ProcessTruster

Given the criticality of the situation, I am pretty sure McD himself called for the deep but inbounds kickoff that Bass does so well, but Farwell did not, for some unknown reason, relay that call into Bass. Otherwise, if feel McD, given the kind of guy he is, would have called himself out for making a wrong call (kick thru endzone) , which he never has to date. This fact is significant. IMHO, McD protected Farwell and Farwell quietly moved on. McD making a wrong call doesn't fit the facts we have. Shame on the media for not investigating this to conclusion (someone is telling them to leave it alone, I am convinced).

The top QBs will mainly tear through whatever D the Bills toss out there. And whatever D anyone else tosses out there. So yeah, the D will look "solid" and "tough" against the bottom 20 teams who have crappy QB play. But when the chips are down, the offense will need to score 30+ regardless of what the D looks like. Its a passing league now and against the top QBs, defense really doesn't matter nearly as much as how many points can you put up while your D tries to get maybe a couple stops each half. This is what the NFL has become at the highest levels. When you cannot touch the WRs or the QB, the quality of your defense loses a lot of its relevance IMHO.

good point... I meant to say kick it in the field of play force them to return it. like Bass had been doing all season.. just a complete failure of coach to player communication. I still cannot understand why no one in the media has not pressed to get to the bottom of this.

13 is 1000% on d bag Heath Farwell for not getting the squib kick call in to Bass. Credit to McD for not throwing him under the bus publicly and letting him leave quietly.

In today's National (Flag) Football League where you can't touch receivers or QBs , can't have enough WRs. So go get him. What the heck, if for no other reason, so KC doesn't get him

I believe now that at the highest levels of NFL play (playoffs, for example), the rule changes related to defensive play have turned play at this level into something more like glorified flag football where offensive potency is far more important than the old mantras like "stopping the run and forcing them to pass,etc.". The rules now support a new reality that having the most potent passing offense will win out over most any other approach. The QB position is massively more critical to success than it ever was.

Beane doing his job like he always has

55-21 the past 5 seasons. the hot seat? You are insane.

great , thanks. I'm good now

Absolutely, that whole thing was BS

can he not be in the AFC east please? the "punt g-d" is amazing. never seen anything like that one he popped in PS last year.

I believe McD is at pretty high risk for skin cancer , hence the big hat. Thought I read that somewhere.

I'm not. Just get someone in there who can cover. Against the top 5 teams, Josh will need to score 40+ even if f-ing Dick Butkus was MLB. Glad the offense is far better this year.

I'm all for that.

and benefits the players big time. Amazon pays $1B per year for Thursdays. That money finds its way more or less directly into the salary cap , which goes straight to the players, who are happy to bear a bit of injury risk to make more $$. TV Fans get another day of prime time football every week. Amazon has another goodie to give away to their zillions of happy Prime customers (Prime rocks, BTW) . A small minority of stadium goers and non Prime customers are somewhat put out, but they are dwarfed by those that benefit. Pretty straightforward. Players happy, vast majority of fans happy, what's not to like.

Agree. Make TNF or any prime time night game decent or don't do it at all.

I admire the way Beane can recognize a miss, be sure that the contracts are only one year and just go back to work and fix it. Had Ike been healthy, Saffold would have found the bench quickly. Josh's contract makes it challenging for sure. Cinci about to find that out the hard way.

Barrring some injury-related roster disasters, pretty sure we are looking at a Tomlin - like run for McBeanes. 55-21 start is way better than Tomlin's (who hasn't delivered crap in over 10 years) career record and they are just getting started. Trust the Process. Go Bills.

Jets are good. Bills are good, but could not beat the guy Rodgers replaced. Time to Go play the game.

the commercialization of Josh Allen is just beginning

wow look at the knowledgeable football (the real football) fans on this board... who'da thunk?

The guy's a heckuva talent. Beane would need to have some real stones to step up and re sign him say, in the interest of fairness. I would doubt it.

yep. same as Oliver. They will both be great this year if healthy since they are in contract years.

max anderson

man the offseason is slow