WhitewalkerInPhilly

Sweet mercy we could have beat the Ravens

Yeah I was thinking at the 2 minute mark at 2nd and 3rd and 4 how they couldn't run at a KC defense that has trouble stopping the run

I mean I wish the search had gone in a little longer but it's what I expected and is likely the best we were going to get

Yeah. He is. Patricia sucked and Desai was considered worse

It's very much a damned by faint praise situation

I'll say this: the Eagles 100% upgraded at their coordinators this offseason

Goff.

I'll put it this way: Desai was replaced midseason for Matt Patricia.

I'm here for Bar Bill

He still finished 7th in receptions, 13th in yards

I like the Ravens, but truth be told if it's not the Bills I am having a hard time carving out a three hour block of time when I have a kid running around. And it sickens me to see the Chiefs there. Again.

Yeah I started listening to it on my way into work today. The upshot is what I had been expecting: the Bills can claw their way into positive cap space with enough for draft picks and for the typical sundry pickups you need to bring in street free agents for depth and do so entirely with restructure and extensions for: Allen (no brainer, and by math 100% necessary) Dawkins (do you keep around a Pro Bowl left tackle?) Taron Johnson (2nd team All Pro) Rasul Douglas (currently our best CB on the roster) and (braces himself) Diggs. Now, we can avoid the last one. If we hit every single other way to squeeze nickels and dimes out of the roster. But if you want this team anywhere close competing, you're going to need to do it. I know some people here would prefer their eyes gouged out with shellfish forks, but that's the situation. Short answer: no It is money that we already paid in the form of signing bonuses and previous restructures. If he is cut or traded it is immediately applied to the cap. It's like how everyone said Rodgers would be back, because the Jets literally cannot afford to cut him at this point.

Short answer: No. Longer answer: Don't get me wrong. I like Shakir. Over the back end of the year I think it's fair to say that he's been our most reliable WR. He has absolutely earned the chance to take a turn in the offense. But looking at his stats from 2022 and 2023 while he has absolutely come along his stats are similar or worse then Gabe Davis. People seem to forget that Davis was a hot option in 2020 and 2021. ~600 yard, 6-7 touchdowns a year, plus postseason TDs. Being the #3/4 guy on the roster can mean that you get superior matchups. Teams are less likely to focus on shutting down your tendencies. Gabe thrived when he had John Brown and Emmanuel Sanders to take heat off of him, and he all saw him struggle to be a consistent reason not to bracket Diggs. Bring in a guy who can push Diggs for the starting job or someone who can take the top off the defense. Let Shakir, Kincaid and Cook thrive underneath.

yes, because when we discuss sound practice in football management we live up to the standard of Jerry Jones. How 'bout them Cowboys?

Is that...a bad thing, necessarily considering the number of people who want him gone? But seriously, McDermott had previously been framing himself as a CEO coach. While he was a defensive coach up until this year he had handed off play calling to Frazier (so 6 years). I don't think Vrabel's previous time as a HC has such greater success than McDermott that he's being upstaged.

Their loss would be our gain. I really want Vrabel to come here. Come on Miami, back up the Brinks truck for Staley!!!

Mario Williams is probably the most talented guy from the last 20 years with Kyle following up.

I...don't know. My first reaction was "hell no". But that's my personal dislike from time with the Pats and his HC runs. But we have effectively been running a form of the Pats offense under Brady (albeit not as well) and there are rife examples of guys who are excellent coordinators who just cannot handle running a full team. After due consideration I would not hate him interviewing.

Good for him. I want Vrabel.

I'll say this for any and all "trade Diggs" conjecture: No. Not in 2024. No way, no how. Especially the "no how" part. As in, the Bills would incur a $4 million cap LOSS on top of what they would have to pay the new guy in a year where they desperately need cap space. There's a reason that player for player trades don't happen often, and it's more commonly player for picks. If the Bills hit every lever to free up space, effectively say good bye to all departing free agents (bye Floyd, Epenesa, Shaq, Dodson, Dane Jackson, DaQuan, Phillips so most of our defense) and need to hit on nearly every draft pick as an immediate starter the Bills could maybe trade Diggs for picks. What worth all that, multiple first rounders? We ain't getting that for Diggs. Diggs is a near certain lock to be on the roster in 2024. And, let's face it, likely 2025, because the Bills are so cap strapped I don't see how we field a roster anywhere as close to last year without restructuring or extending him.

Really? Because I thought overall he did a good job against the Chiefs. The running worked extremely well through the third quarter. It wasn't until the 4th when they started changing up things to stop them. The two 4th quarter stalls were the drive when the Chiefs finally adjusted, the first has the Bills in 3rd and makable when Allen gets a pass batted, and the next is where they get stuffed and Sherfield can't bring it in deep. He DOES adjust on the final drive. The Chiefs are run blitzing. Allen takes his third big deep shot that is catchable and it slides through Diggs' hands. Allen starts hitting hot routes for blitz beaters, which is one of the easier ways to attack the Chiefs now that they need to blitz to stop the run. Kincaid had three catches averaging 7 YPA and that's the kind of thing you take all day. I don't even mind the run call at the two minute warning because I was thoroughly expecting KC to call a timeout and it was to our benefit that they didn't. That Shakir and Diggs were both open on that 2nd and 9 and there were bodies available to make it a 4th and short decision on 3rd down speak more to Allen's decision making than Brady's scheming and playcalling.

I'm going to reserve judgement about how good he actually is until I see him with a full year as a OC. As I've said before, and will say again: we did not see Brady install an offense this year. What he saw him do was call better situational plays from Ken Dorsey's and introduce a few Shanahan inspired wrinkles. Dorsey's scheme in turn was heavily inspired by what Daboll had done. While I suspect that Brady will use similar verbiage that the players are familiar with, you definitely saw differences: far more run heavy that what Daboll and Dorsey did. All used motion, but Brady seemed focused on it as a way to diagnose defenses rather than the high speed attack Miami uses. So I can't really say how he is overall as an OC. Maybe he pooped the bed in his interview when asked how he would change the offense and we get blown away by another candidate. All I know is that he called a hell of a better offense since anyone since Daboll. Maybe better than Daboll.

Oh thank Christ no swiping Brady. No OC desperation hires Vrabel for Bills DC

Due respect, but what comes out of McAfee's mouth between shotgunned beers and bong rips does not bowl me over as sound advice Maybe Kliff will take a QB coach role