Mister Defense

I agree with some of the specific needs, but why on earth would they create a new need by not signing Jones? He was as good or better than Oliver, who is having his best year, a dominant force against the run and pass before he went out. I cannot wait to see our two tackles back together again. In fact, I am really hoping that Jones comes back this year, and soon. It will change the defense and McD's options. And with so little word on Milano I guess you may be right that his career may be in jeopardy. But what prompts you to say that? Seems extremely overly pessimistic! And again, you seem to create another need even though it is not warranted. I agree with them getting an excellent wide receiver #2 and fast power running back, which are likely two missing elements from this team. I am hoping the (almost always injured) Damien Harris could fill that role, but he is simply not available, year after year. Unfortunately, we likely need a #1 corner because of the whiff on Elam. Safety too. And yes, almost guaranteed that McD gets a D coordinator this year, as you can see it in his face, words, and body language that to be the head coach he wants to be, needs to be, he cannot also be in charge of the defense. He talks more and more about the "details" this year and in his new dual role it is simply not possible to be on top of those details when it comes to the overall team. Likely: Frazier returns? The Bills have needs if they are to rise to the top next year. So let's not add the hypothetical needs at linebacker and D tackle when two players at those positions, two of our best guys, are very likely coming back to the Bills at full strength.

Nope, a lack of talent was not the problem--their offense was dismal in those games, unprepared in general and specifically for those teams. Have you seen the Bills play on offense the last two games? Keep watching them and you will surely see what happened earlier in the season.

Complete nonsense. The Bills don't have a great record because they had an incompetent offensive coordinator who didn't know even the basics of preparing an offense or game plan. THAT is definitely on McDermott and Bean--a series of specific questions in the interview process would have eliminated Dorsey immediately, as he was simply ignorant of so many aspects of the job he was just given. And, yes, once this became apparent, obvious, it took much much too long for them to cut their losses--hence, the losses.. But doesn't the Bills dramatic, over night turn around to one of the best, most productive offenses in the NFL IMMEDIATELY after Brady took over help you to understand this fact? Josh Allen's comment, with the first game of the new season not even finished yet, that he was "f*****g back", should have opened your eyes, but apparently it did not. The problem in Buffalo was not a lack of talent, though of course more and better are always needed going forward to stay relevant. The Bills became a balanced, creative, dynamic and extremely productive offense in less than a week after Dorsey was fired, showing plenty of talent, enough to compete with anyone in this league. That turn around was not a coincidence.

Ummm, did you see that they fired the one man solely responsible for the offense's problems, and listen to all of the accurate criticism of said coordinator in the last year +?? Almost all of which is not just spouted off by irate fans but people who have played the game for years and know, in detail, what they are talking about. And have you see the proof of the problem in the dramatically improved offensive production in the first two weeks of the new season ? To just disregard the facts in your post makes it very illogical and your analysis just crumbles like a house of cards. This offense has enough talent to win the division, the AFC--and the Super Bowl. Yes, it may be to late because of what that incompetent hack did to this offense, costing them game after game, scoreless quarter after scoreless quarter, but the talent is there and they are showing it, big time.

I am loving the train wreck of a team the Jets are this year! Comically inept in many ways. With Rogers calling the shots they are also likely stuck with Hackett for next year and some of the players Rogers gave big contracts to. I love that Rogers is calling the shots for a competitor of the Bills, the same man who believed Jake Kumerow was an excellent receiver. This year has been fun to watch, but wait until next year.

The Hope is for the playoffs, but they are good enough to beat any team right now. That makes them a contender.

This offense can beat any defense now,, and they are just getting started--their actual season started with the 2nd Jets game, a new hope. So now they will be a bit green, as we saw with the lack of scoring that coincided with their yard total, time of possession, and otherwise almost complete domination of the Eagles' defense. The offense will just get better and better now. While you (and Parcells) are right, there is still hope, right? To me, better to have that hope now, rely on it, as we won't have that feeling again until next season once this year is over. And that wait will suck.

They kept the Bills in almost every game this year, despite Dorsey preventing the offense from even scoring in the first quarter--or first half. This despite losing their best linebacker, best cornerback, and to me, best D-lineman who was playing great against the run and pas--and despite a slew of significant injuries in game after game. The facts.

Yes, more for him would be great--and seems very likely to happen. When does Harris come back????

You need to rewatch those games, I think, or watch them for the first time. But I also agree with the Pats game, one of the rare times McD's defense did not come through this year.

Okay, then I definitely agree. I think that the Bills need a power runner too, that Cook is not the every down back that can plow through the line. He is going to be a great player, is maybe there already, but not that kind of back as he is too slight. In fact, I think if the Bills think he is, it will diminish Cook's skill set and get him injured. Damien Harris now?? Though I have also been calling for more of Murray since the first week of the season and very happy to see Brady using him much much more. In the draft next year, the Bills will likely get a top tier every down bruising back. Perfect skill set needed? A Maurice Jone Drew clone, almost unstoppable, great runner, great speed, great at catching the ball, and great at blocking.

i said that the day it happened. A very un Bean like move, splash play, without almost any chance of being worth it. He isn't an O lineman or QB, where at that age you can still be elite, but an edge rusher who relied on speed and athleticism and yes, skill set, football smarts, but not very relevant without the physical traits.

The Bills should just pay her more than Miller did, 5 million?, to get her to follow through and press charges. That could be a great investment, well worth it! Dead weight now, but one of the highest paid defensive players in the league.

Lol! You still think that the Bills should just forego the run, basically!?? Were you a Bills' fan during the 2021 season? What made them maybe the best team in the NFL after their 7-6 start? They became the #1 running team in the NFL after that, after making Singletary their featured back--that is what made Allen reach his potential for the rest of that year and then in the playoffs. I think it is laugh out loud funny that some are sticking by this ignorant take, that Allen should just throw it, that the running game is not important. It is vital, in the most literal sense of the word, for the Bills to have a shot.

The defense did enough to win every game this season except for the Patriots' game (and maybe the Eagles' game now). The inconsistency (consistency?) was only on offense, but that was very clearly because of the gross incompetence of the OC, now gone. They are clearly good enough, one of the top, most dynamic teams in the NFL. But that incompetent yahoo set them so far back in the win column that there is no margin for error now--and the loss last week may have been enough to seal their fate. They should sue him for malpractice--love to see that moron on the witness stand, given game scenarios and such and listen to his answers. But I still think they can get in to the playoffs. If they do, watch out...

The Bills are definitely a contender, are one of the top teams in the league now. Behind the 8 ball because of an incompetent OC, but definitely a contender.

They stopped the Miami defense and they have kept the Bills in almost every game this year. The Bills are not in this position because of the defense, but because they had an incompetent offensive coordinator who literally did not know what he was doing. He is gone. Too late, yup, but there should be no questions now by all about what the problem was. I would love to bet you on that last assertion... You think Dak Prescott at the Ralph, the Bills with a two game winning streak on the line and a playoff spot, is not only going to beat the Bills but beat up on them, dominate them? Strange that you have more confidence in a QB who cannot beat a good team in a meaningful situation if his life was on the line than a team that looks as good as any in the NFL right now.

Well, it is still very relevant that they can shut a team down like that--and we have seen that over and over this year, keeping them in almost every game. Need to be able to see that--and the weakness too--to be able to fix things, make it all work without these gaps. You sound like you want them to throw the baby out with the bath water, rather than to fix the problems. There are reasons why this very short handed defense has been able to look so good so often this year, just like there are reasons for the lack of stops late in games.

I did not look back at the game summaries and will now. But I don't recall thinking the defense falling apart on vital drives like they have too often this year. I had thought that the Minnesota loss was more the result of some bad/fluke plays by the offense, and in the Arizona game it was the hail Mary play that was the major breakdown. That kind of long run by Cook was not common against Frazier's defenses and those things happen in NFL games And for the Bills not a pattern, a fluke, one big play In any case, this D played a superb first half, on the road, against the best team in the league.

Well, looks like he is done as a useful player anyway, so maybe this is a way for the Bills to actually use those tens of millions on players they actually need, that can help them win a championship? If this holds up does anyone know if that means the Bills can part ways with what will do down (and already was, in my view) the biggest mistake in Beane's tenure here, and get out of that ridiculous contract? cornerback, a safety or two, a center maybe, D tackle, fast power runner--let's invest in an area of need. And/Or, of course, a great, young, hungry, edge rusher who plays with a high motor, consistently.

Come on! You cannot believe that the defense was the reason they lost that Minnesota game, a fluke loss, and ditto for the Hail Mary at Arizona--but I think the huge stretch to say these are the same kind of losses, overall, makes the point that Frazier's defenses held leads and were very consistent, reliable. These are consistent types of losses this year, and all in the same year. Yes, lack of their best linebacker, cornerback, and high level, vital D tackle may have a lot to do with it, but the defense's unique, late game break downs this year cannot be ignored--or compared to any other years under McD's leadership. That being said, the defense is NOT the reason this team may be on the outside looking out for this year's playoffs. That is clearly, unequivocally on the weak pathetic shoulders of one man, now gone.

Thank you for this, as I had wanted to know this important information. I thought this was the case, as I cannot recall this happening very much under Frazier, with mainly the KC playoff game coming to mind. And I cannot recall ever feeling like I do now, that the defense was going to allow some late in game or over time drives to blow the game. A huge reason why McDermott will not be the DC next year, and in my view, why Frazier is once again leading the defense.

Yes, he will, almost assuredly hire one, as he looks stressed by the dual role he now plays and realizes it is untenable if he is to be a great head coach. He will likely hire the same guy who coached the defense to be one of the best (#1?) in the NFL in points allowed under his tenure and molded one of the most consistently excellent defenses in the NFL, Frazier. We need him back, a DC whose teams held onto leads, consistently. Kind of a 'duh', I think.

Unacceptable.

Yes, I agree, but Harty has looked fast in his returns. But like the rest of the offense, such as the running game and short passing game, we have no idea what he is really capable of because of the gross incompetence of their last OC. Sherfield? Another great example of that, with almost no yards this year. Those many millions may start to actually pay off now if the competence has truly returned to the offense, as it looked like in Brady's first at bat last week.