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It was a frustrating game to watch. The Bills were a frustrating team last year because it was all there to be better, but there was something wrong with the chemistry, and I totally back the refresh. Injuries on D were killer, especially at LB. I think they are built better for red zone now, and you can hear Brady, Allen and all the offensive players with the same focus. Games are decided by punching it in not settling for FGs. Getting a FG outside of the red zone is a win and inside is a loss. They have good blockers and height at WR, good receiving options in the backfield, good TEs, and a QB that had 15 TDs rushing that create a lot of problems for a defense to solve. I really think they realized they didn’t need Davis and Diggs last year as they got better when they weren't the focal point of the passing game. Not saying this version of Offense will be better but I expect it to progress and improve as season goes on and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a team that beats opposing defenses up and sets them up to be exploited depending on what they try to stop. They have a huge amount of versatility, other than maybe a deep threat offense.

In 2019 they had an amazing rushing attack, solid offensive line, and a top defense. To say he did it without players around him is silly - Mark Ingram and Gus Edward’s added more than 1700 yards rushing. Most teams that played them couldn’t stop the run and got torched with big passing plays when they sold out to stop the run. I’m not taking anything away from Lamar because he is an exciting player and I like him. And he damn sure deserved it in 2019 with 1200+ yds, 7 TDs rushing and 36 tds, 6 Ints passing. Last year I’m not sure what everyone was smoking, the team had good defense, but the numbers were nowhere close to 2019. He accounted only for 29 TDs combined (24 passing, 5 rushing). He had a solid line in front of him too, with better receivers than he’s had in his career and I’m not saying they are great. He was the 15th passer in passing yds, 11th in passing TDs. Last year it was a joke he won it over Purdy, CMC, or Hill. The fact that Dak was No. 2 proves the voters were either uninformed or just stupid. If anyone thinks Dak Prescott is an MVP type player they are not watching the games very closely.

Listening to Shannon Sharpe and Ocho Cinco talk Lamar vs Josh was hilarious. They would take Lamar, bc he has played in a Championship game and has two MVPs. They didn’t account that Josh had as well. They did give Josh more credit as the podcast went on, but what was funny was that they didn’t address the elephant in the room with playoff performances between the two. I’ll take the guy with 21 TDs to 4 Ints, 272 yds/playoff game, and 10 games over the guy with 6 TDs, 6 Ints, 206 yds/playoff game. I’ll also take the guy who puts his team on his shoulders when it matters most and wills them to victory when chips are down. We’ve seen Josh do it twice bringing this team into playoffs after a rough start to season. We’ve seen Lamar disappear (albeit with an injury, but also not with his team) to the point it wasn’t clear if he was going to be on the Ravens the following year. Career-wise Josh crushes Lamar in total TDs as well. https://stathead.com/football/vs/josh-allen-vs-lamar-jackson I like Lamar Jackson but I don’t understand how you can just overlook the reality before you. Well I do, but it just hurts any credibility. MVPs don’t mean crap, nor do these lists. Lamar isn’t in the same tier as Mahomes nor Allen - those two are special players that elevate their games the bigger the stage. Obviously Mahomes has had the better of the matchups and better coaching. Mahomes in his own tier is justified as well - championships are all that matter. Lamar hasn’t done that and really hasn’t in his career, either. He’s been MVP when he has had a really solid team around him, but who would you want when you need it most in a situation where it’s a must? Mahomes, sure, but Lamar isn’t the next name anyone is going to say.

Davonte we can throw some other things at you if you'd prefer that. You are basically asking for it now.

I'd have to think Morris is the lead choice, but sounds like a good problem to have. I just need to see some game action of Davidson, bc Morris has performed pretty well when given the opportunity. Davidson's variety of skills certainly provide a lot of potential depth, but it'd be a lot cooler if he could play safety.

Shorter is practice squad. Claypool will have to make up some ground, and right now I’d say Shavers and MVS are in the lead in race for last WR spots. The concern about WR is overblown and Gabe Davis was overvalued. Davis targets were some of the worst outcomes percentage wise for Bills’ Offense over past two seasons. I dont know if it is addition by subtraction because that isn’t giving credit to the guys who will be the recipients of those targets, and we don’t know that it will be better. However, it wasn’t exactly working as they hoped, either. Gabe worked hard but it didn’t come together for him to take that next step and I think it is because he was a limited receiver.

This list is much like the “overrated” quote - all manufactured controversy. Tabloid tactics to create something to talk about. Everyone sees Josh’s talent and it is undeniable, but there is also no championship to go with it so it’s an easy target to make him the center of disrespect and then get people to talk about both sides of the argument. There is only one guy ahead of him that any team would want first - that is Mahomes and it isn’t unanimous. You’ll be able to laugh off the other 10 guys as a joke starting with Fred Warner. Warner is a good player but he plays behind a great DL, and you can’t tell me that any player, fan, or coach thinks he is more valuable than Josh Allen in terms of Ws.

ESPN did the QB rankings based in part on NFL exec input and Josh Allen was No. 3 behind Burrow. I just think to myself where do I apply to be an NFL exec bc it doesn’t take a ton of intelligence to know that Josh Allen is a better player. Burrow is really good, but he isn’t as durable or electric, or even as talented. He can be deadly accurate but he can also prone to getting sacked a ton and flustered by good DLs. I’m sorry, but I feel like Josh’s value is based on his team’s performance that has not been due to his effort outside of Bengals game. I get the turnover complaint, but that isn’t an issue when the stakes are highest. He doesn’t crap in his hat in the big moments. The defensive coaching has been plain and simple bad in most playoff losses and mediocre at best in wins. If you want an outlier to take out the Pats game is a good one…for the Defense.

The WRs they have are better blockers than last year which should allow for more explosive plays in the run game. The backs are all good receivers (with the exception of Cook’s drops) so a team can’t just line up to stop the run with poor coverage LBs without being exposed. I think the Bills will take advantage of the defenses they face so if they end up under it will most likely be because teams are getting torched with bad personnel against our backs in the passing game. We’ll see how they look in camp but I think this is going to be a physical offense.

Look at me! Look at me! I make controversial statements to try to get some publicity to follow me. I read the stupid article and fell for it. I'll go back to forgetting that this dude is an also-ran now that happened to showed some promise early in his career.

The biggest question is really how they use the talent they have. Ive always thought that the Bills team that ascended to a contender after selecting Josh was a team built for finesse and speed withan absolute physical specimen wrecking ball at QB. It has always seemed like they didnt have enough physical players that could impose their will on a game. Its why they struggled with teams like the Titans at their peak that would just dominate the physical aspect of the game. Id say the Bengals presented that problem for the Bills as well with physical running and a defense that exposed the Bills lack of physical play. The Chiefs defense did as well. Im glad this team looks poised to be more physical. I think that is the offensive philosophy this year and i think it matches our QB better. Im not as worried about the WR room because of it. This team is built to impose its will with the threat of a strong physical running game with WRs that can block, win contested catches and good receiving backs and TEs. I look at the team and i see a team built to impose their will and built to score in the red zone. Whether that works out is the main question.

McCarthy being “Fed up” is funny in so many ways. Reason 1: He’s a sorry ass coach that should be nothing but grateful for still having a job. 2. He is definitely well fed. 3. Jerry’s meddling may make him look better than he should.

I don’t know why people constantly jump to the conclusion the Jets are well coached enough to be a contender for a SB, especially on offense. Rodgers is 40 coming off a major injury and doesn’t really come off as being focused on football in recent years. I can see them as similarly challenged where Rodgers skills are diminished and things go sideways with their season. The team wasn’t a 39 yr old Rodgers away from the title much less the playoffs last year. The Texans I understand the hype over bc of Stroud’s rookie season, but we’ve seen rookies with promise stall out or not live up to heightened expectations. The Bills are a proven commodity with some question marks - some of the answers may be better than before, some may be worse. How the new personnel changes the identity of the team is the most important part, and the intent here that I’m seeing on offense is a physical juggernaut with explosiveness. They are going to spread the wealth in the pass game and run the ball trying to impose their will. That is going to be a good recipe for success in playoffs and neutralizing good opposing offenses with ball control.

Also a Gator fan and I haven’t missed any games since well before that, even though it’s been a tough stretch with few bright spots since the last championship season. Not sure Billy ball is going to get it done, beyond the mediocrity we’ve seen. With respect to Shorter and Pearsall, I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s safe to say there wasn’t a real go to guy that season because that would’ve meant that they actually had a competent, consistent passing game that year which is very debatable. I was so wanting Richardson to get his chance and was super excited after the Utah game where he was awesome, but then it was just a roller coaster of uneven play despite having a lot of talent on offense. There were big plays from both Pearsall and Shorter, but I always felt Pearsall was the more targeted player when they needed a play for a first down. I haven’t looked it up. Maybe the stats bear that out or don’t, but just watching the games it felt that way in the biggest moments.

I think that the position will be different than running back but how teams pay the position on second contracts may be where we see a seismic shift. I can see a premium still put on WR talent in draft bc of the cost of talent on second contract. This may change as more teams are unwilling to shell out big $$ for these contracts. Teams including the Bills with Diggs have been crippling themselves with massive WR contracts and the ROI is not worth it many times. The Bills bailed out for good reason and didnt reup gabe bc it wasnt going to be worth it and they really didnt have the money anyhow. It doesnt go without consequence, though. The Chiefs definitely struggled last year at times with a less than impressive WR group. The Bills will likely focus on creating an offense that looks for a lot of production from backs and TEs. A bit of a throwback style but given their top talent at skill positions and end of year philosophy it seems like that is the Bills identity. Honestly its a more fitting style for Josh.

He wasn’t Richardson’s go to guy. They really had WR by committee in terms of production and Richardson looked for Pearsall if anyone when they needed a first, but he wasn’t very effective at finding anyone when he needed to. Richardson is a physical unicorn like Josh but injury prone and super inaccurate and erratic in the intermediate passing game. Shorter had a decent year with Richardson at QB with a great yds/reception, but it’s really hard to evaluate a WR with a QB that struggled passing for long stretches and looked like a really bad QB when things weren’t clicking as it steamrolled. I get why the colts were enamored with AR. He was pure excitement at times, but never consistently good. Shorter is someone I hoped the Bills would pick up and they did. He has elite traits, but 2022 was the closest he came to putting it together and I’m hoping he provides an unexpected boost to what isn’t the most inspiring WR group.

The Russ Brandon/Doug Whaley years they invested heavily in WR position without a proven QB and a middling OL, passing up solid QBs in the process. That was a flawed approach. What Beane is doing is a little too heavy in the non-WR focus, but this talk of fire Beane is ridiculous. This team was frustrating to watch for nearly 2 decades before Beane and McD. This even seems to be an anomaly for the Pegulas, so please keep these guys in place. I get the more weapons around Josh sentiment and I agree, but what they are building can work well and I think they are investing in being a team that can physically dominate a defense while their own Defense is built to play with a lead. I’m interested to see how they reshape this team before calling for their heads.

I wasn’t happy with the Coleman pick at first but I really hadn’t watched him play until after the draft, and then seeing he is just about balling and be a bit of a goof I realized why this was Josh’s dude. Seems like someone who isn’t going to fail due to a lack of wanting it and wanting to be great. If he can have Kincaid like impact that is right on schedule for a solid answer to questions about the WR group and if they can get a big distribution of balls because of the multifaceted attack and play action game, this can work with what they have. It’s not perfect but they have talent among all of t;he weapons on Offense and that is what matters.

Diggs wasn’t separating at the end of last year and the film showed it. He was either slowing down or not giving same effort - the result was the same, regardless. Allen actually had far less ints after the OC change, and it coincided with targeting Diggs and Davis less. For instance, prior to Denver game 97 targets 834 yds, 7 TDs for Diggs, and from DEN on 63 targets 349 yds, 1 TD. Davis and Allen were clearly not on same page many games, and Josh had the highest Int % per attempt throwing to Davis. To me it’s no surprise neither is on the roster anymore. Is there a drop off in talent? Yes, but chemistry is important and no doubt we still have questions about the chemistry with the new look WRs. Claypool is talented and it’s not much of a gamble, and if he can’t play with Allen his career is pretty much over. Claypool has all he could ask for in terms of opportunity and if he does put in the work it could be a sneaky good signing. I get that’s still a big IF. Keeping Diggs and Davis would have been a worse decision then moving on from them seeing how neither was integral to winning when the Bills stopped effing around at end of season.

Coleman at least addressed the position, not that it would've been my pick with Mitchell still there, but if the Bills are looking for a more physical team I get it (and not sure what truth there wast to the smoke about diabetes and not taking to coaching that was out there about Mitchell the weeks prior to the draft). Bishop made sense at 60. Where Beane lost me was with DT, then RB. They had options to take another shot at WR just to bolster the WR room and improve their chances that one of then shows out and becomes a substantial answer to the WR questions that they created. We're set with starters at DT, so Carter is depth at best. Cook and Johnson were a good 1-2 punch, so Davis is looking to compete for RB2. I don't hate the Davis pick either, but if you are serious about filling the void you created at WR you've got to take more than one swing.

Coleman may be fine but I don’t think it was the type of WR that opens up the offense. I knew it wasn’t likely but hoped Bills really focused on Offense with their top picks bc they lost 3 lynchpins, but it is on brand for them to look like they are trending the offense in right direction only to let it unravel.

Thank god I was waiting for your amateur draft rankings to know how to feel. Maybe he could start, oh wait we’ve got Ed Oliver. We’ve spent so much draft capital and cap space on DL over the years and it never has materialized into anything when it matters in the playoffs.

You lose wr1 and wr2, and starting C - and you go slow WR, S, back up DT. Nice!!! it’s kinda criminal that they are content just letting Josh carry the offense without trying to make it exceptional. So we’ll be the 20s version of the 80s Browns, 80-90s Dolphins and 90s Chiefs at best - good enough to compete but never good enough to be even the best in the conference. The overemphasis on D in an offensive league when you have a gem at QB is baffling.

People losing their minds here over smart moves and then hoping for Cooper Dejean? Or Ladd McConkey? Yikes.

That’s why I think a modest trade down into early second picking up some extra mid round picks might be the smart play if there is a willing partner. If a team covets a QB Penix is a prime target at 28 and they can still get Legette or McConkey in the early 2nd.