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He looked great against Tampa. I expect him to be on top of his game against Cinci. McDermott on the other hand coached a terrible second half against Tampa. And should stay in the tent on game day.

That's right that Hyde started out as a nickel corner w the Packers. I honestly knew nothing about Poyer before he came to the Bills. Both have been great players and professionals for the Bills. I wish all our free agent signings turned out close to what those two have meant to the team. At best they each probably have one year left after this season. Would love to see them go out as champions.

Nothing more original then that? The guy couldn't coach a winning season in pee wee football. But what about Jimmy G. He looks awful immobile scared and disinterested. The guy has become an NFL scrub. Sit his ass on the bench.

If that's the case (that they think he can't play pro ball at all) then someone needs to be canned for that kind of BS scouting. He played and started at a big time SEC program. If they watched his film, they can tell what kind of player he was. You don't draft guys in the first round randomly, who don't have athletic ability. I thought he looked solid last year. And then this season, he isn't dressing to start the year. And when he did play against the Jags and Giants, he looked like dump (as my daughter fondly likes to say). Something had to have happened to this kid in the offseason. We just don't know what it is. Hard to believe we started Levi Wallace a player of very limited physical ability for 3 years, and won't let Elam a 1st round pick even dress. Does not make sense. I would not completely write him off just yet. But someone on the team needs to take him under their wing and teach him the finer points of playing CB at the NFL level. Hyde and Poyer would be a good start even though they play safety.

That's a riot. My 3 kids are all young adults. But have been Bills fans since they were young even though they all grew up in the Atlanta area. They live all over the U S now. But watch all the games. And its something we can all connect with. The same with my two brothers who live on the West Coast. I remember my daughter used to wear a Brian Moorman jersey all the time when she was young. That shows how bad we were in that era w our best player being a punter. Enjoy your son. They grow up fast. And then the mayhem will start.

That’s awesome brother. I remember when my daughter was born in the 1997 football season. I am a big Michigan college football fan. When she was little she would sit in the bouncy seat next to me while I watched us go undefeated and win the National Championship. Great memory. Now she is 26 and is a big Bills fan living in Arizona.

I live in Fort Lauderdale part time. Hard to sit inside all day on a beautiful Sunday afternoon if the Bills aren’t playing. But I certainly will watch some football every Sunday and follow on my phone the games I bet on. The Seahawks-Browns game was excellent yesterday to watch btw. On YoutubeTv you can watch 4 games at once. And choose which one you want sound on. For my money Kevin Harlan is the best NFL announcer. And Gus Johnson is the best college announcer.

The second punt on 4th and 2 was ultra weak. Most coaches go for it there. We had momentum on our side and likely get it. Another score and the game was over. We should have won this game by 3 TD's. Offense was killing it up and down the field. The play call on 3rd and goal at the half yard line was terrible. The two 4th down penalties on the illegal contact and face mask were bad. Johnson is a good player. But he can be exploited because of his size. Overall a real good game by both offense and defense. Coaching is the weak link on the team.

Shakir and Kincaid are much better weapons then Knox. I think that was obvious tonite.

That's an oldy but goody. Takes me back to 1976 in 5th grade.

At least we didn't resign Edmunds to a ridiculous contract. But our drafts have certainly not been good enough under Beane. Basham, Ford, Moss to name a few.

I think you summed it up perfectly. The team gets no energy from its coaching staff. And they don't out scheme anyone. Josh is still a baller. But needs to get the ball to Kincaid Shakir and Harty more. All 3 can run. And Josh himself needs to run more. The Dolphins are a lot of style and not much substance. Their defense is still nothing special. But I am sure a lot of teams are saying that about us as well now. Hopefully we can get it turned around tonite and then next week in Cincinnati. If not, time to blow it all up.

You summed it up perfectly SC. It seems like Oliver is nicked up every year. Playing DT at his size is a disadvantage. The Bucs offense is lousy. We should not give up more then 10 points at home to them.

If things continue to spiral downward, I think Diggs will implode and definitely want out after this season. I don't think he is a McDermott fan. We still don't know what happened at Mini Camp when he left for a day after talking w McDermott. I am sure Diggs would love to play for an offensive minded head coach. I am sure he likes Josh. But he is a smart guy. Been in the league for 9 years now. He knows how offenses work. You don't think he sees what KC has done w Andy Reid, Mahomes and Kelce. He is our Kelce. Josh is our Mahomes. And the missing piece is.....

Klein is better then Dodson. He is not great in pass coverage. But he still moves better then Dodson who has as much lateral movement as a kiosk, is tough, can pass rush and lay the wood. I thought our D looked soft against the Pats. Milano brought the attitude and toughness for the defense, and he did it well. Poyer and Hyde try. But when the attitude is generated by your aging safeties in today's game, we have a problem. This is not the era of Ronnie Lott and Brian Dawkins laying people out. Klein can certainly help.

Very true Gunner. Phillips, Settle, Ford and Vickers were trash. That's on Beane for filling the roster with crap. Have we even drafted a DT since Ed Oliver?

You are the man SCBills. Your posts are always reasonable and make sense. I agree exactly about the offense. Davis and certainly Knox are not explosive players. Get Shakir Kincaid Harty and Sherfield involved. All 4 can run. Its criminal the way this offense is set up. Get Cook out in open space as well. And speed up the tempo. We plod to the line of scrimmage, and can barely get plays off in 40 seconds. Get Josh running more. When our offense is humming, we can be unstoppable. But playing at such a slow pace puts no stress on the defense. Good defense is great. But this is an offensive age. The Vikings won last night because they attacked the 49er defense. Kirk Cousins wasn't dinking and dunking. He was throwing darts 15-20 yards down the field where his WR's could run after the catch. And make Kincaid a big part of the game plan. Just like Hockenson was for the Vikings. Other then Diggs he is our best receiver on the team. We need to blow the doors off of Tampa. And then go into Cinci with an aggressive offensive game plan. We play small ball they will bury us like they did last year. And we will be looked at as pretenders. In general this coaching staff has been the teams biggest weakness over the past several years. They have come up small for the most part. They can change that perception over the next 10 games. Or be done with.

Everyone is talking about the Minnesota-San Fran game as a comparison to the Buffalo-New England game. The game last night was a great game. Both teams competed hard with Minnesota getting the big pick on Purdy at the end. I thought Kirk Cousins was a baller last night standing strong in the face of a strong pass rush and hitting everything down the field. Purdy looked good as well. But not as good as Cousins. Even thought the 49ers lost, they played with much better effort then the Bills did at New England. The Bills-Pats game was hard to watch coming off the Giants-Bills game. And the stinker in London. The season certainly isn't over. But the team does not have a look of a champion. Can they get it turned around? Sure. Is it likely? We shall see in the next two weeks. We should beat the Bucs by 30+ points. Their offense is terrible. But the real test will be Cincinnati. Joe Burrow is one cool customer. And they have a talented roster, regardless of their record. I think their coaching is better then ours. This coaching staff should not have goodwill from our fanbase. McDermott led us to the playoffs to break the draught in 2017. So what!! The offensive game plan that day was awful. We scored 3 points. We have disappointed throughout the playoffs under this regime. McDermott has taken no ownership and accountability for the 13 second fiasco. The players will never forget that. And neither will the fans. That being said, we can turn things around. But there certainly needs to be some emotion shown by everyone in the Bills organization (besides Stefan Diggs) come Thursday night. The vibe of the team since stepping on the field in London has been off. That needs to change come Thursday night. And it had better be a whole lot different when we play Cinci next week. If not, you have to really question whether the McDermott regime has run its course.

We have not been prepared to play the last 3 weeks. It's that simple. We sleepwalked through the first half on offense 3 weeks in a row with nothing changing. That's on the coaching staff. We came out against the Jets the same way to start the season. With a player as talented as Josh Allen, everything should go through him. He looks almost disinterested at times now. We can barely get a play off in time without the 40 second clock running out. We finally threw to Kincaid over 10 yards down the field today. The kid looked good. He is a first round pick. It took til week 7 to throw a vertical pass to him. They had to watch the film of him at Utah, otherwise why would they have drafted him? What the hell is going on? This coaching staff has sucked the life out of this team. And combined with the injuries on defense and a tough schedule coming up, things could get ugly real quick. We need a huge performance against Tampa to get some confidence. And then going into Cinci the coaches need to dial up a big time game plan, otherwise we could be embarrassed. And if that happened, I would can McDermott after the game.

That sums it up DM. The D line especially in the middle was getting manhandled most of the game. Not sure how you can construct a roster with only 2 good DT's. Injuries happen every game at every level of football. Phillips Settle and Ford are all lousy. We have no young guys who are up and comers, that can back up Oliver and D Jones??!! That is terrible roster construction. Settle has been a huge bust like Jefferson and the other big DT we signed as a free agent a few years ago. And Jordan Phillips is done. Does absolutely nothing at this point. Our LB's are small. Bernard and Williams can move. But neither are fierce tacklers. And they are young. They will get better. But we need more physicality at the position. The toughest tackler on the defense without Milano playing is probably Taron Johnson who is maybe 5'8. That will not work all game, or all season. The clock is ticking on his next injury. A little man taking on bigger men will only last so long. (You can be a black belt all you want, but if I bring a gun to the fight I like my chances regardless if I know martial arts or not.) And speaking of Taron, (who I think is a hell of a football player) why is he covering Mike Geseki one on one at the end of the game? That is a horrible matchup period. McDermott could be fired just for allowing that. Some serious self evaluation needs to happen real quick for this team over the next 4 days. Because Baker Mayfield is coming in. And while he is nothing special. He thinks he is. And thinks he can beat any team on any given day.

That's a very astute post. We don't have one above average O lineman on the roster. They were awful today for the most part in pass protection.. Our OT's are terrible relative to other teams w good QB's Dawkins at best is average. And Brown is bad most games. Knox would not be a starter on almost every NFL team. He is a back up. And the D line was lousy today also. Settle Phillips and Ford should not be on an NFL roster at this point. They were steamrolled in the middle today. Guys like Phillips and Lawson are not the guys you want playing if you are thinking a deep playoff run. Good guys. Marginal NFL talent at this point in their careers. The talent level on the team is just not that great. And losing Tre Milano D Jones and Oliver is brutal. As they are 4 of the most talented players we have.

I think that is a good start. He lost the team after 13 seconds. That was bad enough. But not accepting any accountability for what happened, was his death knell. Team looks lost and lifeless for big stretches. We came off a 28 point win against MIami with 3 terrible performances. That should never happen with Josh Allen as our QB. Letting Mack Jones shred us today especially on the last drive is unacceptable.

I am not whining clown. The offense was ***** 3 out of 6 games this year. And you are agreeing with me.

Shakir and Kincaid could move the chains if we played them in the slot and had them run routes in the middle of the field like Beasley used to. Get Knox on the bench. He has bad hands and doesn't run well. Go with Kincaid Shakir Davis and Diggs with Cook or Murray in the backfield as our regular offense and the offense would be much more fluid. Knox slows the entire offense down. Teams that run a lot of 12 personnel usually have 2 TE's that can get down the field. I think back to the old Patriots of Gronk and Hernandez. I think that Morris has more upside then Knox at this point.

I agree. The guy is tough, big and reasonably fast. We would do well to keep him for a couple more years in the RB committee. A class act leader type of veteran. These are the kinds of guys that are the glue to championship type teams.