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Did NOT see that coming. Thought the Bills S&C were highly regarded. The Bills were keeping some guys on the roster instead of IRing them, who wound up missing 4 or more games. Wonder if that had something to do with it? If they bring in someone better I have no problem with it. Where did you read this? Please share!

You can edit the title, dude. Just edit your OP post, and it makes the title editable for you.

Even better hilarity - Geno Smith Semi-seriously, I don't see the ingredients that allowed Darnold to be successful with the Vikings as present with the Jets: 1) good run game with Aaron Jones 2) decent OL in pass protect and run game 3) top-notch WR talent with Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and TJ Hockinson

But there's a reason Brady never saw that much pressure. He was the master of making his reads quickly, moving subtly in the pocket to find himself space, and getting the ball out quickly, accurately, and in rhythm to guys like Welker and Pedelman or Gronkowski, who made YAC for him.

Gaaaah! No! One of Elam's flaws is his unwillingness to lay himself out and thump in tackling. It's one reason why he's inactive, instead of playing teams. That's the very essence of what the Bills need from a safety, and Elam is missing it.

I'm snipping most of your post to focus in on what I believe to be a key point. In 2020, the Bills rolled over the league with a pass-centric offense. They weren't alone in this: the Chiefs, Bucs, Chargers, Texans, Falcons all very pass-centric teams of which the Chiefs, Bills, and Bucs were the most successful. The Colts, Seahawks and Packers were two successful passing teams that could also run successfully. The writing was on the wall in 2021 with the season opener against Pittsburgh and the embarrassing loss to the Jags. Some teams had figured out how to defend the offense Daboll was running. By 2022, teams had "caught up" defensively. So our scheme had to adjust, and lean a lot more on the run game. I think that's a league wide trend - I forget what pundit it was, but someone was proselytizing about how there's been a change and so many running backs are now among the top players by some metric of added value. The Bills defense was built primarily to shut down high powered passing offenses. They could stop the run when they sold out the passing game to do it, as with the 2020 and 2021 era Ravens and Seahawks. But when a team had a top run game backed up by a sound passing attack, our D struggled. The Colts gave the Bills all they could handle in the playoffs. We needed to move on from Daboll and his disciple Dorsey because teams had "solved" that offense. Thanks to the Giants hiring Daboll and McDermott firing Dorsey, we did. What I think we need to do, but haven't done that successfully yet, is re-cast our defensive scheme to catch up to the new offensive "arms race."

Cue "another panthers hire" in 3...2....1.....

I agree that losing Tre White was the beginning of the end for the Bills more dominant D, but it was really just one factor. Bringing up Benford as a "future CB1 playing as a CB2" - eh, Benford excels as a zone corner I think. It has to be recalled that the Bills used a Rd 1 pick on Kaiir Elam because HE was supposed to be our CB1, and we would have two "CB1s" of Tre White and Kaiir Elam in the backfield for 4 years. That was the plan. Benford was a lucky find.

LOL I got to give you Nick Sirianni's perspective on this. He's the best goddamned coach in the NFL and he'll be happy to tell you all about it and what to do if you disagree.

Chiefs can move on for practically nothing in football player terms ($2.55M) before the 3rd day of the new league year. After 3/14/2025 they owe him a $11.5M roster bonus. I'm not exactly sure I'm understanding your suggestion - are you suggesting the Chiefs drive their decision on whether or not to roster Travis Kelce based on whether Taylor Swift remains his girlfriend? I don't think that's practical for them if so - they got to make up their mind whether or not to pay him that big 'ol roster bonus mid-March, and Taylor could still be writing one of her famous breakup songs in August for all they know. In any case, slowing or not, Kelce was still the Chiefs top receiver for the 3rd year in a row. Rashee Rice, if there is justice, will be getting hit with some legal consequences and big 'ol fat NFL suspension. So Swift or no Swift, the Chiefs may decide they can't get better by moving on just yet.

He is indeed, and it shows in his stats - not just total catches and yards, but Y per touch, Y per game. But he is still Mahomes most trusted outlet and "guy" when he needs a 1st down, and he's almost as bad as Gronkowski was for pushing off and getting away with it to lose coverage when he changes direction. So even though he's gonna be 36 and he's definitely slower, he would still be a loss the Chiefs may not have replaced - remains to be seen whether Noah Grey can take a step and fill Kelce's shoes rather than catching passes when the attention goes to Kelce.

He was. But the 3 TDs at the end of the3 game will mask that.

I mean, in 2020 vs Tampa they only scored 9 points and Mahomes completed 26 of 49 (53%) for 0 TD and 2 INT, but that hasn't seemed to matter Refs got the spot correct?

Me too. Would have loved that so much.

Soooooo that was thoroughly enjoyable to me as a Bills fan Watched with a friend who was also rooting for the Eagles We made "rules" early in the game that our puppy got a carrot (loves carrots) or other veg every time the Eagles scored and a piece of cheese or a cracker every time the Eagles sacked Mahomes or the Chiefs turned the ball over. By the end of the 1st half the pupper was looking a little uncomfortable. Too many treats! Never mind, some yogurt and a little walkie and she's all good now. My quick thoughts on the game: -The Eagles DL was like McDermott's Wet Dream of a D-line. That's how McDermott envisions his D to work: the DL brings pressure with 4 and forces the QB off his spot, then keeps up the pursuit. They kind of took their foot off the gas at the very end and KC got a couple "pride" scores, but eh. -It was so much fun watching Mahomes get engulfed by those green guys and watching Kelce and Hopkins miss catches that would have made a difference -KC did a great job limiting Barkley and bringing some pressure on Hurts, but in the end it didn't matter. -My word, did y'all catch Sirianni's "Dano, you can tongue my bean bags" press conference after the NFCCG? When I heard all his "I'm the best coach in the NFL" stuff, I felt FEAR that it would inspire the Chiefs. No worries fellas!

Uno reverse card?

Good thing this is a thread about Denny Killington then, eh? Sounds like a big step and a good opportunity for him, hope he finds success in his new role.

Um, Wat? Say more.

If Sam Darnold has any self respect he would pull a Nick Sirianni and tell the NYets "you can tongue my bean bag" if asked

Rodgers "football" crime is not knowing when to

Are we 100% for sure it was Ferguson's blocking assignment?

Did he seriously? That seems un-McD like. Can you point me at the presser or even about the time frame of the presser so I can go give it a listen? I'll swap you for this video of Dion Dawkins dancing Edit: to clarify, I'm not surprised that Smiley got the axe or in any way saying the Bills shouldn't have moved on from him. I'm just surprised if McDermott explicitly said that Smiley would return as the Bills ST coach next season.

Eh. This isn't the time or place, but maybe Google the term "Yellow Journalism". What I think happens is that balancing strategies lag technology. Then society adjusts. Maybe I'm wrong. But like I said, not the time and place here.

If you read a transcript of Florio's opinion on it (not linking it here), the viewpoint he expresses, is essentially that it should always be that way. And I "get" that's one viewpoint: the all-pro QB is the best QB, and isn't the best QB automatically the most valuable? How can it be otherwise? The counterpoint of course, is that "best QB" (especially judged from a statistical perspective) isn't necessarily the guy who is the most critical to his winning team's success. Of course, this is the argument that was raised last season, when Allen arguably had a better statistical year than Jackson by some of metrics: that MVP is not about "best statistics", it's about The Man, the guy who elevates the team. It's pretty clear this year, Jackson had a great statistical season but opposing defenses were very much game planning for Henry, as well

Was Saquon Barkley there?