vincec

I won’t pretend to understand the salary cap situation, so all this may be impossible, but here is my week one list: Offense Trade Coleman. Gabe is a better version. Trade Torrence. Not worth an extension. Resign McGovern, Edwards, Trubisky, Anderson, Gilliam. Release Moore. Draft 2 WRs. Speed is a priority. Defense Trade Bernard. Release Bosa, Ogunjobi, White, Epenesa, Milano, Rapp. Resign Thompson, Hamlin, Lewis. FA run stopping DT/NT. Top FA priority. Draft MLB. #1 pick.

This year’s shaping up to be a wash, so it is what it is.

Actually moved the ball ok given that the WRs were always covered and there was constant pressure on the QB. If the worthless special teams had helped them with some better drive starts then they would definitely have had more points. I know they had the TD return, but other that that it was a nightmare of bad decisions, penalties, and errors. It seemed like the Bills started every drive at their own 10 while the Texans were near midfield.

They also don’t have anyone that can hold a candle to Luke Kuechly or Thomas Davis so there are a lot of differences.

Maybe when Bosa inevitably gets injured.

This is kind of true. But I also think that the run defense has been steadily getting worse every year so at some point you would think it has to catch up with them.

Debatable, IMO.

They will also be relying on turning the Bills offense over in prime scoring position.

Again, total yards are deceptive. The Bills offense tends to hog the ball to protect the defense. Complimentary football. The Bills defense gives up 5.6 yards per play. That’s currently 22nd out of 31 teams. Also, they haven’t won a game when they scored fewer than 28 points. That’s below average no matter how you try to spin it.

You can’t look at total passing yards per game as a metric because opponents run it so well that they pass less often. If you look at things like yards per attempt, then the Bills have a pretty average pass defense.

If it were that simple, the Bills would have done it by now. This is a passing league with tons of spread formations, mobile QBs, and quick throws. Lining up with 8 or 9 players in the box and then blitzing to try and stop the pass seems like suicide to me. As another poster said above, that may have worked in 1984 but those days are long gone.

No 24 hour rule?

Don’t count Cincinnati out with Burrow coming back.

The crazy part is that the offense didn’t play anywhere close to a perfect game today and still put up 44 points vs a decent defense.

They don’t have the players without overcommitting the secondary, and that opens them up to big passing plays which McD will absolutely not allow. So I think we’re just going to have to live with it until next season.

It’s supposed to be faster than the refs dragging the chains out but it doesn’t seem to be.

He’s a solid #4 WR. Decent receiver and plays ST too.

Yes. He’s been average this season. He’s gotten beat plenty.

Helps that both Evans and Godwin are out.

Part time. Swapped with White.

When you say “better than average”, that would mean that there are more teams in the NFL with worse talent on defense than better. I don’t think that’s remotely true.

Good returns. The fumble really hurt though.

I think you are overestimating the talent. Bosa is good vs pass, bad vs run. Benford, Rousseau and Epenesa are average. Hairston, Bishop and Walker may be good but are inconsistent right now. OTOH, you have Poyer, Bernard, Milano, Jones, and Johnson all staring and all below average.

Stop the run with a light box and high safeties. Pressure the QB with a four man rush. Give up no big plays. problem is, you need at least 2 app pro DL to make that work and they don’t have them. Not even close.

The talent is there. I’ve always thought that if he committed himself to being in top physical condition he could be in the top two or three.