JohnNord

I think the plan was always to get rid of Diggs after the 2024 season. It’s a fair assumption that his numbers would be greatly reduced compared to his first four seasons. At that point, the Bills lose a lot of leverage in the trade market for a 31 year-old WR and still would have to eat dead money. What could they get? Maybe a 5th round pick? Houston’s 2nd round pick was enough for them to make the move and take the cap hit a season early. As far as whether Diggs is washed? There were was an advanced stat by ESPN that scored receivers ability to get open. From 2020-2022, Diggs ranked in the Top 5. Last season he was #67. That’s probably not all on Diggs - it could be a result of the offense - but I think it’s to fair to question whether that massive drop is a sign of things of come. I also though there were a number of times this past season when Diggs didn’t come make the clutch catches he had in the past - like the bomb vs. Jacksonville, the final play New England, and of course “the drop” versus KC. Also if you’re Houston, why would you void the final 3 years of his contract if you truly believed Diggs was a #1 WR in the prime of his career? With that being said, I think Diggs still could be a very good recovering option in the Houston offense though I will be shocked if his numbers are anywhere close to Buffalo

Still a good route runner but he’s lost a step. Check out his success rate versus man coverage. It’s taken a dip

Fights at joint practices are almost a guarantee

Many of these conversions - at least during the first part of 2023 were a testament to Josh. The Brett Kollman video shared how aggressive Buffalo was in the Dorsey offense which often put the often in bad positions. Yet Josh was able to convert these crazy 3rd downs resulting in a very misleading EPA on offense.

10-6…. Are they going to forfeit the 17th game?

Here’s my theory….Considering that the Bills didn’t offer the job to Brown when Murphy retired and still held a search, it leads me to believe more established PBP candidates wanted more money than Bills were willing to pay. They settled on Brown given his familiarity and got him at a nominal salary compared some of the top candidates available. Personally, I think Brown is a “meh” announcer and hoped the Bills would do better. Then again, I rarely listen to the radio broadcasts. The Bills are a private organization and aren’t required to post open positions. They can hire whoever they and could have chosen Brown when Murphy retired. They still attempted a hiring process which makes me think he wasn’t their first choice

Yeah this is true. Frank Gore usage was maddening. It reminds me a bit of Latavius Murray this season. He had a little juice early but was done by the end of the season. At the same time, I’m not sure how much Yeldon really had by the time her arrived in Buffalo. He never played another NFL down by the time his contract was over, so I feel that’s a pretty good indicator that he was washed. That’s why I put Yeldon the same group as the other vets on their last legs. Hines on the other hand was a different story. He had the talent and ability, they just couldn’t find a way to get him involved

This would be a major upset in my view. McGovern has been training for Center and working with Josh since Morse was cut. For Van Pran to start he’ll have to have an exceptionally strong camp and McGovern will have an exceptionally bad one. The Bills do really like Alec Anderson however. Yeah I don’t see a path for Johnson to get cut. Outside of Frank Gore Jr. there’s really no competition at RB - and he went undrafted for a reason

I think you’re putting too much stock in Yeldon, Breida and Duke. There were low cost veterans, slated to be RB3 (at best) at the tail end of their career that did little after their stint in Buffalo. As far as Hines, IMO it’s an indictment more on Ken Dorsey more than it is on Brandon Beane. Dorsey offenses struggled to get players involved that weren’t named Stefon Diggs and on the rare occasion, Gabe Davis. Look at how Hines was used in the offense. They couldn’t get him on the field. And it’s not just Hines… Dorsey never figured out how to use 2 TE, could get much production out of the slot WR and couldn’t get James Cook (one of the best receiving backs in his draft class) the ball in the passing game.

So what you’re saying is… I should take all the money in my savings account and bet 2X that the Chiefs will three-peat?

That why I laugh when people say “Skylar Thompson almost beat Buffalo.” The Bills had the game won early and Josh let Miami back into the game with turnovers

I regard him better than a JAG but his ceiling might be a very solid WR2. I don’t see him as as the first option in an offense and can’t see him putting up the WR 1 numbers some Bills fans do

It never works like this…

That fine… my problem is that in the article he’s complaining about people judging him saying he looks washed. Look at his tape from last season, that’s the last impression people remember about him and it wasn’t good.

Bad news for a Bills fan given Von’s track record of public predictions! 🤣 But Von saying he shouldn’t be playing is a bit much considering he was the one pushing to get on the field

Not just McDermott, though he did write the blueprint how to slow down MIA offense last season. It seems that McDaniel’s offense get off to a hot start, struggles to be some of the higher-level teams, and fall apart down the stretch. I can see where he ranks highly as a play caller but as a HC I think there’s a lot to question

Yeah so… this list is pure 🗑️. Brian Daboll at #10? He’s on the hot seat this season. Doug Pederson? The guy whose team went 2-7 down the stretch and failed to make the playoffs? Mike McDaniel at #8? Great offensive mind but he’s struggled to counter when defenses catch up. Also plenty of dolphins fans questioned his play calling down the stretch.

I’ll agree with you here. If you are going to hold McDermott’s disappointing post season performances against him - you have to do the same for Tomlin and Harbaugh. The fact that they won a SB over a decade ago shouldn’t factor into the current rankings.

It does… Brady and Josh Allen. When you look at the lack of moves to find a bonafide WR1 to replace Diggs. Like Moneyball they believe they can re-create Diggs’s production in the aggregate with a numbers with competent though not spectacular WR’s.

This has been talked about already on WGR. Sal believes that teams will use a “kick off specialist” or punter to handle the new kick offs. He even thought that one point that the Bills could keep Jack Browning on the roster for kickoffs and Bass for FG’s. I don’t think this happens though. He also believes teams are going to elect to use more defensive players on kickoffs that can run, get off blocks, and tackle like LB’s and Safeties and less offensive players like WR’s.

I think I heard Sal on WGR make the baseball apology that Beane as GM has a lot of singles and doubles, maybe a few triples, but hardly any home runs. I think it still holds true, especially when you consider he hasn’t drafted an All-Pro since Allen (and technically Taron Johnson)

Any relation to Nate Geary from WGR?

I’ll give you that McDaniel maximized the potential of Tua and built an offense around what he does well. But what has he done as a head coach? I’d argue he hasn’t done much and much like Saleh, he’s been very good on one side of the ball and mediocre on the other.

I would agree that he’s a very good OC and one of the best offensive minds in the league. But you can say the same thing about Saleh on defense. I think they are about the same on different sides of the ball

Do the fish have a better head coach?