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Absolutely fair point. Another problem I have is that I wonder how much of this is on coaching. Jerry Hughes leaves to Houston and has his best season in 8 years. He had 9 sacks this year. Right now we have 4 first rounders and 3 second rounders on our d-line. Are they really just bad players, or is Eric Washington a terrible coach (or is it Frazier's scheme)? Same with Edmunds. I wonder if he would've been a star on the 49er or Ravens. Physically he's a unicorn. Is Frazier's defense (innovative for the 90s) holding back his production? This doubt just compounds our crappy situation. How do you fix a problem if you're unsure about what the problem really is?

The giraffe in the room is that Beane needs to look at more help in the draft war room. Maybe a new director of college scouting. This team is just not getting consistent production out of the first 2 rounds. Finding some late round gems is great. But you have to hit, more often then not, in rounds 1 and 2. Boogie, Epenesa, and Ford are huge whiffs. Oliver is not living up to his draft status.

Jerry Hughes had his best year since 2014 (9 sacks this year, 10 in 2014). There is context to look at here, but this is telling. The Bills current defensive staff does not know how to use/develop DEs.

Frazier's contact does not get renewed. Eric Washington fired. John Butler elevated to DC (my hope). I think Dorsey stays (I don't hope).

Agree. I think Jones might be our defensive MVP. He makes Milano, Oliver, Edmunds, Groot, and Von play better.

I'm hoping Doyle pushes Brown for the RT spot. But we need an influx of young cheap talent on the oline via the top 3 rounds of the draft. draft.

Andy Reid is a head coach #1. I never said we should fire McD. Incidentally, Reid wasn't fired after a playoff loss, he was fired after 2 losing seasons (still a mistake in my opinion). #2, Reid consistently got good production out of lesser talent at the skill positions. He has shown creativity, adaptation, and an ability to use his players talents. He's done so for 20 years. You're going to compare him to Dorsey who seemed to regress as the season went on? When the offense is struggling he just relies on Josh as a cheat code to get something going. I'd say we should be patient with him if he showed growth. But i didn't see anything to suggest he'll figure things out in his second year. I hope I'm wrong.

I know you're watching the games, and I appreciate your commentary trying to be a voice of reason. I don't like turnover either. But I saw abandoning the run, lack of creativity in route combinations, sending receivers to the same spot. These problems seemed to get worse late in the season. They were relying on super human efforts by Josh and Diggs every week. That's not sustainable. Like i said, I don't like turnover in coaching, but you have to know when someone isn't working out. Consistency for the sake of consistency isn't smart either. There are 4 ex coordinators on staff so they don't have to go outside the org.

How you get there matters, no? Miami scored 31 on us last week. Does that mean their offense played well?

I'm not a, "this guy needs to be fired..." but Dorsey isn't the guy. A slow start with visible growth throughout the season would be one thing. But the offense regressed down the stretch. That's not a good sign and doesn't give hope that he'll get better next year.

If both of our lines had Diggs' fire, we win this game. I wish we had more like him.

Coach Washington has done nothing to develop the d line.

This d line has 4 1st rounders and 3 2nd rounders.

Exactly what I've been telling my wife all game

Some of Tom Brady's baby aspirin?

I can't really get mad about this stuff. But I do hope Josh is watching and hearing all these pundits say that he's too mistake prone to beat Burrow. That's got to crawl under his skin.

I was born and raised in Southern California. Zero ties to upside New York. That game, of which you speak so vividly, is the game that made me a Bills fan.

If Josh Allen takes what the defense gives him and the offense pays with rhythm... Bills 34 - 24.

He's one of the best in the league at defending the deep ball. I'd love to have him back there against the Bengals. Also, why isn't elam starting again?

If i remember correctly, both Singletary and Morris were open in space. Same with the strip sack for 6. Two guys open on short routes. I love Josh and his killer instinct. But getting into a rhythm with short/ intermediate stuff increases the chances of hitting the deep ball.

I think you read my comment incorrectly. I said the Bills' mistakes let lesser teams hang around. That's exactly what's happening right now.

Agree. I hated all of the cockiness before this game. The dolphins have playmakers and we've let lesser teams hang around all season with our mistakes.

I just want any competent QBs to stay away from the Jets or Dolphins in the off-season.

Cook. I don't see big changes for our offense this week, but it seems like they've been getting him ready, over the past few weeks, for a breakout run in the playoffs. Dolphins are aggressive with the blitzing. That leaves them vulnerable to the RB screens and draws plays.

We need help on offense, but I can't really argue with you. DE is a premium position and you can never have enough good pass rushers. But like you said, you have to hit on them. Elite passrushers are rarely found at the end of round 1. Seems like you either pick one top 10, or get lucky with a late round gem.