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Just getting out infront of this - Hard pass on Everson Griffen

at 2-4-1. I hate that freakin division

Keep in mind the Bills only have 4M in cap space, and the dead cap issue prohibits cutting/trading anyone with sizable salary. To get to 8M you'd probably have to cut 5 back of the 53 man roster players. So if the Bills want land someone with significant salary, they'll have to throw in extra draft picks to get the other team convert salary to bonus in order to fit them into the cap. With that said this is how I'd prioritize: 1-Technique DT EDGE TE CB RG 1) Dalvin Tomlinson. 1T who'd be an instant starter 2) Linval Joseph, the older version of Tomlinson, just a 5.5M cap hit we could make work. Would cost less draft capital. Instant upgrade at 1T EDGE 1) Carlos Dunlop, he's got a cap hit of 11M, but I suspect the Bengals would be willing to eat a lot of that to get rid of him, but work to do to get him under the cap. Plus a questionable locker room plHayayer 2) Brandon Graham. Does he still have it? He's got a 6M cap hit this year, which rises to 17M next year, which is also his dead cap hit 3) Dexter Lawrence. He's a legit talent in his prime, but man that contract is a huge anchor. 2021 his cap hit is 25M and his dead cap 45M TE 1) Evan Engram. Would be ideal. Big, fast, a legit pass catcher and weapon. Under utilized due to how badly the Giants are made. Just a 3.4M cap hit. Problem is that Gettlemen is a dead man walking, and it seems the Giants want to keep him around for their 5 year rebuilding project 2) Hunter Henry. Not used much in the Charger's offense, still talented, but his 10M cap space is a bit of a struggle. He's a UFA after this season 3) Hayden Hurst. Gets some value for the Falcons, but still under utilized there. Always been a bit underwhelming but likely offers an upgrade in Buffalo as a starter. Just a 1.9M cap hit CB 1) This is fun but Nickell Robey-Coleman, still a decent slot DB, and could slide over to the #2 as well. Just a 1.3M Cap hit, and the flounder Eagles would probably take a 4th for him 2) Casey Heyward. Legitimately one of the best corners in the NFL, but at 31 isn't probably going to be there for when the Chargers emerge as contenders, and with F/A hitting this offseason, the Chargers might just listen to offers, as they probably have little interest in resigning him for big money. Had an 11.75M cap hit which makes it tough

I had completely forgotten that he had an OC career before the Patriots. Not sure I hold it against him for not having good offenses with Mangini and Sparano, especially when you consider that he was in his 30 still. So I guess he's only been an OC in the League since working with the Pats & Belichak in 2013, since 2018

Because he's only been in the league for 2 years as OC? Both of which were with Josh Allen?

More specficially, play more man and make the WRs make more contested catches 1v1

They don’t have weapons. Maybe Edelman starts ahead of Beasley but other than that none of these WRs would start for Buffalo. Hell im not sure they even keep Gabe Davis off the depth chart

because Harrison Phillips has been BAD bad. You can’t run this defense with 2 three techniques. Can’t stop the run that way. You need SOMEONE at 1-tech and Oliver is probably your best option. The problem is that he’s a pro-bowl caliber 3 technique. my issue with the coaching hasn’t been necessarily the Dline (I’m more frustrated with the player execution), but rather the lack of adjusting for clearly suspect pass rush by installing a more comprehensive and frequent blitz package. seems like they did that today

Getting a legit 1 Technique would be pretty big for a McDermott defense. He asks so much from his linebackers, that you need to keep them as clean as possible

they have legit DLine talent.

Awesome to hear, I thought the Bills needed to blitz a lot more for their pedestrian Dline. Didn’t think Hughes had that in him anymore

Espn play by play tells me the Jets has a total of 4 yards in the 2nd half? Could only watch through RZ...what happened with the D in the 2nd half? More blitzing l?

Diggs and Smoke can take the top off a defense, so a speed RB isn't really necessary. You need a dude who can eat 5-10 against 6-7 man front, and we probably have that with Singletary. The fact that he isn't, likely isn't his fault.

Don't think this is possible thanks to Trent Murhpy's deadcap number of 8.7M. Even if you cut/trade him you only save 1M off the cap, leaving the Bills with just 5M in space, leaving 10M the Bills would need to find. Now Texans only have 7M in space, so even if you could convince them to convert 7M of Watt's salary into a signing bonus by tossing extra picks their way, that still leaves 3M that Bills would need to clear. You would have to cut 3-4 players off the back end of the 53 man roster, and replace them with practice squad players. With that said, Watt's contract is team friendly. He carries no dead cap penalty, so if the Bills traded for him, they could either extend him or cut him with no penalty in the off season. Hughes (7M savings) Addison (6M Savings) Vernon Butler (7M Savings) Are guys who I think are definitely gone. You could also see them move on from both Poyer and Hyde.

Like I said, he's was terrible in the first 2 drives against the Chiefs, had a brutal INT against the Titans, and was slightly off in the first half of that game. They also had about 5 drops from WRs against the Titans in the first half. You aren't seeing Josh regress so much as you're seeing teams take away the deep ball with a LOT of double highs. He's hitting a lot <15 passes. Against TN he had 5 Incompletions in the 2nd half. In the first half there was about 5 drops. That's not regression.

That would be a bad article. He had 2 bad drives against the Chiefs. After that Daboll stopped running their normal offense until they were down 23 - 10. Against the Titans, Josh really only had 1 terrible throw, and while he had some slight troubles with accuracy, really it was his WRs who let him down that game. He led the Bills to a TD to get within 12 with 10 left to play, and never touched the ball again. Against both the Chiefs and Titans, Allen responded nicely to adversity. The Titans didn't confuse him. He had one bad throw in the 2nd half, while he was tearing up the zone. A 14 play 64 yards drive where a TD seemed inevitable to get within 21 - 17. This is one narrative that doesn't hold with reality

Don't believe it's all that much of a mystery. 1) there's no quality 1 technique on the roster. Jefferson is 6-4 290. Ed Oliver 6-1 287. Phillips is a bit bigger, while Butler actually does have the size of a 1 Technique...and plays underwhelmingly. Star was that guy. Who didn't get much penetration, but you sure as ***** weren't moving him backwards, and when he lined up as the 1 technique, he forced offenses to account for it. 2) Tremaine is having some struggles, and with a bad shoulder a little tougher to shrug off tackles. He's getting far too much flak however 3) The DE play fell off a cliff. Against the Chiefs, the Bills DE - Addison specifically - actually did a decent job of moving Mahomes around the pocket. But that dude is just too good. However, continuous harrassment of Mahomes would have been nice, and that just didn't happen. 4) Without Levi, the Bills don't have a 2nd corner who can cover man against decent WRs, and that shows. You can't really fix the big problem this year. You can't just manifest a 1 Technique, and you can't reverse the years on Jerry Hughes. The Bills are really just going to have to suck it up, and game plan around not being able to bring pressure with the front 4. They're going to have to manufacture pressure, and that means they're going to have to be willing to give up the big play on the back end, and send backers and DBs. This DLine isn't good enopugh on 3rd and long to send just 4 and hope the QB doesn't find someone open. Send 6 against their 5 on 3rd downs. Start selling out more on the run on early downs in hopes of getting to 2nd and where you can blitz. Sooner they accept that, sooner they can paper over the roster deficiencies

Didn't impact their ability to go out and trade for a new player either, it was a wash

The lack of ability to run against 6-7 man fronts is probably the biggest issue of this offense. Allen has been, in general, extremely good this season, but he's still human and throwing against 7 man zones isn't easy. Force defenses into man coverages and get those safeties closer to the LOS. They couldn't do that against either the Titans and the Chiefs and it's really hampered the passing game

The DLine needed to be better on 1st. Can't cave that easily. But then again they were getting a lot of clearouts, downblocks, etc that put DLineman in bad spots.

He's admitting that Mahomes is special.

Bills were an almost fumble, and missed OPI on 3rd and 12 away from having the ball to take the lead. That's the definition of "it worked". The execution wasn't quite there. There were actually a few plays. Like that crazy Mahomes run to make to 4th and 1, when they would have had the FG instead. But thats football. They had more playmakers than the Bills.

Mahomes saw it to . This is the right game plan against. He's got a relay team out there. Make them run, and when they do - tip your hat and get some points when you have the ball.

That really does just right to the heart of why the Bills run D struggled. You're facing the best football player around, the best QB in multiple generations, you gotta account for that and try to contain/take him away.

I actually didn't hate the pass rush tonight. effing Mahomes. We actually moved him around pretty good. He just made plays, damn it.