Sure, you can shrug off preseason box scores. But when your team sleepwalks through a primetime dress rehearsal in Chicago, it’s hard not to hear the alarms. Sunday night wasn’t really about Caleb Williams flashing on the opening drive; it was about Buffalo ’s lifeless response. This was not just about a loss. The Bills put out the kind of flat effort that makes a head coach want to grab the fire hose.

Oh, and you just know Sean McDermott didn’t exactly bite his tongue. After the game, he came off more frustrated than forward-looking. That’s rare for him. This was meant to be an audition for depth pieces, but instead? It was a horror show of complacency. And his message landed like a locker-room subpoena.

“ Tonight was a chance for us to evaluate other players on our roster and ke

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