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We don’t have any money. We will have to borrow from 2025 to field a roster.

Diggs is one of the most targeted players in the league. Justin Jefferson gets 1.5 balls thrown to him per game. Not catches, but attempts. Jefferson was targeted more than anybody in the league this year, and had the 11th most targets in league history. Ever. The Bills don’t have a problem targeting Stefon Diggs. No matter how much Diggs says it’s a problem. It’s not. 2 pass attempts (not catches) per game would make be historical for Diggs. This conversation drives me nuts. The entire offense runs through Diggs. If anything this team needs to spread the ball out more. There are no more realistic attempts for Diggs. He already gets them all.

Why are you so contentious about having any conversation at all. I never said they were a juggernaut. Like at all. They’re a middling team in a log jam of middling teams in a fight for the last playoff spot.

Interesting wording because they have more wins than DET and also played one less game.

I mean, the first thing they did after the SB was sign a core special teamer. I don’t anticipate them doing anything different. Edit: I don’t think taking offense v defense early in the draft constitutes a meaningful change in philosophy. Rather roster spots for core special teamers who don’t contribute elsewhere. Play calling. Getting rookies involved early and often. Etc.

Gotta load up on special teamers…. Ugh.

I agree. I find Edmunds a slightly frustrating player, but he plays a major role here. It isn't just one more replacement. It would mean that Beane will have only re-signed 2 of his top 100 picks that he drafted. Knox and Allen. Certainly there are a bunch on the roster that have not come due. But he will have drafted and let Edmunds and Philips walk. We expect him to also let Oliver and Singletary walk. He already cut/traded Ford and Moss. Assuming the above happens the Bills will be left with AJE, Basham, Spencer Brown, Rousseau, Elam, Cook, and Bernard. Woof Edit: There is a reasonable case to also let Brown, AJE, Basham, and Bernard walk based on play to day.

Yes. Whats your point?

Andy Reid is one of the most weirdly fat people I’ve seen. It’s insane.

I have been critical of Allen because he can be and needs to be better to beat Mahomes. But I wouldn’t trade him for almost anything. Unsure if you’re being serious or trolling.

I mean, Josh was the highest paid QB in the league when he signed his contract. I think there are some really bad QB contracts right now. I think Allen’s received a fair value contract. This makes it seem like he took some sort of Brady discount, which isn’t even close to the case. For reference there are only 3 teams in the league with the current cap space to fit in Allen’s 2023 cap number. It’s not cheap. But just about everybody would find a way to make it work.

Shakir. It’s a great throw. Great catch. But hard throw and hard catch. You can’t rely on those to get you through every drive.

I think Mahomes does a great job of spreading the ball around. Similar to Brady (barf) they force teams to cover everybody even if they are middling depth receivers. We don't do a good enough job at that. Sure the Chiefs highlight Kelce, but they throw the ball to anybody. For reference the Bills have 7 players who average one target per game. The Chiefs have 10. KC has 4 players with 50+ catches and another 4 with 30+. The Bills have 1 player with 50+ catches and 4 over 30. We don't really spread the ball around at all.

Allen has changed a lot of things about his game. We have to have faith this is one of them. There was that spoof QB room interview early in the season. One of the topics was "How much film you watch?". The entire interview was sarcasm and on that topic they talked about "all we do is watch film". Contextually I thought that that was super weird. It is a total tinfoil hat thought that I am not married too. But it got me thinking that I would actually like to know how much film Allen watched compared to his peers. TL:DR I would start with more film.

Plays like this happen every game if you watch the all-22. Dorsey needs to be better. The OL needs to be better. The WR needs to be better. But so does Allen. When we watch this live we think, "Great throw, great catch, I wish our guys could get as open as KC" because the broadcast tape stinks. But these throws happen all the time every week. Amazing play. But we talk about Dawkins and the throw and catch when Allen is 9 yards deep into the pocket and their is an easy TD to his right, making the whole thing tough on Dawkins and Davis. https://imgur.com/a/PG2vZc7

Given that Josh has had issues with zone defenses since entering the NFL, and was near the bottom of the league this year I would be tempted to guess it is the he has some issues understanding where to go with the ball. https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/josh-allen/ I totally agree. I think this is where it starts. His freak athleticism helps both create a lot of opportunities and mask deficiency.

This narrative drives me nuts. The staff needs to get better. The WR group needs to get better. The OL needs to get better. I don't shy away from any of that one bit. But to say that the issue with Allen is that he feels the weight of the world/everybody letting him down just isn't true. Allen has issues with seeing the field and decision making. His freak athleticism makes up for a lot of it. I watch the All-22 every week. And every week there are plays like the link below. Where live it looks like Allen HAS to thread the needle to Davis in the end zone because "nobody is open", and Dawkins didn't block the DE long enough. Or last night with KC's walk in TD "Why can't we give Allen that". We literally do, and he doesn't see it, or doesn't throw it in favor of the circus/throw and catch. I love Josh Allen, but every week I see plays like below over and over again. He needs to figure that out if we are going to catch Mahomes and the Chiefs. https://imgur.com/a/PG2vZc7 Edit: Sure that is great when you hit Davis like that in a super tight window for a TD. But it is a low percentage throw.When you inevitably start to miss those throws based on the general nature of them, you start to really stall a team for drives, games, or even seasons at a time.

I don't know what you are trying to say here?

Totally agree. He is capable!

It isn't that Josh is in a lesser tier. At this point I think it is that Mahomes is just in his own ranking.

OMG, I thought The Who were a terrible half time show. I like all the artists from 2005-2010, but I didn't like most of them as half time shows at all. Except for Prince, that was awesome! I am not a huge Rihanna fan in general. I liker her genre, and I actually do think a bunch of her songs bops. But I saw too many videos of her botched vocals to be a fan of her talent or lack there of. I just think she is a benefactor of the Jay-Z machine, who I do really love! I don't love The Weekend either. It just all feels like he is forcing me to sit passenger in some weird heroin trip he is on. Other than that I think the NFL has gotten a lot of the halftime shows right recently. Last years show was phenomenal!

So the best of the best of Allen as a player is better than Kelly. But as a career? Kelly has a better career to date. Allen has to play at his best for quite a bit longer to be in the HoF conversation.

The NFL mandates a vocal track, that includes Prince and Springsteen. The one thing you do get from both of those guys that are real is their guitar solos.

Personnel? OL, first and foremost. Philosophically, stop trying to score a TD on every single play.

I absolutely hate the "what if's". The Bills lost in the divisional rounds, they weren't 13 seconds away from winning the Super Bowl. There was another 2 hours of play after that to crown a champion. I am a firm believer that in order to get better you need to an honest inventory of the situation and 13 seconds away from a Lombardi is far far from that. I understand that we are fans, not employees or players. But it is something I whole heartedly subscribe to.