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........then the Chiefs quickly march down the field and kick a chip shot field goal to win it. Again, rest assured that the HC knew the play call coming out of the 2 minute warning. He was willing to lean on a defense that had played terribly all day if the play succeeded..........that's bad coaching.

The Bills lack an All Pro pass rusher. Sure. But so did the 2018 Patriots, 2019 Chiefs and 2020 Bucs........3 years in a row. And they beat teams that did have them. Chris Jones has just 2.5 sacks in 19 career playoff games! Pardon me that my patience wears thin on these ridiculous McDermott D excuse narratives but has it occurred to you that maybe you are fixated on something just because the Bills don't have that and not because it's what's holding them back? Not being able to get to these elite QB's has never been the reason that the Bills can't even put up a fight against Burrow or Mahomes. They are just flat-out getting out-coached.

Your response doesn't have anything to do with my point you are responding to. I'm sure you had no idea that Chris Jones had done so little in those games, did you? Most Bills fans think he's been a force of nature because the grass is greener on that other side. What I know is that the sky is the f#cking limit offensively with Josh Allen at QB if you give him weapons..........not this bullsh!t half-stepping job of stocking the cupboard that they are trying now. I want to see what it looks like when he's actually surrounded with studs on that side of the ball and doesn't have to run the ball 9x per game to win and subsequently be compromised by elbow and shoulder injuries all season. I'd rather be the memorable Air Coryell Chargers than the totally forgettable Marty/Norv Chargers(which is what the Allen Bills have been to this point). Because I ALREADY know that having 8 good rotational DL and an excellent back 7 with a HC whose expertise is on that side of the ball has been tried repeatedly and has failed many times already.

False. I am not a McDermott hater. It's just clear that he's been and still is learning how to win in the playoffs via on the job training. The Bills hired a first time HC who was more of a culture guy than a quick-thinking, clever mind and guys like that........Schotty, Cowher or even Reid........tend to have to take a WHOLE LOTTA' lumps in the playoffs before they win a SB. But I believe McD's been trying hard to get better and I am not eager to start over from scratch(that's Josh Allen's decision anyway). As much as you guys push back against the notion that his defensive scheme hasn't proven challenging enough to opponents.........I think he clearly has decided to make changes on that side of the ball to try to diversify their defense. It's obviously a huge issue. They've become fish in a barrel defensively against Burrow and Mahomes.

I agree that Chris Jones is a stud and the Bills don't have a comparable individual player on the DL. But Bills fans think Chris Jones is way more impactful against the Bills than he actually is. In the 3 wins over Buffalo in the playoffs Chris Jones has a paltry 3 total tackles, 1 TFL and ZERO sacks. Ed Oliver......who all Bills fans will agree hasn't played well against Mahomes in the playoffs..... has 4 tackles, 2 TFL and 1 sack in those same 3 games. The perception is that Jones has made huge impacts. That's not the truth though.

Have the 3 Chiefs SB winning teams all had elite DL units or secondaries? I don't think that's the case. I go back to being able to adapt your defensive scheme to your opponent. That's Spag's calling card.

The defensive struggles didn't start after they got Von Miller. They'd been slapped around in the playoffs defensively by the Texans, Colts and the Chiefs twice by that time.

I think coaching is the reason.........more specifically an inability to adjust to opponents. You gotta' put players in position to succeed.

True, but opposing fans say the same thing about losing to Allen. It's hard to make plays against a great QB. When you are in position against them.......they often get away. Sometimes you just have to contain them.......as the old saying goes. For all the talk about how the Bills don't get to Mahomes..........the Chiefs don't get to Allen either. And yet, they were still able to force Allen to play small ball for 37 minutes in the most recent loss while Mahomes was getting like 9 yards per play or some crazy sh!t like that. There is no excuse for getting rag-dolled like that by an opponent you have seen and prepared for so many times. They are practically division rivals at this point.

The consistent defensive struggles in the playoffs haven't been due to injuries each year. Nor has it always been 3, 4, 5 key players that they were missing. The common theme is the HC. His defense's just haven't confused or slowed down opponents in the playoffs. 7 of their 10 Allen-era playoff games were marked by very poor defense.

Henry has never made it more than 2 years at any of his other NFL WR jobs. This is his 5th one of those. His head is very rollable. Goats get scaped when the HC and GM get made to look bad.

Yeah Pat Williams backed him up quite a bit in 1999 and 2000........which were Washington's 6th and 7th years with the team........but even then it wasn't 50%.

McD has fired 2 OC's and a bunch of other coaches have been fired or encouraged to leave..........he most certainly rolls that way. If the WR corps is a disappointment.......after his initial season with the Bills where they were a disappointment.........Henry will be easy to scapegoat. He's a journeyman coach.

Dogs eat their own sh!t so probably not too bad from their perspective. Seems a bit pedestrian to serve your elite QB though.

This is not correct. I think you are blending era's here. Ted Washington played way more than 50% of the snaps as a Bill. All the Bills DL starters played virtually every snap back then. It was expected. This heavy rotation stuff is relatively new. Take 1997.........they only even rostered 6 DL. All 3 starters played all 16 games and Marcellus Wiley was the only other one active for more than 10 games. Shawn Price played in 10 and Jim Jeffcoat 7.

If Adam Henry can defy gravity with this cast of high rpm drain-circlers he should some HC interviews. The more likely result is a pink slip.

His drops are there for people to see but overall he catches the ball a fraction of a percent better than Gabe Davis. The issue is that he looked washed last year. When Patrick Mahomes has a passer rating of 73 when targeting you.........you probably suck. That's why he was kicking rocks in the middle of May.......not his career low-light reel.

It takes a weakling to ignore the obviously correct point at the expense of dwelling on a very minor detail therein. You probably thought it was a lock that Bass was going to make that kick didn't you? To people like you life is a tragedy.

As @dave mcbride said.........it's a dog's breakfast.

I see it that way as well. But I will say that they guaranteed $1.1M of Mack Hollins contract so I think Shavers and Cephus are starting out well behind him in that competition. I see it that way as well. But I will say that they guaranteed $1.1M of Mack Hollins contract so I think Shavers and Cephus are starting out well behind him in that competition.

Not shooting the OP here but it never fails.........as soon as the team stops spending freely the fans start counting cap dollars not spent as W's. For any reason, good or bad, rational or irrational. I sure hope that a star WR doesn't get traded after June 1 and the Bills aren't ready to accept prosperity when it presents itself.

Yeah why is this back up? It will probably take a football miracle(read: a bunch of injuries) for DK Decaf to make this opening day roster with all the veteran scrubs they've guaranteed money to.

You are correct that there were 3 longer completions to Shakir on the season........the longest being 30 yards from the LOS not 40 yards. Your math is terrible and your attention span watching a 2:59 video is very poor. But my forgetting some busted coverage plays and your subsequent exaggeration doesn't change the point in any way. The 3 longer throws were all wide open sideline throws........busted coverages. None of those were posts trying to split the safeties like they attempted on that fateful 2nd and 9. Even the one versus the Jets that I had credited as the second longest throw.......because that one actually WAS in traffic.........was NOT that throw. It was a stupid time to attempt a high degree of difficulty throw that they hadn't completed all season. Especially considering that they had failed to connect on big plays all night. The handling/choices of 13 seconds was debatable. All that was needed was one very SIMPLE play to be made to end that game. 2nd and 9.........not so debatable. Even if you WIN that play.......the prior 58 minutes of that game + the Chiefs need to score a TD playing 4 down football.......well if you have any common sense whatsoever that tells you that you probably lose the game anyway. That's the point. They chose to turn the result of the game over to their weaknesses.......defense and special teams.......... instead of finishing it with the only thing that had gone right that day........methodical offense.

Yeah if they keep 7 and the last 3 veteran additions suddenly become un-washed they will have a little bit of everything. Reminds me of those drought years when they couldn't pass the ball but the toughest decision in camp was whether to keep a 7th WR and which one. When you have a high quality WR corps you only need to keep 5.

I mean..........yeah, if Josh WANTS to.