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Especially since a space eating DT shouldn't come at a high cost. Billings out of Cincy would make the most sense. Low cost on an expiring deal and fills the need to get bigger and more stout up the middle.

They need to find a big run stuffing DT. That's the only thing that will prevent them from getting beat along the interior line consistently in the ground game. Oliver and Phillips are penetrators and not run stuffers. Star and Peko are not getting it done holding the middle against the run. The team needs to find a big run stuffer to take Peko's place. Not sure who is on the trade market but a run specialist DT shouldn't be that hard to find. It isn't a highly valued position and I am sure there is a out of contention team that could have a solid run stuffer that they would be willing to trade.

This year's draft is supposedly ripe with WR talent so I doubt they will not get a WR via the draft. But yes they did tear down the WR position in recent years and one offseason was not going to fix that.

The Skins are awful any sensible person should project the Bill's to beat them.

The offense should be ground and pound with Allen managing the game and taking his shots here or there. But the team doesn't appear to stick with the run often enough. I don't think Daboll is doing a bad job but he is lacking in certain areas. It doesn't matter where you draft a player. Was Antonio Brown less good because he was a 6th round pick? John Brown is producing like a legit WR2, Beasley is an effective slot WR but the offense lacks a WR1 to help these complementary pieces come together.

That's why I think you make a good sensible trade to acquire a player that helps you win now. I would heavily consider trading for Poe out of Atlanta for a 5th or 4th round pick. However I am not trading a 1st rounder to chase this season either. Improve your team at a good price.

You can't mortgage the future to chase after a season in which you aren't a piece away. However if you can improve your chance of winning by acquiring a player for a mid round pick I don't see why you wouldn't consider it. The future is not always guaranteed.

This is a 9-11 win team that will be lucky to win a playoff game. But they have cap space and draft picks to fill out the roster. You can't expect a Super Bowl or even conference finals after a 6-10 season. Fans need to get a grip.

They were average against the Fins in my opinion.

The defense had a bad game. Not sure if I am ready to downgrade them just yet.

Unlike WR there could be a fix out on the trade market. Make the move put your defense in a position to improve

Trade for Dontari Poe. Peko and Star are not getting it done as run defenders. The Falcons are trash and probably would be willing to dump Poe for a 4th or 5th. The Bill's can't afford to be soft against the run. Ideally the team would trade for a WR but the market might not be there.

They need a run stuffer. Oliver and Phillip's are penetrators, Star is average at best. There should be a big run stuffer on a losing team available to trade for. WR is another trade they should make but there might not be too much of a market.

Trade for a big run stuffer, you should be able to find one. Poe from the Falcons would be a good target. Star is not getting it done.

Honestly I think the issue is finding a run stuffer along the D-line to help the run defense. I know Star is paid to do that but he has been lacking. I would call up the Falcons and see if Poe is available. I think WR is something they should be on the market for but that might not be there. All the Bills have to do is beat pillow soft opponents to get to 10 wins sadly.

I have defended Star as an overpaid role player but he just isn't up to snuff. You are stuck with him the rest of the way. But why not trade for Poe or another DT to take Peko's place.

That is concerning but the team rarely makes those kinds of mistakes just an out of character game all around.

The roster is good enough to win 10 games but today they failed to learn their lessons from the previous week. Got to make a trade for a run stuffing DT and possibly a WR if available.

As bad as the offense played the defense played worse. Vulnerable to the run and Levi Wallace back to back bad games. Play Kevin Johnson next week at CB2 and make a trade for a run stuffer to replace Peko. I would also trade for a WR but the market might not be there. See if the Falcons would trade Poe. Got to get bigger and nastier up the middle.

The Eagles dominated both sides of the ball. That turnover was a killer but not the difference

Just a bad game all around. Losses were going to happen. It is not the end of the world to lose here, learn from this adjust the defense make a trade to add some help and take care of the Redskins next week.

Philly is 4 while Dallas is 5, the Bay area is 8 (DC is 6 and Houston is 7.)

Urgency and your "season being on the line" can be a real thing. But I do agree that it is overblown. Mostly how "Sharp" a team plays is mostly on the coaching staff.

The Browns for a few seasons before they drafted Baker were kind of actively tanking in a sense that they were constantly selling off players and trading for future picks while sitting on a massive pile of cap space. They had chances to make their team better but waited purposefully to do so. QB's are worth tanking for because they are a position that has both longevity, impact and are difficult to find. Having a franchise top 10 QB gives you a window to win a Super Bowl for 15-18 years. They play well until they are 38-40, they don't get injured as often due to new rules and advancing modern medicine. Teams go decades without finding a good one. The thing about having a top 10 bonafide QB is that for 15 or so seasons you are going to have a better QB (and thus a huge advantage) than 75-90% of the teams you play. With the added bonus of them being cheap and affordable on their rookie deal for the first five seasons. Toss in the fact that they are Yes we all know that once they get paid 35-40 million a year that advantage is diminished due to soaking up cap resources but once the team recalibrate their cap that advantage is almost back to full force.

I don't think Star playing a run stuffing line controlling role for 40ish% of the defensive snaps are why the Bills rank 22nd in sacks. For one the Bills have only played 6 games out of the teams that played 6 games (a lot of the league has played 7) so that is skewing the stats a bit. Of the 21 teams that rank ahead of them in total sacks 14 of them have played 7 or 8 games (the 8 being the two teams that played yesterday.) Granted that's not to say the Bills would be in the top 10 even if they had an extra game but their ranking in total sacks is a bit off. In my opinion the Bills general lack of sack production stems from a lack of an edge rush. Oliver and Phillips are getting pressure up the middle while Hughes is getting some pressure of the edge but only has 1.5 sacks to account for it, meanwhile Shaq and Trent Murphy have only accounted for 1 sack combined. Lorax is second on the team with sacks at 2 and he blitzes from all over the place. Star does a lot of the grinding down low might be more of a run game value and he certainly is overpaid in that role. But it is a needed component of the defense (I trust McD knows the worth it has to the scheme both here and in Carolina) and not a player you can point to for the lack of an elite pass rush in part.