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Do people think McDermott agrees with this assesment ?

To be fair, no thinks Micah Hyde, Von Miller or Jordan Poyer are soft.

we need a defense that can hold the chiefs and bengals to 31 points. And an offense that can score 34 against the Chiefs and Bengals. we don't need the 85 bears on defense to accomplish this.

Our coaching staff look like rookies much of the time.

We just got stomped by the Bengals with not turnovers until late in the game when the outcome was already decided.

13 seconds debacle, probably wouldn't have been solved by a better oline.

Only one can be most.

QB is here for two reasons: 1) there are threads about Allen regressing, so it is a viewpoint of some posters (certainly not me the President of the Josh Allen fan club) and 2) Coach McDermott highlighted the need for improvement in the QB position at his post season press conference: McDermott said. “But we all, myself included, Josh [Allen], and the leaders of this football team, we all have to improve in certain areas to move this organization forward.” I can only assume you are the troll you fear. I don't think you know what "most" means.

Poll intended to summarize the many "needs" threads

There must be statisitics on his passer rating with a clean pocket. Pretty easy to extrapolate from that.

An offense that only works when the QB is perfect has problems. Every credible observer in the world knows Allen is one of best 3 QBs in the NFL. Allen’s production is in the top 3 by any measure. Anyone who seriously thinks the improvement on offense includes upping Allen’s production falls into the not credible category.

The lowered expectations will be easier to meet, ensuring a return of the same coaches for 2024 as well. Drop Josh Allen on almost any team in the NFL, and the expectations are that making the playoffs are automatic. Management and coaches are going to ride this horse for a decade, before a change is made. You can book it.

All those dominating Patriots teams struck fear into people's hearts with their running game. People shake when the Chiefs come to town for their running game. So I see what you mean.

The don't really need a consistent running game. They need a line that can pass block. Allen is an assasin when he has time.

Given Beanes observation that 3 of the final four teams have QBs on rookie contract deals, I am looking for him to trade Josh for a bunch of draft picks and starting over with a new QB on a rookie contract and some new CBs and DL's

13 seconds was the worst coaching choke job in NFL history. It does not even have a close contender. The stomping the Bills took against Cincy was nother horific example of bad game coaching. But lots of teams have been stomped in the playoffs due to bad coaching. So not that big of a deal.

this is the first logical step to becoming the Bills OC.

I was mocked three months ago when I started a thread about how the teams problems were rooted in its safties coaching. .......... I jest.

Its not worth the energy to do an exhaustive analysis, but I think there is an agreement that Bills rookies did not play as many downs as the rookies on most other teams. This thread is to discuss what the primary reasons for this were.

It was a shame they just tool all the old content away. It would be fun to back and see some of the old threads from many years ago.

Where do they rank on Salary Cap - I doubt the chiefs 8th in spending on defense. So they are over achieving.

I would reduce the Salary Cap committed to defense from the highest in the league to the league average. This probably means letting Edmunds walk among other things that the real Beane won't likely do. I would expect a committment from my Defensive Minded head coach and DC that with an average budget, they can deliver an NFL average defense, like the Chiefs or Bengals do. If they can't deliver that committment I would start a coaching search. I would spend committ all available draft and salary cap growth to the offensive line. 100%. I am not saying I would draft seven offensive linement. I am saying I would use the 7 draft picks to trade to get the best two or three linemen I could possibly get. I would not worry about additional offensive skill players. Diggs, Cook, Hines, (Singletary if affordable), Shakir, Knox and Davis are good enough, if we improve the line to top tier. Josh Allen with time is a brilliant passer, one of the best in the league. Given even an average amount of time in the pocket, Allen would elevate the production of all of the skill players we already have. On a separate track, I would consider what is an odd track for OC. I would tell Dorsey I am opening up the position, and that Dorsey remains a candidate, but he has to provide a plan on why he is the best person to be the OC. And I would interview others to see if I can improve that postion. Presumably Dorsey, will have a better answer than "Obviously I will be better in year 2 than year 1". Every player has to compete for his job every year. I don't think it is that odd to make Dorsey compete for his position.

are you seriously suggesting 13 seconds was just a close lose, and not a choke?

His cards were laid bare in Sunday's drubbing. He told the truth today. KC and Cincy are better, and he doesn't know how to make the Bills good enough to beat them.