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defense has been garbage when it’s mattered the most unfortunately. Garbage in all three of our playoff exits, the last three seasons. and now we’re playing with fire relying on so many older players at key positions. Beane has completely failed at defensive line with so many assets invested in draft capital and yet he still had to go out and bring in Von Miller because none of those picks hit.

4 postseason wins in the last 5 seasons and 4 postseason wins in the last 3 seasons. One sound better than the other. One is also more recent and answers the question you asked about being judged on his recent history. As long as the Bills continue to win postseason games as they have in each of the last three seasons, Beane will be fine.

I should hope he’s concerned. It doesn’t really need to be said to be known.

The play at 4:45 is ridiculous. What the heck is the Jags defense doing on this play? They are triple maybe even quadruple covering MVS. They don't have a single player on Kelce. Would love to see Diggs lined up as the single high 1 on these sets. Cook, Davis, Knox and Kincaid making up the 4 to the other side. Sprinkle in Harty and Sherfield in packages.

Reminiscent of Fred Jackson in 2014 against the Bears.

good work FireChans. I do think it is necessary to include Stefon Diggs in a discussion of draft picks and roster building. he was essentially the bills 2020 1st round draft pick. with that being the case is Brandon Aiyuk better than Stefon Diggs? Of course not. now some will whine and complain that we could’ve drafted Justin Jefferson. But that’s such a 20/20 hindsight argument, since you have no idea who will be on the draft board or who the bills would even want to take if they still had the pick.

nah, I wouldn’t say it is true. It would be if the Bills D didn’t suck in the postseason. They are giving up over 4 TD’s per game on average in each of the Bills last three close out losses. That’s really bad. Brady’s first Super Bowl run the D didn’t give up more than 17 in any of the three playoff games. second Super Bowl run the D didn’t give up more than 14 in the divisional and conference championship game to make it to the Super Bowl where they finally gave up 29 to the Panthers in the Super Bowl. next season and third Super Bowl title they give up 3, 27 and 21. The 27 was to the Steelers and the final Steeler TD was in garbage time down 21 points with 52 seconds left. just not even close to the same postseason defensive performances. Look at you dropping that top 10 crap and trying to get a rise out of Bills fans. Does that mean Allen is one spot ahead or below your boy Tua in your top 10?

I much rather have a fumble. you basically have a 50-50 chance of recovering a fumble maybe better in this case since Allen a lot of the times is the first person aware of the fumble and in position to recover like his fumble at the goal line against the Lions for example.

would’ve been one hell of a run if the 2019 bills won the Super Bowl. One for the ages. The point that the postseason Joe Burrow supporters are missing here is that yeah Josh Allen turns the ball over more, but the dude also puts a lot of points on the scoreboard. Something that to this point, Joe Burrow hasn’t done and so far has been lucky enough not to be called on to do. if Allen was a single digit turnover quarterback, these last three years to go along with his 40+ touchdowns, he would likely be a three time MVP, and probably on his way to the GOAT quarterback status. In other words, those are some lofty expectations. i’m not saying there won’t be a year where Allen puts up 40 touchdowns and single digit turnovers. But it shouldn’t be the expectation. If Allen does put up single digit turnovers, those same folks shouldn’t be upset if he only totals 30 touchdowns on the season because he was being more cautious.

we are all shaking in our boots over the fumbles by Allen that have cost the Bills a Super Bowl. Can you remind us which of those 8 fumbles those were again?

wasn’t it a receiving touchdown against the Texans? And I could’ve sworn he ran for a touchdown against the Colts. I’m just going off of memory though. also, off of memory, the only fumble I can think of that really hurt the bills was the one that Miami took back for a touchdown. But in the end no harm because the bills still won because of how good Josh Allen in the offense was that day.

it also depends on the general productivity, or lack there of of the offense for that particular game. last year’s two playoff games is the perfect example of this. Turnovers were not a determining factor in winning or losing either game, other than they prevented the bills from blowing out the dolphins. when the bills were not turning the ball over against the dolphins, they were scoring. Typically touchdowns. The offense was was having it’s way in that game. it was the opposite against the Bengals. The bills offense could’ve had zero turnovers in that game and it’s very unlikely it would’ve made a difference on the scoreboard for the Bills. They just couldn’t move the ball.

this would actually make more sense if the bills actually lost to the Dolphins though. By far his worst turnover game thus far in his playoff career and the bills offense still scored a ton of points and put up a ton of yards. Oh, and they won. The next week they lose to the Bengals. Think Josh had two total turnovers in that game. But did the Bills lose because Allen had two turnovers or because he was only able to lead the Bills to one TD drive instead of 4 like the previous week?

Same. Dude has put up over 40 total touchdowns in three straight seasons. Has any other quarterback done that? I can live with a higher than average turnover rate when he’s putting in that many points. If he keeps the interceptions to single digits he’ll likely be the favorite to win MVP.

They of course do not understand our cap situation. As another poster mentioned, a trade that makes the most sense would be an in-season trade. Taylor needs to prove he has it still coming off the injury and a team needs to start off well and evaluate that indeed, a dominant RB is the missing piece.

like the Colts?

might not be this year (although if preseason is any indication maybe it will be this year) but by next year Kincaid and Diggs should be the clear #1 and #2 and Davis will be the third or fourth option which I think is a great role for him.

like it. how about “Swole Bease” rolls off the tongue a bit better

Reid could catch Bill for that GOAT title if he can hang on another 5 years and maybe get two more Super Bowl wins in that time frame. Reid has shown a greater ability IMO to succeed at a high level on multiple teams and with just about any QB you give him.

It didn't matter that much for either of the two teams I mentioned. Bengals still went on the road and beat the Bills and the Rodgers led Packers had the one seed. The Achilles heel for the Bills since 2020, when Allen officially arrived, has been the Bills dropping two games they shouldn't lose between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

There are recent examples of teams getting walloped week 1 because they were unprepared, only to go on and have a great season. Packers were crushed I think by the Saints a few years ago and ended up the 1 seed and Aaron Rodgers had an MVP season. Just last year, the Bengals were unprepared due to Burrow's appendectomy and their offense was pitiful against the Steelers. They even started the season with a 2 game losing streak. Went on to only lose two more games the rest of the season before losing to KC in the AFC Championship game. Meaningful starters will play zero snaps next week. Bills may or may not get crushed week 1. Won't mean anything for the outcome of the season.

That game will come when it leads to an Allen injury in the pocket. Thank goodness our coaching staff if harping on Allen to use his legs less this year to "save his body".

While not ideal, I would assume Shorter still has a wider and thicker frame so it's going to be tougher for DB's to get arms around him to deflect passes. From what I gather just looking at the box score most of his targets and receptions where all short passes. That's a plus as well, as at this point I sort of assume he will mainly be used on a lot of deeper routes. For me it comes down to the fact that it seems like there are multiple guys on the roster that do the exact same things as Shakir, only better. Shorter, given his size doesn't really have a comp on the roster. Shakir can be a PR but if Harty and/or Issabella make the team that becomes an unnecessary job for Shakir. Meanwhile Shorter looks like a guy that would be a better gunner / blocker on special teams. It really comes down to whether or not Isabella makes the 53. As of right now it feels like it is leaning towards Andy making the 53.

I’m starting to question what exactly Shakir has flashed. IMO, I have seen the absolute minimum I would expect out of him. I just don’t see the flash. I think it is a legitimate question if Shakir is safe. He’s a slot guy primarily. But we have Kincaid and Harty who will both be used heavily in the slot.

interesting. I just don’t think Tua qualifies though IMO. He missed a few games but not that many. Of course on the flip side Hamlin missed even fewer games than Tua. But drastically different degrees of injuries of course. My guess would be Odell would win before Tua. Then you have Kyler Murray, Stafford, Von Miller.