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There were other options and Josh chose to go to Gabe. Cover 1 or one of the social media outlets broke down that play and Josh missed someone wide open underneath. It was Beasley I think...wide open. I think Cook was also open in the flat and could have converted the 1st. Now it should have been a catch, it was a bad drop by Davis and we wouldn't be talking about it if it was completed. But to say that's on coaching is not correct at all. It was player execution on that. Allen choosing to go deep over taking the easier 1st down and Gabe not catching it. That's not coaching.

Do you know 100% for sure that Dorsey told Allen to avoid all the other WR's even if they're wide open on that play and told him to throw to Davis regardless?

It's not all coaching. Simple execution from the players was a major problem too. There wasn't anyone on this board who was more upset about drops than you. We had a ton of drops and in crucial situations. That's not on coaching. What was coached was the play design and that worked, the player didn't. Allen made a ton of mistakes as well. He couldn't stop turning the ball over, especially in the redzone. He went from being nearly perfect in the redzone in his first couple of years to now leading the league in giveaways. That was a major problem for us. We never righted the ship after the GB game and it was a combination of coaching, player execution and several injuries.

I already hired him as my tax accountant.

Rosseau and Lawson would be OLB in a 3-4.

We have been building a 4-3 defense since 2017 and it would take a complete overhaul to go to a defense never ran before by this coaching staff.

That is a gigantic leap. I wouldn't be surprised if we went from first to worst in a span of one season.

Yeah it was. Especially in the 2nd half of the season...right after the Packer game.

They put together the roster and they put together and approve game plans. I'm sure Frazier and McDermott put together the defensive game plan. I'm sure he lets Dorsey put together his game plan but has to run it through McDermott. So the game plan we see on the field is McDermott's responsibility. I'm down on the coaches but at the same time, the players failed to execute a lot as well. We shot ourselves in the foot way too many times from simple execution which I put on the players. But these are the players the coaches put on the field. I mean we were a unbelievable catch from Justin Jefferson and QB/Center exchange from beating the Vikings. I know you can say in every game there was a play or two that could have changed everything but a dropped snap in the end zone and a team recovers for the go ahead TD at the end of the 4th? That's a 14-2 team with flaws. A team like this even with flaws is still close. The Bengals are better than us right now but we have an offseason to correct that. I'm not afraid of the Chiefs. Everyone else is playing catch up and I trust McDermott/Beane knows what they need to fix....lets see if they can.

If Morse does become a cap casualty, then move Bates to Center. Then we need two new starting guards which I’m completely fine with…even if one is a high round rookie. Brown, I’m not sure what to think of him. I think maybe his feet are too slow to be a solid starter.

It took Levy 5 years to get to a Super Bowl with 5 Hall of Famers and about another 4-5 All Pros.

Too bad they’re never winning the division as long as Mahomes and Herbert are there.

I agree with you here. They’re banking their future on a declining Russell Wilson and overrated HC.

That's all I got? WTF? We literally scored on every single drive and played a perfect offensive game. In your mind, that doesn't count as a beat down and that's pretty crazy. "Let them believe they were gonna walk in there n walk out with a W?" JA is a major reason why the Dolphins stayed in the game. 3 turnovers, 1 for a TD and the other at the 18 yard line, the last one coming back to midfield. I'm down on McDermott right now too but I'm not going to exaggerate and judge him. "All his strength comes from his inner faith...god doesn't answer my prayers". Geezus.

A lot of information here. What stands out to you guys? https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2022_splits.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2022_opp_splits.htm

In your mind, the divisional round against the Pats last year was a close game or something?

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I'm more concerned with the interior of our line. I would rather our weak point of the OL be the RT and not the interior.

I think we don't allow our DL to just go after it. I think we try to be way too disciplined upfront. Jerry Hughes had 6.5 sacks in the last 2 years with Buffalo. He has 9 in his first year with the Texans. QB's are very comfortable playing us. Frazier always says that we need to affect the QB....our philosophy doesn't seem to be that. Our philosophy is keep everyone in front of you, except when we play the Dolphins. Let the DL unleash.

I'm also confused on the killer instinct part.

I keep hearing the name Sean Payton and he would be run out of this town too lol. He had Drew Brees as his QB, a top 5 QB of all time. He lost to a 7-9 Saints team, Case Keenum, Nick Foles, Kirk Cousins, Jared Goff and Matt Hasselback in the playoffs. https://www.12up.com/posts/saints-drew-brees-sean-payton-playoff-chokers-vikings-01dxw0z1q5qe Let's start with the obvious. Head coach Sean Payton seems to be completely unable to function in the playoffs ever since the Saints' Super Bowl victory 10 years ago. Don't believe me? His postseason record is 4-6 since then, and his only convincing victory came against the Detroit Lions back in 2011, a 45-28 triumph against a team that hadn't made the postseason since 1999. Payton lost to a 7-9 Seahawks team in Seattle. He nearly lost to the hobbled Eagles in New Orleans last year. Do we have to bring up the Minnesota Miracle again? Plain and simple, this is bad head coaching. How is the team not prepared for these big moments? If we focus on Sunday's collapse, we can start with the playcalling. It was not Saints-esque. Michael Thomas wasn't targeted nearly enough against a depleted Vikings secondary. Alvin Kamara and Latavius Murray combined for 12 (!) rushes. Taysom Hill was easily the team's best offensive player. What happened to the high-octane Saints offense we watched all year average 28 points per game and 33 in their last three contests? They couldn't have come into the playoffs with more momentum. Payton strayed from the Saints' identity and tried to get too cute. We don't even need to get into the other blunders, like his inability to throw the challenge flag or use timeouts properly.

I don't care who runs any defense in this division if we give Allen time to throw and another decent target. He will carve up any defense.

About time Saffold gets the recognition he deserves for his outstanding season. He won’t be back because we will not be able to afford him with the top dollar he will command in FA. Future Wall of Famer?

I don't have long hair.

I had the same surgery for the same reason.