Buffalo Junction

OMFG. The sky is falling!!!! 😱😱😱🤣

Not Mongo. He needs to be replaced asap as a starter, and I’d consider it a giant failure by Beane if he’s starting next year. Morse and Williams I can see staying around for 2-3 years while they groom replacements, particularly if they tack on a year or two at a more team friendly rate. IIRC Morse already took a pay cut. I don’t view either of those two as a liability, so I think the timetable can be extended if they find a big improvement at LG. That said, I hope they double dip on the interior in the draft and possibly supplement that with a starting left guard in FA. As for Johnson… He needs to improve or adding talent may not matter. Agree that he’s likely coaching for his job right now. There are definitely other variables at play, but he has to own some of the responsibility for who they’ve kept on the roster.

I see a slightly longer timeframe (2-3 years), but agree that these guys need to be phased out with younger and/ more dynamic talent. Personally, I’ve been concerned with the regression and lack of development in the trenches. I can’t speak from authority about Bobby Johnson, but it certainly appears that something is off with the development pipeline … whether that’s talent or coaching 🤷‍♂️.

When it comes to OL the Morse and Williams contracts were the right moves. We needed a solid veteran center to pair with a rookie QB. Providing that recognition and experience as a resource for Allen was important. As Allen’s pre snap recognition skills improve Morse’s value to the team decreases. Admittedly though, it can be difficult to diagnose center play when the guard play is awful. Ford whiffing on blocks and failing to pick up stunts has made everyone around him look worse than they are. The Williams extension might look like a whiff since he hasn’t panned out at RT this year. However, he’s been solid at guard, and bumping him inside has helped Morse. Most notably the communication coupled with the ability to execute combination blocks and passing off stunting DL has been a night and day improvement over Ford, Mongo, etc. Add Brown into that equation and the right side of the line looks solid. Is this team overpaying Williams to play RG? Maybe, but $8 mil/year isn’t outrageous for a starting guard who can play tackle in a pinch, especially when that player has shown the ability to stonewall top pass rushers on occasion. That last guard spot needs serious improvement. Getting that spot solidified would improve the offense exponentially. Particularly if they can get a player with attitude and talent. Most of us enjoy the edge that Feliciano brings to the table, but he doesn’t have the talent to back it up. Assuming that S Brown pans out at RT and Dawkins rebounds next year (sans Covid) inserting a beast at the LG spot could completely change the nature and effectiveness of the OL. Finding that player though is different matter.

A bunch of linemen downfield could just pancake the second level of defenders. They’d be setting up run blocks 10+ yards downfield while a pass play develops. Couple that with the rules banning defenders from cutting linemen out of the box and you have a recipe for unstoppable offensive plays. Imagine a reverse throwback to Allen or Lamar Jackson where the OL is allowed to engage defenders out of position 10-20 yards downfield….

Breida definitely wasn’t in contention by the end of preseason. Stevenson showed solid vision and speed. I have to wonder how close that competition was. I think that it’s possible the coaching staff put weight on the known commodity. They’re both electric in different ways…. 🤞🏼 that Stevenson ends up 1) staying healthy, 2) developing his route running enough to be a viable weapon going forward, and 3) adds some energy to teams while being reliable.

I swear it’s like people haven’t considered the possibility that Stevenson may have won that return job if he didn’t get IR’d. Not to mention the kid had a decent preseason catching passes Fromm Mr Khakis.

I’d say it’s important because it bumped Williams inside…. Not necessarily because Brown’s an uber talented beast. He’s just better than the alternative and allows the team to eliminate a liability in the middle.

Plus it’s easier to just chip or double a DE with TEs and RBs than it is to provide help to a turnstile on the interior.

Bass has to nail a freakishly long kick or a few game winners in prime time to get that same recognition. He has to do something memorable which will get talked about by the National media for a couple days. 50+ yard game winner in flurries on MNF or something similar.

I hope they stick him out there against the Colts. That defense will likely remember what he did in the playoffs. That might allow Diggs to get some better looks against coverage.

IDK. Browns are a losing team without Chubb and Belichick owns Sam Darnolds soul. That said, the Patriots are a dangerous well coached team that’s strong in the trenches. We’ll see how it plays out.

And….. option money has nothing to do with this years roster and salary cap. This year Klein is costing us $2 million more in cap space than Edmunds.

So is your last name Klein?

Shot in the dark…. Your last name wouldn’t happen to be Klein, would it?

Hanging from a dock somewhere on the Jersey shore. .

Mosley going for the cheap shots

It’s an under appreciated aspect of most top offenses. Forcing the second level to diagnose for an extra second, or even make an incorrect read is immensely valuable. Unfortunately that’s not a strong suit of this bills offense.

One can’t help but wonder how much effort the offense actually puts into making pass and run plays look identical pre-snap. Same goes for mixing up snap counts. I’d love to see them just start a game in 12 or 21 personell and quick snap the ball to throw a curveball at a defense from the first snap.

Almost forgot that Spain was reliable when pulling as well. What’s discouraging is we had three interior linemen with similar strengths in a scheme. It points me to a lack of identity in the running game which leads to a lack of clarity with regards to the talent and skill sets needed to improve in consistency and/ quality. It’s also a reason why these guys who all have a decent level of talent are playing subpar football as a group.

I’m not sure if this falls on Daboll, OG Bobby Johnson, or some combination of them…. But…. Pulling and blocking in space were strengths of Ford coming out of college and Morse coming over from KC. Not utilizing the strengths of two starting linemen for years in a row is a problem.

Nope, but I’d consider giving them up for Javonte Williams and Creed Humphrey.

You’re left with trying backyard football or navy football to find a numeric advantage. That might be why we’ve been seeing those QB sweeps. If Moss is out this week I wouldn’t be surprised to see an option game with Brieda a few times.

He was such a liability yesterday that the D gave up an unbelievably horrid 9 points. Shame on him and them for giving up three field goals.

It’s difficult to make adjustments when the line is horrendous and your only starting caliber TE is injured. They can’t run against a light box, and they can’t protect against a four man rush. They’ve tried wr screens, but Sanders whiffs on his blocks. They’ve tried short routes, but teams are sitting on those routes. There isn’t much to adjust to until they can get some competency and consistency up front.