CincyBillsFan

Wait the regression from 11 - 6 in 2021 to 13 - 3 in 2022? Or do you mean the bad loss to the Jets in 2022 compared to the good loss to the Jags in 2021? Or are you talking about the blowout loss to Indy in 2021 compared to no blow out losses in the 2022 regular season? The Bills went 1 - 1 in the playoffs in 2021 and 2022. The only place where we "regressed" from 2021 was in the playoff loss to the Bengals versus the loss to the Chiefs in the Divisional round. Everywhere else, from record to stats the 2022 Bills matched or exceeded the 2021 Bills.

Sorry but this is a one sided take on what happened in that 2nd quarter. Surprised you didn't add the following: * Knox dropped a TD pass that would have made it 21 - 0. * Shakir drops a 55 yard completion late in the 2nd half this if completed likely would have let the Bills run out the clock and score a TD to go up 24 - 9 at half. * The Bills gave up a 57 yard punt return to put the Dolphins in scoring position. * A ball bounced off Beasley's hands for an INT that leads to Miami points. A better description of what happened was that Miami got back into the game because of a series of fluke plays.

The QUALITY of who was injured is a lot more important then the QUANTITY of injuries. When the injuries happen is also important. Not sure that this stat is relevant to the impact of injuries on a teams success or failure in any given season.

McGovern is a HUGE upgrade of Saffold in pass blocking. The Bills go from having the worst pass blocking guard to one that is solidly in the middle of the pack. That jump alone is a big improvement on the O -line. Add in Torrence and Edwards competing with Bates at the other guard and the Bills probably improved their O line as much as possible given the reality of CAP constraints.

I give it a solid A on paper. For me the 1st & 2nd round picks are A+ guys because they potentially fix big needs on the Offense (a 2nd elite play maker and top end guard) while being among the best players you could pick at that point in the draft.

This may be true but once again the other top teams in the AFC are throwing serious resources at surrounding their elite QB's with top talent on offense. Meanwhile we're bargain basement hunting to upgrade our Offense. Does anyone else see this as a big problem? If we don't get D Hop then the #1 and #2 picks should go for offensive talent. If we trade our first for an extra 2 & 3 then both #2's must go to the offense.

This will be true if we lose out on D Hop to the Ravens or Chiefs.

And that will present an issue all on it's own.

And there's only so far you can restructure a 100+ million dollar CAP hit with a 41 year old.

I agree. Over the years I have seen plenty of teams with the talent to make deep playoff runs held back by bad QB play. But those teams still would win 10 or 11 games while making early exits as a wildcard from the playoffs. But the Jets went 7 - 10 with a miracle win over Cleveland. If they were truly loaded with talent and had great coaching even with poor QB play they would have done better then that. And like you I also think that with Rogers the Jets are at best a 9 to 10 win team that might sneak into the playoffs.

It will only get worse and more obnoxious. But in the end I believe that it will go more along the lines of Denver & Wilson: a lot of sound & fury swirling around the hype followed by a dismal under performing of bloated expectations.

Miller & Hyde suffered season ending injury's. It happens to veteran players and young players alike - you know just like the Jets rookie RB. And White was coming back from a serious knee injury. Let's see how effective right from the get go the Jets rookie RB is coming off his knee injury. You are correct about the Bills fielding a veteran team at the start of last season and then sticking with them through the season. This is a legitimate criticism of McD who is reluctant to give rookies/young players meaningful playing time. But I'm confident given his comments this off season and the example of the Chiefs using rookies all over the field that McD is going to change and play the young guys sooner and more often.

Yep. Remember how during the lost decades the Bills often won the off season.

The Bills lost to Jacksonville in 2021 - S$$T happens. The Jets finished six and a half games behind the Bills in the East last season. And that includes the Jets stealing a game from the Bills in NY & Cleveland on the road. Do you think the Jets will sweep the Bills next season? As for equating the Jets to the Chiefs/Bengals because of Rogers I call that nuts. SF had a SB contending team that had a deep playoff run in spite of having a rookie playing QB the last half of the season. They did this because they had a SB level roster & coaching. The Eagles won a SB with the mediocre Nick Foles at QB because they had a SB level roster & coaching. The Jets went 7 - 10 with QB issues so where is the evidence that they have a SB level roster & coaching?

And Rogers is 40 years old and looking more like an aging Manning or Brees rather then Brady. IMO we'll see a significant decline in Rogers play this year. It happens fast and in a couple of seasons you can easily go from an MVP to a below average QB.

Last season the Bills finished ahead of the Jets in the East by SIX AND A HALF games. And that was in spite of splitting their games with Buffalo. So for the Jets to move past Buffalo Rogers will have to make up quite a bit of ground. So do you think the Jets will sweep the Bills? How do you think the aging Rogers will deal with that train wreck of an O line the Jets will put in front of him? The Jets WR's are young but their best guy isn't in the same class as Diggs. That rookie RB was very good. But what makes you think he'll be close to 100% next season after the injury he had this season?

I disagree. Rogers is Brees not Brady. He has begun his rapid fall from the elite ranks of QB's due to age.

My point was that the Bills don't draft very well in the 2nd round. D Hop is a proven commodity that reminds me of the big step forward our offense took back in 1990 with the addition of Loften.

A quick look at the Bills recent success in the 2nd round supports this 100%.

I would agree that for the majority on this board you're correct. But there is a persistent minority of posters who go after Allen pretty hard, particularly considering this is a Bills board. Maybe you're just avoiding some of those threads.

Even though I quoted your post my comments were more aimed at other posters who seem to rag on Allen endlessly.

It's more then an unpopular take it's a completely irrational take and ignores the more important stats. Which is exactly what I mean by some fans being overly critical of Allen on a Bills message board! You throw out his 14 INT's and compare them to his 12 INT's his rookie year as if this shows there's a problem. But you leave out the rest of the story: Rookie Allen threw for 2074 yards, 10 TD's and 12 INT's in 11 games. Elite 2022 Allen threw for 4238 yards, 35 TD's and 14 INT's in 16 games. So Allen threw 25 more TD passes and only 2 more INT's. And Allen was almost as productive running the ball in 2022 as he was running the ball as a rookie. Rookie Allen had 631 rushing yards, 8 TD and 2 lost fumbles Elite 2022 Allen had 762 rushing yards, 7 TD's and 5 lost fumbles.

Bean is playing a high stakes poker game this season. He's channeling 2019 in which he significant;y upgraded the Bills offensive talent by signing middle of the road guys (Brown & Beasley) or guys with injury issues (Morse). He also spent 3rd round picks on Knox & Motor that year and both of those guys impacted the offense as rookies. Flash forward to 2023 and Bean is doing the exact same thing. If it works as well as it did in 2019 the Bills are a legit threat to win the Super Bowl and Bean will be NFL executive of the year. If it blows up on him he may be hitting the road after the season. And given the CAP situation I'm not sure Bean had any other options. Of course this assumes that the bulk of the draft picks will be offensive guys. Look at it this way if just one of the two guards Bean brought in works out, if just one of the two WR's he brought in works out and Harris stays healthy and upgrades the RB position Bean's gamble will pay off. And honestly I don't think this is wishful thinking. Wishful thinking would be that Harris is productive and stays healthy and BOTH new WR's and BOTH new Guards play great.

I hate the INT's to and everyone could stand to benefit from playing better. But it seems to me that Allen gets more criticism on a Bills Board then Lamar Jackson gets on that same Bills board in that epic Jackson contract thread. So I did a little mental exercise. I compared Jackson & Allen's stats over the last 2 seasons: Allen in 33/33 games: 8690 passing yards, 71 passing TD's & 29 INT's Jackson in 24/34 games: 5124 passing yards, 33 passing TD's & 20 INT's Allen in 33/33 games: 1525 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD's & 8 lost fumbles Jackson in 24/34 games: 1531 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD's & 5 lost fumbles Allen in 33/33 games: 10,215 total yards, 84 total TD's & 37 total TO's Jackson in 24/34 games: 6655 total yards, 38 total TD's & 25 total TO's We don't remotely have a QB problem even with Allen's INT's and room for further improvement. It's clear what the Bills have to do to win a championship. Copy KC, Cincy & Philly and throw all available resources into the offense. The more talent the Bills surround Allen with the more Super Bowl runs this organization will have.

Real Bill's fans, no matter how painful it was on each of those losing SB Sunday's, relish and value the experience that those amazing SB teams brought us. I suspect that the Bills going to FOUR straight Super Bowls will never be repeated. And real Bill's fans are very grateful that Allen is our QB. That doesn't mean we don't think he can't get better, he can. But the default starting point with Allen is gratitude to the football gods that he landed in Buffalo. Because real Bills fans lived through a 2 decade QB purgatory so we know what bad quarterbacking looks like. Allen isn't just a breadth of fresh air he's a freaking hurricane. Your critiques of Allen are at best silly and at worst mean spirited. What I don't get is do you actually enjoy messing with another fan base? It just seems so small minded.