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For those with the eye roll emojis to this post - what are you even watching?? I could see taking issue with a few comments in this post, but by and large, Wagne591 is dead on. OK

Wait, let me guess... was it Beane's driveway?

I don’t think anything “mental” has ever been a strength of Lamont’s.

I appreciate the detail you put into this, and honestly, I agree with several of the broader concerns, especially around the direction of Beane’s roster-building in recent years. But I think a few key areas need more context. Rousseau, for example, gets criticized heavily for sack totals, but he is one of the best run defenders and edge setters in the league. That’s not a small thing. He plays a different role than a pure pass rusher like Jaelan Phillips. And Phillips, for all of his talent, has a long injury history, which you also point out as a negative for other players. It’s tough to have it both ways. Rousseau may not be elite at one thing, but he provides consistent, high-volume, high-floor defensive play that fits how this defense operates. But yes, we do need an elite pass rusher and Beane has tried his Von, who looked good until he was injured, and again with Bosa who has looked great. As for the receiver contracts, I completely agree with you on overpaying free agent WRs. That’s exactly why teams with sustained success focus on drafting and developing receivers. If you lose them later, you get compensatory picks. If they hit, you get cheap production. This is probably one of the biggest areas where Beane drifted off course: too much emphasis on the defensive line and not enough investment in young receiver talent. Where I’d push back a bit is on the “dead weight” comment. Most of those players, Lawson, Jackson, Broeker, Spector, and others, are inexpensive depth pieces who know the system and can fill emergency roles when injuries hit. Every good team does this. It’s not poor roster building; it’s practical roster management. And in many cases, those signings actually help. Poyer this year is a clear example. I also fully agree with you about hiring from outside the organization. Promoting Brady and Babich made sense at the time, but the Bills are at the point where bringing in top external coaching talent should be a priority. This staff could benefit from fresh voices and new ideas, especially on offense. Regarding Frazier, though, none of us really know what happened. A lot of theories get repeated as if they’re fact, but unless someone was in the building, it’s all speculation. The same goes for the 13 seconds situation and whether McDermott overruled anything. Without details, it’s tough to draw clear conclusions. On injuries, I’m not sure it’s a training staff issue. The team has just been hit extremely hard the past few years with freak injuries, Achilles tears, pec tears, fractures, and so on. Losing Hoecht and Oliver alone dramatically changes the defense. Add in Milano, Phillips, Benford, and others, and it becomes clear that some of this is simply bad luck. Overall, I do agree with your main point: the early part of Beane’s tenure was strong, and the recent years have been more uneven. But I think the picture is more nuanced. There have been misses, but also strengths, and some issues (like injuries and scheme-specific roles) get placed solely on him even when they’re not entirely within his control. In my view, Beane built a high-floor team that consistently competes, but the roster has plateaued in part because he hasn’t hit enough home runs at premium positions like WR and EDGE in recent drafts. That, more than anything, is where the criticism is fair. I genuinely respect the thought you put into your post. I just think the truth sits somewhere between “Beane is elite” and “Beane should be fired,” and the real conversation is about recalibrating the approach going forward, not erasing what has worked.

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I dont want DK Metcalf. He's not that great for the money.

After Slay’s comments, I wouldn’t even want him out there on the field. He would bring zero passion and probably the same effort. Let him sit on the DNR and cry. Beane needs to go steal a CB from someone else’s practice squad.

LMAO. Maye is not better than Allen at this point and he has quite a bit to go before he can sniff Allen's jock

Bump. To lie so brazenly and obviously with a trait he didn't even need to mention...why not just leave it at 30 year old Virginia man? Now imagine all the things you're being lied to about that aren't so obvious.

The O-line, when healthy is bad at pass protection. A nonmobile QB back there would be leading the league in sacks every season. Also, it's impossible to claim "losing Hoecht (a guy who has been a Bill for 64 snaps) completely changes what the Defense looks like". Who knows how they would have looked had he not been busted for juicing and played the whole season to this point?

Two problems: according to two people familiar with his interview. on MS NOW This does not inspire confidence in this 'new' development. But we'll see. .

Apparently, the Pats have had one of the seven easiest schedules of the Super Bowl era…the bad news is that a bunch of the other teams on that list won Super Bowls, including the 1972 Dolphins and the 1999 Rams…

I'll be in the stands on Sunday and putting the over/under at somewhere around 578 for how many times I yell about Bills corners giving too much cushion to Bengals receivers.

We should be more like the Bengals. They went to a Super Bowl a few years ago, remember? Instead of blaming the FO for the Rousseau contract, maybe you should praise the incredible Bosa contract? This seems to indicate a predisposition. Yes, Groot makes $20AAV, but the top DE’s all make at least double that, in the $40-45Mil AAV range. He’s not a speedy, bendy edge rusher, piling up sacks. That’s not what he does, and that’s not how he’s paid, so I’m fine with the deal. Saying it’s not as good as the Bosa deal is silly and fails to give credit for the STEAL that was the Bosa signing. The Big Picture is helpful for perspective when viewing these deals. Bosa might be one of the very best signings in the entire NFL last offseason. And cherrypicking examples with the benefit of hindsight is so worn out here…..

I agree it's a bad look on Beane but not because Ingram > Slay - no, that is just crazy talk. But it is bad because we lost Ingram. But to Beane's credit you don't just let Slay move from toasted Pitt over to starting for a contender. The Bills play Philly at least once more this season and Beane is not letting this happen.