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Not in SB XXV. The Giants D didn't even try to dominate the LOS that day. They were largely out-coached and under-prepared in the SB's but unlike current Bills teams they collapsed when the other team had the better plan. Until the last one when they actually had a good gameplan against an overconfident Cowboys team and the players just choked in the second half. Allen often outplays the opponent despite being out schemed. See the long Allen TD run in the regular season win vs KC and the remarkable arm punt that Kincaid dropped. Those 90's Bills didn't.

Some sad sack Bills fans just try to project their nonsense on Josh Allen. He isn't thinking about 4 SB losses that happened before he was born to a team he didn't even play for until 2018. His mistakes in big moments are relatively minor. If that softy Kincaid catches the arm punt that landed gently in his arms we aren't having this discussion. Allen is great. He doesn't wilt in the spotlight like Jim Kelly and his boys did.

Well, he certainly didn't get the opportunity to prove that he can catch the ball downfield so I don't know where you are going with that. They drafted James Cook to be a weapon in a pass-heavy offense and it turned out he's just a 2 down RB who isn't trustworthy on 3rd downs or in the passing game unless it's a screen. Those people who thought he was going to be a 3 down RB........or at least a great 3rd down RB........do look foolish. That was actually Brady's 4th season as an NFL OC. He was fired late in his second season as OC in Carolina and took over about halfway thru last year but he was not new to calling plays. Inexperienced compared to Spags for sure, but not even close to being a rookie.

Well Brady probably believed that Spags would empty his playbook of blitzes(and he did) on the final drive and Cook being Cook would ruin it for them. It's funny how people know that Cook isn't anywhere near Ty Johnson in blitz pickup or as receiver (particularly downfield) and that Johnson is often even brought in to convert short yardage......he's basically THE high leverage back of the team.........and yet it's inexplicable to them why he is on the field during a critical drive and not James Cook. The notion that if Cook had been in there they could have just plowed over an amped up Chiefs defense in their biggest drive of the year is illogical, IMO. They hadn't even worn the Chiefs defense down. Even in the divisional round game last year when the Bills had the ball for nearly 40 minutes the Chiefs weren't relenting the run on the final drive. Do we remember why it was 2nd and 9 at the 2 minute warning? Because they were still playing the run tough. That game and this game were going to be won in the passing game. Cook isn't the guy for that. I hope like hell they don't extend him this offseason and then feel compelled to leave him on the field on 3rd downs to miss blitzes and drop wide open TD's.

Goldilocks needs to learn how to pass block so he doesn't have to come off the field all year for Ty Johnson. I'm not absolving Brady of choking in the moment, it's been my biggest criticism of him. But Cook is a dumb player and it's understandable to not want him on the field in critical situations. Beyond blown blocking assignments we saw his buffoonery in the pass game last year when he dropped some critical TD passes when they leaned on him late in down sequences. It's not like replacing Thurman Thomas with Carwell Gardner........Ty Johnson is plenty good as a runner AND a better pass catcher in addition to the blocking element.

I'd extend none of them early. Groot is the only one I would even seriously consider but I think I want him playing for a big contract to see if he can find that next level he hasn't been able to reach yet. Trade for or sign a veteran WR1 and then acquire or draft some quality DL early in the draft. Then get a RB(great RB draft) and a slot WR and some DB's on day 3 to start prepping to replace Cook, Shakir and Benford if they don't kill it in their walk years.

Having veteran coaches who've seen it all and are still on top of their game is an advantage over having young coordinators and a HC who is in his formative years by comparison. And the Chiefs had two weeks to prepare for a Buffalo or Baltimore matchup so were able to be a step ahead of the film. By comparison it looked like they just marched out a vanilla plan versus the Texans who they knew were going to be an easy out. Bills didn't have nearly as much time to think out of the box after having to play in the WC and divisional rounds and still were an easy catch and some basic execution thereafter away from winning in Arrowhead. An unforced error.......a dropped arm punt NOT the blitz that caused it......ended their season. Remember, Spags out schemed Brady on that 4th down TD run that won the game in Buffalo.......but a player made a play that time. Gotta' get that #1 seed next year and then you can be the one's who are one step ahead.

C'mon dude. We don't need that vaguery from a veteran. Replace 8 players on the DL rotation and 5 starters in the secondary and presumably at least one of the 2 starting LB's, preferably while trading for Crosby or Garrett and trading for George Pickens? Oh and find a way to keep James Cook? You know Cook is under contract, right? I mean I get that people are frustrated and maybe haven't looked at the options but replacing 14 players who get 40% or more of the defensive snaps while adding a superstar NFLDPOY caliber defender and a WR who will likely cost a day 2 pick in trade as well probably isn't feasible with 3 picks in the top 100 and maybe $40M in adjusted cap room. People just need to accept the facts that the Bills timeline didn't line up well with the Chiefs. Andy Reid in his first 18 years as a HC was no better than Sean McDermott in the playoffs. He reached a SB by force of talent(Terrel Owens acquisition) but then put on a disgusting performance in defeat to the Patriots. Reid was NOT acquiring Mahomes and one more year of early playoff exits again to the likes of Mike Mularkey from being fired in KC. But his experience of learning every way to blow huge playoff leads and choke on his home field finally paid off. And getting Spags was a match made in heaven for them. The Bills are good enough to win. They don't need 9 new starters on defense to win a SB. They simply need to be good enough to earn the #1 seed for once and let the injured team come to them in the AFCCG. They made strides toward becoming a #1 seed level team this year. The mid-season swoon was shorter and was more Beane's fault for not addressing WR sooner than it was fatigue due to McDermott's intensity. Next year they have 9 home games and like 7 of their 8 toughest opponents are on the home slate. They need to make some splashes and draft well but they aren't 15 players away.

Number of draft-able Iowa DB's this spring and I expect the Bills to come home with one of them and to hear a lot of talk about how they are like Micah Hyde or were trained like him etc..

I would probably stick with Elam if all they could get was a 7th but as I've mentioned before I'd look to Dallas to see if they want to do a "bust for bust" trade with the Bills getting DT Mazi Smith. Elam's dad was a Jerry Jones favorite so he might be down for a Kaiir reclamation project. Mazi Smith has been lousy in his first two years but, like Elam, he has the athletic talent to hope there is more there. Bills need a 1 tech and he's giant and athletic.

Oh the defense is obviously the bigger problem for sure, I just think they need A LOT of different starters to expect to become a road-worthy playoff defense. I don't expect Milano or Douglas back but if they are I don't expect them to play as well as they did in the playoffs, even. Daquan and Taron will likely be back(because of difficult contracts) with further diminishing effectiveness due to age. Both safeties should be upgraded and not sure Bishop is an answer at either spot. Hopefully they can get one more good year out of Benford before he has to medically retire or falls apart. Elam might not be back. It's a patchwork, aging and injury riddled/prone bunch and maybe a Garrett would cover a lot for that but I don't think it will be enough, still. As much as McD can't seem to put together an elite defense I do think he can make another middling one out of chewing gum and popsicle sticks if necessary. I think the last two games really exposed the Bills passing game though. Nobody ate because defense's tighten up on JAG's in the postseason. That's when you need stars to step up. The Bills don't have those in the receiving/TE corps. And I will say that the Bills defense stepped up in the playoffs as well. They were trash in-season. Played much better against Denver and Baltimore.......until they lost Rapp. Then lost Benford in KC. I mean, if Howie Roseman was the Bills GM they could probably fix the D fairly quick with their limited chips but our personnel department hasn't proven to be at their level yet. Given Beane's track record they aren't going to sign some dude like Baun on the cheap and turn him into an NFL DPOY candidate overnight, etc.. Might have to hire Doug Whaley back to run pro personnel and get a Lorax.

The "context" is merely Warrow making an excuse for the player. There is no indication that it was fully severed(unlikely though) and not even mention of whether it will require surgery(which also wouldn't necessarily mean it was a full tear but would at least support the notion that it was a higher grade of strain, which we all should have thought given his slow return anyway). It's always a slippery slope for the team or teammates to float this BS out there. If it's torn entirely he could easily just choose to play the rest of his career without it. Whole lotta' stars played most of their careers without certain knee ligaments including a bunch of HoF'ers. He just needs to take his lumps for his drop like Tyler Bass did his miss last year, own it and decide if he wants to be an NFL star or accept that he is just a guy out there and cash those checks.

A sprained ligament is a tear. We knew this when it happened in Indy. Not news. He also dropped a contested throw earlier in the game on second down and dropped a drive killer against Baltimore the week before. This dude was supposed to have the best hands in his draft class. That sh!t is inexcusable for a first round, receive-only TE.

I think Jamar Chase and DK Metcalf could be had in trade for the right price. Chase would be incredible because he is the much better player........but he might not fit the culture. Metcalf would be a great culture fit and likely much cheaper to acquire and extend but he's not automatic like Chase. I'm skeptical that Tee Higgins and Allen would be a great fit because nobody delivers perfectly placed passes like Burrow so not sure how he'd fit in Buffalo with his modest athleticism. I'd hope that Metcalf would be attainable with the 2 second round picks or hopefully even less if he pushes his way out of Seattle by asking for a contract extension. The Chiefs were after Metcalf last offseason so I'd suspect they will be again so might even serve to block them from getting what they want if the Bills dealt for him. A Chase deal would start with a #1 and probably require another #1. Garrett would seem like the same price to me, two #1's. Those 26' picks might be particularly valuable to teams like Seattle and Cleveland playing with bridge QB's. I mean a Garrett and Metcalf offseason wouldn't be entirely out of the question even if very unlikely. Maybe they take lesser extensions to play with Josh Allen?

Obviously the big problem is a lack of chips to fill the positions because ideally you want a bunch of new players. I just think that given the salary cap jam that Beane has put himself in that the biggest difference maker would be 1 stud boundary WR. To me, that and perhaps a modest experience related uptick at a couple other skill positions on offense could result in them adding a full TD to their 30 ppg offense. A potentially historic offense. I know they put up 29 last night but 7(?) of those were courtesy of harrowing 4th down conversions that would likely have been FG's in-season. They didn't look good on offense. Defense, I think is more of a multi-player fix. Yes, an elite difference maker on the DL would be great. That would really help put away teams with sackable QB's. But they may also need a number of back 7 players and a true 1-tech at DT. And then you hope they stay healthy. And defense is the far less predictable side of the ball from year to year so there is that to consider when distributing limited personnel chips.

I don't think there is evidence to suggest that if the refs had rewarded the Bills for doing the bare minimum with those 4 downs then the Bills would have just rammed it down their throat the rest of the way. They played it too close and left their fortune to fate. Maybe the drive turns into a TD but I think it's just as likely(if not moreso) they would have stalled again. We can blame the OL or Brady or even Josh Allen but in the end I think having to throw passes at or behind the LOS and pray for YAC all night was the cause. Just a dearth of easy 10-15 yard gains. Mahomes had 9.4 yards per attempt Allen had 6.9. It's a recurring theme in the last two playoff games(although last year it was more like 9.5 to 4.75 so I guess they made "some" progress).

His hometown Lions would be all over Crosby to pair with Hutchinson if he became available. I think Myles G is more likely to be dealt this offseason given Cleveland's uniquely terrible QB situation but new Raiders HC Pete Carroll shocked everyone when his team traded Russell Wilson and then played better without him so who knows.

Pickings are relatively slim at WR in this draft class. 2nd round talent this year would be day 3 quality in recent years. Hard to expect year 1 starter results from day 3 pedigree. Better off spending the money(and/or pick(s)) on a veteran boundary WR to try to close the deal.

Yeah Crosby is a wide-9 type guy. He needs space to operate at the level we are accustomed to seeing. Myles Garrett is the guy who could still make hay in the Bills tighter splits. He can dominate in a phone booth. All that said, they are good enough defensively to rope-a-dope with the Chiefs or Ravens they just lack the horses in the passing game. Kincaid was supposed to be the guy but he is soft as baby sh!t. Makes Mike Gesicki look like Mark Bavaro. Coleman is a project because he can't separate and has to play out of position on the boundary. Shakir isn't physically capable of being a WR1 despite his great effort. Two straight years Allen had the ball in his hands with a chance to choke the f#cking Chiefs out and instead they choked themselves out because they couldn't make plays in the passing game when needed.

Yeah if you can't earn the #1 seed you can't say you had any right going to the Super Bowl. The Allen Bills have never done it. Next year they get 9 at home or at a neutral site(Europe) and the toughest opponents are at home the road schedule is very weak by comparison. No mid-season swoon bullish!t allowed. Get the bye and play the lowest seed in the divisional. Then hopefully the Chiefs get knocked off in their first two games or come into Buffalo injured. That's the formula.

This is what they play that the players "vibe" to:

I've never seen that they requested it and that's why the Bills began playing it. It's a commonly played pop sing-along song at sporting events everywhere that's really directed toward an age/race demographic that tends to spend a lot of money on merchandise etc.. One of the keys to getting deeper into their wallet is making the experience seem catered to them. Marketing 101. Pretty certain you have it backwards and that the Bills started playing it and then Kincaid, Knox and Hollins and maybe Josh got into it. It's a very small group that "vibe" to it.

Donkey punch

When they played it Sunday night there were barely any people singing along in the stadium. Sorry to those who just watch on TV and read social media hyperbole and think the crowd goes nuts for it and that it's a fixture now, etc..

"Let me goooooo"