Doc Brown

With Hill that's a good analogy. Quitting on the team last year showed who he really was.

Something tells me you're not a used car salesman.

He was at his best in 2020 with Diggs, Brown, and Beasley. A heavy emphasis on Diggs.

The general consensus was if we wanted a potential #1 WR moving up for BTJ was the most realistic from where we were drafting. Sadly, a lot of us were right.

Not even in retrospect. It was excruciating once pick 16 got there waiting for a trade alert on the bottom of the screen that never came to say "trade alert" and "The Bills are on the clock." Oh well. We'll just add him to the AJ Brown, Creed Humphry, and DK Metcalf list of fans being more right than Beane.

I heard the same thing about John Ross. Luckily, the Browns drafted him. Edit: The Bengals. Either way he was screwed.

Wouldn't that be fun with the Chiefs in that division.

We're kind of in the same boat. We usually host an annual Super Bowl party but cancelled it this year. Nobody had a problem with it after this loss and just the fawning of the Chiefs we'll have to listen to throughout the game. LOL. We're going to the Fallsview Casino in Canada instead. Mine as well lose the money I would've spent betting on the game.

The reason they rotate is because the offensive line doesn't expend as much energy as the defensive line in a given play. What good is a tired Miles Garrett against a fresher offensive tackle? Ideally, in the playoffs you'd want your stud DT or DE to play around 70 to 80% of the snaps imo.

He pry just included our last five because it wouldn't work if you included the 22 points given up to Houston in the '19 WC game. Wouldn't fit his agenda. This stat I feel is more relevant when looking at elite QB's post 2000. That Lamar stat is the one that pops up to me and fits the narrative that he has trouble performing under pressure in the biggest games. I guess McDermott's defense had something to do with that allowing 3 and 25. QB Defense Stats Allen - 31.3 in his 6 playoff losses Mahomes - 31.7 PPG in his 3 playoff losses Lamar - 22.4 PPG in his 5 playoff losses Burrow - 23 PPG in his 2 playoff losses Brees - 30 PPG in his 9 playoff losses Manning - 27 PPG in his 13 playoff losses Brady - 27.7 PPG in his 13 playoff losses Rodgers - 33.2 PPG in his 11 playoff losses

I'll never get sick of making deep playoff runs. My guess is the only way McDermott gets fired is if he doesn't make the playoffs with a healthy Josh Allen and a plethora of injuries to our other starters. Regardless of what happens in the playoffs. Other than that, Pegula will want to enter the new stadium with Beane and McDermott in their current roles. They're currently signed through 2027.

Woah. I'm not agreeing with the OP. The NFL conspiring to rig the game for the Chiefs to make the Super Bowl is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. The Chiefs have become the new Patriots (or Cowboys of the 90's) in that many people will watch because they want them to fail. That's all I meant.

You're underestimating the power of hate watching and how many Swifties their are. They're the new Cowboys. TV Ratings will be through the roof.

Yeah. It sucks.

Nice to have some optimism in here to be honest. I agree with Groot and people seem to be unreasonably down on him because of the KC game where Mahomes was getting the ball out so quick it didn't matter. The one thing we all know about Beane is he tries to address exactly went wrong in our last playoff game. Elam and Douglas struggled. Either paying Benford and drafting a 1st or 2nd round CB wouldn't surprise me. Signing Reed and extending Benford would be mildly surprising. I'd be all in on it. I just think if they try and go that route they're going to get outbid by some bottom feeding team with a lot of cap space willing to give him 18 to 20 million a year. Plus, that's assuming he doesn't just re-sign with the Jets.

I wouldn't hate it but this regime has never paid for two above average outside CB's. We'd also have to nail the draft to fix the d-line.

If we committed that much money to him I think we'd have to just let Benford play out his rookie deal and then hope to get a comp pick out of it. Supplement that with a day one or two pick on a CB this year to become Benford's replacement. I don't hate the idea but there's this pesky salary cap thing that might prevent it.

It just takes one team to overpay him though. I love the idea but it's always hard bidding for a free agent that's pry the best available at his position.

Brady

Rousseau and Oliver played 70 to 80% of the snaps in most games. It's not a 50/50 split and not that unusual around the league to rotate players in.

I saw this tweeted out late last night and I just thought the guy's account got hacked. Stunning. That's not a bad comparison. I think maybe if the trade was a couple of years ago when Allen was Doncic's age.

I think it's reached a point (especially this year) where it's more of a personnel problem than a coaching problem. Beane not acquiring top defensive talent was pretty evident when you saw how the Texans defended the Chiefs vs. our defense against him. They have some stud DE's and good young corners. We don't and that should be the focus this off-season. You're not going to out coach Andy Reid but you can out GM Brett Veach.

I was kidding about the McDermott praise. The tricky thing about all these contracts is we don't know who wants to get extended now or who wants to "bet on themselves." I think if the price makes sense you make it a priority to extend Benford and Rousseau this off-season. I wouldn't be mad if they extend Shakir or Cook at the right price. If not, let them play out their rookie deal. I wouldn't even think of engaging with Bernard until after next year though.

Oh, they care. We saw that on full display with Schefter last weekend singling out the most recognizable player in an attempt to quell the conspiracy that the fix was in by promising to include replay assist on certain penalties. They're scared to death of the thought of the game being fixed because they fully went all in on gambling.