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It’s crazy how our opponents can completely take him out of the game and we have no answer. the last 3 season ending losses, Diggs was made a non factor. Daboll made the chiefs pay last year because Davis and Allen were unconscious. Dorsey had no answer. I thought the game was over when Davis dropped yet another pats that hit him perfectly in stride. You’re a good kid and I’m sure you’ll be in the gym today working your tail off for next season….. but you should be coming off the bench next year. May have been his worst game as a Bill

Huge loss, no doubt. I didn’t mention him because the OP talked about the 3 injuries to the bengals OL and 2 injuries to the Bills DL ….and said it should have been advantage Bills. I disagreed with that point. We lost our 2 biggest offseason investments that were supposed to fix our D. The D that we fielded yesterday was worse than the d in last years final game. von replaced Jerry and von didn’t play Jones replaced Harry and Jones didn’t play marlowe/Johnson replaced Hyde the only plus would be having Tre back over Levi. We couldn’t overcome the injuries….especially with the game plan Leslie put together

This is the only other point I would make. The bengals were missing 3 OL. 2 of which were bad all season (Williams and Collins). It’s not like the bengals were missing good OT play. They replaced bad with bad. Cappa was their best OL so we was a loss. we lost and all pro pass rusher and maybe the best player on our D in Von. We lost our only good NT and stalwart on our D in Jones. We lost very good/great DL play and replaced it with bad dL play. Phillips was useless with 1/2 a shoulder, Settle was exhausted. AJ does the same thing on every play and could be the worst player on the team. Basham got bashed. Shaq is a 1M DE and played like it the injuries had a much larger effect on our D than they did the bengals O

Great post. Agree with everything said. what should’ve been included is Frazier and his fear of getting beat deep. It was obvious the bengals were working the short game and we let them have it all game. 2 yard pass and 4-10 yards RAC all day. That’s the game I was hoping to see out of us. instead- James Cook 0 targets. Again. 😖

Word up. Thanks for being a class act Leslie. Exit stage right. Dorsey….. you can join him. Agreed.

The top 3 things are all the same thing imo. Investing heavily in the defensive usually backfires when you lose you 2 all pros and very good NT, while sticking with the same tired DC. If healthy, I thought our d was good enough. I’ve never been a fan of Frazier One thing we know for sure- if our defense is terrible, we won’t win a Super Bowl. Beane has to find the middle ground of investing in both the O and D so both can become SB caliber working together. That’s hard to do when we miss on so many 2nd and :rd rd picks. We counted on AJ, Boogie, Spencer brown, Cody Ford, Moss, cool and Bernard to become integral pieces to the puzzle. Instead, they were all bums (minus cook, who had zero targets again). The draft isn’t a science, but the lack of production from those players has brought our talent level down. I don’t think Beane should get the axe. If he did, id be upset, but the draft pick failures have directly hurt our team I don’t think mcdermott should get the axe….. but if they went after Sean Payton, I can understand why. I think he’s a bit overrated myself, but watching Josh’s season unfold, he needs more help than just on the OL and WRs. His QB mind has to be put back on track. It’s off the rails right now. If we fire McD and don’t hire Payton.,,, who should we hire? I’d be happy if Frazier were fired. I never liked his scheme or lack of aggressiveness. He’s a class act and I’m not sure if McD will move on from him….which could lead to McDs dismissal. Give me Fangio. I’d be very happy if Dorsey were fired. The term “No identity” has been used ad nauseam this year., for good reason. Dorsey himself has no identity. He was a rookie play caller leading the Super Bowl and MVP favorites. He let both down in a big way. Josh bailed him out the last couple months but it was too much to overcome yesterday.. Give me Frank Reich. McDermott Reich Fangio i won’t hold my breath.

What is his philosophy?

Looks to me like Josh has OL PTSD For good reason.

included in the 1M texts I received from non Bills fan friends during and after the game were several texts saying that we looked exhausted physically and mentally. They’ve been through the wringer over the last month. That said, someone(s) has to take accountability for the game plan on both sides of the balls. The coaches were dominated.

And if you spend it on players that are hurt, you’ll still suck

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if we went after Payton, I’d understand why. I like mcdermott and I’m worried that if we move on from him, that we’d **** the next hire. He’s a good coach. He’s done a lot for the franchise. I believe he can get it done….. but he hasn’t. It was a poor showing today and I wouldn’t be chocked if it cost him his job. That said- Payton is the only guy I think would be a definite upgrade. id be happy if we hired Reich and Fangio. As OC and Dc while keeping McD. I won’t hold my breath.

I don’t have a lot of faith in the current coaching staff. At this point, I’m hoping for some change. I hated Frazier’s approach today. Give them the 3 yard pass and 5 yards after the catch. They did it all game. The bengals plan was to get the ball out quick and not give their OL a chance to get wrecked. We never adjusted. We gave it to them all game and paid the price. I’ve been very critical of Dorsey. Rookie play caller leading the best team in the league was questionable and, again, we paid the price. we paid the price for not investing in the OL. We paid the price for not upgrading WR2. maybe our D would’ve been good enough to stop them if we were healthy. One thing we know. Our offense wasn’t nearly good enough. 10 points. Gabes drop ended the season. Fitting. hopefully we can upgrade RT, LG and WR2. It looks to be necessary. Who survive SB. Dorsey or Frazier? Or both……

You act as if I said we were the best team in the league and we’d win it all. that’s not the case. I know we had our deficiencies. We couldn’t over come them. our OL ruined our game plan. Gabes drop was massive. Dorsey was a rookie play caller. Frazier failed. Season over. That’s the nfl

There will? Who didn’t KC miss in their first SB win? Injuries matter. If you invest in certain players to improve the team And they don’t play, it hurts. It hurt today. I feel von and Daquan would e made a difference. who knows if we would’ve won. No one. But the injuries impacted us. frazier didn’t call a good game. Either did Dorsey. Gabes drop was massive. hopefully we can build the OL and replace brown and Saffold. I think that’ll do wonders. Poyer had one of his worst game as a bills. Wasn’t our day. it wasn’t our day day. Move forward do what’s necessary to get the job done

You need an apology because I disagreed with you? Lol. Sure thing man. I’m sorry for thinking 8 plays doesn’t determine an entire game. MY BAD

Yeah, we had tredavious vs KC that game…..,

They threw a flag on that….

@DJB ok. I’m the biggest fool ever because I said 8 plays doesn’t equate to an entire game. You and others think that 8 plays mean more than I do. I’m the biggest fool ever. You got me

I’m a clown because I sad 8 plays doesn’t mean everything?? Lol. Get over yourself. The game is 1/2 over.

They had tredavious in the first meeting. They didn’t in the 2nd We had von Miller this year. We had daquan. We beat them. Now we don’t….. and it hurts. what if we had invested 15M in Brandon Scherf…. And he was hurt and didn’t play this game? the injuries have prevented us from seeing if we did what was needed to do to get over the hump. Injuries end teams’ season every year. It hasn’t ended ours yet, but I think von and daquan playing in this game, would’ve made a difference.

3rd down, bengals rush 3 and our best lineman gets wrecked and ends the drive.

How many injuries have the chiefs had over the last 4 years on D? How many playoff games has Chris jones or Frank Clark miss? If Chris jones were to be out, so would the chiefs. It’s the same thing. Sucks for us that we lost 2 all pros. And we still went 13-3 and we’re in control of our own destiny. now daquan is out too. Our 3 biggest investment kn D this offseason; von, daquan and Phillips. 2 injured and the other is 50%. We saw them work over Mahomes in KC already. We know the investment was a good one as when they were healthy, they were awesome together. Injuries are a toll of the dice. We just happened to come up snake eyes

Every offensive resource available. Lol. well, KC traded away their best playmaker and used their 2 first rd picks on defense. They then selected a WR that they’ve barely used and followed up by spending 3 more draft picks on defense. mcduffie karlaftis Cook chenal williams all taken in the first 4 rounds. They replaced Tyreek by spending small money on juju and stupid money on MVS (and 2nd rd pick on Moore). Everything else was spent on D. Mahomes is a once in a generation QB too and they didn’t surround him with all the offensive resources available. They did the opposite this offseason. If the money invested in the D was healthy….. Josh wouldn’t have to be Superman. Injuries happen. It’s tough to replace von and Micah and still be a dominant d. KC put up 40 on SF when they were without Arik Armstead and had a banged up secondary. It‘s football. It’s not science. There are several ways to skin a cat.

Now or never. Thanks for the well thought out post.