Rochesterfan

I just want to know what this LA Rams model is with numbers. You do know the Bills have drafted more and higher wr than the rams over the last 4 years. The Bills have drafted 4 WRs since 2022 with a 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 7th versus the Rams 3 7th, 6th, and 5th. The Bills have also drafted multiple TEs in Kincaid and Hawes to supplement the WR class.

Jamal Adams went for 2 1sts and a 3rd. If Jefferson is the best WR it would have to beat what Sauce Gardner went for - again 2 1sts for middling CB. Parsons went for 2 1sts and a ProBowl player just last year. I am just saying - I don’t see Minnesota making a trade for as you said - a Top WR with little personal issues - unless it is a huge overpay. They have the money and the need for him what are they getting for letting him go. To me starting is 2 1sts from a top 10-15 team looking to jump with a young QB and then it goes up as you get later and later. For Buffalo - 2 1sts would not even be listened to for a late round pick and probably a SB level team next year.

Why do you think 2 late first round picks would get a trade done. There is almost no world I see that working and if that was acceptable- there are 10 other teams in front of us that would make the trade with higher capital. JJ is not available for Buffalo without an additional overpay. Think 2 firsts and a 2nd to cover what people lower are offering or 2 1sts and a legitimate young player.

The Quote 100% reads Andrew Luck to me. When being a QB is more work than fun - it may be time to re-evaluate. Luck had so much rehab and time away - it became no fun and he needed the break. I can totally see Burrow the same way - he has been injured multiple times and missed the playoffs when healthy. Sometimes you need a change - even if minor to refresh and get you back into the mindset and sometimes you need to step away.

I don’t agree - Worthy is fast, but his catch radius and routes are really bad making it hard to hit him downfield. At least Coleman was run blocking before we got Gabe back and that helped a big part of our offense. I honestly don’t think Worthy gets hardly any snaps in Buffalo because his 1 trick doesn’t really fit with what we do offensively. He can’t block and doesn’t make plays for a guy with his speed. He becomes a lesser version of Elijah Moore when he was here.

I don’t know - he ran multiple slant routes against Cincinnati- 1 that was almost a TD. He is limited and needs to learn to use his body better, but when they play off - the slant has been there for him.

Depends - They took Polk who has done less than Colman and is gone - so my guess is probably. Especially if we did what the majority of fans wanted and took Worthy or Legette. That entire area was littered with wasted WR picks and 1 diamond in McConkey. That section of the draft had 10 picks - 6 WRs went and only 1 has been worth the pick. They all had positives and negatives and all were projected in that area based on what teams wanted. You can go through that entire draft and even at the top - the class has not lived up to the hype, but people wanted 2 or 3 WRs drafted.

The Bills did play several 3rd downs at the sticks, but they also mentioned several times how Burrow does not like to throw short of the sticks - the Bills played tendencies and Burrow did throw short because of it and the Bills did a poor job of tackling at the catch point.

Like the Bills did on the Bengals first 3rd down - where we brought an extra LB and rushed 5, while simulating a 6 man rush? First 3rd down of the game - had 4 down and 2 LBs on the LOS - the announcer mentioned the Bills rarely blitz, but they brought 5 and 1 LB dropped into coverage.

I totally get it also and if he had tried the onside kick that would be fine also. I just don’t see why fans think it was the only choice and Taylor messed up. The old school thinking would always be to onside because no one went for it on forth down if they were ahead and old style onside kicks had a higher recovery percentage. Modern thinking looks at teams and where the line of demarcation is for going versus punting and the rules have neutered the on side kicks - which to me is fine - you should not have a good chance to get the ball back just because you are losing. The killer is the Bengals played it perfectly on the first 2 and then came after Josh with man behind - giving him a lane toward the 1st down.

I hear you - I just believe the onside kick puts you in having to stop the Bills on 4 plays rather than 3. McDermott had already showed you he was willing to go for it on your side of the 50 multiple times. I don’t think McD pulls a Reid at his 30 and goes for it. So for the very slim chance you recover - your defense the weak link - would have had to come up with 4 big stop against the run as I think they go into heavy run mode. To me if it had been under 2 minutes or you had 0 timeouts - onside kick 100%, but you had 2 stops of the clock out of 3 potential plays - I want yardage to give me at minimum a Hail Mary to the endzone and potentially multiple shots. I get it - it’s slippery and the ball is hard, but that is also true on the punt return - so potential of a short punt or if the Bengals player catches it on the run of a nice return versus a high punt that the Bills can try to angle out of bounds or let bounce around.

I get why you don’t onside kick - it is about yardage - it was never about points as it was very doubtful the Bills attempt a long FG in those conditions. The onside kick with a 3% recovery gives the Bills the ball on your side of the 50. The kickoff put the ball on the Bills 25. Either way you still need the stop - 1 first down finishes the game. If you onside kick and get the stop - the Bills are punting from midfield to pin you deep with little chance for return - so 30 seconds to go 90+ yards. Plus if it gets to 4th and 1 or 2 the Bills are more likely to go for it to seal the game - just like at the end of the first half. By kicking off - you have the Bills punting from deeper in their own end and potentially open up a return as the punter has to try and kick it for distance not height. The Bills are also more likely to punt on 4th and short rather than go for it. So if you assume a 3% recovery chance, but then either 90 yards with 30 seconds and no timeouts or a chance at getting the ball at the 30 or 40 with 30 seconds left- the yardage is more important to me. It also changes the Bills approach to getting the 1st down.

100% - the entire post! The fact that after this long and the number of 4th downs and other aggressive calls the Bills make - how people consider him a conservative coach - I just do not get. The fact that year over year he seems to be one of the top coaches in aggressive index and typically at the top of the analytics charts for going for it at the correct time and when to go for TD versus FG versus punt. People just go back and think he coaches like he did with Tyrod, but he hasn’t in 7-8 years.

I don’t disagree, but they pulled him out after the first one and he passed the tests. At some point it is on the player to say wait this is an issue because he knows what he feels. The refs can barely handle the game and fans/players go crazy right now when they get a call to have someone checked - the number of this ref is fixed would be insane - so not really their job. The coaches and Bengals doctors should be the ones, but if the player clears the protocols even if he has gamed the system - and he says he is fine - it is difficult to keep him out. Everything you say is correct, but rather than being advocates for Player safety - the NFLPA has not worked to advance that and therefore the teams are working under the agreed to rules. Why the NFLPA supports things that are actually worse for their players I don’t get, but they do.

Except they missed last year with Burrow 100% healthy and the year before with that talent. They have had all this talent and have not won double digits or made the playoffs since 2022. Some is injury, but a lot is talent does not trump teamwork over the long term. They would be a better team allowing some talent to go and building more mid tier players to compete.