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you said his TD's were pretty much exclusively from outside 2 yards when 33% of them were from 2 yards or in. Im not sure you know what exclusive means. He was very often scoring from 2 yards or close this past year. Previous years I would agree with your statement.

Maybe not the primary option from inside the 5 (or 2 yards out) but he has 7 TDs from inside the 5 last year. 5 of those were from the 2 or 1. In previous years it was true that he didnt score from close (only 2 TDs from inside the 5). But this past year he got more opportunities and was more efficient (stats not readily handy) from inside the 5. His increase in TDs is mostly because of inside the 5 TDs.

I’m never giving urban Mayer the benefit of the doubt. Haskins and burrow are very different players and I think burrow has more than done enough to show he can be effective.

Definitely gives them a chance to bring in more young DLine help and see who’s got upside. Then practice squad the one that’s falling behind when hoecht and O come back. looks like we might keep more of our draft picks than initially expected.

Very good? i'm not sure Herber is even 5th best in the conference. Ill say +9 yards per target the past two years aint nothing either. Happy for him to be that efficient on 60 targets here. That puts him right behind Coleman and Cooper last year which is where I would expect him as an X receiver.

It’s all magic on some level of this hypothetical. Particularly if you start thinking about the ramifications of adding the stats (first downs gained and lost, GAME SCRIPT which was huge for the team). We did the assignment different. As you say adding 10 TDS is no small feat cause we would have been all time efficient. I think that takes us further. But am looking for that this offseason? No. It seems easier to get a 13 sack guy (of which there are not many) than get another 10TDs from the offense. And it’s def easier to find a 9+ sack guy.

Maybe that’s where this is getting weird. I read as 10 TDs on top of what we did. Your post seemingly says those 10 TDS would come from someone else. So if it’s effectively of no benefit then (cause they came from someone else) then yeah that stat line is of course worse. I think 10 more TDs (on top of what we had) would have been more impactful than 13 more sacks on top of what we had. You also mention pressures but that’s not in the OP. It just says stat line doesn’t say player who could. I read it different than you is all and it was still close. yes if you say those 10 TDs would come from other players (thus not increasing points scored which is my whole thesis) and 13 sacks also brings pressures all on top of what everyone else did then that’s obviously better. But if it’s what would be more impactful the bills scoring 10 more TDS and getting 1k more yards or getting 13 more sacks and 10 TFL (very low) I’m taking points and significantly more yardage. if this is another should we address offense or defense thread then I agree with you and address defense. But it was posed a bit differently. I would rather a 13 sack guy than a 1k and 10TD guy.

Interestingly you said strong defenses and not SACKS. Those defenses were very good scoring defenses. I would agree scoring defense > scoring offense, but that was not the premise of the poll. The yards are hardly even part of the equation to me, and i consider sacks to be closer to yards than they are to scoring.

Seems intuitive that TDs would be more correlated with winning. Should note that in 2020 and 2024 (our two best Josh seasons) we had 56 and 62 TDs and only 38 and 39 sacks. 2021, 2022, 2023 all had more sacks and less TDs. So more TDs all day please.

i wanted to check cause your reply made it seem like you only thought Shakir was the only one that outplayed his contract. Thanks

20% better? Cause thats how much better to be "worth it." Are you saying above that you now think the OL did play well enough. You also say you have enjoyed these last few seasons, but your thread is titled "goddammit I'm sick of excuses." Pick a lane. If you wanted to say we need to be more physical and tougher to win the SB then title your post that. Saying that the only thing that matters is team success (i.e. winning the super bowl) is literally sayin you dont find any other result having meaning. You seem like a masochist if all that matters is winning the super but youve been a bills fan for so long.

You dont think Josh Allen out played his 14th highest QB salary? So you don't think any QB is worth a salary investment? Also Cook is on a rookie contract. You don't think he outplayed his contract?

I find the idea that our OL isnt tough enough hilarious. Anderson and Spencer Brown are just nasty individuals. Wanna say our DL gets pushed around? sure. But the OL is a nasty group of dudes.

I think its trying to say youngest with 100 tackles THIS 2024 season.

its ~13% for 4th and 15. I dont thinks thats terrible. Yes some bad calls will be made but refs deal with these end of game long shot calls all the time and they get the majority correct. We just remember the wrong ones cause they all happen to the Chiefs benefit (lol).