Brandon

Beane always signs three or four inexpensive veterans to give himself options going into the draft.

That's good, he's becoming an excellent player and I'm glad the Bills recognize his value to the team. I'm guessing that the first two or three seasons are relatively team-friendly as well.

Trump was president in May 2020.

I don't think the mistake was passing on Worthy. It was passing on Ladd McConkey or Cooper Dejean. Granted, I wasn't much for taking a DB with the first pick, but I thought he was an excellent prospect and would have been an good selection. As for McConkey, I don't necessarily buy that he's just a slot guy, but at the same time, I don't really care, either. The Bills were depleted enough at WR that they just needed guys that could play at a high level and clearly, he can.

There's a lot of downside risk in that group, especially beyond 2025. Hollins played well, but he'll be 32 next year. Shakir will be a FA after 2025. Samuel will be 29 next year and they haven't really found a way to integrate him into this offense. Coleman is a big question mark. I think they need to add a quality prospect in this draft. Even if this group plays well in 2025, it could fall apart quickly afterward. And they still need a speed/separation guy.

As long as he runs a great gauntlet drill, I'm sold.

I'm not sure if I agree with that. I strongly suspect that the offense we've seen under Brady is an adaptation to the lack of talent he has to work with at WR.

We can always draft another WR with TE speed. That takes care of both spots, right? Right???

I think it's very likely that one of those picks will be a CB. If I had to guess, they'll try to sign a decent DT in FA and draft one later.

I think the only question is whether you do it before or after June 1st.

From a front office or coaching standpoint, I doubt it. I would expect significant turnover defensively. I think Von Miller and Daquan Jones will both likely be released as post June 1st cuts. Hamlin and Douglas are unlikely to return. I thought Milano played well late in the year and I would keep him, but I wouldn't be stunned if they move on.

The failure of the MVS experiment was a major reason they traded for Amari Cooper. Unfortunately, that didn't really work out, either.

I don't think that would stop them if the right player were available. We know they were desperate enough to trade a third for Cooper. That didn't work out and I'd be surprised if they re-sign him. Coleman should and will get another chance, but he didn't do anything in the last 8 games to inspire confidence that he's the answer. They still don't have any speed at all on the outside. Until they fix that position group, I think they have little choice but to continue trying to address it. If they don't, the risk increases that their opponents will make roster moves this offseason to further restrict this passing game. It's not far from being a catastrophic problem.

Yes, but both things are an issue. Brady and Allen did a great job working around the lack of speed and separation outside this year, but it's a pretty limited group. if I'm a division rival (or the Chiefs or other top AFC contender), I'm drafting a CB early to try to further restrict this passing attack. That being said, the Bills have 10 draft picks, including three in the first two rounds, and that's not including FA. If they make smart choices and find the right players, they have the resources to address both groups.

I would definitely bring Hollins back if possible. He shouldn't cost much and has proven, at worst, to be a quality reserve.

That may be easier said than done. Hollins is clearly the better player on the outside right now. And if you move Coleman into a 'power slot' role, he fills a similar usage profile in the passing game as Dalton Kincaid.

They still desperately need speed and separation at WR. The defense could use help everywhere, but I would prioritize CB and a big, immovable run defending DT.

Some of that was out of necessity. They just don't have the talent at WR for the passing game to be the focal point. Brady did an excellent job most of the season masking their weakness at the position.

I certainly hope he proves me wrong. They need him to. Unfortunately, I'm having a very hard time finding anything positive in those last eight games.

Their skill sets are polar opposites. I don't know if Worthy would have been successful on this team, but his usage would absolutely have looked different. The Bills needed separation and downfield speed to keep defenses honest much more than a guy that can catch a few jump balls over the course of a season. They still do. Maybe Coleman will break out next year, but I'm definitely concerned after the way he played after the injury. That being said, I was 100% sold on McConkey with that pick rather than Worthy, though I did like the latter as well.

Yeah, I can cut Cole Bishop a little slack, given the training camp injury and that this supposedly is a complex defense for safeties to learn. Coleman...I'm concerned. Lack of vertical speed and separation were the knocks on him and both have been quite apparent down the stretch this year. Ray Davis looks like a pretty good player. The rest didn't play enough.

I strongly disagree with that. That first drive was ugly, and I wouldn't say he had a great game, but it was still a good one. He made enough plays to win. When the QB and the offense put 29 points on the board, you should win the game.

One of the two, for sure. Yes, they went further into the playoffs than this roster had any right to, but as I said in the McDermott thread, you can't have a defense that gives up 30+ points per game in playoff losses and goes 0-4 against the same team in the playoffs. There has to be some accountability at the top and something has to change.

Yes. I don't think this loss is entirely his fault, as they have some serious talent deficiencies in the defensive backfield and at WR. That being said, you can't give up 30+ points per game in losses in the playoffs as a defensive HC, nor can you go 0-4 against the same team in the playoffs. There has to be some accountability at some point and I think we're at that stage.

It looks to me like he made it.