Coach Tuesday

And they did that. You have to wonder where Bishop is at right now - I think they may have expected him to be starting as a rookie. The injury delayed him a bit but if he can put it together quickly the defense should improve. Rapp also seems to be playing with more confidence. Hamlin is not the answer.

This is what keeps getting overlooked in these discussions. This offseason did not take place in a vacuum. There were plenty of opportunities prior to this offseason to invest in young receivers to eventually (or quickly) take the reins from Diggs (or better yet add options in addition to Diggs). This regime constantly talks itself into other priorities - every offseason they need to draft a running back and overpay a middling veteran d lineman or three. It is the Curse of Dave Gettleman. It seemingly just never occurs to them to leverage their best asset and lean into it: their generational QB. They are meatheads, pure and simple, just like their mentor.

This. They seem to have talked themselves into a closed loop of internal misevaluation this offseason: that the defense would be good enough to keep games close and the offense wouldn’t need to add weapons because of that, and could win games through scheme, variety and run/pass balance on offense. But also that opposing teams would need to be pass-heavy against them because the Bills would be winning the game because of their offense. The first three games gave them hope that they had been correct, and then the wheels came off fast.

Takeo Spikes

They’re not booing - they’re yelling Coooooooooop

This opens up the entire offense. Huge.

I like Cook but there were several critical runs last night where Cook would’ve been stopped at contact and Davis wasn’t. You can’t underrate the effect that has wearing down a defense.

17 may be a deity. Also, Sean, maybe don’t rush only two against probably the best Hail Mary thrower in league history. You moron.

Add Douglas (his tackle of Hall before the INT low key saved the game), Dorian, Kincaid

Asking too much to overcome their situationally challenged coach, kicker with the yips, and the worst refs in the sport.

Yeah this game is trash. McDermott is just a bit dim, but it probably doesn’t even matter - these refs have let this go completely off the rails. They have no control over what is happening and it’s just chaos, it’s an almost unwinnable state of affairs.

This is the worst officiated game I’ve ever seen. Not biased just terrible.

The league is getting worse.

He’s basically saying they’re running the same defense they used to run with Hyde and JoPoy but lack the speed or savviness to do it right now. Highlighted a play against Baltimore where they tried dropping Rousseau into coverage and ended up with no pass rush and a huge hole in the zone.

I watched the Manning-Belicheck breakdown on the game on ESPN+ and it is worth everyone’s time. Bill loves Allen but seems not to think very much of the defense and, reading between the lines perhaps, McD. He says the Bills lack team speed on defense (as you say), and that the Bills don’t do much on D except cycle around which defender is dropping to which part of the zone on a play by play basis, that is their “disguise.” Seems pretty unimpressed.

Remember Chad Hall? He coaches their receivers…

He just dropped a second would-be touchdown 🤣

Pedersen may not be allowed to fly home on the team jet.

Yeah I don’t see it as “crapping on former Bills” - Beane has made some bad calls but this team would not be in any better shape right now if he had paid Davis and Edmunds anything close to what their new teams did.

Doug Pedersen is so getting fired…

Indica or sativa?

Also looking for 4 and will pay $5 more than @Conlan58 offers 😛

LINK?

He did miss practice today.

Davis trying to pick up blitzes against the Jets is gonna be a thing…