JohnNord

Annoying on the field because he’s always open! Annoying off the field because he’s cocky and obnoxious. Also not into all the Swiftie love. It got so annoying last season

He’s annoying as hell on the field and off! But he always speaks highly of Josh. I’ll give him that

That was the season when things started to go sideways with Diggs. He suddenly stopping doing media midway through the season and seemingly exploded this game. Soooooo stupid…. I guess he forgot he WANTED to go to KC to play with Mahomes

“The king of laterals” https://m.youtube.com/shorts/mi39-m6o3J4

Nah, the laterals are Kelce’s thing as he’s done that several times over the years. I don’t think this has anything to do with Andy. If Reid was calling those stupid “ring around the rosie” huddles, then you might have a point but I can’t remember anything like that. I remember reading that forcing the ball to Worthy was to see how he’d perform with more targets. This is something Reid has done in the past and Worthy’s touches have ramped up since week 11. Were they trying to rub it in? Maybe but I don’t think it was excessive and he really didn’t impact the game much after the first half. And they lost so who cares? Reid was McDermott’s mentor that he groomed and hand-selected to replace the legend Jim Johnston in Philly. I still do think there’s a lot of respect between both men, but I also believe there’s an insanely high level of competition as McDermott admitted they don’t talk much during the season. Knowing how McDermott operates, the fact that Andy fired him from what was his dream job at the time, probably will fuel the fire a bit this week.

I read that there are only 9 players that are on the roster for all 3 loses

TBH it was extremely telling that Chiefs were running the ball with Hunt in the 3rd and 4th quarter to grind out the clock. Pacheco was on the sidelines and it wasn’t because he was hurt.

William Belichick sounds like he’s picking Buffalo

I’ll admit to being nervous as hell on Sunday BUT Joe Buscaglia who usually comes close with his predictions predicted Buffalo to win 31-24 citing several advantages of the rosters. Yes it means nothing. There are plenty of other smart people picking Kansas City to win but FWIW he pretty much nailed the other games Buffalo 35 Denver 17 (31-7) Buffalo 29 Ravens 26 (27-25) However, with the way the Chiefs are structured and some of their key weaknesses on the offensive line, along with some exploitable pieces on defense, I believe they can be beeat — even in a matchup they have dominated for years. And the Bills have the right strengths in those key areas to exploit them. I’m expecting another instant classic of a game, one that will likely come down to one of the last possessions. But in the end, I think Allen and the Bills will do just enough to get to their first Super Bowl in 31 years. Go Bills!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

I can agree that the injuries at WR and OL were horrible. I think the turning point was actually the Diggs injury - not because he was a game breaker but he game Stroud an intermediate outlet to move the sticks. With that said, I think Slowik was always overrated by the Bills fan base and the media at large. People wanted to put him on the same level as Ben Johnson as a play caller which I thought was a bit presumptuous. It looks like Kling Kubiak is being a considered a candidate to take over. We’ll see what he does next season

While the healthy offense did look good early in the season, they weren’t exactly blowing teams out of the water. They had narrow victories about just about everyone and were blown out of the water versus Minnesota. I follow quite a few Texans fans and many are celebrating this firing. So yeah there were quite a few factors that didn’t work in his favor, but when your franchise QB regresses that badly you need to make some changes.

Partly attributed, sure. But go back and watch the sacks he took this season. Many were on CJ. I’ve often heard “sacks are a QB stat.” That is and isn’t true but more times than not in Houston, I’d argue this was the case.

…And your QB regressed to the point that he’s throwing more than twice the INT’s of last season and is surrendering needless sacks due to lack of awareness. See what I mean… there’s a lot of Bobby Slowik love in here

Slowik really didn’t do a great job. Stroud took a sizable step backward - every passing has declined and INT’s have more than doubled. Yes the injuries to his WR’s didn’t help but if you watched that KC game you saw how bad he is it at diagnosing pressure and getting rid of the football. I do think Stroud has a lot of potential but Slowik wasn’t getting the most of it.

Just reminding folks in here….There were numerous people that wanted to fire McDermott for Bobby Slowik last year (you know who you are 🤣) and put him on the same level as Ben Johnson. What a ridiculously overreaction and a horrible move that would have been. Slowik might not even be an OC next season. He was terrible this year. A hot HC candidate at Two Bills Drive!!!!

Say what you will but that community loves their football team

The throw to Kincaid was absolutely there. In fact they tried it again but a well-timed blitz forced a throw away. Sometimes it just takes a play to change the trajectory of the game. I really do think if he makes the catch to move the sticks the drive ends in a TD like the other 2 possessions. I agree with everything you said… in the end the Bills won and that’s all that matters.

I completely disagree about it being “trolling.” Bills fans know exactly how bad it sucks to lose a tough game and the donations are small gesture of kindness to lift up a player or fan base. It’s turning a negative station into a positive one. That’s why you do see donation drives after a win. Things are usually positive. The Mark Andrews situation is no different from what happened with Tyler Bass. After a falling short in a crucial moment, social media is full of toxicity and death threats. Saying that the donations are a passive aggressive way of rubbing it in is far from the truth.

Bro, his winning percentage was .304 in 3 seasons (14-32). This is horrible by any standard. HORRIBLE. Compare that with Dick Jauron who I’m sure you regard as a bad hire. His winning percentage was .430 (24-33). Chan and Jauron weren’t that different. They both built strong units on one side, neglected the other, and ultimately were bad head coaches. Also look at the context. In 2009, Gailey was out of the NFL after getting fired by Kansas City. He was an extremely underwhelming choice as HC. Chan is a likable guy and did a lot with limited parts on offense (though he did have 1st round picks at WR and RB that you failed to mention.). But he was NOT a good HC by any means.

This reminds of a Drought Era coaching hire. You hear all of these hopeful names tossed around but in the end they hire Dick Jauron or Chan Gailey.

Why force the pass if it isn’t there? We saw what they led to under Ken Dorsey. It sounded like Baltimore ran a lot of 2 high looks on defense. Believe it or not, I read that the success rate with running the ball in the second half was higher than the first. You don’t have to like the offensive gameplan but I wouldn’t call it conservative

I don’t really think it was conservative, they just didn’t execute in the second half. Josh was taking what Baltimore was giving him all game long. Who killed them was a low pass and drop by Kincaid, a poor screen audible to Dawson Knox, and a couple of throwaways. The ball was in Josh’s hands at the end of the game and he didn’t get in the endzone. So I’m not sure where the conservative label comes into play That was part of the issue. To be fair though, Van Noy came across traffic and made the tackle. It was a good play.

Extremely fair review IMO. The atmosphere and tailgating is very high whereas the stadium is very low.

As if the criteria for MVP wasn’t vague enough, I’d argue Comeback Player is even worse. There’s no way Flacco should have won over Damar last season. This year, I get the feeling it’s going to go to Sam Darnold. Based on the voting, it seems more of a Most Improved Player award It’s going to Sam Darnold