BuffaloRebound

I don’t look at as egotistical, more like leverage. Like it or not it’s a QB driven league so they’re the ones who have it. And if he has issues with taking too many hits and doesn’t feel like he’s being listened to, they’ll surely be listening now.

Looking at his contract, he got paid $50m+ in cash in 2020. He’s only slated to make $19m in cash in 2021. I know, poor him but that’s a really poorly constructed contract from the standpoint of incentivizing the player. Instead of a $65m signing bonus split over the first 2 years, put in guaranteed roster bonuses that spread what is paid to the player more evenly each year. Human nature for a guy like Wilson to say I’m not getting my head beat in for $19m, which is fringe starter money for a QB.

I’d be very happy with a couple trade downs and 5 picks in the top 100. Use 4 of those on the defensive side of the ball to improve overall speed and physicality. I’m happy with Beane’s overall job performance, but we’ve used a lot of picks in trade ups for guys who’ve turned out to be JAG’s. Get more bites at the apple and improve the speed on the defensive side of the ball.

It’s like we’re at the middle school gym and a kid’s lunatic parents are embarrassing him and everybody else in the gym going nuts at the refs.

Over the course of a 16 game season that strategy might work. Hughes plus Addison playing 50%each might give you the same production of Shaq Barrett playing 100% of the snaps. But it most certainly doesn’t work in a 1 game playoff scenario where you need premier pass rushers to stop the top offenses. Give me the the stud pass rusher at $20m per season over Hughes and Addison at $10m each.

This. They played 3 deep safeties and had Mahomes running for his life rushing 4. The running game was how to beat that defense but KC’s O-Line fit man-handled and Edwards-Helaire is a slightly better version of Singletary.

More interesting to me is how Tampa Bay almost silently put together a hell of a roster the past 6-7 years and wouldn’t even had a playoff appearance to show for it without Brady.

Let’s call it a front 6 since almost everybody plays with 5DB’s now. Looking at the 2020 salary cap, Tampa used $59m on its top 6 DL and LB’s (Barrett, JPP, David, Suh, White, Vea). Bills used $50m on their top 6 highest paid DL and LB’s (Addison, Murphy, Hughes, Butler, Jefferson, Klein).

It wasn’t just against the Chiefs that the defense looked bad. They almost cost us the game against the Colts by imploding on those two 4th quarter drives. Yes, they looked good against the Ravens but they run a gimmick offense.

I’m not saying we stink, but we are gonna take a step back if OBD shares this guy’s sentiments. I can agree that our offense is good enough to win a Super Bowl with some tweaks. The defense needs a major overhaul.

Offense - 1. re-sign Williams at OT. 2. Get Josh a legit TE, cough Gronk cough Those are the big ticket items. Rest should be cheap and relatively easy like bringing in a low priced vet RB who has power and size. Draft an interior OL in the first 3 rounds 3. Get Brown and Morse to take pay-cuts Defense - needs a bigger overhaul 1. Sign Shaq Barrett 2. Find a way to bring back J Phillips. Doubt Arizona wants to pay him $10m next year. 3. Draft a LB with pick 30 4. Cut Hyde and sign Jordan Whitehead to an offer sheet. I’d give up a 2nd round pick for him. Dude is a heat seeking missile who was that defense’s manhood. 5. I’d bring in Sherman at CB on a Norman type 1 year deal. 6. Let Wallace and Milano walk. 7. Cut whomever you need to on the DL to make the numbers work except Hughes and the guys on rookie deals.

It was pretty tone deaf to call the time out after TB got 8-9 yards on 2nd down. I didn’t have a problem with the first timeout. But once it was 3rd and short, you let Tampa run out the clock and go in 14-6 and you’re getting the ball in the 2nd half.

Agreed but last night showed he’s not close to done. And just like Brady wanted the challenge of proving he could do it without Belichik, perhaps Gronk would like to prove the same without Brady.

If Phillips is a cap casualty in Arizona, I’d bring him back. He’s a big dude who was disruptive. The Star savior stuff is kind of bizarre. He might help a little but Beane forced the guy to take a pay cut. Yes we played a tougher schedule this year, but the defense was noticeably worse this year.

That’s what everybody thought about Brady and Belichik. Gronk showed last night he’s still an elite player. He’d add an element to this offense we don’t have and he’s also an excellent blocker.

And win one with the hometown team. Yes, he’s on his last legs but he’s still a huge upgrade over any TE on our roster. I think he’d love to play with Josh. They both play the game with a lot of joy and are both big athletic freaks. I think it’s time for possibly the best homegrown talent WNY has ever produced to come back home and win a title. From a brand perspective, I think it’d make Gronk even a bigger name than he already is. The dude is Buffalo. So is Josh.

If it wasn’t obvious before tonight, I hope it is now to McBeane that it’s not about a few tweaks here and there.

I don’t share your confidence. Tampa has a roster completely committed to winning a championship. We still have too many guys who would’ve had no business being on the field tonight, particularly on defense.

Actually kind of depressing. We are a lot of players away from competing at this level.

Suh just threw that O-Lineman into Mahomes

Chiefs having zero discipline coming back to haunt them.

Do we have anybody other than Tre White who cracks the starting lineup of this Bucs defense?

Are we owed an official apology from the NFL? The inconsistency from the refs is what’s maddening.

Chiefs are used to knowing they are better than team they’re playing. Bucs are actually just as good if not better everywhere except QB.

Tampa has a hell of a roster.