Dubie54

Fair enough.

So the sub-culture will be focused on doing things "right" as opposed to the old culture which was focused on doing things wrong.

Well done analysis backed up with data.

Totally agree he is ultimately accountable to the team and ownership, but I would argue he also bears some degree of accountability to the fans, as aren't we the one's filling the stadiums each week?

True - we don’t know what accountability he takes with the team, but we do see the lack of accountability he takes with the fans.

I was a real fan of McD and what the Bills had built in the years leading up to the 13 sec. game, then it all changed. I actually felt the response by the Bills to that game was the start of the downhill slide. There was no accountability for those last two plays on defense and I think the reason for that it is that McD was responsible for calling those defensive alignments. Beane was usual self in his measured comments and refused to go there. So we get to hypothesize and many of us pointed the finger at Frazier which took some of the heat off McD. Then Frazier get's slow walked out of the building the dark of night after another year which adds to the drama and speculation of how that play calling sequence actually went down. So here we are 21 months later and Dorsey gets canned after a loss in which our special teams played miserably and in effect lost the game with the 12 on the field debacle. What gets lost in the firing of Dorsey is the two all out blitzes that lead to TJ to be out on an island against a much taller receiver - and this is the same TJ who basically commits pass interference 50% of the times he's targeted. Peyton and Wilson had to be licking their chops, just like Andy Reid was on the defensive scheme we called in KC. But Dorsey takes the fall, which is well-deserved IMO, but I think is nothing more than a smoke screen for the bone head defense at the end of the game. And then you have James Cook, who fumbles on his first carry and then goes right to the dog house. But Davis can drop passes, Allen can throw INTs, players can miss tackles like the one Bernard missed that led to a late Denver 1st down, and yet Cook goes right to the bench. McD can call misguided defensive alignments and someone else gets fired. McD has ridden the generational talent of Allen as far as he can. When it comes to coaching in tight spots, when the pressure is at it's max, he folds, becomes predictable and then when his decisions fail, is he stepping up to the mike to take accountability? There's a cancer in clubhouse and I think it starts with McD and the culture he has created. I get the feeling players are incredibly tight, afraid of making mistakes, and are just not comfortable. Sure it's all hypothesis, but at least it's based on what is seen on and off the field. If you were a player, would you want to be playing in the McD environment?

.....we never saw it coming or refused to believe it. It was all there on full display in the first game of the season and has carried over throughout the entire year. The Miami game was a one off and showed what the team could be not who they really were. Josh Allen regression - he looked lost in the Jets game and has never looked quite right the entire year. At this point, he is simply a mediocre QB with a 45m cap hit next year. Coaching and preparedness - they never looked ready to play the Jets and how many times have we seen it over the year. Game management and making the right adjustments throughout the game is lacking. I think Mcd has lost the team. Offensive play calling and predictable offense - Dorsey is in over his head and we've given two years to an OC in training. Defense not able to make big stops - We have let teams lead by Zach Wilson, Mac Jones, and an aging Russel Wilson make big plays and we haven't been able to generate turnovers. Lack of depth at key positions - The injuries to key players has exposed our lack of depth. Who would have believed we would be sitting at 5-5? It all started with the 13 seconds, then last year's playoff meltdown, and this year's debacle - it's not heading in the right direction and I think there needs to be wholesale changes starting with the HC, OC, and possibly Beane. I'm not sure I see Beane sticking around if Mcd goes.

Epenesa brings so much more than Von right now.

I saw that back in Jets game and he’s looked that way all to often this year on the bench.

Looks like a TD to me.

The Bills are playing as tight as a drum. They’re forcing everything on offense.

What a joke.

Leonard Floyd looks like he can be easily blocked.

Let’s bench Murray now.

Seems like these announcers really want to see the Bills show up and win this thing.

Miami put 70 up on these guys!

Exactly - that thing was smoked and didn’t need to be.

That’s McD - make a mistake and you’re out.

Wtf was that pass?

We’re lucky Payton is worse than Dorsey in calling plays.

Wilson is still plenty dangerous if you give him time - let's hope he doesn't decide to tap into his past glory and light up the Bills tonight.

Very true. But nonetheless he did put up 150 against a team we could only manage to get 68 and has a pretty decent defense.

The Bills Oline against the 49'ers Dline wouldn't be fun to watch. That Dline of the niners is sick and they have a perfect set of offensive weapons.

Well after the 0-2 start they have gone 5-2, including a great win against the same Bengals team we couldn't put away last week. Stroud looks like the real deal and they appear to have two really good lines and a bunch of quality players. I was called out a little last week when I compared their stats in their win over TB to ours but now we have 2 weeks worth of stats to indicate they appear to have a stronger team than ours at this point in the year. Stroud put up 356 and they run for 188 (150 for Motor!), when we passed for 258 and ran for 68. They also sacked Burrows 4 times and had 2 picks. We on the other hand had 1 sack and no picks. Full disclosure, I didn't watch the game but caught the highlights and from what I saw they're a fun team to watch. There's a lot of enthusiasm on their sideline and they don't have the burden of being expected to do much of anything this year in their head, and appear to be having a lot of fun in the process. They have a relatively soft schedule the rest of the season, play 5 of their next 8 at home, so we'll see what happens.

They have a very good OC!