Kirby Jackson

That was part of the urgency of this season. This is as easy as it gets. While things change there’s probably a 2 game difference based on degree of difficulty.

Fair. Locally, people know about the disaster of the Sabres. The pressure though can only be so big when it’s Paul Hamilton and Marty Biron talking about them for an hour a day. It’s local and secondary. That was the point. There’s no denying that he has completely messed that up. Look at the LaFontaine situation. We just don’t know what will happen here. Josh has covered for a lot of mistakes. Does Terry feel the urgency to win in Josh’s window? He should. Josh also has the power to end this. He has virtually equal power. If he goes to Terry and says he wants something different, he gets it. He’s at that stature that some reach. It’s the LeBron scenario. Maybe Terry doesn’t want to dump them but Josh can 100% make that happen. I don’t see him ever saying anything publicly but could certainly say that privately. Terry is facing more pressure in this situation than in any that he has faced. It’s a different pressure. It’s also a lot broader. We will see how he handles it but it’s not comparable to keeping Kevyn Adams.

I’d like to think that the 2nd best player on the 2026 team, isn’t on the roster currently. I’d say Cook is currently the 2nd best player. I’m looking for an addition that slots in between Cook and Josh. That would be at WR or pass rush if not.

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I think that they should open the video with the clip of Beane on WGR. That’s how they opened their season video or Hard Knocks. I can’t remember which one. They should lean in on it.

I think that he’s a 1st team all-pro with JSN if the season ended today

The 2025 version of George Pickens would be, inarguably, the 2nd best player on the Bills behind Josh. He’s on pace for 104/1629/12. For perspective, that would be the best year a Bills WR ever had.

Hey man, I’ve found this to be arguably the most frustrating team of my lifetime. They’ve been on the verge for 6 years but have had some clear flaws every year. The last 2 years, the flaws looked bigger. The pass catchers looked to be near the bottom as you mentioned. The DL was so bad last year that they brought in a handful of guys to try to change it (Walker, Sanders, Ogunjobi, Bosa, Jackson and Hoecht). They were throwing things at the wall and hoping something stuck. It has not. There wasn’t a plan other than “go find different guys.” Hoecht was probably planned but Bosa and Walker just kind of “happened.” I mean, the Bills took TJ Sanders AND Landon Jackson before settling on Walker. It was like, “I guess he’s good value.” I’m not saying I wouldn’t have taken those guys first but he’s clearly been the best of the 3. That was way more luck than a plan. If that was a “plan” you’d have taken him before Landon Jackson. I fear that next year, they’ll do the EXACT same thing at WR. Clearly they see what a disaster it has been by the efforts at the deadline. I suspect that next year only Shakir, Palmer, Shavers and MAYBE Gabe are back as WRs. That means that we will have 3+ new guys on the roster and a bunch more coming in. If I had to guess they will take the quantity over quality strategy that they have. They’ll just keep adding bodies instead of trying to add “the” guy. The biggest issue, in my opinion, is that the Bills don’t value talent. If you told them they could have 2 “B” players or have an “A” and a “D” player they are taking 2 “B” players all day long. They then create this rotation where the “B” players split snaps 60/40 or whatever. I believe that you should go with the “A” and “D” players at premium positions (WR, Edge). The snap shares for “A” player vs. “D” player should be 90/10 at WR and 75/25 at Edge. The “A” players should be on the field at EVERY big moment. You’re banking on the “A” players making a play like Pickens made yesterday to win the game. You’re hoping that they just “out-talent” the guy across from them. This Bills regime sees it differently. You hit the nail on the head with the philosophy on defense. It’s get pieces to fill roles. I believe that the delta from “A” players to “suitable role players” is wide. The Bills seem to be willing to downgrade from the “A” players to upgrade the “suitable role players.” That’s insanity. The Cook negotiations were a perfect example. They had no choice but to bring him back even before he exploded this year because he is a Pro Bowl level player. You don’t let those guys go in favor of 2 “Ray Davis-level” guys. You shouldn’t sign those high end role players like Bernard, Rousseau and Knox to make them low end “A” players. They aren’t that. There’s a lot of words here but you win at the top of your roster. The Eagles have elite talent so let’s put them aside. KC won for years with HOFer Patrick Mahomes throwing to HOFer Travis Kelce and HOFer Chris Jones making every big stop. The Pats did it with HOFer Tom Brady to HOFer Gronk with a handful of defensive stars also in Canton. You don’t win because of the gap between Dawson Knox and Quentin Morris. You win because of the gap between George Pickens and Elijah Moore (or even Josh Palmer). Maybe that’s a good way of putting it. The Bills would rather have Knox and Palmer than Pickens and Morris. If you give them 4 players they’ll take the 2nd and 3rd best over the 1st and 4th. I just don’t think that’s a championship plan. That’s how Carolina was built too. They were both fortunate to get MVP QBs. You never trade a dollar for 4 quarters. Beane would trade 10 dollars for 40 quarters if offered. ADDENDUM: Lol, after reading this back it almost feels like a breakthrough in therapy. I think the root of my frustration with the Bills is that they’re wasting Josh. I’ve known that but what I now realize is that they’re consciously trying to give him as MANY guys as they can, not “the best possible guys.” It’s like saying, “we would rather go to Longhorn twice than to Ruth’s Chris once and Sizzler once.” It’s just not the lens that I see the world through.

I’ve been of the belief that they would make it. After the Jags won tonight, it was the first time that missing the playoffs became a possibility to me. This Pittsburgh game is now huge. I don’t know how the tiebreakers with multiple teams would play out.

Remember when we stole “trust the process” from the 76ers? Whatever happened to that? If these guys wanted to really troll us they bring it back in a press conference about Shaq Lawson coming back. Lean right into their villain arcs.

This can’t be real. 🤣🤣

We just watched his team come back from down 21 with him as the best player on the field. In today’s NFL, you could argue that “top WR” is the 2nd most important position in football. They can win games. Elite pass rusher is the other option. We’ve watched Myles Garrett rip off 13 sacks over the last 4 games and they’re still the Browns. LT would be next followed by interior pass rush. The Bills consciously decided to not address WR. That’s wild.

…and they can fall to 9th next week. They certainly aren’t a lock.

This week was really bad for the Bills and the playoffs. I wonder what the change was in playoff percentage before this week and after?

Eagle fans are so obnoxious I’ve found myself cheering for the Cowboys

Dallas has good wide receivers

He’s a contributor for sure. An alpha would push everyone to their more natural roles. If you added, Pickens, for example, now Palmer is 2 and Shakir in the slot. I think that they actually need a 2 as well. At some point, guys have to win their matchups. There is almost never a time that the Bills WRs are better than the guys across from them. Some of that is a function of everyone being elevated. Josh Palmer should be the 3rd best outside guy. He’s the top. Shakir is a good slot. Coleman is a fringe NFL player. Samuel is a gadget guy that can’t stay healthy. A horrible Browns offense let Moore walk. Shavers was an UDFA that’s kicked around on the practice squad. These guys are lining up against starting NFL corners. They’re predictably getting locked up.

I’m not sure that they’d “maximize” him. I’m sure that the passing game would improve because his talent would get him open some. That’s what good receivers do. That’s why they get paid what they do. It’s a very important role and is one of the most impactful positions on the team. None of these WRs that they have were ever good. I think that they have combined for 2 seasons of 800 yards and 1 more at 700. That’s awful. These aren’t guys that are now struggling. They were never any good. I’d add another layer and that’s the OL. They’ve really struggled this year. Allen/Brady/OL share blame at some percentage.

If you rank WR groups 1-32, the Bills would be no higher than 30 (maybe 32). If you ranked the job that OCs are doing 1-32, Brady isn’t going to be 30 or worse. It’s not an even split. You can’t coach up bad players. He hasn’t put them in position to overachieve but they’re so limited that it impacts what he can do. Again, he’s been bad but compared to the talent at WR, they’re a significantly larger problem. He’s had success elsewhere. These guys haven’t. EDIT: If we believe that he is the one that wanted this “everybody eats” nonsense than his percentage of blame increases. The whole idea of having a handful of bad players instead of some top end talent is ridiculous. He was publicly promoting that ridiculousness but was it because he believed it or because that’s what he had to deal with?

Brady hasn’t been good. I think though where there’s some disagreement is how much is him vs. the WRs. I’d say it’s 80-85% the talent at WR. It’s 15-20% the position that he’s putting those bad WRs in.

Gross

Great play by Mahomes and Worthy. Of course, they’re going to win. As soon as Steichen punted it back to them from inside of KC territory they were done.

Had to play to win. Punting the ball to Mahomes and you get what you asked for.

9 penalties already on the Colts…

That official that was ruling that a TD needs to be investigated.