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I mean - if it's a matter of just expecting the worst and hoping for the best, I guess resigning yourself to it makes sense in that scenario. But personally, I don't understand resigning yourself to it. They have the least chance to get in and I'm quite thankful for it. If the Broncos win against the Chiefs - they're in. The Chiefs are resting Mahomes and a number of their starters, so it's very possible. Even if the Broncos lose - if the Dolphins beat the Jets, they're in. And the Jets are a broken team. They're in pack it in and go home mode. I don't see the Dolphins with their season on the line losing to the hapless Jets. And even if the Broncos lose to the Chiefs backups AND the Dolphins lose to the Jets - the Bengals still have to beat the Steelers who will not be resting their starters.

I don't think he'll be 5 either, but honestly it wouldn't surprise me. He's def earned at least a 1m raise. I'd imagine he'll have offers in the 4m range from other teams. I think he'll want to stay here. But offering him just a 400k range is a bit of an insult. Has to be 3.75, at the least.

He's on a 1 year 2.6m deal now, coming off a 0 TD year as a journeyman. You think he's only earned a 400k raise?

Not to pick on you or anything bc I've seen this from a lot of posters on a number of players. And him being "just fine" isn't a ringing endorsement. But you say Terrel Bernard is performing better in the past month. Gunner says the past couple weeks Ed Oliver has been performing better (clearly he did in Detroit). Kaiir Elam has staunch defenders saying he has performed well in the past couple weeks in Douglas's stead. Yet with all of these players supposedly performing better, the Defense during this past month has looked worse than it has all season. And by a large margin (save for Baltimore). I'm not saying Bernard is awful. I'm not saying it's all on him (as it could be Babich's scheming with him v. McDermott). But he was great last season. He was popping off the screen on a regular basis. This year, he's not doing that nearly as much and the middle of the field is a civ.

I know he was excellent against the Lions. Didn't notice him as much against New England. I share the same sentiment in hoping he plays like he did against Detroit throughout the Postseason.

Do you think he hasn't been scheming to contain the run? Do you think when we played the Ravens and they ran all over us that Babich looked at the tandem of Lamar and King Henry and put out a plan to all out contain the pass? I don't think Babich is the main problem. It's poor execution in missed tackles and being beaten by blockers that's the problem. It's players not performing at the level they played last year.

The Defense gave up 44 against the Rams and 42 against the Lions. Then continued to look just as bad in the first half against one of the worst teams in the league in a game where we needed to push for a first down to end it with a 3 point win. It's Week 17 and we're heading into the Playoffs against the best teams in the league with the most powerful Offenses. Including one in the Ravens that whipped us on both sides of the ball. The goal is no longer to be happy with a good record, a Division win, and getting a Playoff win or two. The goal is a Super Bowl win or at the very least an AFC Championship. And the Defense we've put out on the field for the past month isn't going to get that done. If you're not at least a little concerned with the play of players like Bernard, Oliver, Jones, Milano, and Douglas - you're simply being a homer.

I like that they're doing Blue Jerseys and White Pants and White Pants and Blue Jerseys this year. Even the Red looked better with White Pants. Never been a fan of the Blue on Blue, White on White, and Red on Red.

Ain't no way the O-Line is pooling together to get Josh a Sterling Silver chain.

Hopefully all the publicity this is getting doesn't turn off MVP voters.

There's been a lot of posts regarding extensions that should be made when it comes to upcoming Free Agents in 2024 and 2025. I was a little taken back by how high on the list Bernard was by most people in the conversation that included Christian Benford, Greg Rousseau, Khalil Shakir, and James Cook. But he did have a very solid 2023. This year though? He's taken a pretty big step back in visibility. The middle of the field has been consistently in play and the Run Defense has been extraordinarily bad. He finished the 2023 regular season with 143 Tackles, 10 Tackles for Loss, and 6.5 Sacks. This year, to date, he's at 98 Tackles, 5 Tackles for Loss, and 1 Sack. To be fair, last year's stats included 17 starts. This year to date, he's only played 12 games (due to injury and the season not being over yet). But the drop off in numbers, specifically in TFL and Sacks is pretty staggering. As is the amount of times he's popped off the screen compared to last year. His PFF score reflects this: Overall Score: 51.5 (Ranking 147 out of 181 Graded LB's) Run Defense Grade: 67.5 (#74 of 181) Coverage Grade: 41.9 (#150 of 181) Pass Rush Grade: 56.9 (#100 of 181) So what do we think the cause in the step back has been with Bernard? Injury? The play of those around him? Or is Babich not putting him in as good of a position to succeed as McDermott did when calling plays? We really need him playing his best Football in the Playoffs and this hasn't seemed to be the same Bernard I saw last season. Especially of late.

I agree and disagree with this post. The Ravens scare me more than the Chiefs do. And it's not just bc we beat the Chiefs earlier this season and got spanked by the Ravens. We simply don't match up well with the Ravens. Even at full strength, we struggle against the run mightily. Good run Defending teams have a hard time against the Henry/Lamar combo. We're simply no match for it and that's not all they have. I don't think Week 4 was a mirage. If we're matched up with the Ravens, I don't like our chances right now. We'll have to get back to full strength, Milano miraculously return to form, have perfect Defensive play calling, and Josh play the game of his life with all of his Receivers catching anything and everything. I hope they're upset in Round 1 and we don't have to deal with them. If we do face them and they do best us, I don't think the Chiefs will "handle them easily". That's where I disagree. If they can beat us, they'll take down the Chiefs.

Ever since Joe Brady has taken over, there's been an obvious effort to go to whomever is open and to focus on pass catchers that are seeing the least amount of attention in coverage. This is a large part of the reason Stefon Diggs pretty much disappeared after he took over and why he reached a breaking point with the team, IMO. Amari Cooper is the most accomplished WR on the team and as such, regardless of his usage over the past few weeks, will be facing the top Corner and be the focal point of coverage by opposing teams D-Coordinators. As was pointed out by others, this attention allows the players who have been making plays to do so. To his credit, Cooper seems to have no issue with being essentially a decoy since returning from injury (unlike Diggs before him).

He's not the only Bills Guard in the HOF.

QB: Josh Allen RB: OJ Simpson WR: Andre Reed TE: Pete Metzelaars OT: Jason Peters OG: Joe DeLamielleure C: Kent Hull DE: Bruce Smith DT: Kyle Williams OLB: Cornelius Bennett MLB: London Fletcher CB: Antoine Winfield S: Micah Hyde K: Steve Christie P: Brian Moorman KR: Terrence McGee

More than Spector? Dude is constantly injured and when he's on the field he's terrible.

He's an emotional guy. Tank Dell is his best friend. And he just watched his best friend, who's dealt with major injuries before, possibly have his career ended. Compunding that, he's also lost Stefon Diggs and losing Dell as well severely hampens their Super Bowl aspirations. I don't blame him for being upset.

Two things that drive me insane with the Defense: 1.) It feels like both LB's are always in coverage when the QB doesn't immediately hand the football off. It seems like they rely on the D-Line to both rush the QB and make the stop on a QB run or a Screen. FAR too often if a screen player or a runner gets beyond the line of scrimmage, there's no one there to make the tackle for large chunks. To the point where non-mobile QB's like Goff are taking off at the speed of smell and picking up 1st Downs. 2.) Even with 5 DB's on the field and LB's in coverage, there's giant holes in the zones. With upwards of 6 or 7 players in coverage, far too often I see a receiver making a catch with 3 defenders in the area - but no one within like 5 yards of them. It's absolutely maddening.

You can make contact within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage, but you can't interfere with a pass in the end zone. If that were the case, WR's would be getting blown up in the end zone on goal line formations within the 5 on every play there. And any time you're making contact with the WR with your back turned towards the ball, you're just asking for a Penalty. You have to be making a play on the ball if you're initiating contact. Neither of those DPI's were BS. If they happened on our WR's in the End Zone, I'd be saying "where's the flag?".

Losing Stefon Diggs and Tank Dell for the year is really rough. But they aren't desperate. They just go from having an embarrassment of riches to at worst, an average WR core. They still have their #1 in Nico Collins. They also still have Robert Woods and John Metchie III. They like Xavier Hutchinson, a 6th Round Pick from last year and are expected to ramp up his usage. And in conjunction with Joe Mixon at RB and Dalton Schultz at TE - that Offense is still in pretty decent shape. It's not the jaw dropping, "holy crap!" Offense on paper they started the year with. But desperate? No. And they'll worry about next year this coming offseason. When it comes to an OBJ or a Johnson off the street with what they've shown on field (and in the locker room in Johnson's case) or elevating someone from their Practice Squad who's been with the team for at least a year and knows the offense - I imagine they'll just promote someone.

He's had 3 full years in the NFL. 3 Training Camps, 3 Pre-Seasons, and 3 years of Practices. He's played in 27 games and had 10 starts. He's had multiple Defensive Backs coaches at the NFL Level and plays for a DB's Head Coach. And the issues that he had as a College Prospect that have had him in the Dog House still exist and were on full display today. I don't believe "more experience" is going to change his leopard's spots, if you will.

He was consistently putting his hands on his man down the field. He was more often than not with his back to the ball. The PI penalties were obvious fouls. Idk what game you were watching, but Elam was atrocious. And against the worst WR core in Football.

Welp. We saw more of Elam. Do you guys want to see even more?

Welp. You all wanted to see more of Elam.