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4 hours ago, Dopey said:
That first pass was a short screen pass right in the hands of Diggs. He just dropped it. Blame him, if anyone. He catches a short screen pass and we get to the 2 minute warning. After a while some of you HAVE to realize players are making mistakes. It’s so lazy to keep blaming coaches and give players a pass.
As a coach, it’s your job to put the players in the best position to succeed, by throwing the ball, you know, any thing that doesn’t go right, you out the team in a hole by not getting to the 2 minute warning. If you are going to go for a pass there, it needs to be to take advantage of the Chiefs having everyone in the middle of the field, punish them and go for the end zone. Going for an extended handoff is not smart. That’s on Brady. At very least they should have run the ball outside with Cook and hope for something to happen, let it get to 2 mins OR force KC to waste a time out. They accomplished none of it and THEN ran two more passing plays, unit less than 20 seconds of clock, giving KC the ball back with entirely too much time. This was poor game management and if you can’t see it, there’s really no hope for you.
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34 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
Just looking at the offensive and defensive numbers across the board, the Cowboys are effing good. This is a tougher game than KC in certain respects. At least it's at home: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/2023.htm.
It’s a tougher game than KC in ALL respects. The Cowboys are better on every front minus Mahomes, but Dak is playing just as well as Mahomes right now and has 4x the weapons. If the SB Champion doesn’t come from the NFC this year, something went really weird bc there’s nobody in the AFC on par with the Cowboys, Eagles or 9ers. As stupid as it sounds, the best chance for the AFC is probably Baltimore because their D is really good and they can run the ball enough to control the clock, if Jackson can find a way to not choke, they could be the team in the AFC. Besides them?? The Bills have every bit as good of chance to win as any other team in the AFC and probably will miss the playoffs completely to multiple back up QBs, it’s a bizarre year.
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3 hours ago, Bob Jones said:
If he's got a 10-15mph tailwind, he probably could punch it through from 70 with a good hit. Did you see how far up the posts that 60 yarder was last night....with zero wind? Guy's got a cannon leg, for sure.
Umm yeah, that ball was good from 70 or close to it. If he gets a chance I think he can break the all time record with distance to spare.
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6 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:
You were watching a different offense then I was my friend. Diggs is running half speed most of the time, and isn't breaking any tackles. He also isn't getting any separation from the guys who are covering him. You can not tell me he has been dominant in the slightest the second half of the season. And to be honest, he doesn't have to even dominate. Just get open some and make 3 or 4 big catches per game. And show some fire!!
He looks like a guy going through the motions and they look like slow motions. I don’t know what else to say on the subject. Either he’s slowed down a lot or he’s just not into it this year. We are used to seeing him go at it 110% and this does not look like the same guy.
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42 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:
Davis will be a free agent. He brings nothing. We won’t be resigning him. We need two big time new receivers next year. Diggs looks shot. But his contract makes it prohibitive to cut or trade him. The same w Von. Ugh.
Diggs looks cooked, he’s at that age where he really could be, or it’s just a product of the coverage/scheme. Hard to tell. The “easy” drops he keeps making are infuriating for sure.
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7 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
I think AJE is better than Rousseau and would love to see more reps as well.
Yeah…. No. Rousseau is the unsung hero of this DL, he’s very good. His sack numbers may not be great, but he’s outstanding in rush coverage and even dropped in space a bit today and covered a rb
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Toney has GOT to be on somebody’s books in Vegas, dude has cost KC so much this year. Should be an immediate Free Agent after this game.
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Couldn’t mismanage the situation any more.
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Just has the feeling of a loss all over itz
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1 hour ago, Mark Vader said:
Again, you are pointing out someone who has only one year of experience and appears to have had an injury for most of the season.
You're expecting instant gratification from players, and that doesn't happen all the time.
No, I’m saying not all guys are going to make it. Just because you draft someone to replace another player, does not mean you have your future player on the roster right now. Especially when it comes to replacing a super star.
Would you prefer I point to Cody Ford who was taken a round higher than Williams as a point that not everyone makes it?
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39 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:
You do understand that Williams is a rookie, right? Not every rookie has instant success. Some of them take time to become better at their game.
See, Terrell Bernard.
You realize some guys are just athletes and don’t get better, right? See, Elam.
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1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:
I do think there are semantics at work here. There are “charges” a person is accused of and can be arrested for. But there is also a formal filing of charges where the prosecutor has various timeframes in which to file the charges.
How this applies in Texas is explained clearly in the first two pages in this link. I think the confusion is Von has been accused of “charges” and been arrested on that basis. However, I have not seen confirmation that the prosecutor has formally filed charges and that Von has been arraigned to make his plea in response to the charges “filed”.
The lack of charges being filed seems to be what the NFL and Bills are waiting for in terms of any disciplinary action.
Without those formal charges, there’s not much to do, they’ll end up in court with the Players Union if they do.
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19 hours ago, zow2 said:
What i liked is that when asked about playing time, Beane said the best will be on the field regardless of their name. And he specifically said if Von is not one of the best players on gameday, to help win these crucial games, he won't be in there.
Now you know he’s lying
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6 hours ago, oldmanfan said:
Take a deep breath and think. Milano has been in the league how long? Now how long has Williams been in the league? Thay's right, Williams is a rookie and he's learning. I'll bet you were among those saying we had no replacement for Edmunds and that Bernard stunk based on his rookie year as well. Am I right?
I’m not the person claiming Williams is Milano’s replacement. That’s a HUGE stretch. He’s shown little to nothing and Milano is great. I like Williams and would love for him to develop into Milano, but at this point he’s just as likely to be pre-season cut next season as he is a all pro.
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8 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:
I agree with the spirit of this take.
There hasn't been nearly enough investment into the offense in the Josh Allen era.
Gabe Davis at 128th overall is the highest WR the Bills have selected, and the FA WRs here have been middle to low end free agents. Beasley was 30 when he got here and so was Brown.
Offensive Line has mostly been a patch job with middle round picks and low-tier FAs.
The most investment has been at RB and TE.
Problem is with Floyd, Epenesa, Ford, Phillips, DaQuan, Settle, Lawson all headed towards UFA, there will have to be investment there. Now, I hope that Gabe Davis' impending FA forces the Bills hand at WR and they realize they should take one in the top half of Round 1.
But but but but, they traded a first for Diggs, in a wildly deep WR class. The pick they traded turned into Jefferson, they could have sent virtually the same package and had Lamb, why does is matter? CAP space. Those guys are studs on rookie deals. Yes they are going to get paid, BUT you could have saved 2 starting DTs worth of cap for 4/5 years and when you paid them, have a 24 year old, not a 30 year old. That’s huge.
For as much hate as I give Davis, he’s been a very productive 4th round pick and if he was playing the #3 the way he should be, nobody would be mad.
The problem with the assets being spent on drafting D isn’t that you spent the picks, it’s that you didn’t hit on any of them. Back to back DEs that were so impactful, you had to go sign an aging Miller to a monster deal and that obviously looks even worse now. Oliver is fine, but 3 DTs after him are absolutely in a different league than he is. Elam.. good lord.. that one cost us next years 3rd round pick and more money to make up for that gaffe in order to survive this year.
The thing the apologist want to argue is the number of guys Beane drafted that are in the NFL. The reality is, quantity is nice, but they’re no impact players. Literally none. There’s a chance that he finally hit with Kincaid, but that remains to be seen as right now he basically producing as a good slot WR. Don’t get me wrong, love it, but that’s not a massive impact player, yet.
The reason this team is in cap hell is poor drafting. The reason this team is looked at as having lesser talent vs the other contenders is POOR DRAFTING. If we want to be really honest, neither Beane nor McClappy would be here if they had not hit on Allen. Without him elevating the entire team, both would be elsewhere.
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23 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:
They have Milano’s replacement with Williams, just as they had Edmunds replacement in Bernard. I think Jones is signed for next year?
Milano is one of the best in the game and Williams is struggling to hold his spot over a guy who wouldn’t have a spot in an NFL roster if McClappy wasn’t obsessed with ST play, in an era where it’s never meant less.
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43 minutes ago, PBF81 said:
Thank you!!
The only reason why Kyle's here is because of his friendship with Josh.
What you said above is yet another example of a lack of leadership in the coaching dept.
Who knows what the dynamics are there, maybe McDoesn'tKnow is afraid to provoke Josh, which quite frankly isn't unreasonable given that he knows next to zero about offense. Just sayin'.
He knows that if it ever came down to a popularity contest between himself and Josh, that the results would be equivalent to that of a WNY-wide poll on Ranch v. Bleu.
All false, Allen is here because Terry is cheap and it was less cost to have two Allen name plates made vs adding another whole set up fee.
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10 hours ago, iinii said:
Bingo! Getting players up to speed gets expensive.
Yeah, I’d hate to be the Eagles, drafting all those stupid top prospects and winning right out of the gate. Has to be a rough life, especially being able to do it with their own draft spots being lower than the Bills.
4 hours ago, Pete said:lmao go watch Joe Marino's cap episode. The Bills have 44 players on 2024 roster, we are returning all of our key pieces, there are many ways to easily create cap space, and we have 9 draft picks, loaded with WRs. Buffalo is about to reload with much higher caliber skill players. IMO the Bills are setup for great success the next 5 years, and better positioned than most every other team going forward.
You sir, are what others call a “Homer”.
9 hours ago, John from Riverside said:Well, since Brandon isn’t going anywhere, it will be his mess to figure out
One thing is for sure as we go along. McDermott is going to have to start playing more of his draft class as we continue to kick the can down the road on Josh Allen‘s contract.
Next year is not the disaster that people are making it out to be
Next year NEEDS to be the reset year, the team is old and not very talented in many key spaces, not to mention it’s built from a defensive posture, not an offensive one. I don’t mean assets are focused on the D (though they are), the team is built to stop other teams and try to keep up with some of the high fliers, the problem is, you can’t do both without great drafting. The team has no identity, which means they won’t BEAT you with Defense and they might outscore you with an under tooled O. They need to go all in on Allen, build the line, which gives you a running game, and get him some weapons. Then if you HAPPEN to be able to draft well, the D ends up better than you plan. It’s basically what Philly has.
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12 hours ago, Billsfan1972 said:
Unfortunately this is the year to fire McD as his fingerprints are all over every loss and decision made this year (game plans and calls). If they lose the next two weeks, I can see a scenario where he loses the locker room and forces Terry's hand.
2024/25 I see no way with Allen that they aren't a playoff team again, but the goal is to win the Super Bowl and like others, I expect when push comes to shove McD will come up short and as long as Playoffs Pegula won't make a change.
I fear you are spot on. I’m going to start calling him McLewis, he’s the modern MARVel. Mediocre by definition and yet fans refuse to acknowledge it because “it could be worse”.
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On 11/30/2023 at 1:41 PM, May Day 10 said:
They need to have a terrific draft
Having 5 years of no real difference makers outside of Allen is exactly why they are in this situation. Last draft LOOKS pretty promising, hopefully the next draft can net 3 new starters on the OL, a #1B WR, 2 DTs, a pass rusher, 2 starting safeties and a partridge in a pear tree so they can fix the cap and be good at the same time.
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1 hour ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
Honestly I think I agree with everything you said.
I even believe next year’s starting safety duo is already on the roster.
Who? The S depth on this team is pathetically bad. Are you planning to convert corners?
15 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:For the most part I agree with the individual points.
But 2024 is going to be rough. Our salary cap is stretched near breaking even if we pull every lever available. We are either going to be rolling with an unknown as HC and losing a promising OC, bringing back a troubled OC, or throwing a QB coach in over his head as HC. Our core is aging and while decent we have yet to see superstar play at DE.
2025...with Kincaid, Bernard, Cook, Torrance and Oliver pulling their weight I think we are going to get another pass of a young core in Josh's prime.
I’m sadly convinced they will run it back again in 2024, same coaches, same basic roster and 2025 will be the new coach and a reset year. So they won’t be competitive again until 2026 and Josh will be creeping up on a decade in the league as a guy who hammers his body.. hope I’m wrong, but I think the pundits had it right, the window is basically closed.
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On 11/27/2023 at 9:21 AM, QB Bills said:
First part, agreed. But give Allen a competent coach and we've probably already won a super bowl. I can't see how you can include him in that conversation. How many times has he left the field after giving the team a lead in the final minute only to have his idiot coach and his soft defense give it right back?
Well that’s because he’s scoring too fast obviously. You can’t leave a team 13 seconds and expect to win, unless you play the Bills who have 2 time outs and 20 seconds, they will just kneel it out for you.
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On 12/1/2023 at 10:19 AM, QB Bills said:
The guy is scum but imagine him on the Bills catching passes from Josh? His speed with Allen's arm..that would be historic.
Man, I can’t imagine what he could do w a TE who gets coverages to leave a safety down and a QB with an arm like Allen or Maholmes, can you?
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20 minutes ago, ngbills said:
Charges are very rarely brought when a victim backs out. Sadly its the reality in these situations.
Yeah, BUT it’s Texas, so the DA makes the decision, not the victim.
6 minutes ago, TrentEdwardsCheckDownOn4th said:Can someone explain this to me? I keep seeing people post that his contract is basically 3 years but then I look on sports sportstrac and they reference the below. It's not that I don't believe you I'm genuinely trying to get a handle on how screwed we are.
dead money 2024- 32m- cap savings 8.6m
dead money 2025- 15m -cap savings 8.4m
dead money 2026 -9m - cap savings 17m
dead money 2027 - 2.7m cap savings 30m
Dead money is what his cap hit would be if he were cut in that season. So if you bounce him in 2024, it costs is 32M
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Real talk, the AFC has had to pay all the QBs, weakening their rosters and they are all no where near as good as they were. Or they are playing a back-up QB, or both. The AFC is not deep, it’s weak.
The NFC has three outstanding teams.