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Joe Brady has certainly invigorated the offense. If the offense continues to roll with him at the controls, no reason to not consider him. Given the talent on our roster over the past several years, I believe McDermott has accomplished as little as a head coach could have with it. So we can only go up with the next hire. Brandon Staley gives a good interview and comes off as a sharp dude. But the results on the field have not been stellar. Keenan Allen is a beast. But they don't have a good enough ground game. There O line is porous. And Herbert is not a winner.

How is McDermott a good leader? What does he say that is remotely smart witty intelligent or inspiring? As for a team brotherhood. That's on the players. Most like each other. Some are outliers, as in any group in society. But when they are on the field they should all want to win for themselves, each other and their fans. Coaches need to put a game plan together given who their opponent is that gives their team the best chance to be successful. And while the game is being played, they need to scheme and make decisions on the fly that continue to give their team the best chance to come out victorious. In the biggest games, McDermott has come up short time and again. He has hit his ceiling, and has been figured out. Time for a change.

The defense and game management on our team is crap. Pittsburgh is 7-4 w a horrible offense because their coach is a winner and knows how to win w less. We have an excellent QB and offense and we are 6-6. Our head coach loses us games. That is a huge problem. Winning 5 games in a row w this schedule takes tremendous leadership and gameday strategy. We don’t have that. And we have 2 starting safeties who can’t cover NFL receivers anymore. But we do have Josh Allen. So anything is possible. (Just so much disappointment from last nights loss. That was our game for the taking. And we let it get away.)

Why has he earned that right?

Open your eyes bro. Diggs is still good. But he hasn't been the alpha dominant receiver he has been. We aren't maklng it up. Watch the games.

That's a pretty weak response. Diggs has definitely not been the same receiver he has been in previous years. Not nearly as dominant. And his demeanor is not nearly as intense as previous seasons. He still has some tread on the tires. But this has been a rough season.

Von can't move anymore. He is beyond slow. Hyde can't cover anymore. He was awful tonite. And has been getting beat all year. Poyer is almost as bad in coverage. At least he can still hit. We need some serious young talent on defense.

I agree. Bills should have went for it on 4th and 7 in OT, instead of kicking the FG. No way we were stopping Philly when they got the ball. The D was gassed. Put the ball in your best players hands. Thats #17. McDermott is gutless. He is the reason we are 6-6. He coaches scared.. Looks scared out there.

The Chiefs had two of the best TE's of all time. Pretty impressive. And Gonzalez played when you could really rough guys up, and he still dominated. One of the all time best players of the modern era, period.

Beane has done a good job w the roster for the most part. Trading up for Edmonds was a mistake. He is an overpaid JAG w no instincts or smarts for the game. The Rasul Douglas trade was excellent. Drafting Tyler Bass 4 years ago in the 6th round was a big time underrated move. Signing an old Von Miller was not great. Cole Beasley was a great free agent signing. Benford and Bernard play well beyond their years. Cook is a baller. Gabe Davis is not. The O line has been much better this year. Connor McGovern has been a good signing. Torrence was a good pick. Cody Ford was not. Dalton Kincaid was a big time pick. And Shakir is starting to come into his own w a pretty high ceiling. But overall the team is lacking speed at the receiver position. That needs to be fixed this offseason. We can do much better then Sherfield Harty and Davis. Our head coach is a question mark as well. let’s see how this roster stacks up this next month against the upper echelon teams. That will give us a good idea of where we are at and what we need come next season.

Kincaid was great at Utah and he will be great for the Bills. The guy is an excellent football player. The next TE we need to draft will be in 2 years. Colston Loveland from Michigan. 6’5 and can run w great hands. He is only a sophomore. But will be a stud in the NFL when it’s his time. And by then it will be time to move on from Knox who is athletically limited, and just can’t make big time catches.

Douglas and Benford is a great CB tandem. Dane is good, but not as good as Douglas and Benford. He gets hurt a lot also because he plays hard, but is slightly built. Maybe he can play slot because TJ is a liability in coverage. If he was bigger he would be a great LB. The guy is fearless and tough. Just too small.

Agree about KC's receivers. MVS and Watson have stone hands. And the rest, who cares. Kelce will catch some passes. But he seems to be running in mud. Their defense is good. But Bolton is injured. And Frank Clark left. I think our O line has improved considerably this season. Both in the run game and pass protection. (the one run play I would like to see put to bed is handing off to Cook from the shotgun when he run laterally 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage looking for a crease to cut through or to get around the outside. That play constantly gets blown up for a big loss every time.) Both games will be tough matches. We will see how good a team we have in the next few weeks.

I have always liked AJ Klein's game. He brings a toughness that is always needed when playing defense. He can't run like he used to. But if one of our top 3 LB's go down, I think he and/or Matekevich can step in at least in the short term.

If we play w the same energy and intensity against Philly and KC that we played w against the Jets, we will have a good chance to win both games. Also need to play smart-don’t take stupid penalties and get good in game coaching. The Chiefs offense and Mahomes look stale. Kelce looks to have finally hit the wall. They are beatable. The Eagles are physical. But their D is not scary good. And our O line has been good running the ball this year. Key on Hurts and Swift. Benford and Douglas can cover Brown and Smith. They are not uncoverable in the slightest. And Goedert is injured. Let’s go Buffalo!!

Some guys need more reps to get their feel for the game and gain confidence. Dodson has definitely improved his play. He Bernard and Williams are a nice group of LB’s. Bernard and Williams have a higher ceiling than Edmonds. And Dodson is getting there also.

There’s a reason the Colts cut him. Our LB’s have looked good as the season has gone along. Even w/o Milano. No reason to rock the boat at this point. it there is a solid WR available, that would be a bigger need. As we are getting nothing noteworthy out of Gabe Davis. Can never have enough weapons. But I do like Ty Johnson. That guy plays hard. He can be our # 2 RB next year behind Cook.

The Giants loss at home was brutal. They must have run for well over 200 yards. is McDermott really a whole lot better then Jauron? Would Jauron have done any worse with Josh Allen then McDermott ? I remember the Cowboys loss like it was yesterday. Brutal! Donte Witner not recovering the onside kick. And Nick Folk kicking a 53yard FG. Everytime I see him kick I think about that game. As for this season, let’s hope Joe Brady can scheme some really good plays. The offense has been lousy since the Miami game accept for the 1st half of the Tampa game. The problem is our WR group pretty much sucks. Even Diggs is not making many plays. The two best players on the Bills offense this year have been Cook and Kincaid. We need much better overall at WR. I can’t think of many teams w worse WR group than us. Can any of you? That being said, if the Bills miss the playoffs, McDermott needs to go. Even w the WR group we have and the injuries. We have Josh frikin Allen. And the team is clueless how to maximize his talent. The performances the past 6 weeks have been consistently ugly. We look like *****. McDermott has no clue. Because he is not glib, people think he is smart. He sucks as a head coach. I have not missed a game since the end of the 1994 season. I know my team. And I know football. If we don’t go at least 5-2 w a chance to win the division the final week of the season. McDermott needs to get the ***** out of Buffalo.

He has been playing QB. He has made some bad decisions on where to throw the ball. But guys have not been open much with the routes and scheme we have been running. Here is a telling stat. Diggs yards per catch this year is 11.9! That horrible. He is supposed to be a top WR. It needs to be up a lot closer to at least 15. My point is we are running way too many routes near the line of scrimmage. A football field is long and wide. Guys need to be all over the place. Kincaid's yards per catch is only 8.7. Are you kidding me? That's awful for a TE w this guys talent to get down the field. Dorsey's scheme completely choked down the offense. Start running guys at least 10,15, 20+ yards down the field and things will open up. Watch the highlights from the Lions-Chargers game. Lions had guys running all over the field. Both teams did for that matter.

Need better coaching. And better playmakers around Josh to make the Super Bowl a reality. The O line has been solid for the most part this year. And needs to continue to stay that way going forward. Favre had good coaching especially with Mike Holmgren. And a lot of good receivers throughout his career. Of course he made them better with his play. But guys like Gabe Davis would not have been starting or playing much for that matter on the Favre era Packers.

Good point Roy Batty. The South and North are quite different. But there are good people all over. I live part time in Fort Lauderdale. Great people in South Florida. Very friendly. I was in Detroit over the past weekend to see two Metallica concerts at Ford Field. My girlfriend and I stayed downtown. Had a great time. People were all friendly solid down to earth good folks. They like to party a lot and have fun. The media portrays a narrative that Americans hate each other. I don't think that's true for the most part. You have been there a whole bunch. I will respect your first hand opinion. That last sentence was funny.

It is hot as hell there in the summer. I will say that.

What is so bad about Texas that you had to add that to your response? I don't live in Texas. Have been there a few times (Dallas and Austin are nice places) And I don't live in the Buffalo area (did when I was younger) so I am curious what that is about?

That 5-2 mark is really a high bar at this point. We have barely been able to beat the Giants and Tampa at home. Right now beating the Jets and Pats at home is not a given. Losing last night at the end was crushing. 5-2 would put us at 10-7 for the season. If we can get there, that would be a huge accomplishment. If we lose to the Jets on Sunday we could finish 6-11 or 5-12. We will be dead man walking. We beat the Jets with a strong performance (which it will take) anything is possible. But finish with a losing record, and McDermott needs to go for sure!!

Our receivers do not make spectacular or great plays very often if ever. Knox can barely catch a pass where he has to move in the slightest. And yes last night Davis and Kincaid let balls go right through their hands. The throw to Diggs was low and away. Other then Diggs Shakir Cook and Kincaid, I would bring in a bunch of young skill players who have potential talent. We have wasted so many picks over the past years since we drafted Josh. That all being said, Josh is not playing well. He needs to stop turning the ball over. I love his athletic ability. And love the way he can make plays and his competitiveness when he is zoned in. And I hate the coaching on this team. Its lousy. McDermott is over his head. We all know that. Hopefully the ownership sees that. And will do the right thing for the franchise and this amazing fan base. The ending to last night's game was disgusting. I had to watch on delay because my flight from Detroit to Atlanta was 3 and a half hours late because of engine problems. I didn't finish the game til almost 2:30am. I sat on my couch in utter disbelief and shock. Lets hope Joe Brady has some solid ideas and schemes. If not, this season will turn in to an epic collapse.