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Not surprised. It looked bad in the moment. I said as much in the GT and post game thread and got downvoted into oblivion for it, but Josh just wasn't at his best to the point where he was a big reason we lost. As an aside, it feels like Josh is having more problems than usual this year understanding what he's seeing from defenses. Some of these "bad play calls" are only thus because Josh isn't recognizing one side of the field is overloaded defensively, for example, and changing the play; or he is changing the play but it's into something that doesn't work because he just got fooled. Can't win them all but we have to do better at the LOS getting into the right stuff.

Guess Howard Simon doesn't watch much Bills. Cook isn't usually on the field for 3rd/4th down because he doesn't pass block.

McBeane are signed through 2027 so nothing will happen until after next season at the earliest.

I disagree that they're ignoring the problems. The issue is they don't seem able to fix them with the investments they have made. Keon - 33rd overall Samuel - 24M contract Palmer - 29M contract That's three pretty big investments for two spots. It's also clear from the way they've built out the offense that they're not trying to be a Brian Daboll spread pass heavy offense anymore. Instead it's strong running game with multiple TEs including guys (Kincaid) who can work from the slot which does fit Josh's game as a dual threat QB. McBeane absolutely deserve criticsm for the state of the WR room, but you can't be everything everywhere, especially when your QB is already on the hook for 60M cap hits into the forseeable future.

Or… 1. we just extended McD and Beane 2. McD and Beane just extended all their pet players so we’re already locked into their team

Not sure I agree with this thread. 2023 we hit on our top two. Dorian is about what you get with a 3rd rd pick. The rest were late picks. 2025 already has shown some keepers in Deone and Hawes, but anyone judging this draft six games into the first year when key contributors have been injured needs to give their head a shake. 2024 is the draft to hang on Beane. It’s still early but it’s not looking good. FA has been tough given our cap situation which I do pin on Beane but at the same time we signed Von and extended Diggs because they were stars and we were competing for a championship. Had they not done those deals everyone would’ve complained Beane wasn’t doing enough for Josh.

The collective freak out has more to do with the same themes showing up when we don’t play well. -McD being too conservative -middling play from boundary receivers -defense getting gashed by a good rushing attack -Beane not prioritizing xyz, etc. Everyone has their issue to complain about and more than enough proof because the guys in charge have been here a long time. The fact we’re a SB contender every year (and still are) is the last thing anyone wants to talk about after a bad loss.

Prove it

That's some of it for sure, but the truth is Josh has been mediocre this year. He's not recognizing blitzes. He's missing wide open receivers (when they do get open). He's forcing bad throws...some of this is on him. What does Daquan Jones have to do with Bills only scoring 14 points??

This kind of thread is poorly timed. Josh was just as much at fault for why we lost today.

We got gashed defensively but this loss is just as much on Josh.

Good decision leading with Cook. Let Josh settle down. Keep Falcons' offense off the field.

He's bailing on plays early. He's missing wide open guys. He isn't recognizing the blitz pre-snap to adjust. He's throwing INTs...

He's out! He's out! Lol

If the patients are running the asylum on offense, then that's a serious indictment of his leadership.