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I'll start here: this a relatively inconsequential game, but a playoff performance like this should get McDermott fired. The defense did not play well at all today. That happens. The Bills are a difficult team to beat because Josh Allen is really really talented. Teams win and lose these competitive games on the margins: the margins in this game were the punt block and 2 instances of bad situational decision-making: taking the hold instead of making the Rams face 4th and 7. And even worse, the bad QB sneak call. McDermott needs to be better than that situationally.

They're much better against the run than stats indicate, which is a product of the Ravens obliterating it. My concern with the defense are these: 19th in pressure rate 13th in sacks 16th in Pass Rush Win Rate Middle of the road sort of pass rush, don't get pressure consistently, and as people have said, light competition. They were impressive today because Seattle basically had to go to 2 minute offense to even move the ball, but I'd like them to trade for a pass rush DE.

It's AFC Title Game or they should fire McDermott.

I think the all-22 will show lots of time to throw and guys not getting open. Outside of Shakir, there's no chemistry with anybody and nobody is getting separation. I also think they should completely scrap the extra offensive lineman formation. The worry is that there doesn't seem to be anything in the playback past the run game and short passes that we've already seen. Every defense is keying in on the middle so Kincaid doesn't beat them and nobody's taking advantage of the one on one's. There's a lot of time to figure this out, but this should be a figure it out or get fired year for the coaching staff.

I think they still have to fix defense end before they fix wide receiver.

The Raven gameplan was that their offense had more athletic dudes than our defense, and they were right. A lot of this game was that 1-3 teams don't make the postseason in the current format, and the Ravens were playing for their season. It's never as good or as bad at it looks and sometimes it's more about when you play someone than who you play, and the last 2 weeks remind us of that. I'll keep my energy here as someone who doesn't think McDermott should coach the team if he doesn't make an AFC title game this year: it's a long season, it's still early, and I still the Bills are a good team at a point where I don't want to have regular season conversation, but there are concerns... Buffalo's defense is VERY unathletic this year, and becomes even more so when Johnson and Bernard and Milano all don't play. Seven years into this thing, the team is still missing a real, disruptive pass rusher on an individual level. Those two things answer your question about Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The good news is there's going to be a lot of game reps for the offense against simulated pressures and sticky man coverage until they can beat it.

Buffalo doesn't have a lot of notable in house free agents this offseason outside of Douglas and Groots 5th year, especially now that they've paid Brown. I don't know that I'd extend Groot now, and Douglas isn't really a must-sign. Overthecap puts us at 12 or so after the draft picks, and Von Miller is the obvious cut candidate with 8m in savings there (or 17 m post June 1). Ed Oliver and Josh Allen restructures are there as well. The necessary big game hunt is still a premiere pass rusher. They don't have one.

Yeah the only negative I would say about Brady is that there were a few times where the plays came in late. The third down late In the game really stood out as one. What stood out is that the offense looked balanced and efficient, Heavy emphasis on successful plays and drives, And putting the ball in the hands of the best player in the crucial moments. In a perfect world I'd like something better than Josh rushing TDs on the goal line, but I won't argue with the point total. The two minute drive followed by the double-dip to start the second half was a game-defining sequence. Snap counts and volume will be interesting because the skill group looks very interchangeable. I wonder how much of who we see is going to depend on matchups.

Exactly. That kick return shouldn't really happen. A lot of the defense was struggling with a highly athletic QB, which continues to be a struggle. DE is the position really missing an impact player. The defense that came out in the 2nd half was totally different than the first half, and they probably put the game away if not for the teturn. I like what Buffalo put out there offensively: run the ball, spread it around, and I think we'll see more downfield in better conditions.

Allen has to get that ball out.

I get the student price Since i'm going to grad school, So yeah.

I think the strategy is correct. Josh Allen is the QB, the 0-line is good, so the next step is build the defense. Buffalo was poorly coached on offense until Brady came in and I Really liked what he did, but McDermott needs to be a better playoff coach. This year, I expect the regular season to take care of itself because that's what McDermott is good at and there are more playoff teams than ever. They should clean house if he can't get them deep into the postseason this year since it's a chance to change the roster.

The issue is that they haven't hit, so on top of all the drafting they gave Von Miller a huge contract too.

2-2 I was in Oakland when Jerry Rice didn't make a catch. I was at the Jeff Fisher fake punt game at the coliseum. I was also at the Peterman game. And I was at this years Charger game.

Since the Bills are keeping McDermott, this is an obvious one to me. Got the same production with less turnovers per game and brought more balance and run game. Reducing the turnovers is how Buffalo can go from 2 seed to 1 seed next year.