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I'm not saying that Josh is 100% there yet, he still needs more experience. But... You can throw out the Pats game as part of any type of slump. He didn't have a bad game at all. The game plan was to run the ball down their throats. They didn't need him to pass. (Dabol even said that they only practiced two passing plays all week leading up to the game). So, this can not be considered part of any slump, because Josh and the offense executed the game plan that was prepared and called. The Jets game was a good game for Josh, except for not getting in the end zone (which has nothing to do with the number of corners dropped, because the field is shortened in the red zone). It had more to do with penalties and good defense. But Josh played a lot better in this game than a lot of posters give him credit for. So, I would not include either of those games as a "slump" for either Josh or the offense. People may not have been happy with how close they were or the number of points scored, but these were not bad games by the offense. Yes, Tennessee defended the Bills differently, and it looks like Josh/the offense didn't get a handle on that by the KC game either. But by the Jets game, Josh was executing the short passing game, taking what the defense gave him. So, it took him two games to adjust to a major change in how he was being defended. For a third year QB, I don't think that is bad at all. Not to mention that KC and Tenn are two of the best teams in the league. Besides, not even the greats have 300-yard games every week, because the opponent, weather, injuries factor into how you are going to try to win the game. For instance, the QB most consider the best ever, Tom Brady, has 110 300-yard passing games in 343 career games. Or just under one-third of the games he has played. That averages out to just five 300-yard passing games per regular season (or 10-11 games/year across his career that he did not throw for 300 yards). Even Mahomes, who has been breaking all kinds of records for 300-yard games is at 50% (which is amazing) on the year and for his career ( 8 games a year with and 8 games a year without a 300-yard game). And he is a unicorn. BTW, guess who else is at 50% on the year for 300-yard games? People aren't making excuses for Josh or the offense, they are just saying that in reality, things probably aren't as bad as they look to a lot of people right now. And if the O-line gets settled and Brown and Knox are healthy, that will make a big difference too. But you can't discount weather and opponent when trying to assess Josh or the offense. Those things definitely dictate game plans. So, I do not think the offense or Josh are in any type of slump. They just had a couple of bad games against two of the best teams in the NFL and then game plan influenced the Pats game. Not getting in the end zone against the Jets was definitely a bit concerning. But, overall, they have been so good at that this year, that the Jets game is a blip, not a trend. Keep the faith! Go Bills!

I would love to see Devin score a TD this week and pull out a Gangnam-style dance now.

I think his reputation as a good DC is running on fumes at this point, and that reputation far surpasses his results. (I heartily agree though on points # 1 and #2.) I think he has maintained that reputation on the dirty play. He always has his guys head hunting, so they seem like a tough, hard-hitting defense. But they aren't disciplined, they're just dirty. Yes, he had 3 seasons where he had an elite defense. And he had 6 seasons overall with a top 10 defense, but that is out of 22 years of being a DC or HC. So, only 27% of his career did he have a top 10 defense. The rest of his career, outside of maybe 2019, his defenses have been middle of the pack or worse (or for 70% of his career). And he hasn't had a top 10 defense in almost a decade. As I said in another thread. He is way more trouble than he is worth. I don't know why teams keep hiring him. Year Team Title Yards Allowed Rank Points Allowed Rank 1997 TEN DC 22 12 1998 TEN DC 16 12 1999 TEN DC 17 15 2000 TEN DC 1 2 2001 BUF HC 21 29 2002 BUF HC 15 27 2003 BUF HC 2 5 2004 WAS DC 3 5 2005 WAS DC 9 9 2006 WAS DC 31 27 2007 WAS DC 8 11 2008 JAX DC 17 21 2009 NOR DC 25 20 2010 NOR DC 4 7 2011 NOR DC 24 13 2014 STL DC 17 16 2015 STL DC 23 13 2016 LAR DC 9 23 2017 CLE DC 14 31 2018 CLE HC/DC 30 21 2019 NYJ DC 7 16 2020 NYJ DC 20 29

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https://www.buffalobills.com/video/isaiah-mckenzie-moves-chains-on-14-yard-fourth-down-fly-sweep-bills-at-raiders You're correct Rochesterfan. #26 (who I said was the safety) was indeed the right CB who is following McKenzie across the formation, but way too deep and way too late that he never would have arrived on time (to stop the first down). But McKenzie was his assignment, so makes sense that he would have seen the play the whole way, with his eyes on McKenzie. He does force McKenzie out of bounds, but after 14 yards and the first down. #27 (the player I noted as the CB late to recognize the play), who ends up chasing McK from behind, was the outside left corner, lined up outside of Tyler Kroft at the start of the play. Looks like Kroft is his assignment by his initial reaction. And Kroft does a great job of freezing the corner by taking a couple of quick steps (to look like he is going out for a route) before he turns back to block the LB on the end of the line. The DE and LB on the left side of the defensive formation watch the play run by them. LB lost contain, was slow to react, and gets blocked by Kroft. And the safety (#38) runs down to crash the line, and sees McKenzie too late, so has lost any angle on the play.

Before the 2019 season, I thought for sure McKenzie would be/should be a cut. I thought, he's just a gadget guy, there are other receivers who can do more or who are bigger. I liked him, but didn't see his value. But, I have to say, he completely won me over last year. And this offseason, if someone suggested McKenzie should be a cut, I knew they were mistaken (as most of you did too, of course). He is so important to Dabol's offense, even if he only gets 2-4 plays a game, the threat of him coming on one of those jet sweeps, keeps defenses honest and more spread out laterally. And the reason they have to honor it is because McKenzie is so fast and so good at it. He is more successful than not when they actually give him the ball. That threat makes so many other plays more open. And the kid just makes plays when his number is called! Great call by Dabol and great execution by everyone. I love that still photo that Dr.Sack posted too. What kills me is how fooled the Raiders were by it. McKenzie has already received the ball and run like five or six yards with it (toward the sideline) and turned the corner for daylight, and yet only 4 of the 11 defensive players even know that McKenzie has the ball---two of which he is already passed (hard to miss seeing it when he runs by right in front of you), the safety in the middle of the field (too far away to make a play), and the corner (who was late to recognize it and is now on an island against McKenzie's speed and shiftiness). The other seven players are all still playing the run fake to the other side. The safety was the only defender to see the play as soon as it happened, but as I said, he was never going to get there on time even though he read the play correctly.

I won't go through all of the reasons why, because I and many other posters have done it before. But AT THE TIME, it was the right decision for McDermott to not pick Mahomes. Anyone who says differently is either looking at it in hindsight, or maybe was hyped on Mahomes for whatever reason, but not considering the other factors involved for the Bills at the time. And the guy who has already crowned Mahomes as the GOAT? C'mon man. Yes, Mahomes has been phenomenal and already has a ring, but you are going to crown him over Brady, Manning, Montana, Unitas, Rodgers, Favre, Marino, Brees, Elway, Kelly, Graham, Staubach, Baugh, Starr, etc. after only two seasons of play (40 games total)? For comparison, Brady has played 316 games, Manning 292 games, Brees 279 games, Montana 269 games, Marino 258 games, Elway 252 games, etc. Yes, if he keeps up this level of play for another 12-15 years and wins some more rings, it will probably be a two-man discussion between Brady and Mahomes. But, that's a long time from now. The way I always look at this debate is that it's a win-win for both KC and Buffalo. Mahomes is great and a blast to watch and I would love to root for him if he was my team's QB. But I am actually very glad that all of the cards fell as they did, because I love the team we have now and Josh is the perfect guy for Buffalo!

I live in NYC...and I truly feel bad for Jets fans. They're good people and they have suffered even worse than we Bills fans have. Since 1970 (just after the Jets Super Bowl team), here is what it has been for the last 51 years for each team: Jets Bills 14 winning seasons 18 winning seasons so, 37 losing seasons so, 33 losing seasons 12 playoff appearances 15 playoff appearances only 7 times past the Wild Card 10 times past the Wild Card game 4 Conference Game appearances 5 Conference Game appearances 0 Super Bowl appearances 4 Super Bowl appearances However, the owners and current management and coaches of the Jets do not allow me to have any sympathy for the team itself. I'm glad to see them crashing and burning. Gase is a joke as a head coach (and an offensive coordinator). It was obvious in Miami. Why the Jets hired him after that, I'll never know (kind of like us hiring Rex after everything fell apart in New York). Since those first two years with Peyton Manning in Denver, here are the rankings of this so-called genius' offenses: Year (team)(Pos) Yards Points Team Record: 2015 (CHI---OC) 16th 23rd 6-10 2016 (MIA---HC) 29th 17th 10-6 2017 (MIA---HC) 25th 28th 6-10 2018 (MIA---HC) 30th 26th 7-9 2019(NYJ---HC) 27th 31st 7-9 2020 (NYJ---HC) 31st 31st 0-4 And the NFL should have never reinstated Gregg Williams. He has not changed his ways. He is still a dirty MotherF#(ker and there is no doubt that he still coaches his players to injure other players. I mentioned it in a post after our week one game against them. The Jets were trying to lay out our wide receivers all game. And the idea that he is a defensive genius seems a bit overblown to me too. He has been a defensive coordinator or Head Coach for 22 years. In that time, his defenses have only finished top 10 in both yards and points allowed 5 times. That's it. Five times in 22 years. And he has had 10 seasons where his defense didn't crack the top 15 in yards or points allowed. In 15 of the 22 seasons, his defenses finished 14th or lower in yards allowed (8 of those were 21st or lower, with two 30th place rankings and a 31st place ranking in there too). The guy is way more trouble than he is worth. He needs to just take his air horns and go home.

I hear you. We definitely have not yet seen the dominating type of performances that this defense had last year. But in my thinking, last week was hard to judge with our top 3 LBs not playing, and this week, there still seemed to be a lot of factors that played into the poor second half performance. Doesn't excuse it, but just doesn't have me worried that all of a sudden they aren't good anymore. Plus due to the abbreviated offseason, I'm kind of in an "I'm not going to make too many rash judgements" mode based on the first few weeks for a lot of things in the league this year. But only time will tell if we have something to worry about or not. I'm just not there yet, but I can also understand why you are.

Yeah, the Rams fell flat in that Super Bowl, but they were still good enough to get there (even if it took a bad call by the refs in the Championship game). Just saying, they are obviously a talented team. And I also did't mention the fact that the horrible INT call by the refs totally changed the momentum of the game...and two of those 3rd quarter TDs by the Rams came on short fields thanks to the BS INT call and the Josh Allen fumble (that maybe could have been called roughing the passer, not due to horse collar, but because of the way that he slung him down. A lot of other QBs would have gotten that call--and then to add some salt in the wounds, they give Josh a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty to really set the Rams up...already in FG range). If those two calls went our way, the Rams would not have had that amazing offensive output. They would probably have still been down 10-14 points late in the 4th, rather than up by 4. But, as we all know as Bills fans, we have to live with and overcome what the refs do too. I'm not saying the defense didn't get gashed, they did. But, I don't think its because all of a sudden this defense sucks and we are going to get gashed by any halfway decent team. I just think there were so many other factors today to be too down on the defense. They'll turn it around...but the elite offenses of this league are going to get theirs too, no defense stops everyone all season long. Hopefully this and maybe the Chiefs game will be the worst of it.

These are not excuses, I'm just trying to look at it objectively (with a little of my Bills bias of course). The team we played today is only 19 months removed from being a Super Bowl team and they haven't lost much talent since then. Their coach is well recognized as a great offensive mind. They were also 2-0 coming in. Edmunds and Milano were both coming back from injury...who is to say that they were playing at 100% today. Injuries may have still been lingering. And the Rams play a stretch/zone run offense that is very difficult to defend and often leaves runs up the gut more open, because the defense gets stretched out. And it also tires them out, because it is a lot of running, chasing the motion men and the sweeps, reverses, and screens. The Rams were on the field so much in the third quarter, that our guys starting getting gassed. (And don't forget that their conditioning is probably not up to the level of a normal week 3, because of the crazy offseason.) Plus, the Rams are just one of the best at running that type of offense, due to the threat that Woods is on those runs and all of their team speed. As to the third quarter issue, and I'd have to go back to last year's games to get a full picture, but we were leading at the half in every game (at least this year). So, it is the other team that needs to make significant adjustments at the half. And it is really hard to decipher what those adjustments might be until you see them. So, I'm wondering if it takes them some time in the third quarter to see how the other team changed things and then to address it. Obviously, it would be great if that process could happen more quickly, but the Bills are the ones having to react to the adjustments coming out of the half (when up). You aren't going to change your plan completely (other than adding a few wrinkles), until the other team shows they can stop it. So, is it partially a product of being up on the scoreboard at the half? Plus, even the great defenses (the ones that end up in the top 5 at the end of the year) get scorched by a great offense a couple of times in a season. I still have total faith in this defense and its coaching staff. The Rams offense is just damn good. For anyone to be questioning McDermott's coaching ability seems somewhat ridiculous to me. I mean go for it, be concerned about it, but this man has brought more to Bills football than any coach since Marv. Even if his staff's third quarter adjustments are a little slow in coming, I will accept that flaw for everything else that he brings to the table. As coach said in his own postgame speech, "There's one quality that I take over any piece of talent out there, and that's heart." The only thing that I would say is that the players need to develop a "don't let them up" attitude when they have the lead. That "go for the jugular" mindset...rather than relaxing a bit. But, to me that is on the players, not the coaches. The coaches stayed aggressive...McDermott didn't all of a sudden become conservative as the OP said. They were still blitzing, they were still throwing the ball downfield. Maybe the team is just still learning to be in that position (up big early...it's not a place they have often been until the very end of last season). And then sometimes you just have to tip your hat to the other team for executing their plays.

Allen (WOW) Diggs (WOW---and first (of many) Bills TDs) Dodson (He ain't Tremaine, but the kid played his butt off today and was calling the defense) Daboll (2nd week, 2nd great game plan...went for the jugular late). Honorable mention to Gabriel Davis and Reggie Gilliam for their first NFL TDs.

I mentioned a few times on this board over the offseason that Murphy was a beast down the stretch last year (I told folks to rewatch the Dallas game, the Pittsburgh game, and the Houston playoff game...he had pressures, sacks, turnovers...and was always good against the run). I was surprised that people were overlooking how well he played last year. Everyone was so disappointed with his first season, and the amount that he was paid for it, that I think that sentiment just kept going even when he did start to play well. His injury from when he was with Washington was so catastrophic that even though he was able to play (sparingly) for us in his first year as a Bill, his body obviously wasn't healed yet. He was only 13-17 months removed from a major injury during that season (he tore both his ACL and MCL in that knee). At the start of last season, he was two years removed from his injury and about 1/3 of the way into the season, he finally looked like his old self. So, I think the injury just took two years to fully heal...not surprising with how bad it was. Loved this quote from Beane in that article. One that we fans should keep in mind: "It’s not all stats versus salary with us.” Full quote for context (regarding Trent Murphy): “His leadership is very important to what he brings, and there’s value in that,” Beane said. “A lot of times people get caught up in this number or the stats, but Trent does a lot of the little things and a lot of the dirty work, too. It’s not all stats versus salary with us.”

Funny post overall BritBill, but the line above was the showstopper. 😆😂

A few long-winded observations: TYLER I'm not worried about Bass. First live kicking ever in Bills Stadium, ever in an NFL game...rookie jitters. He was pushing everything a bit too far to the right (not sure how bad the wind was today), but that is easily correctable with a little coaching and having a feel for it, finally getting to do it for real. The first one looked good to me. And I'm not so sure that he would have missed the second one if they call the first one good. He missed that second one so bad, he was obviously in his head after the first one not being called good, trying to get his first NFL FG, not wanting to let down his teammates, etc. Then he righted the ship with the last two, even if they weren't straight down the middle. Also, I think the camera angle made the last one look a little more to the right than it actually was as it passed the posts, because he was angling the ball through in the direction of the camera. I did love seeing Siran Neal, a leader on Special Teams, go over to talk to Tyler after the second miss to calm him down. GAME PLAN/RUN GAME First, as others have said, the Jets strength is against the run. So, Dabol came out with a short passing game supplemented by Josh Allen designed runs. It was a great plan and worked like a charm (except for the two Josh fumbles). The run game with Singletary and Moss wasn't a major part of the gameplan. Yes, it was a little worrying that when they finally did turn to it, it was a bit anemic. But, it was a 2nd year player and a rookie (with shortened offseason and no preseason) coming in late with no feel for the game because the gameplan didn't call their numbers early on, and against a very good run front. So, again, I'm not too worried about it. The sloppiness I did see in the run game, however, was the mesh point between Josh and Zach. That looked awkward to me every time and seemed to hinder those plays. Hopefully that will improve with more play together, but I would definitely have them work on it. Tough to tell about the O-line right now. Were they bad in the run game or is the Jets front just very good? We need more evidence. And let's not forget that we were going up against a Greg Williams (of Bounty-gate fame) defense. The Jets were never in this game, but Greg had his guys hitting very hard. The win was easy, but it was a tough week 1 opponent to have because of their physicality (and the limited amount of hitting this preseason). Our wide receivers got tagged quite a bit, they all looked like they were hurting at some point. But a lot of that was because Greg started to drop 8 or 9 guys into coverage to try and stop all our receiving weapons (i.e. we were giving it to them). But when they only rushed two or three, Josh just took his time in the pocket and waited for a receiver to get open. So, Greg's first adjustment really didn't work (other than to bang up our WRs, who all got up wincing, but just kept making plays). And that is a good sign going forward, when the opponent makes adjustments and you continue to win the downs. The Jets only really slowed the Bills down when the Bills tried to turn to the rushing game to run the clock in the 2nd half. The Jets did a good job of shutting it down. But, other than that, it was only the Bills' own miscues that slowed them down on offense. And what do you need to say about this defense. Once again, 11 men working as 1. They are the epitome of team defense. Basically just gave up the one big play to Crowder. The last TD was garbage time and aided by a pass interference call. JOSH Congrats to Josh on his first 300-yard game. But, oh how he wishes he had that throw to JB in the back of the end zone back. He needs to calm down on those, redirect his hips (like James Lofton said), and hit that one every time. Also, a good reminder game for Josh about ball security (in a win where the fumbles didn't hurt us). Don't try to do too much, go down when you can, hold on to that ball. But I'm still ok with the designed runs. Josh really only exposed himself to two big hits. Yes, that is two too many, but his run ability keeps defenses honest and is a great way to run the ball against a strong front that can stop a traditional running game. But yeah, the hit he took on the second fumble was a little scary. But overall, a very good game from Josh. He really spread the ball around to his weapons (he hit 8 different receivers), they seemed to have success when he changed the plays at the line of scrimmage, his decision making was good (except maybe a couple of balls in the 4th quarter), accuracy looked pretty good (only a couple of bad throws and a couple where he could have led his receiver to more yards), and he had some big runs. If he didn't fumble the ball (twice) and hit the TD to Brown, his stat line could have been 350 yards passing, 57 yards rushing, and 6 TDS. As it was, he still had 369 yards from scrimmage and 3 TDs. Very promising for a game where everyone is trying to shake the rust off. MISC. Without the miscues (2 fumbles/missed FG/easy TD miss to JB), the Bills could have scored somewhere between 43 and 51 points in this game. Good to get those mistakes out week one. Props to Zimmer, coming up from the practice squad and having an impact on the game. Andre Roberts looked great today returning kicks, even though he didn't bust a big one. Do we have weapons now or what? 8 different receivers caught balls. With 4 players having 7+ targets each. Diggs had a quiet 86 yards, despite getting doubled for most of the game. JB: 70 and a TD. Cole for 58. Even the rook got his feet wet with two grabs on two targets. Injuries to Milano and Edmunds suck. Hopefully its not too bad for either of them. They are two studs at a position with probably the weakest depth on the team. But props to the backups who came in and held down the fort. Bojo only had one punt, but did his job with a 53-yarder and no return. Overall, very happy with the game. The Bills looked strong and prepared. Need to fix the miscues, obviously, but they are all very correctable stuff. The Jets were never a threat, even when they got the lead down to 11 points, but the Bills still need to learn to put a team away a little more cleanly (especially when they're up against better competition). Yet a win is a win, especially in week 1 against a division rival, in a stadium without fans. And this team is just going to get better with each passing week. Gonna be a fun season boys and girls (especially when the fans can come back). Let's Go Buffalo!

I liked Shaq, but Addison is an upgrade (talent/experience-wise). And I know it's popular to trash Trent Murphy, but he is actually excellent against the run and really had a good run down the stretch of last season [with multiple big plays in each of the Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Houston (playoff) games]. And A.J. Epenesa's strength is supposed to be against the run. As to your thread title, about the interior of the line, yes...we know very little right now. We will just have to wait and see. But... Ok, we lost Jordan Phillips, but he was considered a 2nd round bust until he got into our defense. Last year was the first good year of his career. And he will be replaced by 1st round pick Ed Oliver, who was starting to show signs of being a true stud down the stretch last year. And Quinton Jefferson, who yes, has mostly been in a backup role to this point in his career, but only because the guys ahead of him were studs. His old team loved him and didn't want to lose him. Everyone has talked highly of him. I think he is ready to breakout. Now, we are definitely losing some size here at this position, as Jordan was a giant, but I think the talent level may be better. Star has opted out. Big body...did the dirty work. But Harrison Phillips is back, who again I think is a better player than Star (if his knee continues to be ok) because he has more big play ability and a better pass rush (or a pass rush, as Star had none). Plus, Harrison is by no means a liability against the run. And we're not really losing much size, as Harrison is an inch taller than Star and only 8 pounds lighter. And they added Vernon Butler. He's a reclamation project, no doubt. But hopefully in his new surroundings and with our coaches and scheme/defense, he can take that next step. Yes, he is still a question mark. But, he's a former 1st round pick that hasn't panned out yet (much like Jordan Phillips, though Jordan was a 2nd rounder), and Vernon actually brings more size than Star did. Butler is two inches taller and 15 pounds bigger than Star. Plus, Butler, Addison, and Jefferson all have position flexibility. Leslie can show so many different fronts with this D-line, to match up against any situation and to confuse offenses. So, I really don't think we'll need to worry too much about the D-line. But we shall see soon enough.

Ok, I'll admit that I way overestimated how many people would be in the Bills marketing department. I work for a non-major company and our marketing department is a lot more than 3 people (could just be a difference in which jobs are considered under which department in different companies and outsourcing as someone else said). And if it truly was only three people in the department, then I also take back that the headline was inaccurate. If three people were the entire department and they are all gone, then it was the "entire" department. I just assumed it would be more than that. However, why was that not mentioned in the article (that there were only three people in the department)? As written, it does lead one to assume that it was a much bigger department and therefore, a much bigger problem. That is why the number is relevant. If two employees leave a business because they are disgruntled, eh, no big deal, happens all the time. But if it were a wave of employees leaving, then "Oh my gosh, what is going on with the Bills/PSE?" (and as KD in CA has mentioned, you can hardly count a 23-24 year old who is leaving to go back to grad school as an example of a larger issue inside the company). So, I still think the headline was sensationalized, even if technically accurate. Again, I don't know what is going on at PSE and I don't care, as long as it doesn't affect the Bills negatively. That is for the people who work there to deal with as they see fit, or to leave. I'm not defending PSE, I was more commenting on how current "news" articles are specifically given headlines to stir people up about stuff. And I think that headline was specifically written to get people to say, "Oh my gosh, the whole department walked out? I guess it really is a sh&t show over at PSE." And of course, as Bills/Sabers fans we don't want the parent company to be a mess because we don't want it to affect the teams we love (we've been through enough), but I didn't see many people defend, say, Russ Brandon, when everything happened. People will accept a fact when given enough evidence to the fact. But little hints, rumors, and speculation from reporters are not enough to accept something as fact. What facts do we have up to now? There were layoffs a while back and people were unhappy about that and now, a Vice President of marketing has stepped down. Is that enough to assume the company is so poorly run that it is ready to collapse? Also, morale is low in a lot of companies around the country due to the pandemic. Many companies have reduced their staff's wages significantly for the year, while other companies (and there are a lot of them), like PSE, who laid off a lot of people to cope with the pandemic year. Many people are still working from home, which means there is probably less communication and just more ennui in general. And morale is always low at a job when a bunch of people get laid off. Some of those people were your friends, you start to worry about your own job security, etc. But, I have not heard anything specific about why morale is low (other than the layoffs) or how many people we are talking about that have low morale. What if their "sources" are 2-3 employees. Is that enough to say it is widespread? So, why would I jump to a conclusion one way or the other (to either defend or denounce PSE)? We just don't have enough information to have an opinion on the companies internal workings...unless you or someone close to you works there. But this article, however, is definitely leading the reader to believe that there are major problems. He just doesn't back it up with enough evidence for me to accept it on good faith.

So, basically, it should have been a two sentence tweet, not an article, "Vice president of marketing Shaena Kershner resigned two weeks ago. I am looking into the reasons why." If the level of the other two employees are as you say, then they are hardly a news-worthy story. I work for a smallish company (about 500 employees). With our lower level employees, about a third progress in the company and the rest are turning over constantly (each for different reasons). Some are changing professions, following their dreams, looking for better opportunities, moving to a different part of the country, just not working out, they don't like the job, don't fit the culture of the organization, etc.

WEO...it's not that he isn't reporting fact (at least in the article itself), people are reacting to the "sensational" headline not matching the facts of the article itself. Unfortunately, that is so called news/reporting these days (i.e. click bait). it's not just Tim...it's just the sad state of most reporting these days. Now in this case, it's not that big of a deal, but in a time where people only read headlines and then get triggered by them, I do think it is a bit disengenuous to sensationalize your headlines. Tim's headline reads "Buffalo Bills' entire marketing department resigns..." When you read that headline, you think that, what, 10-30 disgruntled people walked out en masse. But, when you actually read the article, in fact, two people have resigned and maybe a third person will if his "sources" are correct. Sure, the titles of the three people seem like they were leaders in the department, but I don't know and he doesn't tell us. Tim also does not report on how many people total are in the marketing department. I mean, sure, if the department is 5 people total, then 3 people leaving is major. If the department is 20-30 people, then 3 people leaving is hardly the "entire" department. Let's say for instance that the department has 20 people (and it may be larger than that, I don't know), then 3 people leaving is 15% of the staff. That is equivalent to me writing an article about a company of 200 employees and my headline reads, "X Company's entire workforce resigns." But it turns out to be only 30 people of the 200. Thirty people leaving would be a significant story to report, but I would be misleading my readers by saying, in essence, the company has no more employees. But Tim doesn't give us those facts to assess for ourselves. Instead, he goes on to speculate how bad things must be because these employees are leaving during the pandemic. Well, what if the answer was like someone else said, that they no longer think sports is a stable place to work going into the future because of the pandemic (or a hundred other scenarios, they got hired away, they have child care issues, an ill family member, etc.). It could be for any reason. Yes, them leaving at the same time makes it seem like it could be something, an issue in the department or organization, but again there is nothing to back that up. He does not quote the former employees or anyone from inside PSE. So, how does he/we know what their reasons for leaving are? I have no idea what is happening at PSE. It may be a sh%t show and these employees really did resign because they are supremely unhappy with how the organization is run. I'm not here to defend PSE. But, there is no question that Tim's headline seems completely sensationalized (either click-bait or agenda motivated) without him providing any more information than he did in the article.

I find it interesting that we fans always assume one of our draft picks will get scooped up if waived to put on the practice squad. I have seen multiple posts saying Fromm, Bass, and Hodgins won't clear waivers if they don't make the squad. I'm not so sure. Yes, sometimes guys get scooped up, but... Fromm is a 5th round QB, without a big arm, who just had a small scandal. Bass was a 6th round pick, and if he can't beat out Hauschka, then I'm not so worried about losing him. Hodgins is a 6th round WR from an extremely deep WR class, where any team who needed a receiver got one or two or three. He was picked at 207 of a total of 255 picks. I hope he's a diamond in the rough that the Bills hit on too, but what has changed since the draft to change the opinion of the teams who passed on him 6 times each? A couple of good training camp practices? And with Fromm and Hodgins, teams would be bringing in a rookie, who doesn't know they're playbook, a week before the season starts, in an already abbreviated offseason. I'm not so sure that these guys can't make it to the practice squad. Why does everyone seem so sure that they would get scooped up?

I agree with you that other coaches are doing it as well, he's not the only good coach out there who knows how to build a good culture. And no question that the Bills PR department is always trying to pump us up and give us a positive outlook on the team. And I think McDermott does want the fans to buy in too...he won't alter his course based on our opinions, but if you have the fans behind you, that is a tremendous help. I'm just saying that with McDermott, the words don't seem like empty and baseless PR or just coach speak. I think he really believes the things he says and tries to enact them.

I agree MGK, Josh is not great yet. I guess I only meant it in regards to his humbleness. He is a great athlete, was the big man on campus at Wyoming, and a first round draft choice, but it hasn't gone to his head. But, yes, he still has a ways to go before being considered great by NFL QB standards. But, I too think and hope he can get there.

Actually there are a lot of similarities between Josh and Tre: Great players, but they are both so humble. No diva in them. Great personalities (everyone likes them). Very smart. Family guys. Jokesters. Always having fun. Physical players. A massive drive to compete and win every single play (never taking a play off). And maybe most important, wanting to be great! Some guys' goals are just to play in the NFL, make a squad, make the money, get famous, win games, win a Super Bowl. Those are all valid reasons (especially winning a Super Bowl), but the great players come in to the league wanting to be considered one of the best of all time when they're done and then work their butts off for that goal. In one version of that interview, Tre says exactly that...I want to be one of the best, one of the greats. And Tre backs that up with his talent and hard work. Love this kid and I have no doubt that the team is going to pay him to keep him. He is everything that Beane and McDermott preach about in regards to the type of DNA they want their players to have.