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Despite a disastrous first half that was a toe away from a 21 point deficit, the Bills were still in the game. After cutting the deficit to 7, the Buffalo offense had three drives fail. James Cook on the sidelines on third down. McDermott needed to go for it on fourth down, instead he trusts his defense more. Same old sh’t. Instead of trusting the best player in the league, he trusts his failed defense. Why not pass to James cook as buttress against the blitz. Our receivers play all over the field. Why not play Shakir outside and Coleman inside, to open things up? Take it to the defense, why always be reactive? I swear Brady gets mental constipation when the offense stumbles. Josh’s play didn’t doom the bills, poor coaching did. Brady called a brain dead game and McD played scared.

Up: Cook’s non-use in high leverage situations likely forced a reckoning between Coach McD and OC Brady. The losing streak went to the bye like creating a sense of urgency to address personnel and scheme shortcomings by McD and Beane. The Bills received the gift of desperation; getting beat by two lessor teams who took advantage of their undisciplined and complacent play. Down: The secondary is a disaster but McD brings in washed up former players instead talented athletes. Josh has happy feet. The OC has called some ***** games this year. The DC can’t motivate or fix the leaky defense.

The neutering of Josh Allen’s wild side has lowered the number of turnovers, as well as splash plays. McDermott wants complementary football, code for heavy run, low risk passing. Last night the Bills needed to go for it on fourth down to jump start the offense. But we kept giving the ball back to the falcons. They could have won with only half a game of solid play, but Sean got scared and Joe Brady was in a daze. Third and short and Cook goes to the sideline. They are short receivers and yet Cook isn’t used as a receiver. He could have easily changed the outcome of the evening. What a wasted opportunity.

They are one and the same. Knox lost three championship games as coach of the Rams and one in Buffalo. Successful coach, even great on many sundays, but he couldn’t get past the championship game. Much like our current situation. Knox never had a great quarterback on any of his teams. They played complementary football, along with “ground chuck”. McDermott on the other hand, has football’s best QB and wants him to play like Trent Dilfer. WTF is wrong with this picture? McD and Beane are not on the same page. Beane tries to get too cute with his drafts.

“Poor Defensive Performance The Eagles' defense allowed a franchise-high 31 touchdown passes during the season. They had the worst red-zone defense in the NFL, which contributed to their struggles. Inconsistent Team Performance Despite a 10-6 record and a playoff appearance, the Eagles were eliminated in the first round. The defense allowed at least 24 points in 11 games, raising concerns about its effectiveness”—ESPN McDermott took over a bliz heavy scheme from Jim Johnston. By the end, he was moving away from that, wanting pressure from his front four. That theory, remains in action most games now. My point about his use of personnel is germane to our current situation. I admit that was not clear in my whine. Regardless, Jordan Poyer is not the answer. Signing Micah Hyde last year, instead of trading for a safety —-did not solve the problem. Did you notice Rapp make any big plays? Me neither.

This soft AF defense and McDermott’s stubbornness about his precious (system ) is why Andy Reid fired him. He has tunnel vision when it comes to players, always choosing system guys over athletes. We need a new safety. Rapp is crapp. Bring one in, coach him up and live with it. Darrick Forrest is on Indy’s practice squad, I’m sure there are others.

It’s so complicated it runs like a Swiss watch run over by a herd of rhinos.

He would suddenly look good in a Carolina Panthers uniform.

This is, and always has been. Sorry Sauce.

Santa please bring us a new safety Caleb Downs OSU 6-0205lbs 4.45 speed Dillon Thieneman Oregon 6-0207lbs 4.35 speed Kamari Ramsey SC 6-0204lbs 4.52speed

Cut Rapp anyway. He’s a ding(as the old man used to say)

Strong is the superior player, even as a rookie. Tre White was benched by the rams last year; they even paid him to play for ravens. He is a stop gap player at best. He’s a great teammate no doubt, but he suffered two extremely serious non contact leg injuries in the last three years. He is not the same player who once played a rough brand of one on one defense. McDermott, in his wisdom may play White, as once played Humber instead of Milano. But it will cost the team touchdowns .

McDermott seems to love overpaying washed up defensive tackles. He collects them like vintage cars. He brought in Lotulelei from Carolina, just couldn’t stop paying him no matter how little he did. Now Dequan Jones, who was not a $5M player last year either. At least this kid is cheap. They draft two tackles and an end, no pure safeties in sight. Clear out the dead wood coach. “Everybody’s grabbin’ , nobody's tackling…grab,grab, grab …”

Our cream puff safety play is so tiresome. The lack of upgrades through FA or the draft is a failure on Beane and McD’s part. Hancock can play safety reportedly but we haven’t heard anything about his being given any opportunity. The money we have tied up for jags like Jones (trash last year) & Samuel (still useless) should been re-allocated for new safety talent. I never liked the resigning of Tre White ($3M). They over paid him and Hamlin ($2M). Those dollars are wasted. Keeping the status quo was a terrible planning. Make a bold move Bills. Pry away Kyle Dugger or poach Israel Mukuamu (no idea about the kid) from the Panthers PS. Get your pro scouts off their asses.

Our safety play continues to be soft and mediocre. It’s stunning the Bills invested in jags like Rapp, Hamlin, Lewis. Bishop is not impressive at all. They should have drafted a top four safety ‘25 rather than Sanders, or Jackson. Since you brought back the marshmallow boys you now need a banger. Instead of wasting $$$ on Dequan Jones and Curtis Samuel, go get Kyle Dugger. No senior citizens. The rams are loaded at safety. Make a deal Beane. Don’t tell me a new player can’t learn the system, they can’t stink worse than what’s out there now.