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Guys, Come On. I don't have the coaches film to watch, and I'm not the coverage expert that some here are. But I can pick at some strategy and guess at others. It's not just not that simple. The Chiefs played 47 plays. They hit big plays on what, 7? 8 plays? Of which one was a Mahomes run, one was Edwards-Helaire, a couple were MVS and Rashee Rice. Two were to Kelce, plus a short pass TD. Maybe their problem is McDermott told them "we won't let Kelce beat us and here's how" so CEH, Rice, MVS and Patty did? The name of the game is also to understand the coverage rules, and try to manipulate the play to force advantageous coverage on Kelce.

Er..... are you trying to say Detroit always plays as though they're trying to run through a wall? 🤔

When did McDermott ever tell Frazier he was going to actively seek other potential DC’s and keep Frazier only if there wasn’t an upgrade?

I agree not Rd 1 or 2

This is pretty much where I am. And I live in Missouri!

That's only a sixpack plus a bourbon chaser by my reckoning?

Fair.

It's not just "you can't tell the press that". McDermott as head coach literally has "fate control" of all the assistant coaches. It is literally on him, no one else, to fire an assistant coach. Every offensive player in the building could file into his office and stand there looking at him like a pack of Furbys after presenting a notorized petition signed by seven witnesses in red ink, and it's still McDermott's decision whether or not to use his authority and make that choice, because he is the man with the authority (fate control) So even if the above happened, if McDermott says "it was my decision", he's not telling even a bit of a lie.

I calculate that as a BAC of 0.14 Not fatal, but don't read that post and drive.

I double dog dare ya to try it!

IMHO, McDermott should promote him to DC

Unfortunately, Spags has already had 2 shots as a HC (3 years with the St Louis Rams, then 1/4 of the season with the Giants) and at 64 and a defensive coordinator, even a very successful one - he doesn't fit the HC profile most teams hiring a HC are looking for.

Oh, gosh, we disagree then. He's shown some improvement but going into his 4th year, you want to extend him? Where's someone who knows more OL play than I do to comment on this?

Yeah, I haven't listened through the whole interview yet, but this is the first time I've listened to a Brandon Beane interview and done that sort of "blink and headshake" reaction a couple of times. How do you know you'll be able to count on Von to be what you need him to be next year? Oh we expect him to continue to improve, Von Miller is "trending up". Diggs is a No. 1 WR because Brandon Beane believes that he is. Maybe Beane has sounded this delulu all along and I haven't really processed it before because his delusions were at less critical positions, I dunno.

I kind of hope for his sake, that he does. Between the neck surgery last season and then being out a lot with "neck" or "stinger" this season, I feel he's one wrong landing or wrong hit away from permanent disability. Do you honestly feel Spencer Brown is good enough in pass protection at RT?

I'll partially correct you with regard to what Diggs said in his press conference. He said that he did NOT talk to his brother about it. He said that his brother was speaking as a fan. He also said he wants to retire a Bill: That pretty much seems like refuting it, without perhaps wanting to come out and say "my brother don't know what he's talking about" To recap what Diggs said around training camp:

Turning this around - the man is 30 years old and a Captain on the team. OK, he couldn't handle it after the loss, but 24 hrs afterwards, on locker cleanout day, he can't manage to face the press with a few phrases the PR people could help him craft if he asked, without "twitter fodder"? Sorry, I don't buy the exculpation that Stefon is just somehow so super more emotional and pissed about losing that he just can't fulfil his NFL-mandated media responsibilities. If we're trying to say that Stefon somehow hates losing or is more emotional about it than Josh or Bass, I think that's balogna. It reminds me of Tom Brady running off the field without shaking hands because supposedly he so super specially hates losing more than anyone else he just can't be a good sport.

I think we don't know to what extent the above numbers were influenced by: 1) a shoulder then neck injury that Josh Allen indicated was affecting his technique (thus accuracy), and trying to lean on the run game to spare Josh 2) potentially, Diggs dealing with issues caused by an oblique injury 3) Joe Brady trying to make lemonade out of the offense that was already installed I'm more worried about McDermott kind of exculpating the offense and pointing at ST and defense, because whatever McDermott and Beane ID as the "weakest link" tends to get the lion share of the off-season resources, and that would be f'ing stupid IMHO

Prefer direct quote of source to NY Post Cameron Wolfe is legit, a reporter for NFL Network "Cameron Wolfe @CameronWolfe National NFL reporter, @NFLNetwork .

Amanda Hyde Gets It She crazy Gets It. I'm not sure he wants to coach. I know that BK, he and his wife loved to travel - he said, ideally to places where they didn't know the language. He is probably still thinking about whether he wants to try to play another year or retire (I hope he retires, because he seems to be one wrong hit away from a permanent disability in his neck). I expect he wants to take some time and sort it out.

An injury settlement is a tool which allows a player (who usually has a “split” meaning he’s paid less when on IR) to be released while he’s still injured. The player and club agree how many weeks his injury will take to heal, the player gets paid for those weeks, and after he heals he can try to catch on with a new team, instead of languishing on IR all season (possibly on a lower salary, too) There is nothing in Tre’ White’s situation to which an injury settlement applies. His 2024 salary may not be injury guaranteed (there’s nothing about it). He’s due a $1.5M roster bonus early in the new league year. The Bills options are probably to cut him (and eat the $10.3M dead cap) or keep him and take the $16.4M cap hit. The dead cap is due to various signing and restructure bonuses he’s already been paid, and he’s not giving any of it back.

Yeah, the “don’t golf” thing is ridiculous. Just physically, a guy can’t train and throw more than a couple hours a day. He can do some mental stuff and watch film in a methodical way to train his mind a couple hours a day. He can do football stuff 8 hrs in the off-season and still spend 3-4 hrs a day playing golf. Easiest. Fake. Ever.

Thanks for the insight. I went through the play-by-play, but I didn’t do a running total through the game. My biggest fear right now is that Beane seems to react post-season to the biggest gaps shown in the last game. So after we lost in 2019, he decided Josh needed a #1 receiver and we traded for Diggs, which was a good move. In 2020, he decided we needed still more pass rush so he doubled down in the draft on Rousseau and Boogie. In 2021, after 13 seconds, we still needed to “affect the passer” more so he signed Von Miller as well as drafting a cornerback in the 1st. There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that Shakir and Kincaid are nice pieces, but we need to give Josh a #1 and #2 WR by drafting a WR high and looking for a quality FA. But with McDermott in his presser talking about defense and ST, I’m afraid that’s what we’re gonna get.

It's true that in terms of catch % Shakir is now the leading WR on the Bills. But in terms of targets, he still has only 45. Diggs all alone for a sure 1st down would be considered "your most reliable WR" by many. He really SHOULD be the most reliable WR on the Bills - being paid like it. I think from Josh Allen's POV, a ball thrown to Diggs might have been tipped, the DL was that close to on top of him.

First off, I'm not sure where you're getting 8.5 yards per play. The Chiefs had 361 yards on 47 pass + run plays. That's 7.7 yards per play when I math. A nit, perhaps, but IMO the "yards per play" thing is missing the point. I'm not interested in semantics debate about "nuclear meltdown" or not, but the average is like the joke about the duck where there's a cluster of shots to the right and to the left, and the punchline "on average, the duck is dead". Out of those 47 pass + run plays, there were something like 5 long pass plays and 3 long run plays given up to the Chiefs - plays of 20 or more yards. McDermott's defense is designed to depend on everyone knowing where they're supposed to be, and getting there in time. When you're playing a MLB who is over 30, just practiced with the starters this week, and has lost a step off the low athleticism he had to start with; a CB on 1 leg (who looked mi-tee slow in the clip we saw of practice) and a backup; backfilling for an athletically limited OLB with a raw rookie; and back-filling for the safety you move into the box with Cam Lewis - expect something like a 15% failure rate on a defense which depends upon everyone being on the same page. Your mileage apparently varies 🤷‍♂️