Chaos

McD is ignoring the critical advise from Tropic Thunder. Never go full ######. This confirms that McD does not actually see himself as accountable for the Bills stumbles. He really is a passive agressive finger pointing kind of guy.

I agree. You don't understand.

Here is why people are disappointed to some degree with McDermott: Current QBs with Super Bowl Appearances in NO PARTICULAR ORDER 1)Tom Brady 2)Aaron Rodgers 3)Patrick Mahomes 4)Matthew Stafford 5)Joe Burrows 6)Jimmy G. 7)Matt Ryan 8)Russell Wilson QBs without super bowl appearances IN ORDER OF TALENT LEVEL 1) Josh Allen 2) Everyone else McDermott has done less with more at the QB position than any other current NFL coach. When you drill down through all the pros and cons for Coach McDermott it boils down to this. Expectations are high. People expect him to deliver to these high expectations and so far he has not.

Seems like the best thing to do is to fire the guys who win one, since the never repeat. We are blessed to have a guy who has never won one. Did I get this right?

Yes because this is soccer and every score counts as 1. 13 points in meaningfully different than 10 points. Its just stupid to argue otherwise.

Will be Beane be placed on one of the least profitable teams, like Polian was, for this exercise. Beane has a level playing field. Polian was a big financial disadvantage

Clearly Allen and Dorsey have a close relationship. I am starting to wonder if Allen issues don't come in two flavors of Dorsey problems. One, Dorsey not be up to the task of being an NFL OC, and two Allen not having full time access to Ken Dorsey as QB Coach.

and burn five seconds, and throw it away, or gain the yards needed to take a knee. rinse repeat. Then take the safety if needed on fourth down.

The manner of losing is pretty unique The bills have more famous late game losing failures than the rest of the NFL combined

It was not hindsight. It was a blunder to risk the turnover there. I said it before the play in shoutbox. Total coaching blunder

That play should have been run out of the shot gun. Allen can run for space, or throw it away and take a few seconds off the clock. two more times to take time off the clock, then take the safety.

Its coaching purgatory. He is better than half of the NFL Head Coaches. Just like Derek Carr has been better than than half of the QBs in the NFL most of his career.

The fact that this thread can be legitimately resurrected every couple of weeks is troubling. McDermott is a choker. And the entire team is starting to reflect its head coach.

Are you wishfully thinking that Allen is injured, and the Bill's notoriusly conservative medical staff has lost its mind?

you seem to miss the point. Allen at 80% is also better than Keenum at 100%. Injury risk is a binary decision. He either is at higher risk, or he is not. If it is higher risk, you don't put him in to sub.

Thank you for this super helpful reply.

Both losses this year can be fairly described as chokes. The 13 second debacle that ended last season is literally the NFL choke of all time. Its not just last week.

Xavier Rhodes elevated for Vikings game. Will he play? https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-announce-two-elevations-for-sunday-s-game-against-vikings

Line has moved back to -6.5

I think Allen will play. There is a small chance Barkley was not elevated because they did not want to risk moving anyone from the active roster, and that we will be going with Keenum starting and McKenzie as the backup

So you are saying if the Bills outscore the Vikings they have a chance to win the game?

NFL roster management is financial asset management. The question is how valuable is the roster compared to its cap cost. Everyone understands this when they discuss the advantage of having a high end QB on a rookie contract. Allen plays far above his cap cost. This is the main reason the Bills succeed. The Bills do not have many other players playing significantly above their cap cost (Elam, Benard, Rousseu come to mind as playing above their cost). Its not clear to me that the Bills have many other bargains on the roster. Positional decision making is part of the asset management. It should be noted that the Bills have more cap committed to the defense than any other NFL team. The defence should be expected to excel. (again Allen, allows the Bills to go cheap on the rest of offense)

Will we be getting an update each hour?

In a fact based world, the bolded part above is simply wrong. https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2015/2/20/8072877/what-the-statistics-tell-us-about-the-draft-by-round

Not sure what we need to evaluate. This Bills roster with an average NFL QB, is an average NFL team. We already know that.