Mister Defense

This offense can beat any defense now,, and they are just getting started--their actual season started with the 2nd Jets game, a new hope. So now they will be a bit green, as we saw with the lack of scoring that coincided with their yard total, time of possession, and otherwise almost complete domination of the Eagles' defense. The offense will just get better and better now. While you (and Parcells) are right, there is still hope, right? To me, better to have that hope now, rely on it, as we won't have that feeling again until next season once this year is over. And that wait will suck.

They kept the Bills in almost every game this year, despite Dorsey preventing the offense from even scoring in the first quarter--or first half. This despite losing their best linebacker, best cornerback, and to me, best D-lineman who was playing great against the run and pas--and despite a slew of significant injuries in game after game. The facts.

Yes, more for him would be great--and seems very likely to happen. When does Harris come back????

You need to rewatch those games, I think, or watch them for the first time. But I also agree with the Pats game, one of the rare times McD's defense did not come through this year.

Okay, then I definitely agree. I think that the Bills need a power runner too, that Cook is not the every down back that can plow through the line. He is going to be a great player, is maybe there already, but not that kind of back as he is too slight. In fact, I think if the Bills think he is, it will diminish Cook's skill set and get him injured. Damien Harris now?? Though I have also been calling for more of Murray since the first week of the season and very happy to see Brady using him much much more. In the draft next year, the Bills will likely get a top tier every down bruising back. Perfect skill set needed? A Maurice Jone Drew clone, almost unstoppable, great runner, great speed, great at catching the ball, and great at blocking.

i said that the day it happened. A very un Bean like move, splash play, without almost any chance of being worth it. He isn't an O lineman or QB, where at that age you can still be elite, but an edge rusher who relied on speed and athleticism and yes, skill set, football smarts, but not very relevant without the physical traits.

The Bills should just pay her more than Miller did, 5 million?, to get her to follow through and press charges. That could be a great investment, well worth it! Dead weight now, but one of the highest paid defensive players in the league.

Lol! You still think that the Bills should just forego the run, basically!?? Were you a Bills' fan during the 2021 season? What made them maybe the best team in the NFL after their 7-6 start? They became the #1 running team in the NFL after that, after making Singletary their featured back--that is what made Allen reach his potential for the rest of that year and then in the playoffs. I think it is laugh out loud funny that some are sticking by this ignorant take, that Allen should just throw it, that the running game is not important. It is vital, in the most literal sense of the word, for the Bills to have a shot.

The defense did enough to win every game this season except for the Patriots' game (and maybe the Eagles' game now). The inconsistency (consistency?) was only on offense, but that was very clearly because of the gross incompetence of the OC, now gone. They are clearly good enough, one of the top, most dynamic teams in the NFL. But that incompetent yahoo set them so far back in the win column that there is no margin for error now--and the loss last week may have been enough to seal their fate. They should sue him for malpractice--love to see that moron on the witness stand, given game scenarios and such and listen to his answers. But I still think they can get in to the playoffs. If they do, watch out...

Allbright seems like he just says things to get attention and has some kind of personality disorder. The way he states it he indicates he has a direct link to someone very high in the Bills organization. Why would anyone ever just accept this guy's word for it---or anyone like this? Sounds like a BS artist who has been caught in lie after lie about his life.

The Bills are definitely a contender, are one of the top teams in the league now. Behind the 8 ball because of an incompetent OC, but definitely a contender.

They stopped the Miami defense and they have kept the Bills in almost every game this year. The Bills are not in this position because of the defense, but because they had an incompetent offensive coordinator who literally did not know what he was doing. He is gone. Too late, yup, but there should be no questions now by all about what the problem was. I would love to bet you on that last assertion... You think Dak Prescott at the Ralph, the Bills with a two game winning streak on the line and a playoff spot, is not only going to beat the Bills but beat up on them, dominate them? Strange that you have more confidence in a QB who cannot beat a good team in a meaningful situation if his life was on the line than a team that looks as good as any in the NFL right now.

Well, it is still very relevant that they can shut a team down like that--and we have seen that over and over this year, keeping them in almost every game. Need to be able to see that--and the weakness too--to be able to fix things, make it all work without these gaps. You sound like you want them to throw the baby out with the bath water, rather than to fix the problems. There are reasons why this very short handed defense has been able to look so good so often this year, just like there are reasons for the lack of stops late in games.

I did not look back at the game summaries and will now. But I don't recall thinking the defense falling apart on vital drives like they have too often this year. I had thought that the Minnesota loss was more the result of some bad/fluke plays by the offense, and in the Arizona game it was the hail Mary play that was the major breakdown. That kind of long run by Cook was not common against Frazier's defenses and those things happen in NFL games And for the Bills not a pattern, a fluke, one big play In any case, this D played a superb first half, on the road, against the best team in the league.

Well, looks like he is done as a useful player anyway, so maybe this is a way for the Bills to actually use those tens of millions on players they actually need, that can help them win a championship? If this holds up does anyone know if that means the Bills can part ways with what will do down (and already was, in my view) the biggest mistake in Beane's tenure here, and get out of that ridiculous contract? cornerback, a safety or two, a center maybe, D tackle, fast power runner--let's invest in an area of need. And/Or, of course, a great, young, hungry, edge rusher who plays with a high motor, consistently.

Come on! You cannot believe that the defense was the reason they lost that Minnesota game, a fluke loss, and ditto for the Hail Mary at Arizona--but I think the huge stretch to say these are the same kind of losses, overall, makes the point that Frazier's defenses held leads and were very consistent, reliable. These are consistent types of losses this year, and all in the same year. Yes, lack of their best linebacker, cornerback, and high level, vital D tackle may have a lot to do with it, but the defense's unique, late game break downs this year cannot be ignored--or compared to any other years under McD's leadership. That being said, the defense is NOT the reason this team may be on the outside looking out for this year's playoffs. That is clearly, unequivocally on the weak pathetic shoulders of one man, now gone.

Thank you for this, as I had wanted to know this important information. I thought this was the case, as I cannot recall this happening very much under Frazier, with mainly the KC playoff game coming to mind. And I cannot recall ever feeling like I do now, that the defense was going to allow some late in game or over time drives to blow the game. A huge reason why McDermott will not be the DC next year, and in my view, why Frazier is once again leading the defense.

Yes, he will, almost assuredly hire one, as he looks stressed by the dual role he now plays and realizes it is untenable if he is to be a great head coach. He will likely hire the same guy who coached the defense to be one of the best (#1?) in the NFL in points allowed under his tenure and molded one of the most consistently excellent defenses in the NFL, Frazier. We need him back, a DC whose teams held onto leads, consistently. Kind of a 'duh', I think.

Unacceptable.

Yes, I agree, but Harty has looked fast in his returns. But like the rest of the offense, such as the running game and short passing game, we have no idea what he is really capable of because of the gross incompetence of their last OC. Sherfield? Another great example of that, with almost no yards this year. Those many millions may start to actually pay off now if the competence has truly returned to the offense, as it looked like in Brady's first at bat last week.

Bills 38, Eagles 20 Though they are behind the 8-Ball because of Dorsey, the Bills continue to build into the team they were destined to be--if their defense can somehow manage to keep balling, despite their injuries. They did exactly what I called for last week, running and running (and running some more) with a purpose, throwing the ball to their talented backs, opening up what was a vast wasteland--the middle of the field--against the Jets, with variety and creativity in the passing game, using much more motion and formations, scheming play makers open, and everything falling into line because of these things. To me, it was almost a perfect first game of the new season of hope. Now, they progress of course, doing those things even better and because of that, and like last week, the intermediate and long passing game opens up even more. They go more to Davis, Diggs, and someone fast like Harty, to blow the top off the defense, making big plays, complementing the short passing and running game. Count on these things--interesting, creative, physical offense, with a purpose and with actual direction. Yes, might be too late for this to all keep progressing as it should, with these things well over a year overdo, but the Bills have hope again, as do many of us. This is the 2nd best team in the NFL to me now and today they show it, again..

yes, as the Bills need some more bodies in at LB now, and he may end up being a much different player on this team. Remember: Jerry Hughes looked like a bust when he played for that dysfunctional mess of a team and that worked out pretty well for the Bills!

well, you really got that wrong, didn't you?! Crazy, the get rid of Knox talk, as his decline the last two seasons is the same reason so many have not looked good--but that guy was fired last week. Knox will be on this team next year and continue his pre-Dorsey rise once again.

Good point, as most tend to like the old stand byes rather than something new. But at least those two had some success in play calling and other important areas of offense in their history. Dorsey did not, from what I recall. However, I do think Dorsey can be a head football coach even, though he will not make the big bucks he's used to when he leads that middle school team.

Dorsey got buy because he inherited a generational talent at quarterback and a team hitting their stride offensively under Daboll. They slowly declined once Dorsey's stamp became more significant, but the talent and recent history helped the Bills masque his incompetence for a while. He didn't scheme to get his players open against the specific defenses they played--that in itself indicates an historically bad OC--very shocking. Did not mesh the run with the pass, as the runs, the few he attempted, seemed just thrown in, and so made almost no difference With awful game plans, the Bills were falling behind in almost every game, and he had no plan for that either, no in game changes until it was too late. Shoot, they were lucky they did not lose to the Taylor led Giants and Tampa Bay. Mike Robinson called him out, and called for his dismissal after the New England game, saying that Allen had almost no options for short passes and hot reads, when the Pats pressured him. And Dan Orlosvky said that they were outrageously predictable--and the easiest team in the entire league to defend! Our Josh Allen team! Yup, and these are only the tips of the iceberg when it came to the fundamental problems--he simply did not know what he was doing, should never have been put in that position or applied for it. I guess we will see more clearly if my criticism holds up as the year progresses. But, heck, they sure looked like a dramatically better--and different-- offense against the Jets, didn't they?