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No issue with this as long as they are trying to get the win. Maybe they found major lapses in his game such as blocking

I did talk about this before Beane signed the 5 guys this summer: Bernard, Shakir, Groot, Benford and then Cook. All 5 of those guys were good draft picks. They are all NFL starting claibre players and other than Bernard I think they are all above average with Cook and Benford darn good. But there was a personal incentive for Beane to lock those guys up that went beyond the team. Before the spring Beane had been responsible for seven drafts as the Bills General Manager. The guys he had drafted who had been worth second contracts were: Josh Allen Taron Johnson Ed Oliver Dawson Knox AJ Epenesa Tyler Bass Spencer Brown Knox and Epenesa had since lost their starting jobs. So from 22 starters after 7 years as the GM Beane had four guys he had drafted and then re-signed. That is NOT a high number. The 2022 draft where Cook (2nd), Bernard (3rd), Shakir (5th) and Benford (6th) came from was without question his best draft since 2018 even though he blew his first round pick. If he didn't retain those guys from his most successful class his record of drafting multi contract starters for the Bills would really have begun to look sparse. He almost had to show "look guys in 2022 I got it right" for his own reputation.

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Fair. He was the one that I struggled with a little here too. You’re a little higher on him that me but he has a future and another contract after this one (assuming health). I didn’t really mean swing tackle as an insult. I meant it more in a Dan Skipper type of way where he can play, a good amount, and not hurt you.

Just gotta start investing more draft capital in the Defense I guess....

I wanted Beane to draft Pitre instead of Elam. (Subtext: I should be Bills GM, clearly.)

The only one I disagree with is Grable. If he can ever get and stay healthy I think he can be an NFL starter and a good one too.

McDermott is done with him. I think Allen might be too. They all see the film and the effort. Josh is an off script mastermind and Keon doesn’t help that at all.

I like Cole- didn’t develop super fast but has been ballin out as of late but yeah Beane has not drafted well- sadly we see any promise from a draft pick then tend to overpay to keep them-

It shows how they really feel about him as a player. They were like, “we are better off with Moore and Coddrington dressed.” Keon currently sits behind: Shavers, Palmer, Shakir, Moore, Davis, Samuel, Hardman and Coddrington” for a jersey.

The only crime here is that the leader of our country wanted to fix the housing crisis with 50 year mortgages and 15 year car loans…and his followers were actually stupid enough to defend it. How did you feel about that nursesclothing?

Go Bills!!!

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 (Ulofoshio, Hardy, Clayton). 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.