Darius Slay claimed on waivers by Buffalo

[Old Coot]

On 12/3/2025 at 5:03 PM, QB Bills said:

And Hairston is built like Kate Moss.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[SCBills]

It doesn’t look good.   Beane claims a vet who was hoping to finish his career in Philly.  Releases a depth piece who is claimed by the best defense in the league and then the vet he claimed won’t report and threatens to retire. 
 

He looks like a clown.  
 

Which is what he’s turning into lately.  Sideshow Beane.  Since drafting Allen, which is the only reason he’s still here…  Meh draft after meh draft.   Awful contracts all over the roster.  Arguing with morning show hosts and then going on a victory tour with Pat McAfee.  
 

The dude has Josh Allen fighting for his life because of a horrible Knox contract, horrible Samuel contract, horrible Palmer contract, bust of an early 2nd in Keon and yeaaaa I’m gonna say it, a bust of a trade up 1st rounder in Kincaid.. always hurt and with an organization that barely plays him when he’s healthy because he can’t block anyone but WR’s. 
 

Oh, but the injuries on defense!!! How could anyone ever foresee that coming??

 

Undersized DT. Undersized LB.  Injury prone DE we had to sign because he keeps missing on draft picks.  DE coming off PED’s.  Does anyone know what PED’a put you at risk for?… yup, tendon/ligament injuries. It’s not surprising.  He’s built a roster made of glass.  Most of these injuries aren’t bad luck.   Samuel & Palmer have injury histories… 20M tied up in those two hospital frequent flyers.  
 

Beane is a joke.  And if being wildly mediocre in surrounding our freak show QB with a team he can win a Super Bowl with wasn’t enough.. he’s now making a fool of himself, not once… but twice

this year. 

[Kelly to Allen]

2 minutes ago, SCBills said:

It doesn’t look good.   Beane claims a vet who was hoping to finish his career in Philly.  Releases a depth piece who is claimed by the best defense in the league and then the vet he claimed won’t report and threatens to retire. 
 

He looks like a clown.  
 

Which is what he’s turning into lately.  Sideshow Beane.  Since drafting Allen, which is the only reason he’s still here…  Meh draft after meh draft.   Awful contracts all over the roster.  Arguing with morning show hosts and then going on a victory tour with Pat McAfee.  
 

The dude has Josh Allen fighting for his life because of a horrible Knox contract, horrible Samuel contract, horrible Palmer contract, bust of an early 2nd in Keon and yeaaaa I’m gonna say it, a bust of a trade up 1st rounder in Kincaid.. always hurt and with an organization that barely plays him when he’s healthy because he can’t block anyone but WR’s. 
 

Oh, but the injuries on defense!!! How could anyone ever foresee that coming??

 

Undersized DT. Undersized LB.  Injury prone DE we had to sign because he keeps missing on draft picks.  DE coming off PED’s.  Does anyone know what PED’a put you at risk for?… yup, tendon/ligament injuries. It’s not surprising.  He’s built a roster made of glass.  Most of these injuries aren’t bad luck.   Samuel & Palmer have injury histories… 20M tied up in those two hospital frequent flyers.  
 

Beane is a joke.  And if being wildly mediocre in surrounding our freak show QB with a team he can win a Super Bowl with wasn’t enough.. he’s now making a fool of himself, not once… but twice

this year. 

 

If we destroy Cincinnati will you change your mind?

[billsfan89]

I’m not really sure Ingram is that much better than Dane Jackson so I’m not really sure what that loss is here. They took a chance trying to get Slay he’s not interested in coming and it cost the Bills their 4th outside corner. I’m not really seeing how this is that tragic a situation 

[SCBills]

1 minute ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

If we destroy Cincinnati will you change your mind?

Get to a Super Bowl and I’ll change my mind. 
 

He gets credit for Allen and his OL build.  
 

A+ on both accounts.  
 

He found, or via multiple trade backs, lucked into Cook, but drafted him

and extended him.  A+
 

The defense is built in a way to constantly have injury issues and, what do you know, we always do. 
 

The weapons are hilarious.  Bust in Coleman.  Bust, for different reasons, in Kincaid.  Lit money on fire with injury prone Samuel and Palmer.  Insane contract for Knox. And while im at it, Shakir is a luxury contract.  Hes not a primary slot and is holding us back because he’s paid to be such.  He’s a move around chess piece, not some Amon-Ra lite.  We need an actual slot WR. 
 

And now we have Beane bringing the circus to Buffalo … again … for the second time in the same season. 

[Governor]

It looks like the other GM’s have been clowning him for a few years now too. 

[Kelly to Allen]

2 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Get to a Super Bowl and I’ll change my mind. 
 

He gets credit for Allen and his OL build.  
 

A+ on both accounts.  
 

He found, or via multiple trade backs, lucked into Cook, but drafted him

and extended him.  A+
 

The defense is built in a way to constantly have injury issues and, what do you know, we always do. 
 

The weapons are hilarious.  Bust in Coleman.  Bust, for different reasons, in Kincaid.  Lit money on fire with injury prone Samuel and Palmer.  Insane contract for Knox. And while im at it, Shakir is a luxury contract.  Hes not a primary slot and is holding us back because he’s paid to be such.  He’s a move around chess piece, not some Amon-Ra lite.  We need an actual slot WR. 
 

And now we have Beane bringing the circus to Buffalo … again … for the second time in the same season. 

 

I generally agree with what you say here. They're in the same conference with an 80s 49ers type dynasty team. Shyt happens man

 

 

I still think they can make some noise here

 

[Ga boy]

6 hours ago, newcam2012 said:

We will disagree to disagree and let's leave it at that. We will see shortly. Hope you are right. 

The difference is that I’ll be disappointed if they fail …

[TheFunPolice]

Keep McDermott but find a new GM

 

I mean seriously... "He tried" doesn't cut it. 

 

Give McDermott a better roster to work with 

[PepeSilvia]

Is Josh Norman available?

[RyanC883]

8 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

Keep McDermott but find a new GM

 

I mean seriously... "He tried" doesn't cut it. 

 

Give McDermott a better roster to work with 

I moved from get rid of McD and keep Bean to either get rid of whole FO or at least Bean. 

[Kelly to Allen]

 

[Tanoros]

10 minutes ago, SCBills said:

It doesn’t look good.   Beane claims a vet who was hoping to finish his career in Philly.  Releases a depth piece who is claimed by the best defense in the league and then the vet he claimed won’t report and threatens to retire. 
 

He looks like a clown.  
 

Which is what he’s turning into lately.  Sideshow Beane.  Since drafting Allen, which is the only reason he’s still here…  Meh draft after meh draft.   Awful contracts all over the roster.  Arguing with morning show hosts and then going on a victory tour with Pat McAfee.  
 

The dude has Josh Allen fighting for his life because of a horrible Knox contract, horrible Samuel contract, horrible Palmer contract, bust of an early 2nd in Keon and yeaaaa I’m gonna say it, a bust of a trade up 1st rounder in Kincaid.. always hurt and with an organization that barely plays him when he’s healthy because he can’t block anyone but WR’s. 
 

Oh, but the injuries on defense!!! How could anyone ever foresee that coming??

 

Undersized DT. Undersized LB.  Injury prone DE we had to sign because he keeps missing on draft picks.  DE coming off PED’s.  Does anyone know what PED’a put you at risk for?… yup, tendon/ligament injuries. It’s not surprising.  He’s built a roster made of glass.  Most of these injuries aren’t bad luck.   Samuel & Palmer have injury histories… 20M tied up in those two hospital frequent flyers.  
 

Beane is a joke.  And if being wildly mediocre in surrounding our freak show QB with a team he can win a Super Bowl with wasn’t enough.. he’s now making a fool of himself, not once… but twice

this year. 

Reading your post, I had to double-check that I wasn’t somehow teleported back to the drought era, or maybe into a Raiders fan forum by accident. Because apparently being a top contender for the better part of a decade is now some kind of tragic disaster.

 

Yeah, Beane is such a “clown” that the Bills have been one of the winningest teams in the league since he got here. Total embarrassment. How dare he.

 

And of course, none of that matters because you’ve decided every draft pick is a bust, every contract is terrible, and every injury is his personal fault. I’m surprised you didn’t blame him for the weather too.

 

Look, has Beane made mistakes? Obviously. Every GM does. If he’d pulled the trigger on a true WR1 for Allen recently, things might look a lot different right now. But let’s at least pretend to be fair,  the guy brought back Cook on a great deal when half the fanbase was ready to ship him out. That didn’t magically happen on its own.

 

What did magically happen, though, is that some Bills fans have forgotten what actual misery looks like. You know, the drought. The seventeen straight years of irrelevance. When “competing” wasn’t even in the vocabulary.

 

Now we expect to make a deep run every single year,  and that somehow equals “Beane is a joke.”

 

Sure. Right.

 

We all want a Super Bowl. But there’s a massive difference between wanting to improve and acting like we’re a bottom feeder. If you honestly think this franchise is some catastrophe under Beane, you might be confusing “legitimate issues” with “I’m frustrated so everything is terrible.”

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

so who is right here?

[RyanC883]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

so who is right here?

the 2nd guy it sounds like.  The highlighted part does not appear to even say what the first poster claims it says. 

Edited 32 minutes ago by RyanC883

[SCBills]

Just now, Tanoros said:

Reading your post, I had to double-check that I wasn’t somehow teleported back to the drought era, or maybe into a Raiders fan forum by accident. Because apparently being a top contender for the better part of a decade is now some kind of tragic disaster.

 

Yeah, Beane is such a “clown” that the Bills have been one of the winningest teams in the league since he got here. Total embarrassment. How dare he.

 

And of course, none of that matters because you’ve decided every draft pick is a bust, every contract is terrible, and every injury is his personal fault. I’m surprised you didn’t blame him for the weather too.

 

Look, has Beane made mistakes? Obviously. Every GM does. If he’d pulled the trigger on a true WR1 for Allen recently, things might look a lot different right now. But let’s at least pretend to be fair,  the guy brought back Cook on a great deal when half the fanbase was ready to ship him out. That didn’t magically happen on its own.

 

What did magically happen, though, is that some Bills fans have forgotten what actual misery looks like. You know, the drought. The seventeen straight years of irrelevance. When “competing” wasn’t even in the vocabulary.

 

Now we expect to make a deep run every single year,  and that somehow equals “Beane is a joke.”

 

Sure. Right.

 

We all want a Super Bowl. But there’s a massive difference between wanting to improve and acting like we’re a bottom feeder. If you honestly think this franchise is some catastrophe under Beane, you might be confusing “legitimate issues” with “I’m frustrated so everything is terrible.”

Never said any of that. 
 

Specifically pointed out he gets an A+ for Allen, A+ for OL construction and A+ for Cook.  
 

We compete every year because of Allen.  Not because of Beane and lately, it’s in spite of Beane. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just now, RyanC883 said:

the 2nd guy it sounds like.  

if so, I just remain doubtful that Beane wouldn’t have put out feelers to rosenhaus. It seems like basic due diligence.

[RyanC883]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

if so, I just remain doubtful that Beane wouldn’t have put out feelers to rosenhaus. It seems like basic due diligence.

it does.  But it was widely reported in Pittsburgh papers that Slay wanted to start and that was why he was released.  Not sure how Bean missed that. 

[Kelly to Allen]

 

 

 

 

 

Would be cool if we get a draft pick out of this lol

 

 

 

 

[Tanoros]

3 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Never said any of that. 
 

Specifically pointed out he gets an A+ for Allen, A+ for OL construction and A+ for Cook.  
 

We compete every year because of Allen.  Not because of Beane and lately, it’s in spite of Beane. 

You didn’t say any of that in the post I responded to. Maybe you said it somewhere else, but it definitely wasn’t in the rant I quoted. I replied directly to that post, the one where you called Beane a clown, trashed half the roster, and acted like the last eight years never happened.

 

If you want credit for giving out A plus grades, you might want to include those in the post you’re defending. Because what you wrote was the exact opposite, you said we only compete because of Allen, full stop, and everything else is “in spite of Beane.” That’s what I was responding to.

 

And honestly, if you lived through the 17 year drought and still talk like this team has given you nothing but misery, that’s wild. If you didn’t live through the drought, that at least explains the lack of perspective.

 

We can criticize Beane without pretending the Bills have suddenly turned into the 2008 Detroit Lions. There’s a huge difference between wanting better and acting like the last eight years never existed.