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Maybe.
They also had weeks to scheme against us and had played us earlier in the season and every other season going back like 5 years.
But yes, the overall takeaway from the SB is that the best way to win in today's NFL is to be able to "affect the quarterback" in the playoffs/SB. There are different ways to do that - pressure, disguised coverages, an elite secondary - perhaps any of those things would've helped us get past the Chiefs but instead we had none of them (for many years in a row now).
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They are trying to fix third downs.
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McD hasn’t yet gotten this hire right for some reason. They need to modernize their entire operation on Teams and quit clowning around with inexperienced hires.
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Amazing how many folks' views are shaped by McDermott's idiotic jet lag planning.
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Traveling internationally to see the Bills is an absolute blast and I can’t wait to do it again.
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He’s doing better than many folks here…
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51 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
The move we should all be scared of is KC trading for him. They came close at the deadline and WR is still a need for them. Kupp would be lethal in Reid's offense with Mahomes throwing him the ball.
IMO this is his most likely destination. If he can stay healthy - big if, since McVay has been slamming him into walls for his whole career now - he could replace Kelce and extend their window a bit.-
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6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
Yea he was always super high risk. Primarily the off field but also the lack of a developed route tree. There is no way he was on the Bills board IMO.
His own GM put him on notice last week.
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Reed might want to stay in NY and learn from Aaron Glenn.
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2 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:
I'm no expert but I think that this is one of the worst drafts I have seen in a very long time. There does however seem to be plenty of tight ends, and the Bills don't have a need at that position.
Btw where do you see Jaxon Dart going? I think that he will be a good QB in the NFL.
I think Dart makes a pre-draft rise similar to Bo Nix last year.-
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4 hours ago, Capco said:
I thought this approach made sense early on in McDermott's tenure. Build a foundation of Chris Kelsay's (lol) and establish a team-oriented environment for your eventual young franchise QB to grow in.
I also thought the second half of that approach would be to start taking some shots on high ceiling athletic specimens once the the foundation was built. The McDuffie/Elam debacle seemed to fit that bill in 2022, but when that didn't pan out I think McDermott fell back to prioritizing football character.
That's not to say that the GM and HC being on the same page isn't essential, and that's the situation the Bills are in. But to my eyes, Beane is doing his job on the draft capital front, whereas the spending of that draft capital is hampered by McDermott's vision.
Random aside, but in my Madden franchises I always try to draft for potential over day-1 starter material. I'll gladly draft a strong 6'3" WR with 4.4 speed and below average Awareness and Catching, because I can coach those latter attributes up over time. You simply can't manifest raw athletic ability out of thin air in a 5'10" WR with 4.6 speed, no matter how good his head and hands are.
At the end of the day, the bigger, stronger, and faster teams usually overmatch the rest.
Elam was in many ways more of the same. Yes he was a projection but he was considered to have a high football character coming from a football family. Similar to his brother who was also a first round pick who missed (and similar to the Edmunds brothers), Kair Elam was just a pick who didn’t pan out. He still might if he regains confidence. -
3 hours ago, Don Otreply said:
Gambling you say, the game in which the house is guaranteed to win the vast majority of the time, the house being the NFL, there is no way such an organization would parlay such a concept into the games themselves…,
The house sets the odds for themselves. If you think the game is rigged you’re saying you don’t believe the odds are accurate. -
Again - if you truly believe the league is fixed, don’t bet on games. It’s stupid of you, and losing gambling revenue is the only way the league will get serious about fixing officiating.
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I think it’s somewhat more complicated (as it almost always is).
Beane hasn’t hit enough home runs for sure. But part of that is because they tend to take an insecure approach toward player acquisition where they prioritize football character over other traits - such as talent and speed. They draft and sign players as though they’re not confident in their ability to fully coach them up - high floor/lower ceiling. Mack Hollins, Taiwan Jones, it’s fine to have a few guys like this but the Bills under this regime seem addicted to them - they overrate the “coach on the field” quality. Rightly or wrongly George Pickens was off their board. They don’t draft guys like that (or at least grade them much lower). McD has shown he can coach players up, they’ve got a great leadership structure and a cohesive locker room - the time to take some risks on talent is long overdue IMO and that’s as much a McDermott insecurity thing as it is Beane’s crappy player evals.
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7 minutes ago, VW82 said:
Agree to disagree on Bernard/Andrews. That was a spectacular defensive play, not an unforced offensive error.
How about we strive for 40 points but also be cognizant that we need to hold opposing offenses under 40 points?? Again, what team has won the SB with an actual historically bad defense (not what GoBills would describe as historically bad)? How about we try and bolster both??
Just not correct. Lots of film breakdowns out there. Bernard guessed wrong about where Andrews was cutting and it left him wide open. Bernard has struggled a bit in zone this year compared to last year for whatever reason. Still was a beautiful peanut punch.-
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The rock-kickers and the loons have been out in full force this week.
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Pretty sure they play Nickleback at Guantanamo to make them talk.
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Also JFC was it weird for anyone else when he referred to the “13 Seconds” game?
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1 minute ago, TheBrownBear said:
We just saw another NBA betting scandal (Terry Rozier) pop off today. This stuff is just going to get worse and worse with all the legalized gambling going on. Seriously making me consider whether sports watching is even worth my time at this point.
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Question for those of you who are sure it’s all rigged: do you still bet on games? If yes, um, are you insane?
The NFL will only fix the officiating problem if it keeps bettors on the sideline. Period.
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55 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
I found it interesting they called out his physicality. To my eyes that wasn't the problem this year. Maybe as a blocker but not as a pass catcher. The problem was mostly mental and technical IMO. He doesn't do a good job of finding windows in zone or detailed route running to separate in man. He doesn't read leverage well with the ball in his hands. So sure go pump some iron this offseason but mostly I think he needs to watch some Travis Kelce film, compare it with his own, and learn how to make himself available to his QB. Make sight adjustments, subtly move to match Allen's movements and eyes, etc. The game needs to slow down for him.
He definitely needs to get stronger at the catch point and be able to fight through more arm tackles than he did this past season. Also needs to improve his zone awareness. It’s definitely both.-
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Whole lotta rock-kickers in this thread. Nothing about this PC was novel or surprising; a chatbot could've written it. It was fully on-brand with his usual post-season milquetoast approach. There is no cause for any increased outrage as a result of this - this is Beane being Beane.
My takeaways:
- Keon did not push himself hard enough through and on the back-end of his injury, they are disappointed with how he ended the season and told him so, and he has a big offseason ahead. We all saw this ourselves.
- Kincaid needs to develop his play strength. He's a tough guy in terms of pain management but soft at the catch point and block point and they want more from him.
- Von is Gone.
- Hamlin probably gone too if they can upgrade.
- Corner will be a major offseason focus.
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Humanity: the Series Finale.
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4 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:
It really is all about the bye. The Pats had a bye in the divisional round in 2010 and inexplicably lost to the Jets despite featuring their best roster over the entire BB era (IMHO), but had a bye every year after that and reached the championship game 8 years in a row with 5 SB appearances. Very similar trajectory.
The Bills’ best chance at the #1 seed is probably a hope that the AFC West continues to improve. There are now four competent coaches in that division. Kelce very well may retire this offseason which also helps. But the Chiefs won’t stay idle and their pro personnel dept has been running circles around Beane’s for years now anyhow.-
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OL Alec Anderson signs exclusive rights tender
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There were literally decades of Bills football where OL depth was a glaring weakness every year. So nice to see that change.