Tired of "everyone eats".

[MikePJ76]

2 minutes ago, zow2 said:

 

It's fun.. the threads about retiring Mr. Brightside, being tired of everyone eats, never wearing the rivalry jersey again, etc. are hilarious. 

We are Bills fans.  We are essentially or should be professionals at handling difficult losses.

 

As a Bills fan this is the gig.  A loss to a good team in October by a field goal should not inspire the mere destruction of the franchise these people want.

[Gregg]

18 minutes ago, Andrew Son said:

I find the focus on the offense to be truly bizarre.

 

It's been historically good.  If we fall short this year it will be because of the defense, again.  

 

I would still like a #1 WR on the Bills like a Jefferson, Chase, Cee-Dee, G. Wilson type of player. That would open everything up on offense even more. To your point the offense has still been good this year. We have to hope the players coming off suspension as well as getting Oliver back in the lineup can help shore up some of the weaknesses on defense. I am sure Beane is looking at possible trades, but the defense (once again) will need fixing in the off-season. In the 2026 draft I am guessing LB or CB/S as the pick in RD 1.

[Blackbeard]

My opinion is that the "everyone eats" philosophy was born by trying to have average players pretty much everywhere.  Cost effective players.

 

I think the Bills don't like loading up on really any one area (outside of QB) and having a weak spot.  Spread money around.  Not too much on WR.  Example, look at Bengals.  No money for OL.  All loot was focused on WR group.  

 

Everyone eats is just a byproduct of having overall lesser talent, but having it all over.  Why have an A+ wr corp with a D- OL?  Bills want B's all over the field.  Its a money thing imo.

[Mat68]

Buffalo has had either a 100 yard receiver or 100 yard rusher in every game this year.  3 games they ran it well and thats what they did. 2 games they passed more.  Every game they were around or above 400 yards of offense.  Every wr but Shavers and Palmer have touchdowns.  

[T.E.]

12 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

I can't believe the nonsense this week from one loss.  How can Bills fans not know how to handle a loss?

 

 

It's not the Pats game in and of itself. It is the OBVIOUS reality that the stubborn coaching staff refuses to do anything different, and that the same flaws that bounced us from the playoffs in years past are going to clearly keep them from the Super Bowl yet again.

[MikePJ76]

3 minutes ago, T.E. said:

It's not the Pats game in and of itself. It is the OBVIOUS reality that the stubborn coaching staff refuses to do anything different, and that the same flaws that bounced us from the playoffs in years past are going to clearly keep them from the Super Bowl yet again.

But one of the issues this week was that they did different things and were seemingly way too aggressive on offense.  

 

So you want them to do something different, which is exactly what they did and you are mad they lost because of it but are asking for them to do something different.  

 

On defense it seems they are blitzing like crazy.  They are also playing young players in bishop, logue, jackson, solomon etc.  

 

it seems they are doing a lot of different things lately. 

[PayDaBill$]

20 minutes ago, BuffaloBaumer said:

The Patriots secondary will be the best the Bills face all season. Brady was just an idiot for not getting Shakir and Kincaid more involved in the middle of the field. Hopefully he learns from this...

 Corners are very good, against the pass the safeties and LB especially when stacking the box to stop the run, not so much. Instead of trying to run into a wall we should have gone short to the TE RB or  slot.  Hit enough of those NE has to make a defensive change which most likely allows the run game to open. I agree! Thought Brady did a bad job adjusting to NE was doing.

Edited 2 hours ago by PayDaBill$

[MikePJ76]

7 minutes ago, Blackbeard said:

My opinion is that the "everyone eats" philosophy was born by trying to have average players pretty much everywhere.  Cost effective players.

 

I think the Bills don't like loading up on really any one area (outside of QB) and having a weak spot.  Spread money around.  Not too much on WR.  Example, look at Bengals.  No money for OL.  All loot was focused on WR group.  

 

Everyone eats is just a byproduct of having overall lesser talent, but having it all over.  Why have an A+ wr corp with a D- OL?  Bills want B's all over the field.  Its a money thing imo.

Everything about the Bills offense is about efficiency.  They want to run the ball alot, have a high completions pct., use a lot of different formations to run the same plays, control the clock and then ultimately score TD's in the red zone.

 

Its all about efficiency.

[Dillenger4]

19 minutes ago, zow2 said:

 

It's fun.. the threads about retiring Mr. Brightside, being tired of everyone eats, never wearing the rivalry jersey again, etc. are hilarious. 

Mr Brightside is the cheesiest song they could have ever picked. You might as well play Minuto or Mariah carey. It is a Red Sox song. We stole the whole thing from them. Not from Knox's wedding BS. The Red Sox have done it for years since the song came out. The day the Bills did it I puked. But of course, all the buffalonians jumped on it. So cheesy.

[HamptonBillsfan]

32 minutes ago, YodaMan79 said:

The whole “everybody eats” approach might sound like balance, but it’s really the football version of saying you’ve got two starting quarterbacks.  It's a diplomatic way of admitting you don’t have one true game-changer. I don’t want to hear it anymore.

 

When the commentators talked about it on Sunday night like it was a good thing, I completely lost it. Either the organization is lying to itself, or they think we as a fan base are clueless. Consider this my therapeutic vent, a realization that the front office is failing this roster and its fans.  Like the Eagles, this team could easily be 3-2, 2-3. They just don't pass the eye test. 

 

On the bright side, no one team looks unbeatable this year. I’d say maybe 4–6 teams have a real shot to win it all.  So, why not the Bills!?!?

I understand the frustration with losing a game to a divisional opponent, but the idea of using a variety of receivers is necessary because Beane chose to ignore a dominant pass catcher in favor of D-line FAs and draft choices.The problem on Sunday was they shut down Cook and then Brady got impatient and went away from the run game in favor of throwing into dangerous double coverages. What’s wrong with Josh distributing the ball to an emerging star in Kincaid, mismatches with Coleman, Shakir, who always gets open when Josh gets flushed or Palmer? Our offense is run first with a top 5 RB which opens up underneath opportunities and limits TOs. You want to vent, focus on the crappy secondary we’ve trotting out there.

[Buffalo Ballin]

29 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

“Everyone eats” is also about salary allocation. They can’t pay a superstar free agent WR at the current WR rate. Our best hope is to hit a home run in the draft at WR— which we could have done had we drafted McConkey instead of Coleman (but that’s another debate).

Have you seen Ladd lately? His stats are in the toilet. He's healthy. Somehow, QB Justin Herbert decided to make Ladd into a WR3.

[nedboy7]

Well then get a meeting with Brady and see if you can change the philosophy of the offense.  In the meantime find a top 10 WR.  Can’t wait!  

[Blackbeard]

3 minutes ago, Dillenger4 said:

Mr Brightside is the cheesiest song they could have ever picked.

 What's cheesy to you, may not be to a bunch of young kids, which is essentially the Bills roster.

[TheBrownBear]

52 minutes ago, YodaMan79 said:

On the bright side, no one team looks unbeatable this year. I’d say maybe 4–6 teams have a real shot to win it all.  So, why not the Bills!?!?

This is today's NFL.  Teams, even good ones, generally don't blow their opponents out. The high point totals and amount of comfortable wins we've seen from the Bills over the past half-decade are not the norm.

 

Now, this isn't directed solely at the OP, but the board as a whole - we lose one game against a decent team by a last second field goal where we lose the turnover battle -2 and commit 12 penalties and suddenly everything is wrong with the team. We act like Sunday night was the norm and not the exception. 

 

And I'd love to have the Lions or Bengals receivers. I'd love a more consistent (or even existent) down field passing game. But even so, the fact remains that we are still averaging 30+ points per game.  The offense isn't the problem here.

Edited 2 hours ago by TheBrownBear

[Yobogoya!]

27 minutes ago, Ga boy said:

Interesting comparison.  Me thinks that our skill guys are better than the Pats teams that won those Lombardis, but then there’s the coach.

 

Yeah I think it's possible to win with this offensive group for sure. With Allen you get a lot of leeway, although obviously we would all love a more clear WR1 who can separate. 

 

But on defense there's no comparison. Belichick hasn't done his legacy any favors in recent years, but some of his championship defenses were truly special. I mean he held that Rams offense that was no.2 in yards and points to just 3 points in that super bowl. Three points. 

 

I don't think even McD's most ardent supporters think we've ever fielded a defense that could win us a championship in that fashion- not in any year he's been here. 

[Low Positive]

33 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

I can't believe the nonsense this week from one loss.  How can Bills fans not know how to handle a loss?

 

 

This loss is bringing up some serious feelings because of who it was to. Bills fans have been waiting for a return to the mean for 6 years, and the narrative of “the Pats are back” all over the NFL media this week just confirms our worst fears. Hence the overreaction.

[TheBrownBear]

29 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

We are Bills fans.  We are essentially or should be professionals at handling difficult losses.

 

As a Bills fan this is the gig.  A loss to a good team in October by a field goal should not inspire the mere destruction of the franchise these people want.

It honestly seems like a reflection of the broader (especially online) society at this time. The first sign of adversity or discomfort and people completely lose all objectivity and want to blowtorch everything.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

8 minutes ago, Buffalo Ballin said:

Have you seen Ladd lately? His stats are in the toilet. He's healthy. Somehow, QB Justin Herbert decided to make Ladd into a WR3.

it’s been strange. I think it is less about Ladd, but I am not sure. 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Everyone doesn't eat. The bulk of the targets are going to Kincaid, Shakir, and Coleman. 
 

Palmer and Cook are at the next table, but it's a pretty drastic drop in targets. They get left overs. 

Knox is in-between the second table and the group who just gets scraps. 
 

 

[Dillenger4]

11 minutes ago, Blackbeard said:

 What's cheesy to you, may not be to a bunch of young kids, which is essentially the Bills roster.

Very true. Just seems "light" for a football game.