Nihilarian

Where does a thread like this come from? The 13 second haters? As a head coach, McD is considered one of the top men in the NFL. "If for some reason he became available to another NFL team there is no doubt in my view he would be snapped up in a heartbeat. C'mon guys...this man made the playoffs in his first season in Buffalo with Tyrod Taylor at QB. If McD has any shortcoming it's that he is far to loyal to his DC. Frazier calls the defensive plays and not the head coach! Yet from the Bills fan base McD gets blamed for anything on the defensive side. Then, at the same time I can see why he would keep Leslie Frazier for so many reasons. I was sorta hoping that Frazier would get hired away as a new head coach this off season. However, he still might after the 2022 season. On another note, look what happened to the Baltimore Ravens last season with all their bad luck. Even after a season similar to that one I'd still say NO!

Going back to those 90's Buffalo Bills SB teams. They had a better offensive line with pro bowlers at LT, LG, C. Wolford, Ritcher, Hull, with the latter an all pro too. They also had a superstar at RB in Thurman Thomas who was also a 1st team all pro... who could do it all. A Marshall Faulk before Faulk. Very few teams could stop that Buffalo running attack. It's my opinion that the current Buffalo offensive roster aside from the O line is better. In QB, receivers, TE. This current team isn't going to ask a RB to go 270-300 rushing attempts either. Singletary does have a very respectable rushing yard per attempt average. 5.1, 4.4. 4.6. Thomas averaged 4.8 in those SB seasons. While those 90 Bills had a fierce pass rush in being built for speed, LDE Seals, 6'5'' 265 lbs. NT Jeff Wright, 6'.2'', 274 lbs. Bruuuce 6'4'' 264 lbs. LOLB Biscuit 6'2'' 237 lbs. LILB Conlan 6'3'' 235 lbs. RILB Bentley 6'2'' 240 lbs. ROLB Talley 6'4'' 235 lbs. This defense had great difficulty is stopping a power run team like we saw in that 90 SB against the NYG. They would get a lead and not look back with their pass rush. The current Buffalo defense, (2019 was #2 in points allowed, #3 in yards allowed.) (2020, #16, #14.) (2021 #1 overall. #1 in pass defense, #13 in rush defense, #26 in rushing TDs allowed.) LB Von Miller ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LG Rodger Saffold ++++ pro bowler in 2021 for Tenn. DT Tim Settle +++++ steal in FA DT Daquan Jones +++++pass rusher and run stuffer DT Jordan Phillips RB Duke Johnson TE OJ Howard +++++ WR Jamison Crowder +++++ QB Case Keenum QB Matt Barkley The 2022 Buffalo Bills might be a #1 overall defensive unit again! Only this season not against scrub teams and backup QBs. That offense could also be a #1 unit with Crowder in the slot, Howard at TE helping an already top offense. Not to mention the draft picks. (Besides, Beane might still not be done depending on how that secondary looks going forward)

Lets take a long look at each of those games. Colts: after the game the members of the media asked the coaches why stay with the same eleven players on defense. The response by Bills DC Leslie Frazier was that with a "stacked box" they should have been able to stop the run. They clearly weren't able to... and this changed later on in the season as the defense started subbing in bigger players in run situations. It's also been noted that Frazier liked to keep his defense in "Nickle" most of the time. 90.3% of their defensive snaps with 5 DB's on the field. 13 seconds: with a 92.4 chance of winning the game on this KO with 13 seconds. The kick off, a squib could have also been returned for better field position or a TD with Tyreek Hill returning. Yes, less time on the clock... but who knows? There was a supposed communication gap somewhere between the coaches, players. Stuff happens. More importantly the Buffalo defensive scheme went prevent. Which meant that only the 4 down linemen were at the line of scrimmage. The rest of the defense was deep with them playing 10-15 yards off the line and all behind the first down line, the two safeties were each 30 yards deep. The way the Bills played KC in that prevent, Mahomes hit Hill 5 yards beyond the LoS and he turned it into a 19 yard gain. The next play Frazier had his players move up a bit but after the snap they dropped into a soft zone and Mahomes hit Kelce who found a hole in the zone. Two of the very best receivers in the NFL not closely covered, not jammed at the line... The very next game the Bengals were in a similar situation and they stayed with their base defense and stopped KC. The old adage that the only thing a prevent defense does is prevent the win... certainly proved true in this case. A #1 defense doesn't give up 552 yards of offense in a playoff game. TB game: Dunno about any scraping...but re-watching that play, Edmunds was the only player near Perriman. Safety help? A MLBer shouldn't need to cover a WR on a 58 yard TD pass. I see a flawed defense that lost Buffalo that game. Players, coaching, questionable. I like Leslie Frazier...although, I was hoping he would move on like Daboll. IMHO, Buffalo had the talent in 2021 to win that Colts game, the Tampa game, the Patriots first game, the Steelers game and that Jaguars game! The Bills win against NE and the Jags and they have home field. Buffalo had the #1 defense stat wise. Still, this was against several back up QB's, rookie QB's and bad teams. Washington 7-10 back up QB, Houston 4-13 back up QB, Jacksonville rookie QB (who they lost to) 3-14. NY Jets rookie QB and a back up QB 2x, 4-13, Carolina 5-12 back up QB, Falcons 7-10. Yes, changes have been made this off season. We shall see if they work out.

All of the above! The season opener the Bills face the rams with Cooper Kupp, Matt Stafford which might be a very daunting task for the Buffalo secondary. Again, in this first game we will see how well that offensive line holds up against Aaron Donald & Co. Me, I'm not sold that the Bills O line is as good as it could be. Probably my biggest concern is with the Buffalo defense in stopping the run. The Bills should find out early if the run defense is good enough as they face the Colts in pre season, week one. The AFC East division. The New England Patriots who love to run the ball to set up their passing game. They have some really good RBs and drafted another in the 4th this year. The NY Jets drafted RB Breece Hall which many Bills fans were clamoring about. He along with Michael Carter could pose a big problem. The Miami Dolphins hired the 49ers run game coordinator in Mike McDaniel's! Who we know will want to build a power run scheme like he ran in SF. Of the first six games, The Titans week 2, Dolphins week 3, Ravens week 4, Steelers week 5. will all work that run game. Lastly, coaching! If we see a repeat of a team run the ball like the Colts did last season against the Bills, 46 rushes for 246 yards, 4 TDs. They played keep the ball away by running it. With Carson Wentz at QB 🤢 Or, the 13 seconds fiasco with the Buffalo secondary guarding the sidelines and leaving the middle open. Or, as in the Tampa Bay game in which the Bills MLBer was covering a WR...TD, end of game in OT! Buffalo might have had the #1 defensive stats...top defenses don't give up 552 yards of offense in a playoff game. Same crap or have things been fixed? Not to mention the Bills have a new OC and will he be as good or better?

I sort of agree. The offensive line...is it as good as it could be? It still gives me pause for concern. One concussion away from losing the center? That Jags game last season showed us that that Buffalo offense can be shut down, 6 points to a 3-14 team with the 20th ranked defense 28th in points allowed? The defense...Alas, they were simply not as good as the #1 stats show as they faced many backup QBs, rookie QBs and piss poor offenses in 2021. (Washington 7-10)(Houston 4-13)(2x NY Jets 4-13) (LOST to 3-14 Jags!)(Carolina 5-12)(Atlanta 7-10) They were smoked badly by the Colts and their run game, 46 rushes for 264 yards. 4 TDs. Speaking of that, do we know for certain that the Bills run defense improved? The Patriots with a rookie QB beat them once. The Bills defense gave up 552 yards of offense to the Chiefs in that last game. Offense...we also don't know if the new OC will be an improvement as he has some huge shoes to fill. Daboll in his last seven or so games was doing an amazing job. That Patriots playoff game was one for the ages! 2021 record and Cynthia's 2022 total win projection *@Rams, SB winner 12-5...11.5 projection *Titans, 12-5...8.8 projection *@Miami, 9-8...8.8 projection @Baltimore, 8-9...9.0 projection *Pittsburgh, 9-7...7.8 projection *@Kansas, 12-5...10.4 projection BYE *Green Bay, 13-4...10.9 projection @NY Jets, 4-13...7.2 projection Minnesota, 8-9...8.7 projection Cleveland, 8-9...8.8 projection @Detroit, 3-13...7.4 projection *@New England, 10-7...8-7 projection NY Jets, 4-13...7.2 projection *Miami, 9-8...8.8 projection @Chicago, 6-11...6.1 projection *@Cincinnati, 10-7...8.9 projection *New England, 10-7...8.7 projection * denotes a team with a winning record. Buffalo, 11.6 projection. Whoa, those first six games. Will the Buffalo secondary be up to the task against Cooper Kupp & Co? Will the Buffalo run defense be able to stop Derrick Henry? Many changes...gonna be interesting.

It isn't like the Bills haven't played this team previously and don't know their package concepts. In 2020 the Bills played the Chiefs in week in week 6 and were beaten 26-17. The Bills defensive strategy for that game was to play off the receivers while not allowing anything deep. The Chiefs countered that by running the ball 46 times for 245 and Mahomes had a modest game, 21 of 26 for 225. The Bills played them again in 2020 in the conference championship game and changed their defensive strat and were beaten 38-24. Mahomes 29 of 38 for 325, 3 TDs. In 2021 with Mahomes having a rocky start to the season following that beat down in the SB by the Bucs. The Bills played them in week 5 and beat them like a drum 38-20! The Chiefs and Mahomes eventually got their offense straightened out and finished 12-4 with home field throughout. In that 2021 playoff game against the Chiefs that supposed #1 Buffalo Bills defense gave up 552 yards of offense to the Chiefs, losing 42-36 in OT. #1 defense? Lies, damned lies and statistics! I also don't count losing Tre white with a seasone ending injury as the reason for a lot of the failures. My view is that the Bills ST coach took some heat for that kick off, he's gone.🐐 Wallace also took some heat, he's gone. 🐐 The real culprit is the is someone different! C'mon now, giving up 552 yards of offense! Playing a prevent defense for those 13 seconds. It was stunning to see the Bills defenders guarding the sidelines while the middle was wide open!! The only players on the LoS where the Bills 4 down linemen as the rest were 10-15 yards off the LoS. Josh Allen played a great game against the Chiefs, 27 of37 329, 4 passing TDs all for naught because of defensive stupidity. That Tampa Bay game, week 14. Last play, LBer Edmunds was covering a WR. He got beat, TD, end of game after such heroics by the Buffalo QB. 41-15 loss to the Colts in week 11 with hapless Carson Wentz as their QB. Why? because the Bills defense gave up 32 rushes for 185 yards, 4 TDs to Colts RB Jonathan Taylor. Some really questionable defensive play calls throughout the 2021 season that cost the team some games. Homefield. A home playoff game in Buffalo... Is the ghost of Skeletor roaming the halls at OBD? We all saw who the scapegoats ended up being. I can only hope that those "other" issues where addressed behind the scenes for the 2022 season.

Doubt I'll ever remember those "13 seconds" fondly! Not ever as thank you! I have two words that follow that phrase "13 seconds" and the last word is the same! I do find it kind of ironic that after that Bills playoff game the Chiefs players and their fans were gloating, saying how much they loved those "13 seconds"... it came back to bite them in the ass against the Bengals. Anyway, Brandon Beane is the man! Best GM in the league in my view and he is going about building the team as he usually does. Let's not forget that both McD and Beane are first timers in their respective jobs and learning as they go. A few things still haunt me from the 2022 season... as in I'll never forget them. That Jaguars game in week 9, 2021. To see the Buffalo QB under that much duress and the Bills offense not being able to pass the ball... or run the ball effectively. And yet, the Bills OC keeps calling for pass plays...47 pass attempts vs 14 rush attempts = a 6 to 9 loss to the worst NFL team the last two years. Pressure, this is the same crap we saw in week one of the 2018 season against the Ravens when Josh was a rookie, Bills QB's sacked 6x. We saw it happen in 2019 against the Ravens with them sacking Josh 6x! Unreal to see the same type of thing happening again in 2021. The Buffalo QB under constant pressure so the offense can't make throws or run the ball. Just keep passing... That Colts game week 11, a 41-15 loss. Images still in my mind from Colts players laughing it up in the locker room after that game...talking about how bad that supposed #1 defense really was. Carson Wentz as the QB...Colts offense, 46 rushes for 264 yards on the ground, 4 rushing TDs. Wentz, 11 of 20 for 106 yards. The Tampa Bay game week 14. Buffalo getting its behind handed to them by half time, losing 26-0. Bucs thought they had this game in the bag. The unicorn gets pissed! He takes the game over, 54 passing attempts for 308 yards yards, 2 TDs. Another 109 rushing yards on 12 attempts, 1 rushing TD. This game goes into over time on a Bass 25 yard FG. Sadly, the game was lost to the Bucs on the last play because someone had LBer Edmunds covering a WR. Unlike most, I don't care to place all the blame on the head guy. Yes, he has to take some responsibility. I don't see him calling the defensive plays as he has a DC to handle that. I don't blame the head guy for the offensive play calls either. Let's hope some things were learned. The way I look at it is, those three games, Jags, Colts, Bucs. The Bills win those and its a 14-3 season with home field. A different story, different outcome.

Good stuff, thanks for posting!

What I don't get is... why a team (or the teams fans) that almost never punts wants a punt god? Seems like the NY Jets could really use him. 😄

The Bills missed out on RB JD McKissic who returned to Washington. His role was to be a pass catching RB in the Bills offense. The Bills just found a guy with some great bloodlines that fills that pass catching RB spot. He can work the slot, play wide...runs a 4.42-40. Great pickup!

Really like the pick as another weapon for Josh and the offense. 👍

As stacked as the AFC is with top QBs and receivers now...the entire AFC. Plus, the fact that the Buffalo defense is nearly always in Nickle, it wouldn't bother me at all to take a CB/Safety @#2 or more. 😁

Mel also nailed the Josh Allen pick in 2018...when nearly everyone was saying that Josh Rosen was the better prospect. If some think the complaining about this pick and giving up a 4th is bad. Go back and look at that 2018 Josh Allen thread. The bleating was biblical.

If we Bills fans have learned anything about Beane & McD... it's that they know CBs. Ya think Tre White would have lasted until pick 27 if other teams knew what McD knew? They didn't trade up for no reason either as they might have been thinking that NE who also needs a CB might have been attempting to trade up. We don't know. I'm not going to worry about it either. The Bills got their guy.

Cheers!

This! GM's need to get the opinions of his scouts along with team coaches on players. It's not just his opinion they go with. Not to mention that very few players walk on a pro field and are ready to start and those are usually early draft picks. Sometimes it takes a few seasons of game experience to fully develop a player. I for one am happy that Bates is back as I watched him pancake opponents in the playoffs...where it counts! Hope he keeps up that intensity.

I look at it this way...so, the Bills have been very lucky dodging some things...like Antonio Brown, JJ Watt. When things don't work out on a player it can be a good thing...next!

This! Bills fans like to underestimate BB all the time. His motto, "if you aren't cheating you aren't trying hard enough"! Right now the man is probably devising a scheme to take out, or attempt to neutralize the Buffalo QB somehow. The Bills have some difficulty winning with the best young QB in the league! Those 13 seconds simply wouldn't have happened under BB! Bills fans still don't know if that will happen again? The Patriots will build a strong power run game and field a top defense. That right there should get a winning season even without a great QB.. Can the Buffalo Bills say that? Lastly, that Patriots under BB are all business... a very strict business! Football is a game and it should be a little fun... even at a pro level. Players talk... and a lot say that playing under BB is no fun at all. But, he has gotten past that with so much winning.

Cleveland FO is unbelievably stupid as Keenum was an excellent backup and should have played while BM sat out his injury last season. Then, he should have started for 2022 should Mayfield have forced their hand and been traded. The Browns are geared to feature a game manager at QB with a solid O line, run game. It wouldn't have cost them 230 million, 3 first rounds and half of their fans when they signed the sex fiend. The magic man does his magic...again!

Wasn't that the kid that was pancaking people in the playoffs? Damn, hold onto him!

The guy just went to a division in which a team went to the SB, Cincy. It also has the Ravens, Steelers who are always knocking on the playoff door. The Black and Blue division! Somehow I see these teams beating each other up so badly that half the team is injured by the end of the season. 230 mill for that guy is crazy! Not to mention 3 first round picks. Is it wrong of me to be thinking that Cleveland will be drafting a QB in the first round in 2025?

Somehow I see this not being a good thing for Cleveland...it is after all, Cleveland. Mayfield wants to be a Colt.

Don't get me wrong here... as I absolutely hated Buffalo in a prevent defense with 13 seconds to go! Even Edmunds and all the backers were 10-15 yards off the line for that series. I also hate that prevent defense as in this case it prevented a win. Buffalo had around a 92%+ chance of winning that Chiefs game on that kick off. I can't deny, I wanted someone crucified for calling that defense. Then to watch the Bengals in almost the same position win the next game by staying in a base defense... Stuff happens and I'm almost over it...just don't do that again!

Hate to break it to ya... this team is looking at CB's now that Levi is a Steeler

The Rams gave up a second round pick, third rounder last season to Denver to trade for Von Miller...for one season! He was a free agent at the end of last season. He played eight games in LA last year. The Rams desperately wanted him back in LA too. The entire team was calling him and begging him to stay, including the HC. (On a side note Denver gave that 2nd to Seattle in a trade for Russell Wilson) Forget the money...its not our money! Who shives a git about the contact? Buffalo gave up no picks! The guy is a premier pass rusher... in the likes of a Bruce Smith. As someone else mentioned Reggie White went to GB at the same age and helped them to a SB! The man has had more sacks the last few years over anyone. To tired to dig up the #s. This player could very well push Buffalo to the SB this season.