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13 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:
So Andre Roberts's contract is up, and I hope we don't re-sign him.
I think McKenzie could very easily be re-signed for cheaper and take his place as both kick and punt returner. Obviously it was a small sample size, but we all saw what he did against Miami.
I don't know, every kick return with him is an adventure. Even the TD against Miami if you watch the replay he almost dropped the punt. With the ball in his hands no question he's more dynamic than Roberts but Roberts is more dependable. For kick returns I probably value that consistency more than speed. I could be convinced either way though.
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This is a hire you make when no one else wants the job. The Texans are heading for drought era Bills levels of ineptitude. Their franchise QB is about to be gone and they have no draft picks to rebuild the team. Crazy.
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3 hours ago, Bangarang said:
I don’t want to run it a lot more, just be better when we do. This offense is about throwing the ball.
RBs can catch too, at least in theory. Singletary doesn't do anything well other than pass block. With a speed back catching flat routes we could have taken advantage of KC's scheme.
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20 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
First, the real reason we lost this game was simply because KC secondary and pass coverage was by FAR the best game they played all year.
That was a big reason but not the biggest. Their offense scored TDs at will. They could have picked their score but they stopped trying when the game was already out of hand. Our offense would have needed to play a flawless game to have a chance.
IMO we have 4 needs to take down KC. In order of importance they are:
1) Game changing edge rusher - This is how teams have beat Mahomes. If you can't get pressure with 4 you aren't stopping him. Unfortunately this is the biggest need but also the hardest to get. I would make a splash free agency signing even if it means Milano walks.
2) RB with speed and pass catching ability - This is the best way to attack their defense right now. They were giving Singletary no respect at all. A RB that can passes in the flat and accelerate is a huge mismatch against their LBs especially when they have to give so much respect to our receivers and leave a spy on Allen. This can be obtained in the draft.
3) Better #2 WR - John Brown is a serviceable receiver but not of the caliber you need to keep up with KC. We need someone opposite Diggs that they have to respect. I'd let Brown walk and draft a receiver on day 2. Maybe look into Allen Robinson if we can afford it.
4) Better #2 CB - Again, Wallace is just serviceable. You can put White on Hill or Kelce but the other one will run free. I would draft a CB and look into signing Sherman. Not gonna get a huge upgrade here but try to improve.
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His contract will only get more expensive after this offseason. He's done nothing but improve since entering the league. No way you wait for the salary cap to go up and other QB deals to go through.
I also feel like Allen is the type where once he gets paid he'll play looser (in a good way) in big games because he won't be thinking about it.
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On 1/25/2021 at 2:34 PM, Ethan in Portland said:
Everything should be reviewable.
Agreed. And to those who say it would slow the game down I say speed up the reviews. It shouldn't take 5 minutes of a referee staring into a booth while Baker Mayfield sells us car insurance. Everyone at home can see the replay and we know within 30 seconds what the right call should be. Everything should be reviewable and it should be done from a central headquarters as efficiently as possible.
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1 hour ago, Virgil said:
The Chiefs were going to leave Motor alone for the most part, and he was unable to punish him.
The Belichick strategy is to take away your best player. KC did their own take on it. They left our worst player alone and dared us to take advantage of it.
A game like this was inevitable. The Bills offense was entirely one dimensional all year long. The only thing we could do was throw passes to wide receivers. And at least we did that one dimension very very well. But it was bound to catch up to us. Luckily McDermott knows this is a problem and said as much in his presser today. Zero chance Singletary is our starter next year.
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My preference this offseason is sign defense and draft offense. There are a ton of edge rushers available in free agency - Hendrickson, Barrett, Dupree, JJ Watt, Ingram, Clowney... I think we will see someone of that caliber on the Bills next year. I would love Richard Sherman in our scheme too but I'm guessing he'll go to the Jets. So I would mostly focus on re-signing our own players and make one splash signing on a DE.
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2 minutes ago, JohnNord said:
I think Beane and company need to find more speed at RB and TE where Josh can dump the ball and make teams pay.
Every day I become more certain in my belief that Etienne needs to be the pick if he's there. He could be the x factor that puts our offense at the same level as KC. He is also the best player to attack KC's defense specifically.
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13 minutes ago, Zerovoltz said:
you do it with a steady diet of throws to TE and RB and FB out of 2 TE sets.
This is 100% correct. And you can tell Daboll wants to use the RBs more. I've been on his case this season about over relying on our RBs when it was apparent we don't have the personnel to make that concept work, but he comes from the New England system where James White was a critical piece. Plays like that are exactly how you beat the KC defense, we just don't have the horses. I'll be shocked if upgrading the RBs isn't a major focus in the draft or free agency. It was a handicap all year.
I would have liked to see Knox more involved as a pass catcher too. He's was bad early in the season but I thought he finally showed some flashes over the last month.
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21 minutes ago, KzooMike said:
Started from the first play. He threw it directly at KC defender in 2 of 3 of our first drives. Both should have been picked, neither was. This was well prior to us needing to chase. He actually played better when we had to chase.
Yeah Allen definitely had a rough start to the game. He hit rock bottom on the 3 and out drive when he stared down Brown and threw what should have been a pick. But after that drive I thought he actually played quite well considering we had no run game and receivers not getting open for the first time all year. Allen has had a few games like that this year - Arizona, Pittsburgh, Rams in the 2nd half - where he starts poorly but finds his rhythm in crunch time. The problem is this time KC was already up by 2 TDs at that point and we never found a way to stop them. If the defense could have held just a couple times we had a chance to come back.
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1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:
I predict they fix the interior defensive line and Edmunds returns to form. IMO consternation over his play, similar to Lotulelei’s last season, stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of his role(s) in the defense.
I never had a problem with Lotulelei because he was just a role player doing what he was asked. From a 1-tech that's fine. Edmunds is the QB of the defense. It isn't enough to say "well he's filling his role." We need a difference maker there. He either needs to make game changing plays from time to time or he needs to be consistently good at the little things.
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35 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
Edmunds is the pivot of the defense, for better or worse.
I know, McDermott and Beane thought he would be their Kuechly. The problem is Kuechly had some of the best instincts the league has ever seen. Edmunds... doesn't. It would be something if he had shown improvement year over year but his career trajectory has been all over the place. If they want to pick up his 5th year option and see if the light goes on that's fine. I'm not banking on it though.
34 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:My one caveat is that you have to be more patient with young players. Edmunds is just 22 still
Yeah I just don't know what skills he is going to develop with age. Even his physical skills I am starting to question if they are football traits or athlete traits. He's tall and long and fast. But he can't shed blocks or tackle particularly well or punish the ball carrier in space. I don't know how to describe my feelings on this exactly but it's weird watching someone that looks like the predator try to form tackle someone. Milano by necessity has to form tackle people and he does it pretty well. Edmunds shouldn't have to try that hard and even when he does he sometimes misses. I'm not saying I want an old school thumper out there, but he at least needs to put fear into his opponent. Right now the only thing about him that scares offenses is he might get his long arms in the way of the pass.
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2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:
Read the thread
Okay here's a better way of making my point - what was Edmunds's signature play this year? When has he made a play that the defense needed to be made? No big hits to force an incompletion or fumble, no interceptions, no big stops in big moments. If you made a highlight reel of him this year it would be totally normal plays that MLBs are expected to make. He has shown flashes of being competent. No flashes of greatness. Feels like a guy where you'll always be saying "can't wait until next year..." until it's too late.
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5 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:
Can anyone explain why they think Edmunds is tailor made for OLB but not MLB. I have a couple core ideas but im sure I'm overlooking alot. Im not being a jerk, sincerely asking for the crowd who knows better.
Yeah I don't get it. He can't shed blocks or tackle particularly well. I guess the thought process is he won't have to rely on his instincts as much but that's not 100% true and instincts aren't the only weakness in his game. His best trait is being long and tall enough to close passing windows in the middle of the field.
2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:I don't really care about his run stopping ability. The disappointment this year is he can't play the pass all that well either. He's good for standing tall in the middle of the field and baiting QBs to look elsewhere. But when teams make it a point to attack him it works all too well. We've gotten abused by TEs all year long and he's supposed to be the guy stopping them. A couple clips showing him filling the right gaps - which is a basic responsibility - aren't going to change my mind.
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I feel like there are multiple games a season where the opposing offense makes it a point to attack Edmunds and he always lets them get away with it. Run it right at him or confuse him with misdirection in the pass game. It's guaranteed yards every time. He was the biggest problem on defense yesterday. It would be a little easier to swallow if he ever showed flashes of elite play but it just isn't happening. I'm about done with him.
I still believe in Oliver. He's been playing 1-tech way too much this year. Next season when Star is presumably back I hope he is never played out of position again. He was probably our most consistent d-line player at pushing the pocket this year when he was asked to do so. Needs to become a better finisher to take his game to the next level.
6 hours ago, babulator said:Edmunds is a mystery to me. You would think being that tall and having that wingspan he'd be tipping and touching alot more balls on the field. He also really struggles to get off blocks and seems to shoot the wrong gap more often than the right one. I also have a hard time understanding why he struggles in coverage soo much, he's fast, long, tall, they say he has good instincts and is smart, I don't get it.
When the first person coined the cliche "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" they were watching a Tremaine Edmunds pro reel. True story.
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I like the general idea here. It doesn't necessarily have to be Toney but we must draft an immediate impact player with our 1st pick. Not a rotational player or someone that needs to develop for a year (aka Oliver, Edmunds, Epenesa). Someone that can take the field in year one and immediately cause problems for the opponent. Toney is a good one. Etienne or Harris would be others. Any x factor on offense would be welcome.
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1 hour ago, QCity said:
This narrative by Bills' fans (to seek comfort?) to marginalize him and attribute the entirety of his success to Reid, Hill, and Kelce is ridiculous and some truly bizarre homer logic.
Is that narrative being used in this thread? I'm not seeing that. I would again use our game against Seattle as a comparison. Allen played very well in that game and also the receivers got open and gave him time which made his job easier. That was Mahomes yesterday. He did play very well, made no mistakes, but also had tremendous help from his supporting cast. The idea that the players and coaching around him make no difference at all is ludicrous. I actually do think it's possible an average QB would have beaten us yesterday. That doesn't take away anything from what Mahomes did because he played at an elite level, it just shows the disparity in our coverage versus their coverage.
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1 hour ago, DCOrange said:
I think the Bills likely win if the QBs switched teams. Mahomes is just that good.
Don't see how you can support this. It's fair to say Mahomes played better than Allen last night since he made zero mistakes, but even in that context the Chiefs did everything else so much better than us it wouldn't have made up the difference. Mahomes didn't have to make any particularly difficult throws last night. His best throw was probably the early one to Hill that he dropped. Allen had to make a bunch of contested throws just to keep drives going. Best throw of the entire night was Allen rolling right with no open receivers and somehow delivering a perfect strike to Yeldon in tight coverage. That kind of offense just isn't sustainable. If you want to see what Allen looks like with wide open receivers all over the place go back and watch the Seattle game.
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If you think this doesn't matter I don't know what to tell you. Their defense was way more prepared to stop us than we were to stop them.
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10 minutes ago, FireChans said:
Knox is simply not consistent enough to be a focal point of our offense.
I'll be honest I don't know enough to say if this is true or not. The drops earlier in the year frustrated me but lately he has seemed pretty consistent to me. I don't know if we don't throw to him because he can't get open or because Daboll doesn't bother trying to make him a focal point. He has elite athleticism so I find it hard to believe he can't get open against LBs.
7 minutes ago, FireChans said:I just think you have to keep long term franchise building in mind and spending firsts on RBs is not how you build a consistent winner imo.
I actually think that the Bills should be willing to sacrifice the long term a little in exchange for the short term over the next 2-3 seasons. That is about how long we have before I expect Allen's cap hit to limit what the team can afford. We have a prime Super Bowl window and right now KC is the main obstacle to that. I would be okay drafting a pass catching RB in the 1st even knowing that they're unlikely to stay here past their rookie deal because we really only need them to play at a high level for a few years. And it's not like drafting a DE or TE or whoever else at the end of the 1st is guaranteed to work out short or long term.
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9 minutes ago, FireChans said:
I agree that the offense and defense both need upgrading because sometimes you need to match a shootout, but we need a pass rusher that can get their QB off platform. We are missing a passrusher in a big way.
The chance of finding a pass rusher that immediately improves the defense that late in the draft is minimal. We should have a few options in free agency. JJ Watt, Leonard Williams, Hendrickson, Clowney, Ngakoue... we can sign an immediate impact player. Offensive rookies are more plug and play, especially RBs.
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Just now, FireChans said:
I'd reach for a TE before I'd reach for an RB. CEH was yanked for an UDFA tonight. That pick was a waste by KC.
And I'm not saying I will be mad if the Bills don't draft a RB early this year, but to keep up with KC they need to make this offense even better next year and that is one way to do it. No need to wait for a rookie WR or TE to adjust to the pro game. Get a RB that has speed and can catch the ball and plug him in.
The Chiefs don't need to use RBs in their pass game because they have an elite WR and TE. We aren't going to pull another elite offensive player out of a hat. We need to try a different strategy.
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9 minutes ago, FireChans said:
We need a TE way more imo, and TE is way slimmer pickings than RB pretty much every year.
1st round TEs have a terrible history. I know teams that draft RBs in the 1st don't tend to win a Super Bowl with them but at least they are good players more often than not. I also think Knox played well down the stretch and Daboll just doesn't know how to get him involved outside of misdirection plays. I wouldn't trust him to utilize a TE if we drafted one. You can tell he wants RBs to be a big part of this offense, we just don't have a player to make it work.
Buscaglia's Bills-Chiefs All-22 Takeaways include Oliver playing well and the Interior OL being overpowered
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John Brown needs to be upgraded big time. The Chiefs were smart to use man coverage and double Diggs. We already proved last year Brown can't separate in man coverage and Beasley was hobbled in this game so that left us with no options.