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It says a lot about him by the way he played against Bill Belichick. He’s a great coach, I would love to have him in Buffalo.

The running game needs to improve. I wish the Bills would bring Anthony Lynn back in some capacity, maybe as the RB coach and as our running game coordinator. He’s a disciple of Greg Roman IIRC. I have so much respect for the guy.

I’ve never seen another QB like him. He needs to get better with touch passes and the deep ball but he is truly a force of nature. I don’t think there’s ever been another QB in NFL history who was this talented.

Their tears taste delicious.

He’s gone.

Allen is a big part of that. Singletary is also good if not very solid but the RB room behind him is kind of meh. Buffalo needs another quality back, no doubt about it.

Looks pretty tough on paper.

Please, please, please. His defenses are soft.

He’s a good back, I’ve always liked him, he is a solid performer. I’m a big fan of RBBC but I still think we could use an elite bruiser, but yes, I would probably still sign Singletary to a second contract barring a catastrophic injury.

I’ve been saying this for years, I’ve never liked him. Only way it makes sense to keep him is if his $$$$ is low, which I don’t see happening.

I love the idea of 6 linemen on the field at once. We seemingly have great depth at this position.

Hyde and Poyer is the best safety tandem in the league, bar none.

If Frazier does get signed as a HC this offseason, I would take Flores in a heartbeat. He always plays the Patriots close.

Beasley is done. His play dropped off noticeably this year and he’s old and he’s a distraction. WR is a sneaky need for this Bills team this offseason.

I still stand by it.

I like the idea of keeping Morse at center throughout 2022 and drafting a replacement in the first round next year. He’s average, not good, not bad overall but a solid pass protector nonetheless and also as a pull center as @John from Riversidehas pointed out. His problem is he lacks physicality in the run game against stout defensive linemen. He can’t blow up holes for RBs in the power run game, but once again he anchors down well in pass protection, but keep in mind, we can do a lot worse than Mitch Morse. Buffalo could benefit from upgrading multiple positions all across the board. LG, C, RG, RB, TE, NT, NT, CB, LB and such. I know Edmunds is a big body at LB but he seemingly does not use his body to his advantage and lacks a sense of physicality. It will be interesting to see what Beane does to fill these holes in the offseason. I don’t think it’s far fetched to assume that Buffalo could be back on top the AFC East if Buffalo seriously retools some things on our roster, mainly if we can manage to scrape together a physical run offense and a defense that is predicated on stopping the run. I guess in a nutshell that both our IOL and IDL needs to be completely refortified. A power RB is absolutely necessary in the worst way, we need a bruiser.

Missed an opportunity here.

I digress. Our team has a top 5 QB and a talented roster. All it will take in my mind is one great draft and one great offseason and the Bills will be ready to compete again. I get it, I felt miserable after the Patriots loss too, but Belichick as obnoxious and profane as he is is arguably the greatest coach of all time. I don’t like him, but I respect him. He has a good 35 years of experience on McDermott. The Bills hadn’t made the playoffs in a billion years since Beane and McD got here, give him a chance to fix things. 45 W - 31 L in his tenure here is absolutely way, way better than what we’re used to. If you fire coach McD, we may go back to being like the Ralph Wilson Bills. Fix the OL, get a stud RB and plug in a couple nasty NTs and we’re back on top of the AFC East again. Give McD a chance to settle the score with Bill Belichick.

The fact that we see more defenses aimed at stopping the pass, I would argue that RB is becoming more important than it has ever been for quite awhile. Most defenses boast of a light DL and undersized LBs so RBs like Henry, Chubb and Taylor are having a field day.

I think Singletary is good, just not elite. Would probably make for a good third down or change of pace back. Definitely not in the upper echelon of RBs, he’s still good though. OL and coaching needs to be addressed before RB does.

This is a fabulous response. May I also recommend a waterproof cushion to put on your seat? One of those thick one inch memory foam pads to sit on? I find that the stadium seats are way too hard and cold to sit on.

Blocking scheme matters. Mainly mismatches for instance. If you can get a lineman on a CB or S on a well designed run play, how do you stop that? Having a fantastic center and guards also matters quite a bit on QB sneaks, HB dives during goal line and short yardage situations. The ability to overpower in situations when the play calling is obvious and when the game ultimately turns into a matter of will between the two teams. Having 2-3 TEs on the roster who can block as additional linemen in these situations can help also, as well as putting a 6th OL the field. I also think that the most obvious response you’ll see in this thread is the presence of a quality NT, but I think that’s a position that is exceedingly difficult to fill given the circumstances especially when it pertains to finding an elite one. Many of these guys are drafted fairly high in RD1, but many of them fail to become even remotely average. There’s very few men on this Earth that are capable of throwing around and outmuscling some of the biggest, most gifted and talented athletes on this planet. Short of the things I listed above, I think having an in the box safety is also a cheat code for defenses and hard to stop. The Troy Polamalu’s and Sean Taylor’s of the world etc. I suppose in the modern day NFL, players like Jamal Adams, Kyle Dugger and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah would fill that role rather admirably. It may be too early for draft talk, but Kyle Hamilton of Notre Dame looks to be a nice player that could fit that mold. No idea where he will go as far as the draft is concerned. I would also like to point out that having two shutdown CBs is very difficult for most offenses to overcome. This puts your two guys on the outside in man coverage while allowing your defense to put 8 in the box. RB also matters, but I think without a quality line and especially a quality run blocking scheme they’ll faulter quickly. It truly does take an innovative coach to optimize the run game consistently.

The Bills number one nemesis is that they do not have a stout interior. When you factor that in with the fact that our LBs for the most part seem adept in pass coverage and not run support, I think you have a problem. And I wish they’d put Groot in at LB more often, mainly to shadow the power run teams of the NFL that we’ve seemingly so often faced. They did it before but I wish they’d start doing it again. Also, why not blitz him after the QB more often from the LB position? It’s essentially like sending three EDGEs after the QB at once. Also, where’s the love for my boy Boogie? Dude has gotten like 1.5 sacks so far in like 30 snaps. Give the guy a chance.

Don’t get me started. We should have never lost the Jags game, the officiating that game was completely unacceptable. It’s funny because I watched a couple YouTube videos from fans who say that the NFL is fixed. They seem to think that the players are involved too but I do not. The referees on the other hand? It would not surprise me. At times it feels like they put their entire life’s savings on Vegas odds, it wouldn’t surprise me, but anyways I’m sure we’ll get screwed on a couple calls. I suppose the outcome of the game will depend on the severity of how many times we get screwed on those calls. If we get like 10-11 penalties for 150 yards we’re done.

Running the ball is more predicated on the integrity of your OL and coaching schemes. Say what you wilt about Wyatt Teller but he has become an elite guard in Cleveland and Quinton Spain has done well for himself in Cincinnati. Both of these guys are superior to Ike Boettger, Feliciano and Ford. Why were they let go? Why are they having compelling success elsewhere? I also vehemently disagree with the fact that we went into the season with what we had at TE and FB. Knox is the only good one in the bunch. Ertz should have been traded for or Hollister should have been retained at the very least. Keeping 7 WRs was a mistake, it vastly hurt our running game. We now find ourselves with the inability to run in goal line and short yardage situations. Twin TE packages, big formations and goal line formations have suffered as a result, which obviously has put an enormous amount of pressure on Josh Allen, more than there needs to be anyways. As far as RB goes, I am neither for nor against one in the 1st or 2nd round, but I am ultimately aware that one should not be taken unless your OL is resolved and the idea of extending one past the length of their rookie contract makes me nauseous. Taking a RB that high should be the final piece, the missing piece or the cherry on top the sundae. Put a good RB behind a bad OL and he’s going to break down very quick.