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6 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

They should have taken multiple guys at the position either way.

 

100%. I'm still in disbelief that they didn't given the strength of the class, and presumably knowing from futures scouting that the 2025 WR class would be weak. Right now I still would take Troy Franklin over either Bishop or Carter. Even though he didn't do much as a rookie I would still rather have a developmental vertical WR on the roster than the absolute nothing that we have in that role now. And this year you aren't likely to find a WR of his caliber in the 3rd round. I'm a fan of Matthew Golden in the 1st this year. A bit safer of a pick with maybe a more limited ceiling than I usually like in the 1st round, but I'm kind of with you now that we just need someone who can run routes and separate to give the WR room a reasonable floor.

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1 hour ago, FireChans said:

Yes philosophically the chiefs are playing chess to our checkers when it comes to WR.

 

I guess my point was that good vs bad process doesn’t matter as much if you get the right guy.  
 

it’s the ultimate make-up. If Beane had nailed BTJ instead of Coleman or Worthy or whoever, it erases what, 2 years of WR mistakes? It honestly does. 

We weren't a BTJ away from beating the Chiefs. We needed a difference making DE and guess what the best rookie was Chop Robinson and hate to break it to you he wouldn't have been good enough even as DROY.

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14 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

We weren't a BTJ away from beating the Chiefs. We needed a difference making DE and guess what the best rookie was Chop Robinson and hate to break it to you he wouldn't have been good enough even as DROY.

I disagree entirely.

 

josh had the ball in his hands with 3 min to go down 3.

 

We also could’ve gone up two scores without resorting to a QB sneak that was called short.

 

We legitimately were one receiver other than Mack Hollins delivering on offense from winning that game.

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2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Well Alpha the offense as put together by Beane has had two consecutive chances with the ball in their hands to get past the Chiefs and fell short both times.

 

First, lets be fair here...the Bills had the refs swing the game by a minimum of 11 points, possibly by 15 points in a game we lost by 3 midway through the 4th quarter.  To put the Chiefs loss on the WR position is not fair at all, a game we still scored 29 despite the stolen possession by the refs...and against a team who had not scored 30 all year.

 

And on our final series of downs, Allen had a ball knocked down to a wide open WR at the LOS, Allen missed seeing a wide open Shakir on 4th for a sure first down, and most importantly it was Allen who incorrectly shifted the coverage to the left on the 4th and 5 play that caused Allen to throw a hero ball...and to Kincaid who was also running totally wide open for a massive gain had he not shifted the coverage wrong and had time to throw a proper ball.  So to put it on the WR position on the last drive is not reflective of the actual game in any capacity.

 

Most importantly...when your defense gives up the most points in NFL history in their post season losses, you are making your QB have to be perfect.  You want to be mad about the position Allen is being put in, that is where your frustration should be placed.  Meanwhile, Mahomes with his 3 most underwhelming offenses of his career went to 3 straight SB's winning 2...why because his team didn't require him to always be perfect to win games, the defense gives him help as well as ST.  

 

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

And now we have just 3 WRs on the roster with zero that can definitely be trusted outside. The half measures and the bandaids aren't getting it done. Last year was a great year to need WRs and he didn't capitalize. This year is a crappy year to need WRs and we're backed into a corner, again. Absolutely that all falls on Beane.

 

So who did we miss on in the draft that was realistic to be chosen with our pick?  It definitely wasn't Worthy who at no time was the type of WR we needed.  Ladd was there, and check my history, I loved Ladd ahead of the draft and said him and BTJ were the 2 clear next best WR's outside the top 3.  But, he also the kind of WR he projected to be felt more like a redundancy once we signed Samuel and already had Shakir.  Bills needed more size and outside help.  

 

The only real mistake in the draft at the WR position was not trying to trade up for BTJ when he fell close enough.  That was my target, I thought if he got in the 20's we should move up and would move up.  I get why Beane was trying to move down rather than up to get more picks with our cap hits and so much turnover getting rid of age on the roster, so I don't have an issue with not moving up.  But of all the gettable WR's, that was the only "miss", not trying to get him.  

 

Here is the most damning stat to the "but its the WR's" argument...The Chiefs are now 4-0 against the Bills in the postseason, but just 1-3 in games after eliminating the Bills in the post season. 

  • Chiefs PPG in their 4 wins against the Bills:  35 PPG
  • Chiefs PPG in their 3 losses the game after beating the Bills:  17 PPG

To even think for a second that offense is the root of our problems is absolutely wild to me.

 

 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

 

First, lets be fair here...the Bills had the refs swing the game by a minimum of 11 points, possibly by 15 points in a game we lost by 3 midway through the 4th quarter.  To put the Chiefs loss on the WR position is not fair at all, a game we still scored 29 despite the stolen possession by the refs...and against a team who had not scored 30 all year.

 

And on our final series of downs, Allen had a ball knocked down to a wide open WR at the LOS, Allen missed seeing a wide open Shakir on 4th for a sure first down, and most importantly it was Allen who incorrectly shifted the coverage to the left on the 4th and 5 play that caused Allen to throw a hero ball...and to Kincaid who was also running totally wide open for a massive gain had he not shifted the coverage wrong and had time to throw a proper ball.  So to put it on the WR position on the last drive is not reflective of the actual game in any capacity.

 

Most importantly...when your defense gives up the most points in NFL history in their post season losses, you are making your QB have to be perfect.  You want to be mad about the position Allen is being put in, that is where your frustration should be placed.  Meanwhile, Mahomes with his 3 most underwhelming offenses of his career went to 3 straight SB's winning 2...why because his team didn't require him to always be perfect to win games, the defense gives him help as well as ST.  

 

 

So who did we miss on in the draft that was realistic to be chosen with our pick?  It definitely wasn't Worthy who at no time was the type of WR we needed.  Ladd was there, and check my history, I loved Ladd ahead of the draft and said him and BTJ were the 2 clear next best WR's outside the top 3.  But, he also the kind of WR he projected to be felt more like a redundancy once we signed Samuel and already had Shakir.  Bills needed more size and outside help.  

 

The only real mistake in the draft at the WR position was not trying to trade up for BTJ when he fell close enough.  That was my target, I thought if he got in the 20's we should move up and would move up.  I get why Beane was trying to move down rather than up to get more picks with our cap hits and so much turnover getting rid of age on the roster, so I don't have an issue with not moving up.  But of all the gettable WR's, that was the only "miss", not trying to get him.  

 

Here is the most damning stat to the "but its the WR's" argument...The Chiefs are now 4-0 against the Bills in the postseason, but just 1-3 in games after eliminating the Bills in the post season. 

  • Chiefs PPG in their 4 wins against the Bills:  35 PPG
  • Chiefs PPG in their 3 losses the game after beating the Bills:  17 PPG

To even think for a second that offense is the root of our problems is absolutely wild to me.

 

 

 

 

I think it’s more that folks trust Josh + good receivers to deliver in crunch time over defense with additional stars coached by McD.

 

Thats really it.

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52 minutes ago, FireChans said:

I think it’s more that folks trust Josh + good receivers to deliver in crunch time over defense with additional stars coached by McD.

 

Thats really it.

 

Well, that is fair.

 

But with our defense the way its been, you better have a 2 score lead when the Chiefs have the ball late in the 4th because Mahomes is the only QB in NFL history to have a 100% success rate to tie or take the game winning lead at the end of the 4th.  No other QB even has a 50% success rate, Mahomes has a perfect 100% while also having the most chances, still 100% success rate.  

 

So lets say Allen and the Bills scored 1 more TD against the Chiefs...Bills would have been up 4 instead down 3.  You really think our defense doesn't give up the game winning TD to Mahomes if there is any time left on the clock?  

 

What is easier...making just one more defensive play (which would have won all 3 of our last Chief playoff losses) to force a punt instead of the eventual score...or asking Allen and the 16th best offense in history to now score 2 more times a game just to have enough of a lead that our D doesn't blow it to KC like it did in 2022 when it gave up 2 TD's and a FG when there was under 2 minutes left in the game. 

 

For me...go get a game wrecker whose talent trumps scheme that is capable of just doing enough on 1 more play that forces a punt instead of allowing another 3rd down conversion that resulted in another scoring drive.  That is much easier than trying to take make the offense the #1 offense in NFL history and asking Allen to be perfect all the time.    

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6 hours ago, FireChans said:

I think it’s more that folks trust Josh + good receivers to deliver in crunch time over defense with additional stars coached by McD.

 

Thats really it.

Really well said here!! The answer is, “it’s both.” The Bills need to improve the defense (specifically pass rush) AND get better on the outside with playmaking WRs. You articulated here though some of the divide that’s been on this board for months (if not years). When push comes to shove Josh is the guy that’s going to get this team over the top, not McDermott.
 

It is like if you’re a pitcher and you throw 97. You have a really good fastball. There are 2 schools of thought on how you get better. We can work on your curve to make you more balanced OR we can try to get 97 to 101. Both avenues will make you better but do you believe that a good fastball and pretty good curve ball is better than an elite fastball and average curve? I’m generally of the belief that you take what you do best and make it better. It’s the concept of the book “Strengthfinders.” Understand what you do well and try to do that better as oppossed to spending time/resources trying to cover up your warts.

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I'm not going to do statistical backflips in my mind to rationalize why/how Coleman is better than Worthy...or why Coleman has a better looking future than Worthy.   

 

My eyes told me that Worthy continued to get better as the year went on, and Keon got worse after his injury.  In the playoffs, Worthy was pretty much KC's best receiver on the field and whoever was 2nd place didn't look close.

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10 minutes ago, zow2 said:

I'm not going to do statistical backflips in my mind to rationalize why/how Coleman is better than Worthy...or why Coleman has a better looking future than Worthy.   

 

My eyes told me that Worthy continued to get better as the year went on, and Keon got worse after his injury.  In the playoffs, Worthy was pretty much KC's best receiver on the field and whoever was 2nd place didn't look close.

Yup and to me. Year 1 results. Jsut analyzing the trade. Keon + d Carter look worse than worthy. Beane takes the L. So far 

 

oh and head to head they knocked you out of the playoffs while worthy scored and made plays while Keon was a no show 

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52 minutes ago, zow2 said:

I'm not going to do statistical backflips in my mind to rationalize why/how Coleman is better than Worthy...or why Coleman has a better looking future than Worthy.   

 

My eyes told me that Worthy continued to get better as the year went on, and Keon got worse after his injury.  In the playoffs, Worthy was pretty much KC's best receiver on the field and whoever was 2nd place didn't look close.

I don’t see the playoff thing personally,  going invisible for an entire half against that horrendous bills secondary post benford injury then following that up with getting completely shut down until post Gatorade dump in the Super Bowl are kinda red flags for me (especially the bills one 🤣). 


really don’t think either team is gonna end up hitting on any part of that trade but we’ll see.  

 

the grand irony of it all is the Super Bowl has to have the chiefs thinking maybe flooding the field with a bunch of speedy players that can’t run block at all isn’t the answer either.  Their fundamentally broken running game really cost them in that one, they need some WRs that are maulers in run blocking like Coleman (that can preferably get open once in awhile unlike Coleman) lol 

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10 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I don’t see the playoff thing personally,  going invisible for an entire half against that horrendous bills secondary post benford injury then following that up with getting completely shut down until post Gatorade dump in the Super Bowl are kinda red flags for me (especially the bills one 🤣). 


really don’t think either team is gonna end up hitting on any part of that trade but we’ll see.  

 

the grand irony of it all is the Super Bowl has to have the chiefs thinking maybe flooding the field with a bunch of speedy players that can’t run block at all isn’t the answer either.  Their fundamentally broken running game really cost them in that one, they need some WRs that are maulers in run blocking like Coleman (that can preferably get open once in awhile unlike Coleman) lol 

I think this is all fair, though Worthy was still trending up over the 2nd half of the season (a couple invisible portions of games notwithstanding). Worthy was ultimately better than Coleman in year 1, though there was a handful of rookie WRs better than both of them this year, including one or two that were drafted after them). We'll see if that continues to be the case moving forwards. Coleman looked pretty promising earlier in the year before he got hurt; hopefully he'll continue to improve over the offseason and turn into a good starter for us. I certainly recognize some people's frustrations with him, especially over the 2nd half of the year when he was mostly invisible. I think it was a solid rookie season overall though, especially given how young and raw he is. It just so happens that this class was very, very good so merely being solid is still outside the top 5 rookie WRs.

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18 hours ago, FireChans said:

I disagree entirely.

 

josh had the ball in his hands with 3 min to go down 3.

 

We also could’ve gone up two scores without resorting to a QB sneak that was called short.

 

We legitimately were one receiver other than Mack Hollins delivering on offense from winning that game.


How about we stick to facts than incorrect generalizations.  On the final series of downs, Josh had his pass batted at LOS to a wide open Samuel, had two wide open options in Shakir and Kincaid in the 4th down but Allen himself shifted protection to the wrong side putting himself under duress and having to heave a desperate throw instead of making an easy pass to either Shakir for a certain first or a huge gain with a clean pass to wide open Kincaid.  
 

It is inaccurate to blame the WR group for not coming through on the final drive.  

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11 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

When push comes to shove Josh is the guy that’s going to get this team over the top, not McDermott.


Was it McD or Josh that threw the pass on the final drive that was batted down at the LOS to what was an open Samuel?  Or that shifted the protection to the wrong side at the LOS on 4th down?  Or that didn’t see Shakir on that 4th down?  Or that couldn’t get a clean throw to a wide open Kincaid for a huge gain because he shifted the protection to the wrong side?
 

I love Josh as much (or more) than anyone.  But facts are facts.  Allen had opportunities and thanks to some good defensive plays and smart defensive play calling, did not make the plays that were there to be made.  And it wasn’t because of personnel, guys were open and even wide open.  
 

And this is the problem…our defense being the worst in NFL history in these playoff losses puts Allen to have to be perfect.  That is a terrible position to put your QB in and it’s why the defense is what is failing Allen and this team the most.  

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1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:


Was it McD or Josh that threw the pass on the final drive that was batted down at the LOS to what was an open Samuel?  Or that shifted the protection to the wrong side at the LOS on 4th down?  Or that didn’t see Shakir on that 4th down?  Or that couldn’t get a clean throw to a wide open Kincaid for a huge gain because he shifted the protection to the wrong side?
 

I love Josh as much (or more) than anyone.  But facts are facts.  Allen had opportunities and thanks to some good defensive plays and smart defensive play calling, did not make the plays that were there to be made.  And it wasn’t because of personnel, guys were open and even wide open.  
 

And this is the problem…our defense being the worst in NFL history in these playoff losses puts Allen to have to be perfect.  That is a terrible position to put your QB in and it’s why the defense is what is failing Allen and this team the most.  

If you believe McDermott is more responsible for the team success than Josh, we disagree. If you think that McDermott will be more responsible than Josh for a title (god willing) we disagree again. I’m basing any and every decision based on what Josh needs to get by KC not what McDermott wants or needs. 

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1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:


Was it McD or Josh that threw the pass on the final drive that was batted down at the LOS to what was an open Samuel?  Or that shifted the protection to the wrong side at the LOS on 4th down?  Or that didn’t see Shakir on that 4th down?  Or that couldn’t get a clean throw to a wide open Kincaid for a huge gain because he shifted the protection to the wrong side?
 

I love Josh as much (or more) than anyone.  But facts are facts.  Allen had opportunities and thanks to some good defensive plays and smart defensive play calling, did not make the plays that were there to be made.  And it wasn’t because of personnel, guys were open and even wide open.  
 

And this is the problem…our defense being the worst in NFL history in these playoff losses puts Allen to have to be perfect.  That is a terrible position to put your QB in and it’s why the defense is what is failing Allen and this team the most.  

I have literally combed through dozens and dozens and dozens of coaches and a hundred playoff games 

 

And whoever wrote those articles was 100% wrong 

 

Even Mike McCarthy has a stretch where he had five playoff losses with the Packers surrendering 186 points.. more than McDermott 

 

Now maybe people who write articles for the NFL should do better at their job so I don't have to

 

And there's a bunch of coaches within a 10-15-point stretch of McDermott.. but when you're talking five games, a 10 or 12-point stretch over 5 games is 2ppg

 

Nothing actually crazy

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Worthy seems like he'll be a fine player for them, but as I'm sure its been mentioned before - he will struggle with press coverage, he will struggle securing the edge in the run game, and he will make big plays because his speed is great and he seems to have some solid ball tracking ability.  

 

Will this turn into tyreek hill like success?  I'm going to venture a guess as no, but it'll probably be greater than that of hardman.  With rashee rice returning, i think his upside is still in the slot, where a lot of worthy's best looks come from.  I'm sure they will continue to rotate, but the RPOs and extra targets likely move towards Rice.  Can worthy continue to be as effective an option out on the boundary or on the LOS, we shall see.  

 

He had a good rookie season, and with brown a free agent, they might look to add some more beef at WR rather than another speed option.  Hopkins looked washed in his role this year, and they looked utterly inept in the passing game on the biggest stage of the year so i think it will be a position they prioritize in free agency while they likely use draft capital to improve their offensive line.  

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20 hours ago, zow2 said:

I'm not going to do statistical backflips in my mind to rationalize why/how Coleman is better than Worthy...or why Coleman has a better looking future than Worthy.   

 

My eyes told me that Worthy continued to get better as the year went on, and Keon got worse after his injury.  In the playoffs, Worthy was pretty much KC's best receiver on the field and whoever was 2nd place didn't look close.

Unfortunately I have to agree. That was a miss.

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