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What part of what I wrote came across as hyperbole? Just curious - I thought it was a pretty measured take TBH.

Everyone except Sirianni should be fired. Andy Reid's team did WORSE this year compared to the last 2. And everyone else didn't even make the Super Bowl, which is the minimum benchmark for coaching competence.

Thanks for this. I just don't think "Super Bowl or bust" is a fair standard to hold anyone to. MAYBE in the days before free agency and the salary cap, when it was a lot more feasible to assemble and keep a superior team. I don't know if we'll win a Super Bowl under McDermott and Beane, but I think most external candidates would make our chances get a lot worse. If someone could guarantee me that their replacements would be upgrades, I'd absolutely call for their heads. But you can't, and I don't like those odds - at least not right now. And for the record, I think the Bills *did* show improvement this year. The talent level took a step back due to cap reasons, but the wins and offensive stats did not. We went to the AFC Championship game, which isn't the goal, but is still an accomplishment. [Side note: if making the NFL's Final Four doesn't count for anything, why even bother watching games? Just show up for the Super Bowl, since that's the only thing that matters.] Our QB won the MVP award, which a Bill hasn't done since Thurman in 1991. It took everything the Chiefs had to narrowly beat us by 3 in their house. And both of our coordinators should get better next season, if only just due to having more experience.

If we can get him on the MVS deal from last year, by all means sign me up. If it's more in the ballpark of 2 year $16 million... not a fan but I'd hold my nose and root for Brown to have a career year. (Which wouldn't be saying much, because he's been a bust to date.)

To be fair, he also said Jimmy Clausen would be a stud. I'm generally pro-Kiper and like his evaluations, but that one was a huge L.

So the article is quoting Dan Graziano, who in turn is saying that unnamed people with the Chiefs are making this claim about what Allen has “long wanted”. Color me skeptical that the people Graziano talked to actually have good insight into what Allen wants.

This pleases me.

This is funnier if the year is not a typo. Hopefully by then the Bills aren’t owned by the Harkonnens.

Counterpoint: Coleman is, what, 21? And was still split between basketball and football as recently as Michigan State. I'm not making any guarantees, but it's normal to see significant development at his age and experience level. It's not automatic - it's up to Keon to actually make that happen. But it should be an expectation that he'll get better, not a surprise. I don't see him in any way as a finished product.

Yeah. Between BTJ and JJ, I’m wondering if there’s any WR superteams in college or this year’s draft - because that #2 on the superteam seems to wind up just as good in the pros. Give me Megatron and Vikings Randy Moss on the outside, and any version of Jerry Rice in the slot. Completely unstoppable.

Great post. Regarding the OP, any 5 game sample size is basically meaningless. But also, the tweet in question isn't really stating anything in the first place. Worst all time WHAT in the Super Bowl era? Points given up in losses? Points given up in 5 straight losses, ignoring interim wins? There's no basis for comparison provided, just "worst all time". Likely because if Dov Kleiman had provided it, it would've been immediately obvious how stupid and/or cherrypicked it was. EDIT: Re-reading the original tweet, it seems most likely that the comp is "points given up by the Bills in these specific 5 losses" vs. "points given up in any 1 playoff run", which would be a moronic comparison. Now, I have no problem with coherent discussion of our playoff defense. It's certainly hasn't been inspiring during this run as a contender. It's hard for me to say how much of that actually falls on our team (including coaches). In 2023, we were running a M*A*S*H unit out there. (No one's fault but bad luck IMO) In 2022, the whole team was completely flat. (Maybe some blame on the coaches here? But I think mostly off-field reasons which, again, are mostly bad luck.) In 2020, 2021, & 2024, mostly our defense just got beat by arguably the best QB/Offensive HC combo of all time. No shame in that, but it would be nice to win one of these at some point. My question is this: Mahomes plays his absolulte best against us in the playoffs, pretty consistently. Is that because he's elevating his game to another level up against Josh Allen, or is that because our defense is schematically weak against Mahomes and/or Andy Reid? Or something else entirely?

Exactly. In a vacuum, obviously I would want to add Garrett. But I think it would be a mistake to get into a huge bidding war or make an offer that absolutely blows Cleveland away. That seems fairly reasonable and in line with previous NFL star trades. Would that level of pricing be worth it for the Bills? I don't know. (And neither do you! No one on Earth thought that the 1st rounder we gave up for Diggs would turn into the league's best WR in year 2. No regrets on that trade from me, but it shows that you don't know what price you're truly paying until you look in hindsight.) For me, I'm not actively calling for them to trade for Garrett, but I also won't be mad if it happens. My rooting interest these days is basically, "I hope whatever they do winds up working out." I'm confident that WR is at least somewhat of a priority. At a minimum, if they can't re-sign Cooper, they'll make it a priority to replace him - whether via FA, trade, or the draft. The Bills knew that their WR room wasn't good enough last year, hence the trade for Cooper. Based on the end-of-season presser remarks, I don't think they're counting on Coleman to make a massive leap and be that guy in year 2. If Coleman/Hollins/Shakir/Samuel wasn't good enough last year, I can't imagine they'll think it's good enough next year. With that said, I don't think they'll do a ton at WR. The Cooper spot will be filled by someone - possibly Cooper. Coleman & Shakir will be back, and I expect Hollins will be as well. I think Samuel is likely gone and they'll try to upgrade that spot in the draft.

We really don’t need this information 6 hours before kickoff. And - good news - we shall receive this information 90 minutes before kickoff.

I’m very happy about Brady staying! I think he’s still ata a point where he’s improving as an OC, which bodes very well for us next year. There’s a good chance he winds up leaving to take the Saints job in 2-3 years if he hasn’t already left before then. And if so, that’s fine! I just wanted at least one more year.

I would love for Monken to be out of Baltimore.