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KC looked pedestrian last week, but you've noted that PHI, SF, CIN, and MIA took QB's who were young/perhaps more limited than Allen and surrounded them with excellent skilled talent. Helped to get Eagles to a SB last season where they went up against another team with a great QB and high-end skill players. Not sure where it comes why they keep investing in RB's as though that's the missing ingredient to their offense. I think it primarily offers, especially with Murray and Fournette, reducing the risk of turnovers and short-yardage options not named Josh.

Chiefs andhave 3 SB appearances and 2 wins. They get the benefit of the doubt. Bills keep faltering in the playoffs with McD's roster.

Predictable that, you can't refute an argument but fall back on asking questions that can't be answered as some sort of dunk. Ain't got the chops to make your own points.

I'm waiting for you to not fight other people's battles. Besides, break time is over.

Zoom out for a second. Defense is surrendering 17 points per through half the season with their HC moonlighting as DC and those injuries. That's about what their scoring defense was in 2022 and 2021. If you're scoring 20, 14, 25, and 24 against the likes of Jacksonville, the Giants, New England, and Tampa Bay I'd say something's wrong. 4 game spells aren't a drop in the bucket.

How do you know there weren't any receivers available? That a third wouldn't have been enough to secure them?

Amazing how this HC and GM spin the personnel wheel and more often than not wind up with slower RB's and zone CB's. Team's averaging 21 points over their last 4 and the personnel solution is Fournette and another zone CB. Even if Douglas plays well, offense is pushed to the background again.

There's tension for sure and some is the pressure to win it all. At the same time, McD isn't a calming influence and that's what is needed now. Players take on the personality of their leader(s) and both sides of the ball have either McD or Dorsey running it. Neither are whom I would consider able to reduce the tension.

How far has McBeane's pro personnel groups evaluations come since 2017 in both talent and contract value? Not far. Off-season trade in 2007. Refused to report when Buffalo refused to re-negotiate his contract.

2pac did get away, is alive, and gone full Machiavelli now.

Starting to see this across professional sports with later Millennials and Zoomers. Or maybe that's me being an elitist Gen X'er.

If we see Ken Dorsey is taking the rest of the year off, you’ll know it was McD. Not fired mind you, just taking a break from coaching.

FIFY.

Going to go out on a limb and pre-emptively blame injuries for Thursday's game. Especially on defense that clearly are insurmountable.

Now that would have been some complementary football!

You couldn't name the starting DT's for any 40 front team in the league. No one could, but yet it's the catastrophic issue that led to this loss. Right. If you're gonna reference the guy, at least spell his name correctly. And no, it wasn't a gamble. Dude's on 1 year 2.25M deal.

It's OK to take the L sometimes WEO. I promise you it won't hurt.

Bell had a deal with a now defunct TV network to share revenue among owners from 1 game a week. Not a big challenge because the game in the 50s was largely driven by stadium attendance. Teams also negotiated their own TV deals locally which wasn't shared. Rozelle came in and not only expanded the league, he took the increased revenues from gate and television deals and shared that among the NFL owners. And much of that required getting more games on television across multiple networks.

You think it was easy convincing the owners back then to share TV revenue equally between big and small markets?

Pete Rozelle was better, but just as sneaky, at being NFL Commissioner. And neither were good on draft day.

I don't see McD ever changing his coaching philosophy even after going from DC to HC and in his current role, after having a franchise QB. I think he's always wanted a balanced run-pass offense that focused on ball control and a strong defense. He seems uncomfortable with a franchise QB and the importance of passing the ball. Reminds me of the times people ask why HC's, particularly in the NFL, refuse to adapt their personnel to scheme upon taking over. Because deep down McD is about avoiding risk and the defensive side offers that much more than offensive focused football, particularly the passing game. And that's why I don't see McD as the coach who gets them to the promised land.

The statistical analysis leaves out some variables, namely, that not all WR2's are playing with a QB of Allen's caliber. Setting that aside, Gabe's 2023 season isn't much different than 2022. Last year, he was targeted 93 times in 16 games or less than 6 per. Through 6 games this season, it's 5 targets a game. His yards per game are similar (57 this year versus 52 last). If a guy giving you, on average 3-4 catches per and 55 yards is your low expectation, then great. It shouldn't be for fans who would like to see Josh have a player who isn't pedestrian in the passing game. Nor, is the short sample catch rate increase enough to overcome that lack of production. Because for some reason, he's not getting much attention in this offense despite no one threatening his apparent role as their 2nd option in the passing game. That's a question to consider in this debate, which is pretty much settled by now.

So much on offense under McBeane has been disorganized, even since Josh ascended into a franchise QB. Because for as much as this HC and GM were cited for re-establishing order into the organization after Rex and Doug, they don't seem to understand offense years into their tenure. From establishing a scheme/identity, staffing it, finding the coordinator, and adapting in-season...little has improved aside from finding the QB and trading for Diggs. I get the sense McD likes playing super DCoord now and abdicates offense even more to the OC than he did when Daboll was here That is, until something like last night happens and then he's asking questions. Can't have it both ways as a HC.

A common them among the Bills and Sabres.

Getting their best pass rusher into coverage as the weakside LB? There should be tests for TSW members to continue posting. More like Mario Williams. Spencer Johnson was the DT turned ROLB in that George Edwards 30 front they ran in 2011.