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McDumbit is good, too. Not incredibly clever, but does the job. Props to OP.

Don't even sweat it. I've known the Bills were destined to extend Edmunds at huge dollars ever since this article was written: https://theathletic.com/2875908/2021/10/08/why-cant-tremaine-edmunds-win-over-bills-fans-when-hes-viewed-as-a-special-player-outside-of-buffalo/ The Narrative has already taken hold. Bills fans are backwards-thinking idiots who can't recognize greatness. (the subtext is that we're racist). Bills will have to extend Edmunds

I don't but I suspect Bills fans will rally around it. "This time we get them at home" will be next season's version of "Our defense is built to beat the Chiefs" (lol) Then we'll get them at home and lose worse. It happened to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers who also rallied around getting homefield advantage changing their playoff fortunes and then have lost at home two seasons in a row now. to be clear, we had them beat on the road before 13 seconds of mental ######ation. so basically the quality of the team matters, not homefield? you undermine your own argument

lol let's root for the team we're going to battle with for the next decade to gain the confidence of being 2-time champs. i hope they get trounced in the super bowl again

this feels like a hollow argument without acknowledging that Reid's playoff "improvement" was basically that he started coaching Mahomes whereas previously his QBs didn't measure if McD continues to blunder **while already having a great QB**, it's very different and a huge waste of that QB to boot

when you mess up, you admit it and apologize. only because we live in Clownworld does this sound unreasonable.

yeah, McD's mouth muscles needed to execute the command "Squib kick" to the special teams. it is shameful how he won't accept responsibility and publicly apologize to the city, the fans, and the team. shame!

first of all, stop listing Lamar Jackson in these conversations. secondly, Brady, Manning, and Roethlisberger all co-existed in the same conference for a long time. Brady had it the best, but the other two still found a way to win two rings each.

Edmunds will get paid by us. We live in Clownworld and Clownworld has already set The Narrative on Edmunds, namely that everyone outside of Buffalo knows he's a stud but the backwards-arsed Bills fans: https://theathletic.com/2875908/2021/10/08/why-cant-tremaine-edmunds-win-over-bills-fans-when-hes-viewed-as-a-special-player-outside-of-buffalo/ The Pegulas are too establishment to fight The Narrative, and to be fair, most people are too weak to fight The Narrative and find themselves ostracized and outside the establishment. The Bills are going to pay Edmunds. What's the alternative? Be labeled as RAYCISS? Oh, the horror.

i will know everything i need to know about McD in the next few days. to not publicly apologize to the city, the fans, and the team for his bungling of the 13 seconds would be a huge moral failing. the truth may hurt but you never run away from the truth.

there can't be zero punishment even if we don't fire him. what if mcdermott made a public apology to the fans and the team and admit that he was a bonehead for the 13 seconds? then, he outlines a plan to improve his situational game management. the pegulas will hire some nerd to write a software that simulates gameday decision making, and mcdermott promises to spend 8 hours a day on the simulator until it's ingrained into him and he instinctively and immediately knows the best decisions to make for every situation. so 13 seconds comes up again? his brain goes beep-bop-boop, squib kick and taking holding penalties to kill the clock. even the most heartless of us who want McD fired will probably accept a public apology and a plan of action to improve his loser instincts for situational game management. the more I think about it, the more I like it. a public apology that tells the truth of the bungling of the 13 seconds, and a realistic plan of action to improve. that's what allows this relationship to continue. otherwise, the fans and team won't ever fully trust this head coach again.

trying to think outside the box, maybe McD can stay but he has to hand over game management duties to someone else. just hire any of the top 100 ranked Madden players in the world, for example. so, for example, with 13 seconds left in tonight's game, McD has to ask some 13-yr-old pimply faced Japanese kid what to do. "I would squib kick, coach" maybe this sort of power sharing dynamic can win us the super bowl.

yup. maybe bills fans also take on the personality of our gutless coaches

we didn't close the gap. we leapt over it and beat the Chiefs. then 13 seconds of stupidity from our coaches happened.

You have to nip it in the bud now. By the time most Bills fans have figured out that he's a coach that will get us to the playoffs again and again but choke with his situational game management, we'll have wasted Josh's prime. Look, when we were in the midst of the long playoff drought, I would've killed to have a Marty Schottenheimer coach our team and change our culture and reliably take us to the playoffs. But now that we have Marty S, it's time to fire him and upgrade.

No one stops a healthy Chiefs team. We did exactly what we had to do: outscore them. What we need is better situational game management from the coaches to not blow a win in 13 seconds.

Jerry Jones on McCarthy and his other coaches: "“So I’ve got a lot to think about regarding these coaches. I’ve got a lot to think about regarding these scouts. I’ve got a lot to think about regarding various aspects of this organization." Say what you will about Jones but he's the superior owner to the Pegulas if they're not at least pondering like he is. Those 13 seconds are a fireable offense, period.

the Rams are the much more talented team. the lead will only grow in the second half.

Rams are just more talented, too. (at this point, with all the Buc injuries and absences).

Thank you. As you point out, historically you're basically printing money by betting on bye teams to cover the spread in the divisional round. But it's worth monitoring the trend over the next few years. As the NFL has become more finesse-oriented, the value of the bye might diminish because it becomes increasingly important for your skill players to stay in rhythm by playing a game than having the week off. (Green Bay and Tennessee sure didn't look in rhythm yesterday.) Whereas when the NFL was a much more physical sport, the rest and recuperation was much more important for bruised bodies, especially for the linemen, LBs, and RBs in the running game.

that was a hilarious pancake his guard received on the bullrush though. i agree there were a couple of sacks earlier he shouldn't have taken but not sure about that one

your buddy is a nerd who should be stuffed in a locker for his own good

if Burrow is on the Mahomes / Allen level, he will take advantage of this double possession. FG here, and TD first possession of the second half to go up 20-6 (2-pt conversion).

going for 2 was classic "a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing" don't teach meatheads analytics.

cowardly run by Cincy on 2nd down