Trust The Process

The vast majority of the game I would deploy 3 to 4 DB's. I would also deploy a 4-3-4 defense which is 4 down linemen, 3 LB's Milano, Bernard, and Williams, and 4 DB's Douglas, Benford, Rapp, and Hamlin. I would switch to a 4-4-3 defense whenever the Ravens offense lines up with 6 OL, FB Patrick Ricard, and a combo of Andrews and Likely or Andrews/Likely with Bateman which is what the Ravens did on 22.2% of plays verses the Steelers which averaged 9.5 yards per play whenever the Steelers defense played with 5 DB's. The 4-4-3 defense will be 4 down linemen, 3 LB's and 1 SS Milano, Bernard, Williams, and Rapp, and 3 DB's Douglas, Benford, and Hamlin. Taron Johnson is on the field on 2nd and long and 3rd and long only.

Davis loves to punish would be tacklers

Brady and McD neutered Josh

Let Allen call plays. Brady doesn't know how to use his pass catchers even if it smacked him in the face. Aside from Shakir, every single pass catcher regressed.

It’s real simple. Beane sucks at drafting in rounds 1-3 but is great in rounds 4-7, and is bad at spending/managing cap space. He also doesn’t know how to build an offense that caters to Allen’s strengths.

Lock Beane out of the draft war room the first 2 days of the draft from rounds 1 thru 3 which is what he struggles with the most, then allow him back in from rounds 4 thru 7 which is what he does best

The Sabres suck. Embarrassing performance the first 2 games. They've gotten outplayed and outworked on just about every shift, and look slow and sloppy.

The Ravens exposed the weakness to our offense which is not having a true number 1 WR who can do it all on all parts of the field. For the most part, the Ravens D had 8 to 9 men in the box which took away what we do best which is the short passing game, the running game, and Allen's running ability. The Ravens begged us to throw the ball downfield which we couldn't take advantage of. We desperately need a outside WR who stretches the field which is what Amari Cooper does best. Mack Hollins hurts the Bills far more than he helps since he gives the Bills virtually nothing as a pass catcher which renders him irrelevant. Coleman is a nice complement to Cooper as opposed to Hollins. Cooper consistently posts 1,100 to 1,200 yards and 8 to 9 TD'S per season, and has a career average of 14.1 yards per reception. Amari already has 2 TD's on the season despite playing with bad QB. Another reason why we should trade for Cooper now is to prevent him from getting traded primarily to the Chiefs or Ravens, or other contending teams we could face in the playoffs. The Browns are 1-3 and the remainder of their schedule is hard which most likely means they're going nowhere. I fully expect the Browns to trade away pieces sooner rather than later so they can start preparing for the future by stockpiling draft picks. Cooper is an Unrestricted Free Agent in 2025 which makes him a 1 year rental which won't cost much in trade compensation. I'm sure the Browns wants to get something in return for Cooper while they can. The cost for trading for Cooper should be as low as a 4th or 5th round pick but no higher than a 3rd which is well worth it. The Bills currently have nearly $3.9M in cap space. The Browns converted all but $1.21M of WR Amari Cooper's 2024 salary into signing bonus, making him an extremely affordable trade candidate. Trading for Cooper only costs the Bills $941,111 in cap space. Get'er done Brandon Beane.

Regardless if we play great or not, I take preseason with the grain of salt. Playing well in preseason doesn’t mean we’ll play well in the regular season, and playing bad in the preseason doesn’t mean we won’t play well during the regular season. It’s a toss up. Nobody knows until the real bullets fly. Having said that, the reason why some of us aren’t confident or is frustrated with this team is because we’re understandably very concerned with injuries, our wide receiver core, the safety core, the pass rush, Tyler Bass, and backup QB, coupled with the fact that our passing game has played like trash in both preseason games. Also, it bothers us to see teams like Philadelphia, Houston, and Miami add more offensive weapons this offseason despite having a damn good offense the year before. Those teams weren’t content with what they had, they wanted more. Philly adds Saquon Barkley and Jahan Dotson to AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, and Dallas Goedert, Houston adds Stephon Diggs Joe Mixon to Nico Collins, Tank Dell, and Dalton Schultz, and Miami adds OBJ, Jonnu Smith, and 4th round rookie RB Jaylen Wright to Tyreke Hill, Jaylen Waddle, De’Von Achane, and Raheem Mostert. In comparison, there’s a sizable difference in offensive firepower between those teams and the Bills. On paper, Allen’s WR depth chart as a whole looks like trash. There’s only 4 WR’s on this team who deserves to be on the 53 man roster… Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel, and Mack Hollins, the rest are trash. The Bills typically carry 5 WR’s on the 53 man roster. I believe the 5th WR is currently not on this roster. in my opinion, Mack Hollins is the 5th best WR on our depth chart which means we’re missing a number 4 WR in addition to a true number 1 WR. If I had to take an educated guess on what this offense will most likely look like this season it would be we’re going to see a lot of double TE sets and running the football a lot like we did the second half of last season. Unlike the WR core, our TE’s and RB’s are strengths to this offense. Also, don’t be surprised to see Keon Coleman come off the bench in favor of Mack Hollins for a couple of games at the beginning of the season. I envision a 50/50 timeshare between the two. I hope I’m wrong, but I believe Coleman isn’t ready just yet to take on a full time role. In the passing game, we’re most likely going to see mostly Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel, and Dalton Kincaid. In the running game, a combination of James Cook, Ray Davis, and Ty Johnson. Mack Hollins will be used primarily for blocking. Shakir mostly in the slot. Samuel will be utilized as a Swiss Army knife type weapon who lines up everywhere including the backfield as a runner. Kincaid will mostly line up in the slot with Knox mostly lined up as the inline TE. MVS will most likely be our 5th WR. I’ve got Darquan Hardy as our starting primary Kickoff and Punt Returner. This offense can potentially be damn good. Keon Coleman is the X factor.

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BILLS WR CORE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Shakir: 6’0, 190 lbs Samuel: 5’11, 195 lbs Coleman: 6’3, 215 lbs Hollins: 6’4, 221 lbs Shorter: 6’4, 223 lbs Shavers: 6’4, 211 lbs Claypool: 6’4, 238 lbs Cephus: 6’1, 208 lbs Isabella: 5’9, 188 lbs Hamler: 5’9, 178 lbs Last season 6 WR’s made the Bills final 53 man roster, and I expect the same amount this year. The first 5 WR’s at the top should all make the 53 man roster. 1 of the other 5 names will compete for the 6th WR spot on the 53 just like we carried last season. Some of the rest will make the Practice Squad. As you can see we’re a much bigger WR room this season as opposed to the past. This is by design. Bully ball is coming to Buffalo.

The problem with Coleman isn't his lack of speed, but rather his lack of separation.

Excellent pick!!!

We have 10 draft picks yet a lot of Bills fans think the sky has fallen after 1 stinking round

Unlike Granato, Lindy will toughen this young team up.

I'm guessing La'el Collins will play the role David Edwards played last season

I didn’t presume. I did my homework on Samuels with analytics, scouting reports, and how he was used in Washington and with Joe Brady in Carolina. I expect to see mostly the same in Buffalo with slightly better stats. Samuel’s career yards per reception is not impressive, and isn’t a big play threat despite running the 40 yard dash in 4.31 seconds which means he doesn’t play fast.

Who helps Allen and our offense most? Sign Derrick Henry for the money we spent on Samuel, and draft a X WR within the first 2 rounds? OR… Sign Samuel and draft a X WR? Sign Samuel and draft a RB?

My complaint with Beane is bad asset management and for not being skilled at reading the draft board in a WR rich draft. I can replace Davis with a rookie in the first 2 rounds of the draft for a lot less money than what we paid Samuel who only plays 58% of the snaps. The rookie I draft can be Diggs future replacement with a snap count similar to Diggs. Beane just need to do his job and hit on the receiver he drafts. It’s a calculated risk. I can replace Sherfield with a day 3 rookie WR who’s a lot cheaper with much more upside than Hollins.

Huge safety free agency class and we get nothing. Deep WR draft and we sign Hollins and Samuel. We trade Bates but we release Morse And we sign Morrow and depth guys instead of addressing starters. Once again, Beane is doing the opposite of which makes sense. He did the same thing the year we traded for Diggs. The depth at WR was strong in that draft and what Beane chose to do is trade for Diggs instead of drafting Jefferson. We shouldn’t have had to waste additional draft picks and a ton of valuable cap space on Diggs.

The WR depth in this draft is strong. Why spend $8M per year on a JAG like Samuel who’s lucky to get 100 targets when you can draft a WR for a lot less money to do the same? Once again, Quintessential bad asset management by Beane. Also, Samuel lines up 53% of the time in the slot which will take snaps away from mostly Shakir followed by Kincaid which is a huge mistake. When Samuel lines up as a X Receiver he’ll compete for snaps with the player we draft. In 2023, Samuel’s snap share was 56.7% which is what I envision he’ll get here in Buffalo. In my opinion that’s not a good return on investment when I could draft a WR for a lot cheaper in a strong receiver draft. Hollins shouldn’t have been signed for up to $3M per year either when we could’ve drafted a WR on Day 3 to do the same or more for a lot less money.

My post is not about who’s likely to re-sign with us, but is about what I’d like for us to pay. “So nobody then? We gonna put a hotdog vendor at DT”? that’s what Free Agency and the Draft is for.

We have a grand total of 23 players we need to replace on our roster. 14 DEFENSIVE, 7 OFFENSIVE, and 2 SPECIAL TEAMS. Beane has a lot of work to do, especially on the defensive side of the ball. BILLS DEFENSE: 14 (3 DE's, 5 DT, 1 LB, 3 CB's, and 2 SAFETYS) DE AJ Epenesa DE Shaq Lawson DE Leonard Floyd DT Tim Settle DT Jordan Phillips DT DaQuan Jones DT Linval Joseph DT Poona Ford LB Tyrel Dodson CB Tre White CB Dane Jackson CB Cam Lewis (also plays Safety) SS Micah Hyde FS Jordan Poyer OFFENSE: 7 (3 WR's, 2 RB's, 1 C, and 1 G) WR Gabriel Davis WR Trent Sherfield WR Deonte Harty RB Ty Johnson RB Latavius Murray C Mitch Morse G/C Ryan Bates SPECIAL TEAMS (2) ILB Tyler Matakevich CB Siran Neal (also plays CB)

The biggest complaint that I have with Beane is he historically mismanages cap space. The bottom of the roster, especially the Special Teams, gets paid too much. He also hands out too many mid-tier player contracts. For example, instead of paying big free agent dollars on one elite or Pro Bowl level DT, he'll sign 2 good DT's for around the same money the great one received. Since Beane got hired, for the most part, has failed miserably at signing Free Agents along the DL and at spending premium draft picks along the DL within the first 3 rounds of the draft which is where you find blue chip prospects and foundational pieces of your team, and where the margin of error must be at its lowest because precious cap dollars are invested in those picks. Every mistake is multiplied. Another thing that I noticed is Beane is an impatient person. Want proof? He traded up 4 times in the past 6 drafts, and signs an above average amount of players before the beginning of Free Agency. He needs to relax and let things play out and let things/opportunities come to him. He needs to improve at reading the draft board in the first 3 rounds and at reading the Free Agent pool. Want proof? 2020 was the year we traded for Diggs, and that was the year the NFL Draft was LOADED with WR's. And, despite it being a strong receiver draft, what did Beane choose to do? He chose to trade our first-round pick (No. 22 overall), a 2020 fifth-round pick, a 2020 sixth-round pick, and a 2021 fourth-round pick for Diggs and a 7th round pick. Pick number 22 overall ended up being Justin Jefferson. Beane panicked, he didn't trust himself enough to hit on a receiver in the draft instead.