dave mcbride

I have heard before that he can.

I want her to do well - i want more women announcers - but “fracas” with a short “a”??!

Why wasn’t hauschka placed on IR so we could be fielding an uninjured kicker?

Good for mills.

wow.

Looks like McDermott implemented the Nick O’Leary plan.

?? Enunwa was hurt almost the entire season this year. He has been literally limping through games. He demonstrated last year that he’s quite good when healthy. He’s a good player and the contract is very reasonable given that the Jets have ~$100 million in cap room next season. He has been playing on a bad leg most of this season. He is ten times the player Jones is. It’s not even really debatable who is better or who has more upside, actually.

When he's healthy, he's definitely better than a scrub. Not sure why you would say that. He's been nicked up this season. With contracts, the thing to remember is that you're not paying for past production, you're paying for projected future production.

He doesn't need the money. He's very, very rich.

McDermott was SERIOUSLY outcoached last Sunday. It was as bad as I've ever seen for him. A low point.

Yes, the article is actually quite positive! I have no idea what the OP's point is.

Ted Washington was better than all of these players. Granted, he only spent 6 years on the Bills, but in all of those years the Bills' D ranged from above average to elite.

I love the idea of Bell (he is significantly better than Conner, in my opinion), but IIRC the Jets have more cap space than us and allegedly want him a lot. He'll choose NY over Buffalo for the obvious reasons if it comes to that.

It'll be Miami because of Gase's shaky position there and because of Kyle Williams. The Bills will be playing harder; of that you can be almost certain.

Good post, but it's also the case that you don't really know what you have until the real bullets start flying. With regard to more complex running plays, you have to run them to get better at them. McDermott clearly wants a run-heavy team, but if you want to be able to compare with the NEs, Baltimores, and old Harbaugh 49ers on that front, you have to work at it. Running a super-simplified scheme simply doesn't work in today's NFL, and you're never going to be better than below-average if you settle for really basic schemes. Plus there was the ridiculous QB situation and the now-readily apparent decline of their bell cow, McCoy, who has been flat-out terrible this year (it pains me to say this; I've defended McCoy for a long time). Plus the receiving corps, of which nothing needs to be said. On that front, give Daboll credit for making Foster their main guy and scheming to get him open.

True, but I think the Dolphins will probably be running a little faster to the bus than the Bills. Just a hunch.

This is not good for our eventual draft position, I reckon!

He has called pretty good games all season. His problem is being plagued by really bad qbs throughout his career (and the bills' qbs have collectively terrible this year). Given his track, Ithough, I simply can't see him getting a head coach job.

I disagree to an extent. The teams that have beaten them all have elite QBs and simply outscored them (NE, SD, Seattle, and LA). The Ravens put up more of a defensive fight, but the Chiefs still racked up points and yards. They're going to score regardless of weather; their QB and top skill players are too good for that not to happen.

I do think that NE would lose to the Chiefs in KC, but who knows who the Chiefs end up playing in Round 1. They'll crush TN if that's who they end up playing, but they could easily lose to SD, Baltimore, and Indy. I think the Browns are a tough matchup for the Ravens this weekend, but I also think the Ravens will likely win that game given how they're playing and what happened last year. Plus Harbaugh is a better coach than Gregg-o.

The sad thing is that if they beat the Jets, another trip to the SB is a very real possibility. I wouldn't want to coach against BB in a SB, and it is the case that every one of their 8 SBs has come down to the final minute. (Say what you will about the Pats, but when the play in the SB, you're assured of an excellent, exciting game.)

Really? They're pretty similar, actually. The Bills will wind up 6-10 or 5-11 with a generally pretty good defense and a terrible offense that struggles to run the ball and a big, strong-armed rookie qb with *genuine* (i.e., not made-up) accuracy issues who missed a handful of games mid-season and who also flashes excellent run skills. How is that different, big picture-wise, from the 2013 team? I'm in no way saying that Allen ends up like Manuel at all, but it's fair to say that there are some comparables to work with.

Good stuff - thanks for the link and the paste.

I think they need two. Foster is a legit starter, and anyways, no team has 4 good wideouts. Let's work in the realm of the plausible!

I don't recall any drops by him of note.