SirAndrew

Mr. McClappy’s Opus.

I agree, Singletary would seem much better with some help in the backfield. His lack of speed is what I can’t get past. This is a big play offense, and the feature back doesn’t have big play ability. An offense that spreads out the defense needs backs who can take it to the house, otherwise the occasional four yard gain seems like a waste. I think Singletary might be better suited as a contributor in more of a ground and pound attack.

Yeah, I don’t understand what people are seeing. The yards per carry stuff doesn’t do much for me. We have Allen spreading the defense out, slinging the ball everywhere. Why shouldn’t we get four yards per carry on the occasional surprise handoff? Our o line is a mess, but I don’t see Singletary as a feature back. I credit him for running well with power, but he doesn’t have anything special. Whenever he bursts past the line of scrimmage I’m waiting for him to get caught from behind. Once he moves into the second level, he has no ability to break away. Those are things I see with my eyes, not told by statistics. Singletary is a nice guy to have on the roster, but I’m not going out of my way to keep him, and wouldn’t worry about losing him.

Thanks Mrs.Singletary.

A couple years ago I was on here defending Singletary, but I’ve given up on him. I’m not sure why he’s held in high regard. He’s slow, can’t break a big run, and doesn’t concern defenses. He’s our best guy, so he’s been given the most opportunity, but that doesn’t mean he’s good. Singletary picks up some yardage, but who shouldn’t with Allen as QB? He just doesn’t offer much imo.

None of our backs are irreplaceable. You should be able to find anyone in the draft who can play at the level of our starters. Ironically, we drafted Moss who made that statement seem untrue. Cook is just a pass catcher and situational guy so that’s a separate conversation.

I’m glad McD found a scapegoat. Another year, another lack of accountability.

I can’t see it, I don’t think Rodgers would get anywhere near the NY media.

And a conversation with coaching that draft picks need to be part of the game plan early. We don’t know what we have with Cook or Shakir because this old school rookies sit the bench stuff, along with the inability to utilize guys properly.

I agree with all this, but Cowherd failing to mention Buffalo’s defensive failures is strange. He could make the point that McD is a defensive coach, and the defense also failed. Instead he mentions all the defensive players we’ve invested in, but doesn’t mention their lack of impact. He goes on to say the Cowboys were ready to play, but they have an offensive coach in McCarthy, and they did nothing on offense. It was their defense that kept them in the game. Cowherd is right, but he focuses on offense, while playoff football needs both sides of the ball to show up. It’s to be expected though. His gig is talking up the big time QB’s.

People sure are delusional about the Sabres.

Josh has played well in the cold, but it seems like any precipitation destroys this offense. We’ve seen it quite a bit.

Remarkable that no one asked about the DC at a press conference.

Maybe we need a more competitive division. It might good for our defense to get exposed as a fraud during the regular season. We might see change that’s actually needed. They get to skate by compiling elite stats while beating up Mac Jones and Mike White.

This has been my biggest McD criticism. We’ve been one of the better teams in the league the past few years, but suffer humiliating home losses on a yearly basis.

I like Beane, but I’m convinced he knows nothing about receivers. This press conference didn’t help change my mind.

Yeah, that’s kind of where I am. No one took accountability for 13 seconds, but you let it go. This season had the potential to let those sins be forgiven. Somehow it seems like this season ended much the same way, albeit with a different type of loss. It ends with more questions of accountability. Who’s going to take accountability for the defensive meltdowns? Who takes accountability for a plethora of ineffective draft picks? I don’t know if anyone does, and then I’m left pondering how 2023 will be different.

I voted no, and I didn’t want to. McD’s culture has turned around this franchise, and he seems like a great guy. I’m concerned that 2020 was the high point for this team. Elite QB’s like Allen don’t always win titles early in their career, but we’re seeing more flaws in this team as time passes. It seems that a different flaw is being uncovered each season. We’re not progressing slowly uphill, we’ve remained stagnant at best, and regressed at worse. I think of the Super Bowl era Bills teams. The 88 and 89 seasons were a slow climb to the Super Bowl. We seem trapped behind two better teams with anyone else potentially passing us. I’m not sure what the plan is to pull ahead, aside from hoping Josh does something incredible.

Zac Taylor also made a comment regarding the ticket situation, which I found incredibly ridiculous from a coach. The motivation part doesn’t bother me. I can take a good joke, but when using something for motivation there needs be some truth to the slight.

Good point, legalized scalping really damaged home field advantage in the playoffs. It’s too tempting for some folks not to take a decent sum of easy cash.

Getting the band back together was a desperate attempt to cover holes the front office created. I didn’t have much to say about it at the time, because fans are attached to those guys. How many Super Bowl contenders sign guys off the street just before the postseason, needing them to become major contributors.

I feel the same. The Chiefs loss was brutal last season. I didn’t even want to watch football for the remaining playoffs. This feels emotionally easier because I’m not shocked by the loss, but I’m more concerned about our ability to win a title. I thought we lost from a fluke/coaching blunder last season, but truly believed we win the title otherwise. I’m no longer certain what this team is. The entire 2022 regular season felt like a formality before making up for 13 seconds in the 2022/2023 playoffs, and it ends in the divisional round.

Sure, but SF played it perfectly by just having a D lineman truck him. Asking Elliot to block someone while having big guys converge from the edges is asking guys to do things they don’t usually do. I found it hilarious, and I needed that tonight 😆

Strange McCarthy couldn’t envision that with a running back under center.

Elliot as center was awesome, greats stuff.