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5 minutes ago, boater said:
"He's an impeccable kid," Beane said. "We did a lot of research. I think all teams were aware of the Title IX thing. That was fully investigated by the school...It was one of those where there was zero information saying that this actually happened."
I will trust Beane's research over the word of someone out to make money.
Am I the only one confused about Beane calling it a "Title IX thing" ?
Title IX is about gender equality in sports, I don't see why it would apply to allegations of sexual assault
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1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:
So if I’m reading this correctly, it was fully investigated and he was not criminally charged. Could he still be suspended or placed on the dreaded list of Roger?
Yes, she reported it in 2021, it was investigated by police, and no charges were brought.
The precedence that Roger Goodell has set is that since this happened prior to the player being in the NFL then the NFL will not suspend the player for it. Doesn't mean that Roger can't change his mind, but I'd say it's highly unlikely the league would suspend him.
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59 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:
Do we think his stubborn and persistent deference to the predictability of Leslie Frazier's high-leverage reliance upon passive, reactive off-coverage cushions and vanilla assignment/check/adjustment rules against pre-snap motions was a major failing that colors our perceptions of how he (McDermott) really wants the Bills defense to play? On those rare occasions when McD took over play calling from Frazier, the defense was demonstrably more aggressive and downhill. (I'll never forget McD taking Milano aside during that MNF NE wind/blizzard game and overtly gesturing/imploring him to see the hole and attack the hole, downhill. And then Milano going out there and stringing together consecutive TFLs that killed a drive (or something close to that).)
McDermott sullied this interpretation of his own in-game desire for more aggression by calling consecutive zero-blitzes late against both Denver (Russ Wilson) and Philly (Jalen Hurts) who both exploited the gifts the 1st blitz in each sequence had prepared them for. Gotta simulate the pressure on one of those b2b play calls in each situation. Sprinkle in a tendency-killing wrinkle in the coverage behind it. Can't just go full Buddy Ryan twice against a modern NFL offense with a strong, elusive QB and competent offensive coaching, no wrinkles. That's a failure to setup and sequence the play calls. If the first all-out blitz works, but doesn't result in negative play, then you have to switch it up. Dammit, Sean. Sure seems to tighten up with the game on the line. Goes a little blank at the worst times.
Blaming it all on Frazier is an interesting choice. We've gotten the same defensive results in the playoffs whether it was Frazier, McD himself, or Babich as DC. The defense was painfully vanilla in the playoffs the last 2 years under McD/Babich. That would lead me to believe that McD has always been the decision maker for defensive philosophy.
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16 hours ago, 14774 said:
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-ranking-top-returning-head-coaches-2025
Agree or disagree? He has his faults, but I think he fits in the Top 10 somewhere.
It's honestly not that bad of a list. I'd probably slide Payton down to 7th and bump the guys currently ranked 3-7 up 1 spot.
The 9 and 10 spots are also up for grabs. Campbell is pretty shaky only having 2 good seasons, and Stefanski is even worse.
I'd consider Mcdermott, O'Connell, or Lafleur in those spots.
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16 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:
Teams with the lead run the ball especially when they are really good at running the ball.
In what way did the Ravens outplay the bills? The Bills controlled the game at the line of scrimmage, The defense got takeaways, the offense did not commit a turnover. That is playoff winning football. The Ravens did the opposite.
Ravens outgained us 416-273. Went 7/10 on 3rd down and 1/1 on 4th down.
Without Lamar gifting us a couple of turnovers there's no way we win the game. Even winning the turnover margin 3-0 it came down to Mark Andrews dropping an easy 2 pt conversion.
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This is going to be McD's 9th season in Buffalo. It's incredible that there was still a player in Carolina from McD's tenure there.
I think the only guy left is the long snapper
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1 hour ago, RoscoeParrish said:
Dang, I think I figured out who I missed but I won’t ruin it for the next person
Was it not Fitzy for the Jets?
Raiders has to be Carr he was there forever.
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4 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:
As a Knick fan the tiring of Thibadeau after their run, has me thinking more deeply about McD
The Dallas Stars just fired their head coach after a conference finals appearance as well.
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29 minutes ago, MJS said:
The Bills defense is already focused on turnovers. They have been excellent in that regard. Under McDermott they were a lot more aggressive with blitzing, sometimes too aggressive, but less so last year with Babich. We also didn't run as many stunts, which hurts Oliver's effectiveness. I'd like to see Babich move a little more towards McDermott's aggressiveness with blitzing and stunts.
The secondary issues were because of a lack of talent and experience, not because they were playing passive off coverage all the time. They weren't. With better talent this year and development of young players, the back 7 should be better.
But the Bills are going to give up rushing yards by design. Fans need to be ready for that. They choose to play light boxes and bring in penetrating d tackles instead of big bodies that can clog up running lanes. They choose to play linebackers who are fast and small and can cover the field instead of ones who can take on blockers and tackle runners. It's just what they choose to do. And they doubled down on that approach with TJ Sanders and even Deon Walker (who is big bodied, but plays more like a penetrating 3 tech).
Undoubtedly we force a lot of turnovers. We've been top 10 in forced turnovers every year of McD's tenure and top 5 every season since 2020.
Our Def excels at exploiting mistakes typically made by bad QBs, or if we're already up big the other team feels the need to force the issue. If we're in a close game and/or playing a good QB the turnovers really dry up.
When's the last time McD's defense dominated a good offense? Has that ever happened? Why can't our DEF put together a playoff game against KC like PHI did this year, TB in 2020, or CIN in 2021 (2nd half)?
Going off on a tangent I wanted to bring up Dan Campbell. In the DET HOU game last year Goff threw 3 INTs by halftime and DET was trailing 23-7. Campbell had a quick little interview at the start of the 3rd Q and told the reporter "The defense needs to go out there and force some turnovers"
His DEF went out in the 2nd half and forced 2 turnovers, 4 punts, and a missed FG. DET won the game 26-23 despite Goff's 5 turnovers.
Compare and contrast that to McD in the 2023 Jets season opener.
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Really can't complain about what the offense did last year, but if I was going to tinker:
- more deep shots
- less reliance on Josh's legs for short yardage
- better/more trick plays (the one vs Ravens in the regular season was probably the low point of the year for the offense)
Our defensive philosophy works great in the regular season, especially against bad QBs. However, it routinely gets exposed by good QBs, particularly in the playoffs
- No more bend but don't break. The goal should be to force a turnover or a 3 and out on every possession. I can live with giving up more long TDs if we're getting our offense an extra couple possessions per game
- I never want to see our DBs giving 10+yard cushions unless it's an absolute blowout win
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12 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
by whom?
66 isn't old fellas. More of his bosses are over 80 than are under 65.
Why would a younger guy take less money? Didn't Goodell "set the market"?
66 is old for a CEO type position like this. Tagliabue was younger than Goodell is now when he retired.
How many team owners older than Goodell don't have a succession plan in place?
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51 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:
Why would they even look for his successor--he's the most successful Commish in modern sports history. Look at MLB, the NBA and NHL.
A lot of owners' total net worth is essentially the worth of their franchise. This happened with Goodell taking all the face shots for the Jerrys and Terrys.
I agree with how successful he's been, but he's 66 years old. He only has so many good years left and should really have an heir apparent by this point.
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I find it a little concerning that he hurt both his knees last season in separate instances where he fell onto the field after trying to make a catch. Does he just have bum knees?
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6 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:
I completely disagree with the OP. The vote passed and the anal assault-er.. tush push LIVES!
Christian Wilkins breathes a huge sigh of relief
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On 5/18/2025 at 7:51 AM, RobbRiddick said:
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7 minutes ago, Big Turk said:
Uhh...you realize that SGA on the Thunder is probably the MVP this year and he has averaged over 30 PPG each of the last 3 years right?
You'd have to work OT to convince me he isn't said Superstar.
SGA is absolutely a superstar. Edwards and Brunson are pretty darn close as well.
Indiana is really the only team left of the final 4 that's missing a superstar. They have a 1A/1B with Halliburton and Siakam and great scoring depth (7 guys over 10 PPG in the regular season).
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3 hours ago, HappyDays said:
We played the Ravens without Zay Flowers and at no point have I thought our win was lessened by that fact. There are rare cases where injuries really do become too much to overcome - the Lions last year are a good example actually - but most of the time they're an annoying inconvenience, not an insurmountable obstacle.
We also played KC without their WR1 Rashee Rice (in fact they went through almost the entire season without him).
In my mind you can only blame a loss on injuries for 3 reasons:
1) Missing an elite QB
2) Missing a DPOY type player (TJ Watt, Myles Garret, etc)
3) Missing multiple players on a specific unit
The Bills were decimated by injuries in 2023 at LB and secondary going into the 3rd playoff game vs Chiefs. That's the only playoff loss I would blame on injuries.
It's unfortunate we didn't have Tre in 2021, Von Miller in 2022, or Benford for most of the 2024 game, but it should've been possible to overcome those injuries and put together a decent defensive game.
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6 hours ago, Doc Brown said:
Or we just squib kick it. It's funny how one simple stupid decision can dramatically impact narratives and legacies.
Sure, a properly executed squib kick puts us in a better position to win that game than a touchback, but there's no guarantee.
The next regular season game we played KC we scored with 16 seconds left in the 1st half, squibbed it, and they still scored a FG before the half ended.
There's also a famous playoff game we were involved in where we scored with 16 seconds left in the game, squibbed it, and it was returned it for a TD.
I've never had a problem with the touchback decision (the miscommunication over the decision is a separate issue). All we had to do was not go into prevent and play an actual defense for 1 or 2 plays.
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2 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:
He's worthless to Josh if he can't be on the same page with him out there when it counts. I'm good.
This is where I'm at. His last season here it looked like he was responsible for at least 5 interceptions.
I don't want him back, but my money would be on Beane re-signing him. Beane LOVES bringing back players that he's familiar with
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1 hour ago, Thurman#1 said:
Bad take.
He was injured and his hands have been excellent.
But whatever. Believe what you want to believe.
"Zach Davidson gives us the same threat," though? Sigh. *shakes head*
In what world have his hands been excellent?
In this last year he had a BRUTAL drop on that 4th down in the playoffs and an abysmal 58% catch rate in the regular season.
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Bills Raiders 2011 week 2
We were down 21-3 at halftime and ended up winning 38-35. One of Fitzmagic's best games
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5 hours ago, billsfan714 said:
I saw this on reddit, if its true it truly is insane.
I'll go on a fact checking mission.
1st loss
Chiefs had 9 possessions
5 TDs
1 FG
1 Punt
2 end of half
2nd loss
Chiefs had 11 possessions
5 TDs
3 FGs
1 missed FG
2 Punts
3rd loss
Chiefs had 9 possessions
3 TDs
2 FGs
1 Punt
1 Fumble
2 end of half
4th loss
Chiefs had 10 possessions
4 TDs
1 FG
2 Punts
1 Fumble
2 end of half
By my count that's only 8 stops by the Bills DEF and not 9 showing in the screenshot. Maybe they are counting the missed FG in game 2 as a defensive stop, or the muffed punt that we recovered in the 1st game. Those are both ST plays so I don't think they should count as DEF stops. I'm not counting any 'end of half' possession as a stop since those were all kneel-downs.
In the SB on the Chiefs first 9 drives they had 6 punts, 2 INTs, and a failed 4th down.
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2 hours ago, Low Positive said:
Stop pointing to the Eagles as an example to follow. If the owner has enough money, the NFL is essentially an uncapped league and the Eagles best asset, by far, is Jeffery Lurie. No other owner in the NFL is willing to spend that much cash upfront to kick cap hits down the road. The cap tricks they use are used by no other team in the league, at least at that volume, because no other owner is willing to spend like that. It makes Roseman's job easy. He gets all that value at the bottom of the first because he's not filling needs and can take a stud at a non-premium position. They're the only team that could have had a top paid QB and a pair of top paid WRs and still have the money to sign Barkley to the highest RB contract. All while having a defense that's loaded and the best OL in the league. And when they make mistakes, they use money to get out of it. Wiff on Jalen Reagor? Use Lurie cash to solve that problem with AJ Brown. People don't talk about it because they can't be fired, but owner is perhaps the most important in professional sports.
There's plenty of owners willing to spend cash to kick cap hits down the road. Most don't get the same results that the Eagles do.
The Browns (lol) led the league in cash spending last season.
The Eagles have that loaded roster from hitting on a lot of recent draft picks, fleecing a few teams in trades, and not handing out bad contracts. There's nothing unusual or special about how much cash Lurie is spending on the team.
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10 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:
I do not get this coming from you Gunner.. I really do not.
Because of Josh Allen.. we are in a "win it all" mode non stop year after year. We have one unknown.. Coleman.. We do not know Ceiling/Floor and you guys want to bring in a new rookie that is basically a coin Flip to have JA throw to..
INSTEAD...
We are bringing in more proven talent through FA on the WR end so JA does not have to play god every down. Look at KC's struggles last season cause they went the draft rout. How did Sky Moore work out? Worthy had a hand full of good games.
Shakir is proof a diamond in the rough happens.. how come Beane does not get enough credit on that pick?
I do not get the Beane hate at the WR. position other than early last year.
I rarely disagree with you bro lol.. I just do not get it.
Going the draft rout was not the problem for the Chiefs, they struggled offensively after Mahomes torpedoed Rashee Rice's knee.
Imagine how bad our offense would've looked last year if Shakir went on IR in week 4. We had a taste of that in the Texans and Ravens games that he was injured for.
Proven talent through FA doesn't always work either. We gave Samuel a decent chunk of change and he was a non-factor (hopefully he'll be better this year when healthy).
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The Ravens have had 2 bye weeks.
Since 2019 they've lost 1 championship game, 3 divisional, and 1 Wild card (Lamar DNP). Lamar was injured most of the year they missed the playoffs
Bills have lost 2 championship game, 3 divisional, and 1 wild card in the same time frame.