DrDawkinstein

I mean, that's just not true. Erik and crew were very critical of Dorsey going back to the 2022 season, and his lack of creativity, and his reliance on coverage beaters and (I'm forgetting the name of the concept where the two inside WRs cross each other over the middle and then turn up-field). They have multiple videos from the start of the 2023 season and then pretty much one a week questioning Dorsey, his play calling, and his scheme. They may have given him a little credit on running "an effecient offense" but then always went on to say "What's that efficiency worth when your offense isnt working?"

But then what is the 2025 dead cap number you are kicking down the road? That money doesnt just disappear because you wait until June 1. I'm also not really following your numbers or how you have them laid out as it pertains to releasing/trading Diggs and his cap numbers. We can do it in 2025 to save $5M. But I have to think $5M isnt worth losing a player like Diggs over.

You tell me. I'm also curious to know how this little contract tidbit affects those numbers: 2024 salary fully guarantees 03/17/2024

He has a $27.8M cap hit if he is on the team. Or a $31M dead cap hit if we move him. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/stefon-diggs-16872/ Next year his cap hit will be $27.3M on the team, or $22.2M is we move him.

I included Diggs only to illustrate the draft position. Notice I didnt comment on whether Beane hit on that pick or not, which he did but at what cost?

Wishing him nothing but the best. Go get paid and hope he stays injury-free. (And please go to an NFC team)

Josh #7 Overall Oliver #9 Overall Diggs #22 Overall Rousseau #30 Overall Elam #23(#25)Overall Kincaid #25 (#27) Overall I mean, there is a clear difference in when and where we are picking once we have Josh and are winning 10-13 game a year. Which significantly changes the level of players we are going to acquire in "the 1st round". Picking in the Top 10 vs Bottom 10 (or even bottom 5) makes it tougher. We could definitely hindsight the Oliver pick, but does having Jeffery Simmons or Brian Burns get us past KC? And Ed looks to finally be coming into his own, 🤞. Outside of Elam, I dont see any glaring misses. Rousseau is developing, Kincaid is already on his way to becoming a star. But I agree that Beane has had a lot of doubles and triples, but no home runs since Josh (maybe Kincaid will get there). My bigger beef with Beane is his handling of 2nd round picks. We've missed out on a bunch of home runs that were sitting in our laps because Beane gets stuck on certain guys or blinded trying to execute some plan.

CB in the 1st round it is then! Thanks for convincing us, Bill!

No, probably not future HoFer Chris Jones. But George Karlaftis definitely benefits from Spags and his system and his coaching. Along with guys like Derrick Nnadi and the rest of the largely unknown Cheifs DL who manage to show up on the big stage. And speaking of - Karlaftis is a great comparison to Rousseau considering they were both #30 picks. That dude is coming right along and making plays. Plays I'd say Rousseau is more than capable of, and that we see flashes of.

Really Front 8 with our rotation. And the back 7 didnt do so hot either. And that should tell you, once again, where the problem really lies.

lol, I almost replied to Don earlier to note "Spoiler Alert: Whether it's in season or off season, ALL of our content is meaningless here"

We have the talent. We dont have people who can get the most out of that talent or put that talent in positions to succeed.

Which players showed up in our biggest games? Besides Josh? We have plenty of talent. When the entire team is consistently no-showing for the big games, the issue lies above the players. See: @FireChans previous thread with the poll.

Between Tre White, Matt Milano, and Ed Oliver, Beane has shown the ability to get our guys re-signed on incredibly team friendly deals. I'm hopinh he can work the same magic on Rousseau. But he will absolutely get more than $13M/year. We are talking a 2026-2029 contract with a cap likely over $300M.

I've long suspected the AHC title was given to Washington in an effort to get him promoted out of the organization while getting a couple of 3rd rounders. I havent been impressed with his work while he's been here. It seemed like Von contributed more to AJE and Groot's development in 1 year than Washington was able to manage.

Considering we are talking about a contract that will run 2026-2029, yes. Those numbers should be more than acceptable and workable by our FO.

What's the concern? Dude is playing exactly how you'd expect a #30 1st round pick to play. Yes, you pick up the option, and extend him. No brainer. This is nothing like Edmunds.

Raiders back in the Justin Fields mix!

Oh, I have my criticisms of Josh, for sure. As recently highlighted here But you didnt list "QB" as an option in your poll, and you encouraged us to just pick one, so this is my hill to die on. And come to think of it, not listing QB but putting blame on him in your replies gives you the opportunity to argue with everyone who responds... Is this just a thinly veiled hate-on-Josh post for yourself?!?

For the Chiefs, McD wasnt just along for the ride. He was busy having his defense absolutely blow the game, AGAIN, if not for a completely random and lucky Offensive Offside penalty on the Chiefs WR. The Cowboys game saw Brady stick to the run. I'll give McD credit here for how prepared and fired up the ENTIRE team was, but that also goes to highlight my point about our inconsistency, and McD's issues this year filling in the DC spot and leaving the other 2 units without a true leader. Then McD had us roll into LA, get down against Easton f$#&ing Stick and the 5-9 Chargers into the 2nd quarter AND last minute of the game, and giving Stick one of his highest rated games as the Chargers scored on ALL but one of their 2nd half possessions. Thankfully, Josh lead the team on a 13-play last possession drive to get the game winning FG. ALL of our units had issues that day, which speaks to the HC. So unfortunately, no, McD wasnt just along for the ride. Might have been easier that way tho. For the record, I'm with you on this tired, old "one score game" argument. It needs to be stated that the Bills also never get blown out. And since no one is winning ALL the games in the NFL, this "one score game" stat shows that the Bills are always in it, even in our losses. I'll give some credit there.

Have known about it since it first came out as a 30for30 documentary. Havent watched it. Will never watch it. At least not until after we win a Super Bowl. I already lived through all that heartache once. No need to revisit it.

Pretty much, yeah. Regular season wins come to this talented team mostly due to Josh. McDermott and the players talked about how he changed after the Dunne piece came out. That was great that he managed to get out of their way during the regular season. But during the playoffs, where talent is largely equal, teams rely far more on coaching to get a win and once again, when we needed him the most, he fell short in his role. Which was destined to happen the moment he took over as DC. Too caught up being a DC, not enough energy spent on being a true HC.

If putting Klein on Kelce was his idea at all then that is a fireable offense. Come up with something better. One of the so-called best DCs in the league should be able to do better.

Biggest reason: Coaching Second biggest reason: Coaching The team has enough talent to beat anyone. "Any given Sunday" as they say. When we are in the proper headspace, we absolutely dominate as we should. But that is incredibly inconsistent and unreliable. That is coaching. Our talent will compete with the best. But when the going gets tough, a bad break always sinks us. Usually in a Situational Football scenario. That is coaching. I'm am hesitantly optimistic with McD solidifying Brady to give him a full year, and the addition of Babich which should allow McD to go back to being a Head Coach and hopefully working on his own situational football skills.

Only by the usual whiney, soft fans and media. No one important. Who cares?