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Mikie2times
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Defense is finally hitting enough injuries to absolve McD. Quick, let’s sign all of them and then wonder why we find ourselves in the same spot next year
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1 hour ago, thenorthremembers said:
He was 7-10 and 6-11 in back to back years. He lost 7 straight games to end the year in 2022. He also was part of the brain trust that drafted two busts at QB. Vrabel is a good coach but stepping into a great situation at QB in New England has started a weird sort of mythology about him.
His QB's those two years were a end of the line Tannehill, Will Levis, and Dobbs.
He's 58-47 with a bunch of 3rd rate QB's. He's never been part of a 1st round pick at QB. I would say he's done a pretty good job.
52 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:That doesn't hurt as much as people think. If anything the pain comes from what clappy will do with it more than what is lost. Good system, poor game planning.
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It was about the funniest thing ever hearing McDaniel try and do damage control on Tua's comments. I'm not sure it was Tua's intention to F him over (not like it really mattered). But when your on the hot seat and your QB says players aren't doing the right things, it's just not a good look.
McDaniel “Player-led meetings are extra things outside of what I demand. We’ve been very accountable, to me. It sounds like there was something on his mind with regard to specific meetings with a couple of individuals that he was trying to get corrected by direct communication. Clearly, he’s sending a message. From my standpoint, everything I’ve asked of the guys, they have delivered on. So I’m sure whoever he’s talking to, they’ll deliver as well.”
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22 minutes ago, muppy said:
RAWR atta boy Mikey lol
I just can’t with Lions fans 😂
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3 minutes ago, mannc said:
Anyone else have Detroit as their second favorite team?
Grew up in that area, them getting one before us? No thanks.
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4 hours ago, warrior9 said:
You don't think you have to pay people on the practice squad? Let's not let thinking get in the way of words.
So you want to take up a practice squad spot, for a guy that you'll use for 1 game a year(maybe) and 3 plays in that game(maybe). But then also take up an active roster spot for someone that game day for the same reason? Let's not let thinking get in the way of words.
If that type of strategy worked even 1/4th the time against a team that runs that play more than a couple times game, the leverage is so high the win shares they contribute will be more than the other 6 Bob Smiths on the practice squad combined that might see the field a couple times a year.
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On 4/22/2025 at 8:25 AM, eball said:
So, it sounds as if you haven’t really been following this at all, since that isn’t how Belichick has been coming across. They recently completed spring practice and it was noted how much sharper everything was run, but how BB seemed to really be having fun and was coaching up kids at all positions (not “military grade” degradation as you suggest). I’ve read your posts on the main forum and your takes are typically bad there as well, so this is not surprising. Still, thanks for sharing!
On 10/8/2025 at 4:07 PM, eball said:Apparently he’s about to be fired. Lots of violations and UNC will avoid a buyout clause.
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48 minutes ago, chongli said:
Bill Braskey and Mark Sanchez don't have a lot in common
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46 minutes ago, Jerome007 said:
"Hard to see the false start live." Not really. No more than a QB sneak or any hurry up plays.
"Hard to spot the ball." Done with technology now
"Impossible to determine if the player fumbles." Yes but has it even been a issue yet?
Again, only the Eagles have made it a constant play. Stop'em, that's all.I would say the evidence shows pretty clearly that it is. Unless you think refs are just deciding to ignore it. All these SEE! False start! are being done in slow motion and still frame. Not live.
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2 minutes ago, Jerome007 said:
Why? They have the OLine to do it. Very few teams do it, or are successful with it. Stop them, that's all. But false starts need to be called though.
It's a bang bang play that is difficult to officiate. Hard to see the false start live. Hard to spot the ball. Impossible to determine if the player fumbles. I have no idea why people are going to such lengths to say this is positive for the game or should be in it. It's just not on multiple levels. So what are we going to have, false start instant replays? Now we have those on all plays? We can argue over how somebody scratching themselves should be a false start? End the lunacy please.
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55 minutes ago, warrior9 said:
So take up a roster spot for 1 team that does 1 play 5 times a game? Or just pay a guy to be inactive all year minus 1 game? That sounds brilliant.
Or take a spot on the practice squad and activate when you play teams that use it frequently. Lets not let thinking get in the way of words.
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Buddy's from Detroit, if it needs to be a chain, Jets from Detroit/also in Ohio. But I certainly have love for the occasional Chicago or New York slice. I like making my own pizza as well.
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I think teams should be looking at NT specialists for this play. Very large men. Sumo’s. These aren’t football players and they have no business on standard plays. But if you have the single objective of getting as low as you can and trying to not give ground I think those type of guys would be the hardest to push back.
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1 hour ago, thenorthremembers said:
Dont let the Eagles get to a down and distance that allows the play to be called. It’s an effective play. That said, a lot of plays are effective when you need a yard or less.
I feel a little John Madden here
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13 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:
I agree.
I see the constant negativity and/or bipolar overreactions exhibited by many posters here and it doesn't make me question their football knowledge.
More than anything it makes me wonder what kind of people they are and how well-adjusted they are (or aren't)... how they react to adversity in their own lives, how successful they are as human beings... how happy they are (or aren't) in their lives... whether they're hypocritical in holding others to higher standards than they hold themselves... whether they live vicariously through the team because they're frustrated in life... whether they're too invested in the Bills to an unhealthy degree... those are the sort of questions that come to mind when I read a lot of the posts here.
It’s ok for fans to not like elements about this team. All of us just don’t have to turn in our fan card because the regular season success isn’t doing it for us anymore. Most of us already went thru the 90’s. You aren’t beating that group for success without a Super Bowl win so running that back is a tad hollow as Allen approaches 30. So as we fumble thru an insanely weak part of our schedule looking ripe to have KC or somebody else decimate our defense when it matters it’s all valid talk.
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1 hour ago, NoSaint said:
I think there’s a, not totally undeserved, feeling that we have a qb that makes us a contender annually but the rest doesn’t always measure up.
while the Trent and fitz teams that started hot were fools gold for wild card contention, this one feels a bit like that for the Super Bowl.
This is about the best analogy I have heard to describe this team.
If I had to say what is the bigger overreaction, this week, or thinking this team fundamentally changed, I would say the latter.
We are still a team that will win a lot of games. We are still a team that has no business being a Super Bowl favorite. The games prior to New England showed the same things, we just happened to win. So people weren’t willing to discuss it. But that’s what it was prior to the New England game and that’s what it is now.
As I have said for years, I will reserve my right to change my opinion. But as I said, been saying it for years and it’s still the same opinion.
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Just now, Avisan said:
The Bills' defense pretty reliably slowing down the Dolphins is a big part of that. Miami has for several years been equipped to win shootouts, and we haven't let that happen. We deliver a backbreaker to them every season. They've thrown their best possible punches at us each season and fallen short despite having decent records overall.
They produced a couple wild card quality years. Kudos McD.
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7 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
its basically impossible not to win a ton of games when your QB scores as many TDs as Allen
😂😂not if the posters here are in any way representative
Haha…a few people still attribute most of this to him despite having Josh Allen in the AFC East. Which basically is a divisional title as the floor.
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7 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said:
Sadly Josh will be 33 and might not be close to the player he is now by then
I don’t disagree. It’s just how I see it going. I agree with people that think Terry won’t pull the trigger.
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I said this before but it didn’t seem to get a lot traction. I think McD will likely just leave the team by maybe the end of 27 or 28 if he still hasn’t gotten it done. The reason I feel this way is I don’t think Terry will do it. But I also don’t think people understand how uncomfortable it will be coaching this team at that time if he still hasn’t gotten to a Super Bowl. The fan base will turn on them and it won’t be pretty.
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12 minutes ago, Nihilarian said:
Some Buffalo Bills fans can't stand limited success, so they want to join the Cleveland Browns in a never-ending search for a better GM/HC. Or perhaps become the NY Jets, whose last playoff win was the 1968 Super Bowl.
Ahh yes, without McD and his defense and Beane extending Bernard and the like, the whole franchise falls apart. Seems likely.
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4 hours ago, transient said:
Just imagine how complicated it will be when the coaches install the actual tackling package...
We are on version 1.7, that is like version 11.9
47 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:You're a fan and have the right to believe any way you want. That is for sure.
I have my opinion which is very different. I just voiced back strongly (which I seldom do) the way I see it.
In Josh's presser after the game, he was very loud stating his concerns. 3 turnovers and penalties lost the game.
It was the players making stupid mistakes, not the coaches or the GM that lost that game, according to Josh, and I happen to agree.
I agree that both the GM, HC and assistant coaches need to be better, but they are not the ones missing tackles, blocks and making
other mistakes. I had a quick argument with someone in the GDT about a procedure penalty on leaving the RT uncovered.
The poster blamed McDermott. I disagreed saying these players know the rules since Peewee ball.
I won't convince him he is wrong, and he won't convince me I'm wrong.
Go Bills.
The coach and GM need to bring people in that can execute. They need to put them in a position to execute. If the players consistently fail to do so it is absolutely a failure of tae coach and GM and on multiple levels.
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Our EPA on offense is a few ticks better than last year and our EPA on defense is a few ticks worse. It is essentially a wash, a near break even. Last year’s team came within a few plays of the Super Bowl, so it is not irrational to think our outlook should not be drastically different. The question is whether just getting yourself back to that position is good enough or whether you are actively improving your position once you are there.
This year, with Kansas City and Baltimore both a little down, even slight progression could give us a real edge. But so far our investment strategy has not produced meaningful results. Brandon Beane is busy mocking radio hosts for questioning his approach and doing offseason media tours about how he drafted Josh Allen, while the team itself is not getting better on the field.
Hyde and Poyer remain the best players we have had on defense, and neither of them were draft picks. Back then, Beane was shrewd with free agent acquisitions and hit some home runs. That version of him does not seem to exist anymore. The front office has not brought in high end defensive talent in years, and the unit feels like a talent vacuum.
Then there is McDermott. He is restricting meaningful defensive change because that is his side of the ball. We hear the defense is simple, then we hear it is complicated, but either way it is ineffective. I do not care whether the issue is talent, execution, or scheme. It all falls under the same umbrella of underperformance. How can any fan have confidence this defense will improve with the same two people driving it?
Beane was significantly better during the first build. McDermott might be more mature now, but together they remain fixated on pouring resources into a side of the ball that continually fails to deliver. They are all in on defense, but the returns do not justify the investment.
At some point, time becomes irrelevant. Nothing we have seen suggests that more of it will change the outcome. If this continues, twenty years from now we will look back on this era as even more polarizing than the 1990s teams.
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17 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
Firstly that isn't quite right.....
Rex was a game below .500 as Bills coach and McDermott was a game over .500 before Josh. But the fact is the 2015 roster should have been more than a .500 roster and they scrambled to .500 having been 6-8. That was an underachievement.
I know you hate McDermott but arguing Rex would have won a Superbowl is patently ludicrous.
Rex would never hold a run like this together, but could he provide a higher ceiling for a couple years? Not THAT massive of a stretch to think that is the case.
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Is it time to move on from McDermott?
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The talent level is so low. It’s not absolving McD, it’s on both Beane and McD. The Josh Allen show is only going to cover for them so long.