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And as our talent level has decreased, we match-up well with less and less teams. We have always struggled on defense against physical run games and elite QBs. Now our offense can’t handle a strong pass rush or a good pair of corners either.

Bills would look silly to bench Coleman for missing meetings… and then replace him with a WR who was cut for missing meetings.

Inconsistency is often a sign of bad game planning. When you aren’t adjusting for a specific opponent’s tendencies, it’s like running into a brick wall. The Bills coaching staff likes to do their thing and hope they can just execute better. Did it look like Joe Brady had prepared in the slightest for a team with a strong pass rush?

We need a total rebuild. But with the right GM and staff, they can do it in 2 years.

Fire the coaches now. Tank for higher draft position. New coaches need to specialize in versatility, strategy and aggressiveness. No more coach-specific schemes that ignore what an opponent does on gameday. Start purging the bad contracts. First out the door are Curtis Samuel, David Edwards, Connor McGovern, AJ Epenesa, DaQuan Jones, Matt Milano, Taron Johnson, Taylor Rapp, Jordan Poyer, Tre White (most of these are free agents anyway). Start looking for trade partners on Dion Dawkins, Greg Rousseau, Terrell Bernard and Christian Benford. Dawson Knox takes a pay-cut or release. Prioritize using free agent dollars and Day 1 picks on high-impact players. Trade up if necessary. No more significant contracts being given to mid-tier guys like Josh Palmer and Curtis Samuel. No more using late 1st Rounders on guys who will peak as solid starters. Be aggressive in obtaining high ceiling talent. Day 1 is for getting All-Pro talent. Day 2 is for getting starters. Day 3 picks are for filling in the roster.

Coaching (McDermott, Brady, Babich) is a huge problem. Player talent (Beane) is a huge problem. But possibly the most frustrating thing is the regression by MULTIPLE long-time veterans, who have been playing at a high-level on this roster for many years. In some cases, I can believe age is playing into it. But others, I can't help but feel like they came into the 2025 season on cruise control. They saw an easy schedule on paper, the MVP in the locker room, and just figured they could sleepwalk to the playoffs... then turn it on when they needed to. Instead of naming everyone underperforming, think about how many players are playing at a level better/equal than years past? I would say James Cook, Dalton Kincaid, Ed Oliver and Cole Bishop. That's pretty much it. And two of those guys have been injured a significant portion of the season. The other 45+ players on the roster are playing worse than we have ever seen them... including Josh Allen.

There is a divide amongst the Bills fanbase. One side has PTSD from the 2000s drought. They are petrified about making a change, because they are worried about going back to being a totally irrelevant and joke of a franchise. So they would prefer keeping the status quo, because Beane/McDermott means Buffalo should at least be in the playoffs and competitive most years. The other side has PTSD from the 90s Super Bowl teams. They are petrified about NOT making a change, because they are worried we are going to waste another golden era (Hall of Fame roster vs. Hall of Fame QB) without hoisting a Lombardi. They would rather take the chance of things getting worse and going backwards, as opposed to being comfortable with just being good.

Nope. I've barely enjoyed anything involving this football team over the last 3 years. Even our wins seem pointless and meaningless, because AT BEST they are just part of the same routine... getting us back to the same place we are every January, and the inevitable postseason collapse. After 35+ years of watching this sport, I know that I'm only watching for one reason. Hoping that we can someday win the Super Bowl. And deep inside, no matter how well we play on a given week, I know that it's never going to happen. After last night, I'm seriously considering packing it in. This team has no prayer of going anywhere. Which means what is our best option for representing the AFC? The Chiefs going back for a 4th time in a row, finally wiping out the only accomplishment this pathetic franchise was ever able to claim? The resurrected Patriots showing they can lose Tom Brady, rebuild and go to the big game before we can with Josh Allen? The Ravens and their insufferable fans? How about a team featuring Daniel Jones at QB?

WR is the most obvious need. But it goes way beyond that. Dion Dawkins is overweight and has regressed badly this season. Probably time to start planning for the future. Khalil Shakir is either being misused, or decided not to show up this season. Dalton Kincaid is injury prone and Dawson Knox needs to take a massive pay cut. Almost the entire defense needs an overhaul. We are somehow simultaneously undersized AND slow. Matt Milano, Taron Johnson and DaQuan Jones are done. Tre White and Jordan Poyer were done 2-3 years ago. Terrell Bernard is too small to play MLB and needs to be replaced. Extending him was a huge mistake. Christian Benford and Greg Rousseau got paid and took the season off. Apparently extending them was also a mistake. Joey Bosa is a good pass rusher and huge liability in run defense. He should be a specialist, not an every-down player. The Bills need to fire the current front office. Get a new GM and new coaching staff. Time to pack it in for this season. The #1 seed is out of the question. The AFC East is almost certainly gone. We are looking at a Wild Card path (at best), and another early playoff exit.

You can if you have the guts to trade up for an elite prospect, and your scouting is good enough to fill in the roster with Day 2-3 picks.

Astounding how our defensive players can be both small and slow. How we can play a zone defense intended to read and tackle, but be terrible at tackling.

This O-Line is also very overrated.

We are going to get the injury excuse a lot this offseason.

Christian Benford Taron Johnson Terrell Bernard Greg Rousseau Matt Milano Taylor Rapp Not sure why, but all of these vets have regressed BADLY this year.

This defense is horrific in every way. They just let a backup QB a one-minute drill TD.

It's a combination of both. If his on-field performance was good enough, I'm sure the punishment would have been less (see Dallas benching Ceedee Lamb for one play). Not sure how benching a bad player reflects badly on the Buffalo Bills organization though? Is it a better option to force him into the lineup, just because of his draft position? How exactly is Sean McDermott supposed to "handle" an adult who refuses to show up to his job? I've never quite understood the concept that a coach was responsible for controlling the behavior of his players, especially off the field. There are teams (such as Kansas City) who just sweep problematic behavior under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist. That doesn't mean they are doing a better job of handling it. And all franchises eventually get tired of the distractions. See Pittsburgh with Antonio Brown, Dallas and Philadelphia with Terrell Owens, New England with Randy Moss. Elam is a totally different story. If you haven't been following him since the trade to Dallas, he's been an absolute mess. McDermott was right about starting Christian Benford over him from Day 1, and was right that he wasn't good enough to play. Yes, Beane deserves the blame for picking them. Not arguing that at all.

If I recall, scouts saw that receiver draft class (outside of Harrison, Nabers and Odunze) as mostly #2 guys with high upside. Most of the other prospects were really strong in some areas, but also had glaring weaknesses that would probably keep them from becoming a WR1 in the NFL. For instance, guys like Thomas and Worthy had elite speed, but big questions on other parts of their game. McConkey and Pearsall were seen mostly as slot-only receivers. Coleman and Mitchell had size, but lacked in route-running, etc. I was pretty excited going into that draft with us really needing a WR. But the more I learned about them, the more I wanted to trade-up into the Top 10.

With seven games left, I think people are really getting over excited and jumping the gun. Considering tie-breakers, they are basically 2.5 games behind the Chargers and 1.5 games behind the Jaguars. There are plenty of games left for them to makeup that distance.

For the first time this season, I do think it's slightly possible they miss. Am I expecting it to happen? Absolutely not. There are still too many games left for the teams in front to blow it. Jacksonville is basically 1.5 games ahead with 7 left. Not exactly a lead I would trust them with. Los Angeles is about the same, and still has to play them again. The Chiefs makeup a lot of ground with a win there.

That was probably the original plan. Then Michael Hoecht got suspended. Then Landon Jackson struggled really bad in preseason. Then AJ Epenesa missed a bunch of time. Then Hoecht came back and got injured. Then Jackson was activated and got injured.

Coleman needs to be inactive until he starts taking his commitments to the team seriously. Then he needs to remain on the bench until he earns playing time over the other guys. The only thing he offers is size, and he doesn't even know how to use it properly. All his other abilities (speed, hands, route running) are average or below average. If he can't learn how to be physical and outmuscle corners for the ball, he's never going to make it in this league. Tyrell Shavers has stepped up with every opportunity he's been given. Even yesterday, he led the team in receiving and caught a nice touchdown. If I'm the Bills, he's one of the starting WRs until he proves he doesn't belong there.

As many have said, I think the best thing we can do is get our young players on the field. In most cases, the older vets are the biggest liabilities (Milano, White, Poyer). It can only get worse from this point. Get some young legs in there. Then we can at least get them some experience, and have a better idea where things stand for next year.

Joey Bosa is the best pass rusher we've had during the McDermott era. But he's also one of the worst defense ends I've seen at defending the run. For every time he's impacted the QB's throw, he's also been the culprit of a big run because of poor contain and over-pursuit. This one has been a problem for years. Our LBs are undersized, and it's only become a bigger problem as the NFL evolves towards bigger O-Lines and more running the ball. Matt Milano and Terrel Bernard used to make up for it with their playmaking in other ways. But that just isn't happening much this season. Both look stuck in the turf. You can't be small AND slow. The spot across from Cole Bishop has been an issue all season. First Taylor Rapp was concealing a serious injury. Now we have Jordan Poyer, who is also well past his prime.

The only reason I would still give the Bills a chance, is because the other teams look just as flawed if not more. After losing yesterday, there is suddenly a slim possibility the Chiefs miss the playoffs altogether. I still don't believe in the AFC South teams, so I could see the Colts losing to them next week and then the Jags falling apart down the stretch. But there is a chance. The Ravens don't look right, even with Lamar Jackson back. My guess is they still win the division (especially with Aaron Rodgers hurt for Pittsburgh). But we might have finally hit the wall with Derrick Henry, and they are not historically strong in the playoffs anyway. Denver's defense is great, but I'm not completely sold on Bo Nix yet. The Colts have a great O-Line and run game, but I'm still skeptical about Daniel Jones falling back to Earth. The Patriots are hard to trust without playing the top teams. The Chargers are always inconsistent. Even in the NFC, the Eagles look like the best team. Their pass rush can be fearsome, but the offense is stuck in the mud. The Lions aren't quite as explosive this year either.

Based on his current pace, Josh Allen will break into the: - Yards/Top 20 = 12th Season (2029, Age 33) - Yards/Top 10 = 16th Season (2033, Age 37) Top 10 is probably doable for Allen if he stays healthy, and he plays a normal length career. Top 5 may be a stretch. Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff are also steadily moving up the list. So to break into that group, he would need to surpass 72,000 yards. His current pace doesn't reach that until about 40 years old/Year 19.