JohnNord

It’s not that he isn’t useful. He still had almost 600 yards in 13 games as a rookie and averaged almost 20 YPC. He’ll have a role in the offense but it’s likely as a WR4 which is pretty disappointing given where he was drafted. So Buffalo is essentially in the same position they were in last season: WR 1 - vacant WR 2 - vacant WR 3 - Shakir This is why so many of us wanted Beane to double down at WR last season in the draft. The Coleman selection alone wasn’t enough

Good for him. He had a pretty decent few seasons in Buffalo for a UDFA WR. I also remember him as cohost of The John Murphy Show

Kemp’s flat top was better 🤣

Now Jack Kemp, there’s a haircut you could set your watch to

He’s up and down. He made some big plays but also has been blown off the ball badly in the run game. If you re-sign him, I think he has to be your last DT.

The Phillips sack was absolutely huge. I think this was the game where James Cook made a name for himself. Also I’d add in Matt Milano who made a tremendous open field sack on Mahomes which knocked them out of FG range. That was also a huge play

They also just signed Samuel at the time too. That’s my problem with how the WR room was constructed. Too many duplicate skillsets

Clay and Kincaid - shoulder to shoulder

Yeah I’m not upset they didn’t pick Worthy but it’s pretty clear that McConkey should have been the pick. I didn’t follow Coleman closely enough to know how’d he do in the NFL. But so far he’s as advertised and I’d agree he’ll probably never be starting caliber. How about moving him into the slot?

The local rating in the WNY is absolutely insane. I can’t remember the exact number but a ridiculous amount of TV’s were tuned to the Bills game on Sunday.

They will cut him just like the Jordan Poyer and Mitch Morse. They’d love to keep him at a lower deal but it’s not possible. Look for Von to sign a one-year deal late in the offseason

Some more national media dismissing at the “fire McDermott” takes: You don’t want to debate because you have nothing but emotion and vitriol. That’s why you tried changing the topic and used a pretty gross metaphor in the process.

🤣 Nice straw man argument Mickie. When the hill you choose to die on get laughed at by the media, you change the subject. You’d be a great politician. When did I say the Bills defense is better than the Texans? My point is that you’re grandstanding about firing McDermott is getting laughed at by the pros. Well done 👏👏👏👏 Got any more takes?

The national media is laughing at some of your takes.

Who gives a *****?

Dan nails it right here. They don’t have enough high impact players on defense. He speaks only about the back 7 and he’s right but I’d also argue that they need a better pass rusher.

How Elam was drafted is absolutely puzzling. He doesn’t fit the defense at all, as he isn’t very good in zone coverage. So he played man and also wasn’t good and victimized several times. The Bills will decline his option and would be wise to trade him for the 7th round pick they might be able to get. Damar is decent in zone defense but they had him playing man coverage to disastrous results especially when he was isolated on Worthy. What a mess. I’m also disappointed he didn’t try to deliver a bit to hit to PM on the goal line.

Doesn’t really mean he’s lost the pulse. He tends to be right a lot of the time. Plus I would trust his reporting over a Bills fan connecting dots based on press conference comments

This is a lot of speculation from a press conference. You make it sound like Josh Allen is a nicer version of Aaron Rodgers. If you read the Tim Graham’s reporting last season, the concern with Allen was that he was too nice and wanted to be one of the guys. Rather than being vocal like Diggs, he’d often be hesitant. Terry, Beane and McDermott all wanted him to be more vocal and think of himself as a “partner.” This completely contradicts what you said.

With all due respect, the first part was a ridiculous question even by my standards. I swear that some Bills fans (and a few in the national media) are completely delusional when it comes to Beane and McDermott’s job status. Is a football coach who lives and breathes the sport (and who has a guaranteed $10M contract) going to walk away from his lifelong dream? Why? Because fans are mad he was one drive short of the Super Bowl. They aren’t going ANYWHERE. Yes there will be positional coaching turnover as there always is in the offseason. Coaches will move on and new ones will move in. The only “surprise” I might anticipate is Matt Smiley. He didn’t have a great season and last year wasn’t good either. I can see McDermott making a change

This is why I hated the approach last season of only drafting Coleman and not taking a shot at another in a good draft class

It just seems like Carter is going to be another rotational DL who comes in and doesn’t do very much. Solomon has the potential to be a good situational edge rusher but he is horrible against the run

This is it. Whenever losses happen fans want to find the low hanging fruit like coaching or Kincaid’s drop. But that always lacks a lot of nuance. The Bills needed to play one of their best games of the season and they didn’t. Lost in all of this is how good Mahomes, Reid and Spags are. Dan Orlavsky called his 4th and 5 blitz an “all time great call.” It’s not a matter of Josh making a mistake or Joe Brady getting out coached. It was an all-time great DC making a better call in a crucial moment.

This is where I stand and many of these decisions were made because the Bills were trying to reset their cap. Epinesa, Jones, and Rapp were re-signed to modest 2/3 year deals because they knew the system and their baseline average performance could be relied upon. Hamlin started because Mike Edwards sucked and Bishop was injured in camp. To his credit he held his own at times, but the defense was limited based on his ability. You could see that Babich was trying to make adjustments on the fly this season but it was almost like he was playing with fire. And yesterday you could see players really struggling

He doesn’t really have egg on his face for not drafting Worthy. If he’s guilty of anything it’s drafting Keon Coleman and passing on Ladd McConkey who looks to be the 3rd best WR in the entire draft. You aren’t wrong though. He needs to find elite talent That should have been the pick. Not Coleman