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Ok the thought of a guy named McCorkle going against Allen, Rodgers, and Brady 6 times is kind of funny.

I do think both teams at full health are fairly evenly matched. But clearly their depth on both lines is superior to ours and even some of our starters.

Certainly was a lot of adversity. But adversity didn’t outmatch our offensive and defensive lines on most snaps. Edit: Elephant in the room implies something big people aren’t talking about. See covered “ad infinitum” above.

Let’s just trade him for an All Pro OG already and be done with it.

I too migrated here from there 🍻

Kind of funny that this team could have used a Zay Jones or an Isaiah Hodgins down the stretch. Neither is a Higgins, but both can play.

Agree with your point in general, but McDermott has not shown to be anywhere near as creative or prepared as Reid. Obviously I don’t mean head to head, but over the course of the season and with in game decisions.

Not saying I want McDermott gone, but I will say this team’s repeated slow starts and being outmatched physically starts with the coach. Short leash for sure.

Agree with this to a point. I think it’s an unholy marriage between the rely-on-rushing-4 scheme and 4-who-can’t-rush talent.

Before the game I felt of all the outcomes Buffalo getting blown out was least likely. I was wrong. Both lines need serious retooling and reinvestment. Even without Miller and Jones who are admittedly significant losses, our 9th overall pick DT, 30th overall pick DE, 54th overall pick DE, and 61st overall pick DE got owned by a back-up offensive line. Anyone with eyes saw Allen running for his life. Both are not problems that popped up in this game, but instead long-term issues. People I’m not the least bit worried about: Beane, Allen, Cook, Hines, Diggs, Davis (so long as he’s viewed as a WR3), Knox, Dawkins, Miller, Jones, Milano, Johnson, Elam, STers. Our defensive scheme is inadequate. We lost Hyde and Miller, yes, but good coaches modify their schemes and get a Purdy-led offense into the Conference Championship. It comes down to philosophy. We need to be varied enough that we can go heavy man and jam WRs at times. Thing is it wasn’t just scheme. We often tackled poorly. While writing this I’ve come to the conclusion the worst marriage by far for the Bills is the rush-4-to-get-home scheme with repeated whiffs on high defensive line picks. We’re playing a scheme relying on talent we don’t have. It would have been nice for whoever is truly running the defense to rush 3 more yesterday. If 4 weren’t getting home then at least give coverage some help. Let Burrow try to run on you in the snow. This may be a situation where we need turnover at one or both coordinator positions but it doesn’t happen. I do wonder like others if Frazier getting fired changes much in the defensive philosophy/scheme anyways. It’s tough to look at the offense’s year-long production and say fire the rookie OC because he did a lot of great things and Allen evidently likes him. But it would be tough to pass up a Reich. The 24 Hour Rule should change to a 1 Week Rule for Playoff Losses. At the end of the day we are going into next year with Allen, Diggs, Milano, and Miller. We’ll be back in the playoffs. Hopefully we are a little healthier next year and grab that 1 seed. GO BILLS!

By “that” do you mean hitting Davis in the hands/arms?

What I saw was it hit Gabe’s hands/arms then the defender’s hand knocked it away. He could, and probably should, have caught it.

Allen should try clapping. Seems to fix all McDermott’s problems.

Divisional Cincinnati Bengals Inactives 25 HB Chris Evans 33 CB Tre Flowers 65 G Alex Cappa 73 OT Jonah Williams 82 TE Nick Bowers 93 DE Jeff Gunter 97 DT Jay Tufele Source: Bengals website (https://www.bengals.com/team/inactives)

May have to break out the worn out red Moulds jersey Sunday

Agreed. Also imo Jones would be a more significant loss than Phillips. He’s been really solid for us and pairs better with Oliver.

I was more implying OC-in-waiting regardless of title That’s a fair take. Just not sure Lamar has so much sway there. I hope so though. He’s fun to watch as a Raven and I’d love to see him with better weapons there.

I’m wondering if he wouldn’t be able to do similarly creative gameplans for Allen that would take advantage of his dual threat capability. I recall Roman’s offense here was run centered, but allowed Taylor a decent amount of deep ball success. The new Joe Brady?

To me this makes a long-term Lamar deal less likely. Edit: Is he too run heavy to be a Dorsey replacement candidate?

From eyeball test I think both have been equally underwhelming applying pressure. Really the whole defensive line after we lost Miller. Hoping we rush 3 a good amount this week.

I think he comes back. Mutually beneficial. We’ll move things around to get him his deserved payday. He’ll continue to be a beast and help bring along a replacement for a couple years.

Guess we can put the Allen vs. Burrow debate to bed: https://www.wivb.com/bills-mafia-buffalo-fans/josh-allen-pregame-style-outfit-hoodie-joe-burrow?utm_source=wivb_app&utm_medium=social&utm_content=share-link Title: “Josh Allen says he can’t compete with Joe Burrow’s style”

This. Or Oliver-DT-Groot.