Confidence in Beane?

[colin]

the best four teams at roster building in the nfl right now are:

 

baltimore

LA Rams

KC

Philly.

 

a little behind them are the 49ers

 

they all follow a method of getting absolute elite talent at high impact positions.  they all spend big dollars on contracts, are willing to trade, and in order to get this elite talent they are willing to make room in other parts of the roster where they get depth with rookies and cheap free agents.

 

the prioritize

1 QB (nuff said)

2 Line talent (dl and ol), mainly tackle and pass rush

3 corner

4 offensive play maker

 

baltimore is the most talented team in the nfl, they follow the ozzy method.  he had a thing done one him back in the day and he looks at Size, weight, speed, and temperament.  they are always physical and always a monster to play.  when they lose they beat themselves

 

the rams are real sharp shooters on this star culture stuff.  they had a 1st overall qb and traded him and picks, and took cap hit and signed a new contract, to get another better 1st over pick qb, and it got them a super bowl.  they traded a pick mid season for a live von miller who helped them get their bowl.  they took a safety out of retirement (who could still play a bit) because they had injuries at that position and it helped them win a bowl.  they signed OBJ who helped them win a super bowl.

they always have pass rushers, and they hit on many of those pass rush picks.

 

KC requires no mention, they have pat, jones, and kelce and always add talent and are willing to rotate corners and move guys around and sit guys, whatever it takes.  reid his whole career will always trade or draft or sign top flight tackles (not a great value for that guy they have at RT).  their line of scrubs on OL outplayed our line in the game where it counted.

 

Philly is a monster OL destination, and they've always looked to get top flight pass rushers and corners on D.  they will fill in LB with whoever, but CB and DL is always premium.

 

 

buffalo has kind of sort of followed this model.  obviously allen is a monster and they traded up to draft and sign him.  they EVENTUALLY, over the last 2 or 3 years put actual resources into the the OL.  torrence is up and down at RG, i think the C was a great value FA signing and is a good player, LG is a jag, and the tackles are elite.  we kept throwing picks at RB, and still do, and eventually hit on cook, who i think combined with this line is a top 5 back in the nfl.  

On D this model breaks.  the DL is the heart of the D, seemingly even more so in a mcd system.  it's always 4DL, and it's almost always 2lbs.  his scheme requires platooning DL (although he broke this tendency in the past couple of playoffs somewhat) so they don't get as many snaps out of their top DL as other teams do (the kid from GA on philly played like 97% of snaps, for exmpale) and you end up with cast offs like phillips and solomon getting snaps vs lamar jackson in a game on the line late drive.  he also likes smaller guys, and he's so scheme particular he seems really picky on who can play 3 or 1 tech for him.  at LB he has a lot of reads and since there are only 2 of them on like 90% of plays they have to get the gaps perfect and quick.  he loves his nickle to be around the LOS and attacking, and he wants his safeties really far back and making more heady reads than most, and he loves zone, even tho he had his zone guys playing man in this playoffs.

 

Mcds insistence on his scheme seems to mean we have to have all of these middle class players who can do all the things he absolutely requires and doesn't leave much room for superior talent who might not possess some of the traits he needs.  that's why we had rapp and hamlin with multiple concussions in and out of the lineup as our starters, neither of whom are actually good nfl talents mind you, and had a half punch drunk benford come in and risk cte in this game.  it's also why klien had to come in to guarantee his scheme was run just the way he likes it so he could have a graceful loss to kc instead of playing williams.

 

we also seem to have this issue, and it's not necessary due to scheme, on offense.  this everyone eats thing just means hollins is the wr on our team w the most snaps outside, and rookie davis has to spell cook when cook is near 9 yards a touch in the afc chip game.  it's why we have anderson come in like 1 out of 6 or 8 snaps and have big contract knox, first round kincaid, traded for vet cooper, and almost first round coleman on the pine 50% or more snaps. 

 

the above top 4 or 5 teams just don't do that.  they have their elites and play them as much as they can, especially in high leverage situations.

 

we played douglas last season who was hurt, aj klien, and other guys who were not ready just like we played benford this season in the final game.  

 

this is why i think mcd will always have too much influence on the players acquired, and why his rigid schematic dogma is our downfall.  

 

we've been in the hunt for a superbowl several times, including being a favorite for it, and we've had damar hamlin, aj klien, injured cbs, and post retirement bease and brown as starters or large snap count guys, all while not really focusing on getting top top talent at the above mentioned positions.

 

on O we are running a EP offense and we have picks and contracts into tight ends and we don't freaking throw to them, we don't set up plays to them out of play action because we go heavy jumbo for our power runs because we just don't want to or can't do that w the TEs on the field.  we've never put resources into a true outside guy to stress the D (diggs was more of a all over the place joker type), and we platoon our backs when we CLEARLY have the best non qb player on the field.  we don't have an identity and we've gotten away with it because of allen's talent, and that's why we keep failing the same way over and over and over and over again.  

 

this team needs to add a couple actual stars, and scheme up ways to fill in the gaps with the rookies and free agents we can gather up easily, like all the other teams do.  and we need to actually play them and use them.  small and injured milano and bernard and number 7 can't be our only every down guys and our best talents when they are small and at non premium positions.

[SCBills]

1 hour ago, T master said:

 

Please name me a dumpster fire that has won their division 4 to 5 years in a row, and has went to 2 AFC Championship games, yes they have fallen short but dumpster fire i'd say NOT .

 

And look around who are the ONLY TWO teams to pull this off in the last say 7 years ?

 

Buffalo & Kansas City - Thank you ...

 

Do you have faith that this organization can build a team that can take down the Chiefs (and potentially fend off Burrow/Bengals from time to time)?

 

That's honestly all it comes down to at this point.  You can tell me it's not, but I guarantee you in Josh Allen's mind, it is.

 

If you're answer is yes, I'm open to hearing why.

 

If no, then what are we doing?  Risking a step back would be completely warranted if a step forward seems unattainable. 

[LifeLongBillsFan]

3 hours ago, HamptonBillsfan said:

Brandon has been building a roster to beat the Chiefs for 5 years. Sadly these postseason losses look eerily similar. No answer for Mahomes when undersized D-lineman keep giving up the edge and little pressure from our front four.  We are able to score because our offense is hard to defend but our secondary is pedestrian and lets us down every time. Why is Elam here?  Bishop is not physical enough and hurts us when he plays. Hamlin is a good story but he’s been ordinary. Sean is loyal to a fault and between Beane's defensive personnel decisions and our defensive game planning, I’m starting to doubt whether we can get past the Chiefs or an Eagles team that would have dominated our defense.

Hamlin is garbage and should never be starter