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1 hour ago, OldTimer1960 said:
I don’t know if Samuel is that bad or if the offense is designed poorly. Samuel averaged over 60 receptions for the two years prior to joining the Bills - so did Elijah Moore. Neither of them is that old and haven’t had a significant injury (to my knowledge). They have combined for 13 catches this season.
I am not saying that either is a star, but they each have produced some results in the NFL. What happened?
You would think the only person who needs to ask this question would have asked it by now, but all he says is Brady is a good coordinator, and he is not planning on making any changes.
I'm surprised people here still disagree about where the ultimate problem lies.
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1 hour ago, RobbRiddick said:
Bills doing their best to put Christmas decorations on a turd
Everyone eats.
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22 minutes ago, Chicharito said:
40 mph winds for the game . No deep balls run heavy.
We finally can throw deep, and now we can't throw deep.
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54 minutes ago, Gambit said:
With both of them added to this week's game, makes you wonder who will be a healthy scratch?
Brady.
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On 11/13/2025 at 6:26 PM, Buffalo Junction said:
That’d be a blast if they tampered. It’d be practically impossible to land a top coach if they lost a bunch of draft picks.
On 11/13/2025 at 7:00 PM, Bferra13 said:Possibly, but man the dude was aggressive. I miss that kind of offense. It comes down to McDermott though. Im not a Brady fan by any means, but this is complimentary football and McD has a governor on how fast he wants the offense to run/score. He likes slow methodical drives to rest his horrible defense. Add in the fact we have no WR's that can separate so I guess theyve sewn their own fate. This is what they want and when its bad, its really bad. Allen is a game manager now pretty much. Thats the really crappy part of it all.
Even if McDermott didn't directly order Brady to craft an offense that complemented his defense, that desire has obviously asserted itself. Unbelievably, he and Beane have made an MVP quarterback in his prime into a game manager. The entire planet Earth sees what a waste this is except these two, whose vision will forever be fixated on a) 4-man pressure on a Mahomes; b) a bend don't break defense; c) a running game that eats the clock and keeps the defense fresh.
To me, this kind of team is deeply boring and outdated even if it comes to fruition. What's awful is that it hasn't. Beane's d-line still isn't elite despite all those investments, McDermott's defense can't tackle, and the receivers aren't good enough even for a possession offense. With an all-world QB like Allen, they will make the playoffs every year, but even he can't carry a team that hasn't given him enough to work with, much less thrive.
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52 minutes ago, Chaos said:
Combined with reseeding its a massive advantage. The only way to make peace with it is to realize it makes every single regular season game incredibly important.
Right, that's why the Dolphins loss hit so hard. Fine to lose to Atlanta, an NFC team, and even to the Patriots, since they'll get a chance to even up. But you can't lose to another divisional opponent, especially one on the ropes like that. The game made me think they don't deserve the AFC East title or the first-round bye because they forgot that every game counts.
If they go all the way, it's going to be a long, grueling battle.
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The only rest advantage that truly matters is the first-round bye in the playoffs, which favors that team way out of proportion to what they've done to earn the rest. It's just wrong, no matter who gets it.
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9 minutes ago, SCBills said:
Very frustrating if Gabe doesn’t play.
Not for nothing, and many might disagree, but I kind of want to see Gabe/Palmer outside and Keon in the slot.
Bills need to figure this out and we know what Shakir is. Would rest him and see what Keon can do there.
We’re a long shot to win the Division right now, so figure out the best combinations on this team at positions like WR, LB and S … and just get into the playoffs.
Yes, but what about the bubble screen to Shakir behind the line of scrimmage? You're forgetting Brady's money play! And if that fails, there's always the back-shoulder throw to Coleman along the sideline. /s
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2 hours ago, Kelly to Allen said:
I mean buffalo is younger than the pats in some key areas...
Diggs, Hollins & Henry are all 32, 32, and 30
Hooper is 31
Bradbury is 30
Carlton Davis is 29
Spillane is 30. Landry has has had multiple knee injuries. They just lost Milton Williams. Morgan Moses is like 34
Did you see diggs slow to get up and holding his oblique area...?
They're going to fall back in December
Buffalo and KC will ascend in December
Agreed. As I said, I don't think the Bills need a personnel rebuild, just new leadership to invigorate the current roster, which is almost there. McBeane also need a fresh start. They might be able to take another team to the Super Bowl, but their time here has played out. If they stay, we'll just see more of the same until Allen retires or leaves, when finally Pegula might be ready to try something new.
I'm talking in terms of certainties, but as always it's a matter of probabilities. This team could win the Super Bowl if things fall a certain way, but I think it's pretty unlikely. The patterns we all see deepen every year, making it increasingly difficult to break. For example, McDermott doesn't seem to want coordinators who threaten his authority, so he hires from within, which may be why they're more junior-varsity quality. And Beane obsesses on the d-line and treats the wide receiver position as an afterthought. Both might wake up to the evidence that they've been wrong, but the meta-pattern is that they're slow learners.
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2 hours ago, Toledo Bill said:
It would be nice to have Knox step up and catch some balls.
Yes, a tight end who makes $12 million a year should catch some balls.
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1 hour ago, Scott7975 said:
Both Hardman and Gabe are on the PS. They aren't going to call up 2 receivers. Unless you think one will get signed to the active roster within the next day.
This is the kind of shakeup the roster needs. But it might be worth experimenting with Coleman in the slot, backing up Shakir and giving Allen a bigger target (albeit one with the separation ability of a startled sheep).
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8 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said:
The Brady-led Pats teams were so easy to hate. I hate the Pats, but I actually enjoyed watching the brand of football that they played last night. Maye, at this point, is a very likeable guy with a good attitude. Diggs, who I really liked on the Bills but now dislike vehemently, was exceptional at finding holes in the defence as he has eternally been. The defence was opportunistic and stout. Dammit!! I hate myself for everything that I just wrote!!
Diggs must love sticking it to the Bills after Allen showed the world last year he didn't need him by winning MVP.
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3 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said:
Last night was the only Pats game this season that I watched beginning to end aside from the Bills game. They are a really, really good team in all facets. I love our Bills, but I would be blown away if they got it together sufficiently to go into Foxboro and take out the team we saw last night. The Pats have more talent at every level, save RB and QB. It hurts me to say it, but the quarterback play is a wash this season. Drake Maye is an extremely talented player and he has a good head on his shoulders. His accuracy, decision making and poise are frustratingly impressive.
The more I see the Pats succeed this season, the more angry I become with McBeane and their inability to get over the hump the past 5 seasons. The window if opportunity is being closed due to arrogance and ineptitude.
The Bills have the feel of a team that missed its moment, an old veteran bear still capable of mauling anyone but tired, deeply tired. New England is like the big youngster new on the scene ready to take over the territory.
The Bills need a fresh start. Not a rebuild, at all, but fresh leadership. McDermott and his coordinators have been figured out (and never were elite), and Beane is just spinning his wheels at this point, reactive instead of proactive, always one step behind his peers, with a stale vision for the team.
I don't see it happening, though. As others have said, an owner that would tolerate a perpetual loser in the Sabres is never going to fire a coach and GM with the record of McDermott and Beane. Meanwhile, we will continuing telling each other, "All we need is a wide receiver. And a pass rush. And a linebacker. THEN we'll go all the way!" It's better than the wasteland years, but it's still a pretty depressing scenario. Groundhog day with Sean and Brandon.
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1 hour ago, Slack_in_MA said:
I feel your pain. These last 37 years of my adult life with 99% of (local) friends and family as Pats fans. Shouldn’t I get combat pay or something? 😩
I hate that their time in the wilderness has been so short. Of all the fanbases in the country, New England (or at least Massachusetts) most deserves decades of misery. Quite apart from the obnoxiousness that seems baked in, it's just not right that the Celtics, Bruins, and Red Sox are perpetually good.
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12 targets one catch for 4 yards. His last game as a Bill.
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3 hours ago, Roundybout said:
Did you happen to see Cover 1’s analysis of Bernard? They think he’s playing hurt.Not to be snarky, but hasn't he been hurt his entire professional career? It's obviously not his fault, but he might be just too small to play linebacker.
Linebacker is a second only to wide receiver in the draft next year, although that's not saying much. Should be WR, WR, WR, WR, LB. 😕
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11 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
If your ready that with snark, there really was none intended. If you were insulted, that wasn't the goal.
However, somehow, you still managed to miss the point entirely.
Three times in your hypothesis, you lay the blame at McDermott's feet. You paint Coleman as a victim. At least that's how it sounded to me. The whole trope of "Oh something bad is going on...pin it on McDermott... somehow" is so overdone.
Yes, we agree, he's immature. But you profess he's basically a rebellious teenager pushing back against perceived bad handling. My slant is he's immature because he's never been in a place where he has to work and doesn't know or care enough to do it. The blame should start and end with Coleman IMO.
It's easy to mishandle an immature player. McDermott has done what most coaches would do: bench the player to send a message. Only it's not working. I'm not blaming McDermott as much as pointing out that he might have to try something different. Maybe nothing will work and, as you're implying, Coleman has to figure it out himself.
But time is short. He might figure it out, and he might not. Hence my emphasis on McDermott's role. After all, isn't one of the key duties of a head coach to motivate his players? Coleman might be a hard case--the little prick in the back of the classroom--but the problem isn't unsolvable. The stakes are too high to NOT focus on what the coaches can do to salvage Coleman's career--and this season.
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9 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
So your self admitted long shot hypothesis is "Blame McDermott". How refreshing.
I have a hypothesis as well, one that I happen to thing is far more likely. You take a good kid, you put him in high school. He's physically dominant above his peers. Doesn't have to put in the work and can still shine due to physical gifts. Then put him in college. He's not as physically dominant, but enough where he can still get noticed. Keeps getting told how awesome he is and after a while he buys into it. Finally that kid gets drafted into the pros. His physical stature no longer can dominate. Oh, he's still a good kid and all, but he never learned the work ethic to succeed.
His coaches and even some of his teammates try and motivate him behind the scenes. However because they don't tell him he's amazing like he's been told his whole life, he can't handle the criticism. He stops caring. He stops working. He falls behind players like Shavers. Puts out terrible effort and is possibly late to meetings and distant when he is there. The coach even tries benching him as a lesson. Coleman withdraws further. He cares a lot less. He hasn't learned the tools over his lifetime to cope with needing to work to be the best. He has a very short NFL career and is just happy to have made it.
Take away your snark and you're just repeating my take, that Coleman is an immature player who regressed when his coach benched him. Somehow you managed to be derivative and insulting at the same time, not easy to pull off.
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2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
The yellow parka is going to swim with the fishes ala elam’s notebook
Maybe. But I have a long-shot hypothesis that leads to a sunny conclusion, which is that McDermott is mishandling Coleman. Coleman has shown promise--look at the Baltimore game, for instance, and a few of the early games last season. He may not be a bust from a physical standpoint, like Boogie Basham, and he might not be an Elam-like bust either, a guy with talent who just doesn't get it. Rather, he might be sulking and McDermott is inadvertently making it worse by shaming him in front of his teammates and the world. In other words, he might be extremely immature (aka stupid), thinking, "I'll show them, I won't make this catch. THEN we'll see who's sorry, heh!"
In his defense, public humiliation is pretty damaging and can backfire spectacularly. I speak as a parent and teacher here. It's possible that Coleman can still be everything the Bills hoped for, someone who devoted his summer to getting into great shape and was ready to shine this year, only to run into a rough patch on the field maybe, then being embarrassed. He withdraws into a pout, McDermott doubles down, so does he, and we have the current state of affairs. If this is the case, we haven't seen the best of Coleman yet. He might be a dawg if properly motivated.
The bad news is that I don't see this turning around. It takes a lot to realize, as someone in charge of discipline, that you're going about it the wrong way and to change course, especially in such a public forum (in front of the whole team, I mean). Does McDermott have the combination of insightfulness and courage it takes? I'm dubious. But it's possible.
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9 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
No it's probably due to not enough time to actually physically tackle in practice
They're in the NFL.. so people think that they should have that down to a science
Not realizing that not consistently practicing tackling, make your tackling worse... These guys rarely tackle during practice week during the season
So their form and constant conditioning to Big impacts is down from what it was 20 years ago... Once the season starts they are rarely tackling in practice
Still, that doesn't explain why the Bills defensive personnel are particularly bad at it. It would be ironic if, with all the injuries, McDermott has been going easy in practice but players are getting injured anyway, meaning he has the worst of both worlds.
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7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
The amount of practice time they get to actually practice tackling
Been down across the league for a decade because of the CBA and how little they can do contact practice
Compare that to like Nick Saban at Alabama who's practices would be tougher than 90% of their games.. you don't see tackling problems
I see, thanks. I was assuming that the inordinate number of injuries on this team came from physical (but apparently) ineffective practices.
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9 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
We better get that run defense figured out before Tampa. That’s going to be a handful. I’m sure Irvin will conveniently back just in time for us. Nothing else is going to matter if TB can run it all over us. That’s got to be priority one
What I don't understand is why this defense, with a defensive head coach, is so bad at tackling. I mean, what could be more fundamental and (correct me if I'm wrong) easy to learn?
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5 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
What is funny to me is you don't even realize you just shut down any criticism you have ever had of any player, coach, GM etc in the history of being on TSW - because how could you ever know better or know more than who you are criticizing - those are your literal words here. And considering you are pretty much negative year round, that would make almost every post you have ever made irrelevant based on your own words here.
So if someone criticizes Brady, Beane, McD, Allen, etc - how could they know better than them right...unless of course it fits your own opinion or bias, then it's spot on right? lmao
But hey, thanks for making it clear that you think the coaches, Beane, Allen, etc are flawless and that you will never criticize any of them ever again, because how could you ever know better than them right. I mean that is the literal meaning of what you just wrote.
Agree. This kind of response--"Your view isn't legitimate because you're not a GM or NFL scout"--is not worth the pixels that spell it out.
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I would start the ball boy over Coleman at this point. Bench him to send a message to the team about attitude--and because he's a bust.
Be nice to do the same with Beane.
Bills roster moves - Sanders off of IR, Hardman signed to roster, Gabe elevated
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I do remember he was endorsing Dorsey until the end. I almost wish the Bills would lose the next two games just so Brady is let go. The signs are accumulating that he is at best limited and predictable as a coordinator, not what you want for a team with Super Bowl aspirations. In a way, the worst-case scenario is that the Bills win just enough, say two of every three of the remaining games, to give McDermott pause, and by then it will be too late, at least for this season.