Virgil

You were totally right to call that out. I cant believe i missed that. I was just messing with you with my response, hence the 😋 I bolded the players that are starters and that we are happy with. If you think Coleman and Bishop have lived up to their draft status as of now, we can agree to disagree. To me, the percentage of moves made by Beane over the last three years that have paid off is less than expected.

Yeah, but they already killed that when they adjusted how teams had to line up years ago. This new rule didn’t really make it worse.

How ***** dare you 😋 Oh, not in the slightest. McD can go too for all I care. I just wanted to focus on the singular here, multiple focuses typically go off the rails.

And yet we only scored 14 last week 🤬

I honestly like the new kickoff rule. Injuries are down, there’s some excitement, and over 80% are returned. I think they got this one right.

For a penalty that some say happens on every single play, 10 yards is too crushing to a drive. There’s no malicious intent, nor is there fear of injury.

This^

Which leads me to believe that McD is not worried about his job at all.

Okay, I'm in the sky is falling section with most people, but even I'm not rethinking if it was a good idea to let Edmunds walk. Edmunds did not deserve the contract he got and had zero big play ability. Benford isn't playing great right now overall, but he is still making the occasional play.

This feels different to me that our prior two game losing streaks for a variety of reasons: 1 - We've looked bad for 4 games now. This is more than us just being "off" against a good team/scheme 2 - Josh clearly looks rattled and defeated. He's been bottled up before and made bad decisions, but this looks different on a cerebral level 3 - We are playing incredibly sloppy and undisciplined, to which the players can't even guess as to why Overall, it looks like this team has just lost their culture and everyone but the FO seems to notice.

Is that really why? Have the coaches spoken to that? Just curious

Add Groot and Knox to that

All I’m saying is that we don’t know if Hairston or Strong would have been good enough to start.

I would argue Walker is now the starter with Oliver now, with Jones and Sanders as backups. Coleman was meant to be Palmer is a third if their starters, as it’s just him, Shakir, and Coleman. Samuel is a rotation piece. We have no idea if Hairston was going to start. Strong was a long shot, and only was seeing action because Hairston got hurt and Tre is slow. I’ll give you the LBs, but when are they ever healthy? Relying on them is a sin. If your draft picks get hurt, while unfair, that tends to fall on the GM. And none of his top two picks from the last two years are doing anything. Now, with ALL of that being said, I’m more worried about the culture than the roster right now. Josh looks absolutely defeated. These guys are starting to quit and lose faith. We’ve seen way more injured teams play harder than this. I think McD and Beane might be at a crossroads, even when we get players back. But you also assume no one else will get injured, or injured again.

I'm not dumping on him and think he could have a solid future. I only bolded the players that are starters or making an impact. He needs to earn his roster spot at this point.

AJ has been dead to me since 2024.

I thought about him, but he's still our 3rd TE on the depth chart. He could grow to be more after this season, but as of now, no.

No one was willing to take a risk on Johnson. McConkey did not go in the first round, meaning he also wasn't a slam dunk. You can't play the hindsight game outside of the first round .

I was debating leaving Josh out of the percentage, but figured I'd get called out either way.

Nope. They got their PSL money already.

Looking back at all the offseason moves to support this team the past three years is a lot more eye opening than I expected. I went and bolded all the players who are contributing this season in a meaningful way, it's a scary sight. On draft classes alone, you could argue Beane should be fired. 3 total starters from the last three drafts. That's horrific. Add to that the new contact extensions that we can't get out of, and it looks to be time.... 2025 Draft Round 1 (30th overall): Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky Round 2 (41st overall): T.J. Sanders, DT, South Carolina Round 3 (72nd overall): Landon Jackson, DE, Arkansas Round 4 (109th overall): Deone Walker, DT, Kentucky Round 5 (170th overall): Jordan Hancock, DB, Ohio State Round 5 (173rd overall): Jackson Hawes, TE, Georgia Tech 2024 Draft Round 2: WR Keon Coleman, Florida State, No. 33 overall (from Panthers) Round 2: S Cole Bishop, Utah, No. 60 Round 3: DT DeWayne Carter, Duke, No. 95 (from Chiefs) Round 4: RB Ray Davis, Kentucky, No. 128 Round 5: C/G Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Georgia, No. 141 (from Panthers) Round 5: LB Edefuan Ulofoshio, Washington, No. 160 (from Packers) Round 5: DE Javon Solomon, Troy, No. 168 Round 6: T Tylan Grable, UCF, No. 204 Round 6: CB Daequan Hardy, Penn State, No. 219 Round 7: G Travis Clayton, International Player Pathway, No. 221 (from Chiefs) 2023 Draft Round 1, Pick 25: Dalton Kincaid, TE, Utah Round 2, Pick 59: O'Cyrus Torrence, G, Florida Round 3, Pick 91: Dorian Williams, LB, Tulane Round 5, Pick 150: Justin Shorter, WR, Florida Round 7, Pick 230: Nick Broeker, G, Ole Miss Round 7, Pick 252: Alex Austin, DB, Oregon State 2025 Contract extensions James Cook: Signed a four year extension Josh Allen: Signed a six-year, $330 million contract. Khalil Shakir: Received a contract extension. Terrel Bernard: Received a contract extension. Greg Rousseau: Signed a four-year extension. Christian Benford: Received an extension. 2025 Free agent signings Joey Bosa: Signed a one-year deal. Larry Ogunjobi: Signed a one-year deal. Joshua Palmer: Signed a three-year contract. Darrick Forrest: Signed a contract. Laviska Shenault: Signed a contract. Dane Jackson: Signed a one-year deal. Kendrick Green: Signed a one-year deal. Reggie Gilliam: Re-signed to a one-year deal. Damar Hamlin: Re-signed to a one-year deal. 2024 Extensions Taron Johnson: Signed a three-year, $31 million contract extension. DaQuan Jones: Re-signed on a two-year, $16 million deal. Dion Dawkins: Signed a three-year, $60.5 million contract extension. Taylor Rapp: Re-signed on a three-year deal. Will Clapp: Signed a one-year deal. Quintin Morris: Re-signed to a one-year deal. 2024 Signings Curtis Samuel: Signed a three-year, $24 million contract. Casey Toohill: Signed a one-year contract. Mike Edwards: Signed a one-year contract. Mack Hollins: Signed a one-year contract. Nicholas Morrow: Signed a one-year contract. Mitchell Trubisky: Signed a two-year contract. David Edwards: Signed a two-year contract. 2023 Signings Signed QB Kyle Allen: Added a new backup quarterback. Signed G Connor McGovern: Signed WR Deonte Harty: Signed WR Trent Sherfield: Signed G David Edwards: Signed OT David Quessenberry: Re-signed OL Ike Boetger:

They aren't going to fire him in season. There's also no one on the team to replace him I tell McD that you have until the rest of the season to keep your job and allow him to pull any levers he wants. If he can right the ship by the playoffs, okay, If not, he needs to go. We owe it to Josh.

It's been at least two years since I went into a Bills game feeling like they would be lucky to win. We are 6 weeks into the 2025 season where we were Super Bowl favorites, favored to win every single game after the opener, and and ranked #1 in the power rankings, and I honestly am starting to wonder if this is the end of the McD era. Overreaction? Possibly. But anyone with confidence in this team is lying to themselves. 1 - Walker - I figured I would start with a positive, and Walker is the only positive from this game. Walker was a beast in his starting role and made multiple impact plays, including some solid one arm tackles in the backfield. In a fluke game where Jones got hurt in warmups, Walker is showing that he can be our future run stuffing DT. 2 - Josh - All you need to know about the Bills right now can be learned by watching Josh's body language. Josh is a team guy who typically says and does all the right things. He doesn't ruffle any feathers. He doesn't call people out. However, you can see very clearly that Josh is losing faith in the "process." For years now, Josh has been working on playing team ball with everyone eats, not playing hero ball, and taking what the defense gives him. Starting against the Pats, you are starting to see Josh feeling the need to play hero ball because no one else can step up. He's forcing throws, creating turnovers, and leaving the pocket too early. Sadly, I think Josh is correct in doing all of those things because the Bills can't seem to do anything on offense if he doesn't. 3 - Offensive weapons - Coleman has officially entered bust territory for someone that was our first pick just last year. I don't know if Brady is stubborn of if Coleman can't run any routes besides back shoulder throws, but Coleman is essentially useless out there. Shakir was never going to be a number one guy. Knox is still being paid like a starting TE. And Cook is still doing great, yet we stopped passing to him. We spend 52% of our cap on the offense and only scored touchdowns to start each half. 4 - Andreesen and Poyer - I could talk about the injuries on defense, and it would be a fair point to make. However, in what world did we end up with Poyer and Andreesen on the field in week 6? Every team battles injuries, but you can tell from watching this game that our issues go far beyond injuries. Robinson had over 230 yards on offense and we had no answer for London. Which leads me to... 5 - Babich - This defense has shown nothing since Babich took over as defensive coordinator. Babich needs to be fired before the plane touches down in Buffalo. The Falcons have two weapons in total, and they killed us with it. Our inability to take any offensive player out of a game is painful to watch. Just look at how Diggs picked us apart last week, then had one catch the next week. We commit huge penalties (thanks Groot), can't get off the field on third down, can't tackle, and found a way to make almost every returning player on defense regress. Babich needs to be fired, McD needs to run the defense, and see if he can keep his job. Falcons offensive yards - 436 ( Robinson and London had 379 of them) 6 - Brady - I think Brady thought McD was complimenting him when referring to his offense as cute, because he called another series ending sweep on short yardage that ended up on the turf. When the Falcons sent 5 on defense, we didn't have a sixth lineman on the field. No slants our quick release passes to slow down the pass rush. Cook off the field on third and short. No passes to Cook. When Palmer left with an injury, the offense looked helpless. If Palmer is the dealbreaker on offense, we are in a lot of trouble. Also, our lack of go-to plays on 4th and short or 2 point conversions is baffling to me. I don't know who his replacement would be, but this just isn't working. 7 - Groot - Can someone please tell me why we paid this man? He blocked a FG. Wow. That and his first quarter against the Pats is all we've seen from him all season. Sadly, it's a new contract as well, so we are stuck with him for a bit, which bring me to..... 8 - Beane - I've been a Beane guy for a while now, but I'm at the point now where I would understand if he needs to go as part of the regime change. Knox, Milano, Jones, Samuel, AJ, and Groot are 6 of our top 12 salary makers. Walker is the only player from the current draft contributing anything. Palmer and Coleman were meant to push this offense to the next level. At the end of the day, you are your record and results. Beane does a great job getting value for guys and has build a great team since getting here. But, is he willing to do what needs to be done to turn this around? Is he willing to fire the coaches, including McD? I'm going to say no. 9 - McD - I don't follow the Sabres, so I can't say I know how Pegula's brain works. However, to only have one dominant win this season be against the Jets in a Super Bowl year, I really hope that McD is on the hot seat and knows it. McD lets his coaches coach, but he also needs to know when to be the head coach and step in when needed. Well, it's needed. This team has come out flat for four straight weeks. Josh is frustrated. Defense is bottom tier (McD's speciality). Penalties are killing us. The team just isn't prepared. If McD is smart, he is doing a reset on the bye week and doing anything he can to get this team on track. If not, then it's time to make a change. The process is hanging on life support, this could be the season we pull the plug. 10 - Next? We went from not knowing when our first loss would come to going 0-2 into the bye week. The cap is a real thing. You only have so much draft capital and can't mortgage the future away. If it were easy to get a #1 receiver and #2 DB, everyone would do it. We have to accept the fact that maybe this is our roster for the year. We can't bank on the team getting healthy as we have people getting stepped on, injured during warm-ups. Hopefully some guys come back, Hairston can contribute, and the suspension boys help out. I never thought I would feel this defeated so early in the season, but as of right now, we would be lucky to be one and done in the playoffs. The good news is, we have Josh Allen, a new stadium coming, and an owner who will spend money. If the GM and HC position comes open, we should have our pick of the litter. To me, if dead cap wasn't an issue, the only players on this team I would bring to the next season would be Josh, offensive Line, Kincaid, Shakir, and Cook. On defense, Walker, Oliver, Bosa, and Benford. Can't do much worse replacing everyone else.

Hahahahaa

Sadly, this is how bad we need to be to get McD fired. We need this team to look like they’ve given up, which they have.