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To me, they knew he was going to need time to adjust his body type to the pro game (so more of a need to than an "ask" to) and they also didn't draft him as an immediate "get on the field" need and had to learn some more of the nuances of the game. He lost a bit too much weight by working extra hard but either way he's a development player that should be at or near his expected performance levels by year 3. Not sure he'll ever be a game changer but projects as a solid player who can certainly contribute.

As always, there were a number of contributing factors at play here. One's that I noted or heard about from expert viewers (Eric Wood/ Cover 1) were: 1 - The extremely grabby defenders (Bills need to learn to play this way on D too if they get back to the AFC title game) 2- KC was waiting til Josh reacted to their alignment on D with adjustments, then they would switch out and then switch back to their original defensive alignment with very few seconds left on the clock causing confusion on the re-load 3- Crowd noise had both of our tackles reacting a split second late on snaps (which they weren't used to this year) 4- Our receivers were seriously banged up (especially Davis, Brown and Beasley to a degree)

I think a "re-tooling" is in order for this off season. For the most part, the Bills have a very strong roster. Certainly their roster is strong enough to compete on par with any team in the league other than KC. For the upper tier teams, the cap and having to pay an elite QB makes it so that no team can be absent of flaws, although for now, KC is very close. I feel like while there may be needs in a number of areas for the Bills, the two primary focus areas should be on the lines of scrimmage. A difference making edge rusher DE and/or a "plugger" DT would help a great deal, as would another offensive lineman or 2. Our line played well in pass pro for the season, but it appears that some of it was surely assisted by Allen's athleticism and they certainly weren't great last night vs. KC. When it comes to run blocking, our line left a lot to be desired. Keeping in mind that its more difficult to run out of spread formations, still our backs were often stopped in the backfield, and far too often to at least maintain the "threat" of a running game. Yes for sure we are a passing team now and should stay that way, but this will allow them to be much harder to defend. As for coaching and strategy, I hope our coaching staff learned after last night that as the heat turns up in the playoffs round by round, the refs keep their whistles in their pockets more and more often in terms of flagging grabbing and holding by defenders. Its on our coaches for not adjusting to or anticipating this. This was the reason our receivers were covered like a blanket all night. And we don't have the types of receivers who can easily break handsy press coverage for the most part. If we get back to this game next year, our defense needs to play that way, laying hands on the opponent in coverage to keep them in check if we face another high powered offense. And our offense needs to have a plan of attack for getting off the line vs. overzealous press coverage (maybe more crossers and rub routes? More horizontal game ie. McKenzie's role).

Love the changes! Thanks SDS

Run inside, screen pass, swing pass... Cleveland doesn’t even want to win

Wind was indeed a huge factor in the passing game all night. It may have kept the Bills from winning more like 35-10

Hughes ( who deserves this playoff run more than he? ) Johnson - turning point in 2 key victories so far this year. Edmunds ( now has played extremely well in all 3 playoff games in career) Diggs - He’s just money in the bank Frazier - his most dominant performance in his largest ever game with the Bills

I think it's going to be another McKenzie day with how much man coverage the Ravens play. With that said I don't think Stills cracks the top 5 for tomorrow.

I hope he goes there. He's ok but also leaves a lot to be desired at the position.

The level of success has been literally directly in sync with the level of talent on the team. It matters more than any other factor.

As stated by others, they had already satisfied that rule. So it was quite serious and Frazier is a very good D coordinator and has experience as head coach. So the comment was short sighted and was only made because Frazier is black.

be better than this

Correct nobody did but I figured it was likely if you’re trying to only add a couple

Basically the thinking was like/dislike and thumbs up/down can’t coexist even though they are ever so slightly different

thumbs down most important to me followed by an an alternate of dislike.

Milano really did have an oddly poor game. Certainly not typical for him so I am not too worried. Edmunds on the other hand,,,,IF YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HIS ROLE IN SEAN'S DEFENSE , played one of his best games if not his best game of the season! This is 2 playoff games in a row where Edmunds was the best player out there on D for us. Lots of breakups and helped immensely in keeping Taylor under 4 ypc.

Did you ask that in the past? If not , someone else did. Either way, it's simply that they are my 3 favorite Bills of all time, during the era that I was able to attend every significant Bills home game live and in person. Love #12! My son and I went to his football camp too, and I had possibly even more fun than my son did, LOL.

I loved KC too when I visited. Nice City, friendly people, cool venues.... BUT the BBQ in TX was indeed significantly better IMO and much more plentiful!

If anyone needs any more analysis of player/coach commentary, I can be made available for hire! 🤣

Umm we're not losing to Pittsburgh if we are blessed enough to get to round 2 and Pittsburgh beats the Browns. This guy must be protecting an early season prediction of Pit/KC in the AFC Championship. Nobody in their right mind would pick Pit over Buf right now.

Very strange isn't it? I think part of it is just that fans are used to the running game being the Bills top priority and needing a top 10 rb stud in the stable. 26 and 20 are doing quite well based on what they are asked to do in this offense. Both offer a lot of well rounded traits although neither will typically outrun a corner (so what). 26 still managed a 50 plus yd TD. They both pass protect extremely well too. The few failures at times in running the ball this year has been about allowing defenders to penetrate and stop them in the backfield. JA is about to secure a massive chunk of our cap and its going to likely be 3rd round pick, rookie contract based backs for the foreseeable future. And thats just fine! Our offense (and the league for the most part) is about passing the ball.

Lmao cut him!!! The world that you must live in to make a point like that in an all pro play ob for that corner. Let it go man he is REALLY good for a 4 th round rook. Period

Do we still want to replace Gabriel Davis?

That’s fair but all I am saying here is they give us all we need in this scheme which is built Around our qb spreading the ball around 35-40 times per game in most cases. They don’t hurt our cap a bit either and in the big picture that is going to be huge. They are both plenty productive

Ummm? maybe read it again? If it isn't obvious, my thoughts would be unique for each affected person based on what we know about said person and thats what we know about Kroft. He's a plugger, a selfless player who knows sacrifice in his role, and is a brand new dad, likely on high alert for safety related things.