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This title will invite a lot of sarcastic responses but seriously, what was the defensive strategy yesterday? Bill Belichick will design a game plan to remove an opposing team's offensive weapon and make someone else beat him (Jim Kelly in Super Bowl XXV, Marshall Faulk when Pats beat the Rams). The obvious call yesterday, especially with the weather, was design a game plan to slow down Taylor and make Wentz beat us. To me, that means going from 4-2-5 to 4-3-4. Did Edmunds injury scotch that idea? Maybe. But when Edmunds, Milano and Klein were healthy, we went 4-2-5 against the Titans and Henry killed us. To me, maybe not the key play of the game, but an illuminating play none the less, came very early. First Colts drive, 3rd and 2, Taron Johnson hits Taylor behind the line of scrimmage and Taylor drags him for three yards and a first down. I think that was only 3rd down on Colts' first two touchdown drives. Would a stop have made any difference? Probably not, but it was sickening to see Taylor run over us the entire game. Wentz made a couple of nice throws early but basically he was Wentz.

Jauron wasn't the worst Bills' HC but he was most hated by me (except maybe Rex). He would be maddeningly conservative on offense and defense, designed to beat bad teams and get blown out by good teams (hence 7-9, 7-9, etc. etc.). Was there a signature win against a good team his entire tenure? If there was, I can't think of it. One year under Jauron, we were something like 30th in offense and 30th in defense, yet conservative playcalling and great special teams got us to - you guessed it - 7-9! Going back to Whitner - Cargo, not only was Ngata available but instead of Cargo, we could have picked Nick Mangold. OL and DL would have had their respective anchors for 10 years plus.

And yet, they've beaten Titans and Bengals handily.

This is nuts. A team with Gronk, OJ Howard and Cameron Brate is better positioned at TE than at worst 30 of the 32 teams in the league. And THEY sign Fells??? Is there anything stopping us from trying to sign him to our active roster?

In the off-season, Beane resigned Feliciano and D. Williams and drafted OL #3, #5 and #6. Also signed some JAG free agents. I don't think it's fair to say he didn't address the OL in the off-season. Brown appears to be a great pick-up. At worst a long-time starter, maybe a lot better than that. Dawkins getting COVID didn't help. He's been subpar. Williams was great last year, not so much this year. I'm guessing the real problem is that he expected Ford to take a starting guard spot and that has been a total disaster. With Ford looking like a total bust, Dawkins and Williams having subpar years and Brown and Feliciano hurt, well there you have it. The OL is a mess. I don't think it is as bleak as people think. If Brown and Feliciano come back, the line will be serviceable this year. If we have any money to play with, I'm sure we'll target OL. If not, we'll use a high draft pick on a nasty interior OL, a Wyatt Teller-type. We definitely need OL who can do more than pass block.

This isn't an injury excuse (because ALL TEAMS have injuries) but it's an injury analysis. The worst two games the Bills have played this year have been the two games after the bye. They went into Tennessee on a Monday night and played the Titans to a standstill and absolutely had a great shot to win the game. Last week against Miami they looked awful and looked worse against a bad Jacksonville team. Defense played well in both games. Who would have guessed that Spencer Brown and Dawson Knox are absolute essentials if the team is going to go anywhere this year? I've been very impressed with Brown. I think he has the potential to be an All-Pro in a year or two. It allows Williams to slide inside and give us adequate guard play. Knox gives us better blocking and a valuable outlet for Allen. If the offense looks as bad as it's been when the two of them get back, we're toast but I think we'll be back to where we were offensively before the bye. Not perfect but capable of complimenting a good defense. Also, I think the Board it too hard on Beane for offseason moves re the offensive line. He drafted OT #3 (who looks to be at a minimum a long-term starter), OT #5 and OG #6. The key was Ford playing like a #2 pick and taking a starting job. That, of course, has been an absolute disaster. Like everyone else, I want to go to the time machine to stop the Wyatt Teller trade. He is exactly what this OL needs. Got to believe guard will be priority at draft time.

Well, it makes the 2022 draft a lot easier. #1 - OG; #2 - OG; #3 - RB. If Williams isn't a free agent, he is the swing tackle. Hope AJ, Greg and Boogie improve enough to provide a pass rush.

In 1964, Elbert Dubenion had over 1,000 receiving yards on 42 catches! Average 27.1 yards per reception. Crazy stat. I'm guessing that will be a Bills record that is never broken.

Well, are you arguing that Allen is Beane's only draft success or are you arguing that Allen is not Beane's only draft success. If it is the later, then you've set up a straw man to knock down. Ronnie Harmon ended up being a pretty damn good football player. Some with the Bills, mostly with the Chargers. Unfortunately, he'll always be remembered in Buffalo for one play.

I get that OP is setting up a strawman to argue against his own title but the title is ridiculous and stupid all in one.

Bingo. Lot's of turning points but THE turning point was the 74 yard run. Titans were hanging on by a thread at that point. After the run you knew it was going to be a dog fight no matter what.

Overreact much? An "F" for the OL on a night when the offense scored 31 and a FG or TD at the end pushes it to 34 or 38? Spencer Brown had an off game. I really believe in another year or two he will be an All-Pro but he's a rookie and rookies will have off nights. One sack was due to a miscommunication along the line and Dawkins got blown up on the sneak. Not much push on a lot of running plays. If you want to give them a grade, give them a "C". The loss was due to lousy play from the D, especially up front. I was expecting constant pressure and it just wasn't there. Bit on play-action the whole second half.

I get that he trolls Bills' fans (hard) for clicks but I question the business strategy behind it. He is already WAY past sounding like a total idiot with his Josh Allen hate. I think he runs the risk of losing whatever little airtime he has now.

I get that the Bills don't have a ton of skin in this particular question (other than a decent comp pick) but if you look at what Darnold is doing in Carolina and how the Bears are in the process of destroying Fields, I can see how a team could be very interested in Trubisky this offseason, especially if the Bills showcase him in a meaningless end of season game and he looks decent in said meaningless game. Trubisky in Chicago looked a helluva lot better than Darnold did in NY.

I was at this game too. Fun game to watch because of the outcome. Raiders would have won in a walk except that they went ultra-conservative in the second half and allowed the Bills to get back into the game. Norwood was beyond brutal.

QB - Kelly, Ferguson, Kemp (not leaving off a QB who took us to back-to-back AFL Championships)(Josh will be on this list soon enough, maybe after this year. RB - Simpson, Thomas, Cribbs FB - Gilchrist, Braxton WR - Reed, Dubenion, Butler, Moulds TE - McKellar, Metzelars (what a black hole of a position) (should have drafted Gronk just to add a legitimate name to this list) OL - Devlin, Shaw, Hull, Joe D., Ballard, Wolford, Richter, McKenzie, D. Green (I'm leaving Peters off the list for same reason as leaving Lofton and Lynch off - HOF but mostly for different teams). DL - Bruce, Sestak, T. Washington, McDole, Hughes, P. Williams, Smerlas, Hansen LB - Bennett, Stratton, Spikes, Talley, Haslett, Conlan DB - James, Edgerson, Winfield, Clements, Saimes, T. Greene, H. Jones, Hyde K - Christie P - Moorman LS - one of these guys can learn to snap the ball

Hope the Dolphins' D destroys this kid in the season opener. Of course, Pats will probably win 5 - 3 on a last minute safety.

Bobby Hart is the reason Cody Ford isn't going anywhere. If Williams gets hurt, Ford slides to RT. If Dawkins gets hurt, Williams goes to LT and Ford goes to RT. It isn't ideal but I don't think Brown is ready and Bates isn't the answer at LT or RT.

The Jauron years were the worst. Four years and the offensive rankings were 30, 25, 30 and 30 or something like that. Most amazing statistic has to be 2007 season - #30 in offense, #31 in defense, negative 109 point differential and we still go 7-9! It was such a loser mentality. Ultra conservative offense and wait for the other team to make a mistake, which only worked when the other team was total crap. The Bobby April special teams, however, were truly special.

Re Neal Walk. No, it was because he was one of the hairiest humans ever. I was I could post a photo but don't know how to do that without help.

I also find it interesting that the Bucks beat the Suns. Both came into the league same year (1967). Bucks won a coin flip and got Lew Alcindor. Suns got Neal Walk (the "Human Sweater"). I think the Suns are the Sabres' doppelganger. Both teams entered their respective leagues around the same time (late '60's early '70's), had some early success (Suns lost in NBA finals to Celtics, Sabres lost NHL finals to Flyers), were generally good but not great teams for decades, had one more run at a championship (Suns with Barkley, Sabres with Hasek), both went into an ugly 10 year funk - and there the stories diverge. Suns look like they will compete for a title for at least a couple more years while the Sabres are an ongoing dumpster fire. Rochester Royals have an interesting history. Moved to Cincinnati and became Cincinnati Royals. Got hometown hero Oscar Robertson but didn't win anything. Became the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, then the Kansas City Kings, then the Sacramento Kings (with fellow California NBA team the Los Angeles Clippers, formerly San Diego Clippers, formerly your Buffalo Braves).

Pease stop with the "it's his choice" BS. We're seeing it now. If enough people don't get vaccinated, it allows the virus to mutate and spread. We live in a society. If you live in that society, you need to obey the rules of that society. I'm all for mandatory vaccination so that everyone in the society can be protected. We did mandatory vaccinations in the past for smallpox. We would have done it for polio in the 50's but I guess people weren't stupid enough back then to fail to protect their children from lifetime paralysis.

This is exactly right. The Bills didn't trade Jefferson for Diggs. Vikings got extremely lucky that Eagles passed on Jefferson. It turns out trade worked out well for both teams. If they had to do it over again, even knowing Jefferson would be there, the Bills would do this trade every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Bryce Brown fumble was the turning point to the whole GD season. Of course, no QB so they weren't going anywhere anyway.

One of my favorite all-time Bills. My brother and I had crappy end zone seats for the next to last game of the 1973 season. High school classmate was on the field clearing snow in between plays. OJ ran for over 200 yards setting up the record breaking 2003 yard season the next week against the Jets. Chandler caught two TDs right in front of us. Great game, great time!