JohnNord

This is absolutely true and a big reason why I tend to defend coaching. There’s just not a lot of high-end talent on the roster. I think McDermott, Brady, and Babich have done a very good job coaching this season. They just need more dudes especially at WR and DE.

Why even follow the team then?

That’s exactly what Buffalo has done this season. They blitzed Lamar almost 50% of the time. You make it sound like the played the same defense without mixing things up. They’ve also gotten burned because the blitzes don’t always get home and it relies more on man coverage with corners who play zone defense best. As far as the base scheme, it works fine as long as you can get pressure with the front four. They were excellent at the start of the 2022 when Von was fresh and in the 2023 season when DaQuan Jones was tearing it up. either way your pass rush has to work with the coverage. I think the lack of talent this season affected both. Not the scheme That’s true but it really doesn’t happen that often and it took him about 2 years to really play at a high level. So to think that they can fill their lack of production with one rookie draft pick probably isn’t very likely.

Most of us don’t have 20 minutes to watch, especially when we have no idea about the contents of the video. I don’t think writing a few sentences is really a hard ask

Kicking the tires of Bishop? He was a second round draft pick and is basically being gifted the starting Safety role?

I think your suggestions are definitely possible. The toughest piece is going to be the stud pass rushing DE. This came up in Beane’s presser and he said “guys like Chris Jones don’t grow off trees.” Also when it comes to WR, I think they’ll either re-sign Cooper or another veteran but I don’t see a high volume WR at all. From the press conferences it sounded very much like they have confidence in their picks like: Coleman Kincaid Carter Solomon Rosseau

They address the potential of criminal charges in the article. The statute of limitations make it unlikely that charges will be brought and a law suit would be challenging as well Why couldn’t it be Steve Spagnolo?

If people post interviews they should at least provide a brief of what Cook said.

Beane did not really say very much but he never really does at the end of the year. He did sound more optimistic than last season which makes sense. What I took away was: Von Miller will be cut Not a ringing endorsement for Elam, but his might still be back. Don’t expect many big additions of offense. Expect more defensive additions in 2025

I wouldn’t put Karlaftis in the “elite” category but he’s a pretty good edge rusher in the same overall range as Greg Rosseau. Rosseau is better vs the run, Karlaftis as a pass rusher. Justin Reid is pretty close to elite for a safety too

That’s the problem. It’s not for lack of trying. He’s tried to address major defensive needs with big swings and they backfired and set the team back further. In 2018, the interior was ***** so they overpaid Star Lotulelei to be the solid 1TDT and he sucked after 2019. So they were stuck with his contract which limited what they could do. In 2020, it was obvious they needed to get younger pass rushers, so Epinesa was drafted and he didn’t do much. So the position was a bigger need in 2021. They drafted Rosseau and Basham but found they needed a lot of time. In 2022, since they failed at finding a pass rusher, Beane needed to take a major swing and sign Von Miller to be the star DE and mentor. It worked well for about 10 weeks until he tore his ACL. Between the draft capital and money tied into his contract, they could only afford modest FA’s. Putting so many resources into the Defensive Line and failing to find at least one consistently impactful player really hurt the team Also, Beane had the right idea in 2022 to draft a CB but drafting and missing on Elam hurt badly.

There’s no conspiracy. We’ve seen all season that NFL referees are incompetent and inconsistent and their process is antiquated and insufficient.

I’d argue that the 4th down spot was the turning point of the game. Buffalo picks that up and I think they win.

I’ve always said to win a Super Bowl you need to get breaks. The Bills got a few with dropped INT’s and recovered moments but ultimately the two most important calls of the game went to the Chiefs.

LOL first off Brady is not a rookie OC. He had over year of experience in Carolina. Second who did you want him to hire? A retread like Todd Downing or Alex Van Pelt?

Or maybe he actually had faith in McDermott like he has stated multiple times publicly?

People need to watch this video. The crux of the argument is that is comes down to high-level talent. The Bills roster is solid but it’s missing those impact players needed to win a championship. Brandon Beane needs to build the top of the roster better. A few quotes in the event that you don’t: ”The Bills don’t have a coaching problem, they have a Chiefs problem.” ”Coaches set the floor. Players set the ceiling” ”Depth can win you divisions, but it’s not going to win you a championship.”

We’ll see what is said at tomorrow’s press conference but I think he’s safe. What makes you think he’s on the hot seat? I don’t get that impression at all as the team is realistic about the lack of talent on that side of the football.

He’s not going to lose his job. Babich is a year 1 DC and it’s not like he inherited a Super Bowl caliber defense. There were many flaws with this years and everyone knew it.

Right he can get after the QB, but unfortunately he can be pretty lousy against the run. Maybe it’s because they are playing him out of position but over the past few seasons he’s been on the field when the defense has gotten gashed. That’s why you can’t depend on him much especially as a veteran player

The only unquestioned starters are Benford and Bishop. Rapp has an advantage but I wouldn’t be shocked to see them bring in completion. The only way I see Hamlin returning is on a short term deal in a depth role. I think he’ll find a better deal elsewhere. CB is again in play for Buffalo on Day 1 or Day 2. I can see Douglas returning-signing but again on a short term deal. They can’t rely on him to start next season.

Agreed. People want to put Vic Fangio right around the same class but I don’t think he’s close and you’ll see why at Super Bowl.

Steve Spagnolo is a potentially the greatest Defensive Coordinator of all-time…while also being potentially the worst Head Coach of all-time. His record is DISMAL. 4 years as HC… winning percentage of .212 (11-41)

There’s a difference. Mahomes got the ball out in like 2 seconds because he had targets to get open. Andy Reid knew the DL vs. his OL was a mismatch so he worked to get the ball out fast. The Bills have done this in the past but the OL had typically been good. Also, a lot of the Bills completions this season relied on rubs which take a little more time to set up. IMO Buffalo needs fast WR’s who separate. They don’t have that on their roster now

This is almost a certainty. I think they’ll sign one mid-level WR to play on the outside in Free Agency. It might actually be Amari only because the rest of the class isn’t really that impressive besides Higgins. I can definitely see them re-signing Hollins as well. Because of “everybody eats” and the hopeful thought that Dalton Kincaid develops into the weapon they envisioned, I think there’s a good chance Beane bypasses drafting a WR over the first few rounds. Maybe they take one late like to compete for WR6 with the Tyrell Shavers of the world. Here’s my early prediction WR1: Mid-level FA WR2: Coleman WR3: Shakir WR4: Samuel WR5: Hollins I don’t love this idea but it seems that this is how Beane & co constructed the roster.