Bills are Fool's Gold: Intentions Versus Results

[colin]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Funny thing is, a lot of people here predict we’ll lose in the Div Round..

 

If we’re a WC, unless Pittsburgh holds onto the Division, Jax takes the South or we play NE, winning the WC Round likely means beating one of Denver, Indy, Houston (dark horse) or Baltimore on the road.  
 

If we win that game, on the road, I’d think we’re going to the Super Bowl tbh.  Would mean we beat an elite defense or elite run game on the road.  Two things that give us issues and we’ve never won a road playoff game with this group. 
 

The way this year is set up, our WC game could very well be a tougher matchup than the Divisional Round. 

I really hope you are right!!

 

To the oppie: I did a lil effort post.  Our team by the deep numbers is basically in line with what we have been since 2023, with the exception that we play down to bad opponents on the road, turning the ball over multiple times and losing games we were heavy favorites in.

 

If they actually eliminate that (I think Brady pulling his head out and not being so predictable gets us 75% of the way there) we can beat anyone 

[Jeffbigalls]

On 11/21/2025 at 2:50 AM, Buffalo716 said:

Thank you for your service 

 

Now I'm going from getting over it to sad  again lol

 

Happy holidays

Surprisingly Simon the advanced stats show the bills are not leading the league in missed tackles

Probably the bengals

[MJS]

53 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

But the coordinators do what McDermott wants.  You can bet they aren't allowed to vary it at all.

 

So the change needs to be from the top down

Says who?

[Preds]

2 hours ago, MJS said:

We need new coordinators. As bad as the Bills defense has been, you at least see them make some stops here and there and adjust. McDermott has gotten involved to stop the bleeding. The offense, though, is utterly incapable of getting out of a slump or making any adjustments. It seems they have to see a play get stuffed three or four times before they stop calling it. Brady just isn't the guy.

 

I'm not sure it makes sense to love on from them until the end of the season because there are no upgrades to be had right now. I'd be all for bringing back Daboll next year.

We’re already replaced coordinators multiple times.  Without replacing the root cause at the top any new coordinators will be just spinning wheels and more future scapegoats for the inept HC.   IMO he has intentionally built a staff with inexperienced coordinators to protect his own job with no legit interim HC candidate on staff for ownership to replace him. 
 

The fools gold with this team starts with the fool at the top.  Without moving on form McD little will actually change and more years of Josh’s career will be wasted.  

Edited 1 hour ago by Preds

[BADOLBILZ]

On 11/21/2025 at 12:11 AM, Simon said:

This team has been in a funk all year long.

It is the worst coached Bills team we have seen in the Allen era, and it's not even close, imo.

There is no attention to detail, both sides of the ball are frequently confused and on different pages, self-scouting and situational awareness are completely absent on Sundays and there is no good answer at this point of the season.

The player can sense it and as a result we are seeing multiple games with unfocused, unmotivated players. The only time they really get geeked is when the play rivalry games against opponents they personally dislike (Chiefs, Jets, Ravens), the rest of the season they have mostly been going through the motions.

Unless they get younger at multiple positions and retool with an entirely new coaching staff, we are probably going to see more of the same going forward.

 

 

I know that is the popular perception but I think the coaching is the same level as ever.

 

The talent drop on the team from last season to this season has been SIGNIFICANT.

 

Taron Johnson, Milano and Bernard were very good when healthy last year.   This year they are HORRIBLE.   That's basically their 3 man LB corps.....all sh!t.

 

The D-Line rotation is also FAR worse than last year.   I can't believe my eyes seeing Jones and Sanders playing significant DE snaps.   That makes having Dawuane Smoot in the rotation last year look like having an All Star in rotation.   And Jordan Phillips playing big snaps at DT after sitting on the couch all offseason.   That DT rotation has been garbage.   I can't remember a time when they've been more impotent on the DL in my lifetime as a Bills fan.   

 

CB play has been far worse overall because of the vast decline of TJ and the astonishing decline of Benford. 

 

Bishop has rounded into excellent form of late but overall the S position was more reliable with Rapp and Hamlin last year than it had been in Sept-Oct.

 

I haven't even gotten to the WR corps! 

 

I don't know how you coach up having to play 3-5 guys on defense regularly that probably belong on practice squads at this point of their career(Phillips, Tre, Poyer, TJ and Milano).

 

 

[finn]

My read is that Beane will never fire McDermott because McDermott brought him in, an object lesson for other teams: always hire the GM first. We're stuck with McDermott, which means we're stuck with junior-varsity coordinators for the rest of the Allen era. 

[MikePJ76]

So you haven't watched them all year and yet you make a thread calling them Fool's Gold?  Kind of odd.