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What other Pro Bowl Skills were they competing at? Was there the dizzy bat game? Sex Toys throwing? Tackling the drunk fan?

Joe Bugel, Alex Gibbs, Bob McKittrick, Mouse McNally... Legendary O-line coaches for 200, Alex... Could it be a simple matter of the Bills having more O-line talent? 6 degrees of Panthers Nation

Fred Warner was also taken after Edmunds and is obviously the much better player.

So much for my conspiracy theory. 😆

Like Carl Mauck? 😄 I love the hiring. Great credentials for the position... plus the William and Mary pedigree (Marv, McDermott, Tomlin) and the fact that he's from the Sean Payton coaching tree.

Michigan was a clown show even after Harbaugh arrived in 2015... right up until last year. Until this season he had not beaten Ohio State and he has a losing record against Michigan State. Their success this season had a lot to do with the fact that they had something like 30 returning seniors. Harbaugh has restored respectability to the program but I think it would be an exaggeration to give him much more credit than that... he has not been a miracle worker. He has not come near the success that Meyer had with OSU for instance.

This is what I believe. It's part of the fallout from Floresgate. It actually wouldn't surprise me if the NFL made a direct appeal to Zygi Wilf to make a minority hire... to "take one for the team" to mitigate the possibly hundreds of millions in damage to the league.

Ravens... Packers... Nor have they won a Super Bowl.

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I think the bolded is supposed to be "your still and idiot." Others will correct me if I'm wrong.

Rhetorical question: Is it better too late than never? Two things strike me about the Bills roster and lineup decisions: 1) They target veteran free agents who they believe are upgrades and plug them into the lineup and generally give them every opportunity to succeed. For instance the Bills gave Trent Murphy and Patrick DiMarco long play when it seemed they were not justifying their playing time. This later happened with E. Sanders. 2) The team is patient and cautious about promoting young players unless they are highly-drafted. For every Josh Allen, Tre White, and Tremaine Edmunds there are numerous mid-late round picks and free agents that the team brings along slowly but who eventually assume larger roles. I believe these two factors combine to create instances where veterans get more playing time (are given the benefit of the doubt) over younger players for longer than many of us would like. As an example, half the people here would have cut Cole Beasley and inserted Isaiah McKenzie into the lineup. Obviously the Bills didn't do that.

Mr Bundchen? I think the boss left him no choice. Glad to see him go. Despise him and always will.

I think a more likely question would be, "Is there a chance the Bills replace Frazier assuming that he's not offered a head coaching position?" He definitely did not help his career trajectory in those 13 seconds plus overtime. Here's a question: "Is it possible to have a DC who is less effective statistically during the regular season but whose defense plays better in must-win playoff situations?" All of us will tend to overreact in either/both directions after what happened in KC. That said IMO, much of the blame has to be placed on McDermott's shoulders... both because of the "ultimate responsibility rule" and also because he took 2 defensive timeouts which hurt us. McDermott probably calls more defensive timeouts in critical situations than any other NFL head coach and that's generally a good thing but as we all found out from the autopsy, the timeouts allowed Kelce and Company to mastermind a few playground ball plays which forced overtime... in other words the time outs don't always work in the defense's favor and certainly didn't last Sunday. If your players are dependable, knowledgeable, well-trained veterans then sometimes micro-managing is a bad idea.

What you say doesn't change my point, which is that the Bills are not likely to be chasing other teams' big name free agents.

The Bills need playmakers/difference makers. This team has enough solid, assignment-sound players (especially on defense). What they lack is skill players on both sides who can lift a team to victory by virtue of their sheer athleticism. HOF cornerback Darrell Green was the last player taken in the first round. Green had 54 interceptions and 6 TDs in his career. When he wasn't making splash plays he was shutting down receivers. Tyreek Hill was selected in the 5th round. I think the Bills are solid and competent enough through their roster that they can shift their philosophy towards more explosive, high-ceiling players.

It's nice that it's not behind a pay wall. Thank you. Here's another: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/. You can sort by position, type of free agent, etc. and it also provides the market value for more attractive free agents. The Bills are not going to sign high-priced "I've heard of him free agents." It's not what they do. Only a few of you are actually thinking like Beane. Truth. Here are Beane's notable free agent signings by year: 2017: Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, Stephen Hauschka, Taiwan Jones, Leonard Johnson 2018: Vontae Davis, Chris Ivory, Star Lotulelei, Trent Murphy, Matt Barkely 2019: Spencer Long, Cole Beasley, John Brown, Frank Gore, Mitch Morse, Jon Feliciano, Quinton Spain, Ty Nseke, Tyler Kroft, Kevin Johnson, Andre Roberts La'Adrian Waddle, EJ Gaines, TJ Yeldon, Lee Smith 2020: AJ Klein, Darryl Williams, Brian Winters, Mario Addison, Quinton Jefferson, Vernon Butler, Tyler Matakevich, Josh Norman 2021: Mitchell Trubisky, Matt Breida, Efe Obada I might have missed a few. The point is obvious though.

I think most would agree that Milano is better than Edmunds. And if every Bills 5th rounder was as good as Milano, we'd be building a float for a parade down Delware Avenue. Milano's range and instincts are excellent. Is he an All-Pro? No, but he's not anywhere near part of the problem either. Mahomes to Kelce have made plenty of excellent players look bad, no? How much autonomy do you guys think Frazier gets? Is he not running the McDermott Defense?

Who would be in charge of that... the athletic training staff? The team doctor?

Served up like a Nero D'avola. You owe me a round. 😊

The fact remains, the Bills have been one of the healthiest teams in the NFL since McDermott took over so it seems they're on to something.

You're right. I think most of us would agree that playing this game in Orchard Park would have made all the difference in the world.

It was an opportunity squandered. While there are no guarantees in life or football, no one will be surprised if/when KC wins the Super Bowl. It's already inevitable to think, "that could have been us." Consider: 1) It's been suggested that the Bills should have squibbed or blooped the last kickoff before OT. The counter-argument of course is the Music City Miracle or even a straight-forward kickoff return for a TD. That decision is at least debatable. 2) However regarding the last 13 seconds from scrimmage, Romo made the legit point that the Bills needn't rush 4 because with 13 seconds left Mahomes was gonna throw quickly before the pressure arrived anyways. So why didn't the Bills simply drop 11 into coverage? Time was the pass rusher (one Mississippi, two Mississippi, etc). You could double team their top 3 receivers and still have 5 players dropping into zone coverage. 3) OR: why not play press coverage and commit one holding or illegal contact penalty (committing two is a "palapably unfair act" and would result in a 15 yard penalty and no time elapsed)? Regardless of accepting or declining the 5 or 10 yard penalties, time would have elapsed. While a game cannot end on a defensive penalty the Bills would have at least been able to take time off the clock without giving up much yardage. 4) And again, why were the Bills guarding the sidelines when KC had 3 timeouts remaining??? In summary, the Bills could not have strategized the final 13 seconds any worse than they did. While that's on McDermott (a longtime DC) it's a failure of both he and Frazier and the whole defensive coaching staff. No one on the defensive staff had a better idea than what they ended up doing? I still love and support McDermott but this one's on him.

Is there a Bills Backers bar in Palermo, Sicily?