oldmanfan

New special teams coach. Maybe new D line coach.

65 years and counting. At the Rockpile in 1960 as a 4 year old. Beane has to upgrade talent like all GMs do. Go Bills!

I can only go by the league protocol.

It sucks. It will suck for a while. But as one of the old guys around here I have memories of our AFL championships, so I think about those. And I do think that so long as #17 comes out on the field we have a shot at winning every year. Bottom line is we have to beat a team that will go down in history as one of the best ever, with a guy in Reid who will go down in history as one of the top 3 coaches and the same with Mahomes. So it's a tough mountain to climb. But I think we'll make it. And I can certainly think of darker days, like when John Rauch used OJ as a decoy, or the Kay Sephenson/Hank Bullough debacle years. I've got 65 years invested now; I'm not going anywhere.

Is this really what you want to discuss today?

I said likely, correct? I suspect we are going to look CB more than safety in the draft, especially given what happened with Benford on Sunday. I envision we will use free agency or trade to go after either a big time DE, WR (or both). Dt is supposed to be deep in this draft, so I see us going there. I heard something interesting this morning about the Chiefs. They said that because of Mahomes and his excellence they were able to go more on defense and build that side of the ball, knowing that with Moahomes (and Kelce) he can make average offensive guys better. Wonder if Beane thinks the same about Josh. Regardless clearly Beane has to hit on guys this offseason. I think Hollins is a definite resign. Made some big plays on offense an special teams and is a fixture in the locker room.

He and Rapp will likely be starters. You know that.

No he wasn't. He has stuff to learn certainly as most rookies do. This is just more emotional irrationality after a tough loss.

Going forward these are two guys that are going to have to make significant contributions. We need younger guys, former draft picks to assume significant roles on this team.

You can go on all day and night about whether Werner could have made the throws Allen can make. And he couldn't. But in doing so you entirely miss the point. What Warner was talking about is reading the defense, setting protections, and having routes available so Josh would not have needed to try and make the kind of hero throw he made, and that Kincaid should have caught. I think Johnson was set to the right of the formation. If he would have just saw the safety blitz and drifter right to give Josh a target Jiosh could have easily dumped it to the right flat and Johnso picks up the first down. The brain goes to different places depending on what you're capable of? Are you suggesting Josh's brain was incapable of processing what was coming on that play? I don't think so. It was a great call by a great DC that fooled Brady, Josh, McGovern, pretty much everyone on the Bills offense. And for that you give Spagnolo credit.

It wasn’t that they didn’t expect a blitz, it’s that they expected it to come from the left side of the formation. I think insinuating that a HOF QB has no idea about playing in the body of any QB is silly.

Need a good off-season to include young guys currently on the roster. Coleman has to figure out how to use his body to get more separation. Bishop looked pretty good and should start next to Rapp. Carter and Solomon need to become assets on the D line. Hardy needs to get off the practice squad and contribute at CB.

No question about it being harder. Beane and his scouts need to earn their $$. And I left out what I ask for every year in the draft - a big tub of goo. Need a 1T to anchor the middle of the line.

I’ll say it again: sometimes it’s not you doing something wrong, it’s the other guy doing something right. And that was a brilliant defensive call

I am not one to rue the Worthy thing. At the time we had Shakir and Samuel, and wanted a bigger possession type target. On offense we need to get another WR and keep Cook and Johnson. Defense I see a splash for a FA rusher, and we need to add to the DBs. Need a minimum of two good CBs.

Don’t really care if you believe it or not. Both Josh and Torrence said they expected the pressure from the left and adjusted protection to account for it. Then Spags made a brilliant call to bring two guys on the blitz from the opposite side. Shakir would have been the hot read but that didn’t become possible based on how the play evolved. Josh made an incredible play to get the ball out as far as he did, and Kincaid has to catch that ball.

Torrence talked about it today. Based on film study they expected pressure coming from the left and protection was moved to the left. And Spagnolo fooled them and brought pressure from the right. Sometimes it is not what you did wrong but what the other guy did right.

It was a brilliant defensive call

I think Brady is OK, but if a change were made Peterson would be a good choice. I saw McD and Babich change from the historical zone concept this year; lot more man. I think we need some more athleticism on the back end and more pass rush. I could see Mack being here nrext year, or if I’m Beane I find out what it takes to get Garrett or Parsons. I think the hardest thing in sports is figuring out who will or will not be a great head guy in whatever sport you want to name. More times than not you elevate a really good coordinator, but what is needed for a good coordinator doesn’t necessarily match that needed to be a great head coach.

Enough about Torrence. As has now been said numerous times the protection was shifted to the left. So Torrence is looking for guys coming from that side. Then at the snap 2 DBs take off downhill from his right. The video shows he sees it but too late to get back to pick the guy up. It was a brilliant call by Spagnolo.

The Chiefs win because in these close games guys always do their jobs and they do not make mistakes. That may or may not be coaching -I think it’s a big part of it - but that’s what wins these close games.

Love Josh as we all do. To me he is better physically at playing QB than Mahomes. But Mahomes is better at reading defenses and pre-snap adjustments. Mahomes is right there with Brady on that. Put it this way: on our last 4th down play Josh said he should have adjusted protection. I’d bet Mahomes reads that and checks to a successful play .

Dianna Russian from the Athletic reported that through her sources he has no interest

Because they play as close to perfect football in the playoffs as possible

We’ll be right in the thick of it again next year. Got to keep banging on the door till it opens.