GunnerBill

The whole "Josh picked Keon!" rhetoric is such nonsense. Do I believe Josh was watching clips of that WR class and texting Beane saying "this guy looks awesome!" Sure. Do I believe that either: a) Josh was saying "X guy is my first choice" whether that was Keon or anyone; or b) that Josh had any influence on the pick? Strong no to both. Brandon Beane is responsible for the Bills draft picks. I don't know how many other ways there are to say it.

I think Stroud's movement would have been the x factor. You can pen Mills in.

I agree. The Texans D is legit. The O with Mills doesn't frighten me.

This is like the "I'd rather face Bryce Young than Andy Dalton" rhetoric. If the Bills can score 24 they win. This is like the "I'd rather face Bryce Young than Andy Dalton" rhetoric. If the Bills can score 24 they win.

If you are a northern hemispher dweller then in November you have no choice but to head south. The weather is good, they have adults only 5 star resorts and they are a little bit cheaper than the Carribean. That is the full summary of my decision making.

They have mismanged it, certianly. But I am not sure Keon was ever capable of being the answer personally.

Compared to the day job right now that would be a blessed relief 😂

Ha I won't be mixing with locals. I am here for their sunshine and in a gated 5 star.

Well he has been late multiple times going back to his rookie year, he was late to meetings in his rookie camp. That is not a good sign. It is unacceptable.

Win on Thursday and the playoffs are all but certain I think. I'm on holiday in Mexico too so I don't need to be up in the middle of the night to watch.

Maybe. I just don't think the upside is worth it, especially given the off field behaviour.

The problem is a lot of those guys are not coming back this year. Hoecht is done. Jackson is done. Strong is done (and who knows career wise). Rapp is done (maybe a good thing). Oliver at best is back for the playoffs. I still think it can go half a second sooner. He has not been decisive enough in multiple games. When he overthinks he makes mistakes. When Josh is playing instinctive and decisive it doesn't matter whether he is going short or long he is hard to stop.

I don't want to overreact to one game with Shavers, but I think he looks better outside.

I think McD taking over the playcalling HAS worked. When I was advocating for him to do it, even before the Falcons game where it became obvious he had to it, the two things I said I thought it would fix were third down and the confusion pre-snap. While Tampa had a good day on 3rd down on Sunday overall the 3rd down D since McD took over is singificantly improved (was about 20% points better before Sunday). And the pre-snap miscommunications have been better the past game or two after being an issue all season (including the first couple of McDemott games). He isn't going to magically fix the rest of it. I think the talent on D gives it a pretty clear ceiling. Someone said it elswhere they are kind of between two stools.... older guys who are dropping off and young rookie / 2nd year guys who haven't established themselves yet. The prime age/experience guys on this D are basically the three they resigned this year - Groot, Bernard and Benford - and Oliver who is done for the year. I was pretty clear at the time I wasn't necessarily in favour of extending Bernard. And I was on the fence with Groot. The positives on defense from this year are Walker, Bishop and Hairston. Three talented young guys who have really shown some promise.

It is different to Bishop. The issue with Cole was never talent. It was mental. It was waiting for the light to come on. It finally has. With Keon I don't see the talent. Maybe if they didn't have an established answer that they'd paid in the slot already I'd be saying move Keon inside and try him there before you give up him. But they do. I'm not taking Shakir off the field to try and rescue Keon's career. The reason Keon can't play outside receiver in the NFL is he doesn't have the skillset to do it.