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Last season we had Hollins who was serviceable, and Allen seemed to trust down the field. He led the team in receiving TDs. We also had Cooper for the second half of the season who played like a real NFL WR2. This season we have Kincaid back (when he’s targeted he looks good). But Palmer hasn’t really replaced Cooper or Hollins and now he’s going to miss a chunk of the season. So we just have less talent than last season. We banked a bit on Coleman taking a step forward and he looks like he’s actually taken a step back.

I heard it on One Bills Live yesterday and found the search today that said he was taking a mental reset. Dam AI maybe?

Palmer and Shakir are separating WRs. Kincaid is a separating TE. And where were all the separating WRs last year when the passing offense looked a lot better than it has the past two or three games? People want to pretend it's really simple. It's not. Even if you watch all-22. There's a lot of things not looking quite as good, including Josh missing throws and not being confident of his footwork. A lot of valuables at play, including game planning, play design, etc. An extra upgrade at WR would help. It would likely not eliminate all the problems. Some, though. But if it's costs a bunch of resources, it would require downgrades elsewhere, now or later, that would cut team performance. This really is a balancing act more than people want to admit. The goal here isn't to have a great WR room. It's to have a great team that performs well together.

Kincaid and Palmer have been injured. Full stop. We need both to play. Now we are talking... and Josh/Bills have no excuses with Kincaid/Palmer/Shakir/Coleman/Cook/Knox. Josh needs to take what is there. The "Nobody gets open" line is so lame and not true. If we can get healthy, stay healthy, then we are more than fine. Our D has arrived and you will like what you see on Sunday!!

Week one, the Bills Ravens and Chiefs were universally considered the top three teams in the AFC. Then the games started, and here we are. He clearly did not account for the give in the hay bale. If he had been on something solid, would have made it.

Me, after reading analysis:

The problem hasn't been replacing a Beasley/Davis/Sanders - it's replacing Diggs. He was top 5 WR level with us during the 2020-2022 runs. He was the outlet on scramble drills. He was the zone beater, the coverage beater, the contested catch guy, etc. They have replaced Beasley, it's Shakir Davis is replaced with Coleman Mckenzie replaced with Samuel (not exact, but similar) Smoke replaced with Palmer If you are going to try to get a Diggs replacement, it's going to have to be a bit of a prayer for someone like BJT/Addison to be dealt and elevate their game. If they get a guy who is 80% of what Diggs was, the passing offense will spring forward

Agree...acting like the Ravens would be 2-5 with a healthy Lamar is asinine.

who are you talking too?

Back when we had a NFL caliber WR room in Diggs, Beasley, Davis, Brown. Many years ago at this point. They all but gave up on Wr since then for some insane reason

More than solid - that healthy Ravens team was a top-five team in the NFL. They were decimated by injuries in subsequent games to the point where it became tragicomic.

Just kind of a moving forward thing because I see it over and over again, Our GMs last name is BEANE with an E at the end. If you're going to roast him at the very least spell his name right.

Yeah, I still can't figure why Ty Johnson doesn't seem to be quite the same guy this year. I think that explains why we don't seem him as much. The first few games he had chances and wasn't as good. IMO we've got to start throwing more to the TEs and RBs as well. Haven't seen that as much lately.

This is silly. We need a separating WR. There’s no talking out if it other than to cover themselves. It’s called two eyes. Watch an all 22. You’ll see it if you know what to watch which most people on this board do know how to read offenses and defenses.

Anyone hear about Gabe at practice tearing it up? Looking like "who the F is this stud WR?????" I haven't heard.... but I'm hoping for the above!

Bills will be fine. Roster starting to get healthy at the right time. Most of the pieces are back and the rest are on the way. Losing Oliver is not that big a deal.

Just go with Bass. What could go wrong? He never misses a kick with the game on the line!

Define “ready.” Physical? Mental? Or pre prepared to kick in a high leverage game? Probably all three, and I think McD is done with Bass. One less headache if he’s not around.

We had a very good passing game last year, so I am perplexed about this season. I don’t think Brady is calling games the as he did last year. Two examples. One, we ran that 4 + 1 receiver formation a lot and opposing defenses had a helluva time defending it. I haven’t seen that much. Second, we used Ty Johnson a lot as a third down receiver and we don’t see that much, don’t see throws to any RBs for the most part. As a result we aren’t seeing guys open as much and we see Josh trying to figure things out, hesitate, and such. Brady has to get play calls going that scheme guys open and take advantage of things guys do well. Just having Keon run sideline back shoulder throws is yet another example.

What does Mahomes have at the WR position that would be considered elite ... also NOTHING!!! Out of the three teams you mentioned with good WRs, two are not very good teams. Spending so many resources on WRs has not helped them get as close as the Bills have on a consistent basis. Philly is a good team, but Smith is not "elite," he just isn't. And it's arguable that the reason they spent so much is because their QB really isn't that good as a passer compared to guys like Mahomes, Burrow and Josh, and needs support in that specific place. And the Chiefs are the best of the bunch on offense, without anyone elite, though they do have two solid guys, one of whom is probably a #1, though not a "true" #1. For several years now, though, they've done well without a #1. Not that I would mind if we could get someone else. But we're not getting guys who keep getting mentioned like Garrett Wilson and Waddle and A.J. Brown. Olave seems unlikely now, but he and Shaheed are likely the high end of the possible. And the tape really does show that Josh has had a relatively bad last two or three games, and that with Palmer, Shakir and Kincaid Josh has weapons in the pass game enough to be successful.

If KC is seeing this too, their plan will be to try to score early and force the Bills out of their strengths on both offense and defense.

Honestly, I don’t know. Hancock & Bishop could become a good pair. They also could be meh. The linebackers are fine if they stay healthy. Can they? Hairston/Benford should be a very good tandem. What is Hairston and will Benford remember how to play football after being paid? Taron Johnson needs to be better, borderline getting to a spot where I’d like to see Cam Lewis there. DL.. Can we get to the Playoffs with Jones, Ogunjobi, Walker and Sanders? Does Sanders show improvement when he comes back? Love our DE room.. Bosa, Rousseau, Hoecht and Epenesa is a very good group. Too many questions for me to answer, but it was always going to be about this Defense gelling by January. On Offense, this is the same friggin issue as last year. And we burned a 3 to get the corpse of Cooper to open things up a bit. Now here we are again. Elite OL, Elite QB, Elite Running Game. Adding even a Shaheed opposite Palmer changes so much moving forward for this Offense and how teams defend us.

Prater popped up on the injury report this week as "limited" with a right calf. Seems worth noting.

Based on at the very least getting past KC in the playoffs and getting to play for the Lombardi once is achieving more than being Andy Reid's personal Washington Generals come playoff time.