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Throwing in the towel, eh. LOL

Thanks! Now, part 2, what was different about their defense through the playoffs than ours through any playoffs?

LOL, it has to look different. And yes, you hit the nail on the head, Brady was focused on a short passing game, but that isn't Allen's strength. It might also explain why Davis' targets dropped by 30%. The question is why. The answer is because Brady fed into McD's "complimentary football" approach, or his definition of it anyway. Many don't want to see that however.

Diggs' performance fell off under Brady, who used him differently. This is no endorsement of Dorsey, at all, but under Dorsey Diggs averaged 7.3 catches, 87 yards, 11.9 YPR, and had 7 TDs in 10 games. Under Brady Diggs averaged 4.7 catches per game, 42 yards, 8.9 YPR, and had 1 TD in 7 games. It doesn't take a genius here to piece things together, particularly that Diggs played slot under Brady more than he has in his 8 other seasons combined.

35 pages in a hour LOL

And how'd they do that?

LOL Well anyone that truly believes that A, using Diggs in the slot as Brady did, and that this was a move forward, is delusional. Pending our draft wherein if we take a WR that ends up producing, and not riding the bench per McD's MO.

This season's performance is going to let us know what's going on, 7 Beane seasons in. The division sucks monkey nuts, we literally own Miami, they literally cannot beat us barring 100-degree temps with our players sitting in extreme heat, and even then couldn't outplay us. A division win is expected, and if we cannot advance beyond the wild-card round again, that theory is going to be quite seriously challenged. As always, we'll see. Hopefully we'll win a Super Bowl with this ragtag WR corps without a distinguished WR in the group. Hopefully we'll bolster it with a WR in the 1st round. But it should be of concern, because we've been lectured for a full year now by both head coach and Allen how there's absolutely nothing to any of this Diggs's stuff. That's not going to age well.

You sure about that? Diggs played slot half the time under Brady. Is that really where Diggs should have been playing? If Diggs posts another huge season in Houston, with what appears to be the next great QB, this trade is going to make McBeane look like morons and it will say even less for Brady. We'll see. But for Samuel to even match Diggs' numbers under Brady, on average for a season, he'll have to post a season that's pretty close to his career best and better than 6 of his 7 seasons. Samuel will be fine, but he's not going to replace Diggs. We are about to find out though.

That's fair. Allen isn't what's holding this team up, but here's how I see it, which aligns with your statements. Again, this is MY OPINION based upon the circumstantial evidence. Allen is a pretty simple guy, and by simple I mean pretty down to earth. Fame/fortune hasn't seemed to alter him like it does so many that have what he's gotten. He's also incredibly bright, and, this is key, he too knows what's going on behind the scenes with the team etc., but he's also classy enough to keep it in house. He loves golf, to the extent that, again, IMO, if he could choose between professional golf and football, he'd have chosen golf. He spends his entire offseason golfing, around the world now, by his own statements. He's looking forward to a nice post-retirement where he can play golf, not one in which he's so beat up that it pains and hurts him to play golf. His playing style, meaning all the running that the team encourages to make up for it's failures and inadequacies in their offensive ... regimen let's just say, isn't going to be possible in several more seasons, say once he exits his prime in five years or so. Unless he has a stellar OL and top WRs to make his life easier, I see him retiring early to play golf and enjoy his retirement, particularly if he continues on with Steinfeld. I'll add another perspective to it. We, meaning McBeane, and realizing that Beane is at least somewhat directed by McD, the guy that essentially hired him, haven't exactly done much to ensure that our generational franchise QB gets all the tools and protection that he needs. Put another way, the team in that way is no different than Allen taking the summers off to play golf, right. So maybe he's "taking a cue" from that and that's his way of quietly saying, you guys aren't doing anything to create the offense that I'd like to lead, or much to help me, while you're perenially tinkering with your D trying to maintain its #1 status, despite the fact that it plays like the 20th ranked status in the playoffs while I kill myself trying to win in the playoffs while simultaneously taking ALL of the media heat for failing to do so, while our illustrious head coach takes nearly none, so why should I do anything more in the interests of our offense when my efforts aren't being met as it is by the team/staff. That's just MO, I'm sure I'll be told how wrong it is, no need to people to jump on it. But, and I've never said this before here, but my position is that he's not going to be playing beyond his current contract. He's got more than enough money, his family isn't hurting and has their own business, his squeeze may have more than he has, he hates the stuff that comes with fame and wants to be down-to-earth, not a hoity spotlight type but can't right now. We'll see how it shakes out, but IMO the team's digging its own grave with him in that way.

LOL, Samuel's had plenty of opportunity to be HUGE and has never even sniffed those results. 7 seasons to be precise. The trade compensation was this year's 6th and next year's 2nd and 5th. And you're right, Samuel's role is now HUGE, but honestly, anyone expecting that to materialize in the way that we need is going to be incredibly disappointed.

When Brady proves to be no better than Dorsey it's going to be a riot listening to everyone talking about how it's because he didn't have Diggs. You honestly can't make a lot of what's forthcoming up.

I wasn't making any assessment of who's better, just stating our starters. But OK, swap Halmer for Shorter, so Shakir, who played Slot last season, now at wide, Samuel, who has to play Slot, and Hamler. Is that an encouraging starting WR corps? LOL People criticized and slammed our past WR corps, this should be a real hoot with the sentiments if it isn't seriously upgraded.

OK, but move up with what? We gonna trade away next year's first in a draft that's chock full of WRs? We got a 6th this year, which is worthless for any such trade. The 2nd next year is hardly a golden carrot. The 5th next year is also worthless for a trade. So out of curiosity, what do you think we trade to move up? We have a 28th overall, a 60th overall, then again starting in the late 4th and day-3, which are generally useless for such a trade.

It certainly raises questions as to what else they've lied and are currently lying about in the most secretive Bills organization in history.

Diggs will talk too, which is going to make this even more interesting. Grab the popcorn ... LOL

FWIW, our starting WRs are currently Shakir, Samuel, and Shorter. If we don't use our 1st-rounder on a WR now ... SMFH

So much for the "all is well between Diggs & the team" lies.

😂 Not jumping in on this congenial discussion, but that's hilarious.

We also know with 100% certainly that the secrecy that you mention stems from him.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Wow, I did not know that.

Scalper crackdown? What, they're going after Ticketmaster?

That's an interesting comment, because some fans have taken into consideration that once the new stadium is open, Allen will be sniffing his back-9 and most of what they pay for could quote easily be another drought era. Just sayin' as I know it's been mentioned here as well. It's not as if it's a big secret. The question of course is to what extent, if at all, sales will be hindered. We won't know until the process is finished, or at least well underway.

It is a matter of perspective, but keep in mind the TV option. I personally enjoy the view from the uppers, it offers a better whole-field-of-view view, but not everyone values that. There have been a lot of comments about watching on TV instead. Again, who knows, but watching it unfold is incredibly interesting for Buffalo.