JustHewIt

To those stats, we've gotten to go against the Jets, Miami, Saints, Falcons...not exactly a murderers row of quarterbacks. In past seasons we'd have shut all those teams down and probably limited Maye more. The eye test in that Falcons game was pretty rough for me. To your point about the players though--yeah, it seems unlikely that our entire secondary is just suddenly awful. I'm surprised we're not axing Babich myself, the defense looks about as uninspired as the offense did at the end of Dorsey's reign. And we've seen how the same group of players can suddenly come alive with schematic changes

Everyone take notes, this is how you do a negativity post. So much better than "Yeah but chiefs playoff superbowl fire mcdermott hur dur"

Trying not to overreact, but man, Cook being out the entire 4th quarter was pretty damning. It was a one score game, we didnt have to throw at all. And for all the talk about Cook's poor blocking being the reason he sits, we still couldn't block or pick up a blitz at all with him on the sideline. I'm glad it wasn't another "oops we shot ourselves in the foot!" loss. That beatdown will force some hard conversations. How we come out of the bye will be very telling.

Hey everyone that says we're too conservative.....that's what happens when we run the ball well

This. Its exactly the same as dorsey..the personnel has barely changed and we just keep getting worse

Its halfway thru the first quarter! Lol

We got shut down, yet still somehow out-gained the Pats, rushed for over 100 yards, had more first downs, and better third down efficiency, even after turning it over 3 times. Curious.

Oh no youre just in time, I just read someone call our offense "Jauron style"

I can guarantee you the team mentality is not desperation and concern like half the fan base. We've been in way bigger holes than 4-1 and coming off a 3 point loss. Unfortunately for the fan base they've shown that anything less than perfection and obliteration of every opponent is cause for concern

The only thing Josh has signaled being upset with is fairweather, whiny fans like the ones that left the stadium early vs. the Ravens (who probably left to get a head start on getting home and complaining on their favorite message board)

lol...yeah, if you're a total chicken little. I was hoping 36 hours would be enough to be able to come back to the board, guess we'll give it a few more days

My thought is on Bobby Babich. Is it time to get concerned? When Frazier and Mcdermott ran the D, we had injuries, we played backups, but we always finished top ten in most categories. Since Babich has taken over it feels like a slow decline into total mediocrity and lack of identity, not unlike that second year with Dorsey when eventually the offense just hit a wall and was done. I remember at times when Frazier would struggle, McD would step in and help get the ship righted. Will that happen here and how much leash is left for Babich at this point? Or was our past success really just having an incredible secondary in their prime?

"23 points is basically the same as 30" is a new one

Yeah sure ho hum 30ppg, do points even count if we're not throwing ten deep balls a game? Do better McBeane!!!!1+!11! All kidding aside, it's incredible how effortlessly we score 30 points a game and how it can feel disappointing at times. We're really fortunate to be experiencing this era and we deserve it.

Oh no, the 15th (and dropping) highest paid defensive end in football who was playing on a line cycling rookies and without its best player didn't dominate a QB throwing quick outs and screens in week 3. Dooooooooomed

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

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.