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Grable looks like a swing tackle. Solomon is a ST guy back of the roster DE. Davis stinks (although he’s done a surprisingly nice job returning kicks). He’s not a NFL player. Carter stinks and is hurt. Coleman stinks and doesn’t commit. Bishop looks like a good starting S. He could be a Pro Bowl guy. To recap they drafted: - A WR with the first pick of the 2nd round that can’t get a jersey on game day after 22 games. - A good and emerging starting S - A DT that’s hurt but couldn’t get a jersey when healthy - A 3rd string RB who is worse at RB than the PS RB - A backup IOL - A LB who is on a PS I think - A special teamer and depth DE - A swing OT - A CB who is on a PS I think - A PS OL that will never play. He’s only here because he was free. I see: 1 good starter (Bishop), 4 career backups (Coleman, Grable, SVPG, Solomon), 2 fringe NFL players (Davis, Carter), and 3 guys that may never play another down. That’s a bad, bad draft. Drafts like this are why the Bills lack high end talent. Hopefully Bishop becomes a Pro Bowler.

What I don’t understand is all this investment in defense and we went from first to worst 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Again, total yards are deceptive. The Bills offense tends to hog the ball to protect the defense. Complimentary football. The Bills defense gives up 5.6 yards per play. That’s currently 22nd out of 31 teams. Also, they haven’t won a game when they scored fewer than 28 points. That’s below average no matter how you try to spin it.

These stats alone can do the trick, imo!

They still basically did whatever they wanted on offense. We held the ball for almost 35 minutes to their 25. He was still 22/30 for 273 in that time. We could not slow him down really. It's not going overboard to state the truth of what took place in that game.

This is especially bad when you consider the prime assets invested into the defense. It’s been lots of early picks and most of their cap dollars. It validates the thought that you should build up Josh’s weapons before his defense. You’re 7-3 with them being bad. The delta from the guys that you have to replacement level is small. Build from Josh out. Stop worrying about everything else until he has the weapons & protection that he needs. If you’re ever going to win it’s because of him. That’s all that matters. Go get him better pass catchers and it won’t matter that his defense is bad. Stop investing there until the offense is set.

kinda surprising honestly with Samuel and hardman being out. You'd think they'd at least have him active if nothing else but 🤷

I hate that I have to work today and can’t get a full day of bills content but at least it makes the game get here quicker

Love Lindy but need to wipe the slate again. Adams having a job is pure comedy at this point.

I mean Beane actively tells us he does. I don't know how many times he has to say it before people believe him.

One aspect of Coleman's game is the notion of contested catch ability. Yes, he's a tall receiver. He can jump. That doesn't mean he's good at contested catches. He has the potential to be. I think you've also gotta have the timing, hands, strength, and maybe most of all attitude to get it done. Has Coleman ever had contested catch results in college or pros? Yes but last year I think they shut us down with a lot of man. I heard on a podcast earlier that our offensive success rate was lower in the Houston game than basically any of our last 40+ games. They may play a lot of zone today but if it worked last year I wouldn't doubt they'll try man again this year.

Texans play significantly more zone than man. https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/stats-nfl/nfl-coverage-schemes/amp/

Fair point. Good work. I wasn't considering it for Special Teams only.

Salvaging his trade value for next year. The alternative is to keep showing everyone how bad he is and how little he has progressed.

HAPPY GAMEDAY TBD! It's a short week, it's a "play hard and survive" week. Thursday night games are never pretty. It's always a "do what you need to pull out a win, ugly or not, and move on and enjoy the extra days off" type of game. So let's do it today, folks. Do what you need to at work today to get to the evening--it may not be your best work, but do your job, and then, in the words of Bill Joel, we can "all enjoy the weekend for a change." You may be right I may be crazy ... don't try to save me; rather, "Just win, Bills, just win!" GO BILLS !!!

Coach Gruden’s Breakdown

Ok boys, let’s matriculate the ball down the field!

You sound like an old-timer. If so, Welcome Aboard! I’d also add Steve Freeman to the list.

Throw to the RBs! Houston will go heavy man so our WRs may have some issues. It worked well last week. Keep it going. That and try to get Mills to give you some turnovers.

Makes sense. Houston will go heavy man coverage. Coleman doesn't excel against that. Offense looked alive last week.

I also am diagnosed with ADHD and same. Football had me focused. I’m also 15-30 mins early for everything.

Henry had the big turnover in the season opener