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My excitement level depends on who we replace with him. Is it with Stefanski or McDaniel? If so that's an outstanding outcome and a clear upgrade. Is it, I don't know, Ronald Curry? If that's the likely outcome then I'd rather just keep the year to year consistency.

Where if there just isn't though? Elijah Moore is languishing on Denver's PS so it's not like anyone else in the league was going to find a major role for him. Palmer has gotten over 600 yards once in his career. Coleman has seemingly checked out and is only interested in giving his fullest effort on blocking plays. No one is confusing Brady for Sean McVay but no offensive coach out there would be getting consistent production out of this group. In fact the only time I get frustrated with Brady is when he intentionally dials up shots to this horrid WR room, or gets away from the run too quickly. The less we have the WRs involved as pass catchers the more effective our offense is. That has been proven at this point.

??? Hollins is averaging 34.3 YPG this year. That's "top tier 2" production to you? Diggs is at 52.2 YPG... Yeah that's a true #1 alright. I understand that as a spoiled Pats fan you probably checked out of football for the past few years, and you already admitted you didn't even watch today's game. But try to have a basic understanding of modern NFL offenses before throwing your weight around this board.

You know before today I would have said that for a fan of another team you are a good and rational poster. Turns out one frustrating loss is enough to turn you into just another Pats troll.

The Bills this year are 3-2 when Cook gets under 100 yards. They're 2-1 when he averages less than 4 YPC. So first of all you are just wrong. But what exactly is your point here? We have the worst WR room in the NFL. So yeah if the run game is struggling we have no other answers. That has nothing to do with Allen. Allen is the only reason this passing offense functions at all.

Yeah that's fair. I was pretty pissed about the play call in real time. I will say though it looked like a lane was there but Palmer lost his block and Ty didn't hit the lane fast enough. Like when he first caught it I saw the open space in front of him and thought it was a for sure 1st down. And we have converted on plenty of those exact plays on 3rd downs this year. I just generally don't like taking the ball out of Allen's hands on the play that could win you the game.

Classic rookie mistake from Hairston IMO. He got complacent thinking the play side had the run stuffed. One second of losing focus against NFL speed and that is the result. He'll learn. Not worried about it the long run (no pun intended). Epenesa's role in the debacle bothers me a lot more because he's a vet and losing rush contain has been a big problem with him throughout his career. But mostly I think it was just a flukey play that you have to just shake your head and move on. When THAT is the only play the offense has against you for an entire half, it's almost the exception that proves the rule of how dominant the defense was in the 2nd half.

Sure I'm not writing any checks on his career yet. I think his overall command of the offense is legit and his playmaking ability is real as we saw in our first matchup especially. Let's also be fair that he doesn't exactly have a team of superstars around him. Late stage Diggs and Boutte in his breakout year is a decent set of top 2 WRs but nothing to write home about. They need to add a legit #1 WR to get a real sense of Maye's ceiling. Of course he could suddenly regress to a middle of the pack QB. When I watch him though there is something about him that feels consistent and repeatable.

We're about 5 years away from big cap hits of a hypothetical Maye extension. They're going to be big players in FA this coming offseason and for the foreseeable future.

These days players recover from ACL tears pretty fast. I wouldnt be surprised if he's back by week 1 even, but more likely some time in October or early November.

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Despite having a unicorn QB he has one of the hardest jobs in the NFL in terms of coordinating a passing offense. There are no cheat codes for a WR room as abysmal as ours is. Overall I think he does a good job of knowing what we do well and leaning into that. His run scheme is legit. His pass scheme is never going to wow you but again I question how much of that is on him. I put him firmly in the middle of NFL OCs. That's not based on any kind of educated ranking, it just feels right. Mostly he gets out of Allen's and Cook's way which is the best thing he can do. The occasional play call brain fart like today's 3rd down to Ty Johnson is the kind of thing every fan for every team complains about from time to time.

Had nothing to do with Bosa. Was entirely on Hairston and Epenesa for falling asleep at the wheel.

Man at this point I would even take just a decent WR. Like Jakobi Meyers right now would be the best WR on the team. Palmer despite his supposedly great "separation metrics" is a weekly no show. Coleman has somehow gotten worse than ever. Cooks is obviously washed. Shakir is our best overall WR but looks to me like he is still playing hurt and he is inconsistent at best getting open on downfield routes. As pessimistic as I was about the room before the season it ended up being significantly worse than even I expected. Failing to make any kind of trade at the deadline is almost unfathomable. Like you said the blocking and the TEs are very very good if not great, so that combined with Allen and Cook doing their thing might be enough. If it was like 2020 with KC and the Ravens still at their best I'd give this team no chance. With the state of the conference as it is though we are just one of many teams with a glaring weakness so maybe we can slip through.

I mean it's a very clear limiting factor and by far the biggest reason we might not be able to win a Super Bowl. Allen and Cook are making enough plays all on their own to paper over the problem but the problem is real. Downfield passes to WRs is almost always a wasted down and that is just not the kind of statement you would ever make about a championship team. We have a chance to overcome it only because of two elite players and a weak overall conference.

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I think Bosa will have to go the Clowney route the rest of his career signing perennial 1 year deals, no team is going to trust him to stay healthy. In that context I'd be more than happy to bring him back in 2026 on a very similar deal to what we just gave him. The EDGE room looks terrible heading into next year especially not knowing how Hoecht will bounce back. Bosa gives us a good baseline for a true #1 pass rusher and has made a couple big plays in big moments which have been severely lacking from this defense in recent years.

To be fair that crosswind was tough. I saw a couple throws from both QBs going high and slightly off target. I have nothing but good things to say about Maye's playmaking and leadership. It's no insult to him that he's not at Josh Allen's level. Allen is a unicorn. Maye has a good chance of being a Burrow level QB which means combined with a great coaching staff and an owner that spends money they are going to be a problem for us for the foreseeable future.

That was junior college level commentary from JJ Watt. Grossed me out live and I would have said that even if it was for a Bills player. You're a professional, not a 12 year old girl at a Taylor Swift concert.

Is that a real quote? That's amazing. Reminds of Sean McVay after last year's Rams loss, got up to the podium and first thing out of his mouth before any questions was "Josh Allen is an alien." I can't imagine what it's like having to coach against him. The most unstoppable player in NFL history when he's feeling it.

Normally I'd agree but him versus the field is pretty stark. The national narrative has become "Allen is doing this all on his own" and the MVP is a narrative award more than anything. It would break a longstanding trend from MVP voters but Allen has broken plenty of trends in his career. I'm not giving up on it yet. If we win out I think Allen gets it unless Stafford plays lights out the rest of the way. New England beating Miami and NJ to clinch the division won't change the narrative IMO. FWIW I also called him winning it last year even after Lamar got the 1st team all pro. People said it was impossible after that outcome. I had a hunch and I have a similar hunch now.

It might be so obvious at this point that they give it to Allen even if we end up as a wildcard. The national narrative has been growing these past couple weeks.

Meanwhile Stafford just threw an awful pick. Maybe this can still happen.