Sargent Hulka

No playing well...https://www.yahoo.com/sports/bills-gm-brandon-beane-takes-shot-at-bengals-dont-want-to-have-to-suck-bad-enough-to-have-to-get-jamarr-chase-234537689.html

Another damn Brendan Beane Carolina connection. That, in and of itself, says this regime cannot think outside the box.

He was a liability Sunday, especially with his tackling.

Was there a worst defense all year in giving up a 1st down on third and long?

Conflict of interest is an omnipresent risk when a GM and HC come as a package, and that is precisely what you have with Beane and McDermott. It corrupts autonomy, objectivity and accountability.

I want to love this metaphor (possibly for future use), but at the risk of seeming slow on the uptake, could you expound? Do you mean, too vanilla, unimaginative, anal retentive?

No, that O-line sucked all year. Allen's impressive running skills hid it. That was taken away in the playoffs.

I don't see the "everything that was going on" as a reason to for him to be COTY, but rather as the sole mitigating factor as to why he should't be fired. Then, of course, I'm viewing it from the lens of last season's disappointment added on, which has no bearing on this year's COTY. I don't see the "everything that was going on" as a reason to for him to be COTY, but rather as the sole mitigating factor as to why he should't be fired. Then, of course, I'm viewing it from the lens of last season's disappointment added on, which has no bearing on this year's COTY.

Shanahan! McDermott without the benefit of Allen is mediocre.

That's the problem with McDermott: his loyalty (which is a liability) will not allow him to acknowledge those deficiencies.

Grounds for dismissal!

He's good in the building, but he's also a terrible in-game manager; whether it's adjustments, timeouts, 4th down decisions, challenges. Five years on, and that has remained constant.

I think he gets next year, and at minimum a trip to the AFC Championship, or he's gone.

"...but not as good as the Saban and Levy years"

Cowherd hits the nail on the head: Buffalo's O-Line was the weakest unit on the field.

Listened to them this morning. Cappacio is exasperating. His words are measured, and he sounds more like a company man. I think he's too fond of being on the sidelines and flying with the team.

Your sample window is too small. How about adding in "13 seconds" from last year, for example, for more context. There's a pattern with this management and coaching staff, and ownership is way too deferring and passive.

Isn't it the coaches who decide what "talent" makes the roster, and who starts? Like it or not, they are complicit.

Why is it a waste of energy? It needs to be said!

Beane owns this. The status quo will not fly.

The O-line is ass, and Rousseau, AJ, Boogie, and Oliver were no shows on defense.

Beane has to answer for this. The buck stops with him. Status quo won't fly going forward. Are you kidding? Diggs shows classic signs of manic/depressive.

Reminds of Art Powell

Sorry, some heads must roll; Frazier's at a minimum, and I'm not crazy about either Eric Washington, or Aaron Kromer either.

Like I said in the game thread, this was like, and had the feel of, the 31-7 blowout loss to the Chiefs in the AFL Championship game at home in War Memorial in December, 1966. For comparison, we went on to win 4 games in '67 and 1 game in '68. Then we got OJ.