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11 minutes ago, loveorhatembillsfan4life said:
Honestly, I think there is so much to unpack that there are valid arguments for any side you take.
We can’t even threaten to stretch the field which is a problem. It’s a problem because the stats and eye test are showing that our Wr can’t get open.
We have a generational Qb who isn’t even in the top ten passing yards.. which is crazy with his talent in my opinion.
But, we seem to have incredible balance because Cook is cooking , yet we don’t want to employ him on 3rd down, our Oline is nasty and some of the young Defensive resourses being thrown into action now have me quite excited for the rest of the season.
Like mentioned above though these playoff games are going to come down to one or two plays. At this point I might have more confidence in our D making a big play.
So while I don’t agree that the offense lost the last playoff game, when it came down to a Got to have it moment/play last year .. we failed to execute.
Who is our got to have it player on Offense right now when we need to make a 3rd and long in the playoffs?
My hope If it comes to that,
Cook is on the field
Kincaid continues to become the player we think he should be.
The idea is to not be in 3rd and long situations. But the answer to your question is going to depend on the team we’re playing and where the best matchup is to gain 7 yards.
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11 hours ago, Johnnieo64 said:
This is unbelievable. How did Beane not get this done. Williams is a beast and would have immediately made the Bills defensive line one of the best in the league. The only upside is the Jets will be Terrible for many years after the moves that they made the last two days.
Diana Russini reported the Jets did not want to trade within the division.
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We are leading the league in yards/game. A big part of that is the run game and Coleman’s blocking helps a great deal. What Brady needs to do is give him better routes, but we are doing this without having a so-called burner to stretch the field. If all you want is a guy that can run fast straight down the field then just bring back Hamler.
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Jets if they use all the picks wisely. Which history suggests may not happen.
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In the AFC I think the Broncos and Patriots are real. Good head coaches and solid overall play, good young QBs and defenses. Colts don’t bother me as much, Jones will regress but if they center their offense around the run game they’ll be a tough out. Chargers? I don’t believe Herbert is that good. And I think the Chiefs miss the playoffs.
Don’t think about the NFC much.
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19 minutes ago, stevestojan said:
Our WR1 is a tight end.
Shakir. And Kincaid. And it’s OK to have a top end receiving TE.
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16 minutes ago, HamptonBillsfan said:
All these great excuses for not making a deal yet Shaheed was a perfect vertical,stretch the field guy that Seattle,who have a better receiver room than us, picked off. All these 2and 7 teams and Beane couldn’t do anything? The Jets ,who are cleaning house, would have listened to offers for Quincy Williams. Plenty of others that Beane wouldn’t pull the trigger on because giving up draft capital is out of the question. No #1 or #2 receiver on a team with Josh F-ing Allen. Pitiful. You need my opinion because all these young bucks on this board get defensive when management is questioned. I went through 2 decades of coaches and front office people stumbling around making this franchise a joke. When you draft the best QB in football, you must surround him with quality skill position players and a respectable defense.
You just cavalierly make statements as if they are true. Diana Rossini reported the Jets did not want to trade in the division. As for Shaheed we have guys that have speed in Moore and Samuel. Brady has not set his offense up for fly patterns - maybe he should but does Shaheed truly offer anything over what we have?
I have gone through 66 years of Bills football. We’ve had far darker days than now, and many GMs far worse that Beane.
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25 minutes ago, HamptonBillsfan said:
I’ve been a Bills fan since 65. I go to games in Jersey and Philadelphia because I live down here. My kids and grandkids are Bills fans with plenty of memorabilia and gear. What are you the arbiter of who should be a fan. I just know when fans are being taken for granted and I have the testicles to say so.
And I have since 1960. And fans are not taken for granted. Quit thinking your opinion is the only thing that matters.
Does anyone honestly believe Beane just sat around doing squat the last couple days? You have to have a partner to trade with. And you have to believe the deal you make actually improves things. A guy like a Waddle would at WR, but does a Myers or Shaheed? One can argue no. I wanted Jeudy but apparently he wasn’t on the market. Would have loved another DT like Williams but the Jets apparent were not trading inside the division. So many think Beane can just snap his fingers and get whatever he wants. That is not how this works.
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29 minutes ago, HamptonBillsfan said:
The guy did nothing because the fanbase supports ineptitude. 2 years we don’t have a legitimate #1or #2 receiver. We lose 3 D_tackles long term and he does nothing. We lose our starting safety, he stands pat. I’m sorry, his drafts suck,why are we afraid of bringing in a good player for draft choices that don’t pan out.
You know what? You’re really just full of crap. This blanket statement about the fan base supports ineptitude is absolute BS. Just quit rooting for them and get out then.
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Very surprised. I was hoping for maybe a Jeudy at WR. Would have loved Williams but no way Jets were trading within the division.
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4 hours ago, corta765 said:
I like to do this exercise during season once and during the offseason post draft looking at the Bills core/players who should be starters over the foreseeable future which in turn shows the holes they will have. My criteria for this is players who either are starting currently that I would expect will start for the next 4-5 years (reasonably of course) or they are young but showed enough potential/solid play that you should be able to consider them starting in that time frame and contributing regularly. On the flipside a player who is older and realistically probably ages or contract wise will be a cut I will not list like Taron Johnson given the odds he regresses overtime.
Offense:
QB: Josh Allen (duh)
RB: James Cook
WR: Khalil Shakir
TE: Dalton Kincaid // Jackson Hawes
O-Line: Dawkins - Edwards- McGovern-Torrence- Brown
Defense:
DE: Greg Rousseau
DT: Ed Oliver // Deone Walker // TJ Sanders // DeWayne Carter
LB: Terrel Bernard // Dorian Williams
CB: Christian Benford // Max Hariston // Dorian Strong
SAF: Cole Bishop
The good news for the offense is that offensive line is young enough where it is realistic to see the same group for years. Will they all actually stay? Probably not, but offensive lineman hold value and skill far longer then other positions and the oldest of the group is actually Dawkins. The TE & RB spot is in a good spot, the problem point is of course WR in a very bad way. Even if Coleman were to miraculously become a top WR they just really lack any youth at that position after him. Beane can say what he wants about the position, but realistically it will need some real investment in the next year or so (if not today).
The defense is far more interesting where spots like DT/CB you can feel potentially really good long term about the depth an quality. LB they really need a guy to come in and become a starter long term. SAF if Bishop develops as he has you need one more guy. DE forever feels like the biggest spot that they just cannot get it fully right despite picks. AJ has played quite well for the Bills but I will be stunned if in 2-3 years he is still here, Javon Solomon is too green to make a call on, and Landon Jackson can't get into the lineup at this point. Hopefully with Solomon & Jackson they can become quality starters that help that position out, but if there becomes a time they can ever get a in prime pass rusher it would be a big boost.
No team is perfect, Buffalo has Josh which is the biggest thing but the rest of the roster has a lot of good quality starters with some truly good ones. Overall you can see where the strengths are and the defense if the kids keep developing their is the potential for some real dynamite players there. At the same time godbless Milano, Watt, Poyer but you will need to reinforce those areas to keep progressing on D. The offense it feels like the same old song but WR you just need more. Beane with his more recent WR FA signings has missed more then you'd want as Samuels can't stay on the field, Palmer isn't bad but hurt like his record says, Moore is JAG, and Hollis was a fine role player. Assuming no move happens today for an Olave or Waddle or Shaheed, your are looking at needing a more quality WR FA and at least drafting one preferably two WRs in round 1-5 next year.
Hancock at safety?
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One gets the distinct impression that those who criticize the FG decision would be posting today criticizing a decision to punt if that had been made.
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1 minute ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:
I never once said they played bad but I still don't understand how a 4th and 17 happens unless it's a PI call.
Bernard covered the wrong guy
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5 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:
Prater is 75% at best in that spot, that's a 25% chance to have several clean shots at the goal line. I don't think they had any chance if they had to go the field. So I didn't like the call.
He is in fact 75% over his career from 50-59, meaning he’s got a significantly better chance of making that kick than not. You also discount the fact that the defense was in on Mahomes all night. Do McD and Babich get credit for that, especially rushing 5 the last play so he couldn’t throw to the end zone?
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3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
Agree, and to make the playoffs I think they likely have to win 2 from Broncs x2, Chargers, Texans. I don't think 7 losses with 6 in Conference will get it done.
I don’t think the Chiefs make the playoffs.
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Just now, WIDE LEFT said:
No and no. Not a McD “hater” here.. I recognize he brings a lot of positives to the team as a HC. But time after time his game strategy decisions are terrible, especially in the biggest games. In previous posts I have advocated for a strategy coach, an advisor who sits in the booth, away from the chaos of the sidelines, and is able, based primarily on solid analytics, to present options and recommendations. Take a look at the Bills sidelines during a game. McD clapping, totally engrossed in each play, now calling defenses etc etc. Like every NFL sideline - chaos. The WORST possible environment to make strategic decisions. Every NFL coach could use a strategy coach.BTW, Vrabel in New England employs one.
And he is not getting better at this. Last year, year 7 as HC, he made what ESPN’s Mike Greenberg called “probably not the worst decision we will see this year, but certainly the dumbest” by throwing choosing to throw 3 times at games end from his own one yard line, which handed Houston a win. McD then went on the to make the WORST decision of the year, calling a timeout with less than a minute to go with the Bills at the Rams one yard line. Brady, who was calling the game, reacted immediately, calling out what a horrible decision that was, as it left the Bills no chance to win, other than recovering an onside kick. And of course McD has a history of bad decisions - 13 seconds etc etc
Sunday McD strikes again. A strategy coach would have strongly advised against kicking that last field goal. A punt, a punt angled out of bounds ( to prevent any possible return) was the correct strategic decision. It’s virtually impossible for a team drive the ball down the field, 80 + yards, in 22 seconds with zero timeouts. It’s even unlikely a team could even get in position to throw a Hail Mary under those circumstances. Recall the 13 seconds game KC had all three timeouts and only needed a FG. Instead McD blunders again, and Mahomes second last pass was way too close to tying that game. These games are won on the margins, especially playoff games, and his strategic blunders have cost the Bills playoff losses in the past, and I don’t see any improvement in this area.Hire a strategy coach, not to make the final decision but to present best options away from the chaos that is an NFL sideline
The decision to kick a FG Sunday was a great decision. You have a kicker whose record with 50 yard FGs is excellent, and if he makes it game is over. And if he didn’t then you have to make them go 60 some yards in 20 some seconds against a defense that gave Mahomes fits in the pocket all day. And did so again when the smart decision was made to rush 5 on the last play so he couldn’t throw a decent Hail Mary.
There are criticisms to make about management in the past. The finish of Sunday’s game is not one of those. For the life of me I cannot understand why some people around here cannot simply enjoy a big victory against a big rival without getting all negative about this or that.
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I have a doctorate in Anatomy and taught anatomy and physiology for over 40 years. I tend to think that there is something to NFL players being perhaps overconditioned. Meaning that the amount of load and force that can be generated by the muscle mass is greater than the ability of tendons and ligaments to handle. I’m not sure that stretching would do much. Tendons and ligaments are collections of very dense connective tissue and don’t have much in the way of elastic fibers that would allow for stretch.
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Just now, Brand J said:
Is this something that could have happened in one practice? Or could it have been a degenerative issue, unknown by team doctors at the time he was drafted?
The stenosis doesn’t occur in one practice. An injury leading to X ray or MRI would. I don’t know if teams routinely screen for this or not.
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I suspect the injury and subsequent testing revealed spinal stenosis such that damage could result in permanent paralysis. I’d advise any athlete to walk away; it is a game after all, not worth destroying your life over, or even losing it.
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You put the ball in the hands of your best players - Allen, Cook, Shakir, Kincaid.
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The young man needs to learn that you don’t publicize those kinds of things
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My understanding is there was confusion on the defensive set up which is why McD called the TO. And Mahomes then made a Mahomsean play that was helped by Bernard sloughing off coverage.
Let’s imagine if he does not call the TO, guys are running around like it’s a Chinese fire drill, and they make the first down, or even score. People would be here beeyatching about not calling a TO.
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2 hours ago, HamptonBillsfan said:
I know you can’t predict injuries in the NFL. My point is as a GM for a team favored to go to the SB, with arguably the best QB/RB tandem in football, you must make an acquisition to address positions of need. The D-tackle position has been decimated by injuries and our best players(Oliver, Jones and Hoecht) are out indefinitely. Hairston played half the snaps yesterday and was OK. Having Ingram, Tre and Lewis as depth is NG. Hairston is inexperienced and has played one game. At receiver, the roster was constructed without a #1 or #2. Our 2nd year receiver( Coleman )is basically invisible and Palmer (injured) is another slot. Shouldn’t Josh have a vertical guy to take advantage of his arm talent. The thread is “deadline trade deals” not how Beane should not be blamed for injuries that decimated the D-line. It’s not about Brady’s balanced attack, it’s about getting better with a deadline acquisition.
So you’re criticizing not making moves while the trade deadline is still open
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Don’t take the foot off the gas this week.
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Bills Draft History - The Price For Shaheed
in The Stadium Wall
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If Beane had a shot at someone like Olave or Waddle or Brown (I had my eye on Jeudy personally) and didn’t pull the trigger I’d be ticked off. I’m not sure Shaheen would have added much to the current roster. Brady does not call go routes, and if he wanted to Moore of Samuel could do so. I do think Brady needs to be more inventive with route trees, particularly with Coleman. But then again, we are the #1 offense in yards per game in the NFL, so what do I know?