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Maturing is realizing Brandon Beane is the man we should want fired, not Sean McDermott.

Bills have Palmer and Shakir on multi-year deals. They have the rights to Shavers past this year. Id be willing to bet that if things go well with Gabe, he’s back next year. Thats 4 WR’s and we’re likely looking for another WR in the Draft, FA or trade to play meaningful snaps with them. Keon is looking like a guy who might just be emergency depth this year and then flipped for a 5th before the Draft. Im hopeful he can be something for us if/when called upon, but if he’s inactive again, he might only get back on the field as a Buffalo Bill due to injury.

With Ed Oliver and Michael Hoecht, I honestly think we’re the best team in the NFL, provided we take the restrictions off Allen when it matters. Stabilizes our run defense and our pass rush would be filthy. Hopefully Ed can pull a Burrow and suprise us by getting back early on the field Week 17 or 18 to get ready for the Playoffs but I doubt it. Feels like a Micah Hyde situation in which we hopefully actually make it to the point where he can return.

Very true, but I’m not sure I’d love to be the team playing the Bengals, even without Chase, on the day Burrow comes back at Paycor Stadium with the team knowing they need 7-0 maybeeee 6-1 to win the division. That place will be electric if he plays. Huge game for us, honestly, because we can end their playoff hopes in a few weeks and in the meantime have them take down NE and BAL. If they somehow beat NE, that Thanksgiving game is going to be wild.

Burrow returning against the Pats would give that team some serious juice. If they had Chase, I’d actually pick them to win if that were the case. Id be suprised if he plays though. More likely, he returns with Chase, against Baltimore on Thanksgiving night. That said… CIN isn’t out of it in that Division, but get pretty close to it if they lose on Sunday… if he can go, Burrow is going to demand to play.

Burrow full participant today. Doubt he plays against the Patriots, because of course he won’t.. but lining up for a return Thanksgiving night against Baltimore. Might give the team (Chase aside) added juice to get a W with Burrow close in a division where they’re not exactly out of it.. yet.

I’m not old enough to remember the intricacies of those years but I do know we had a guy like Bruce Smith on those teams. Cornelius Bennett etc. Josh has never had that guy. Feels like the equivalent would be if we traded for Myles Garrett? James Cook, of course, has a role on this team. But when you can’t stop the run, and then on offense you want to establish the run.. you play a game on offense that forces your defense to stop the run all game. Clock bleeds, possessions limited and Josh/passing game never gets in a rhythm. With this defense, the best way to help them, is to tell Josh to get to 40.

This Draft Class will likely be defined by SVPG and Grable. If those two take over for McGovern and Edwards, should they leave this offseason, and Kromer has them ready to go and play at a high level … that, along with Cole Bishop becoming a stud Safety, could save the class. If they stay depth, that has a role, but would certainly lend itself to this draft class being a complete miss as a whole. Keon Coleman and Dewayne Carter are unbelievably frustrating because the fanbase universally hated these picks and the fanbase looks to have been correct. You just can’t completely whiff on 2 out of 3 of your premium picks and not have it create downstream effects on your roster in the coming years. Elam was offset by Benford. Theres no Benford in this class. Therefore we see the musical chairs at WR, maybe, finally, solidifying in Week 12.

This. Which is why our Offense should be Josh Allen-centric with a mix of James Cook and not James Cook-centric with Josh as a game manager. So much more room for error. He threw an insane pick deep in our side of the field. Missed wide open receivers down the field, multiple times, early. Threw a pick on 4th down because he turned down the easy button throw for a 1st to try for a chunk play. Wasn’t recognizing pressure looks early resulting in untouched rushers. Airmailed a wide open 2 point conversion. Still went nuclear and put up 44 points. Just. Score. Points. And our best way to do that is to unleash Josh.. especially as we get closer to, and into, the Playoffs, where we’ll let him run more. The guy can have his B game and still nuke the opposing Defense.

“But this was the year. You're not gonna get KC this low again” We were told by every KC fan and media pundit that last year was as low as KC would ever be. Now this year is as low as KC will ever be. Maybe Pat just isn’t that good anymore and can only get up for Josh Allen in the playoffs when half his (already bad) Defense is injured..

I’d make him active and play him in the slot with Shakir. I know I’m not in the majority in saying this, but I think we could dramatically improve what we get out of the slot. Shakir has a role as a Deebo type player, but with Gabe, Palmer and Shavers outside and Samuel playing inside/outside, I’d want to get a look at what Keon looks like as a big slot. Not sure how that works when Kincaid comes back, but I’m not the one who drafted a slot TE, extended a slot only WR and drafted a guy best suited for big slot.

Worst case scenario is we go into Week 18 tied with NE and need to win, hope Miami beats them for the Division… which they won’t… so we’ll play our game as normal and then head to Baltimore WC Weekend.

Looking at the Colts schedule, I think the AFC South winner could be around the 10-7 range. Texans twice, Jags twice, Seahawks and Niners. If they lose to the Chiefs, I could see them spiral.

Steelers over Bears Someone has to win that division. Much rather PIT than BAL, especially if we can’t catch NE

Bills likely aren’t trading Kincaid or Shakir so what exactly are we doing here? He should be a big slot somewhere. That apparently won’t be here because we need to invest in a slot only YAC guy and receiving TE who misses every other game. If I sound snarky, it’s because I am .. I think those two are fine. For the extension and draft investment, we need more. I’m not high on Keon as an outside WR, but I don’t know what he could be as a slot.