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I agree. I think it’s also taking a toll on Allen. He keeps a lot of plays alive by scrambling to buy time for WRs to get open. Eventually that extra punishment takes a toll. A quality, speedy WR that opens up the MOF helps that immensely.

I disagree. There are some interesting match ups in this game. An excellent Iggles DL vs the worst OL Mahomes has had. Saquon vs the KC defense. I think if they run away from Jones they’ll be in good shape. I wouldn’t match McDuffie up against AJ Brown, but it’ll be interesting if they do. And a final opportunity this season to root against the Chiefs. Plus I think the Iggles have a better team overall and can win this one.

Be he was Robin Masters!

No! Not at $20M per! I think he’s redundant here, but if you want Kupp he’ll be a FA soon.

Exactly. $20M in 2025 and $19.85M in 2026. No team in their right mind will try to trade for him. The Rams will have to release him. 2025 is his age 32 season and he had 710 yards receiving in 2024. I wouldn’t expect much more than that out of him going forward. Probably less as he falls off.

When was the last time that a Chip Kelly’s offense succeeded without a big talent advantage? There were a lot of instances this season at tOSU that I did not care for his game plans and/or play calls. Certainly the Xichigan game. Also he seemed overly wedded to stretching the field horizontally even when those plays were not working. This is when he had the WR corps to run up and down the field against undermanned defenses.

Exactly. Complete 1 techs that can play the run and get to the QB are rare. Doubly so for those that are true difference makers. Obviously you grab one if you can, but you’ll wanna be ready with a Plan B.

That’s what happens when you win a Natty.

https://overthecap.com/player/d-j-reed/7027 OTC has his 2024 valuation at $6.236M. That seems low. Not sure why. He is coming off a 3/$33M contract.

Huge cushion all but one of those. Lining up that way is okay if you don’t want to tip the blitz, but you have to eat it up immediately at the snap. Nope. The CB just stayed soft. Ridiculous. It looked like the whole Cincy playoff game - especially with the ineffective blitzes.

Seahawks lead in PED bans under Carroll

Injuries to their OTs DJ Humphries and Jawaan Taylor caused them to shuffle their OL too.

How about if we level that playing field a bit? I can name a bunch of HCs that would kick ass and take names with Allen as their QB. He’s a cheat code. McDermott is an otherwise very good HC who is overly conservative and tight in big moments - and who lucked into an amazing QB.

Thank you, I appreciate that. And I appreciate your well thought out posts too.

I point out the use of - and inconsistency between - narratives pushed by the Bills to highlight their true nature. They are simply a means to distract and placate the fans.

As did I. 😂

Saying the path to success on offense is predicated on the everybody eats philosophy and that it is predicated on having multiple difference makers is. Especially when the calls for a difference making WR are so loud. Also we have had enough talent to win every playoff game we’ve lost - since Allen has been our QB at least. Lack of talent is not why we’ve lost those games. It’s just an easy narrative. Every team that falls short can say they would’ve won with more talent. It’s a cop out and all it does is distract from the real reason we lost those games.

Bills fans: We has a record breaking offense! Everybody eats! Bills lose in playoffs, again. To KC, again. Bills fans: Well, you really need 2-3 difference makers on each side of the ball…… LMAO

Good/great coaches break tendencies in pressure/high leverage situations. Mediocre/poor ones do not. It was a logical time for KC to break a tendency from the game and go to a big blitz, something Spags is known for in high leverage situations. My reaction to seeing no RB in the backfield and that blitz look from KC was to say “call a time out!” as the ball was snapped. We still had 3. Also we just came out of the 2 min warning. How did we not have an option for a heavy blitz built into our play call? Again, that’s standard Spags play calling in that situation.

I agree it is needed, but it won’t happen. In fact, it’s been heading in the opposite direction for years. That isn’t going to change. McDermott has systematically removed everyone that isn’t willing to fall in line with his directives. This team is fully built and run in his image now and that’s not changing. I should point out that everyone being on the same page it’s generally a good thing. It’s the page that’s been chosen that I have an issue with.

Wholeheartedly agree. Plus there’d also be an experienced former HC who has won a SB in the building. He’s not going to set himself up to get “Doug Marrone-ed”.

Beane also said that the year he signed Von Miller to the huge contract. He’s just setting expectations low. Saying he’s looking to make a big move would put him at a disadvantage when chasing high dollar FAs. It would also lead to incessant questions until it happens and criticism if it doesn’t come to fruition. It’s just typical GM speak.

There is nothing being said at this press conference that disgusts me more as the BS narrative that KC is unbeatable so we should just be happy to get as far as we do. With remotely competent coaching we take the 13 seconds playoff games from KC. With good coaching we take at least two playoff games. Heck, we have gone to the playoffs seven times under McDermott and last season was the first time the team we lost to did not lose their next game. It’s a weak, disgusting and false narrative.

I don’t think it’s preference, I think it’s necessity.