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Their defense was struggling mightily before the injuries. Now they might be without their starting QB. This will be a struggle for them to make the playoffs.

You're confusing @Einstein and @Einstein's Dog

Firing just the DC and leaving McD in place will almost guarantee an internal promotion and running the same crappy scheme. So to answer your 2nd question first, yes its likely we promote Al Holcomb. To your first question... It absolutely shouldnt be Al Holcomb. It should be an outsider who can run their defense on their own, much like McD lets the OCs do their thing without a ton of influence. Need to find the next Spags/Fangio/Lebeau type of guy who had a crack at HC, but now just wants to punish Offenses until he retires.

Ironically, he prefers his defensemen to be small and light. Is he dyslexic?

A scarier thought is the Ravens hang on long enough to get 10 wins and sneak in as the last wild card, while getting healthy at the end of the season. Then the Bills, as the #1 seed, might still have to beat them and KC to reach the Super Bowl.

I spent the better part of yesterday looking at the all-22. They are doing a bunch of things that I didn't see last year. They are bringing 7 guys to the line and having 3 drop into coverage. On one play, Bosa dropped into coverage. They are also playing with 9 guys in the box more often than they did, where Taron Johnson plays more like a 3rd LB than a CB. And there are most certainly a lot of other things that I don't see. The upshot of it is that they are trying some new things and the guys don't seem comfortable out there. And that does fall on coaching. But the Bills are not unique in this. Last year, the Eagles and Ravens had some new players and scheme elements on defense and it took half a season for them to come together. The 2024 Ravens had a pass defense as bad as our run defense for the early part of the season, but then they made a few minor adjustments and it tightened up. But if what you want is not improvement but your pound of flesh, hope for losses in these next two going into the bye. That'll get Babich fired.

The Ravens are a good team and a strong organization going through difficult times. I expect they will get healthier, claw their way back, and crawl into the playoffs. They will be coronated "the team no one wants to play." Then, 😁 we will beat them by 14.

Who cares - It's the Colts we need to worry about! sarcasm..... with our D.. we are lucky to beat KC. sarcasm.....

Lol! MY negative biases!!!!!!!!!!~ Go and read this guy's posts, activity... He is going to soon publish his first book, The Irrational Biases and Ravings of a Disgruntled Bills fans and Hater

Keon ran a great route. It wasn't on him at all.

I wouldnt say the board is frightened as much as acknowledging that the Bills will have their hands full especially with the defensive woes and lack of big play ability on O. The Patriots will be a good health check before we get into the real fights with the teams you mentioned. Of course we have the better chance to win but Vrabel can craft a plan to give us fits. I think this is good. We have been coasting through the AFCE lately and a little challenge will be a good thing.

Since we've already made these our things, why drop them now? I despised table jumping at first because it made Bills fans look like drunken morons. But now I love the odd uniqueness of it. I hated Zubaz at first, too, and now I own a pair because it's the Billsy thing to do. I don't want the Bills to devolve into every other fanbase. IMHO, all the things that set us apart, including btw the immense charity giving, should be sustained and embraced.

Ok I love these points... so I think our number 1 problem is we are last in the league at stopping the run... 2 is we are poor at getting to the QB.... and for that I also blame Beane and McD... . Missed assignments and tackles, poor pursuit Babich needs to be involve in the blame here... 100% I like your call on the nickle dime.... this is getting to part of the crux of my concern .... we have very small lbs who are blocked too easily and rarely shed them in pursuit, this is a McDermott staple, likely imo to beat KC... back off on the rush, be able to spy Mahomes and contain him... make them drive down the field and hope to hold them to a field goal... is this Babiches fault no... is the execution Babiches fault partially its partially on the personnel... From my perspective, I worry less about getting beat with the big play, more about using the speed of the LBs and guys like Oliver etc.. to shoot gaps and blow up plays... SO yes, better conceived blitzes and run blitzes... less ultimately bend dont break... reasoning, you have Josh, he is gonna score, you can afford to take more chances here... this means a new overall philosophy with respect to risk tolerance... I do not believe it is Babich to drive that change I think he is executing McD's philosophy... a solution is to get a defensive mind in here to reimagine what this defense looks like and to take advantage of the skill sets they have... Bottom line, the under performance of this defense to your point starts at Beane with the talent level, moves to McD with the over all philosophy, and ends at Babich in terms of the execution and lack of development of existing players... I say all this and it sound like I am saying everything is wrong... etc... I am not... I am looking SB and saying we are pretty much in the same defensive space that we have been in... that has not worked out well for us... we need to manage improvement .... how or what might that look like.

I don't mean to single you out Alpha, but I'm seeing this said quite a bit - Knox becoming expendable. No, he should not be considered expendable. The new NFL season is extremely long, relatively speaking, 17 regular season games and then more playoff games. Above average depth, especially in high risk injury positions, should no longer be considered a luxury. Even the reduced wear and tear in game, the reduced snap counts can help contribute to a healthier, better, overall TE group. The Bills should not be looking to move on from Knox, but instead getting his salary in line with the market. And I believe Beane can and will do that.

Merit for cabinet level and high ranking federal positions = sufficient years of serving the swamp. - The Left

Most of them will be back after their bye week. Madubuike I believe is the only one who isn't returning

"Ravens cant fly" would be too boring.

If even 75% of the fans comply, it will make for an awesome spectacle on TV. Do it, people!!!

I'm not worried about effort, I'm worried about results. It's not a lack of effort that's making them miss tackles You mean to tell me you aren't afraid of *looks at notes* Efton Chism III at wide receiver?!?! And Mack Hollins - Mack Hollins is amazing at.....blocking! If it's one thing I want my starting wide receiver to be good at, it's.....blocking

Yes! This. And it seems like that for many things the offenses are doing, even the supposedly so so offenses or bad ones. Hard to imagine we just have a slew of not so bright players, or undedicated players, who just are not internalizing and applying the high level teachings of the coaches during the week and their high level game planning. Rather, it seems clear that the teachers here, the coaches, are really dropping the ball. And in so many aspects of the defense. What you point to in your post is why this defense reminds me so much of dorsey's train wreck of an offense, which became the 'easiest offense in the NFL to defend'. Just like that, because of many different examples of what you refer to here, they have become one of the easiest defenses to move the ball against. And are, so far in 2025, looking worse than last year. And not getting better as this season progresses. All kinds of clear signs. And yeah, they may be erroneous signals, but I I am doubting that. Too many flashing red lights to ignore and too consistent.

Get bigger lbs. Our lbs are small

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Nothing will be soft for the Ravens with all the injuries including their starting QB.

At 1-5, I dont think he'd be able to hold it together emotionally. And might start forcing plays and get turnover prone like when he plays vs the bills and kc