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For example. Remember the constant cycling between 3-4 and 4-3 defenses. If the new hire wants to run a 3-4, we would need to get all new LBs to run that. We have massive cap resources invested in the ones we have now, so that takes a season of suckling to clear the space to rebuild. Then another season for the new players to gel. We used to go through this cycle every three years, where a new coach would want new schemes and the roster they inherited didn't fit their needs. I could go dredge out old threads to prove my point, but I think we can all remember this process if we think back hard enough.

Of course we care more. To the players, the BIlls are the company that cuts their massive paychecks. They get paid, win or lose. To the owner, it's a massively appreciating asset that his children will be able to sell for billions. To many of us on this message board, it's our final tie to the place we're from and a team that we've been rooting for since childhood. My father's final words to me were "Go Bills!" That's how deep this is for me, and why I'm so upset this morning.

I don't fall into either one of those camps. I just realize that making an organizational change means a multi-year rebuild while a new GM and HC reset the cap and roster to play how they want to play. We might as well completely pull off the band-aid and trade the franchise QB too, because he would be mid-30's before we would be ready to contend again, and that's only if they get all those moves right. And the next few drafts have very few QBs in them, even if you have a top pick. Also, if the Bills trade the QB they immediately go back to being a small market where no one wants to play. So, I think the Bills are screwed. I see no way out. My mood today is, "just move the franchise to Toronto so I can stop caring." I'm actually mad that the lease on the new stadium makes that impossible. I can't believe that WNY invested all that money, just to watch a 4-win team in the cold.

How do you deal with this:

I'm beyond angry, even after sleeping on it. For the second time in three games, what I saw was a team that would rather lose than play hard enough to meet the urgency of the moment. The Texans had their season on time line last night, and we didn't match their effort. If the team doesn't care, maybe I should stop caring, too. This time, there is no in-house candidate to take over mid-season, and it is almost impossible to bring in someone from the outside who doesn't know the plays they are supposed to call. We're stuck, at least for this year.

He's more than a football player now, after all. Maybe I need to be less of a football fan. If these guys don't care, why should I?

We would need to suck (I mean really suck). Their defense is loaded with high draft picks.

At least throw it away. Can't take 8 sacks!

And I won't be able to sleep until 4 because I actually feel sick.

It makes me angrier than anything that they care less than us. I want to break things, and to them it's just another paycheck.

They scored 3 in the second half, on Shakir's fumble. Our defense actually played well in the second half and got stops. We got beat by the best defense in the NFL. Still sucks.

If Anderson doesn't make an incredible play, that's a TD and we take the lead.

I am not a Josh Allen fan. I am a Buffalo Bills fan. If he goes to another team, he's just another opposing player to me.

If Praeter could make a PAT, we'd be in OT right now.

8 sacks. 8 sacks. 8 sacks. Do I need to say it again? 8 sacks!

That's what a great defense can do for a team. If they make the playoffs, they will be a TOUGH out.

They had to score there. It was the only chance.

This is embarrassing. The OL, who we have spent so much money on, is getting bullied. They are all soft babies.

We're getting zero pass rush. ZERO!

Because they are taking away the first read. They are elite at every level of the defense so they can rush 4. They have elite CBs and coverage LBs. And they have the best front in the league.

This OL has not played this poorly in years.

You know Tim Settle is loving this.

They're not even blitzing.

Defense is actually coming up big in this half. We jusst can't move the dang ball.

I want a coach and GM who won't accept a soft team. This team is getting bullied tonight.