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When healthy Poyer is a better football player then Edmunds and Oliver. And Tre White as well, if he looks next year like he did at the end of this season. Settle was lousy this year. And that was a big disappointment. I am a big Poyer fan. Sure he was not real good at the end of the year. But if he can get well. (Meniscus tear is not overly major in today's game) and will take a reasonable two year deal, (no guarantee) I would keep him and Taron Johnson, who makes a lot of tackles, and try and find replacements for the rest of the guys you mentioned.

We need a legitimate O line. That was our biggest weakness. Other then Morse, all those guys, starters and backups are replaceable. Including Dawkins. He is average at best. Foolish to think we were going to the Super Bowl with this line. If Beane can improve the line substantially and add a few more pieces here and there, there is no reason we can not be a Championship team.

I am not a sky is falling guy, like some on here. But your narrative isn't really telling the whole story either. Davis has been good but not great. Tyler Bass has been fine. But in today's game its not that hard to find a good kicker. Dane Jackson is small and should only be a depth guy. Rousseau has had some moments where he looks to have great potential. But also long stretches where he has not done much. Basham Epenesa Ford and Spencer Brown have all been below average. And Ed Oliver and Trey Edmunds have not dominated consistently commensurate to their draft position. I like Knox and Singletary was useful. But Moss was terrible. Shakir has big upside. And Hudgins should have had a big role this year. The combination of our drafting and coaching up players has not been nearly on the level of Kansas City. We have hung with them for the most part because of the skills of #17 and #14. And our secondary before they got injured. (But being stubborn and continuing to ride Levi Wallace for two years longer then we should have was an achilles heal as well) This is a huge offseason. We ended the year a very wounded animal. It remains to be seen if Beane and McDermott can fix things. The jury is out and time will tell.

Bradbury pulled his shirt. He got burned and got caught trying to make up for it. Is defensive holding only supposed to be called in the first half? The refs almost always call PI or holding when you grab the receivers jersey. Bradberry has always been overrated. He is nothing special and got caught moving inside too much against a pretty slow receiver in JSS. All he could do was hold. Tre White looked like that when he came back this season. Because it wasn't called early doesn't mean it shouldn't be called at crunch time.

Olson and Burkhardt did a good low key job. And the other top FOX team of Moose Johnston and Joe Davis is also good. I wish they all were like that. One guy I miss who I don't think is on anymore is Chris Spielman. The guy knows football so well. And has that dry sense of humor.

The only commercial worth a flip was the one w Ozzy and Paul Stanley. I am a big time rocker, and that was very cool. The halftime music show is a bit much (if you can even call that music) A 30 minute halftime is stupid. Imagine if the Super Bowl was just about the football game. Why would that be so bad? Its the championship of the football season. Should be a treat for all the fans who watched every Sunday year after year, crowning the best team. Why do non football fans need to watch the NFL football championship? Non baseball fans don't watch the World Series. Same with non hockey fans not watching the Stanley Cup. Does the World Cup have a live music act at halftime? (I am not sure because I don't watch soccer.) But I can not imagine big time soccer fans wanting to watch some Urban ***** pop singer in the middle of the biggest game of the year.

Ball clearly moved when Smith hit the ground. In fact, it looked like the ball actually hit the ground. I thought it was a good call. The Sanders play is never ruled a catch. He got wacked as soon as the ball got there. No football move. I also thought the ball that was challenged that Goedart caught was not a catch either. That ball looked to be moving too. But I was biased for the Chiefs since I had a decent sized bet on them. LOL All in all a good Super Bowl to watch. But the Eagles defense had no answers in the second half.

Exactly LGB. You summed it up perfectly. That era was when I became a fan. So hard nosed physical and violent. So many crazy characters. And so much raw energy and passion on the field every week. And Conrad Dobler was right in the middle of all that mayhem. But he sure could play. RIP with much respect!!

Ironically we defended the Chiefs better then anyone this year when we played them in KC. But without Von Miller we have no pass rushing to speak of. Its a vanilla defense with no top end guys except for Milano. Hopefully Hyde can come back and play at a high level. But he is over 30 so that is not guaranteed. We need to do some honest self evaluation and try and figure out what it will take to play at the level of the top teams. We were not that in the playoffs. Josh Allen is a great talent. But we need more then Diggs to complement him. And the coaching on both sides of the ball needs to be better. And that includes McDermott as well. Btw a great Super Bowl to end the season. Football is still the best sport in the world. Nothing comes close. Although NASCAR starts for real next Sunday. And I will enjoy it throughout the long offseason.

Isn't that pretty much all fan bases? We love our team and think everyone else and their teams suck?!! As for ticket prices, absolutely ridiculous. Pretty bland matchup. Both teams have played well and deserved to be there. But Philly is as boring a team as it gets player wise. And everyone knows Mahomes and Kelce. But they don't really move the meter beyond being football players. The NFL is the ultimate team game. Its the best sport, with college football. But its not predicated on star power. I would argue Josh Allen is the biggest star in the game. Bam. I remember the Bills-Giants super bowl in 1991. Me and two buddies drove down from Atlanta to Tampa for the game. Paid $600 each for tickets. Seemed pretty expensive at the time. Called a ticket broker from an ad in USA Today. LOL. How things have changed.

You think Jason Kelce is doing that kind of nonsense? I highly doubt it.

Oliver was a beast in college. But it is very difficult to play DT at his size in the NFL and be overly effective. (other than Aaron Donald and John Randle, I can't think of many guys his size) He doesn't suck but is not a consistently dominant presence on the field like we were hoping he would be. I think he has hit his ceiling. And its a solid but not great player. Is he really much better then a guy like Justin Zimmer? I don't think so. He certainly is not close to the level of Kyle Williams in his prime.

I agree Success about your complaints with our D scheme. We play our DB's in off man coverage almost always. We do not make it difficult and uncomfortable for opposing WR's to get off the ball and get open. This seems to make the mentality of our defense passive. Everyone of our players is not running around like a heat seeking missile looking for someone to destroy. The Cowboys-49ers game comes to mind. Both defenses were tearing it up and literally suffocating the opposing offenses. The final score was 19-12. With two TD's scored total. Every player on both defenses played physical. Who in our secondary is taking people out? I dare say we are soft and do not play defense with any measure of anger and rage. And I would argue that is from the passive approach taken by Frazier and McDermott. But the talent of our defense is nothing special. Other then Von Miller who is a difference maker on the D Line? We have none. Its that simple. Our secondary looked lousy and confused at the end of the year as well. Guys wide open all over the field. Is anyone in the secondary a stud at this point in their careers? I dare say no. Maybe Elam and Benford get there. But Tre looks slow. Poyer looks old and slow. Does Hyde come back next year? Dane Jackson is a liability. Taron Johnson was the best of the lot. And he is a better tackler then cover guy. Milano and Edmunds were the studs of the defense this year. Hands down. But Edmunds looked lost in the game against Cinci. And he will want a fortune to resign. He improved overall this year. But we can not afford to pay him big money. My point is the defense needs help. The offense also needs help. Something has to give.

My thoughts exactly Turk. Reich was terrible the past two years with the Colts.

I am not of the complete mindset that the entire coaching staff including McDermott needs to go. Because lets face it, McDermott is not getting fired this offseason. Just not going to happen. But your post is a little too optimistic. We did not move in the right direction this season. We were what turned out to be a paper tiger of a team. From the second half of the Green Bay game, things did not look right. Sure we won 8 games in a row. But we did not dominate anyone other than the night game in New England. And at Chicago. Two teams that had nothing on offense. Both Miami games were tight. And we were fortunate to beat the Lions, thanks to a tremendous throw from Josh to Diggs in the last few seconds. We just did not play like a top team plays. If you watch the NFL, you should know that. The 4 best teams are left to fight for the Super Bowl. Dallas is better then us also, but fall short because Dak Prescott is garbage. However, their defense is light years ahead of ours. The bottom line is this IMHO, to be the best you have to beat the best. What are we going to do this offseason to up the level of our team so that we can compete with the teams still playing for the Super Bowl. We have the QB. But we need a whole lot better around him. Can McDermott and Beane do that? We shall see this offseason. And if things continue down the road of not being good enough. Changes throughout the organization will have to be made.

3:00 pm on a Sunday afternoon seems like a pretty prime spot to me for an NFL playoff game. Giants-Eagles is a big time matchup too between two big market teams.

Lets hope he keeps improving. Some guys take a little longer to develop into top flite NFL players. Bruce Smith was not dominant his first few years I don't believe. And neither was Eric Moulds. And they both had stellar careers. Lets go Boogie.

Boogie did have some jump yesterday. Pass rush overall was decent. Not dominant but serviceable. We need to make Burrow uncomfortable. When he can't step up he is very average. Bengals looked very normal last nite, and but for the fumble by Hartley near the goal line had a good chance of losing to a pretty mediocre Ravens team. If the Bills offense is in gear, which I see no reason why they would not be, we have a real strong chance to win.. The Bengals receivers were nothing special last nite.

Exactly. Allen is a gunslinger. He lets it rip. If Shakir catches the deep ball in the 2nd qtr and Knox catches the TD that the refs ruled was trapped, the game would have been pretty much over. The TD passes to Knox and to Davis were perfect throws. As was the long ball to Diggs. With Josh at QB we always have a chance regardless of where we are on the field.

Do you seriously think up this line of reasoning? I think the 90's Bills wanted to win every game they played. And if they had won one of the first two bowls, they would have been just as hungry for 2 and 3. Same for these Bills. Every year is a new season. These guys are professionals. They want to win every game they play. They were not going to fold this year regardless of what happened last year. If nothing else #17 and #14 were not going to let that happen. And neither would the coaches. You are paid to do a job. When you are on the field, you block out the rest. These aren't 12 year old girls. These are men. Tough football players who want to knock the crap out of their opponent every single week.

The legend of Jerry Hughes is just that, a legendary story. The guy was nothing special his last few years on the Bills. And I can not imagine that he is going to be better next year when he will be at least 35 years old.

That's great analysis. Looking at your year end grades, we need help at LG and RT. I think O line needs to be a priority in the upcoming draft and free agency. I like Boettger. I think he can replace Saffold. And I don't think Brown is a starting caliber RT on a championship level team. And depth needs to be better as well. Quessenberry is trash. Hopefully Doyle can come back and be useful next year. He should be better then Q.

He has really turned up his game this season. And I admit I bashed him for a long time, (and rightfully so) But he has become a big time stud for us. After seeing what Roquan Smith just signed for w the Ravens, (and I think Edmunds is a better player) it will be hard to keep Edmunds. And don't forget about Poyer too. We need him just as much if not more then Edmunds.

How many draft picks are you giving up for DeAndre Hopkins? And not enough balls to go around to satisfy both Diggs and Hopkins. Davis might as well not even dress if those two are playing. Don't forget about Shakir. He may have more upside then Gabe. Just saying.

And they played the entire season with Andy Dalton as their starting QB, cementing Jamais Winston to the bench. I would fire my head coach and anyone in the organization who agreed with Dennis Allen's strategy. (I like Dennis Allen. Sounds like a cool old school kind of a tough guy type of coach when he speaks.) But my goodness you are not winning anything w Andy Dalton. At least Winston gives you big play potential. He is the black version of Fitzie. Boom or bust. 400 yards passing. 4 TD's. 4 picks. A fumble and a lot of excitement.