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I really don't want to die on the "Josh Allen Sucks" hill, because I love the guy and how he plays. But he does have trouble hitting receivers in stride on short routes. I just watched Joe Burrow Tom Brady us to death with 5 yard passes with YAC and I was left wondering if Josh is willing or able to play like that. I wonder that because it's what wins in the biggest games. Mahomes plays the same way, but he's flashier doing it. To put a finer point on it, I can't think of an offense that won the SB that was as dependent on the deep passing game as the Bills are.

What if's he calling that because that's what he's good at. How many times have we seen josh miss open guys on short passes?

I'm actually going to dispute this. He could stop taking 7-step drops behind an OL that can't pass block. Josh Allen could also stop trying to throw bombs in the snow and take the short passes. I should probably put this in its own thread, but I'm not a thread starter. I think that the way Josh Allen plays is not conducive to winning big games in the playoffs. He doesn't seem capable of throwing short passes. He can throw a 60 yard bomb and his a receiver in the hands, but for some reason he can't throw a screen or hit a receiver in stride on a crossing route. When the weather gets bad and the defenses start to take away the deep threats, you have to be able to respond. I know everyone wants to blame Dorsey, but Josh's accuracy on short timing routes is not good. I think that's why those plays are not called. I want to think that it's something that he can work on, but he's 26 and I'm afraid that he is who he is at this point. This is just a depressing thought that I had driving in wet heavy snow this morning here in Cincinnati, imagining the Bills having to play in the playoffs in Cincinnati next year.

The OP's idea is not good, but this is what should be done. No team should get that bye. It's too big of an advantage.

Every mock that I have looked at since 6:00 on Sunday (I have a football problem) has him being picked before us in the first. I think they assume a rise due to an electric 40 time at the combine.

Beane would have to trade up for that.

I don’t know who to target in the draft or FA, but this team needs an injection of nastiness. We have a team of what Larry Bird used to call “milk drinkers.” They let guys like Eli Apple and Jaire Alexander get under their skin. This has to change.

The only time I know for sure that he took over defensive play calling was the second half in week 2 in 2018.

First of all, that’s a perfect description of my moods at this exact times. Second of all, that’s every sports fan of a team that has even moderate success.

Well, Zach Taylor was Goff’s QB coach with McVey and got promoted right to HC and that seems to have worked. Callahan fits the mold of Offensive Genius. Young guy with good hair who never played in college.

AJ Brown and DK Metcalf were taken after Cody Ford in that draft. But a lot of teams messed that up, including the Chiefs.

He said that last year and then went out and signed Von Miller.

I'm sure that's the case. If he's staying, we'll hear about an extension in the next week or so because they have to start scouting for the draft.

Frazier's contract is up after this season. If something "happens" it would be retaining him by signing a new contract. If nothing happens, he's out.

QB, #1 and #2 WRs are all on rookie deals. I think he's trying to say its like when David Robinson got hurt and the Spurs got to draft Tim Duncan because they were bad for one year. Then they had twin towers for a title run.

Callahan doesn't call the plays. In fact, I'm not quite sure what he does.

What malpractice by the Packers front office to let Rodgers talk them into that massive deal and having to take a massive cap his just one season later.

The cost to the Packers from a cap standpoint would be huge https://overthecap.com/looking-ahead-to-the-packers-options-with-aaron-rodgers

I just looked it up. The dead cap hit from trading Rodgers is MASSIVE so I get the demand for high draft compensation.

He's going to the Jets. It completes the Brett Favre circle.

That's what the Bengals did. At the beginning of the year, Burrow was holding the ball waiting for Chase or Higgins to get downfield and was getting sacked at a high rate. He was sacked 5 times by the Browns on Halloween night. They shifted to the quick game that we all saw on Sunday and they feel unstoppable. It was a wholesale shift in offensive philosophy made midseason to mitigate poor OL play.

I give Sean McDermott a lot of credit of turning this franchise around. My main complaint is that McDermott's teams lack a physical dimension that you need to win in the playoffs. The Bengals just came into our house and punched the Bills and the whole city of Buffalo in the mouth. The team needs some more guys that play with an edge and push the rules right up to the limit, and I'm afraid that McDermott's emphasis on culture will not allow this need to be addressed. As much as we all hate him, a Christian Wilkins type of player would go a long way, but he wouldn't fit the "process."

I realize that this is a complain about Frazier, but I find it interesting that Kyle Shanahan found Mike McDaniel so important that he didn't even bother to replace him and just took over the nominal title of OC himself.

Except they called PI and holding on the Bills in this game in some pretty key spots. I get that the Bills played badly enough that complaining about the refs seems futile, but the fact that their backups on OL didn't have a single offensive holding call defies belief.

Eli Apple is a UFA after this year. The Bills could sign him, because I'm sure that the Bengals won't. He is not a good CB. But I do agree with you about the Bills needing some nastiness on their team. Too many of what Larry Bird termed "milk drinkers."