ChronicAndKnuckles

People get too caught up in positions and having only one of a certain thing. NFL offenses are very complex. To me, a football player is a football player. Keon Coleman to me just seemed like a reached/forced EJ Manuel type of pick. And the whole “looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane” thing. Garbage pick. Maybe Beane can get a conditional 6th for him next offseason if he’s lucky. 😆

RANDOM THOUGHTS BEFORE GAME Bills win this one comfortably. The attention on them has been largely negative for the past 2 weeks. Despite what the players/coaches say, they do listen to what’s being said. It is so important for the Buffalo Bills to establish an early lead. This is the key to their success for the entire season. If your defense can’t stop their RBs then let your offense stop them. I think (hope) Brady opens things up a bit more. We’ll see an offense w/ more James Cook in the pass game and heavily featuring Tight Ends. Keon Coleman needs to be phased out of the offense. More throws down the middle of the field. We need Josh to consistently extend plays and give receivers more time to get open. Also big scrambles up the middle. Vintage Josh Sprinkle some James Cook runs in there, but don’t fight fire with fire. The Panthers will be trying to keep Allen OFF of the field. Brady needs to MAXIMIZE drives. This is what you do against Mahomes, not Carolina. final prediction: 34-17 BILLS

I think this is the best news of the month. So glad it wasn’t for the Chiefs. Better to have Hairston take on Dalton/Young than a motivated Mahomes.

Hard to get interceptions when teams are running it down their throats every week. Here’s my 2 steps to fixing this problem. 1) Score fast and early 2) Rush the passer

Decent #2, but I think Buffalo is much better overall in the TE department. Kelce is washed and Gray has never really taken that next step people thought he would to replace him. Hawes gives the Bills so much more versatility because he can block as well as a linemen. I feel like Knox has lost a step, but could still be deadly if Brady knew how to use him. If Kincaid could just stay healthy he has big time potential. No one has elevated themselves as Allen’s go to receiver. I also don’t understand why the offense itself is not centered more around the TEs, one of the bigger strengths of the team. Joe Brady needs to go watch some old Gronk/Hernandez footage to see how to use multiple TEs and a WR room full of slow slot receivers.

Noah Grays got zero TDs on the year and 9 total in 4 1/2 years.

Welp, what are you gonna do ? We have a punchers chance with Josh Allen and Cook. I’m not giving up on the season. The Bills need to A) get in the playoffs B) get hot. That’s it. We just have to hope the Bills can coast on their offense to win enough regular season games and hope McDermott figures out the Safety position by the postseason. Very uncharacteristic of him as he usual gets the most from his defensive backfield. I don’t play fantasy football so I couldn’t care less about stats & rankings. The good thing is the AFC is just a bunch of very good teams, but no one really jumps out as “elite” to me YET.

They’re fast, but I bet Mahomes wishes he had someone who could get open in the red zone. I mean who would you call their best pass catcher ? They don’t have a #1 either.

IDK. I think Mahomes would rather have Tyreek Hill and a prime Kelce instead of JuJu, Kelce’s bloated corpse, and a couple speedsters. Yes, they might be adequate for that specific offense, but compared to the league they are mid to lower middle tier.

Absolutely. The Falcons were also able to blueprint whatever the Patriots were doing to stop James Cook. There was no way he would’ve been able to maintain that level of production from the first 4 games. It was bound to come to an end. The Bills usually come out of the offseason with a massively successful offense, it gets figured out by week 5, they lose a couple games, and now time to regroup. Atlanta had a big advantage coming out of the bye week and being a slower starter than the Bills who shot their offensive load early.

KCs WRs really aren’t great

Which is my point. You can have the right coach (Bowles) and/or the right QB (Sam Darnold or even Rodgers) yet that’s still not a guarantee to turn things around.

Miracle ? The Bills handled business against Miami in week 17 and won the necessary games to get in as the Wildcard. Only because it was one of the last games of the regular season the Bengals game was so dramatic. It would’ve been the same result if it happened in week 9. I don’t think people hear how difficult it is to change the culture of a historically losing franchise. Go ask the Jets how much they would love a coach like McDermott. I get the criticism, but I hate when people try to take away his accomplishments.

Ending a 17 year playoff drought is not changing the game? The Bills have been a heavy hitter in the AFC ever since. I feel like McDermott is an important character in the story of the game. Is his welcome run out ? Maybe, but I don’t doubt for a minute that he wouldn’t have sustained success with another team.

I voted 12-5. Vegas still thinks we are heavy favorites to win it all. I think fans are too quick to throw away a salvageable season. I also think Beane and McD have to make the correct moves also for that to work.

I should’ve clarified playing *healthy* His elusiveness is by far his top strength. I would actually rather face a hobbled Bryce Young than a 100% Andy Dalton that can complete the gimmes and hand it off to Rico Dowdle.

Carolina is a good team coming off a 3 game W streak and 4 out of their last 5. It’s not that they’re above .500, people are worried because they are one of the hottest teams in the NFL. If Bryce Young was playing I would be 10 times more nervous.

If Beane could somehow trade for Olave that will show a lot of fans that he is serious about winning and humble enough to admit he was wrong. Hopefully his big dumb ego doesn’t get in the way of putting a better product out on the field that fans support with their hard earned money.

Agreed. I am impressed with Maye and I think he has a future as a starter, but the Bills & Allen are gunning for their 6th straight AFC East title. We aren’t even halfway through the season yet and it’s not like the Pats are up by multiple games. Even if they do win it this year it will still be a fluke until they can do it 2 years in a row. Patriots have an incredibly easy schedule compared to the Bills.

Sorry. I’m too old for the “there’s always next year” mentality. Life is too short. This is the last year in the stadium and I really don’t want to go out with a whimper.

Beane, this is your sign to go after a wide receiver. Leverage whatever resources you have to get one. With Palmer down, the Bills no longer have any legit perimeter threats.

The Bills aren’t a consensus top 1 or 2 team in the AFC like I initially thought the first 4 weeks of the season. They are what they are at this point. Part of a handful of AFC teams that you can interchange. There really is no top AFC team IMO. The Colts are great, but I don’t think they are the juggernaut the media portrays. I think the representing team for the AFC in the SB will be whichever team gets hot in the postseason and stays relatively healthy. It could be a blessing in disguise to have all of these injuries early and the DTs returning from suspension this week.

1) WR 2) WR 3) WR Buffalo needs to splurge for a receiver with some real speed. Look at what this has done for KC having Rashee Rice back. I hope Beane makes serious inquiries into a potential younger guy who could have a serious future here, but in a SB window I am open for a year rental if the price is right.

This is a sad reality. TJ was the most consistent player other than Reid Ferguson. He will always be remembered for the Lamar pick 6, the best defensive play of the past 2 decades. Josh Allen gets most the credit, but McDermott had those 2020-21 defensive units playing great football.

The last day will be emotional. I hope whatever game it is will be a win.