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    For the sake of the potential #1 overall pick, start Peterman

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    On 10/29/2018 at 11:33 PM, Perry Turtle said:

    Tanking for the top pick when you're not targeting a QB is just a giant FU to the fans who continue to pay top dollar to watch total incompetence. 

     

    Seriously, how will the #1 pick in the draft help this pathetic offense.  It's like trying to fix a sink hole with an tube of toothpaste.

    By trading it for multiple picks, is that really so hard to figure out?

    Why rebuilding isn't an excuse for what's happening this year

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    1 hour ago, HomeskillitMoorman said:

    I'm not talking about the record, I've never cared about that for this season. But I think that's what some people think rebuilding is, and that's all it is. There's a development process within rebuilding that the regime should be judged on as they go, they're not successfully rebuilding because we stink. What I wanted to see was organizational progress, and the #1 priority there is the development of the guy they used a lot of assets and draft capital to get...yet we're basically going to lose an entire year of legitimate development for him.

     

    How it can be excused that after 2 offseasons with this regime, knowing the franchise QB they picked would be the difference between it being a success or a failure, that we have absolutely no protection or weapons for him? I don't know that he's going to be good even with that, I don't know if he has the accuracy to be a top level QB, but we have to find out as soon as possible.

     

    And what faith, not in the McDermott/Peterman way, are we supposed to have that this regime can identify talent on the o-line when after 2 offseasons we have one passable starter? Are we supposed to be confident that they can find 4 before next season? Let alone skill players at almost every single offensive position. 

     

    The progression during the rebuild is what needs to be looked at, and I think it's alarming how many holes we have after 2 offseasons. A successful rebuild in today's NFL should really happen in 3 years and we're not even close to that. The organizational planning is also very concerning, most notably with obviously how the QB situation was so badly handled this year. When you watch these games from Peterman and Anderson...this is the brainpower and evaluation abilities of Beane and McDermott at work. 

     

    I don't care about being 2-6 or whatever we end up with. But to basically lose an entire precious year of development on the offensive side of the ball doesn't instill much faith in Beane and McDermott's ability to rebuild. 

    But you do care about the 2-6 thing, and if you had been paying attention you would realize certain sacrifices were made to get to the point they could be free from the issues of the prior regime. If the offense is not satisfactorily addressed next year, they will be considered failures and most likely will be fired then. 

    Nobody knows if And when Allen will return this season and what if any progress he will make. Stating you know how this will all play out is a lie, nobody knows for sure...

    Has any team ever botched offensive personnel like this front office?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    9 hours ago, BillsEnthusiast said:

     

    Because they at least believe they have a plan and firing them after a season and a half is beyond stupid. 

    You are arguing with a bunch of retarded children throwing a temper tantrum. It’s really not worth the effort. Anybody with even a partial brain knows they get next year to continue molding the team. The simple fact is if Allen works out they stay, if he falters they are most likely done. If they can’t re tool the offense with the cap room and draft, they will be gone. But these idiots are going to continue to B word the rest of this year, they will soil their diapers crying when we don’t go 7-9 for the next few seasons which to them is more important than trying  to build for future success. Again not worth arguing over...

    45 minutes ago, twoandfourteen said:

     

    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. 

    You can stop with the Andy Dalton crap Moose Knuckle, if that game happened in week one it has the same effect as week 17. The fact is he did what he needed to do, as happens every year for every wild card team. 

    Sean McDermott is Out of Answers

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    46 minutes ago, jrober38 said:

     

    No. He doesn't need to be a Hall of Famer.

     

    I just don't think we should be committing ourselves to a HC who has fielded nothing but horrendous offenses. A guy who has shown no ability to evaluate QBs. A guy who insists on trading talent away so he can have guys who fit his culture, even if they can't perform on the field. A guy whose football team is now featuring the worst offense the NFL has seen in 20 years. 

     

    What are we doing here? The NFL is about scoring points and we're still playing games not to lose, which never works out. 

     

    McDermott is trying to win games 14-13 when the top teams in the NFL are doing the opposite, trying to win shootouts 35-30. Our whole approach is out of date and it's blatantly obvious on the field that McDermott's coaching philosophy doesn't lineup with what's happening in the modern NFL.

     

    This is 100% McDermott and Beane's choice.

     

    They're the ones who got rid of everyone we drafted except 3 guys prior to the 2017 season. 

    Anybody with half a brain,  hell 1/4 of a brain knew this was a throw away year to clear up cap and to prepare us for free agency and the draft next year. The alternative was to continue floundering at 7-9, 9-7. They didn’t want to get stuck with the high contract price of getting a veteran that would have wanted a longer term deal, as they wanted a young qb that doesn’t cost much while on a rookie deal. That’s the plan, build a team from the ground up, build it for the long haul. Yes it can be painful, but if done correctly can provide for years of entertaining teams. Unfortunately this board is filled with people who are impatient petulant children who think they can build that overnight. There were issues left over from the previous people running this team that needed to be addressed. Obviously the Pegulas approved the plan as it is being executed. Time will tell how far their patience will extend and if this was the right plan. But to come here and complain day after day, week after week and act like this is the finished product is completely asinine. With the cap as it is, self inflicted or not, we were never going to be able to compete for what the ultimate goal should be winning a Super Bowl. So if that’s the case, getting younger players field time and to be able to experience the growing pains now is invaluable. While the silent majority is observing the play and growth of the 1st and second year players and understanding the plan, this board is filled with vocal morons complaining that we just needed to tweak the team for Tyrod and Marcel. So has this process been perfect? Far from it, some mistakes have been made, but acting like continuing the path we were on was going to end up with us hoisting the Lombardi, idiocy at its best... SMH It’s almost unbearable coming here these days....

    Sean McDermott cooked up the butt meat and Derek Anderson is serving it (deadspin)

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    3 hours ago, ngbills said:

    No. He was a QB that did not throw multiple picks per game and could at least run the offense and not let games get out of hand. He limited turnovers and could use his legs to mask issues with the OL and lack of other weapons. He kept you in games if the Defense played well. If the Defense struggled it was going to be a long day. Not a franchise QB but a decent placeholder until you find one. 

    I take it you didn’t watch the New Orleans game or any of the others where he barely made 100 yards. Nice revisionist history SMH....

    36 minutes ago, PlayoffsPlease said:

    This line cut the deepest:

     "Jon Gruden has caught plenty of richly deserved ***** for his complete dismantling of the Raiders this season, but at least he got multiple first-round draft picks out of his bumbling. All McDermott has is two crappy young quarterbacks and an even crappier old one. He’s doing great work"

     

     

    I bet you would be happy being 7-9 the next 10 years... Genius... SMH

    30 minutes ago, nedboy7 said:

     

    Well then enjoy the so called rebuild.  Most teams lose in the playoffs btw. Every year. We lost by 7. It was painful but a big step forward. Now I have to listen to how this crap is a step forward. 

    Step forward to what a lifetime of 7-9 , 9-7, losing in the first round? Cause that’s where you want to be...

    Yes this is a stressful season but maybe we should just chill.

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    6 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said:

     

    Oh... You got him

    I didn’t get him, I pointed out the fact that his hot takes suck & he has 0 understanding of the situation we were & are in. There is a difference between not liking the situation we are in but understanding it and just mindlessly complaining like a 5 year old.

    Any fan with half a brain could see what we have done over the past 5 years , 20 for that matter wasn’t working. You would also realize the players we had when our new coach & Gm started weren’t good enough for the ultimate goal of winning a SB. But hey if you and BMFJ want to live perpetually at 7-8, 9-7, an the occasional 10-5 maybe get to the playoffs and lose in the first or second round then I guess B word away and have fun. But if you look at what they are trying to do then you begin to understand what is going on this year. There were two ways to address the problem. Completely stripping the cap space of players that weren’t going to be part of the process at once to get a clean slate for next year. Or you could have tried to evolve with what you had and add prices. Obvious to most what path they chose. Have they implemented it perfectly IMO? No, but there’s no turning back at this point. The fruits of there effort should begin to show next year. If not, I imagine they will be on the hot seat then and rightfully so. If they chose the other path, this year would have been easier to take, we may have been 8-8 9-7  may or may not have made the playoffs but not have been any closer to the goal of a SB. 

    Nobody knows if the plan will work out. But to complain and cry and make ignorant post after post just gets tiresome. Any two year old can cry to have them fired or tell everyone this is crap. How about an original take with some wisdom for once?

    The Vikings think Allen > Darnold

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    8 hours ago, prissythecat said:

     

    What is the basis for this statement?   There is nothing to indicate that Darnold is clearly ahead of the rest of the rookie QBs.   Has the same ups and downs as everyone else.

     

    AME LOG PASSING RUSHING
    DATE OPP RESULT CMP ATT YDS CMP% AVG LNG TD INT QBR RAT ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
    Sun 10/21 L 17-37 17 42 206 40.5 4.91 35 1 3 5.9 34.4 6 18 3.0 10 1
    Sun 10/14 W 42-34 24 30 280 80.0 9.33 32 2 1 90.5 113.9 6 8 1.3 6 0
    Sun 10/7 W 34-16 10 22 198 45.5 9.00 76 3 1 58.0 98.1 3 5 1.7 3 0
    Sun 9/30 L 12-31 17 34 167 50.0 4.91 42 1 0 15.6 74.0 2 8 4.0 5 0
    Thu 9/20 L 17-21 15 31 169 48.4 5.45 25 0 2 30.9 38.2 0 0 0.0 0 0

    The basis is he’s a mindless hater if you have been paying attention. Bottom feeder poster on TBD...

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    I was very wrong about Tyrod & have to own it.

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    10 hours ago, apuszczalowski said:

    How does anyone know this?

    Is it because of the WR he has as his QBs coach? Is it because of how he has been lighting the league on fire up til his injury?

     

    He was supposed to be the QB that would need the most coaching/development in order to have a chance to reach his potential and be a franchise starter

    7-9 & 9-7 would be a huge upgrade

    How are those browns doing since their first win in over 2 years?

     

    You don't just magically go from drafting 1st overall to SB contender unless you already had a good team in place and the 1st overall year was because of some fluke injury that cost the team

     

    10 hours ago, apuszczalowski said:

    How does anyone know this?

    Is it because of the WR he has as his QBs coach? Is it because of how he has been lighting the league on fire up til his injury?

     

    He was supposed to be the QB that would need the most coaching/development in order to have a chance to reach his potential and be a franchise starter

    7-9 & 9-7 would be a huge upgrade

    How are those browns doing since their first win in over 2 years?

     

    You don't just magically go from drafting 1st overall to SB contender unless you already had a good team in place and the 1st overall year was because of some fluke injury that cost the team

    Short sighted thinking.if you are happy with always being 7-9 then by all means have a tantrum that they are not good enough this year. If they don’t make progress next year then I agree this wa a failure. But if you don’t understand why this year is happening, then nobody can help you.

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    1st half thread: Bills at Colts 1 pm on CBS

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    1 minute ago, Deranged Rhino said:

    It's amazing how many people are still upset by this team performing poorly this year. This year was never going to be about the Ws (though I root for one each week regardless). It's a rebuilding/gutting year and all about the young core. 

     

    Realizing that going into the game makes watching train-wrecks like the one unfolding today easier to bear imo. :beer: 

    Too many morons on here don’t understand that. Half are here just to hear themselves make cute posts about how bad everything is whether it true or not...

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    1st half thread: Bills at Colts 1 pm on CBS

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    2 minutes ago, Billsatlastin2018 said:

    This is what Bills fans have to put up with, for at least the next month.

     

    An old man throwing to Beer League stiff Wideouts! Nooooooobody can possibly expect them to win, even against the bottom third teams of the league (See the Dolts), unless the D gets TWO turnover TDs!

     

    And even when Allen & McCoy return, they still have all those bums to throw to.

     

    This is a plan? Needing 3WRs, a TE and a couple of OL stars? 

     

    Who, among any star FAs, would choose this train wreck over an every year, Playoff team?

    Someone  who wants $$$

    The Rosen Era Has Begun in Arizona

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    2 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

     

    The best game? no. Allen had one pretty good half of football in that game before the Bills shut things down in the 2nd half. Thereafter he was pretty bad in GB, against TEN, and struggled further in HOU although he mixed in a couple of impressive throws including the one he was injured on.  Most of his best plays have been made with his legs as shown in MIN and against TEN.  I watch football all across the league and that includes keeping tabs on Allen's peers from the '18 draft.  Lots of insecurity here on TSW. 

    He didn’t struggle in Houston, did you even watch the game? They limited hat they had him doing till later in the game but to say he was struggling is just lying...

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