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All true and very concerning. However, the Buffalo offense still has a stout O-line, stout run game, with some very good tight ends. Coleman, Shavers could step up and be really good. It also might show some rust on Josh, along with the timing being off for the first few games. Besides, we haven't really seen the 1st string offense in any preseason game, so who knows how good that offense might be to start the season? Buffalo Bills biggest worry is their own undefined defensive secondary and ability or not to stop the Raven's run game. King Henry! Besides, those Ravens will want revenge for knocking them out of the playoffs last season. Ravens @ 8:20 Sun in Buffalo, @ NY Jets 1 pm, and the Dolphins in Buffalo 8 pm Thursday are the first three. Not going to be an easy start for this season. I'm hoping for the best! Go Bills!

He was elite against some teams...until the playoffs the last few years in Buffalo. He would disappear in big games as in his last game in 2023 against the Chiefs. Diggs had 8 targets for 3 receptions for 21 yards and a fumble. The Chiefs had their best CB on him for the first half of that game and then moved him to cover Shakir in the second half. Shakir had 9 targets for 7 receptions for 44 yards, 1 TD. That one touchdown by Shakir in the second half was the ONLY touchdown of the entire season allowed by KC CB L'Jarius Sneed. Diggs was good until he wasn't...and a drama queen. He will probably look good at the beginning of the season for NE and then drop off as the season goes on.

To those freaking out a little...think of who the Buffalo Bills play in their first game? Ohhh the 2024, 12-5 Baltimore Ravens that were 1st in the AFC North and top ten in both offense and defense. Their offense was #3 in points scored and #1 in yards. Now, if you were McD would you want to show the Ravens anything when they watch the film of the Bills 2025 preseason games...(which btw are meaningless)? If the Ravens coaches / players watch the games so far they will be thinking that they don't even need to show up and its a win for them. They will have some serious revenge on their minds for the playoff loss last season and it will be a tough game.

I don't totally agree with this as not many other "air raid" QBs have been successful at the NFL level. At that time Buffalo was in need of a CB and so many thought that Mahomes was simply a 'system" QB. "In this draft analyst’s opinion, I would grade Mahomes as a second-round pick. That is the same grade the NFL draft advisory board gave him. A general manger of a NFC team said they had a fourth-round grade on Mahomes, but felt he had some tools to work with. That same team has a third- to fourth-round grade on Deshaun Watson, a fifth-round grade on Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya, and a second-round grade on Mitch Trubisky. That team is a tough grader, overall. Another NFC team said they had Mahomes low – into Day 3 – and weren’t hot on him as a prospect, but they also have a young franchise quarterback, so they aren’t interested in quarterbacks until the late rounds of the 2017 NFL Draft. Sources from one AFC team said they had a second-round grade on Mahomes and viewed him similarly to Derek Carr coming out of Fresno State. They are very high on Mahomes and think he could become a hot prospect in the leadup to the draft. The scouting director of another AFC team said they liked Mahomes. They graded him in the third round, but don’t think he is as good of a prospect as Carr. Another AFC team said they also had a second-day grade on Mahomes." It goes on and on about Mahomes going 10th in the 2017 NFL draft and the second QB taken behind Mitch Trubisky drafted by Chicago #2 overall. So many scouts missed on this prospect. If drafted today he would be the first overall ahead of Miles Garrett. Mahomes sat for an entire season behind starting KC QB Alex Smith as Andy Reid groomed and tutored the young player. Also, its not just the QB as Andy Reid went to the playoffs with Alex Smith four out of his first five seasons at KC starting from his first year in KC in 2013. Reid has 26 years of being an NFL HC and is known to be an offensive genius.

That season the Buffalo Bills had the #1 overall defense in the league in both points and yards allowed. The Bills passing defense was so good that season with Poyer and Hyde. My thoughts are that McD was trusting in Leslie Frazier to know what he was doing in that playoff game...and he clearly didn't as he called a "prevent defense"! Mahomes ripped him a new one for it. It's just bad luck that the Chiefs with HC Andy Reid have been the best team in the league the last five years and Reid the best HC. It also helps the Chiefs to have Steve Spagnuolo as their DC as he usually finds a way to have his defense step up in the playoffs. Let's not forget that the 13 second game came down to overtime 36-42 with the Chiefs winning the coin toss and Buffalo never saw the ball again. That led the NFL to make changes in the overtime rules. Anyway, I have no idea why this topic of changing head coaches in Buffalo ever comes up as the ONLY HC better in wins the last five years has been Andy Reid. So, if Andy becomes available then it might be a thought.

The chiefs arrive in their alternate uniforms made me laugh ...so true. The NFL finally made adjustments to the chain gang crew since time began.

So much has to do with just plain bad luck... also injuries to the defense over the years. Andy Reid recently having 2 ex head coaches as his DC & OC. Meanwhile Buffalo had an old school DC who went to a prevent defense for the 13 seconds. Also, in the past 8 seasons how many changes have been made at DC and OC for the Buffalo Bills? Last season the Buffalo Bills led the NFL in turnover ratio and yet had one of the worst 3rd down defenses in the league. Although the Buffalo defense was 11th on points allowed they were also 17th in yards allowed. in 2017 the Buffalo offense and defense were 22nd in points scored, 29 in yards. the defense was 18th in points allowed, 26th in yards allowed. At 9-7 playoffs. 2018 the Buffalo offense was 30th in points, 30th in yards. the defense was 18th in points allowed while #2 in points allowed. 6-10 2019 the Buffalo offense 23rd in points, 24th in yards. The defense was #2 in points allowed, #3 in yards allowed. 10-6 playoffs 2020 the Buffalo offense was #2 in points scored, #2 in yards. the defense was #16 in points allowed, #14 in yards allowed. 13-3 playoffs 2021 the Buffalo offense was #3 in points scored, #5 in yards. the defense was #1 in points allowed, #1 in yards allowed. 13 seconds lost in OT 36 to 42. 11-6 playoffs 2022 the Buffalo offense was #2 in points, #2 in yards. The defense was #2 in points allowed, #6 in yards allowed. 13-3 2023 the Buffalo offense #6, #4, Defense was #4, #9. 11-6 playoffs 2024 the Buffalo offense was #2 in points scored, #10 in yards. the defense was #11th in points allowed, #17th in yards allowed. 13-4 playoffs. The Buffalo Bills have come a long way under this regime. This season the Bills might finally have a good enough defensive line to stop the run and get pressure on the QB. The defense might be a top defense at the end of the season. While Bills DC might be in his second season of calling the defensive plays it certainly looks like he has much more talent to call upon this season. It is exciting to see how the defense shapes up this season.

Thurman was like the Rodney Dangerfield (no respect) of RBs as even in his hay day as mostly everyone talked about the (K-Gun) offense or the (No Huddle). What most fans didn't realize was the Buffalo Bills ran the ball more than they threw it back then. QB Jim Kelly walked on water to most fans and yet they threw to setup the pass game. The Bills would get Thurman working and the opposing LBers would move up to stop the run and then Kelly would throw over them to Reed, Lofton, Beebe. Also Thurman was amazing catching passes out of the backfield... He was Marshall Faulk before Faulk. 1988 in Thurman's rookie year Buffalo 454 passing attempts vs 528 rushing attempts. That season the Bills had Rob Riddick and Ronnie Harmon as his backups while Riddick punched it in the endzone for 12 TDs. The Buffalo OC was Jim Ringo...anyone recall that name? Buffalo also went to the AFC Championship game in Cincinnati that year. I do believe that the offense they ran that season was the "Air Coryell" after the Chargers HC who mentored Dan Fouts in San Diego. In 1989 478 pass attempts vs 532 rush attempts. Ted Marchibroda became the Buffalo OC and installed the run and shoot. Thurman had 1913 yards from scrimmage that season. 1990 the Buffalo Bills the highest scoring offense in the league that year. 425 pass attempts vs 479 rush attempts and Thurman had 1829 yards from Scrimmage. In 1991 the passing offense finally overtook the run offense 516 pass attempts vs 505 rush attempts. Thurman had 2038 yards from scrimmage that season. Nobody better!

I think the same for Sweetness as he had nothing most of his days with the Chicago Bears. In 1977 the Bears made the playoffs mostly due to Payton and his QB was Bob Avellini...their top WR that year was James Scott. In 1979 they went to the playoffs again with QB Mike Phipps and the top receiver that year was Brian Baschnagel. Defense and Payton were the reasons they managed to do anything until Mike Ditka became head coach. As for Sanders at least he had some other somewhat decent talent around him. In 1991 in his third year the Lions went 12-4 with Erik Kramer, Rodney Pete at QB, Herman Moore, Brett Perriman, Robert Clark at WR. they went to the conference Championship that year. In 1993 they went 10-6. In 1995 they went 10-6. However, I did love watching Barry Sanders as he could juke the cleats off defenders attempting to tackle him with nobody ever like him in that respect.

I sort of disagree as Thurman was great, Barry was great as were many others. But the guy I saw do more with less was Walter Payton as he had no line, no QB, no receivers and could do so much with so little talent around him until his last years.

I don't see the Eagles dominating the Buffalo offense like they did against the Chiefs. I mean in the 3rd quarter of that SB the Eagles were up 34-6...Philly then allowed some garbage yards so it didn't look as lopsided as it was ending in a 22-40 beatdown. However, the Buffalo defense was dealing with injuries while starting a rookie safety and the Chiefs torched Kaiir Elam so badly that the Bills ended up dumping him to Dallas. This game was at Arrowhead and was 29-32. A lot of Bills fans want to point at the TE for this loss and they shouldn't as it was mostly the Buffalo defense to blame. Last years Bills team led the NFL in turnover ratio all season with a +24 only to get only one turnover by the Chiefs. Buffalo had 4 fumbles and recovered all of them. When you look at what the Eagles were able to do on defense compared to what Buffalo did with 2 sacks, 7 QB hits vs unreal pressure on Mahomes all game long with 11 QB hits and 6 sacks. The refs in that Bills/KC game didn't help either by calling two different plays short...and one that looked like it was right on the line and yet the refs called it a full yard short. Tough to beat the Chiefs and the Refs. https://nypost.com/2025/01/27/sports/what-went-wrong-for-bills-on-controversial-play-that-changed-everything/ Buffalo starting cornerback Christian Benford suffered a concussion late in the first quarter and did not return. McDermott noted that losing Benford, who was in concussion protocol this week and cleared to play, affected the defense. Despite the defensive issues in the first half, the Bills stayed in the game. But it wasn't enough. The Buffalo Bills made a lot of good moves this offseason so lets hope it gets them to the SB this year! GO BILLS!

The ONLY NFL head coach with a better win record over the last five seasons has been KC HC Andy Reid. McD has done better than any NFC HC and IMO the biggest reason Reid have done so well is because he is an ...offensive genius...he has Mahomes as his QB. he currently has two ex NFL head coaches as his OC, DC. Reid has 26 years NFL experience as a head coach and his teams have been #1 in their division for 15 of those years and 6x as the #2 team. so, in 21 out of 26 seasons his teams have either been first or second in his teams division. " Sean Payton has the seventh-best career win percentage (.615) in the league. The only coaches above Payton are Jim Harbaugh (.688), Matt LaFleur (.656), Nick Sirianni (.643), Andy Reid (.639), Sean McDermott (.624) and Mike Tomlin (.621). https://broncoswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/broncos/2024/06/06/nfl-head-coaches-active-winning-percentage-rankings/79049540007/ In my view McD is the #2 HC.

I keep reading that QB Josh Allen is a big reason as to why this current team is so good and yet during the 2023 season the Buffalo Bills were 6-6 at one point with Ken Dorsey at OC until McD fired him and replaced him with Joe Brady. (With losses to the NY Jets, Jags, Pats, Bengals, Broncos, Eagles.) the Bills then went on to the playoffs. Josh Allen is great no question...alas, it is a team sport and McD has brought his process, culture into Buffalo and gotten to the playoffs with Tyrod Taylor at QB. The Kansas City Chiefs have mostly kept Buffalo from reaching a SB and Andy Reid has 26 seasons of being an NFL HC. Reid made it to the SB in his stint as the Eagles HC. 14 seasons. The Chiefs currently have an OC and DC that have previously been NFL head coaches in Nagy, Spagnola. Aside from all that in is my belief that injuries to the Buffalo Defense have kept Buffalo from the SB...along with the brain fart of Leslie Frazier calling a prevent defense in 2021 AFC Championship game.

McD is the #2 HC in wins over the last five seasons and only Andy Reid has more. Men like Mike Tomlin made their glory inheriting a QB in big Ben and the guy he replaced made it to the playoffs and SB with QBs like Kordell Stewart, Neil O'Donnell. Lions HC Dan Campbell has yet to even make it to a SB along with Browns HC Kevin Stefanski. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-total-nfl-wins-last-5-years

Some RB dropping a pass in the endzone against Cleveland in an AFC playoff game with .09 seconds left in the 4th quarter. He then blamed the QB... OH BTW. Ronnie Harmon.