OldTimer1960

What do you see that you like about Hutchinson? Admittedly, you shouldn’t just go by highlight videos, but he is rarely open even when making the catch on his highlights. I understand that it is easier for guys playing the slot to get more open and he seemed to play more outside. Watching him vs. Iowa, I saw him make a few catches, but I don’t see him getting open. Does Iowa have a good secondary?

I love what little I've seen of both Josh Downs and Zay Flowers. Both are likely slot receivers though. Still, slot is the big weakness (I think) right now. Would like a slightly better #2 than Gabe Davis, but he is pretty good and would be a great 3rd option outside if a better option were to be drafted. Not sure what to think of Jaxon Smith-Njigba - he's likely mostly a slot receiver as well.

Drafting late in 2nd round isn’t easy. Basham was playing reasonably before injury. Is he the next Von Miller? No, but he was drafted almost 2 rounds later and I wouldn’t give up on him yet.

I really like what little I’ve seen from Josh Downs. Man, he would be a serious upgrade for this team at slot WR, but is the slot a position worth even a late first? I would not think that he would make it past the early 2nd. Hyatt from Tennessee has speed and played well this year, too. Parker Washington is an atypically thickly built slot option.

I’m always in favor of improving the trenches, but man, for a team that almost alway plays 3 WRs, they only have 1 very good one. Davis is fine as the 3rd outside receiver, but has shaky hands and disappears for stretches, but more importantly, they need a reliable slot receiver. McKenzies is not the answer to that, Beasley likely won’t play next year and Crowder was underwhelming in the preseason and early season before being injured. it’s a tough call to make about where to spend limited draft resources and you have to figure they will have to replace either Poyer (S), Edmunds (LB) or Oliver (DT) as resigning all 3 seems unlikely due to cap consistents.

Watching what I thought was a very good Dallas D give up 31 to Zay Jones and Marvin Jones Jr, I wonder if the NFL rules have made it nearly impossible to play good defense. Jets and Niners seem able, but beyond them, defenses are up and down. I miss the days when dominating defenses existed, but that was back when defenses could mug receivers all over the field and were allowed to just annihilate a receiver if he was fortunate enough to make a catch.

I’m not saying that Gabe Davis is great, but in the context of a 4th round pick, he is a pretty good one. Now, do they need to do better at WR2? I think so.

I’m with you until the last statement. I see a number of good teams that are on the same level Philly, Dallas, KC,Cincy, Miami, and watch the Chargers as they get healthy. I would not say that the Bills are any better than any of those teams, but they are probably just as good as any. if you compare the Bills’ roster against the Phins, I think Miami has more good player. Allen was the difference.

That is exactly my point, they don’t trust the defense.

I’m not talking about defensive bravado. Singletary could have scored easily and given them a 7 point lead which should be insurmountable at that point with Miami having no timeouts. My point was that the strategy shows that they don’t trust their defense. It was the right strategy if they don’t trust the d.

Edmunds is good and I hope that they can afford to keep him. I wouldn’t be looking forward to 17 games of Terrell Brandon playing there instead, but cap constraints may make it impossible to keep him. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if they can keep one of Poyer, Edmunds or Oliver. Keeping 2 of the three would be great. Any of them would be a big loss.

So, what should probability that Miami can score a TD with no timeouts and 34 seconds be?

Well, ok. Bates, Boettger, Quessenberry, whoever else - the OL is a mess and will be worse if Morse is out. The OL is a hodgepodge of low-end draft picks and undrafted FAs. Dawkins is the lone high pick on that line as a 2nd rounder.

You understand that a fg -even that short - isn’t a 100%. Bad snaps, kicker slipping or a fg block can all happen. Imagine how dumb that looks if any of those things had occurred. Answering that “they made the kick” misses the point. If you have a good playoff caliber defense, you should not be afraid of defending with a 7 point lead for 34 seconds - especially when the opponent has no timeouts. Yes, Miami has some outstanding and fast WRs, but come on…

That has worked 2x this year, but what it says to me is that the staff doesn’t trust the defense to be able to hold a lead for 34 seconds. That’s a pretty harsh indictment of the defense without Miller.

McKenzie should just be a very part-time player. He is ok for an occasional jet sweep, but he is not a reliable receiving option and he is not a decent kick returner.

I think that the play where Singletary purposely did not score a TD at game’s end shows that the staff has little confidence in the defense to hold a lead, even with very little time left in the game.

I agree the OL is a problem, but I think Brown can be salvaged. He missed the entire offseason and training camp coming off back surgery. He can’t be as strong as he would have been had he been able to train. Likewise, I think he is plenty athletic to play the position. I might be wrong, but I think they need more reinforcements on the interior. The offseason is going to be very difficult just to stay level with this season. They can’t afford any significant FA signing and almost certainly are going to lose one or more of Poyer, Edmunds and Oliver in FA. There is nobody in waiting on the roster who can replace any of them, so likely draft will be to try to get rookie candidates at S, ILB or DT. They won’t be able to address all the holes picking late in each round.

Point is, the success is all on Allen and Diggs. Any success the rest have is due to defenses being focused on stopping Allen and Diggs.

There are two great players on offense: Allen and Diggs. Singletary is pretty good and beyond that, there is no other player that opponents need to worry about. Add in an average, at best, OL and I think the offense’s problems go beyond play calling.

Props to the Jets. Their D is really outstanding and Garrett Wilson is a stud. Disappointed in Bills’ offense today. Jets took Diggs away and no other receiver is any threat at all.

Agreed. Why throw it there?

Come on, he did well even to see the ball in the air after the ricochet.

Why can’t this team put anyone away?

Supe big play by Hamlin.