twoandfourteen

Nice try with the veiled accusations of racism on the part of the coaching staff and fan base. At least have the stones to come right out and say it.

What are you saying here?

Yes. McD's old school, tough guy "vision" has produced the worst offense in the modern era of professional football & many blowout losses.

This isn't 1985 anymore. QBs have far more impact on line play now. Pre-snap checks, quick reads, and accurate throws make lines look good in the modern NFL. The guy playing QB is by far the most important piece. Next, you have to have the right guys putting together the schemes & designing the plays. After that, you can screw around with lineman, DBs, LBs, whatever. None of that matters though until the QB, head coach, & OC are in place.

Which is why someone needs to be replaced. It's either the coaches are terrible at their jobs or the players aren't good enough to do theirs. At no point has any Bills QB looked even remotely as competent as this Mullens kid has looked tonight. They haven't even been close.

Say it again for the old guys in the back. This is exactly why McD should be fired this year. Don't waste another minute on this old school, smash mouth nonsense.

Ok, great. My point still stands -- the Bills did not control their own destiny.

Yes, he did "take" this team to the playoffs. But let's not act like McD jumped in a phone booth to put on his cape, led the team to a strong 12-4 record with a bunch of decisive complete victories over good teams, and secured a playoff spot in week 15. The reality is that he was responsible for steering his team to be in a position to benefit from an Andy Dalton miracle TD pass in a game in which the Bills were not participating. These are two VERY different scenarios. I don't know if he'll get it right this time. What I do know is that I very much believe he got it wrong the last time and like any good businessman, he needs to recognize this is a bad investment and cut his losses. If the new coach & GM they hire turn out to not be good at their jobs too, then yes -- I would definitely be back here saying the same thing until they stumble upon the right people. Stop hiring coaches & GMs that come in to an interview talking about "run & stop the run", "defense", "ball control", and "field position". Only hire coaches who talk about scoring lots of points and understanding the risk/reward of 4th down. Problem solved.

It would be nice if he would. Quit wasting more time.

I see what you did there. And I like it.

Again, this is not a "rebuild". This is what happens when people are in jobs they are not capable of performing. HC - McDermott GM - Beane QB - Allen/Peterman The most important roles on an NFL team are held by these guys. Would you bet the house on any of them? I'm sure they'll grab a sick RB in the 2nd round.

What makes you think these two guys (who have already proven to have no clue) will suddenly figure it out? Cut ties now, don't waste time. They have assembled an almost impossibly bad offense. That will not be fixed in one or two offseasons. Offense wins football games. Period. All of their BS about "defense" and "running the ball" and "field position" should cause Uncle Terry to show them the door immediately.

Well, the entire Patriots offense is built around holding and offensive pass interference. They do it all the time because they know the refs aren't going to call penalties on every single play.

We just became best friends.

No. This is not a "rebuild". What we are watching is professional incompetence. A "rebuild" would show some signs of progress here and there. What we are watching is the result of the "vision" put forward by a GM & head coach that have absolutely no idea what they are doing with the only two things that truly matter in professional football -- the offense & the QB. They have managed to produce one of the worst offenses in NFL history at a time when records are being smashed regularly. They passed on a potential all-time great in Pat Mahomes. They passed on a franchise QB in Watson. They have managed to put the team so far behind on Offense that by the time they get it to a "functional" level (if), the defense they assembled will be no good. It's absolutely backwards to build a defense first and shows that the Mgmt has no grasp on the current state of the game. Fire them both and start again. Keep Allen and draft another QB next year. Let those two fight it out and then trade the other one later on. You have to get the QB right before anything else.

Preach brother, Preach.

Right, I get that part. But what player or players are they tanking for?

Who are they tanking for?

Nope. Which is why McD & BB need to be fired. This offense is inexcusable. How many drives has it been since they've scored a TD? It's almost 60 now.

I love the condescension, keep it up. Bills fans are just tired of watching other games and feeling like the Bills are so far behind the rest of the NFL that they are playing an entirely different sport.

Nah. TT was in the 35-30 range, at best. There were easily 30 QBs that no team would have traded straight up for TT. Great job of illustrating how "garbage time" in losses can grossly exaggerate production.

And the Bills would still lose 28-6.

The bar was 56 yards passing for an entire game. Not to mention all of the other missed opportunities he left on the field during the season. Carolina, Cincinnati, and the New England games also come to mind. TT was able to pull it together twice against the Dolphins, I suppose. Here's a fun game -- name Tyrod's "signature" throw from last year. There isn't one. When the decision was made, it was unlikely that NP was going to be worse than that. Now, we all know that he managed to beat the odds and found a way to pull it off. Also, how would people who "hardly follow" the Bills "just know" anything at all about their back-up QB? This is false, false, false. Mobile QBs who take forever to read the defense and throw the football almost always make O-lines look far worse than they really are. This isn't my opinion, it's a fact. 1. Holding on to the ball too long gives extra time to the pass rush. The problem there should be self-explanatory. 2. Their inclination to move around and scramble means that lineman have no idea where the QB is going to be or go on any given play. This causes issues because the oncoming pass rush CAN see the QB and can react accordingly, meaning they have an advantage over the O-line. This results in lots of sacks and holding penalties. So, this idea that TT would somehow improve the pass protection is not even close to reality. Also, Josh Allen has more than proven to be every bit the "running threat" that Tyrod was.

I think we just became best friends.

I wonder if those numbers have anything to do with the defense being more concerned with trying to prevent 350 yards passing & 4 TDs, plus the fact that the best offenses are more likely to be running out the clock at the end of games. Everything revolves around the passing game now. Those quick hitters for 5-7 yds are the new "running game". Guys like Edelman & Thielen have replaced the workhorse RB. Snap, take a step, throw. Stupid teams smash the ball right into the middle of the line for a yard or two half the game. Smart teams get the ball downfield.