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He made a mistake firing McDermott. That's CLEARLY the point.

Who are you even talking about? Shakir, Coleman and Shavers have not played elsewhere. Samuel has been constantly injured so rarely available in Buffalo for 2 years and clearly past his prime. Josh Palmer averaged 1.5 yards per route run in LA last year and is at like 1.75 yprr in Buffalo. He's been elevated, if anything. These are WR3-WR4 types even if not injured.

I'd agree that it's 80-85% the talent too. But the rest is split between Brady and Allen. What % is debatable but Allen definitely shares fault. Allen just hasn't been patient and safe with the football this year. EVERY QB has their limits with regard to how little talent they can function at a high level with. In 2019 Tom Brady had an 88 QBR and averaged 6.6 ypa. That was the NE passing game talent bottoming out. THIS is the Bills passing game bottoming out. All that said, if Kincaid could have stayed healthy they might be the #1 seed. It's THAT close. Kincaid has an absurd 155 passer rating when targeted and almost 16 yards per catch. He was poised to bail out the "everybody eats" crowd. But Beane knew he was made of glass. They said as much at the end of season pressers last year. Beane is far and away the biggest culprit.

Yeah and he was replaced by Juan Castillo. THE Juan Castillo who is otherwise known as an OL coach. That was a big mistake. Basically the equivalent of Wade firing Bruce DeHaven in favor of pump-it-up Ronnie Jones. Disappointing to disastrous. Reid went from a winning team to 12-20 the next two years and then the future HoF'er got FIRED.

More like: 1. Talent at WR is a problem 2. LB is a problem.....both talent decline and injury 3. Injuries at DL are a problem 4. Kincaid getting injured over and over despite being handled with care is a problem 5. Injuries at CB are a problem 6. Bad safety play is a problem It's on there......but WAYYYYYY down the list is coaching is a problem........they aren't being out coached on the regular in these losses. They are losing individual matchups and fumbling the ball away. Houston didn't out-coach the Bills their defense just won almost every individual matchup. Expecting a coach to elevate the #32 pass WR group over the #1 CB group in the NFL is unrealistic. Allen was going to have to buy A LOT of time for that and like I said......this wasn't the opponent for that.

Coaching is an issue. But they are losing WAY more downs because of talent than coaching. For perspective, coaching is only an issue in the same regard that it is for the teams that have represented their conferences in the SB for the past few years. If you disagree, give examples from what you've watched of those teams this year. I mean the angst in KC in general and in Philly over their REAL offensive struggles is legit. These Bills came into the season with their thinnest and most rookie dependent roster since 2019. They haven't been able to overcome the lost seasons of Oliver, Hoecht, Hairston, Rapp, Kincaid and Palmer........the terrible seasons of Benford, Johnson, Milano and Bernard....... and the armless month of Bosa. It's been a sh!t show personnel-wise.

Yeah Solomon has been unplayable. I questioned his fit at draft time but am surprised that he is this bad. I was very bummed when the Bills traded that 4th rounder to Chicago with Austin Booker on the board and THEN picked Solomon in the 5th. Booker was basically the Bills prototype DE. Booker hasn't set the world afire yet but he is a good player with a very high ceiling. You could argue that they wouldn't have Deone Walker if they hadn't made that trade but if Beane doesn't inexplicably trade that Diggs second rounder just to move up in rounds 2 and 3 last spring he probably gets his man Walker later in round 3 anyway. Solomon has been a net negative. Hopefully some kind of light goes on for him......on the hoof he shouldn't be the second-worst graded edge in the NFL.........but his first two seasons he's been trash.

So what was Brady supposed to be able to change this season that he did not? They basically replaced the 6 man OL and Hawes has been a revelation in that role as the Bills lead the league in rushing and yardage. That was about the only adjustment he could afford to make. They entered the season LESS imposing at the boundary WR position without the threat of Cooper and the reality of Hollins. When players aren't making plays it's always cited as predictability............the problem is the talent. And with a revolving door at the WR/TE position every week people expect a bunch of new sh!t to get drawn up when Allen is indecisive enough. For some reason the takeaway from that Bucs game by some was THAT was the recipe........Allen was pressured ONE TIME the entire game and yet most everything he did well was off schedule. He doesn't trust this personnel. They are going to have to win off schedule. This Texans team was a BAD one to have to play off schedule against.

It's probably the first time the Texans OL has faced DT's lining up on the edge as well. I can't remember the last time the Bills couldn't even FIELD enough DE's to play a game. But that's been their reality lately. The Bills defensive front is not competitive with only Groot playing effectively in an 8-9 man rotation.

It's not news that the Bills do not have great coaching. But who does? KC's HoF coaching staff can be cited for leaving wins on the table this year in the same regard. The Eagles won the SB last year with a sh!t show at HC and a DC who the Bills OC's repeatedly beat like a rented mule in Denver and Miami. I mean how many times did the Bills make Fangio look like the game had passed him by? Over the past couple of seasons I think the Bills rank higher as a coaching staff than as a roster. That's a problem because their roster begins with player #1 in the league. They just have ZERO elite talent at any other premium position. It's left little to no margin for error. And in that stretch of 24 wins in Brady's first 27 meaningful regular season games as OC they had just enough talent available to execute. And what Brady was doing was seen as innovative. In the 2 losses last year and the 4 this year the common thread is not having all of their "modest" pass game weapons available and subsequent turnovers with players trying to do too much.

Boat race? The offense only scored 12 points!😂 And they turned the ball over twice in their own territory, effectively gifting the Houston offense 6 points. And yet Allen still had the ball with a chance to win the game at the end. Just like the last 2 KC playoff losses.

That's a real cherry pick though. They had averaged 25 at home.......got held to 23. The big tactical defensive error for the Bills was not just playing press man and tackling the receivers at the snap with 9 seconds left in the half. Inexcusable.........especially given that they had been given time to think about it after that dumba$$ Ersery cost the Texans a 10 second run off and gave the Bills time to strategize. That and the missed extra point was the margin of victory needed.......5 points. Otherwise the Texans didn't get much done offensively.

Yeah what set the Bills roster back was not being able to make it work with their own early 1st and 2nd round picks in Gilmore, Woods, Watkins, Dareus and Darby. In bringing in a nobody head coach and GM combo they felt compelled to relieve themselves of prime aged players who had enough contract leverage to question McDermott's tactics. Trying to find that many athletes like those while drafting in the late 20's of each round isn't really do-able on that scale. It's cost Beane hundreds of millions in bad free agent contracts over the years trying to do so.

Yeah, sorry @LarryMadman..........it will basically cost you FOUR #30 overall picks to move up to #3..........and most years you still aren't getting a prospect like Anderson at #3. The Bills entire draft hasn't had enough value in any year to move up that high since the 2018 draft with multiple #1's, #2's and #3's.

You can't talk money and gloss over how little they've gotten from Christian Benford. He'd be near worthless in free agency this offseason if he continues to have a 110 passer rating against and 0 passes defensed. So his extension is looking like a windfall compared to the one year prove-it deal he'd be looking at at this point. Ed Oliver will only play like 8% of the teams defensive snaps coming off a season when he was one of the very worst run defending DT's in the NFL. Two years into the extension, he's had one bad year and one lost year. Rousseau would easily get the same deal or more than he got from the Bills in free agency this offseason. That's just the nature of DL value. You disagree? If not then you guys are just b!tching at the wall for the sake of it. We can be disappointed that Rousseau hasn't risen up to carry the defense like Allen does with the offense but aside from him nobody else on the Bills does that either. The team lacks elite talent at premium positions but Rousseau is not paid like an elite player. Not even close.