WeckMonster

Yep. Have been through many of these and they often lead to reducing talent in organizations. As a generalization… High performers who feel good about their prospects outside often take the severance and find a new job quickly. Then often return with a promotion once their required time away passes. Low performers who don’t feel great about their prospects outside do not take the severance.

I hate the Bengals, think their ownership is bush league... but I actually don't think this is a terrible decision. Go all in on impact players and hope you draft / find cheap vets to fill the gaps. Think of all the lesser-impact players Beane spends $ on. I'd rather have Higgins than Roussea + Ogonjubi. I'd rather have Chase than Shakir + Palmer + Hoecht + Bosa. Out of those guys Shakir is the only one above average. The rest are JAGs that you can pick up anywhere. Hope our signings are better than I'm expecting and I eat my words...

This drives me INSANE. The safeties are literally so far back that WRs catch 25 yard passes 5 yards in front of our safeties. And this is with our CBs giving a cushion. I just don't understand the need to be THAT conservative. It's like playing 9 on 11 most plays.

Insanely terrible calls. That’s how you coach blocking. Along with Rapp, the refs had it in their mind that something must’ve happened as opposed to calling what they saw. Which is amateur behavior. The rule book basically allows for holding or PI flags on every play. That’s the point of having competent refs… know the difference.

Your overall point is right on. Those illegal formations are called on the Tackle but it's b/c a WR or TE lined up wrong.

Losing at home to 1-5 TN with a backup QB when you’ve recovered a fumble in their territory cannot happen without fireable coaching by our staff. It’s completely incoherent on offense and complete lack of adjustment in defense.

McD values reliability. He probably views Bishop’s blown coverage as a big reason they lost to Houston. But how do you get better without playing? He should put Bishop in 10 snaps/game and have him do what he’s good at… man coverage on TE/RB, Blitz. And add snaps each game. cant use a 2nd rounder and still have Hamlin playing all the snaps.

Diggs contract was going to age like milk as he’s already started to decline. We’re basically even in 2024 and will be in a better place 2025 and beyond (assuming we can get a #1 WR in 25, Shakir/Coleman improve, etc)

We’ve run a lot of 6 OL instead of 2 TE. Assume the thinking is they’re not going to throw to Knox anyway so might as well maximize blocking.

Kickers are so good now I’m confident there are league min salary dudes off the street better than Bass. It destroys team morale to trot out someone who everyone knows has zero business being on the team. “Everyone needs to compete and meet a standard… except Bass”. That doesn’t fly.

Article from 2023 below. Your anecdotes are the exceptions, not the rule. Quote: The lack of continuity extends to offensive coordinators because 46 of the 69 head coaches hired have come from that side of the ball. In the last five years, it’s 25 of 37, so essentially two of every three coaches hired have an offensive background. In the last four cycles, it was 21 of 30.

Successful Offensive Coordinators become Head Coaches. So McDermott will always have either a subpar Offense, or be hiring a new OC with a new system, etc. There's basically no scenario where McDermott will be able to have a Championship window with OC continuity. Chiefs won't have that problem. Their D's been great but nobody's hiring Spagnolo as HC. So D stays strong. And with Reid and Mahomes continuity you can get away with injuries, cutting stars, journeyman lineman, 6th round running backs, etc. That extends championship windows. Just look at McDermott's defensive continuity. Every year, catastrophic injuries are managed b/c Beane can get the exact profile McDermott wants to plug and play UDFAs, etc and get by.

Offensive head coach. Hit on draft picks. Avoided bad contracts. Bills have a DC as head coach. wasted high picks on Basham, Elam, Epanesa, etc. Bad contracts for Von, Knox, Bass, etc. Diggs debacle. We are where we are. Can’t throw good $ after bad chasing above avg this year.

What did you want them to say? “This is a bad roster. We hope to get some positive surprises and a couple lucky breaks, but that’s what it would take to be a threat.”

9 men defending the play. 2 participating in an entirely different game near the goal line for a reason only understood by McDermott So when every yard counts and giving up 5 yards basically equals a loss…. You want to play 9 on 11? Gotta go cover zero. Force a bad throw, maybe get a sack or pick

Why the F were we defending the Hail Mary when everyone knew Houston wanted 5-10 yards and to kick a FG?!?!? That was absolutely fireable on its own. Should’ve been cover zero bringing the house

I don't blame you for being skeptical! Here's a couple reasons to believe: -we've had a Super Bowl roster the past few years but the stars didn't align (bad coaching 13 seconds, injuries, etc.) -we need 4 things to win a Super Bowl next year: (1) avoid cluster injuries like last year and this year, (2) a Pass Rusher, (3) a #1 WR, (4) a Kicker. Injuries are luck. Proven Edge can probably be traded for or signed in FA. We should have cap space and/or draft capital to do either. WR can be found in the draft esp. if we're picking top 20. Could also find as a FA. FG can only go up, even if signing a guy off the street. Just have to eat Bass contract which we'll be able to do. I'm sure we'll need to fill some gaps (RB, Safety, maybe backup LT or DT) but those are run of the milll roster moves.

Our roster is much worse this year. The margin for error is super low and it took 4 weeks for that to be realized. This year will be frustrating b/c the rest of the league is not great and our Division is really not great. The Bills teams of the last few years would probably win it all this year. I'd argue the Chiefs weren't great last year and aren't great this year. I refuse to believe Sam Darnold can win a Super Bowl... but is he really worse than Purdy? Purdy almost won. Next year should be our year. More cap flexibility. Haul of draft picks. Probably mid-round picks instead of late round. Make it happen...

Good Lord, Lamar basically walked into the end zone untouched on a run from inside the 10. How is that possible? Hamlin got completely wiped out by a WR. 99% of safeties would destroy the block and at least make Lamar work to get in the end zone. That play I officially gave up on Hamlin. I'll take anyone else.

Good signing. Not sure why people are convinced Grable and Van Denmark could step in anytime soon. They’ve proven absolutely nothing. Will always be in favor of investing in the Oline and edge rushers.

Outside of injuries, I think you're way overrating depth and way underrating star power. The playoff games have been super close so star power matters. Chiefs won a game b/c their FG kicker is awesome. Bills lost a game b/c our FG kicker sucks. They have a huge strength, we have a huge liability. Chiefs won last year b/c Christ Jones bumped Josh as he was about to throw a TD. Bills have lost b/c we haven't had a true pass rusher in years (Von was THE missing piece until he got injured). They have a strength, we have a liability. As a receiver Kelce has remained a star and came up huge against the Bills each year (even though he was covered by guys that were retired a week earlier). Diggs dropped has dropped multiple game changing balls right in his hands. They have a strength, we have a liability. Hopefully Dalton evens the equation!

We wasted the 86th pick on a guy that did nothing for us. And rushed for barely over 1k yards in his first 3 years combined. Then ‘broke out’ with a mediocre season for a non playoff team. You can find Zach Mosses in every draft in the 5th round or later. Or on someone’s practice squad.

Shorter was “looks like Tarzan plays like Jane” throughout college. But missing in a 5th is NBD. Missing on Basham, Elam, Moss and Epenesa really hurts. Having this year’s cap tied up in Diggs, Miller, Milano, Bass, Martin is why this is a rebuild. Having Josh is why Beane will be around to bounce back next year.

Didn’t Flores settle a massive lawsuit for huge $$$ claiming he was fired bc of racism? When everybody knew the Fins really leaned in on his potential (not resume) when they hired him and then he made their franchise QB want to retire and basically say him or me. funny how this hasn’t been brought up on espn

One schedule variable that wasn't considered, despite some wild internet conjecture, was making sure Travis Kelce and the Chiefs had a game scheduled close in location to one of the tour spots for Taylor Swift. "I saw a lot of conspiracy theorists talking about Kansas City at Buffalo middle of the season, right when Taylor's playing Toronto," North said. "That one definitely did not hit our radar screen."