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Chiefs RBs actually rushed 22 times for 76 yards. 3.4 YPA. You are right though, it’s irrelevant when Mahomes is getting nearly 10 YPA. Again. I swear, I think Brandon Beane has operatives on TBD to spread the “we need more DL help to stop the run,” narrative pre-offseason.

See you next year when our 3rd string 3t DT tweaks his pinky and we lose to KC putting up their best offensive performance of the year again. If only he was healthy!

I haven’t thought of the Ravens and their run game in a month. why is this still a concern? Chiefs couldn’t really run on us either.

I think their real plan is to let Stafford talk to other teams regarding contract so he will accept a lower offer. I doubt he’s traded. This is not dissimilar than Lamar negotiating with other teams for his contract years back. Rams have told Stafford and his reps, “if you want more money than what we are offering, see what other teams will give it to you.” Imo

Well, the league voted Josh Allen MVP for dragging this team to 13 wins. Our defense was 25th in defensive time per drive, 23rd in plays per drive, 26th in yards per drive, and 18th in points per drive. They were lucky to have a super efficient offense 8th in yards per drive and 2nd in points being run by the one man show. What those stats tell me is that if the offense wasn’t humming at elite efficiency, our defense would’ve been exposed worse than they were, even by some bad teams. Even if the Bills offense dropped to 16th across the board with average QB play in Tua (which they would be luck to hit because Mack Hollins ain’t Tyreek or Waddle), I think the 2024 Bills defense may have been painted as one of the worst in the league.

I know it’s just a silly discussion, but the Bills offense did a lot of dirty work to hide the defensive struggles this year. I don’t think we are holding as many teams to 14 without Josh carrying the load.

The comp is that if Goff had 4 turnovers every year vs the Commanders and lost 4 times in a row, I wouldn’t blame injuries for the loss. They could have different injuries every year and I still wouldn’t blame them. McD’s defense playing some of the worst ball of the year every year vs KC is the comp to Goff throwing 4 picks. Every year, we are going to have at least 1 starter dinged up in the postseason, anywhere. That doesn’t mean we need to be historically awful. A lot of teams aren’t. The Bills are.

I don’t think their defensive injuries caused Goff to throw a pick six and get concussed. I also don’t think it caused Jameson Williams to throw the worst WR pass in NFL playoff history. Sure, did it not help? Absolutely. The point is that if the Lions are continually losing in the postseason and their QB is turning it over 4 times (like Goff did) in every loss, it’s going to be hard to squint and say “man it’s just the injuries huh” Every team can claim injuries. Zay Flowers missed the divisional round, should we replay that game for Baltimore? Its silly. Imagine if KC lost their starting safety in the opening minutes of the 2023 divisional game. Bills would certainly have won by a ton, right? This year? No. This is way off. 2024 with league average QB play and we are picking top 5

The interesting one I saw floated was Tua + mild draft comp for Stafford. McVay gets a younger QB to pair with their youth movement on that roster, Miami gets a win-now QB for their aging roster. It would suck because Stafford is still legit when healthy. imo, I don’t think Pittsburgh or any cold weather teams are in serious play. Stafford has played in nice weather/domes his whole career. Other interesting play is Colts. They have run the older established QB carousel multiple times in a row. Rivers, Ryan, Wentz. With Richardson highly questionable to be the guy, it makes sense to save Steichen and try to win a weak division

If the Lions get bounced the next 3 years in a row by the Commanders, I don’t think anyone will be saying “everyone is great, it’s just the injuries.” Lol

Chiefs offense in 2024 - 15th in points, 16th in yards. Highest point total in 2024 - AFCCG against the Bills. Man, did KC never play a game against a team with defensive injuries? Nuts.

There’s something funny about arguing that we can’t upgrade the offense AND the defense next year. Like we have to choose one? Or is it because we have so little faith in the Bills brass to successfully improve both? They have 10 draft picks and more cap space than last year, but we can’t expect improvement because we need 10 picks on DL alone?

The surefire way to be very competitive and compete for Super Bowls is to continually draft dominant all pro and HoF level players. The Seahawks went from an average to mediocre team and over the course of 2-3 drafts acquired the core group of that SB team. They never drafted that well again and they slipped right back into who they were before. Even Belichick, the greatest defensive coach ever, had multiple years with a BAD defense because they didn’t have the horses. Jimmies and Joes matter so much more than folks give them credit. It’s an actual crime that I don’t know who was in charge of the FO in those Steelers days when everyone knows Chuck.

Stefon Diggs was acquired five years ago lol.

Its certainly possible but I doubt it. I felt that way about Darnell Mooney last year and he got $13M AAV. Teams are getting smarter.

Man, this is so revisionist. Chuck took over a 2-11-1 team. Drafted Joe Greene (DROY/HOF) and Greenwood. They then went 1-13. Drafted Bradshaw (HoF) and Mel Blount (HoF). Then they went 5-9. Drafted another HoF player in Jack Ham. Then they went 6-8. Finally drafted Franco Harris (HoF). The table was set for most coaches to do very well with that influx. NFL coaches have this weird mythical power when it comes to talking about their ability. The reality is that there are a lot of solid/good coaches and a lot of bad coaches. And that difference is very narrow. “Build culture and legacy” by drafting a bunch of HoF players all the time. We see this play out time and again. Bill Belichick was mediocre without his HoF QB. His culture in New England is in shambles because they don’t have enough good players. How could that happen, with the most buttoned up coach with a strong culture in recent NFL history? Oh, it’s because all of that is fairy dust nonsense. Maybe Chan Gailey wins 4 Superbowls if he drafted Tom Brady. Does it make him a great coach or does it mean that coaches aren’t that freaking important? For the truly inept, unprofessional, unserious organizations, sure you’d like a culture setter instead of a buffoon. But that’s about it.

Elam is getting a 7th round pick swap at this point at best. He is approaching negative value now. If you wanted anything substantial for him, he needed to be traded 2 years ago.

Who do you like that’s better in FA and at what price.

Knowing how this staff values system familiarity, Jackson may have the best value-price point. He may not be the best CB on the market, but he’s probably the best CB we can get in our system for a super modest deal.

You could squint your eyes, pay Benford, sign DJ and let the board come to you at CB in April. I’m all for it. Clearly a guy who benefitted from McD and his scheme but that’s okay.

Every class is different but id like to point out the top WR’s from the drafts AFTER historic WR drafts: 2021 Chase 5 Waddle 6 Smith 10 Toney 20 Bateman 27 Moore 34 R Moore 49 Eskridge 56 Atwell 57 Marshall 59 Palmer 77 Dynami Brown 82 2015 - Cooper 4 Kevin White 7 Devante Parker 14 Agoholor 20 Perriman 26 Dorsett 29 Devin Smith 37 DGB 40 Funchess 41 Lockett 69 Strong 70 Conley 76 Sammy Coates 87 Obviously the league has changed a lot and more talented athletes are playing WR, but there’s a lot of disappointing players after the top few when the class prior had an excess of WR talent.

Do you think Hailee lives in Buffalo full time?

Bring him home!

Agreed. Imagine where the Bills would be today if they had gotten rid of Rex, Whaley and Tyrod. I shudder to think about the alternative.

I think McD and Beane have run their course, and I can admit if you told me I could get Josh with the ball in his hands down 3 with 3 minutes left, I would take it every time, regardless of coach or even talent around him. Thats not being unfair