HomeskillitMoorman

11:14 AM - 14 Jan 2019

I'd be careful...I've heard people disappear in the Finger Lakes

I'm interested to see if people here will try to make cases about Allen being overrated if we ever get him a nice supporting cast.

Oh I totally agree, especially the game in NE was troubling because it looked like they were sleepwalking through it and it wasn't even competitive.

This is one of the most ridiculous things that gets thrown around on this board sometimes. Yes, it is year 3. They did start the process in year 1, as they should have. And the Bills agreed they were still in the rebuilding process since they rightfully tore it down after 9-7 and a 1 and done with a team that didn't have a high ceiling. I don't know how that in any way wipes out a year of the process. The goal from Day 1 for any regime is to build a perennial legitimate contender...a mediocre season along the way shouldn't alleviate that expectation at all.

If we actually improve significantly, which should be expected in Year 3, the Pats shouldn't automatically mean we're starting 0-2. It would be a huge disappointment if we're not way more competitive in those games. People can say whatever about the score of especially that first game in Buffalo, but the Pats were in control that whole game. I never thought we were going to win. All of that needs to change.

I've always thought that about the Chargers and basically always pick against them in the playoffs...but I do think this year's team is a little different. I think this group is tougher and will be up for the challenge in NE.

I like Josh quite a bit...but yes I would make that trade in a heartbeat. Mahomes looks like an all-timer. KC obviously never would though.

There was this one time when a defensive coordinator with the Jets got the head coaching job and resigned at his introductory press conference and then took the Patriots job.

I was actually hoping the Jets would end up with McCarthy. I'm not sure anyone's done less with more than he has.

I'm at a strange place with this because I do think we're behind on the rebuild in terms of talent overall after 2 off-seasons...however...if they got the most important position right which it appears they may have, that obviously lessens the sting.

Frank here would've been pretty cool. I'm not big on McD so yeah I probably would've been excited about him here. That being said, I haven't watched enough Colts games to know where Frank is in terms of gameday/clock management, which is what McD struggles with the most. I did see when he went for 2 to win when they were down 1 at the end of the game and loved that even if it didn't work out. Not sure we'll ever see that from Mr. "I'd rather tie than lose".

I'm guessing you were the ones that would endorse Chan Gailey's hiring because Bill Cowher recommended him. The info is all posted in this thread, if you look at his overall body of work, it screams average.

This dude seems like the definition of mediocrity. But it feels like that's all McDermott shoots for a lot of the time anyways.

Fat Freddie an NFL head coach...never thought I'd see the day

Has this ever happened before? Where someone who failed at the college level as badly as he did makes a leap into getting an NFL head coaching job before doing anything in between?

Well they had to move quickly after Gregg turned it down.

Kind of strange to see all the praise for McDermott for these firings when it was his call to have them all here for the last 2 years. It took him way too long to see that this needed to happen and puts his abilities to evaluate coaching talent into question.

I don't even know who that is. Is he as legendary as Incarcerated Bob?

Love that Josh was looking downfield as much as he was. I'm not comparing the 2 guys before any one jumps down my throat...but that mindset reminded me of when Luck first came into the league with Arians and was constantly looking downfield, it was really fun to watch and makes a lot of sense given the way the game is called now.

If we're serious about competing next year, we definitely need to add a top shelf pass rusher. This dude looks like a beast tho, doesn't look like he'll make it to 9.

Bowles was a classic case of good coordinator/bad head coach. I understand he didn't have the talent to make the team a contender but that doesn't excuse the blunders with gameday management. Some guys can do it, some can't. McDermott still scares me in that regard. He'll probably be back as a defensive coordinator somewhere and he'll probably do well again in that role.

I think he was implying that most will hoppe to the right side of that fence.

I hoppe that we do sell the game out for Kyle. I hoppe that we'll all be able to put our team philosophical differences aside and just be happy for one of the great Bills of all-time. I hoppe that when the dust clears, Kyle will feel like he left everything out there with no regrets. I hoppe.

Can we expect a replacement acquisition or does this also count as McBeane being “blindsided”?