Richard Noggin

The water table somewhere in this country was lowered, however slightly, by this specific LLM query and response.

And that was just this season.

I'd like to assume sarcasm here, but it's difficult to tell where you're coming from in an effort to throw shade on Beane (and Wilson?). Other than the major injury last season (your "injury prone" label), Wilson is kind of big or at least plenty big enough (so not "small") by modern LB standards, and he's on a 2nd deal already (so not at all "cheap").

Think the WR/offense take is a bit hyperbolic, in that one personnel upgrade there probably doesn't suddenly catapult the Bills into dynamic deep and intermediate passing success. But that doesn't mean I'm against spending to add there. Have to at least keep trying. I'm hopeful as well that Hairston can gradually upgrade the Bills secondary, but one has to imagine, especially with the Bills difficulty in maintaining edge contain against the run, that teams will run and throw screens right at Hairston. Wonder what that looks like. Tre has at least been tenacious a number of times playing downhill against such plays.

Chad Hall? Why would Chad Hall provide intel to the Bills? Didn't he leave on a lateral move? Also, not sure Gabe Davis is someone with a post-playing career future in NFL front offices. Good locker room guy though, so his opinion is probably gonna be positive for just about any former teammate. Been said already, but while this is an intriguing series of correlations, it immediately makes me think of our own failure to maximize WRs over this same span. **ALSO: lot of posters taking this report to mean that Jags are actively looking to move on from BJT. I guess if they DO move on, then we know they were open to it. But it could be more about teams inquiring right now and the Jags not telling them to eff off right away.

Disagree, respectfully. Sure, a PRIME Tyreek Hill is preferred to MOST alternatives tbh. That's no secret. And when that was combined with a PRIME Kelce, watch out. But the current group includes the kinds of RAC and speed traits that Reid is amazing at scheming for. Rice is a beast for what KC wants him to be, which is a big, fast, strong weapon who gets the ball in motion and matriculates it aggressively up the field. Hollywood Brown is a fast and ballsy undersized threat on slants and curls and fades alike. Worthy is a speed merchant who lacks physicality but does seem to have some moxy and compete nonetheless. Smith-Schuster is the perfect possession complement to that group, and they still have the dumb, effective ghost of Travis Kelce. Plus Thornton and Remigio offer depth. Brown, Worthy, and Rice is a STRONG starting WR group for Andy Reid. He loves to attack horizontally and vertically, with tons of pre- and post-snap motion, and those dudes can do that.

Lotta focus on the defense, which is fine. But without being MORE focused on the offense? The defense is what it is: mediocre. There will be bad games, we know, and there will be really bad games. And a few okay games. The D isn't the most critical branch of the Bills. The offense is. As they go, we go. -Would be nice if the defense could pick up the offense now and again, but didn't they do that in the 1st half against New England? And didn't they kind of do that in the 2nd half against Atlanta? Neither offense ran away with it, despite some chunky gains and clustered scores. It was the Bills offense that failed more impactfully. In my opinion.

They are PERFECT for what Reid and Mahomes want to do. Different kinds of speed and quickness and RAC and possession guys who can attack every part of the field. RB is that offense's only average-to-meh group, imho. Could see KC drafting a TE and/or RB on Day One or Day Two. Or of course a CB or S or DT. So...really narrowing it down here. But enough about Hoecht and Ogunjobi...

Young has won 3 straight and 4 of last 5, and his escapability has been key in converting 3rd downs and red zone trips. That sort of guy gives the Bills trouble. Dalton, on the other hand, is more apt at pre-snap reads and getting the ball out super fast. That sort of guy also gives the Bills trouble.

Really solid writeup that I also happen to agree with almost note for note. The responses questioning Allen's on-field fire/desire are curious/interesting, but too heavily reliant on unrelated off-field circumstances and very recent poor results. Correlation is not causation. What I've seen on the field hasn't looked great the last two weeks especially, but in no way suggests to me that the guy isn't putting it all on the line out there. One COULD reasonably question what playing this long for the same conservative (some might say gutless) head coach eventually does to a DAWG like Allen. Like maybe he's being robbed of a small piece of his competitive soul each week, each camp, each season, since 13 seconds. But the off-field, personal conjecture is kinda silly and undeserved for a dude who risks it all in ways most QBs won't and consistently plays through all kinds of damage.

While I still cannot understand how anyone is anguishing more over the defense than the current offense (who has struggled more recently imho despite a strong OL and a future HOF QB)...I do agree that the Panthers actually present a specifically challenging matchup for the Bills. They are very physical and aggressive defensively, with heavy run and pass games up front (possibly something you can exploit on the ground and in the screen game) and man coverage on the boundaries. Not unlike the Patriots, but with a much better rushing attack on offense. Not an ideal opponent for the current iteration of the Bills. One bright spot would be if Bryce Young can't play, or if he does play, he does so with somewhat limited mobility. Apparently, his escapability has been on display during their winning streak, and that's a quality that really exposes the Bills shortcomings in the front 7. While Dalton could potentially execute a quick game and play action passing attack, he is less likely to break contain or elude pressure. If the Panthers are able to establish some success on the ground, then it might not matter who is under center for them. Our D has difficulty against physical, balanced offenses who stay on schedule.

Little all over the place here, as you want them to run more 4-3 Over (which I agree with, with Hoecht as the SAM), but also Hancock should play the Nickel and Johnson should switch to safety? So Johnson would move to full-time safety (big increase in snap count) in an alignment (4-3 Over) that would actually ask MORE of its safeties in coverage, given you're effectively replacing an NCB with a big OLB. And Hancock wouldn't see the field as much as Johnson does now, depending on game script and matchups. It's a bit of a mashup of different ideas, which includes switching a strict lifelong NCB to full-time S. Hmm

Remember a few seasons back, that ONE game against Tampa when Gabe Davis was used in the way you suggest for Coleman now (slants, screens, etc.)? Davis had 9 for 87 and a TD. THAT's exactly how we should be using Coleman, no doubt.

But did he really ever master it? Had some big moments down the field against man coverage (which is something the team needs now for sure). But was kind of Coleman-like against the zone and on option routes and with identifying pressure and whatnot. Had difficulty adjusting post-snap, and was therefore super inefficient. His habit of "clapping" his hands together to let Allen's heaters clang off him was basically the WR yips. Total degradation of fundamentals.