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Don Otreply

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  1. 5 hours ago, finn said:

    Bills fans are hard on McDermott, Davis, Bass, etc., because they live vicariously through the Bills and they hate feeling like the almost-winners or losers they feel like they (not the Bills, they) might be. 

    nail on the head there Finn, except that Davis does under perform frequently and McDermott is obsessed with his defense, which unfortunately always fails in the playoffs, we just have to live with this reality 😂🍸🚬

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  2. 6 minutes ago, julian said:

    100% and with more upside to tap into, it’s an exciting situation brewing.

     

    If I’m Bean I try to lock him into a relatively cheap deal by starting RT standards right now. The price tag goes up drastically if he continues to improve.

    True enough, if he were to be signed to an extension now it certainly will be cheaper than waiting. He does appear to have gotten over his injured back and improved his play noticeably. But we all know that there will be a cohort here that will start whimpering immediately upon the contract being signed…, 

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  3. 9 hours ago, Jim said:

    It's right there in the title. The man we basically got in return for Patrick Mahomes has basically been nowhere for this team since 2021. He's due to make a ton of money in 2024 and judging by his "comeback" in 2022, it seems absolutely insane that they are gonna pay him all that money next season to fearfully rehab through November and then play like a 5th rate CB when he comes back.

     

    We also have two starting CB. Benford and Douglas.

     

    Cut Tre White's ass as soon as we can. Either that or he needs to accept a shitload less money, cuz otherwise we will just be showing that this team is not serious about winning a Super Bowl.

    Don’t hold back Jim, tell us how you really feel…

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  4. 3 hours ago, Thrivefourfive said:

    I hope we all like watching grass grow and paint dry.

     

    When is it going to be time to move on from this coach? I appreciate who he is, and what his MO is, but things are not pointing towards a Super Bowl victory with him at the helm. 
     

    I could be mistaken, but I believe that McDermott’s biggest (and only?) adjustment to his conservative nature is calling a more aggressive game in the recent playoff loss to the Chiefs. I didn’t see it, but okay. That’s a painfully slow learning curve. At this pace, he may figure out how to actually call a WINNING game on Super Bowl Sunday sometime in the 2040s. 
     

    How many more super quarterbacks and excellent HCs will come along during that time to put McDermott down every year…
     

    It is not happening with McDermott. He ended the drought, he got this franchise to a very consistent winning tier. But there are obvious limitations that he’ll most likely never overcome. 
     

    It’s very very difficult to win a Super Bowl. A lot of things must align. You can’t have a head coach that is a liability when/if you ever get the chances to bring it all home. Every step of the way with McDermott he is always one or multiple steps behind what it takes to punch through. The longer he is here, the longer we wait (too patiently imo) for the trophy. 

    This has to be the one hundred and fiftieth thread on how McDermott isn’t the answer…, try harder for your next thread start.., 

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  5. 3 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

    Let's have a drinking game.

     

    Every time the word "Taylor" is uttered in the broadcast or the camera pans over to her you have to take a shot.

     

    Who's in ?

    We will all be trashed by the end of the first quarter, it will be like taking a shot every time Clint Eastwoods character kill’s someone in Outlaw Josey Wales…, 

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  6. 2 hours ago, Chaos said:

     

     


    I think there may be a difference between "aggressiveness" and "imposing your will"/"playing your game".   

    I am not sure there is specifically a problem with play calling aggressiveness.  But it seems like in the playoff games we lost to the Chiefs and Bengals, and Texans, the Bills are typically responding to the other teams rather than dictating the pace of place. And we seem to keep ending up one possession behind with that strategy.   I don't if that is because the Bengals , Chiefs and Texans had better talent than the Bills or if this is what the Bills are consiously trying to do. 

    I think it is what many of us have seen and talked about, giving free release off the line of scrimmage to receivers, playing contain vs getting in the opponents face at the line, , that is how we play, even in crunch time, and it’s by design, and it needs to change at times throughout the game, especially in the fourth quarter when we are tied or up by three,  etc etc, again jmo.

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  7. Imo, it is a matter of timely aggression, and not giving up the five yard passes that lead to YAC first downs, especially in crunch time. So yes a different version of our defensive strategy is in order during the playoffs.  As to offense, the mix of take what they give you, the run game, and pushing the passing down field needs a better plan and application, I’m talking fine tuning adjustments, not wholesale changes, again jmo. 

  8. 12 hours ago, Westside said:

    He seems to disappear in games. I would love to see more consistent next year.

    He doesn’t disappear, his usage disappears at times. This comes back to personnel usage discussions we see brought up here with some regularity. The usage “issue” is part in parcel of why our offense looks disjointed/awkward at times. It is on the OC and his staff to utilize our “weapons” in a seamless fashion, it comes down to play design ,play call sequences and situational awareness.  Dorsey was pounded for his inability to achieve those things with regularity.  Situational  awareness during games is key to keeping the offense humming, it is my belief/hope that Brady and Company will achieve a higher level of situational awareness during games and call plays that in turn benefit the following plays that are called…, a guy can hope right? 

  9. 8 hours ago, major said:

    I’m bored with the off-season and don’t care about this Super Bowl. For fun: if you were the owner of the bills what color combination would you want? I came across this tonight and I have to admit, it’s a good look. 

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    It is my considered opinion 😂, that this color combination lacks flash and  brightness and is difficult to determine what one is looking at from virtually any distance, so no, it is not a winning look for any teams jersey, let alone our Buffalo Bills. 

  10. On 1/28/2024 at 6:22 PM, Buffalo_Stampede said:

    That’s fine. He’s still a better offensive coordinator then Joe Brady.

    Be that as it may…, in the English language world wide it is, “THAN’ Joe Brady  ( this THEN that ) / (Ken is better THAN Joe) as an example of basic grammar skills,  nuthin but luv, 

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  11. 27 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Not true. Designated as a post June 1 cut Von saves $6.7m on this year's cap. The cap hit in 2025 is $15m whether you cut him as a post 1 June or after the 2024 season. So that money has been factored in any way. The only thing they lose is the ability to spread that $15m over two years - 2025 and 2026 by cutting him a year earlier than they originally planned. 

     

    Of course it means you have $17m of dead cap this year that they were not planning for. But it does not make the cap worse. That money is there whether Von plays or not. The only question that it raises is:

     

    Do you want Von Miller at $23.7m or Player X at $6.7m on the roster in 2024? 

     

    And for me I think Von's toast. Give me player X. 

    I believe you are correct. The more one gives the Von question thought, the more it appears he needs to be part of Bills history…

  12. 19 hours ago, MJS said:

    I do think that we will play with 3 linebackers more next year. The league is trending towards bigger sets with more tight ends. The Bills will need to adjust.

    Should what you say become the norm I can see that happening in the league, but McDermott is pretty wed to “his zone style” come hell or high water so to speak, an “adjustment” like that on Sean’s part would be a bit of a surprise imo, just look at the playoffs, he gets caught with his pants down every post season for the lack of effective adjustments, I say this as a gentle critique, in which I think for the most part Sean is pretty obviously an above average HC, and by win loss record, the best the Bills have had in the modern era. 

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