GunnerBill

Yea I agree Snead is VERY good at his job. And he picked McVay too.

Oh for sure. Though in the big moments, Spags wins too. But unquestionably the bigger issue is we cannot find a way in the playoffs to win on defense. Which is so bizarre because in the regular season we have. The Eagles basically ran Leslie Frazier's 2021 regular season defensive gameplan in the Superbowl.

I suspect he is a very smart, slightly nerdy guy who McVay and Les Snead realised was bringing something different. Like the personnel version of Mike McDaniel.

I just think the Bills roster with Tua not Allen would be in the playoff mix. One game in or one game out. As for what is keeping the Bills short... it's simple. It's the Kansas City Chiefs.

I do that all the time. If you search my profile and "fair" you find plenty of them. That is generally how I start those responses.

I don't know for certain but I suspect it means developing player specifications and profiles for guys that meet their requirements for the scouting staff to then apply.

If it is the difference betwen 8 wins and 9, sure. But that would be the floor if he plays every game. Agree. 2023 I think injuries was legit thing because it was cluster injuries at one spot and they were down to like 5th and 6th options. Every other year? No. The injuries were no worse than most teams at that stage on a one off game basis. The only thing I would say in the bigger picture is to suffer two ACLs to their defensive stars in consecutive years and then season enders again to Milano and White in 2023... that is really bad luck. Every team has injuries. But to lose starts to serious injuries with that frequency is really rare.

ARod actually makes some sense there. If he can check his ego. It's the same scheme as Green Bay.

Yes. Josh is a freak there is no doubting that. But Tua can play. I think this discussion is guilty of slightly disrespecting him.

The 2024 D WAS one of the worst in the league. But they'd have still won some games with good QB play.

Hmmm. What would the Rams plan be? Blockbuster trade up for Cam?

Meh. We just played some bad teams. I don't dispute how important Josh is to this team. Take him away and we have zero elite players. But I don't think we are top 5 pick team with someone like Tua. Now give us Will Levis.... we might be picking 1st overall.

I disagree that we lose the Colts game. I will give you 8 wins. It would have been in that range. 8 or 9. Tua is still a decent QB and he would actually fit quite well in the offense we ran in 2024. Obviously he isn't Josh Allen. Nobody is.

While I agree the 2024 roster was weaker... we also won 6 games against teams who scored 14 or fewer. I think we'd have won 9 or 10 games and it would have been plenty good enough against a weak division. Yea the difference is they nailed those picks. They played them because they were good. They were not good because they played.

See with that I disagree. Tua on this team the Bills still win the AFCE unless you are putting Josh on the Dolphins in return. They probably lose in the first round of the playoffs though.

McDermott has never been scared to play young guys. Hell he started Christian Benford (a 6th round rookie) week 1. When McDermott doesn't play young guys it is eithet because there is a stud infront of them or because they are not ready. And for those in the latter camp when they get on the field they always struggle. He doesn't play the ones who are not ready to play. The Bills told you in their end of season pressers they are disappointed with Keon (in a pretty direct way for them) and they hinted they were disappointed in Bishop too. This idea that you just play the guys and they magically become good. It is for the birds.

The Jags are doing a Buffalo. They have hired a guy who is not a scout has never worked on the road because they want him to put a strategy and a plan in place and build a department and because he is tight with Liam Coen who was in LA for a bit. It is exactly what the Bills did hiring Beane after McDemott. Sean McDermott started as personal assistant to Andy Reid. It is a foot in the door job. This guy has spent 5 years as a Director of Scouting Strategy. It isn't like he jumped straight from Personal Assistant to the GM to his own GM gig.

The difference isn't age. It's talent. They have picked better young guys than we have. McDuffie is better than Elam. Hicks is better than Bishop. You could play Elam and Bishop all you want this past year. They were just bad out there.

I think we all know it's not Josh. It is that against KC in the playoffs we have not been good enough on defense. Some of that is coaching and gameplan (the plan this year was particularly bad) and some of it is lacking playmakers. Then the last two years at the end on offense when you need a play and you gotta have it... Josh doesn't have that guy.

His numbers without Chase are very good though. He had 908 yards and 6 touchdowns as a rook without Chase (despite Burrow missing the final 6 games) and then the four games Chase missed (think it was 2022) he put up 371 yards in those games. I wouldn't do it as the Bills because I am not sure he is the exact fit for what we need, though he is a huge upgrade on what we have. But if I was New England and he hit the market? Or Washington? Or the Chargers? 100% I'd make that deal.

I do not. What happens is I say sometjing based on reality and then you warp the narrative in your head about what I mean. If you can find one "extreme position" I have taken I am here to listen. Shouldn't be too hard if I am doing it consistently. Do I think our lack of elite talent around Josh is the biggest reason we haven't got over the hump? Yes. I do think that. I don't think that is extreme and while not everyone agrees with me (and you definitely don't) a reasonable chunk of people here do.

Yea without hindsight he'd be WR4 for me too. Just ahead of Legette (who was my 4) and BTJ. EDIT: for further context, Egbuka my WR2 would have been WR7 last year. Golden my WR3 would have been WR9. Obviously that is finak grades against non-final grades and Egbuka and Golden could both move a point or two on testing. Some of the concerns I have on both are potentially answered or confirmed at the Combine.

My take was he definitely dominates lesser competition. I worry against good opposition he doesn't get any separation and then his hands are not as good as I'd want them to be for a guy who is going to have to make a lot of contested catches. As a #2 opposite a route running separator #1 I think he will have success. Like a Gabe Davis to a Stefon Diggs or an Alan Lazard to a Devante Adams. I think more talented than those two but that's how I saw him.

Yea that's my take. It stops you having to force it.

Yea me too.