DrDawkinstein

McDermott has had 8 years, and 6 years of "good" Josh. Any new coach would get 3 years before the pitchforks come out.That would take us to Josh's 11th year in the league... tick tick tick tick tick tick tick....

The offense is (usually) humming and just fine. It's the defense that needs the change and that aint happening while McD is here.

To answer @Draconator's question, tough to tell right now without knowing who all is available, but if pressed for a name today I'd say Joe Brady. Just promote him to keep him and the Offense consistent, and have him hire an experienced former-HC Defensive Coordinator.

I was banging the table for Vrabel back when he was available. Jim Harbaugh should have been considered. Plenty of folks here were talking about Sean Payton when he was available. I'm not as big on the Belichick idea but any change is better than running into the same damn wall of being flat and unprepared for big games. People can try to blame individual players for all the mistakes, and some of it is on them, but there is a big issue with "fundamentals" that is plaguing this team. The fundamentals of basic open field tackling. The fundamentals of lining up correctly (across multiple phases. we got one on Special Teams right after we got on on Offense) The fundamentals of coverage and turning around for the ball because you are going to get flagged every time with your back to the ball. The Pats have a Championship caliber coach who coached up his Wild Card talent team The Bills have a Wild Card caliber coach whose Championship caliber team played down to their opponent. I'm done excusing it. Sure, we're still 4-1. Still lead the division. Will still likely win the division. Yay. Cant wait to be bitterly disappointed in the playoffs as I watch this jabroni clap his way through wasting Josh's career.

No idea what mightve changed, but I'd also say that Spotrac isnt always 100% accurate or up to date, so they may have just been catching up from moves made weeks ago.

Sure, but it's not 17 or the offense that concerns me. I've also never said we'll lose, just that it will be a tough game.

No one was allowed to make him any offers. He was still under contract with the Bills. If he had access to the open market, he'd be gone or we'd be paying much more.

It wasnt nearly that many. It was more like 2 drops each his rookie and 2nd year, with one of those memorable drops being during the 2023 Cowboys game, when he already had over 150 yards rushing (1 rushing TD) and 42 yards receiving (with a TD catch as well). But folks only remember the drop that happened late in the game when we were already blowing them out.

This has to be some deep cut reference... googling now. ah, found it. Any news on Uncle Wilbert?

Yes. Another couple mil a year wouldve been easy to find to keep him happy and prevent any future renegotiation. I'm really not trying to make that argument, I didnt wake up and log on to say this, just discussing it in the context of this thread and when someone mentioned he's already underpaid.

Bad teams pay guys on what they did in the past. But to that point, he was already the 2nd most important player on Offense. He showed enough YoY improvement to give him a better contract than they did, especially with the state of the cap and streaming revenue. Beane made his bed. He better be ready to kick Samuel and/or Knox out of it in order to keep Cook happy and a Bill.

I dont think Maye will come out and immediately start torching us based on just his passing ability, or NE's passing game. But I do think TreVeyon Henderson will establish the run quite successfully, and then they'll start hitting the play actions. And given the state of this defense and Babich's play calling, who knows where it goes from there.

It's definitely something we (Beane) should be thinking about. I said as much after week 2. Given what we saw out of him this offseason, I dont think he'd go as far as holding out. But his agent will definitely be calling Beane, and another hold in could happen in the near future. It's another reason I was big on "just give the dude his $15M avg". Keep your best, most important players happy.

At this point, the only MVP award that matters is Super Bowl MVP

Because we're judging him on actual in-game performance and decisions (which he is top notch at as a Belichick "know the rule book" disciple), and the fact he coached a Tannehill-lead team to the #1 seed TWICE. And not just judging him on how he looks as a former LB. Bob Saleh cant hold his jock. And given our HC's proclivity to botching decisions in crunch time, you can absolutely expect Vrabel to get one over on McD and squeak out an extra last minute FG to tie or win if he can keep it close.

Is James Cook worth it? Yes, worth what he got. Worth "15 mill year". Heck, lets face it, at this point no one would be upset if we had to do $17M. Saints Game: Josh Allen 22 pass attempts James Cook 22 carries BuT hE dOeSnT pLaY 50% oF tHe SnApS

I dont think they score 30 this week.

My biggest concern is we've said this so many times over the last 5 years, and then the next game happens and it turns out "oh, they're still laying in the weeds"

This is going to be a closer game than a lot of fans in this thread and the Predict the Score thread think. With a Vrabel team, I expect them to come out fired up and ready to play. We'll see if the Bills can match their energy and physicality. I expect the Pats to establish the run immediately and successfully. Will look very much like the wind game. And then start hitting play action passes. They'll play ball control and clock control and work to not give Josh much Time of Possession or chances. While I predicted 27-24, it very well may end up more like 20-17. And Vrabel will dip into his bag of tricks to out-maneuver McDermott and sneak out an extra possession. And in a one-score game that may be trouble.

Bills 27-24

There is really no such thing as a "pull" medically speaking. It's either strained or sprained and there are severity levels of each of those. And yes, I've had them plenty. My left hammy has what feels like a missing section and then a knot from when I strained it in high school football. And I still kept playing. Because I'm not soft like Lamar. ( had to sneak that jab in) As far as the Drs clearing him over a lightly strained hammy... there are plenty of guys who have worse and get cleared to play every week, if they want to play. Josh with his broken hand. Cousins with his cracked ribs in 2023. Josh with his sprained elbow of his throwing arm. And those are just the ones we know off the top of the head. Side note, on the comparing us normies to pro athletes and still QB related, this cracked me up today. And Milton isnt even one of the top arms in the league. Imagine catching a fastball from Josh???

All 5 points you listed can be true-ish at the same time. That is the exact grey area the Ravens are using to help Lamar save face for being soft. It isnt black/white that he either has a horrible hamstring injury or he's 100% fine. They're using that grey area to maneuver and save face exactly like a few of us predicted. Go Bills! Reported.

the RAVENS are flip flopping around!

I think we need all hands on deck Sunday Night. A couple weeks ago I wouldve said rest them, but the way the Pats are playing, and it being a Divisional game which will always be tough, get everyone ready.

I'm more curious than ever as to what happened to Oliver. He danced around giving any info in his press conference until someone directly asked him "exactly what happened?", and even then his response was "What did they tell you happened?". The reporter answered "they said you got stepped on" and he said "then I got stepped on".