Forget about Salary Cap and Picks

[Buffalo03]

We need a pass rush. Until we get one, we have no chance at stopping Mahomes in the playoffs. I don't care about salary cap and I don't care much about draft picks. Do what it takes to get Garrett out of Cleveland or at the very least Crosby out of Vegas. Crosby, I think will cost a little less but we have to take a swing. On top of that, Khalil Mack is a free agent. Again, I don't care about Salary cap and I don't trust finding the right player in the draft. We have already tried this numerous times and it isn't working. I would feel better with a known commodity. I know it's a long shot that we sign both. But if I'm Beane, I'm taking a swing on both. If we give up 2 first round picks for Garrett, I don't care. If there is a player to do that for, he is the guy. Crosby would probably be at least 1 first round pick. Make the moves, get to Mahomes and that's it. We will never get past them if we don't 

[TFBillsfan]

I’ve come to the conclusion the Bills should really lean into trading for a Dexter Lawrence, Jeffrey Simmons or Trey Hendrickson if possible. Particularly, Lawrence or Simmons as neither of those teams are going anywhere soon. They would instantly change the entire dynamic of the D. Unfortunately, Beane has missed on multiple picks in the draft. 
 

If the Bills can somehow find a disruptor on the DL and a ball hawk in the secondary, it would dramatically alter their D! Easier said than done but they have 10 picks in the upcoming draft. 

[GolfandBills]

4 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:

I’ve come to the conclusion the Bills should really lean into trading for a Dexter Lawrence, Jeffrey Simmons or Trey Hendrickson if possible. Particularly, Lawrence or Simmons as neither of those teams are going anywhere soon. They would instantly change the entire dynamic of the D. Unfortunately, Beane has missed on multiple picks in the draft. 
 

If the Bills can somehow find a disruptor on the DL and a ball hawk in the secondary, it would dramatically alter their D! Easier said than done but they have 10 picks in the upcoming draft. 

Yeah I’m tired of drafting DL early it really hasn’t gone well.  Make a trade for one of those guys you mentioned imo that’s way better use of a later 1st 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

The QBs in the modern day offense get rid of the ball to fast. Expecting guys to get home isn’t realistic. Truly, you need to blitz. A lot. That’s the answer. Get up tight on WRs when the ball comes out fast and confuse them with blitzes. You are NOT going to get there with 4. It’s not 1975. The Qb is getting rid of the ball in 2 sec. That’s why this defense sucks. The guy is stuck in a different era. Those pass rushers will be neutralized. You need to send pressure and confuse the QB. The scheme Is the problem 

[Steptide]

It might be time to bring in an experienced defensive coordinator. Someone with years of experience. I know McDermott is technically that, but maybe someone from the outside. I wouldn't hate bringing back jim Schwartz. I would've loved selah as DC if he didn't go back to San Fran. I just think it might be time to make some big changes 

[SCBills]

In fairness, the 49ers have Nick Bosa and it hasn't mattered when they've had their shot at Kansas City. 

 

That said, they also don't have Josh Allen and with him cancelling out Patrick Mahomes, the main difference between their postseason defense and ours has been health, Spags and Chris Jones.

 

We have to, at least, find our Chris Jones this offseason... and all the smoke points to Maxx Crosby.  Dexter Lawrence, if we could make a move for him, would also make a lot of sense next to Ed Oliver.. essentially upgrading our DT position in two spots by upgrading one. 

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by SCBills

[Lost]

1 minute ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

The QBs in the modern day offense get rid of the ball to fast. Expecting guys to get home isn’t realistic. Truly, you need to blitz. A lot. That’s the answer. Get up tight on WRs when the ball comes out fast and confuse them with blitzes. You are NOT going to get there with 4. It’s not 1975. The Qb is getting rid of the ball in 2 sec. That’s why this defense sucks. The guy is stuck in a different era. Those pass rushers will be neutralized. You need to send pressure and confuse the QB. The scheme Is the problem 

 

I agree with this.  No amount of elite pass rushers is going to have much effect against elite QBs like Mahomes or Burrow.   They might dominate against bad to average teams and QBs but the ones who are getting the ball out that quick or just elusive from the pass rush are still making plays no matter what.  

[Orlando Buffalo]

10 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:

I’ve come to the conclusion the Bills should really lean into trading for a Dexter Lawrence, Jeffrey Simmons or Trey Hendrickson if possible. Particularly, Lawrence or Simmons as neither of those teams are going anywhere soon. They would instantly change the entire dynamic of the D. Unfortunately, Beane has missed on multiple picks in the draft. 
 

If the Bills can somehow find a disruptor on the DL and a ball hawk in the secondary, it would dramatically alter their D! Easier said than done but they have 10 picks in the upcoming draft. 

Dexter Lawrence on this DL would be impressive. The other guys I don't think are as good but overall thought is good.

[KentuckyBillsFan]

2 minutes ago, Steptide said:

It might be time to bring in an experienced defensive coordinator. Someone with years of experience. I know McDermott is technically that, but maybe someone from the outside. I wouldn't hate bringing back jim Schwartz. I would've loved selah as DC if he didn't go back to San Fran. I just think it might be time to make some big changes 

 

It's very obvious McDermott needs to hand off the defense to someone else. That side of the ball needs a complete new way of thinking. No way McDermott does that though.

Edited 6 hours ago by KentuckyBillsFan

[T master]

4 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

The QBs in the modern day offense get rid of the ball to fast. Expecting guys to get home isn’t realistic. Truly, you need to blitz. A lot. That’s the answer. Get up tight on WRs when the ball comes out fast and confuse them with blitzes. You are NOT going to get there with 4. It’s not 1975. The Qb is getting rid of the ball in 2 sec. That’s why this defense sucks. The guy is stuck in a different era. Those pass rushers will be neutralized. You need to send pressure and confuse the QB. The scheme Is the problem 

 

Well that and that when your best pass rusher is getting held by the oppositions TE and it doesn't get called that kind of negates the pass rush so then there's that ...

[Don Otreply]

2 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

The QBs in the modern day offense get rid of the ball to fast. Expecting guys to get home isn’t realistic. Truly, you need to blitz. A lot. That’s the answer. Get up tight on WRs when the ball comes out fast and confuse them with blitzes. You are NOT going to get there with 4. It’s not 1975. The Qb is getting rid of the ball in 2 sec. That’s why this defense sucks. The guy is stuck in a different era. Those pass rushers will be neutralized. You need to send pressure and confuse the QB. The scheme Is the problem 

Agree, our soft zone D is, and has not worked particularly well for something like seven years…, the problem is that evidently it’s all Sean knows how to implement, and then we don’t have the personnel to have even a chance at making it work, Change has to happen, if not we have gotten as far as Sean’s scheme is gonna go, 

[Billz4ever]

4 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

The QBs in the modern day offense get rid of the ball to fast. Expecting guys to get home isn’t realistic. Truly, you need to blitz. A lot. That’s the answer. Get up tight on WRs when the ball comes out fast and confuse them with blitzes. You are NOT going to get there with 4. It’s not 1975. The Qb is getting rid of the ball in 2 sec. That’s why this defense sucks. The guy is stuck in a different era. Those pass rushers will be neutralized. You need to send pressure and confuse the QB. The scheme Is the problem 

 

While I would agree for the pass rush, but we still need to get better up front for stopping the run, especially when you have a team of smaller LBs and play a base nickel.  I'm sick of seeing this defense get gashed for 10 yds a play at times on the ground throughout the season. 

[MPL]

Can we just trade for Steve Spagnuolo already? 

[Negan]

You ever get the feeling, it seems no matter what we do it will never be enough.  It will be shame for Josh Allen to never win a ring.

[BuffaloRebound]

Giants aren’t trading Lawrence.  He’s their best player and those guys need to win now.  Simmons is interesting.  That’s a rebuild, his contract is tradable, and this defense desperately needs a guy with an edge.  He’s kind of a young Ndamkong Suh just not as dirty.  

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

If you're going to blitz you need guys who can cover man.

[Billz4ever]

2 minutes ago, MPL said:

Can we just trade for Steve Spagnuolo already? 

 

Spags D is very personnel dependent.  KC has more talent on defense than the Bills do to be able to make it work. 

 

Last 3 playoff games against the Chiefs the combines score is 95-89.  The Chiefs are 6 points better against what most would consider a clearly inferior defense in terms of both personnel and coaching. Is Spags really that great?

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Just now, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

If you're going to blitz you need guys who can cover man.

Well that’s fine but truly they need to cover less. The ball will be out faster

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

Just now, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

Well that’s fine but truly they need to cover less. The ball will be out faster

If they're uncoverable then why blitz more. I'll tell you why, because zone leaves too much space for a guy like Burrow to slice and dice. You need guys who can cover immediately. No one can cover over a long period of time.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

2 minutes ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

If they're uncoverable then why blitz more. I'll tell you why, because zone leaves too much space for a guy like Burrow to slice and dice. You need guys who can cover immediately. No one can cover over a long period of time.

That’s not what I’m saying. I feel like it’d be a lot easier on our corners. You’re saying uncover able. I don’t feel that at all. I feel like we’d be fine. We are playing way to soft and way to far off. I feel like up on the line and physical our corners will be in better shape. I think every single issue we have is this defensive scheme. I literally hate it. We have the complete opposite idea of what an effective defense should be. We should be fast, physical and setting the tone. Our offense plays that way. We are such absolute *****’s on defense because of McDermott