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Ok

This poll is hot garbage, BTW. Needs a "No, I do not want to miss the playoffs, period" option.

Frankly, in hindsight we probably should have paid Edmunds. We are noticeably worse vs. passes to the middle of the field since he left. Bernard had a great 2023 but has struggled since.

He's not a game-changing pass rusher, but he isn't paid like one, and those don't typically last until his draft slot, either. Run defense isn't a one-man show, and he is extremely effective at his 1/11th. He renewed this year and is the 15th-highest paid DE, and will probably be down to ~30th or so after the next wave of extensions. No, we didn't. The guys paid to get to the QB make literally double what he does.

Groot consistently gets ranked highly in advanced metrics, and again he is not paid nearly as much as top pass-rushing EDGE players are. If you're solely measuring him by sack count, then okay, not amazing, but he isn't paid like an amazing sack artist, either. It's a good-value contract.

Yes? He's an adequate pass-rusher and is fantastic at everything else. The elite pash rushers get paid double what he makes.

When your sole metric for competence is winning a Superbowl, you're going to be "right" 31/32 times. If you expand that to making a Superbowl, you're going to be right 15/16 times. Take a deep breath and let the rest of the season play out.

He was pressured on 28/35 dropbacks, sacked 8 times, and in this instance, a play was just blown up by an immediate block whiff.

Groot has been great, Bedford appears to be rounding back into form, and Hoecht/Boba were as advertised prior to injuries. Defense is getting the job done with a M.A.S.H. unit out there, it seems absurd to be so critical of them when they've put out a league-average performance in each of our losses despite multiple offensive turnovers.

Play was late to get in =/= he thought the playcall was bad He wouldn't ever express a moment of frustration to his designated QB buddy about anything other than a coach? Bruh.

Sure, but it's an entirely different argument.

Do we know that? Or was he pissed about Torrence straight-up whiffing the block right off the snap? Fans need to get out of the habit of projecting their thoughts onto players. Unless we think Allen has no audible options, he has a say in what play actually gets run.

I don't know that we got beat by any of those QBs. Miami ended up putting up points at the end on the ground, but that is the big risk of being forced to sell out to prevent any first downs. If they break through, they're gone. The common denominator in all of our losses this year is turnovers plus a failure of the offense to step up to the plate and overcome them.

No, I'm a bit bummed we didn't win but it was an entertaining game against an amazing defense and we had a chance to take it at the end. We're 7-4 with good wildcard tiebreakers, so we're extremely likely to make it into the tournament, and from there, anything could happen. It's an extremely high-parity league, and "any given Sunday" is a phrase for a reason. Our O-line got rocked by an elite D-line and it made our lives very difficult on offense. It happens. The Texans' defense is 1 of 1 this season.

@muppyAll I will say is that I am glad you have your approach, and also that there are many, many Bills fans who are absolutely miserable over this stuff for far, far more than a day. It's constant.