BigAl2526

At this point the only reason to use any running back other than Cook in any situation is to avoid wearing him out and making him vulnerable to injury. How much work can he take? The answer has to come from trainers and Cook himself.

Retire? Maybe when the Bills get all their injured CBs back and healthy. Not right now though.

No thanks. I'd have to donate two to do the work of one normal one.

Bruce Banner - Football is an emotional game. I want to see what happens when the other team makes him mad. He'll need a really stretchy uniform though.

Daboll now has wins against Philly and the Chargers. I thought the decision to start the season with Russell Wilson at QB was a mistake whether is was made by Daboll or somebody higher up, but the Giants may be looking up now. Cleveland and Miami are both train wrecks though.

I am listening on radio. ABC at least in Rochester is carrying the Chicago-Washington game. I hope they have no watchers in WNY. It sounds like Buffalo is something of a MASH unit. Sloppy play coupled with lousy officiating again. Buffalo is fighting back though. Just a 7 point difference at the start of the 4th quarter. There's still hope.

I fully expect that this is Mike McDaniel's last season. That's assuming he makes it through the season. I sort of doubt he does. Let's hope Steven Ross maintains his propensity to hire losers.

I don't expect that Poyer is going to suddenly start playing like the Jordan Poyer of 5-6 years ago. I do expect the Bills to sign hin to the 53 man roster and take Hamlin's backup snaps. Barring injury, that will probably be 2 or 3 snaps in a game.

When McDermott came to Buffalo, he brought a notebook filled with everything he could put in it about how to be a head coach. He used that as a manual to guide his actions. Following that meant that his approach to coaching was a bit mechanical at first. Having done it for a number of years now, I expect he has chucked the notebook now. He has established a routine and is now free to experiment a bit and even follow his feelings at times because he has his routine and the trust of his bosses.

You sure you don't want to see him play tight end? With that wing span, he would be really tough to cover in contested catch situations.

I am not a McDermott hater, but I responded to the poll anyway. I answered, "someone not on the list." I could have answered Sean McVay or Kyle Shanahan, but I figured they are not realistic choices. No way would their current teams ever consider trading them. I don't think Babich or Brady are ready to make the jump. I can't bring myself to want Belichick. He's also got his age against him. While occasionally a coaching change results in quick success, more frequently it takes some time as coaches often institute scheme and philosophy changes that take a while. Bill Belichick is one month to the day younger than me. No thanks. Jon Gruden is smart and he's brash. Both are actually good qualities for a head coach, but I think he's also a little erratic, and that's not a great quality for a head coach. Mike McCarthy is a hard "No!" I think he's too tied to the "good old boy" network.. I don't think he's especially creative and he is a West Coast guy. I don't think there is a good reason to put Josh Allen through a scheme change. If the Bills were to make a coaching change in the foreseeable, I think the way to go is to hire a smart, young, successful coordinator rather than recycle somebody form the past.

I wouldn't say I'm panicked. I think the loss sent a message to the players-that they can't take the playoffs for granted. Injuries are going to happen. There is not a great deal teams can do to prevent them, beyond making sure they have a good training staff. Too many players had a sloppy game against the Patriots. There were way more penalties than what one might consider acceptable. It wasn't all due to officiating. Several skill players on offense were careless with ball possession. The coaches don't escape blame either. Brady seemed to fail to take Patriot weaknesses and vulnerabilities into account in his game planning. More than one observer has said that in the first half it was like he was throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what would stick. Babich gets a bit of a pass because of all the injuries on defense, but injuries happen and it is his responsibility to deal with them.

It would be shocking if he survives. He's had long enough to turn things around in Miami. He's a clever offensive mind and not much more.

I saw a really ticky tack holding call on Conner McGovern. As I noted in another thread, I thought Davis held Coleman during the pass play where Josh Allen overthrew a desperation pass at the end of the game that was just out of reach for Coleman in the end zone not defensive pass interference at the catch point).

On the desperation pass play where Josh threw the ball a bit too deep in the end zone to be caught, it was probably not defensive pass interference. However, earlier in the route, I thought Davis held and interfered with the route running of Coleman.