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Roscoe Parrish would like a word with you.

Daddy Kelce isn't exactly the definition of beauty either. They are evenly yoked.

Some of this isn't scheme. It's Kelce knowing where to stop and flash in space.

For a long time I hated the Patriots and then one day I just started to appreciate how good Brady was in their system. I feel the same way about the Chiefs now. I envy their fans.

I think the more interesting test would be to see which of them would be able to figure out what half speed means the quickest.

Looking at the players who could potentially be available for the Bills I think Amari Cooper is the only realistic option. Hopkins, Adams and Kupp are too expensive. Dionte Johnson and Kendrick Bourne wouldn't make enough of a difference. Part of me wonders if Gabe Davis would be available after the nonsense with Trevor this past weekend. Only way you look into that is if you can bring both he and Cooper in because Gabe cant be a 1.

Johnson has always had drop issues and its steadily gotten worse. If we are trading for a wideout it needs to be someone who will lift the rest of the group. The Bills need a #1 wideout and Johnson is a borderline #2.

From a drafting perspective Beane has made 46 picks not counting this year's class and for the most part it hasnt been bad. There are a few instances where he missed on picks and could have had better pieces, Devin Singletary over Terry McLaurin and Nate Davis, Justin Shorter over Puka Nacua, Kaiir Elam over Tyler Smith or Tyler Linderbaum, Tremaine Edmunds over Jaire Alexander, Frank Ragnow, or DJ Moore. In other instances, he made a bad pick where he could have picked franchise altering pieces Cody Ford over AJ Brown or DK Metcalf, Boogie Basham over Creed Humphrey. However, his decision to go after the right Josh is the primary reason the Bills have been so successful. Because of that cant give him anything less than a B- for drafting. When it comes to extensions, he made errors in overspending on Knox. I am also not sure they needed to spend money on Oliver and Spencer Brown. They are good but not great. Probably should have never given Diggs what he wanted when they extended him. In free agency he has done a fairly good job of supplementing and not overspending. Where he really screwed the pooch was overreacting to .13 seconds by overspending on Von Miller. You dont beat Mahomes by pressuring him. You beat him by outscoring him. The move was way outside of his normal spending, and it's a big reason why the Bills do not have the ability to replace Diggs. It's one of the worst contracts in Bills history. Free Agency and extensions probably a C-.

I think everyone knew that. I knew they were going to run the ball. The issue here is they have also made the passing game completely inept. There is absolutely no reason Josh should be at 61% completion percentage going back to last year.

I was thinking the same thing this morning. I feel like its the only way the Bills will move on from McDermott. He will Tomlin his way to winning records by being better than bad teams as long as they let him. But they need to get back to outscoring teams by passing the ball.

The issue is Cole Beasley played like a rabid dog and gave maximum effort. From what I saw of Samuel yesterday, he runs his route, then gives up on the play.

To start off I've been a massive McDermott and Beane supporter from word jump, but seeing what McDermott has reduced the offense to in an attempt to try and become a more balanced football team has me worried for the organization's future, most specifically what they are doing with their Quarterback. To get a better understanding of where they are at, I went back and took a look at Josh under each of his three offensive coordinators. I did not include his rookie year. Passing Yards GM- Daboll (239), Dorsey (264), Brady (257) Pass TDs/GM- Daboll (1.74), Dorsey (2.05), Brady (1.66) INTS/GM- Daboll (.77), Dorsey (.96), Brady (.83) TD/INT Diff- Daboll (.97), Dorsey (1.09), Brady (.83) Comp PCT- Daboll (62%), Dorsey (66%), Brady (61%) Multi Pass TD %-Daboll (57%), Dorsey (65%), Brady (41%) 100-199 Yrds Gms- Daboll (28%), Dorsey (19%), Brady (41%) 300-399 Yrds Gms- Daboll (20%), Dorsey (27%), Brady (16%) One of thing Brady gets flowers for is reducing the amount of interceptions Josh is throwing. The reality is they've done that by taking the ball out of Josh's hands. He has reduced the interception percentage, but he has also cut his passing td output. The Bills, by design are now paying a franchise QB a quarter of a billion dollars to hand the ball off and throw safe passes. Rather than playing to win like they were under Daboll and Dorsey, they are playing not to lose. The answer to that will be the talent they have on offense currently. To that I say talent is only 50% of the equation. If you know your wideouts stink, do something to scheme them open. They built a team to beat cover two defenses. Lots of slot wideouts, running everything over the middle. Now defenses have adjusted and are playing single high closed middle against them and they havent adjusted, and thats on Brady. Run some outs, comebacks, flats and gos. Clear out the seam and run a wheel to Cook. I've never coached beyond high school but there is a saying in coaching that says, "You can tell bad coaches by how often they blame lack of talent for losing." The Bills are currently 22nd in yards per game. 21st in passing offense. Josh is on pace for his lowest passing yardage and passing touchdown output since his second year in the league. He is on pace for his lowest number of completions since his rookie year. He is essentially having the season Russell Wilson had in Denver last year. Until the Bills want to be the team that dictates the game to their opponent again, they will be a team trying to play ball control offense with a franchise QB who they want to make a game manager.

He put too much air on the pass to Hollins and not enough on the pass to Kincaid. The wideout/TE had enough separation on both passes to be touchdowns. Allen missed on both.

Seriously? Its a double move to a nine route. No football team on Earth practices a go to suddenly slant to the sideline.

I wish there was a way to go back and look at every Allen attempt of 35 yards plus since he started his career because what I am about to say is just my perception. Josh Allen has one of the worst deep balls in the league. Does it look pretty when its in the air? Yes. Does it ever ever hit his wideout in stride to allow the wideout to run underneath of it and stroll into the endzone? No. The play is on youtube if you want to watch it. Despite what the tweet above says, the ball is thrown outside, and that's probably the real issue. Instead of just throwing the ball into the path Hollins is running, he throws it slightly to the right of Hollins. Maybe a better wideout makes a play on the ball, but lets be real an NFL QB should have dropped the ball right into Hollins' hands. It was a bad throw.

I mean you never really know. But I thought you meant the entire process. My bad.

What about forcing a trade is respectful?

One of my favorite plays of the game was watching Allen roll right look to the end zone and see every wideout had finished their route and just standing there. Samuel ended up being the intended reciever but had given up instead of moving back to the ball. When he saw the ball coming his way he woke up and tried to move but the ball was bad and the effort had already stunk. Allen is now at 61% completion in games with Dorsey as a offensive coordinator. Has only 2 300 yards games in the last 12. They suck on offense and it's not just personnel.

It wasnt a great throw to begin with. That said, Hollins shouldnt be taking meaningful snaps as a WR in the NFL anymore.

He is playing injured. He either has a broken left hand or a couple broken fingers on that hand. That said, the offensive coordinator is calling throws he has traditionally not thrown well. He is at his best when he can throw between the hashes. Instead, we have a coordinator who wants him to throw bubble screens and comebacks outside of the hashes. They played three bad teams to start the year and they were able to hide it. One more thing. Why can our franchise QB who can throw the ball 80 yards in the air never hit an open go route?

I mean they could also trade him post June 1st and save cash if they can find someone who desperately needs a Blocking Tight End who can star in local commercials and play Catan with the starting QB.

They will beat Pittsburgh twice. They will beat the Giants, Titans, Browns twice, Raiders and Broncos. They will have toss ups with the Cowboys, Eagles. They can get to ten wins. If that happens the Bills have no chance against them in the playoffs.

I don't have an issue with them throwing out of the end zone per se. My issue is they waited until then to decide they needed to score. There is no cohesion in this offense. They call plays like James Cook is their star.

He's a hell of a blocker. What's even cooler is he makes 14 next year and they have to eat 9 of it to cut him lol.

Checkout their schedule. If they get in they will be a tough out. They throw the ball and have absolute beasts at their wideout spots.