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Expectations are a b*tch and I posted recently that it impacts how you view a season and the team itself. Unfortunately I believe the most important people running the team were jaded by what we saw last year and some things statistically that caused them on offense specifically to not make the needed changes to the WR corp. But more importantly last year felt like a year the defense would be adjusting, the offense would be decent but have issues, and not winning the division was a real possibility given the roster. Instead it was a dream season until the AFC title and every break you could ask for fell Buffalo's way. Now this year I feel like we are back to what many of us thought last year was. Who is going to catch the ball? Do they have enough at WR? Does the defense have enough impact players? Who are the starting safeties? In fairness to our defense they have been ravaged by injuries past the normal point and it borders on comical (in a dark way) every time a guy goes down given how frequent and bad it has been. There is a different universe we would have got to see Oliver, Walker, Hoect, Larry O, Groot, Bosa, Benford, Bishop, Hariston, etc.. all play together and it probably would have been a decent to good unit. Instead your just hoping no one else goes out and they can heal to a point they can make enough stops. No amount of drafting or moves can save a defense that loses this many starters on such a weekly basis. Yesterday they still got 2 turnovers and it felt like despite everything the Bills still might do it until Allen fumbled. At that point you could see the entire roster was spent and the defense which had managed to hang in there was done. The offense though really has no excuses at this point as they only have a few ways they can win and all of them require the rushing attack to be at its best. Last year when the Bills entered the season we figured it was going to be a heavy rushing attack as the focal point of the team. Brady was a step ahead of most teams mixing in a lot of play action and they exploited teams on screens/misdirection. Fast forward to this year and the offense just feels stale and when they have success its because of talent running the ball and playing a head or on script. The moment they get behind or they get off script it just doesn't work. Teams have caught up to the screens that Brady loves, they have figured out the play action far more, and they know Buffalo has no one that can beat them deep so the safeties are all coming down which is eliminating any mid level passing game since you do not have to worry about being beat over the top. Probably the most maddening thing which every fan and most media said for two years was who was going to emerge in the passing game. Shakir is a superb slot guy and Kincaid when healthy is a really good TE... then what? It is beyond insane that a team which after 2018 said "hey we gotta help Josh get some weapons" and proceed to add Brown, Beasley, Diggs, Davis, & Knox within two years of that now has said "everyone eats and Josh has to elevate them". I think there is nothing wrong with asking your QB to elevate guys, BUT there is a fine line for how much you can ask for any QB which makes the approach to the WR corp for years even more frustrating. Green Bay is a wonderful example of addressing the position even in a place of strength while still being able to build out the rest of the roster. In 2024 they knew that they needed WR help... and they drafted just one WR. Why not in 23 & 24 or 24 & 25 double dip both years or even draft 3 WRs. As much as we want to act like the draft is a perfect science, the truth is a lot of times it is more like the lottery and sometimes you scratch off a big prize because you gave yourself more attempts. If organizationally you do not want a Diggs, fine but you can still have a quality WR corp that can still do many things. Instead they gambled for another year they could basically run it back swapping Palmer in for Hollis/Cooper and hope that was enough, but regression in sacks/turnovers/penalties has been real as has the scheme which teams have caught on to. Josh does not escape criticism as he has been jittery as heck in both the ATL/MIA losses trying to do too much (not surprised given what he has) and not trusting himself enough either. The most frustrating piece of all of this is that an overhaul of the offense both scheme and talent wise is now impossible to the extent truly needed until the offseason. We are now wasting a year of Josh's prime where we have not maximized it the best extent possible which is an absolute killer given how many opportunities you get. If you want to believe hey they can get it back together and make a run, OK fine go for it. Yes once a decade a QB gets hot on a wildcard team, fortune smiles and they get a ring in a very unlikely way. That would be far easier to believe with a defense fully healthy not out their best DT until the playoffs and an offense that had a better pass catching group. They also went from having a division that you could have a few falls and still take it to one that has a team in NE playing great football with a great young QB. So even with the playoffs your probably on the road losing your great home advantage. It all just feels stale, sour, and off compared to any year prior which is typically the sign of a team that needs a true overhaul or shake up. My final thought is after all of this do you really trust Beane and/or McD to get another crack revamping this thing? The team just laid a massive egg and then afterward said we couldn't match the energy of a 2-7 football team. Yikes. The GM who had the hubris to call out those criticizing his decision making at WR in April, now is found running to correct his folly when it is too late. Again Yikes. They have been here 9 years now and the success and elevation of this franchise has been superb. But at some point you break through or you don't. A decade is a long time to be calling the shots and be one message, it feels like the time has come to revamp with a new voice before Josh is done in his prime.

I never said anything about the Bills in my post.

Sean McDermott is the Marvin Lewis of Marty Schottenheimers. I am so done with McClappy and his late-night drive-thru manager at a Taco Bell-type glasses that he thinks make him look smarter. Should've ditched him after 13 seconds and Beane after the Kaiir Elam pick.

this is a guy you let walk, and he will have a career bouncing around from team to team on 1-year deals.

The numbers say that Kincaid is injury-prone. In his first 2 seasons he played in 29 of 34 games. This year he missed one game before not being able to finish out yesterday... plus he'll be out an indefinite number of games going forward. It's just my opinion but I think he's gonna struggle to stay healthy and to have a long career.

Josh Allen needs a head coach with a brilliant offensive mind. He needs to use his arm and score points. None of this complimentary BS with the defense. This is like running 87 octane fuel in a Ferrari.

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Cooper had 16 catches in 7 games for us. The 2 games he missed with us, we scored 30. He got hurt in the Seahawks game in the 3rd, one catch for 3 yards. Our offense picked up was not because of Amari Cooper.

So let's just tread water and watch Josh ride into the sunset without a title. Eight years is more than enough time to get it right. I'll take my chances with a new regime.

How many other teams paid out $415 million this offseason? I'm guessing not many. As always, the biggest problem is the lack of comparison to other teams here.

If they get Palmer back it should help. If there is no Palmer and no Kincaid it will probably look like the Atlanta game again.

Playing with tempo requires you to put your best 11 on the field and keep them on the field for the whole drive. You can't have mass substitutions on every play, because then the defense must have the opportunity to make their own subs. But not allowing the offense to sub takes one of the joysticks away from the OC, and we can't have that. Plus our best 11 is 13 personnel, which with Kincaid out has to be 12 or 22 personnel. It's stone age but it can work. I remember an AFL playoff game, Raiders-Chiefs, and the Chiefs ran out of the straight T formation the entire game and threw only 2 passes. The weather was fine that day, so it's not like that was the excuse - they just decided to pound the rock and it worked. Might not work week in and week out, but against a banged up defense like the Dolphins had it should have been dominant.

I haven’t heard anything. That’s just speculation on my end. The public’s patience is wearing thin. We know Terry listens to WGR. Lol, he’s called in before.

I suspect last game it was Brady. This is me guessing— but I think they thought they could beat Miami’s corners with our receivers and so it was a good game to try to get our receivers going. Well, our receivers still stink, Miami’s corners outplayed them, and the bills just needed to go back to their bread and butter of heavy personnel and running. (They actually did later and it worked, but then we had the pick and fumble).

Palmer has been relatively durable over his career with far greater usage than Hollins has. It's easy to stay available when all you are doing is getting Special Teams snaps most games.

Stale is a great word to describe it. The defense knows what's coming. Miami's defense was playing with zero hesitation yesterday. Happened with Dorsey too. Dorsey's offense was good until the defenses caught up to it. Bills went on heater last year in part because defenses had no film on Brady's offense, especially the use of the extra lineman. Now they do.

And how many didn't make the hof or an impact? How many other needs did this team have that were more important? Cmon this is a bad argument you're not good at lol Seriously. Flabbergasted. To defend your logic here it's simply taking every other player to exist that was dragged and amazing or HOF. Lol

Thanks, I’m still waking up.

Well since Beane drafted Oliver, Bernard, Benford and Milano abd paid them all it’s safe to say Kincaid is in for a nice payday

It's boogie bashams all the way down

Josh Allen is too competitive to be retiring after one more year. I mean, it's possible he can "Nope" the hell out of here. Reality is stranger than fiction. However, his massive contract says "no you're not retiring."

Josh is not a big fan of passing under centre. He prefers to be in shotgun. That isn't unusual Peyton Manning was the same.

Maybe but one actually stays on the field healthy, and it ain’t Palmer

No surprise here.