JohnNord

The reason Buffalo is in this spot is because Beane’s investments have not panned out well so far.

I don’t think Reich is on the hot seat but it’s pretty obvious that Wentz at QB wasn’t going to work. GM Chris Ballard seemed to sum it up pretty well at the end of the season he basically they didn’t have many options at QB so trading for Wentz was worth a shot.

If I’m Buffalo, I gladly trade away pick #25 for him.

I am a huge fan of JD but I have a feeling his stock is going to rise fast as there isn’t as much depth at DT as there is in other positions

It’s an entry level coaching position. People are making more out of it than that.

He’s a position coach…who really cares?

I think so too but what is he going to? Fire himself? 🤣. I guess he can make the argument that a kick in play runs off 4-5 seconds (or more) off the clock and limits KC to one play. Then again it might only run off 1-2. Who knows? I trust Eric Turner of Cover 1 who first reported what happened. He said there were other issues with Farwell and the last :13 is only part of the reason why he’s not back. As far as McDermott Tim Graham speculated that the earned respect in the locker room based on how he address the situation. He didn’t give any answers but also didn’t throw any players or coaches under the bus. He said players respect that. This is what Erik Turner of Cover 2 said as well. The kickoff was only part of the issue and that there were other factors. You probably hit on many of these

Probably the only the statement you’ve ever made that I can agree with

I agree… I don’t think he’ll have some kind of breakthrough season fans have been talking about since he was drafted. He’s always going to be inconsistent. His size and athleticism will help the defense and allow him to cover ground in zone defense. But he won’t be the one to make the big INT or FF. He’ll make tackles but very few of these will be a crucial stop behind the LOS when we need it. Ultimately I see him as being gifted but not a difference maker. I don’t think you want to give this kind of player $12-$15M a season. But it sounds like the Bills think he can improve and will be willing to pay that. I just am not as optimistic

There are a few factors that account for this. The biggest is the type of 2 high shell defense the Bills were seeing most of the season. Typically this treatment for QB’s that defenses respect through the air. Josh saw a lot of man coverage last year and absolutely destroyed. This year the coverage took away some of the deep shots we were used to seeing last season. It took the Bills nearly half a season to figure this out. What compounded the issue was an underperforming OL - which Josh actually figured how to work around. The other is a running game which didn’t threaten defenses for most of the season and slowed redzone production. It was either ineffective or not utilized appropriately. Once the Bills found their line combo, the run game improved and the overall offense was more efficient toward the end of the season. Numbers aside, I believe you can make the argument that Josh was actually better in 2021 given how much of the offense he accounted for. He literally was the Bills entire offense

It makes sense because he was a good run blocker but had short arms and was not a good pass blocker. So obviously with pass blocking being a weakness he was going to have to fight for a spot.

It definitely appears that he does.

Trainwreck Sports reports 2 time former Bills DE Shaq Lawson is close to signing as well “in the near future”

This guy was spot on the entire time about this situation. Always said the kick was a miscommunication:

It’s hard to say. Last month it was announced that Bobby Johnson was leaving. He wasn’t technically fired but his contract was expired. Considering that Farwell was also hired in 2019, it’s possible the same thing happened to him. Regardless, whatever happened in KC definitely had an affect on this decision There’s some key details we don’t know. Was Farwell just so disorganized that he couldn’t get the call to Bass in time? Did he simply not double-check with Bass and assumed he was going to kick short? Or did Bass simply fail to execute a short kick? So many questions we will likely never know

Depends what happened. I don’t think Bass went rogue. He didn’t know what the call was and it’s been speculated that Farwell couldn’t or didn’t get it to him for whatever reason. I think the coach is more accountable than the player in that situation

You can’t take that away from him. But that was such a weird season. That Jacksonville team was one that seemed to just get a lot breaks, carried by an awesome defense. All Blake Bortles had to do was not screw up and offenses like that often have a defined ceiling. They struggled to beat a weak Bills teams in the wildcard round and the proceeded to play two pretty good games after. It should be noted that Marrone would finish 12-36 after his appearance in the AFCGC

You know this story was planted by super agent Jimmy Sexton. Key role = offensive line coach/asst HC

Bill Belichick is the Richard Nixon of the NFL. Didn’t need to cheat but did anyway

Are we really going to revisit Deflategate? Who cares?

You are correct. It was hyperbole. If you can’t tell though, I feel very strongly he won’t be on the team

This entire message board is guesswork. We’ll see if Star is on this roster next year. Like I said, based on all the signs I’m thinking he won’t be. I’ll be sure to let you know this Spring

I know the last part here is in jest, but the Star signing was really bad. The Bills really overpaid for a DT and tried to say things like “well his impact doesn’t show up on the stat sheet.” Sorry but good DT’s show up on the field and on the stat sheet. One thing overlooked with the Star contract was the opportunity cost. He signed such a big contract that they really couldn’t walk away from him until year 4 of 5. In that time the top heavy contract restricted many moves they could have made both on the DL and otherwise. Overall Star was not very good and I look forward to the Bills going in a different direction this upcoming season at 1TDT

He wanted the job last season

Frazier didn’t interview in Houston this year. It really seems like Lovie got the job under dubious circumstances this season. If anyone has a lawsuit against the NFL for a racially discriminatory hiring practice - it should be Frazier. He has been the token interview on many occasions to “check boxes.”