Pimlach

So we are trading Tuch now??? why would anyone entertain this rumor? I don’t want Adams trading anybody. Fire Adams and let the new GM handle the roster.

The real miss was Brad McConkey, drafted by the Chargers with the pick after Coleman. McConkey looks like an excellent player. Much better than Coleman, Worthy and Legette.

I did not say we have seen peak Josh Allen. He can be better than ever, he just needs more weapons to throw to, more playmakers on offense, and better play calling from his OC. Fix fixed the OL a few years ago but his is keeps whiffing on WRs.

Kulich has a blood clot issue, never heard of this as a sports injury. Zucker with a viral infection or something. Benson with puck to face, now foot injury. Ellis back twinge. Glass-man Norris gets hurt taking a faceoff. Dahlin's fiancée. UPL/Danforth/Kesselring/Power/Greenway/Kozak. How are we going to end the drought?

Prior to Brady running the offense the Bills used McKenzie in a similar way that the Chiefs use Worthy, only Worthy is a starting WR now and McKenzie was a 3/4. I am getting tired of Brady more than McDermott. In almost every era of the AFL/NFL the Bills have had some really great WRs. Except for now, when we finally have a great QB.

Beasley was excellent while he lasted but his career was finished when the Bills released him. Agree in part. Diggs leaving was needed because he became a major distraction, but not replacing his skill and production is the biggest black mark on Beane. Both Worthy and Coleman have flaws. Worthy was the fastest guy in the draft and was the logical next pick IMO. He has game breaking speed but he is physically limited. He is not a proto-type #1 but he fits into a team that can use a gadget type weapon and a team that needs speed (i.e., the Bills fit this description more than the Chiefs did). Coleman was also very much a reach player. He converted from basketball to football. Coleman is a great athlete that lacks top end speed. The Bills thought his 40 times were hampered by his inability to start fast out of the blocks, and they thought he still had really good game speed. Because of this they thought Coleman could be a legit #1, a diamond in the rough. So far Coleman looks like a player with only borderline game speed, and he cannot yet overcome that with the precise route running needed to get open. For the most part he has been easy to cover and ineffective for the number of snaps he gets. Drafting a guy for jumping ability and getting "contested" balls is a luxury the Bills did not have. Contested balls are low percentage plays. Speed kills on any down. I would have taken Worthy. I think Andy Reid made the better choice. Worthy is not a prototype #1 either but I love his speed. He plays in an offense loaded with talent and innovation, that helps his game a lot. Coleman and Worthy each have flaws and are niche receivers. The Bills are banking that Coleman can improve route running because he is not going to get faster or more elusive. Right now Coleman is looking like a #3, not a top 2 on a good team.

Who are the GM candidates out there? I guess they can look at up and coming AGMs from other successful teams like the Eagles, Rams, etc. Again, you want to trust Terry to do this?

Adams slice of the chart is still really bad. But lets say you forgive him for the steep down slope of 2019/2020 and assume he inherited it and EEE. Now just look and the poor performance for the last 4 years, their is no improvement and no serious team would tolerate that performance for this long. Cup winning coaches and GMs get fired for that level of mediocrity. Then look past the chart and look at Adams body of work. Look at trades and drafts, who was shipped out and who was brought in, the contracts, the coaches, the team attendance and popularity, the teams stature in the league, etc. We do not need this chart to tell us that a major change is needed or this team could cease to exist. That is not all on Adams and his crew, and he is the first person to tell us that, which is one of many reasons why he is not going to fix this. The standard for the Pegula Sabres is that there is no standard. Pegula's reason for the Sabres existence is the biggest lie in the history of the modern NHL.

Make the change permanent? So you want him to try to break the contract? You think we would be better without him?

Terry is probably evaluating Jarmo. For Terry that means is this a guy that will talk to me and listen to me.

Some people have been calling for McD to be canned ever since the "13 seconds" game. Others have been calling for Beane for quite a long time too. From what we know Beane tried to upgrade this team and it didn't work out, probably because the players targeted were playing for division rivals. Probably because he has no cap room either. Under Ralph C Wilson I have seen winning Bills organizations break up in almost every decade since their existence. There is not one time that I can recall when blowing up a winning Bills organization has immediately produced a better one. It always went the other way. A winning GM/Coach leaves and the team degrades and becomes a losing team, often for prolonged periods of time. I have ZERO confidence that Pegula can fire Beane and replace him with someone that can do better.

This chart makes me angry. It is all right there. Terry should look at this every day. Would like to hear what the Pegula/Adams apologists have to say about this.

Yes. I’ve been hearing it. who do you bring in? You fire Beane and you hire who? And this is Terry Pegula doing the hiring. Let’s remember that. Since 1960 the Bills have had maybe 3 or 4 good GMs.

They have 14 out of 30 points, 0.466 %. It’s disheartening to hear that they have to play .612 hockey the rest of the way to get to 96 points. That means winning 3 of 5 the rest of the way. It will be a challenge for this team as it looks right now. They need a big winning streak to improve their odds. I want the playoffs now AND I want Adams fired. I don’t think you build a winning culture by deferring winning to the future Adam's does, and he needs to go. Clean house Terry. Drill that *****in well.

I’m not the GM, coach, or owner. I do think the should put better players around Allen, and they haven’t done that yet.

I don’t know. Depends on how Beane compares each draft class. More likely, the deal wasn’t exactly as you describe it, or Beane did an assessment of what improvement he could get right now versus cost and decided no. Firing Beane would be dumb.

Beane had two possible trades lined up. DT Quinen Williams from Jets. WR Jaylon Waddle from Dolphins. Both teams in our division that we have been beating up for a long time. Both made it hard to close a deal. Beane worked it hard. He didn’t force it and take a bad deal. Realistically, they need more than 1 player to improve this team.

Bills are looking like a middle tier team right now. Right on the heels of a big win over KC they lose in their division to a team that was breaking apart. McDermott and his staff failed to have them ready, similar to the Atlanta game where nothing worked on either side of the ball, both the game plan and the execution was lacking. Offense has become a problem. The Bills passing game has become Josh Allen scrambles and then hope he can find someone. Very few plays are drop back into a clean pocket, and fire to an open receiver 10+ yards deep. The WRs are a below average unit. Shakir is a good #3 slot guy. The rest are all below average players. At TE Kincaid is good, but not at the level of carrying an offense. Cook 3 is good, that’s about all we have in the backfield. Still, mostly because of Allen, the offense has been very good at times, going into this game they led all teams in offensive yards per game. Yet the underlying feel is the OC is holding them back. I think Brady has been figured out and is running out of chess moves. Defense played great against KC but was bad again today. Bad tackling, not enough QB pressure, missed tackles at the LOS that resulted in huge runs. Hairston is showing us what close coverage looks like, he is a bright spot and probably will be the best player on this defense soon. With Benford and Taron Johnson out they are really lacking. Tre White was bad and should retire after the season, DB depth is not good enough. The LBs did not contribute, Milano and Bernard are no longer a factor. The DTs have been ravaged with injury and Miami took advantage, and not having Epenesa at DE hurt. It looked like MCD took over the defensive play calls. This is looking like a wild card team that needs some retooling. Still a lot of football left but they lost another game in the standings to NE today.

Correct UPL does not like "UPL". Correct, UPL needs assurances and he needs the net. Recall when Levi first arrived in the 2022-23 magical 91 point season. Rumors were out even back then that the younger players were upset that Levi got starts over UPL. Looking back at the players from that 2022-23 roster how disappointing they have been since then. We still have Thompson, Tuch, and Dahlin as a Core. Peterka is the only kid that broke out and improved over the years, and he is traded. Mitts got traded and while he isn't much, the center spine has been a problem ever since. Cozens got paid plus a letter, and then he flopped under the expectations and the pressure and was traded for a guy who wasn't healthy enough to contribute anything, and still is not healthy. Mule an Power have not met their contracts or on ice expectations. Neither has UPL. Levi is in the minors. Quinn is just inconsistent and mediocre. Since that season we have seen a parade of bargain basement goalies, 4th liners, and 5/6/7/8 defensemen come and go.

They need to play at least .550, preferably .600 points percentage in the month of November to stay alive. So far November looks like this: 1W 2L 1 OTL = 3 of 8 points, 0.375 pts pct. That no show, shut out, home ice loss to St Louis looks pretty big. Next 3 road games are: 11/12 - Utah 11/3 - Avs 11/15 - Wings They really need 4 of the next 6 points or November starts to slip away. They have to start a win 2 or 3 pattern or else. So with that, how about some Sunday Soul? A little Americana R&B. Clarence Carter backed by the Muscle Shoals "Swampers".

I thought he dressed as the backup a few games ago and that gave me hope he would play soon. ? I did get a sense that "back tightness" was more than a simple thing. Just this teams luck to get hit with a rash of forward injuries, lose their 1D, and be in a the predicament of carry 3 goalies.

What do you mean by the bolded? Is he injured? Why is he not playing/dressing after a very good debut?

Fourth? His boat, his business, and a whole bunch of kids.