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Mr. WEO

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  1. 11 hours ago, Tanoros said:

    I hear you on a lot of this, and honestly I agree that Beane could have done a better job in a few key areas. Early in Allen’s career, the whole conversation was about protecting him and building a real run game, and Beane absolutely did that. The O line is the best it’s been in decades and the run game is actually a strength now.

     

    But I also think that came at the cost of the WR room. While we were investing heavily in the trenches and the defense, especially the D line, and O-line, the receiver group slowly fell behind. And you’re right: the D line drafting hasn’t been good enough for the amount of capital that went into it.

     

    Where I think we differ is how much that overshadows the rest. Because even with the roster flaws, this team is still competitive every single week. We can beat anyone in the league this season, and we’ve done that for years, that’s not something I’m willing to dismiss.

     

    And this year especially, the injuries on defense have been brutal. Losing guys like Oliver and Hoecht completely changes what the defense looks like. With both of them healthy, the front seven would look drastically different. Some of this season really has been bad luck, not just bad building.

     

    So yeah, the roster could absolutely be better. Beane has real misses that deserve criticism. But I can recognize that and still appreciate that we field a team every year that’s capable of making a run. That’s all I was trying to get across, we can want better without acting like everything is broken.

     

    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?  

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  2. 16 hours ago, frostbitmic said:

    Jackson - It won't be this year, none of the 4 will be this year but Lamar has the best coaching and probably is on the best roster of the four.

     

    Jackson is a terrible playoff QB.  

     

    "Best coaching"??   Harbaugh has won 4 playoff games in the last 11 years (losing twice to the Bills).  McD has 7 in the past 5.  

     

    Harbaugh is Baltimore's Mike Tomlin at this point--still eating free lunch off that SB win a million years ago.

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  3. 12 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

    I think we gotta wait a few weeks to really know who the pats are.  If they lose to us and Baltimore their public perception is gonna take an absolutely massive hit..  if they win both the ‘don’t talk about NE’s schedule’ people will be completely vindicated.  Should be interesting to see what happens 

     

     

    public perception doesn't win games.  

  4. 1 hour ago, boyst said:

    oh i get it. it's all about timing.

     

    right now there are a few teams that are propped up by their schedules and by their confidence. Carolina is one of them, above KC who is not a fraud just a not it team. The next tier of frauds is the Seahawks (where i think the Bills are at this moment but improving possibly), while the Patriots are the next level above with other teams.

     

    The Patriots are making the AFCC in my book but will get beat by the Broncos and most NFC teams in the playoffs.

     

    Broncos schedule is pretty soft as well.  3 quality wins (I threw Dallas there but if they lose tonight they might be done at 6 wins after 14 weeks).

  5. 20 hours ago, boyst said:

    In the playoffs I'd take KC over NE. I'd take us over them. Phili, Detroit, seasoned teams. New England has not proven themselves as anything more than paper tigers right now. They showed me nothing against Atlanta because Atlanta choked. 

     

    Falcons stink and they beat the BIlls.  KC is at .500....1-3 their past 4 games and might not make the playoffs.

     

    Remember a few years ago when posters here said the Chiefs were "paper tigers"?

  6. 3 hours ago, boyst said:

    Luckily you don't have to know much for the chuck it downfield offense that he offers and the Broncos need.

     

    I think the Broncos season ends in the divisional or conf championship round. 

     

    It'll be embarrassing when the AFCC is two young up and comers to the conference between New England and Denver. Both will get curb stomped against the top NFC teams.

     

    The entire field of the AFC is interesting. Bills a near lock #5 traveling to the AFC North. The Bengals have a decent chance to win that conference, the Ravens slightly lower (IMO), and the Steelers no chance.

     

    The Jags as the South hosting the Chiefs, the Patriots at number 2 hosting the #7 is irrelevant.

     

    The Chiefs and Bills are playoff seasoned and dangerous. The Chiefs and Bills would easily be more favored than most.

     

    Who would curb stomp both of them? Maybe Rams. But Eagles? GB?....Bears??

     

    If NE is #2, who is at #1?

  7. 16 hours ago, boyst said:

    That team needs targets downfield for that offense. He can open up their playbook. Let's hope he can latch on and have some great games against everyone but the Bills 

     

    it's his 5th team in 5 years--he's not opening playbooks...

     

    this dude was the 34th pick in the draft.

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  8. On 12/1/2025 at 5:04 PM, Buffalo716 said:

     

    Of course it's not at the Texas or Georgia level 

     

    But I wouldn't say it's bad football...

     

    I still scout HS ball in the mid Atlantic region from NY and PA to NJ and Delaware to Maryland and you will see a mixed bag from top 25 nationally to not great 

     

    Don Bosco and Bergen are terrific in NJ .. but not all is that level 

     

    5A 6A Texas and Georgia ball , that just breeds a higher level competition.. 

     

    Having more schools, smaller divisions does water down the competition a bit and spread out the talent 

     

    Compared to super teams you see in Texas or Georgia 

     

     but even Iona prep has put out a good amount of division 1 football players The last 5 years... That is a good football program .. there's a reason why they are number one in the state

     

    Agree

  9. 2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

     

    Have you ever watched C football in New York?

     

    That's not great high School football 

     

    Iona has a kid going to North Carolina there's literally 150 New York schools who don't have one player of that caliber 

     

    You're comparing it to Texas ball or big time Pennsylvania ball or Georgia football yeah it's not that level 

     

    New York at that level is still better than 20 States


    it would make no sense to compare any top NY high school team to 150 other NY schools. The topic here is the game pitting the top 2 Catholic schools. 
     

    the fact that Iona has a kid headed to NC doesn’t mean the quality of the game was better. But yes comparing to Texas or Georgia etc is what I was getting at.  It’s not at that high school level…

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  10. 2 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:

    You left out Connecticut ….they steal away the top talent up there too.

     

    I live in Orange County NY and we lose all our top kids in the area to Don Bosco 

     

    True.  My point was that the Catholic league schools downstate have to compete a lot harder for top players because of the number of schools. Iona hardly has a monopoly on them. 

    5 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

    Congratulations you're  AAA School playing AA 

     

    The fact any Monsignor Martin team has won in the last 15 years shows your AAA teams are overrated

     

    Monsignor Martin teams are doing it with less funding half the amount of students 

    That's crazy to call it mediocre when there's probably 8 FCS football players 

     

    And a few FBS lol

     

    Their states that don't have 5 division one football players in the entire state

     

    That Iona versus Saint Francis game has like I said probably seven or eight FCS guys and two or three FBS guys

     

    And probably two dozen guys that will play division 2 or division 3 football 

     

    That's not mediocre bro

     

    I watch the games. This game wasn't great HS football.

  11. On 11/29/2025 at 4:50 PM, streetkings01 said:

    They have a lot of NIL money 👀

     

    4 hours ago, streetkings01 said:

    I’m from Westchester County……my son actually played 7v7 with and against a lot of kids from Iona Prep……they are definitely paying a car payment, rent payment etc over there. 👀

     

    No different than in Western NY. There's far more competition (teams from the City, Westchester, Northern Jersey) for top local players downstate than upstate.  It's not like Iona or other City Catholic League teams are pulling talent away from Buffalo NY.

     

    Having said that, watching the game yesterday, the quality of football at this highest level is pretty mediocre.  

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