Ethan in Cleveland

He is as close to a unicorn as there ever has been. Thise that come close are Elway Newton Roethlisberger (younger version) Young Favre never ran like Josh can. Staubach and Tarkenton never threw it like Josh.

Appear yes. Fouts is probably best ever to not appear other than Josh. Win I think Marino is most definitely in that conversation for best ever to not win.

AFC was the far weaker conference and the Bills only had a realistic shot to compete against the Giants. Kelly, Talley, and Levy cost us that Championship. McDermott had a top 3 QB with a top 3 WR an all world OLB, and the best safety duo in the league and can't even make it to the SuperBowl. Two home playoff losses. Is this really even an argument? Josh still has some prime years left but let's face it his game is not like Brady or Manning or Brees. He takes and gives out a lot of bodily punishment. He may not play late into his 30s. Thats why you mortgage the future now to win now. Parsons is not leaving Dallas. Pay Cook and give up draft picks for Hendrickson.

You can't blitz the great QBs repeatedly. They kill you more often than not. You need to sprinkle them in like Spags did to Josh on the final play last year. McD actually does send linebackers, corners, and safeties not too infrequently. The problem is partially the scheme but let's face it it has mostly been the players. Rousseau is at best solid but inconsistent. Did he make a single play in the AFC Championship game? Miller and AJE were terrible. Beane has crapped the bed repeatedly on DL in the draft and FA. Nothing is going to change. Just have to hope Bosa can stay healthy, maybe the PED cheat contributes down the stretch, and either of them are better than Miller was. And hope one of the rookies can make a difference.

I was forced to watch PED Murphy start as one of the worst DE in the league for three years. Im not interested in watching another PED cheat for three years. It was a mistake for to sign him. He should have pulled the deal. But you are probably correct in your assessment

Yikes

Agree its preseason, but I didn't know you had to game plan tackling? Thought that was a skill they should have learned in college.

Didn't watch the game but by all descriptions so far Jackson is AJE 2.0. Any other GM in the league and this board would go nuts if they signed one let alone two PED guys. If the rookies can do anything hope they both get cut before they come off suspension.

Should have signed Gilmore or Alexander instead.

Cut the waste first...get rid of AJE, Gilliam, Samuel, and make Knox take a huge pay cut.

You met him? How do you know? Every interview he has had he says the right things. Work hard. Take my reps. Study. Get better each day. Everything you wpuld expect a rookie to say. Sure their were reports of bad interviews and maybe he is a jerk, but no one really knows. Lol... I hit 90 every day on I90 in Cleveland! But then again I am a brat...not entitled, I earned my way to being a brat...lol!

So LJ is AJE 2.0???

Ty

Not to be picky but both Cleveland and Detoit have 4 NFL Championships each while the Bills have 2 AFL Championships so I'd be careful saying which city has better football teams. Bills NFL run has clearly been better. All three have some of the best players to ever play their positions in Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Calvin Johnson, Ozzie Newsome, OJ Simpson, Bruce Smith, Joe Thomas, and now Josh Allen. And let's not even start with the fact that Detroit has 4 Major Sports teams with multiple Championships, and even the Indians/Guardians and Cavs have Championships.

Working. Didn't see the game. Any injuries? Thats all I care about.

SuperBowl or bust for me. Honestly if he got outcoached in the SuperBowl I'd move on too. He should have been let go after 13 seconds and if Hamlin hadn't died he should have been fired after the Bengals playoff loss. Why would a new stadium have anything to do with the GM or HC decision? That makes no logical sense either way. Beane has given him every tool to work with. Josh is at the apex of his career and there are precious few years left of his elite play. Reality is if they make the playoffs and lose again he isn't going to get fired. We are stuck with him. Only a catastrophic season would make Pegula move on.

Good question! To be a rival in my opinion you need to be on equal footing and play meaningful games. So for the 1970's the Dolphins owned the Bills. It became a rivalry in Sept 1980 and continued through the 1990's as the teams battled for division titles and had meaningful playoff games. Pats with Brady just beat us. They were ok with Stanley, Grogan, Bledsoe and Coates but always one step below the Dolphins. Oddly though they made two SuperBowls before Brady and Marino only made it to one - mostly beacuase of losing to the Bills! Once Brady arrived we were just not competitive with them. Can't be a rival when you are losing repeatedly over a decade and a half. Jets just are never good long enough to matter even though for some reason the Jets give Josh all kinds of problems.

Good list! Each with an individual story and reason to be on the list. CJ was really hampered by injuries to the WR group in Houston - I think this is more of an entire offense to prove. Darnold will be so interesting to watch. He was bad down the stretch last year. I think the clock strikes midnight on him and he regresses terribly. Never liked Lawrence. I did like Richardson coming out of college but he looks like a complete bust. Young had one of the biggest turnarounds well maybe since Josh. Will be really interesting to see if he continues to play better. At the risk of getting banned for a week, where is McD on the list of HC's with something to prove in 2025?

Three meaningless preseason games to go that the players don't get paid to play. No need for any of them. At most one game to figure out the bottom feeders on the roster. If they don't know they top 45 players on the roster by now what is the point of training camp.

McDermott was here with Whaley but Beane was not.

It was a hard play to make. Think how bad Andrews must feel dropping that 2 pt conversion.

Josh made international news on the Daily Mail for defending Cook. Uh oh what are all you guys that post that Cook is a distraction going to say now??? They players know he deserves to get paid. Allen's comments are spot on!!!

The Mc in McBeane is McDermott thus it is his era. He was making the player decisions then and he signed off on letting Gilmore walk.

Or its an average WR that can't separate beating a #1CB that is grossly overrated by this fan base... I'm kidding...Oh wait am I? Yes I'm kidding. Great throw. Beautiful route and even better catch!

Only two outcomes are going to happen. He either gets extended or he plays week 1 under his current deal. He is not missing any game checks.