st pete gogolak

It's fun to do the "what ifs' understanding that there isn't a single NFL GM who doesn't whiff on draft picks. But it's fun to daydream. What if we picked Humphrey and jumped the Chiefs for McDuffie? Are we winning Super Bowls? 2019 draft. We desperately needed a DT. Wilkins, Simmons and Lawrence were picked after Oliver. Any one of them would have been a huge upgrade. How about Metcalf or AJ Brown instead of Ford in round 2 that year. If we pick Brown, do we trade for Diggs? If we don't trade for Diggs, does Jefferson fall in our laps? If Jefferson is gone, do we pick Tee Higgins? Can you imagine Allen throwing to Brown and Jefferson? Mind-boggling.

Oh, so now Worthy is a "great" player? LOL.

i'll put this in the form of a question(s), since I'm not sure what the right answer is on a lot of this. Offense - remarkably few decisions to make in the offseason. OL and QB are set. Sign Hollins and Ty Johnson? Yes, if the money is right. Sign Cooper? Probably not. If no, find a decent boundary WR in FA and draft some for some speed outside. Trade Kincaid or Knox? For whatever reason, team never really seemed to run a lot of plays out of two TE formations. Preferred extra OL or three wide set. That's about it on the offensive side. Defense - tons of questions. First, do we stick to a base 4 - 2 - 5 or move more to a 4 -3? It won't happen but do we have personnel to run a 3 -4? Up front, Miller's gone, Rousseau, Oliver, Carter, AJ and Solomon are back. To me, Rousseau would be a prototype 3 - 4 DE. Could Oliver play role of a DE in a 3 - 4? Would need to draft NT early. Even if we stay with 4 - 2 or 4 - 3, need to draft some heft up front. Probably draft a DE early. LB's - Milano - Bernard - Williams in a 4 -3. Solomon plays rush LB in a 3 - 4. Backups Andresson and U. DB's - Benford (hope he is ok), Elam (I know, I know but might as well have him play out the contract), Ingram, draft pick, Bishop SS; can Taron needs to be on the field, can he play boundary CB or FS? Move to nickel when needed? Rapp. This year was the best Bills team with Josh. Next year's team will be better. To me, the biggest issue is a change in defensive philosophy. We simply must be more aggressive overall and more aggressive going after the QB.

Should have done everything in their power to resign Barkley and franchise Jones. Winning a playoff game was the worst thing that could have happened to the Giants.

“Relentlessly targeted”. Hilarious. He can be called for false start or not being on the LOS 50% of the time. Actually being called once a game is hardly being targeted.

So the most handsy defensive backfield in the NFL goes another playoff game with zero DPI, illegal contact or defensive holding calls. (Sorry if I missed anything.). I’m curious how many times they’ve been called for any of those penalties during their current run.

Agree 100%. Bills should have went for two at the end. “We’re winning this thing right now!” should have been the attitude. Unbelievably, had they gone for two and made it, the defense was so soft, KC would have had a decent chance to score a TD at the end (made it to the Bills’ 30 yard line in two plays).

Denver’s defensive metrics this year were on the whole better than Baltimore, significantly better in most regards, more sacks, #3 in rush defense (Ravens #1), much, much better in pass defense. Ravens are very good but they certainly beatable.

Yeah, but what is Burrow’s Corsi?

I don't think you did. If a politician won an election with 60% of the vote it would be considered a landslide. Sixty percent is significant.

I loved the play the Commanders ran a couple of times Sunday night. Daniels fakes a handoff (on an RPO?) and throws a slant to a wide open McLaurin. Would love to see us run that, especially if Shakir is on the receiving end.

I agree with most of this but NOT at safety. In 2021, Hyde and Poyer were far from washed. In fact, Hyde’s interception in the New England playoff game was one of the greatest Bills defensive plays of all time.

I don’t think Bowles is going to move.

That’s sure what it looks like.

Still don’t get what’s up with Cooper. Thought they were somewhat keeping him under wraps until the playoffs. Is he going be under wraps until the Divisional Round? AFCC? Super Bowl? Honestly thought he would see a lot of targets today. Note: not complaining, just curious.

Man, McConkey is good. I know we didn’t need a slot receiver but it would be sweet having on the Bills.

If the Browns clean house, I’d love to bring Schwartz in as DC. What the team needs is a fresh take on defensive philosophy. It won’t happen, of course. McDermott won’t ever allow it. Schwartz probably wants nothing to do with a franchise that wanted Rex Ryan over him.

I was pulling for Bengals over Broncos because I wanted to see Colts sneak in as #7 seed. Oops. Now I want to see Bengals beat Steelers to put Chargers in as #5 seed (I think Chargers have best shot at beating Chiefs in Divisional Round). I think I’ll get my wish on Saturday but if Broncos and Dolphins lose on Sunday, yikes. Want no part of Burroww under any circumstances.

True but still why not schedule games at same time Sunday? There were other games that could have been scheduled Saturday.

WTF! Ravens -Browns play Saturday afternoon; Bengals - Steelers play Saturday night. I thought the NFL avoids this kind of thing. If Ravens win (they will), Steelers rest everyone and give game to Bengals. Sorry if someone else posted this already but really WTF!

Coleman TD v. Seattle was pretty cool.

Wasn’t concerned about the Bengals because NO WAY are the Colts losing to either the Giants or the the Jags. Ugh. Now, I’m a little concerned.

Are there Tom Grossi fans out there? Every time I see a flag, I’m thinking of Tom wearing his referee jersey saying “flag”.

Agree 100%. How is he not already in?

We absolutely stunk up the joint in Houston. We were fortunate to be in that game at all. You’re talking about end of game decisions. Better decisions probably gets us to overtime. No guarantee we win (although Allen is due to win an overtime game one of these years). Rams game, defense was beyond atrocious. We accepted the penalty and put them in 3rd and 17. They converted the 4th and 5. You don’t think they would have converted 4th and 7? Big mistake taking time out at the end but again, would we have prevented Rams from getting first down to ice game? Probably not. In what was supposed to be a down year, you just cannot complain about a 12 - 3 record.