Jerome007

Yep. That's why I added that last part. Supposedly, he likes screens. We'll see. Other ways to run then straight down the pipe. But Brady was fired as OC from Carolina because he didn't call enough running plays. Likely what cost Dorsey his job, and what we criticized Dabbol for...

He better want to run the damn ball! Yesterday it was OBVIOUS. But not all teams will be easy to run on like the Broncos.

Posting those JA17 celebrations, you are so right. I hope that somehow Josh gets to see this. Get back to having fun and playing like a maniac.

Good post OP. He still has fire IMO, but nothing like he used to have. Josh has been quite aloof to Joe Brady sitting besides him during games. Now the same Joe Brady is OC... We'll see how that goes.

Peyton Manning: 539 TDs; 251 INTs Favre is a more extreme example, but here's one of the most cerebral QB ever, with a ratio near Josh's. And another HOF and SB winner. Look, we ALL want Josh to have less turnovers! But your point that he is not elite simply doesn't stand. Period. He is flawed but the 2021 and 2022 Josh was elite. Most had him as the #2 QB in the league. What's your point, trade him for draft picks? As for Josh not winning any yet. Marino never did. Elway did at the very end. Peyton has 1 as a great QB, and 1 being a manager QB with a great defense. Stop the tearing down. Firing and trading everyone will not lead to success!

I REALLY thought the Bills would have the #1 offense this year. The two new guards alone would make a huge improvement. Josh with time is still crazy good! Great even. And I thought Harty would be the "secret surprise" signing, that his deep pass threat would open up the field, and combined with Cook and Kincaid underneath, it would make this offense unstoppable. Sooooo disappointing. The D has been decimated with injuries. Not the offense.

You talk like if the Bills "simply" have to draft a stud WR, and Evans is just there for the taking. You know there are 32 teams in the NFL vying for top talent, and a salary cap? Of course if they somewhat draft a star WR and Evans replaced Davis, if would be better! You thin Beane wouldn't do t hat if he could?

Feel free to root for another team

Bret Favre: 508 TD; 336 INT. HOF. Superbowl winner. Stop with the madness. Josh has TO issues, for sure, yet he remains elite and the guy you build the team around This year he has regressed but so many factors could play into that.

Oh sure. Diggs, who is still playing at the top level is "too old. At 29. But bring in 30 yo Evans as savior? WTH. Who has been the better receiver between the two these last 5 years?

Hey, I know it's all gloom and doom right now. But yes a W against the Jets would help, and the season is NOT over. Even if players can't stand each other right now or the coaches, winning solves everything. Well, almost everything. I'm in the group that think McD has been a good coach but is not elite, has not that extra gear that can have the team win the SuperBowl. But you finish the year with him. If it all crumbles, he's gone. As of today, he can use Dorsey as a scapegoat to save his skin. If the season tanks, he can't. And if the Bills do make the playoffs, then coaches will have deserved their stay. Fans always want to tear it all down. Hell, some want to trade Diggs and some, Josh, for "1st round picks". WTH. Firing and trading are only good if you get something better in exchange!

It's crazy. We all get it if a player isn't as good as he was, but the EFFORT man, wow. Even in his lone tackle in the game he somewhat hesitated at first and could have done a few yards earlier.

To be fair, the Dolphins game this year was amazing. McD and Dorsey had their best games in scheming and playcalling, by far. Even McDaniel was in awe. Why did it drop a cliff after that I have no idea!

What? Talk about hyperbole. He had worse games, even this year (Jets). But he seems... lost a bit. Yet he has that fire. For all the talk on "inconsistency" on offense, and they are right, NO team scores every drive! Well the Bills didt against the Cheats and the Dolphins did it to the Broncos this year but those are rare games. It was on Dorsey. You can't fault him for the fumbles and INTs and dropped passes! Seriously, on its own, he didn't call that bad a game. But the Broncos were against the run all year, and when the Bills ran, it worked, so why stop it?? I just don't get it

I sure think so too, but many NFL OCs are on the sidelines. I wonder what's the overall % of each.

They got him to stuff the run, and he stuffed Burrows while at it ha ha. I expected to see more of him later on. The whole DL looked like a juggernaut in the first 5 games. WTH happened? It seems they all have little nagging injuries that diminish their play. Rousseau and Floyd aren't scaring anyone of late, and certainly not Von. AJ still seems to put decent pressure. I'd use him more till the others heal up. Oliver seems like Davis: big game or invisible. Philips used to be good, not he gets tossed around, I don't get it. Hopefully Joseph creates chaos. McD never blitzed so much... and it's not even getting pressure! Something is going on. Bernard, Milano, White gone. It's all real bad, but it has little to do with the DL pressure.

Indeed. Plus ALL QBs sometimes overlook a wide open guy. The questions is if JA does it more than others. I somehow don't think so, except for checkdowns.

Oh sure. He was cleared but let's never hire this talented young man for the rest of his football life. In this case, never mind the Bills, why isn't he hired somewhere in the league? He is a free agent.

He had a real good game before. But yeah, his leg isn't that powerful. Not to start a debate again ha ha, but why is Araiza not hired? He was cleared and he is a free agent! I don't get it.

Hiring him was a gamble, to have that "final missing piece" to beat the Chiefs and Bengals. The clutch player to get over the final hump. And if he didn't get injured, he'd been there for the playoffs, as planned. He was performing superbly as expected. Since he's been back, he is bad. What made him special is his "bend" and he doesn't have it. Forever or for a few weeks still, we don't know... A gamble sometimes pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Now it seems more likely it's the second one. But it was a gamble to take full use of the "Superbowl window". You are going to criticize this since it didn't pay off? We all approved the intent. The price tag is becoming huge for sure.

That was a DUMB throw. But for all his high turnover rate, he makes such dumb INT only 4-5 times a year. The ugly is that the Bills could miss the playoffs, and they lost to a direct rival for a playoff spot. The ugly is all those injuries on defense. The bad is the offence and Dorsey. They barely have an "injury excuse" yet underperform. The good: for all the talk of the mighty Bengals and Dolphins, don't you see the Bills crushed the Fins and barely lost to the Bengals? As is often the case, the turnovers were the difference. The Bills D bailed out the team when Josh threw that INT deep in their own zone. And the offense was on a tear when Kincaid fumbled. This HAPPENS in football. In other times, we could say chill, relax. But at 5-4, yikes. My point is that no, the Bills were NOT outclassed. They lost. It happens. And they lost to one of the elite teams. First Jets loss and Cheats loss sting more. Yet recall the Chiefs lost the Broncos (!) last week and Bengals are at 5-3, not 8-0...

And they are rich guys, even the lower tiered players not on the PS. They can party anyway all they want, especially during the offseason. Nightlife in Miami and LA isn't closed from February to July... Playing in cold weather I can see that repulsing some players, but a tiny minority.

Nobody can understand why even unproven coaches have long term deals, but hey, it's owners' money, and it doesn't impact the salary cap, so who cares. One of the reasons might be that the players have to know the coaches have some leverage. Many players are paid more than coaches, and there are 53 players, one HC, so we all know what is easier to change...

"Let Josh be Josh"... he has an injured shoulder. He was as much "Josh" we could ask for in the last game. There's no pleasing fans. McD and crew were BADLY outcoached last year by the Bungles. But they outcoached the Dolphins in big way this year, then got beat bad by The Hoodie. Well, the Chiefs just lost to the Broncos, they didn't even score a TD... against a defense that had allowed 70 point to the Fins! The "mighty Bengals" have 3 losses too... It's fine for us to criticize, to be full on mad at times, but sometimes some of you act worse than nagging wives, finding any excuse to complain. Don't you think McD and crew are aching for revenge? Players have bad games, coaches have bad games. But they surely wan to take those extra 3 days of preparation to kick the Bungles' behind, in a bad way This year more than any other year, it's really "On any given Sunday". So unpredictable. Yet I can't believe so many of you count the Bills out, time and time again. Are you fans or not? It's fine to worry, but you seem to expect the worse!

I too noticed Johnson had a really bad game and Poyer had a good one.