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Let's hope it starts with taking Elam, who might be the worst tackler on the team, off special teams.

Yeah, but even he admitted that play was a big-time fail. I mean, going for an interception on fourth and forever with the game on the line?

There you go letting facts get in the way of a biased rant again. You're harshing my mellow, man!

No, when he vaulted into the endzone his right elbow landed on his right hand.

Makes sense from an experience standpoint. Bishop might have done fine, but so did Ingram, so good call even in retrospect.

The only solution I see to this team is put Allen on defense, too. And give him a shot at head coach and kicker. He's a star surrounded by mediocrities.

Play not to lose, the McDermott way.

He really is. It's like he and Brady got together and agreed it's best to run the ball, keep it close, and win with as slim a margin as possible. This with a future HOF quarterback in his prime. A throw any time there, with the Cardinals expecting nothing but runs, could have ended the game.

A porous defense, shaky kicker, mediocre kick coverage, overtight head coach... and a genetic freak at quarterback bailing out everybody. Nothing has changed.

Let's hope all that running pays off deep in the fourth quarter and the Cardinals D is wiped out.

Another year, still no YAC.

Yeah, give him a break. 😁

We need Poyer to be the enforcer and big-play guy back there. Yawning chasm with him gone.

Josh is 13 of 15. He'll never be an accurate quarterback.

Why not go deep on first down? I mean, yes, I'm sitting on a couch, but where is the passing game? It's all check downs and swing passes and runs up the middle. Getting pretty predictable.

On first down? No, thanks.

Williams, not a good start.

Big difference between nailing and mailing. I hope it's the former.

It would be worse if all that revenue were going just to the billionaire owners and Roger Goodell. At least the athletes work for a living.

Well, it's always fun to have at least one potential messiah on the roster who might unexpectedly shine and save the Bills season. With the likes of Rapp and Hamlin at safety, and Edwards and Bishop still question marks, I like to dream that Cine will step in and be the savior. He has size, speed, athleticism, and a coach who believes in him. Plus, he knows this might be his last real chance to make it in the NFL. Safety is hand-down the weakest spot on the roster, so the door is open. Given all this optimism, I really hope they elevate him soon before some other team has an injury and signs him off the practice squad.

Wow, please ignore me when I indulge myself with a fact-free, purely cathartic post like the OP's (which I actually enjoyed). Eek.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but if so, you may be missing my point. Teams win or lose not strictly because of talent or will to win or greatness, despite what the talking heads will tell you. Luck plays a role, which has to do with probability. As long as they don't become a head case from the losing, a terrific team that has runs of bad luck will eventually start winning.

Run the past five years three more times (like in poker) and the Bills get to the Super Bowl at least twice run. It's just fluky probability at work, not something rotten about the Bills or something magical about KC, which could have lost any of three SBs it won. In that same series of re-runs, they wouldn't win another three, I don't think; maybe they don't get to the SB at all. They haven't had ridiculous injuries like the Bills, or weird stuff happen, like the Hamlin thing, or meet the wrong team at the wrong time. Patience. With a DVOA track record like that, regression to the mean = the Bills get to the Super Bowl multiple times in the next five years.

What's the over-under on how many games it takes for McD to lose patience and take over?

We should remember that this board (myself included) thinks that cutting Harty and keeping Toohill was a mistake. Let's revisit the move later in the year. I've long suspected that the consensus view here turns out to be right a lot more than it's wrong.