thebandit27

He would have to be Daboll's number one choice I'd think I'm shocked he's available

Depends on how he's used. A mobile QB will help the run game if the offense incorporates RPO and zone-read concepts that freeze second-level defenders and delay their run fits. Buffalo did almost none of that.

You don't even have to focus that; just don't give him the easy underneath throws. Make him beat you deep; he's not going to do it. He'll hold the ball for as long as he thinks he can without getting hit, and then he'll turf it. Did it all day against Detroit and Tennessee (as well as Pittsburgh and Jax to a lesser extent). Teams like the Chargers are so afraid of getting beat by Tom Brady that they aren't willing to play defense against him. Note to KC: press man coverage, 8 in the box, blitz like crazy.

I feel like I'm reading my own thoughts here.

That's precisely what they do, and it's exactly what the Chargers didn't do. Brady isn't the Brady that he was even 2 years ago, but he can still pick you apart if you give him the easy short stuff. Make him throw the ball over your head.

Stupid soft zone garbage. NE doesn't have a WR that can reliably beat man coverage, so naturally it makes sense to play zone all game

The Chargers walked into it badly. They did the very worst thing they could possibly do: let NE run the ball down their throats and give Brady the cheap throws. That's the literal opposite of what every team that beat NE this season did. 7 DBs all game long against a run-first team? Brutal

Morse is going to get PAID in FA. Paradis will very likely be going back to Denver (unless he really wants out), so Morse stands to be the only center on the FA market--a position that saw guys like Ryan Jensen and Weston Richburg get $9-10M AAV last offseason. Morse will probably get $11-12M AAV from someone that needs a center. LDT ain't goin' nowhere--the time to trade for a Chiefs' guard was last pre-season when they moved Ehinger for a song.

Getting a lot of mileage out of this comment on this topic I see. See my response to the last time you said this...it still applies

Absolutely

Not sure how much Sean McVay would look like Sean McVay without an absurdly good cast of characters to work with, but that's a fair point

Gilmore punked hardcore! ?

Agreed Dick LeBeau was the first just a few short years ago I believe

It's not so much that RB doesn't matter; it's that scheme fit trumps talent IMO

Not bad! If I have my druthers, it would be: C - Mitch Morse RT - Daryl Williams OG - Ramon Foster OL6 - Ty Nsehke WR - Marvin Jones (trade) WR - Marquise Brown TE - Demetrius Harris TE - Jeff Heuerman

Agreed Find yourself a veteran C and RT that fit the scheme, and a lot of problems will be solved. I'd also invest in a veteran chess piece like Ty Nsehke as a 6th OLmen. He can play anywhere besides center and would provide critical depth on game day.

As many of us have said: the Bills need a 2017 Rams type offseason. Add 3 starters on the OL Add a whole new top-3 WR group Add 2 new TEs Let your rookie QB immerse himself in the playbook for an entire offseason

He did lead the Rams in receiving TDs in 2017 with 9. No Rams' WR in 2018 had more than 6. You're correct, however, that the consistency just hasn't been there

Here's hoping My post was actually in reference to Richard, when it appeared that he was getting the job

Consistent yes; we've certainly seen that Watkins' best is WR1-worthy though, which is why he got WR1 money. I guess the big difference is that when DCs sit down to game plan, they most likely aren't keying on Woods as a guy they need a specific plan to stop. Watkins has definitely been that guy at points in his career

The open market says otherwise

Say what you want about the guy; he's the only WR that the Bills have had in years that teams had to game plan against. KC's offense is much more dangerous with him on the field. A team can try to take away Hill or Kelce, but you still have to deal with the other guy plus Sammy. It basically limits teams to zone defense, which means little to no ability to blitz. Do you want to allow Mahomes and that group of targets all day to get open and make a play?

It was lousy OL play plus a mismatch between blocking scheme and RB style in Shady's case. That's why, imo, it's critical that Daboll have input in the OL coach hire--the blocking scheme needs to match the overall offensive philosophy

So, they hired Fangio because (apparently) he would be willing to accept Kubiak, and now they can't hire Kubiak because he wanted to hire Dennison? You'd think that a GM would have vetted these types of issues prior to making a hiring.

That's probably a natural assumption, but the NextGenStats don't really support it. https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/rushing#percent-eight-defenders McCoy and Ivory faced 8 or more defenders in the box 16.15 and 20.87 percent of the time--respectively--which ranks as 39th and 34th-most often among 55 qualifying backs. Additionally, McCoy and Ivory spent an average of 2.98 seconds and 2.86 seconds (again, respectively) behind the LOS on their carries.