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HBD Jimbo!!

I know what we’d like to draft. Good players that will help us win a Super Bowl. Determining whether a pick is a hit or a miss is rarely determined in year 1. I don’t think we’ll know if any of these guys are misses this season.

So you already know that sanders and Jackson are misses? and missing our 1st round pick for 3/4 of a season equals a miss too? Strange

I would be surprised if he got any meaningful snaps prior to November and that might even be pushing it

According to accomplishments- I agree with you. According to the eye, Allen is the best. Put Allen on Brady or Mahomes’ teams and they win similar sbs if not more. winning Super Bowls is a team accomplishment but the QB is judged on winning championships more than any position in sports. He has none, so he can’t be considered the best in most circles- but if you were starting a team of any QB in history, I’d bet plenty of non Bills fans that know the game would choose Josh 1st. He’d be my unquestioned 1st choice. Steve Young would probably be my second choice followed by Mahomes, Rodgers and Brady. Marino most likely next and ahead of many QBs with SBs

Prohaska breaks down some of Hawes blocking. Great looks. This kid is a blocking machine. Couldn’t help but watch the OL function as a cohesive unit during the play breakdowns. Edwards is going to get 10-15M if he keeps playing like he is. What a massive dude. Makes cybo look small. Ant, if you’re reading- less breaks in between the plays. Gotta be tough to do a live show of breaking down plays and keeping a good flow, I’m sure

lol. I think of you every time they announce the blue on blue. 🤣 I don’t hate them as much as you, but the blue over white are the best uni in nfl history imo. I get why anyone would be pissed when we bypass the opportunity to go blue/white

Wings r gud

They just love them some all blues in prime time!

They did. They had him thoroughly confused and frustrated after their TD drive to start the 2nd half

Kromer is probably the most valuable unit coach in the league. NEVER let him go until he decides to retire

no waivers. He’s a FA

He called a helluva game yesterday. Lamar also showed his worts vs the blitz. It’s as if he forgot that teams were allowed to bring more than 4 rushers.

I’d expect the eagles or Lions to PS him.

Correct- this is the 3rd year of us running lots of the 12 personnel. We’re now running 13 personnel (and ran 6 OL more than any team the last 2 season). Attacking the defenses certainly plays a big part in this. Playing with several different looks forces teams to focus on several components during the practice week which gives them less time to prepare on others. Disguise, confusion and being able to run and pass effectively out of each different formation is the focus of being multiple and not one dimensional (as we were once labeled). Just as it is on defense, being able to stop the run and pass while showing different looks. We hadn’t done much of that from 2020-2022 on offense and from 2020-2024 on defense. McDermott and his staff have made it their motto to adapt. Next up, imo, is to be more aggressive in the box and force teams to try and make a play over the top. To date, we give them everything underneath (including yac) and take away everything over the top and limit big plays (in which we are the best in the league due to this). I think the drafting of Bishop and Hairston were steps to move in that direction- adding speed to the secondary- but only time will tell Yes- this week 3 defense, without Hairston, Hoecht, Ed, Larry and Milano could be that type of defense that loses to an offensive powerhouse in the divisional round if our offense doesn’t score 30+. thanks for letting us know….. AGAIN

Good call with Lane- forgot about him

I think the % of 3 LB sets are a result of McDs overall approach of becoming much more multiple on both offense and defense. He’s trying to adapt. We ran predominantly 11 personnel in 2020-2022. Drafting Kincaid and playing more 12 was an emphasis that could keep defenses more off balance. If teams wanted to cover 2 she’ll us to death as they were in 20-22, then we could more easily take what the defense gave us in terms of running the ball and in the short passing game. As a result, we saw more team play cover one and funnel passes to the boundaries. We didn’t have the correct personnel to excel on the outside to start 2024. Traded for cooper after drafting Keon to help out. Then signed man beater Palmer and the speedy Moore to replace the washed Cooper. Teams have no reverted to playing more cover 2 vs us this season and Josh (and Brady) is taking what the D is giving us. While I haven’t watched much all 22 this season, Joe Marino has stated that we are running deep routes, but teams aren’t giving us the looks to throw deep. We’re averaging 34 ppg. Can’t complain much about what we’ve been doing. Having the ability to play the short and the deep game has been working for the most part. Pertaining to the defense and 3 LB sets- since McD took over- every team knew that we’d be running Taron out there 85-100%of the snaps and taking advantage of the lighter boxes was their choice. Running the ball and short passing game/rac was their choice a lot of the time. While getting off thr field on 3rd has been a major problem in 2 games so far, we’re still able to accomplish McD MO on D. Limiting big plays and forcing teams to dunk and dunk down the field with hopes to get a turnover. MO stays the same, but being more multiple in our sets forces teams to take different approaches at times. We’re also blitzing a lot more this year (to my eye, no stats to back this up, so I could be wrong). Bringing pressure from variable gaps has the ability to confuse offenses. Disguise is key.

No Shaq Thompson? I think Bitonio and Hayward could be 2nd ballot. Possibly Evans. add von Miller 💯 Saquon and maybe Nelson. good list Ethan 👍🏻

They could miss the playoffs outright if the afc gets their act together

Chiefs. 💯 they have an easier road in the 2nd half of their schedule will (possibly) have rice and worthy. If we win the Super Bowl it won’t be the same OL 💩 Bonus points

Man, I looooved me some Teddye Buchanan coming out of the draft. DeCosta is an incredible drafter. I think he’s the best I can remember- following in the footsteps of the previous best drafter, Ozzie. Howie would probably have something to say about that.

Hutchinson really showed poor reaction/hustle on that TD run. Once Henry committed to the inside, he loafed from containment to crash. He could’ve made that tackle with some effort imo

And their OL

Did you even read any of the posts in the thread?

sure hope so