reddogblitz

We could still make the playoffs and even win the division even if we went 0-2 against them. I'm not that concerned with building my team to beat them because they cheat and the refs help them. And I'm100% serious about that. That, and I know I think this every year, but their stranglehold on the division won t last much longer. I of course want to win the division but for just want us to concentrate on getting back to playoffs as WC.

I find it disturbing. Whatever happened to the concept of the melting pot or the dream of all men living together as brothers? Feels like we are going backwards to me. This whole white privilege rhetoric is counter productive and will serve to create MORE animosity as we are seeing. Children are listening. Minority children will feel they have no chance because they don't have "privilege". I actually heard a minority child say this a few yeArs ago. That said, there is still racism in AmericA. But instead of trying to even the past score we should try to just treat everyone the same regardless of color. Easier said than done.. It's what I try to do in my every day life.

It's a throw the bums out year.

I don't know your friend's race,but I read an interesting editorial by David Brooks in the Buffalo paper Saturday that may help explain it. One thing he said i totally believe. He did not provide where he got it from however. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/opinion/2018-midterms-realignment-partisanship.html

The decision making this off season is disturbing. It's also the first full off season with Beane at the controls. I hope it was a fluke and not bidness as usual for him.

In baseball, you just want to go.home.

Do they make their plan and stick with it no matter what? Those guys were gone pre FA. Sometimes one had to change plans when situations change. If not, you and your plan will go down with the ship. Like we are watching this year. Odds are probably 90%+ something unexpected happens this off season too. Sorry, but it's a lame excuse IMHO.

When the Bills came up at number 10 in 2017 I yelled at my TV "TAKE WATSON" so there is no armchairing going on here for me. You're right though. We will see ...

The Tredavian Nightmare is one of my favorite Bills, but I would trade him heads up for Watson or Mahomes in 1/2 of a New York heartbeat.

Like the Seahawks in 2012? Or Washington in 2012? Or the Falcons in 2008? Amen. Why put all your eggs in one basket? I'd also try to sign a competent FA QB.

In today's free agency era, I'm not even sure this is possible. Rookies are on 4 year contracts. In 2 years those contracts are going to start to expire. How much do you think it will take to re up the Tredavian Nightmare? And then it Wonder Boy works out, the year after that. Hello cap hell or let them go and hope we can draft someone as good while hopefully drafting in the 20s. Other players contracts expire as well like Jerry and Shady and they will have to replaced as well. Or re upped at high cost. This is essentially what is happening to Seattle. They had a great 4 year run but with the cash they have to pay Russell now they can't afford to keep guys like Sherman. They haven't been able to draft replacements drafting in the 20s. After pages and pages only 1 free agency era team has been able to make it work. maybe Atlanta.and their coach didn't survive. Others have tried and failed miserably like Cleveland and Jacksonville. Jacksonville didn't really get better til they abandoned the rebuild philosophy and hired CoAch Moron and made some trades and FA signings.

I'm confused, are you saying we are not tanking and are in fact trying to win this year? i don't know what's worse, tanking, or actually trying to win and being this inept on offense.

Isn't that what we're tanking and losing for? To get players good enough for us to get to the Super Bowl AND win? Average players we already had.

Like the cat lady on the Simpsons. that's what I took it to mean anyway.

I thought we were legit contenders last year and expected we'd be closer this year. Few teams go from cellar dweller to SB contenders over night. Most are good for a few years (like last year) and incrementally improve til they break through. Thinking New Orleans, Denver, and Seattle here.

No it didn't. I know this is the popular belief but it didn't. We had a team that won 9 games last year. It just needed to be improved. We're still paying Hotrod and Darreus and others this suck egg year. Hotrod was on the last year of his contract for crying out loud. I would prefer we had them playing for us letting our "franchise QB" learn and work on fundamentals like Mahomes did last year and start next year. The idea that you want players on your team that DON'T want to start is crazy. I want every guy to want to start and work hard on his craft to get there. Not guys happy to ride the pine and collect a paycheck. Pro style offenses score points. Before McDermott came along we were in the top 3rd of the league in scoring. They ruined it last year and made it even worse this year. This whole notion that if you don't like the rebuild it means you are satisfied with an average team is silly. Of course I'm not. I just have a different idea on how to get there than you do. We keep losing like this with decent D and miserable QBing and McDermott is losing the locker room if he has not already. Shady doesn't sound too happy. this is career suicide for him. Just boggles my mind that you not only accept losing, but in fact embrace it. I was not raised footbally that way. Have fun with the losing.

I hope so too! Go Bills !!

I'm not asking them to run on fan sentiment. I'm just asking them to put the best team on the field they can and try to win. Doesn't seem like too much to ask. I realize the bolded but I don' t have to like it and don't. I do think I should be entitled to expect them to at least try to win every game. The other part to this is I probably don't have a ton of seasons left. I HATE to waste any of them losing in hope that maybe someday they might win again. It is far from a given. If you're happy with it though, good for you.

I'm only going on what I see so far. Have either shown you anything to make think they will be? Zay has played better this year but the chances of him being a AJ Green or Julio Jones or even Robert Woods level WR appears slim. but anything is possible. Same could be said of Josh. Based on what I've seen I have little hope that he can ever be a drop back accurate pocket passer on the level of say Matt Ryan or Carson Palmer. That's what I'm saying. I believe guys can be good once they are, you know, good.

Sorry man, but it didn't have to be. It was a a choice. Can we be mad if they draft and sign FAs as ineffectively in the off season as they have the last 2? what makes you think they will make better decisions? they might, I'll give you that, but it's totally a wing and a prayer at this point.

I am a season ticket holder and what I gave them was not "throwaway" money. This whole tank losing nonsense is a slap in the face disrespectful move to people who put their money where their mouth is in regards to supporting the Bills.

Amen my brother. this whole cap thing is nonsense. They did it to themselves. It didn't have to be like this.

Last year they repeatedly said the plan was to rebuild AND win. What happened to that? Last year they also said we were rebuilding and we won 9 games. Was that not a rebuild even though they said it is. this team did not need to "rebuild". they needed to reload.

Losing 2 defensive guys blew up the team. OK.