GunnerBill

To be clear most of those decisions I disagreed with at the time and still do.

Haha. Behave.

Good job. Cos you would be useless in a debate that requires more than feels.

I am not arguing for more 1st round resources spent on the DL. They have shot their shots. They have to make it work.

The coaching botched 13 seconds. No argument.

I firmly agree with this.

Some people have no idea what they are watching too. He didn't play well vs KC in these playoffs. But he was by far our best defender in 13 seconds. And he was for most of last year. If guys wanna judge him off that one gake go ahead. He was below par. No disagreement. But he is in the second tier of DTs in the league

I wouldn't turn it down if the opportunity presented itself. Still think Dion at LG to extend his career is a viable option. He did have one of his best years in 2023. I understood the extension. But it shouldnt be considered a slam dunk that he is as good next year.

Cos he scheme is good and the regular season allows scheme to win. In the playoffs it is mano v mano.

I don't back long enough to agree with the latter. He is the best this century is all I can say. But I don't consider your numbers as awesome. I think that would see him gone.

It is. You play the best v the best in the playoffs. It comes down to guys winning their assignments up front and outside.

I think the limitations up front show in the regular season too. They don't have enough guys up there who win 1v1s. They have Oliver. They had half a season of Floyd and half a season of Von. Beyond that they have had a lot of decent players on that line but not guys who win 1v1 vs the best. It is the one place on defense where scheme ain't that much good to you unless you are sending more than they can block. Your guys just have to win 1v1 in big moments.

Nope. It is on talent. Scheme can only hide so much. Up front it is about guys winning 1v1. Oliver apart nobody we have does so on a regular basis.

I think it is on talent ultimately. Oliver apart. The guys just aren't that good and Beane has overpaid them IMO.

I started work on it Friday. I reckon by next weekend some time.

In the AFC? At least the Chiefs, Bengals, Texans and Ravens. I think we have been a top 3 roster in the AFC the last 4 seasons. We are now 5th or 6th IMO.

Talent. Edge rush. Receiving. Secondary.

Personally unless he is awesome in 2024 I think it is his last year as a Bill.

Ideall, sure. Isn't a must. We MUST get at least a guy capable of being a good #2 outside. Ideally we get a guy who by the ene of the season you feel can be your #1.

I haven't watched anything if the Yale kid. It is hard to find much film on him so I have accepted he won't be on my board because I'd be guessing. The bits of things I have seen and read I like - he is a relentless to the whistle blocker which is a major positive.

I agree but equally they might say the same the other way in terms of the last two regular season wins we had there. Those games keep coming down to a play or two. But I have made the elite talent point repeatedly. You can look back at Superbowl winners and they tend to have 3 or 4. We never seem to get to the playoffs with 3 or 4 healthy. Even if we feel we have them on paper in September. 1. London's separation rates were better than Coleman's; and 2. He is hardly proof of the point so far. He has been okay. He hasn't been great.

When I say "back out there" I mean outside as opposed to at nickel where he played most of 2023.

While the lack of spend on receiver in the draft has been a frustration if, as we all hope, they address that at #28 in April, even allowing for the fact I expect #60 would go on defense, it gives Josh a starting offense with: A 2nd round running back; A 1st round tight end; A 1st round trade and a first round pick at receiver; Two 2nds and a 3rd rounder on the offensive line. That only really leaves WR3, C, LG where they haven't invested decent draft capital. So while I agree that they have been slightly tilted towards defense and they have definitely undervalued receiver to a concerning degree I still say the single biggest issue with their talent evaluation and acquisition strategy has been their inability to find elite talent. They have found lots and lots of good and not much great. And we see it year after year in the playoffs not just in the Bills games but in the post season generally, it is the elite guys that very often are the ones making the critical plays in the critical moments. If they find an elite player at #28 that will make a huge difference (even if that isn't a receiver... though obviously that is my preferred outcome).

I'm not necessarily disagreeing on the Chiefs move. They got worse at corner, but they have a good player in McDuffie and in Watson have someone who has started and played well in a Superbowl that gives them a pretty good baseline. But I AM disagreeing on Taron Johnson. He is a system player, in the sense that the system can't work without him. Find me another player in the entire league who can play nickel corner / strong side linebacker hybrid as well as Taron Johnson. There are not any. He is not a beneficent of the scheme. The scheme is absolutely a beneficent of him. And they got him for less than a good not great nickel in Cam Sutton (obviously before what happened with Sutton this week happened). And if you want to argue about Bills players on defense who haven't stood up in the playoffs Taron Johnson is not the guy to have that argument about. That was not just a good deal by the Bills, it was a GREAT deal.

Yes they can put McDuffie back out there full time but there was a reason they went the other way last year. I do actually like Jaylen Watson a fair bit who was a 7th rounder the same draft as McDuffie and started in the Eagles Superbowl (he was good that day whereas McDuffie struggled in that game). They have definitely just got weaker at corner though. As for Taron Johnson Beane absolutely did not overpay. Cam Sutton was the market setter for nickel corners at $11m AAV. Taron > Cam I was guessing $12.5m AAV or thereabouts. To bring Taron in cheaper than Cam was a hell of a deal for the Bills.