dave mcbride

I wouldn't say that. Most of his pieces for The Athletic are fairly positive.

Not if you include the playoffs. He led all receivers in the postseason last year with 19 receptions, and had 287 receiving yards plus 3 TDs (including one against the Bills to go along with an incredible catch near the goal line late in the game). He also had 2 rushes for 16 yards versus the Bills last year in that playoff game. You have to factor in the postseason when making these evaluations. Also, Worthy has 25 rushes for 157 yards and 3 TDs. Coleman has one carry for 9 yards. Don't forget Devin Funchess.

This is a very good discussion. I left it thinking it's not implausible. The price would be high, but he's a sure thing and REALLY good at a position the Bills are bad at.

I do think Coleman could be a capable slot receiver given his game and physical skill set. He is not a good boundary receiver, obviously, but he's not without value.

I think it's a numbers game. Teams just don't worry about the receivers enough to not blitz frequently. Just look at Cincy last night: their receivers either get open immediately or are open if they're not really open because they're so good. The Bills don't have that.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6720217/2025/10/16/buffalo-bills-josh-allen-brandon-beane-gm/ "Pass protection has been diddly-poo. Allen was sacked 14 times last year. He has already been taken down 12 times, eight over the past three games. Pro Football Reference has charted Allen with a career-low 2.0 seconds of pocket time and 15 scrambles (rushes on plays designed to be a pass), which would put him on pace for 71 this season. His career high was 57 scrambles in 2022. Discipline has been diddly-poo. The Bills have committed 35 penalties [in the past three games], 30 of them accepted for 209 yards. They drew 15 flags against the Patriots and four in the first quarter alone versus the Falcons, including a Gregory Rousseau offside that erased a takeaway and a Tre’Davious White pass interference on a third-down incompletion to extend a touchdown drive. Opponents have accepted at least eight penalties in three straight games, something the Bills haven’t experienced in four years. Turnover margin has been diddly-poo. The one trend everybody knew Buffalo couldn’t count on forever was its kooky 25 consecutive games without a negative turnover margin. Buffalo was a minus-4 combined against New England and Atlanta. Their run defense has done diddly-poo. Despite amassing 26 tackles for losses on runs, fourth most in the NFL, they’ve allowed 5.8 yards per carry, with 3.9 yards after contact, both league worsts. Only the Tennessee Titans, who fired their head coach this week, have allowed more than the Bills’ nine rushing TDs. Open-field tackling has been diddly-poo. At safety, Sports Info Solutions has Taylor Rapp down for seven missed or broken tackles and Cole Bishop for three, most comically on Bijan Robinson’s 81-yard touchdown run Monday night. Also, 34-year-old Jordan Poyer is on the field again. ... On the 15 balls thrown into White’s coverage, he has allowed 11 receptions (73.3 percent) for 114 yards and a touchdown, while also committing pass interference twice, defensive holding twice and missing four tackles. And he missed a game. Christian Benford has surrendered an even higher passer rating, 18 of 28 attempts (64.3 percent) for 174 yards and four touchdowns with a pass interference, a defensive hold and an illegal contact. ... Beane was so cocksure Allen’s solo act would work again that the GM made only minor moves to improve the offense. Beane even seemed willing to let running back James Cook walk in 2026. In a post-draft interview on the Bills’ flagship radio station WGR 550-AM, Beane lashed out at the hosts for criticizing his lack of attention to wide receiver throughout the offseason. The club thought Beane was righteous and entertaining enough to feature his rant — that the Bills even had to bleep — at the very beginning of their behind-the-scenes draft special. The Bills didn’t lead with material about the rookies they drafted; they wanted to ridicule. Through six games, the receiver criticism looks legitimate. The highest draft picks haven’t made an impact, and receiver production has been negligible. Almost a year ago to the day, with concerns over the wideouts and the Bills coming off back-to-back losses, Beane traded for Amari Cooper, and although the five-time Pro Bowl receiver didn’t light up the stat sheet, his presence was credited for opening up the offense. To make a similar deal now, of course, would require Beane to admit he was wrong this offseason."

The Bengals winning last night was good for the Bills. Yeah, Flacco looked mostly great, but I guarantee you that he will turn in some terrible performances going forward that'll cost Cincy some games.

Coleman is from Louisiana ...

There's a big difference between being 38 inches from a first down and 17 inches. In the latter scenario, a sneak becomes MUCH easier. Teams should never lose a challenge and TO when the refs agree that they spotted it short, irrespective of whether the re-spot results in a first down or not. It's bonkers.

I thought the same. They are uncoverable. The game is on Dec 7, and Burrow isn’t supposed to be back until mid-December at the earliest.

I can see it with certain qbs, but not Rodgers. As you may recall, mayfield made a hail mary throw for tampa (after an egregious, inexcusable offside by von miller) that probably should have been caught by chris godwin. The bills were very lucky to win that one.

More than has the arm — he still has one of the top 3-4 arms in the league, along with Josh and Stafford. Maybe Mahomes too.

Threw it from the 32 and it got 3-4 yards into the EZ. Basically a 71-72 yard throw, and with velocity. That’s why when you hear Josh Allen say Rodgers was the QB he idolized when growing up, you believe him.

I am HIGHLY aware of the LSD game. But … overall he wasn’t a wild pitcher.

Doc had a pretty darn good walk rate over his career: 2.9 walks per 9 innings: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ellisdo01.shtml

Kirby has been saying the same for literally years!

Just throwing this out there re: Shaheed: https://saintsreport.com/threads/just-how-fast-is-rashid-shaheed.496430/

This just occurred to me: is the Bills receiving corps the trash mob you have to fight your way through to get to the final boss of the JAGs?

This is exactly true. He hasn't been that bad. At this point, he's a mediocre NFL CB -- a JAG, but a legit NFL-level JAG. The people behind him are worse -- way worse.

“Final Boss of JAG WRs” is brilliant!

I did not realize that. Thanks for that info. I will confess to not having watched any Titans games.

I didn't include him because I just don't see Philly getting rid of their best receiver in a year in which they're trying to repeat.

Well, they dropped two INTs (Cam Lewis and Shaq Thompson).

I didn't bring up Meyers and Wilson can definitely play outside.

He is a first round talent. Who have the Bills drafted in the first round since Josh Allen who is better than him? The only upper echelon receiver they’ve had in this era was obtained by trading a first round pick.