GunnerBill

They have tackled well at times in the NFL. At the moment the tackling is dreadful. It is technique not size.

Just give it to Jimbo. Right now he is our best player, period.

Our return game since we sat our returner is predictably horrible.

Oh it is Beane's fault ultimately. But Josh can't turn into Tyror holding it for weeks spinning like a top. That never works.

It is technique MUCH more than size.

The tackling is ***** dreadful.

Panthers got away with a false start there

No but he has to try and forget it and play

Nah it was #1.

No. He has to get the ball out. He isn't trusting what is around him.

Its inexcusable from Samuel

Which is part of the reason they don't run as much play action as people would like.

Moore did not get his foot down but Canales also did not get the challenge off in time.

We go as Cook goes right now

Dalton dropped it is normally bad for the Bills. Not this time

Cole only one million yards out of his spot.

Let's goooooo Buffffffaaaaalllllooooooo!

I was not in love with the Dalton pick for the same reason I wouldn't have loved the Ladd pick. Can you ever have too many good pass catchers? No. But the Bills had a clear and obvious need for a guy who could play on the boundary and win vertically. And in three offseasons their attempts to address that need have been Mack Hollins, Keon Coleman and Josh Palmer.

They brought Ryan Neilsen in, yea. Allegedly to help with their pressure packages.

Yea it is not just player driven. Don't get me wrong there are personnel issues. But the DC is over his head, things that have not been issues in the first seven years of this regime are suddenly issues with this DC. I can count on one hand in the Frazier years the number of snaps where the Bills D was not lined up properly or confused pre snap. It has happened at least once every single game this year. And before anyone accuses me of it I am not excusing McDermott. He hired Babich as a rookie DC (a pretty sought after one but a rookie DC all the same) and he is a defensive Head Coach who establishes the basis for this scheme and when it is his reputation and possibly job on the line he has to step in and fix it. But the defense is woeful at the moment. The first half display in Atlanta was pathetic. It was not NFL worthy. That cannot happen.

That's a good question. Probably not a ton tbh. I'd add Bishop probably and hope year 3 in the system helps. Again I suspect he stays anyway but I doubt he is handed a starting job. I think Bosa, Milano, Taron, Rapp and Jones should be gone almost regardless.

My list of Bills who are both under contract in 2026 and are (in priority order) worth retaining is: Definites 1. Ed Oliver 2. Christian Benford 3. Deone Walker Probables 4. Greg Rousseau 5. Terrell Bernard N/R because not seen enough to judge but will be here: Hairston, Sanders, Jackson I include Groot and TB because they are expensive to move off. Groot is pretty scheme versatile too whereas TB less so. Think in a lot of other defenses he would play WLB or nowhere. I could see a new regime keeping him year 1 and then moving on.

And I am not trying to avoid directly answering the question but bear with me: 1. I do think the schematic fundamentals of the defense are solid, but I don't think they are being executed solidly and when I say executed I do not just mean by the players, I mean by the coaches too. I think the playcalling is bad and I have seen more of the Bills not being lined up properly and confused pre-snap this year than I have in the last 5 or 6 years combined. So I don't think it is just about swapping a few players out, it is about the way the entire operation is being coached and played. 2. That said, if McDermott cannot get this fixed by the end of the season then they have to make a change. You cannot be a defensive minded Head Coach on a team that is supposed to contend and have a defense that is this fundamentally broken. This isn't like some playoff failures against top teams, this is much more intrinsic to the way the Bills are playing defense. So if they can't fix it then they need to blow it up and that starts at the top.

Campbell was off the board when the Bills picked. He was bad his first year, meh his second year, but is playing lights out this season.

Meh. Cole is playing okay. He still makes too many mental mistakes and there is still a play a game where I feel like a really basic mental error by him is giving up a critical play. He has made some splash plays this year, that at least to some extent can offset the mistakes, and that is progress. There are steps of progression with him but he still has a way to go. Agreed Rapp has been awful. I actually don't think this year is the exception to the rule. This is kinda how he played in spot duty in 2023 and for the majority of his time with the Rams. Last year was the exception when he did, I concede, surpass my expectations. That is now looking like the anomaly.