Kirby Jackson

Cool, he’s trash. He’s never open. He caught 1/2 of the balls thrown his way because he’s never open. Worthy is a threat to take it to the house on every play, rushes & receptions. I’m not saying that he was the perfect guy for the Bills but he’s way better than Coleman. The Bills had a massive need at WR and missed. That’s the only option and Shakir is best there. It was just a mistake. That’s not hindsight.

Lol, if a guy is open enough to have 112 targets, 82 catches and 1,149 yards, that’s success. I don’t care who the other options were. Coleman caught 29 of those 57 targets! 51% of your targets is not acceptable. That happens when you’re not open. I’m not going to hammer on it all offseason but WR was a MASSIVE need and they drafted a guy that isn’t good.

Worthy is a weapon. He isn’t a volume guy but he’s a playmaker and potential game breaker. He’s a big play waiting to happen. He’s never going to be a guy that has huge yardage on the season. Coleman is somewhere between project and stiff at this point. His separation is a MAJOR issue. He has good ball skills but if you’re NEVER open, how many balls can they throw you? He’s a 4th or 5th WR that will hopefully become a red zone threat. He was absolutely not worth the 33rd pick (and this isn’t hindsight). Ultimately, McConkey was the pick. He’s the guy that can find space and handle volume. There were lots of WRs in this draft so some were going to succeed and others fail.

The biggest impact is WR and DE. Coleman was a mistake. I know that it’s early. I clearly wasn’t a fan of the pick but that’s neither here nor there at this point. You win in space. If you can’t find space, you can’t consistently contribute. It was our biggest need and we filled it with a guy that is a 4th or 5th WR. You need a guy at the top of the depth chart still. It could be Cooper IMO but you need to use him like that. DE is the other obvious need. I’ve said that I would trade Rousseau this offseason. He’s pretty good IMO. He has pro bowl potential. At the same time, I don’t believe that you can write a Pro Bowl type of contract for a guy that may end up being a solid role player. Rousseau and a 2 for Crosby or Rousseau and a 1 for Garrett. You’ll still need to draft another one and hope that Solomon develops. A space eating DT is the other biggest need. It would have been nice to figure out how to use Poona Ford. You need a CB or 2 as well. The safeties aren’t very good either (Rapp is okay). I’d try to sign a DB as my pick FA move (assuming that I could get Higgins or someone like that).

I’m of the belief that 90% of NFL caliber coaches can accomplish what we have with prime Josh Allen. McDermott gets credit for building the culture and stabilizing the organization. He was a great guy to build the program. At this point, I’m more convinced than ever that if they are ever going to get over the hump someone else has to be the guy. I often use the Dwayne Casey and Nick Nurse example because it fits.

Basically, when you restructure contracts or release people you can change when certain dollars are allocated to the cap. For example, Josh Allen’s cap hit is scheduled to be $43.2M in 2025. When they give him his new deal that number will be WAY less. Bonuses can be spread over multiple years. When you hear, “they are converting the base salary to a signing bonus” what they are doing is writing a check to the player but spreading the cap hit over multiple years. If you convert a $40M base into a signing bonus over 4 years (for example) you take the cap hit from $40M to $10M, $10M, $10M, $10M. You kick the can down the road.

I’m good with it. Last year’s draft looks awful so far. You got a depth WR that’s never open and a safety that has no idea what he’s doing. The year before you got a rotational TE and the year before that a corner that can’t play. Beane has been good with the middle and back of the roster but failed at the top.

It has been all year despite what some wanted to believe. I give Mack credit. He has balls. Cooper and Shakir are both good. Kincaid sucks which is a surprise. The backs are good. Everybody eats until they don’t. Go get an alpha.

I’ve been done with McDermott for years and I’m more done now than ever. Playing not to lose vs. playing to win is a huge difference. Another year goes by of Josh Allen’s prime without reaching the Super Bowl. This is Dwayne Casey and Nick Nurse to me. it’s fine that his team is good. If they, continuously, aren’t good enough in the biggest moments, I want someone else calling the shots.

Incredible that they didn’t run the tush push The rush push has 2 guys behind Josh and everyone up. We are 0-3 and have not run it the entire night.

Incredible that they didn’t run the rush push

I’m disgusted by this half. Absolutely disgusted

Help me understand the defensive game plan? Why play Elam if he is going to be 15 yards off? His only value is as a physical gambler. This defensive game plan has been atrocious.

On our heels and now playing without Benford. What a horrendous start

Worst possible start. Josh is anxious and the game plan is bad. The safeties also made mistakes. Force them outside the numbers!! Better get it together and quickly.

I haven’t stopped. This game/season hasn’t left my head in weeks. Usually I spend a lot of time on here or Twitter talking X’s and O’s. “If this happens then that needs to happen, etc.” That just hasn’t been the case for me over the last couple of games. There’s an eerie calm that I’m feeling. People talk about “the calm before the storm” and for those of you that have been through a hurricane, you know that feeling. I have that now but without the threat of the storm. I was just sure that the Bills were going to win last week. There wasn’t a scenario that came into my mind where they lost. That’s how I feel again this week. I don’t mean that in a dismissive or arrogant way. It’s just time. Strategy aside, this is their destiny.

That’s your biggest fear? Mine is getting buried alive.

I think that I agree with this. It’s chaos and next-level incompetence. This move was wild. The timing of it all is beyond messy.

Have a great time my friend!! Hoping to see you in NOLA a couple of weeks later. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

That 2022 team was emotionally exhausted by that point in the year. It was just too much. This year’s team should have a giant chip on their shoulder and are healthy. This is a huge game against a team that we do not match up with well on paper. The motivation though will be there and they’ll play for Josh. If he goes Superman and wins this game, they put a lot of narratives to bed.

I have bet against the Bills a few times in my life. I’ve never done it in a meaningful game and have never been conflicted as to what I want for an outcome (the same goes for fantasy). The Bills winning is all that matters. The handful of times that I’ve bet against them, generally, has been when they were the favorite and I thought the spread was too big. If they give 7 and win by 4 it’s a win/win. I don’t know if I’ve bet against them since returning to the playoffs in 2017.

He can’t come out this year. I agree though. He’s a franchise changing safety. He will be a 10+ time Pro Bowler IMO.

I love this!! That chip will be huge

It all depends on the style. Yesterday that team was a great matchup for the Bills. The Broncos strengths were man to man defense and the ability to get to the QB. Those are 2 things that the Bills have shredded all year. Denver also can’t run the ball and the Bills have been exposed against great rushing offenses. The Broncos really had no chance of winning a game by doing what they do best. If they were to have had any shot yesterday it would have been because of mistakes by the Bills. They weren’t going to win with man coverage and elite pass rush. Next week, Baltimore is a much tougher schematic matchup. They are a physical team with a great running game and good pass defense. For the Bills to win, they are going to have to get the lead and force Baltimore to throw. Lamar’s record with 30+ pass attempts is bad. They ran 15 consecutive plays at one point on Saturday. If that happens, the Bills are in trouble. If they get the lead, that won’t happen.