Murdox

Well, that's what we are able to afford under the cap. We couldn't even afford Beckham. This year may be an off year for the team, or not, but we will certainly be challenged more than we have since Allen's rookie season.

Well, I know one thing. It won't be fun playing the Bills in the next Madden installment. Our WRs are the worst on paper in the entire NFL (not that I necessarily agree). The kids will have to have Allen chuck a lot of balls to Kincaid. LOL

Bear in mind that Deebo has been operating as a running back at times in the 49ers offense. If we intended to use him solely as a wideout, his receiving numbers would go up and he would be less injury prone.

Everyone, I just read the news that the 49ers were on the phone all evening trying to trade one of their veteran receivers. Rumor has it that Deebo is even more available than Aiyuk, but I would not be surprised to see the Bills land one of them over night, while keeping the first pick of the 2nd round.

Once Thomas was gone, I have to admit I expected Beane to consider moving down like he has. We don't have much cap room this year, and moving out of the first round to save some cap money is one way to keep the door open to trading for one of the veteran wideouts while still preserving picks. That said, if one of those WRs that Beane passed on turns out to be a superstar, it's not going to look good.

Well, it depends on what Diggs has left in the tank and what he does for the Texans. If he continues to be held in check by the league's good corners like he was the second half of last season, then we may feel like this was a great deal as it frees up cap to help get the team on track for the second half of Allen's career. We definitely need to get a primary receiver now, so we know what Beane is thinking.

His cap hit was too high so we couldn't get too much for him, and there may even be some questions on his speed and elusiveness after he disappeared last year against the good corners. But, it frees up our cap quite a bit over the next few years. Next year may be a bit of a down year due to lack of talent/experience, but Beane is trying to ensure the second half of Allen's career has some upside.

Always hoped we could fit him in somehow later in the offseason, but I think he had to do what was best for him and get a job now rather than wait.

I love Jim Kelly - probably my favorite QB. But even I can't put him ahead of Peyton Manning when it comes to ranking QBs - even when I factor in the eras they played in.

If we can't get a physical, speedy WR with separation skills in free agency we need to draft one. Plain and simple. Most of the fans here have watched even more games than some of these pundits and I can tell you that we are lacking consistent enough separation from our WRs when facing man defenses. Yes, I dream of Josh Allen throwing occasional bombs to Tyreek Hill, DK Metcalf, Ja'marr Chase, etc. I do agree with going defense all the way after that, depending on who we resign or replace through free agency.

For all I know the staff told him to look in the end zone. Why else were his eyes glued down field? I can't imagine the staff didn't discuss the next 2 plays during the break at the two-minute warning and direct Josh's primary reads. That's what coaches are supposed to do.

The failure to identify the little things concerns me about this coaching staff. McDermott had such little faith in the Bills depleted defense stopping the Chiefs that he tried the fake punt. So, the logical thing would be for the coaching staff - at the two-muinute warning - to tell Josh to focus on the short passes - make the underneath pass the primary read to get a first down so you can continue to run clock and force the Chiefs to use the final 2 timeouts. The Chiefs were playing safe and protecting the end zone so those passes would have been (and were) open. Clearly, that DID NOT happen. Josh's eyes were down field on both of the following 2 plays. That was a mistake in my book based on the situation. McDermott and his crew sometimes fail to play situational football.

I have to put some blame on the McDermott and crew there. At the two-minute warning they should have been talking with Josh about the state of the game and the clock. McDermott already showed us he was afraid to put his D back out on the field, so they should have been looking at getting first downs to run the clock. It was too early to start chucking it in the end zone. Josh should have been told to look for the underneath routes as the primary options on the next two plays. They were open.

Gabe is a decent zone guy, but I just don't see enough separation from him when in man coverage. And, just look at how the Chiefs adapted in the second half by putting another safety up in the box. They weren't afraid of our receivers at all (yes, I know Gabe was out, but he wouldn't have changed anything). We need some new blood to stretch the field and be physical.

I am curious to know whether anyone on the Bills coaching staff told Josh at the two-minute warning to focus on getting another first down BEFORE trying in the end zone. One more first down would have enabled the Bills to run down the clock (KC only had 2 timeouts left) before having to try the FG if they couldn't get the TD. I think Josh should have been looking FIRST at the underneath routes on that play where Diggs was open rather than the end zone. It seems even more obvious that the Bills offense should have approached it this way given McDermott was playing like he was afraid to let his defense on the field. I'm always amazed at how often coaching staffs seem to fail at clock management.