BillsShredder83

Dang all this from a dude thats been hear a half season, and unable to play in all but 2 games. Speaks volumes about him and the type of team chemistry! Ball this up and shoot it in my veins (or buttocks)

We should all be uncomfortable with this idea. Sure we'd all love it, id love to eat crow... but this is the equivalent of hoping for a healthy season of Milano. We cannot bank on the defense baling us out in any way in playoffs. This is saying "im sure Tiger Woods will respect our marriage and not cheat now". "Bobby Brown learned his lesson and surely wont hit his wife anymore" "Diggs won't tweet anything stupid" "Antonio Brown will stay on his meds and act normal" "Artie Lange is finally off drugs" "DMX will pay his child support" "Wesley Snipes will promptly pay his taxes" We can not BANK on the defense completing its responsibility. We need a backup plan, a tangible way to overcome that, should they do what they always do. Im encouraged by their progress the last two weeks. Sincerely! Had Hoecht not gone down, im confident even. Hairston and Bishop are breaths of fresh air while inside a sulfur fart factory! If they finally play like a playoff defense, thats obviously welcome. But im not hanging back and banking the best shot at winning in Josh's career, on that happening!! We shouldn't be either

My bar is so low, that I simply want to be able to stretch the field sideline to sideline. Going into the most winnable SB in Josh's career, our offense is limited to 10yards and inside the hashes. Defenses have about 25% of the field to worry about. Not sustainable in playoffs, versus the Spagz and Fangio s, especially not 2 weeks in a row... or 3-4 weeks.... when refs swallow their flags. PLEASE, GOD, IM ASKING FOR JUST A "COMPETENT" OUTSIDE WR BEFORE DEADLINE. WHY IS THIS IMPOSSIBLE?!?

When can we expect that? Have we had a game where our guys lined up out wide have produced? Taking out a wild Ravens game, Keons best game is 45yards 3 catches. Doing same with Palmer is 60 yds in Falcons game. Other than Baltimore, he hasn't had more than 2 receptions in any game. In 7 games we have had our two outside guys combine for 30 catches (Palmer 9, keon 21). You can project it out to 34 had Palmer been healthy the last two. Even if you think Kinc opens things up for our boundry guys (they certaibly havent shown capable), what are we supposed to if Kincaid is banged up in a playoff game? Don't get me wrong, I've been banging the Kincaid drum since we drafted him.... but hes been hampered a ton in his 3 years here. We have SB aspirations. Josh Allen at QB... and all it takes is 1 "banged up", not even "out", injury away from relying on Keon Coleman to help us win a SB. You're fine with that? Lol

We need to find a way to work him in. Cook getting banged up, not even knocked out, could sink this team. We g2 find a way to get Davis going, as Ty Johnson is mostly a pass catcher. If we believe that's impossible, im looking for a competent RB at deadline. Were a run first team, with one RB. We're in deep s***, if Cook gets banged up, let alone misses a game. Id prefer we get Davis touches. Can't just be garbage time when everyone knows its a run. He needs real reps and ill die on this hill.

We need competent outside play. Defenses get to narrow the field, as well as crowd the line. When things are going well its fine. If were going to win 3-4 playoff games against playoff defenses. We can not afford to roll out these current guys. When things are rolling like yesterday its great, but you can not let a playoff defense take away 50% of the playing surface. Crowd the line... double Kincaid... commit most resources between hashes, and we become pedestrian quickly. Even if the Olave , Shaheed, Addisons of the world aren't available, we need to bring in a guy thats competent on the outside.

Its baffling to me that we cant spell our best players names right 3 years in lol We g2 treat practices like games. Let's be better!

Make a condition where they cant suit up. Done. Next?

Yep we need to have the ability, should we need it, to play from behind. Also jumping out to a lead like 10-0, 14-3, would be great to have in the bag. Take the run game away from teams. Let all these pass rush specialists be able to pin their ears back for more downs. Id be worried playing catch up with these WRs... but in a pinch Cook getting involved would be helpful AF

Easier to have time to do that when youre not beat by 4 steps!

Less interest in Ridley, for this year especially... but if they'd play ball on a deal like this im interested in adding him to the mix. Maybe he gets healthy, but if not hes worth something next year. Exactly "what" that is... I dunno. Hard to get a read with that team around him

I think hes being black listed by NFL. Certainly not openly, and maybe no words even need to be said about him specifically... but one of those things where teams know nfl is waiting to slap him with a suspension if signed... or Goodell willing to find ways to make teams lives inconvenient for stepping out. Feels a little bit like we've seen this before... although feels a little murky exactly who it was. Antonio Brown? Araiza? I feel like im missing a more obvious one. I think nfl & nflpa want that guaranteed money wrinkle he has with Oakland figured out before anyone pokes around

Yeah its a no brainer to sign a 2yr extension at minimum, maybe 1 if his agent wont do 2.

Hes not the guy I want, but I think a lot of this board is way underestimating Jakobi. Not as sexy or splashy as my heart lusts for, but we are instantly a better team with him. Hes nice to plug in while Palmer is out. And even nicer to play across from Palmer when hes back. Were severely missing competent WR play on the outside and he brings that. Josh elevates what hes done in his career imo too

Thanks for this post! Interesting point you mentioned with the scout 2 scout /asst gm. I need to rewatch that Schoen Hard Knocks, was by far the best thing they've ever put out. I hate not knowing what the day 2 day life of a GM/FO looks like. Maybe theres a book out there from a retired GM? Id love to hear more about it. One thing I really love about Beane. Hes let some light out on things that most gm's wont, almost out of an outdated secrecy ritual.

Thats a positive IMO. I hate it, I like what he is capable of when healthy on the field.... but he never is. If someone else will take his contract, send us someone we need, and only wants a bump in compensation, than that makes it that much more appealing to me!

Theres no way he has this kind of sway anymore. A) Age. Dudes mid already, and realistically could/should retire at any minute B) Performance. Its actually remarkable what hes done at his age & after serious injury like that... with that said, he'd be incredibly lucky to get that team (or any other) out of the first round. No way are you letting this guy have input in the future of your franchise, especially not a well respected bunch like the Rooney's

Baffling it hasnt happened already. Im hoping they keep him on till the end of season so that we have a chance if Brady takes a HC job in college or pros! I like getting a guy who was a good coordinator, and failed as a HC. I think that experience cant do anything but make them a better coordinator, even when it didnt work out.

I dont think anybody is asking for a deep ball attack from this team. The most impressive tool in Josh 's game is the intermediate lazers. I get defenses bottling deep stuff away from us... we cant willingly let them bottle us up to a 5yds or less pass system. Got to find a way to make teams respect more of the field

Yeah that didnt work out right.... g2 say what a dumb slip up whoever leaked that "we were done with Cooper" clip leak. I know its not the end of the world, but that kinda thing can hurt relationships with other teams, and more importantly gives ZERO UPSIDE to let that out. Not to mention, youre the Browns lol not exactly killing it. Pure idiocy from that FO... at all times, even the small crap

Im not being facetious when I say I hope he's learned how to catch. I want to eat a s*** sandwhich so bad. Please baby Jesus give us a miraculous reuniting story about how Gabe became Devonte Adams at 26yrs old after blowing out his knee. We need a miracle

I almost hit him with my car as a teenager downtown before LOL true story. Night before a season opener, near all the bars (I wasnt there for that), kept creeping up in my car as the white line was behind these 2 buildings... parked cars on side of road and busy traffic, very tricky to see, busy traffic. I krpt creeping up and was tunnel visioned on an opening. Getting ready to hit the gas and outta the corner of my eye I see something. Stomp the brake! A VERY ANNOYED FAMILIAR LOOKING FACE CROSSES IN FRONT HAHA I yelled, "I ALMOST HIT THE 'PRISON BREAK GUY!'" MY BAD WILLIAM! I'M NOW MUCH MORE AWARE WHEN CREEPING FORWARD IN THOSE SCENARIOS

The opposite of bolded... but yes, he was most certainly going to redshirt

When you have a crap spot on a draft board, too high to reach for talents too low, you draft physical freaks. The dude is rawwwwwww if you've seen any film. The guy was always going to be a redshirt! With that said, tape of him from early college, you'd think he'd never been coached or played football... its a grand canyon sized improvement he made over his career in college... so you bank on the physical traits, and hope that he can make the jump with enough exposure at the next level. I still like the pick, and I'll be serving up s*** & crow sandwhiches to you all by this time next year

He meant the literal tears and crying. Knowing what we know now, Kirk probably deserves to issue an apology; private or publicly. At the time, it very much reminded me of the Derek Carr scene, crying on the field, after getting smacked around on blitzes/sacks, and upset at a turnover or whatever it was. That was embarrassing. I'm not even a biggest meathead type personality, around this sport, and it permanently changed how I saw that dude... Now imagine this through the lens of an NFL room; containing 53 highhh T dudes. Each have 25years of always being the most alpha in any room, their entire room. Every guy banged up and hurting, they're pissed off too.... and you see a guy thats supposed to lead you crying like that. This wasnt crying during emotionally charged Natty Anthem, or Hamlin dying on the field, or death of a teammate. That was a look most here can remember seeing on a literal broken child; too soft for pop-warner/JV. They knew and everyone else knew - they didnt belong at this level, and they'd never make it. Probably wouldn't admit it, but he lost support on the team that night from players, and staff. Wentz gets a pass here (sort of) because he had a broken shoulder... if we're being honest, what we saw is what we already knew - He knew and everyone else knew - he didnt belong at this level, and he'd never make it. This is NOT criticism about his talent level anywhere near as much as, it's about his heart. Wentz has NEVER had his heart into it. He has never appeared to be a guy who loved NFL football... might have not loved college ball either. It's a career to him, and it oozes out of him talking.