Murdox
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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.
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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.
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26 minutes ago, BillMafia716ix said:
Horrible trade that does nothing to help the team this year. Basically they saying 2024 is a wash year
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.
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42 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:
Wow the compensation seems brutal.
Anyway, like I said, he was always tradeable this year. I just thought it would be for 1st this year so we can draft his replacement. This seems crazy.
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.
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5 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:
Dang thought we’d have a shot at a June 2nd signing
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.
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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.
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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.
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2 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:
Does Josh still need this level of micromanagement after 6 years ?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.
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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.
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57 minutes ago, SWATeam said:
He tried on the last drive by fumbling and then throwing that dropped pick.
It did seem on that last drive Josh lost some of that patience that was working so well all game. If he just kept taking those checkdowns on that last sequence, they were still there to move the chains.
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.
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5 minutes ago, Fallser said:
I'm fine with that, Keep Shakir in the slot. Gabe has been nice, but he gets the dropsies sometimes...
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.
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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.
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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. I think Josh should have been looking FIRST at the underneath routes on that play where Diggs was open rather than the end zone. I'm always amazed at how often coaching staffs seem oblivious to clock management.
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Just now, Bockeye said:
We win what?
We win games because of Allen. You do know you have to win games to get to the Superbowl.
There are about 29 other teams that would have liked to have a regular season where they were seeded #2 in their conference. Yes, I understand that you are focused on the Superbowl - I understand - but you have to be crazy to think we need to replace Josh. We'd likely be back in another 20 year rut and I'd be dead before we got a replacement that was close to his level.
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Diggs is an elusive route runner and very good at finding space in zones, but he doesn't really have the elite speed or physicality to get consistent separation against many of the top corners of opposing defenses when in man defense. We need to find that #1 so Diggs can shift over to #2.
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2 minutes ago, Punch said:
He needs to be literally perfect, and that's infuriating. He passed up the Diggs crosser on 2nd and 9 because the TD to Shakir was there. You can't pass that up in that moment, regardless of what Mahomes might do. Tom Brady wouldn't have passed that up. It missed by a fraction of a second due to Jones bullrushing Dawkins into his back.
He played nearly flawlessly, a goddamned superstar in the biggest game of his career. I've never seen another great player forced to be perfect game after game for such a sustained period. It's outrageous that he'd be considered anything other than great.
Yeah, agree, and everyone needs to remember we were a team with what - 7 starters out on defense? To make is this far was pretty incredible, and largely on Josh's back. I didn't see us making the playoffs or even the #2 seed back when we were 6-6. It was a great run. Hopefully our defense gets healthy next year, and we get that good #1 receiver to complement Diggs, who should be back with his contract.
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3 minutes ago, Gugny said:
Josh is the reason we almost won. But he’s also the primary reason we lost.
Yes - we need better wide receivers.
But throwing 50 yard bombs was simply not necessary.
Move the damn chains.
Disagree. You need to stretch the defense out from time to time as our run game was getting bottled up. And it's even more important when you have a mobile QB like Josh so that you can try and push the secondary back further from the line. They need to remember the cannon of an arm that Allen has.
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Just now, GoBills! said:
Take Allen out of this team and we wouldn’t even make the playoffs or score 14 points tonight. He is the last one to blame.
Also can we cut damar Hamlin now charity year is over. And he isn’t good at football.
You can say that again. I find it humorous when people post here about how Allen needs to be replaced. Yeah? Go find the replacement who is better. Just about every team in the NFL would like Allen. The main problem is he has to do most of the lifting on offense - the talent is a bit thin at WR. If Allen had the Bengals WR group, I can only imagine where we'd be.
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1 minute ago, SWATeam said:
Unreal. The stage was set and he didn’t come through on the last drive. That’s it.
Meh, he got us down the field to get a tying FG, but he should have thrown it underneath to Diggs to get the first down and take more time off the clock. But, easier said than done. If he had been able to get the pass of to Shakir and we scored a TD and the Chiefs failed to response with their own TD, nobody would be complaining.
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1 minute ago, 78thealltimegreat said:
We lost because of Allen. This fanbase sometimes doesn’t realize what they have at QB
And we win because of Allen. I hope you understand that as well. We need to get a better receiver to help on the outside. Our WRs started to disappear as the season went on, and they struggled to get separation against man defenses.
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1 minute ago, Gugny said:
Allen unnecessarily went into hero ball mode.
More than anything else, I think that is why we lost.
Well, I think you can say that if Allen is the sole reason we win or lose. And, if you believe that, then you must agree we need to improve aspects of this team. We need a WR who can get consistent separation against man defenses. We also need our D to get healthy.
I do wish Josh threw the ball underneath to Diggs at the end there as we needed one more first down to ensure we wouldn't give the Chiefs much time at all if we had to kick the FG, and the kick would have been closer.
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That's what I've noticed all season. Our receivers are good against zone defenses, but they struggle against man defenses. Diggs will probably be back as we don't save a lot this year cutting him, but we may try and restructure his contract. We could use a #1.
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1 minute ago, Jerboski said:
Allen terrible tonight
OL awful
no running game, cook been awful
defense giving up long drives and can’t get off field
disappointing
Yes, and Brady is not calling a good game really. The D is being incredibly aggressive. Misdirection would be helpful.
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We need some misdirection running plays against this aggressive D as well. Not seeing a good game called by Brady in this one.
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Bills interested in Deebo Samuel per Mike Giardi
in The Stadium Wall
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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.