GunnerBill

You've read Chaos's posts before then haha.

They need to peak at the right time. They did in 2021 and we all know what happened. They were nowhere near their best form in the post season in 2022. In 2020 I just think they got beaten by a better team. It is impossible to be at your best every week in an 18 week season and 3 or 4 week playoff run. You gotta peak at the right time. So give me "none of the above."

Next time DeVante separates will be the first time.

He has the overrule power. That does not mean he uses it. Beane runs personnel.

Just below halfway. About level with St Brown. Above the likes of Kirk, Deebo, Godwin, Waddle and Myers.

I agree. But I spent a lot of last season hearing he is never open.

I have not.

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Yea agree. I think Beane does run personnel and I think the decisions are ultimately his decisions. But should there ever be a conflict between what he wants to do and what McDermott wants then it is clear the coach has the overrule power. But I don't think McDermott is GM in all but name. Brandon Beane is the GM the personnel decisions are his.

People try everything to cover him. There was a game against the Colts where they covered him with 4 guys one knocked him on his ass.... he still ended up catching a touchdown on the play.

Agree with this. I think Beane's overall personnel philosophy has been pretty solid, not perfect (and you are right about round 2 and running backs) but solid. I think his approach to roster building has been decent. But his talent evaluation has not been consistent enough. I have said on here before that Beane freely admits he isn't the best talent evaluator. It is why Joe Schoen was a loss, because Beane absolutely trusted Joe as an evaluator. Does he have that same relationship with TG and BG? Beane is a strategiser and a leader. He isn't someone who came up the scouting route and indeed most of his scouting acumen was learned from Dave Gettleman.

The comparison table for WRs separating against Man and Zone has Isaiah McKenzie top 5 in separation against man coverage.

That was certainly a factor but there just seemed fewer designed into the offense. I am not arguing Allen only does quick game. Josh is a brilliant intermediate thrower and a good deep ball thrower. But when he has been at his absolute best there has been a diet of quick game mixed in. It helps move the chains, it helps force the defense to come up and it helps Josh get in rhythm, get completions and get rolling. It all aids the deep game.

The Rams game was a lot of designed quick game. It was something Daboll did well and I think Dorsey after the Rams game did less well. Josh has never been and is never going to be a big check down guy and frankly I don't want him to be. But I think you have to design some "back foot down, ball out" type plays. First because they force teams up and allow you the 1 on 1s deep and second because they get Josh in rhythm and while he can hurt you off structure, ad libing every play when you get him settled and in rhythm he is borderline unstoppable. And I feel like he makes better decisions when he lets go of the ball. When he holds and holds he seems to force it more.

On the flip side there are not many RBs that are Josh Allen sized and when he initiates contact I feel like he is more in control that the hits he takes in the pocket where he is often not in a position to protect himself. That is not me arguing for Josh to keep running at the rate he has. I am with @BADOLBILZ - getting back to 2020 levels is a realistic target. What did he have in 2020? The best OL he has played behind in Buffalo. So the two go hand in hand. But I do think Josh Allen is a guy who is less likely to get hurt when he is initiating and braced for contact than when contact comes at an unexpected moment (as we have seen both times he has hurt the elbow).

He has to be a better more consistent decision maker. Josh's ceiling is the best in the league. His floor is lower than the other top guys he belongs in the conversation with. And it is because of the decision making. I don't want to take the hero ball away. We are always going to have to live with a bit of that for the incredible plays he can make. But he needs to be more consistent as a decision maker. He can't live out of structure as much as he has at times. As for what the Bills can do.... the two main things are proctect him better and design more plays to get the ball out of his hands fast.

You know my take on the Cincy game. It was overwhelmingly a players loss.

Removed the unnecessary words.

Never had a sit down meal there but did attend a private drinks event with hot buffet. The food was excellent and the views are amazing. If Mrs E wants a royal history fix Westminster Abbey is the place to visit. Where Kings and Queens are crowned, the Queen's funeral, Wills and Kate wedding etc. You have to book in advance and the queues can be long but it is free to go in and is a genuinely worthwhile experience. You can do a lot of really great stuff in London for free. All the main galleries and museums are free to enter. You can go also into Parliament as a visitor for free and watch a debate (although they don't sit at weekends and it might still be conference recess anyway the week of the Bills game). You do have to pay for a Parliament tour however. Obviously you can go and watch the changing of the guard for free outside Buck House every day at 11. But get there a bit before if you want a decent view because the crowd can build on days when the weather is nice. The Churchill Imperial War Rooms are the paid attraction I'd most recommend. I think that is about £25 to enter from memory. They are the actual underground bunkers from where Winston Churchill held Cabinet and commanded our war effort in WWII. The other one that I have always meant to do and never done is the underground tour of abandoned tube stations which I am told is brilliant. Tower of London is just a tourist trap for Americans and Chinese tourists.

I don't actually think this is the right question. Because it shouldn't be just a number. That is too blunt. It lacks nuance. It isn't proper analysis. My view is if there is ever another playoff defeat that is primarily on coaching - as 13 seconds was - then I'd fire McDermott and move on. You can have one mulligan in the playoffs. You don't get 2 or 3. If we lost a playoff game to a team we were clearly superior to then I'd put him firmly on the hot seat and might consider firing him depending on the circumstances. So far that has never been the case. We have always lost to teams who are at least as good as the Bills at that point. If neither of those things happen then to me the crunch point comes when you need to extend Josh as he hits his 30s. At that point I might be tempted to make a change for change's sake to see if it sparked a new energy to get us over the top. So the maximum leash is the length of Josh's deal. But there are routes for the leash to be shorter (to my mind). But I suspect Terry Pegula views it differently for all the reasons discussed in the other thread. I even think McDermott might survive another 13 second style meltdown. He shouldn't, I'm clear on that. But I have always suspected and continue to suspect that the wider context means he is on much more secure ground with ownership than people think.

Love Islington. If money were no object it is the place in London I'd live. Walthamstow where I actually live is like Islington but 15 years behind on the curve. Tube from highbury and islington to seven sisters and then a 15 minute walk is your best route to the stadium. Top tourist tip - do NOT do the Tower of London. Complete waste of money to walk around with people dressed up as ye olde worlde knights of the realm to look at plastic replicas of the crown jewels behind glass. Completely classless.... totally classless..... oh and cashless. Yes. That also.

Where you staying?

Think you mean the skill positions rather than the offensive roster. As you acknowledged earlier in your post their oline is pretty good.... their interior Thuney - Humphrey - Smith might be the best interior in the NFL. Left tackle is a question mark going into this season but they have upgraded at tight tackle if that is where Jawaan Taylor ends up playing.

I'm not that big a fan of Rivera earlier. Don't know where you got that from.

I am not inspired by the defensive assistant situation and have said that many times. I am not as down on Dorey as you but I agree about the tantrum and I called him out on it here at the time to much criticism. Am I inspired by the people running the franchise? Yes. It comes down to my belief that McDermott and Beane > Rivera and Gettleman.