Ray Stonada

Philly is better on both sides of the ball today.

They just said Travis Kelce is hurt! Game time decision if he plays.

Refs killing the 9ers. But GREAT playcalling by the Eagles offense. So smart.

Kelce family has really good football genes.

I don't think you can judge a QB off one game against the 9ers D. That's a very tall order.

Cool to see two aggressive defenses playing fearlessly.

Crazy how much talent the Eagles have assembled, even though they passed on Justin Jefferson!

Too many turnovers and a number of missed easy throws, like against the Jets to win the game. No question Allen’s play dipped a bit over the season. I think he got flustered and started hearing footsteps. He was running for his life most of the year because someone’s (usually Spencer Brown’s) man was coming unblocked. He got addicted to deep shots even when the play was designed for a guy who came open for a first down. I also don’t get why they stopped feeding Diggs who was on record pace when the offense was at it’s best.

First half of the year Diggs was on a record pace. Second half he had far fewer targets and our offense declined. Josh’s passer rating was over 120 when throwing to Stef. Don’t understand why we didn’t feed him. Saw him open plenty of times where he didn’t get the ball.

Another miss on an undersized but intelligent defender. Other times, the team asks a player to get smaller—AJ and Boogie—that hasn’t worked so well either.

A few more players with Diggs’ mentality would help… that it’s not acceptable or good enough to lose.

If you improved the offensive line, even with no new skill players the offense dominates. We had the number two offense with this line playing, but it wasn’t close to good enough against better teams. Also, Shakir and Quinton Morris were underused. Next year we will hopefully work more out of heavy sets where Knox and Morris or Gilliam are all on the field. Run the ball on teams to set up believable play action. I would move Bates to LG, get a new right side of the line in free agency and the draft, and look for Morse’s successor.

Bengals to make the B

Build the O line. Draft a WR with height and hands. Hire a Run Game Coordinator / Special Assistant such as Greg Roman. Make it clear that the Bills would have to run the ball 20 times per game, not counting RPOs, and 5 screens a game, until we get really good at it. Not care if we start 5-5 during the growing pains period while our offense practices easy plays and not just being saved by Josh Allen’s genius.

Get a Lombardi, just one, at any cost. Then worry about more.

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“Anarumo overwhelmed Allen from the jump and got him to play the rest of the game uncomfortably. Allen started seeing ghosts in coverage and stopped playing with the same confidence he usually does.” These lines from Football Outsiders rang true to me, and Kubiak says the same. Hope Josh will focus this off-season on identifying the hot route at the snap, under all types of pressure, so he can defuse these blitzes instead of getting blown up. More Peyton Manning, less John Elway. Only then do you drop the long bombs, after a drive or three of dinking it down the field to a touchdown. That’s what we did last year in the playoffs, and this year is a sure sign of coaching-based regression.

THEY'RE KILLING ME TOO, WHITEY! Seriously, I went through some dark moments today thinking about how this season ended up. If we can get a damn offensive line, I have faith, though. I keep telling myself, the next five years Josh is age 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. Thanks for the post. I feel your pain,

I agree with this. Hopefully 3 of them on the O line, 3 on the D line, and one at safety.

No issues with the Pegulas asking that question, Ethan. They should ask that about McD and Beane after every season. But fire a head coach who had a 14-4 record? That's reckless. Did the Bills play well after Damar Hamlin went down? No. That was 21 days ago. It's weird to me, because most of this board said they would understand if we couldn't recover. Well, we couldn't. Remember: half the board was convinced Brian Daboll was killing us and if they would only fire him we would be unstoppable. Turns out he wasn't the problem.

It drains them as human beings, not their "energy." In tennis, the only time Rafael Nadal ever lost at the French Open in his first 10 tries, where he was unstoppable? The year his parents split up and divorced. You might not like to admit it, but the toughest people are vulnerable to things that happen off the field too.

It wasn't fatigue. It was being emotionally drained. But I know, I know, there's no excuse, they're highly paid professionals, etc, etc. Guess what? They're human, and imperfect, no matter how many times your salary they make.