Niagara Dude
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1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:
This is a question I've asked myself even before yesterday's loss.
Does Beane keep the older guys (and bad contracts) and tweak around the best he can? Would he think that's enough to get the team
over the hump or does he make the move in 2024 to get younger and put an offense around Josh.
I'm not going to get into the weeds about exact numbers (my mind is numb from yesterday) but I think most of you guys (and gals) know what I mean.
Move on right now from guys like Von and Diggs (post June cuts) along with White, Morse, Dawkins, Poyer, Harty, Hines, Martin and who knows who else.
Other players have to be approached about their contracts too. Knox, Neal, Bass
In essence, a big re-tool.
Would Josh have to buy into a plan like this? Would McDermott?
If a new HC comes in, it will happen anyway.
You might sacrifice the 2024 season, but you structure yourself for the future Bills built around Josh Allen.
As a fan, I would go along with it if that would be decided.
There are going to be some big questions/decisions for Beane this spring, one way or another!
Like it or not this will be out biggest year of roster changes, the Bills will look the same on Offence with maybe a couple of new receivers, there could at least 4-5 new starters on defence
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10 hours ago, PepeSilvia said:
This game is a cataclysm of the last 6 years into one game.
the highs, the lows, the still not being able to cover Travis Kelce, the still letting mahommes pirouette around and get a big first down or finding someone open downfield.
Tyler bass didn’t lose this game. From the first snap mistakes were made from Diggs fumbling. To the last drive with Diggs dropping a huge pass, Josh fumbling with 5 mins left and then missing Shakir in the back of the end zone.
this is another game of missed opportunities. Blame who you want. There’s plenty to go around
The Chiefs played 13 personal for many times of the game forcing the Bills to play 3 LB'S.
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I just feel sick because it was another missed opportunity and pressure will mount even more in the playoffs next year about getting over the hump and beating the Chiefs. Missed opportunity because Burrow got hurt and the Chiefs had their weakest offences in years, those things will change next year and other teams will get stronger while the Bills face huge salary cap challenges
I pray to be wrong but McDermott seems like the new Marvin Lewis who also had so many great regular seasons and would then lose in the playoffs.
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They will be plenty of roster changes for sure, I just hope Beane learns the team cannot have special teams player other than punter/Kicker and long snapper. They cannot afford guys taking up roster sports that cannot contribute to either regular offence or defence
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6 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:
The Bills don’t have to do all of these moves.
Restructure (savings)
Allen - $23.1m
Diggs - $13.1m
Knox - $6.0m
Oliver - $3.5mMcGovern - $3.2m
Milano - $2.4m
Total - $51.3m
Release
White - $6.2m saved
Poyer - $5.5m savedMorse - $5.4m saved
Hines - $5.0m savedHarty - $4.1m saved
Neal - $2.9m saved
Bates - $1.4m saved
Martin - $1.25m saved
Total $31.75m
Extension / Restructure
Dawkins - 2 year - $7.1m
Douglas - 2 year - $5.9m
T. Johnson - 3 year - $4.8m
Total - $17.8m
Total savings: $100.85m
I think this will be a retool offseason and they get rid of some older players
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36 minutes ago, BeastMaster said:
Another poor decision made in this game was playing Rasul Douglas.
Go watch all the replays and you'll see him numerous times being exposed as he was slow and unable to move like he could when healthy
Elam should've played over him, and only play Rasul if needed
I saw the only long pass down field him looking slow, I agree that Elam should have started and maybe just play Douglas in situations
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3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
You do realize that your big plays make us score faster not slower, right? The Bills offensive game plan worked as well as it could have last night. They planned on controlling the ball and the clock and they just that. We had DOUBLE the plays and DOUBLE the time of possession. Unfortunately our defense simply couldn’t stop KC at all. Not even a little bit.
The goal is to score, we only scored 7 points in the second half
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2 hours ago, JerseyBills said:
Unpopular opinion here but I and many others shrugged Gabe being inactive as no big deal.
I thought he'd be missed in the run game a bit and that's it.
I was dead wrong, there's no doubt in my mind he catches at least 1, if not both bombs to Sherfield, which would have been game changers... As well as the bomb to Diggs
Gabe had a season where he dropped passes or caused interceptions and also had 5 games with 0 catches. Was missed but nit the reason why we lost
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10 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:
Nobody should be blaming our bad kicker for being bad. Blame the coaches for putting him in that position knowing that he is bad. He was statistically one of the worst kickers in the entire league this year. The result was inevitable.
There's absolutely no reason why the offense went off their game plan instead of slowly and methodically continuing to march down the field and run the clock. For some reason they started launching impossible throws down field rather than picking up 7-8 yards every play with Kincaid.
Even if Bass makes the kick (we knew he wouldn't) then the Chiefs have the ball with over a min left. You don't think Mahomes is going to get his guys in FG range when we didn't stop them at all the entire night? Again, don't blame Bass. This isn't his fault. We would have lost either way.
Even if Bass makes that FG, it would just have set the stage for Mahomes to go down the field for game winning FG and then national media just go gaga about him. The play was 7 points or bust or you kick with little or no time left to force OT
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1 minute ago, JerseyBills said:
Agreed except I feel Shakir could, has that juice and very twitchy, think he'll be a stud next year
I like him as a solid #2 but this team needs a true #2 or even co #1, Diggs has lost his juice
2 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:Agreed except I feel Shakir could, has that juice and very twitchy, think he'll be a stud next year
When a deep ball hits his hand he generally catches it
Diggs has never been a long ball receiver but that ball was there and he needs to make that catch.
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6 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
I have literally no idea what you want to see. The Bills were going toe to toe with the World Champions last night. The game wasn’t lost by a lack of so called big plays. It was lost because our kicker flat out sucks and our defense couldn’t stop the opponent…at all. Your wet dream of big plays would’ve just given the Chiefs offense the ball back even sooner. Big plays? Big deal! Al Davis just called and he wants his philosophy back. 😉
LMAO! you really believe had he made that kick Mahomes is not going down the field for game winning FG? Your wet dream that has us stopping him with just under 2 mins when we could not stop him with 13 secs. Come on dude, they needed 7 to have any chance or were watching another late game game winning FG.
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1 minute ago, Brian Higgins hair said:
No, you are so incredibly wrong here.
Go watch the tape, not enough passes down the field. It was 16 passes that did not go beyond the line of scrimmage
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11 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
Diggs and Sherfield BOTH dropped our ‘big plays’.
16 passes not 2 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, that is Trent Edwards level offence
1 minute ago, Brian Higgins hair said:Exactly. And Diggs has lost his speed and hands.
Diggs was never super fast but he does look slower
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18 minutes ago, Yobogoya! said:
We can't stretch the field, we can't separate and most importantly we can't catch the damn football.
I'm ambivalent about keeping Brady or not, but it starts with us needing playmakers. After that, we need an OC to rebuild this offense from the ground up.
I agree and was a problem all season, it kept teams in games and we lost some of those games because we were not blowing teams away that we should easily beat.
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The difference in the game was a problem most of this season, no big chuck plays. Chiefs had 8 plays of 20 yards or more and Bills had O, so many passes that did not go 10 yards pass the line of scrimmage. How many short passes? Allen finished with 186 yards, that is not good enough
The goal this offseason is bringing in another big play receiver and get back to being a big play offence that gets big chuck plays. Our receivers rarely create separation and Allen needs to throw into tight windows to make a play, sometimes resulting in interceptions
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7 minutes ago, Yobogoya! said:
To be fair, that run heavy time-controlling attack is the only defense the Bills actually had this game.
Otherwise KC just scores even more points even earlier.
We had 16 passes completed behind the line of scrimmage, the offence has been nothing like we saw years ago
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5 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:
I mean these were essentially go routes so I disagree
Absolutely. Luckily we have emerging stars in Shakir and Kincaid to build around. Would love Pittman from Indy and a day 1 or 2 WR to develop
Chiefs had 8 plays of 20 yards or more and we had 0, Allen ended up with 186 yards and that was the difference because it was so many passes around the line of scrimmage and WR's not getting separation or just dropping passes. This needs to improved and while running the ball is important this will always be a passing league. We scored just 7 points in second half, that is not beating Mahomes. It's pretty obvious that Diggs is not a guy you can count on in big playoff games. We have no receiver that can turn a 10 yard pas into a 20 plus yard play. More speed is needed
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36 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:
Unpopular opinion here but I and many others shrugged Gabe being inactive as no big deal.
I thought he'd be missed in the run game a bit and that's it.
I was dead wrong, there's no doubt in my mind he catches at least 1, if not both bombs to Sherfield, which would have been game changers... As well as the bomb to Diggs
This team needs improvement in the WR room, all season long even in games Davis played the offence has struggled .
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6 hours ago, Process said:
Sure we were beat up in the back 7, but the d line was fully healthy. McBeane has been absolutely relentless in pouring resources into the d line since they stepped foot in Buffalo. I don't think they came close to sniffing Mahomes tonight.
If Beanne does not upgrade the piss poor WR room he needs to be fired, enough with endless money and resources for the defensive side of the ball so they can pee the bed when the playoffs arrive.
46 minutes ago, billsfan714 said:The Chiefs draft well, no question about it. Rebuilt an entire secondary in about 1 year.
Yup and also got a beast of RB in 7 round
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We lost the game because Chiefs made big chuck plays and we did not, sorry but Brady is not the answer and far too many runs.
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End of the day this team needs more speed and get back to getting big chuck plays, just not enough big chuck plays and that was the difference tonight. Chiefs had big chunk plays , all season long we leave it for final drives and anything can happen
I think McDermott needs to hire DC coordinator, one that is aggressive.
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3 minutes ago, billsfanmd07 said:
Special teams coach should be fired Monday. Worst fake punt I have ever seen. Looked like it had no chance from the start. Punting tonight bad. Missed filled goal. We’re lucky his XP made it they sailed right too.
Need to bring back Matt Ariza
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McDermott is not going anywhere and I am not really his biggest supporter. Bills finished the season strong and came up short against one of best QB's in NFL history. I think the play calling at the end was not there and it cost us. They should have had Allen pass or run himself on first down and not run Cook that got us behind the sticks. Even if Bass makes that FG Mahomes has loads of time for game winning FG.
End of the day, this offence is still not like before and we don't have enough speed at WR position. We need to draft an explosive WR because Diggs has maybe one more year left in him. Diggs still has not shown he can be a big play maker in playoff games, that drop on that long pass hurt
If McDermott continues to push cavemen football you will not win in the playoffs, you need pass and score as quickly as possible.
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Bills got a gift after fake punt blunder and just never took advantage. This team needs another top receiver and get back to being a high scoring offence.
Divisional Playoffs - Chiefs at Bills - Post game thread
in The Stadium Wall
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End of the day, watching the 2nd down Allen could have easily hit Diggs on a crossing route and he most likely picks up the first down. He also could have run for at least 7-8 yards because the right side of the field was wide open. That set of downs got screwed up by Brady's insistence on running on first down with Cook and only getting 1 yard putting us behind the sticks. They should had pass/run option to Allen on first because they did not need to force pass into the end zone. The plan should have been get another first down and then either score a TD or kick FG with little of no time left on the clock. Another poor situation football moment that Brady/McDermott failed on.