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Geez can't believe that was so easy against the Ravens-lite 🙄 GO BILLS

Do we struggle with the read option, or do we struggle with the combo of Henry and Lamar (like almost everyone else)? We even used to handle Lamar the first few times we played him, pre Henry. I'm honestly asking, because I don't recall other read option schemes or scrambling QBs giving us fits.

Good. He should. A lot of this fan base has forgotten what made us great and turned into a bunch of whining ninnies

Absolutely love Josh calling out the fairweather fans. Maybe have a little faith next time, eh?

Buddy Nix asleep again

Has aging vets signing to practice squads always been a thing? I don't remember this growing up, or maybe we were just never an attractive location for that sort of thing. But it's kind of cool to see Phillips and Poyer choose to take roles on the PS, make some cash and try to help influence the next generation, while serving as our emergency depth. Do other teams have similar players filling those roles?

We'll feel better until we don't. Like giving up 90 pts to the rams and lions last year rattled everyone in the midst of a 13 win season. We clinched the division on Dec 1 and no one felt good. By this point hasn't this team and regime earned some patience? We've started strong, we've started slow, we've reset the offense mid year, we've had Diggs drama, the snowstorms, the Damar and Kim Pegula stuff, the shooting. We just keep on bouncing back. We've barely played any starters. What do you expect to get hyped about? Last year we were picked to finish 3rd or 4th in the east and the bears blew us out in the preseason. I doubt anyone was hyped then either

All the comments about "Thank God this is over!" surprise me....it didn't really feel that drama laden at all. Hard Knocks could barely cover it for two minutes there was so little to say. Our front office really does people management at an elite level

I thoroughly enjoyed storming back to beat the Dolphins out for the division last year. I really enjoyed taking down the Chiefs, Lions, and Niners (in the snow!) this year. I loved rushing for like 200+ yards against the Cowboys last season and just kicking their ass physically. I'll never ever forget the thrill and jumping up and down like a madman with my 65 year old Father when Taron had the 101 yard pick six. Heck, my family still talks about Josh's first win all the time, storming into Minnesota and putting on a show as 17 point dogs. You're really missing the point of it all by choosing to not enjoy the journey. Sucks for you.

Unfortunately, melt down means engagement and eyes on the product. I'm not sure they care. So leave NO DOUBT with a commanding win! GO BILLS!

In addition to some of the mcdermott comments already made, kudos to McD for identifying Dorsey as a problem in a similar situation and moving quickly, which allowed us to get Brady in there, crush Miami's spirit last year, revamp our offense, and lead to us being where we are now. He could have waited like the Texans did, and we'll see how that works out for them now. But feels like Brady's experience last season is paying dividends this year.

Whether the selections are justified or not this is absolutely fuel to be poured all over everything. I hope the team is absolutely frothing and out for blood Sunday. GO BILLS!

Yep, start with a hall of fame QB, two top ten receivers and a top five running back, and then have one of the brightest offensive minds in the league call the plays. Once you have all that (which most teams do, right?), then play a great game, block well and make every contested catch, and you too could beat the bills by 2 pts! In all seriousness, didn't the ravens show the world how to destroy us right before we won the next seven in a row? It's a week to week league. Sometimes you get outschemed and take the L. At least we didn't roll over.

Lol... one can dream

8-2, another week of playing a solid B game and winning handily, excited for the next month! Games start to get more intense now, we're playing four good teams, time for the true measuring stick for this team. Enjoy the ride!

Between winning by too much and beating an NFC team, we are doomed.

Our Defensive philosophy has always been to come out vanilla, bend and try to not break, and adjust. This is nothing new. Our offense has a relatively new coordinator and tons of new faces. We're 5-2, have a strong running game, just added Amari Cooper, have blown out three teams, Josh hasnt thrown a pick and has a passer rating over 100, and are 2-0 in the division on the road. I understand the lack of patience with McDermott, but things do look a bit different this year. Can we show a bit of grace?

Pretty sweet considering the opponent and physicality of that game

Exactly this. Its exhausting. Somehow every vet we let go, none of which were all pros or made a single significant play down the stretch or in the playoffs, is vastly superior to who we brought in to replace them. It's maddening. i cannot understand why you would bother following this team and posting on their message board if you can't be excited about the opportunity to witness the next chapter of JA's career, moving on from a core that had four good shots at it and couldn't get it done.

And the close games we lost? Those DEFINITELY couldn't have went the other way. Only the close wins can be reversed in this fantasy land of negative nonsense

Diggs has and will always have the stigma of being a crappy teammate exactly for this reason, he just doesn't get it, he's too self absorbed. A "real pro" would keep his mouth shut and be an exemplary teammate both on AND off the field. Diggs is a great player, but also stirs the pot constantly on social media and never goes out of his way to show up for his team outside of the hashes. He's a mercenary in a position where people look to him as a leader

We'll see if this moves the needle at all, but kudos to the staff for trying an innovative new approach

Oh cool, I can't wait for the only person to ever have 40+ TDs in four straight years, while leading a top 5 offense, while averaging 12 wins a year, to stop being "quite inconsistent." As soon as we get that meanie QB coach in here to rough him up a bit he'll surely go for 6000 yards and 60 TDs every year! Are there some real world examples of this whole hard-nosed yeller vs. friend thing that you all seem so fixated on? Are you referring to Daboll? Josh didn't have any more success under Daboll than we did this or last year, going by your metric of "who's playing next Sunday." We're not playing next Sunday because our D-Line is underwhelming, the middle of our defense was gutted by injuries, and our safeties aren't impact players anymore. So we gave up 9 yards a play to the best quarterback/play caller in the league and lost. Of course there's room for improvement everywhere, but this thread is about the (silly and reductive) notion that our QB coach's personality is a serious concern, and that Josh doesn't work or improve because he doesn't have someone in his ear screaming "DON'T THROW AN INTERCEPTION MAN!!!!!!!!!!" Maybe it's time to just accept and be happy that he's always going to be a 45 TD/17 Turnover guy, and he'll never reach this pinnacle of perfection that everyone wants. And you know what? That's plus his current rate of playoff production is plenty to help win a title.

Well, I figure 5-7 coaches get fired every year, plus 31 other currently employed coaches. McDermott has more wins, playoff appearances, playoff wins, and divisions titles than any of them except Andy Reid since 2017. And if not for Reid, he'd probably have a Super Bowl appearance or two. So, to me that's successful, there's more to success than winning the Super Bowl. But, agree to disagree I guess.

It's almost as if a bunch of fans were judging and thinking they could read a person off a bunch of intentionally bland press conferences, rather than his body of work, which is more successful than 98 percent of the coaches in the past seven years with a locker room that constantly raves about how together they are year in and year out.