports any ranking of the candidates. So of course I'm curious who's telling us McCown is #1 and Frazier is #2?

I REALLY would like to see McKenzie featured this week. The Bills offense is more dynamic (or at least more creative/multiple) when he's in the game plan.

You know, I love this particular discussion. I believe that fans dislike Frazier because they want more blitzing, more aggression. Frazier seems like a somewhat passive play-caller. Runs a reactive scheme. But we're probably under-selling Frazier's gifts as a teacher, as a mentor, and as a steady, respectable presence (crazy career pedigree and a really solid dude), and most of all, as the leader of a defense that excels against the pass. In 2021, would you rather have a defense that is built from the back-end forward, or from the front-end back? What's more important: to be strong against the pass or to be strong against the run? That's reductive, but it's also an important philosophical question. I think I want great pass defense first and foremost. Especially if we're going to have a high-scoring offense to help make opposing teams one-dimensional.

Worked my second job (server at nice restaurant), now that we're back in business. Was busy enough that I didn't think much about the game for 6-8 hours there. But alas, here I am. Thinking about the game and little else.

Attack like, physically? Off the field? Definitely Mahomes. /thread

There is much irony embedded within this quote. I appreciate the onion that is you: so many layers to peel back, and it just keeps getting more noxious.

I'm getting sick of these Bills Mafia hooligans... (J/K Congrats to this guy on winning his ongoing battle!)

Imagine being that wrong.

VCR lol

By his own admission, he's planning to get knocked down a lot.

I did contemplate running through a wall, but that's more about wanting to escape this office than anything that human bicep said in his press conference.

Right. He blows a bit harder, you could say.

Don't get a lot of Shakespeare on the board. I used to have that entire passage memorized... Strutting and fretting and whatnot.

That's such a baldly disingenuous hot take. Doesn't even sound like he means it, at all. I didn't read other reactions to this take in a previous thread on the board, but...some Bills fans are probably bottom-hurt about this, aren't they?

Isn't Bama where fired football coaches go to rehab their careers? Probably his smartest play, to be honest. I don't wish him well, exactly, but I've had conflicting experiences/encounters with the man. I've seen him firsthand be reserved and dignified in the face of criticism, and I've also seen him be a bloviating blowhard.

I think fear of the bolded is my last haunting held over from the Super Bowl losses, the Music City thing, and two decades of disappointing performances on the biggest stages. I'm confident that IF THEY PLAY WELL they can beat any team in the NFL (which rhymes). Watching them play well for the entire month of December in "prime" time games felt kind of...foreign, and surprising, and fun. But it still isn't my expectation every week. This week I just don't know what to expect. I'm afraid our offense peaked LAST month against overrated defenses, and needs to immediately make some adjustments to the NFL's defensive adjustments in order to win the final four. CAN they? Of course. WILL they? I just don't know.

After watching this cup char slice of WNY, my blood thickened and curdled and molded blue like cheese, the weight of which flattened my vowels, especially my A's(s).

I'd like this as an explanation. Be nice if there was someone who could fill McKenzie's role, of course. But maybe his athletic skillset is unique on the roster, and Daboll mostly implements those jet sweep/eye candy concepts because he has a specific guy who is dangerous in that role...