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There are certainly catches I want Gabe to make. But he also has the most low percentage play targets in the league. So of course his catch % is low. Also, the top 10 teams in terms of craps includes something like 8/10 top QB’s. The difference between being Buffalo and KC in drops is 3 and 6 to Cincinnati. That’s one less drop every 4 games.

I agree in CIN. They’re in an even tougher spot given the cash issues with ownership. KC can borrow for next year without much risk. By comparison it’s not so much kicking the can down the road like it is in Buffalo.

He’s the 5th most targeted WR in the league with the 4th most receptions and played 16 games. WTF are people talking about, his production dropped? He is 1-2 more targets a game from being the most targeted WR in the entire league. Justin Jefferson has the 11th most targets ever in an NFL season. Diggs is 1-2 throws per game and the CIN game finishing is the difference between Diggs and a historical season. That cannot be the bar he has to surpass. The problem is the offense lacks efficiency. Not that Diggs doesn’t get the ball enough.

The Bills will lose pace on re-signing their own and adding FA the next two offseasons. KC and CIN are in better cap shape now and have $100M+ for 2024. Buffalo has to wait until 2025. The only playoff teams in the red are JAX- which is wild considering they’re not great and don’t pay their QB. TB- About to enter a total rebuild and an old roster. MIN- Who everybody considered paper tigers. MIA- Good team, but Tua. I am less concerned with our cap number in relation to break even. I am concerned with our ability to spend compared to the teams we are competing with at the top of the conference.

From a health perspective I hope Morse calls it quits himself and the Bills do the Aaron Williams thing and force him to ride off into the sunset. But from a team/positional perspective, I hope he stays. Yes letting him go frees up cash. But we have major issues on the OL without any cap dollars to spend on it. The staff hasn't done a great job of getting rookies up to speed quickly. I would rather keep Morse and have Bates in our back pocket than rolling the dice with some rookie and FA.

If Diggs can get through the entirety of next season with the same or similar production as the 4th most targeted WR in the NFL but without acting like he is the 60th most targeted receiver I will be thrilled.

Once you pay your QB big money this is an absolute must. You cannot pay 2 guys and your QB. If you want two, you will have to pay one, draft one, then cycle through them that way. If you have to go out and pay two top receivers, you likely have a QB problem not a WR problem. That isn't a condemnation on Allen. But the Bills cannot and should not go down the road of multiple high paid WR now that Allen's contract is kicked in. I think we can help our WR's and OL with better coaching from the OC as well as play calling and decision making from the QB. Draft OL and WR early and often.

Say we free up the $45M through restructures, which gives us another ~$22M this year. What does that do to next year? How much of that gets pushed to one year vs two, three years etc. down the road.

Verbiage here is confusing. Total possible cap space does not equal amount of cap space we would have. Freeing up either $44M or $56M only actually gives us $22M or $34M in spendable cap dollars on draft picks and FA.

Did the "How Overrated is Burrow" thread get merged here? It still shows in the TBD home page, but when I click it is says unavailable? Did I get blocked? haha

I expect for the Bills to get some of the Jesus/Angels in the Outfield attention that Mahomes is getting to heal his leg so quickly.

I don’t totally disagree with you. But none of that is really close to an answer for the question of “what’s your expectation for next season”.

Meh, it’s hard to have any expectations for next year. Like I don’t expect us to win the division or be SB favorites. I hope to see better offensive decision making from both the OC and QB that makes moving the football look a lot less difficult. That includes play call, reading defenses, and being more decisive with the football. Especially since I expect there to be some rookies learning live next season. I also hope to see better protection for the QB. I am afraid the wheels fall off this thing and this staff and FO lose the roster and that forces the Pegulas to reset, which is terrifying. I think the staff knows this is a possibility and they may risk long term resources in order to save a single season/their jobs. Also a scary prospect.

It feels so dumb to jump on a guy who just barely missed his second Super Bowl while we are watching from home. All of that might be true. But the most important truth is that they (and he) were better when it mattered most to us.

In the two years Burrows has started and finished the season they’ve lost the AFCCG and the SB by a combined 6 points. I’m not crowning Burrow as the best QB in the league or even better than Allen. But for perspective Allen’s first playoff game was his atrocious 1 and done Houston game. Knocking Burrows career playoff performance is a weird hill to die on today as a Bills fan.

They’re going to lose 2 playoff games in one year? They will have to be one and done 3 years in a row.

Fair to an extent. But he’s also only played 2 full seasons in the NFL. Burrow after 42 regular season games has been very impressive. He’s 5-2 in the playoffs to our 4-4.

Their board reads a lot like ours this week. The Burrow is not elite one is a bit much. I think it is Mahomes at 1 and then Allen Burrow as 2a/b.

With everything going on in the world the pie in the sky was like “oh yeah, let’s devote some time to this American football players leg. But definitely not any of the OL for Cincinnati. Because eff Joe Burrow”

Did Mahomes just say God helped heal his leg faster?

That didn’t make it to the LOS…

How is Pacheco not in concussion protocol?

Leslie Frazier making a cameo as play caller.

If Mahomes was healthy it wouldn’t be a tie game.

I thought RBs couldn’t lead with the crown of their helmet? Clearly rattled there.