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On 10/14/2025 at 3:41 PM, Alphadawg7 said:
No disrespect, but this isn't how you can look at what his ceiling is. This is the 2nd year in a row where our offense is geared around putting the ball into 8-10 different receivers hands per game, including consistently getting 3rd string players involved. We are getting targets for 3 different TE's, 3 different RB's, 5 different WR's and every week. Samuel, Shavers, Moore, Knox, Hawes, Davis, Ty, etc all getting targets on top of Keon, Palmer, Shakir, Kincaid, Cook.
Its a function of the offense, not the ability of the player. Look at Diggs in the same season under Dorsey then under Brady. Diggs was on pace for 2nd biggest season of his career under Dorsey, then under Brady his production fell off a cliff and over those final 7 games it was Shakir who led the team in receiving despite Diggs getting twice as many targets.
I mean its clear as day its the offensive design limiting anyone players ceiling here for individual statistics in the passing game. Look at Samuel before Buffalo and in Buffalo. Look at Moore before Buffalo and in Buffalo. Look at Cooper before Buffalo and in Buffalo. Why is everyones yardage total significantly lower here under Brady than it was before Brady? Because the offense does not focus on any one WR, no one gets proper targets, its literally designed to be anyone on any given play.
So no disrespect, but hard disagree that Shakir's ceiling is being reached by being in this offense.
Exactly, Brady is deluting the offensive talent by spreading out targets to 11 different players. Even though 4-5 of these guys shouldn't even be seeing the ball unless someone gets injured. Identify your top receivers and target them. Stop wasting targets on 3rd string players. Kincaid, Shakir, Palmer, Cook and Coleman (last resort) are getting all the looks. And whoever we pu at the trade deadline can take Keon's targets.
This offense shouldn't be about quantity (everybody eats) but QUALITY. The same strategy should be practiced with our DL. Let Oliver and Walker play 70% snaps.
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Rather than turning yellow snow into Perrier, why don't we ask Ryan if he's willing to help fix our offense.
No hot reads
No Cook on 3rd down
No WR room
.....I'm sure he'd have some brilliant suggestions.
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1 hour ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
He allowed 1 catch on 2 targets.
There is nothing that can be said about Tre White that also doesn't apply to Taron Johnson and Benford.
Yup, if your going to bag on Tre (who wasn’t even supposed to start), you sure as hell better criticize Taron & Christian. The bigger problem is our entire secondary as a collective unit. They are a mess right now.
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9 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
It is definitely an area the Bills can coach it better but I do think it is a bit of a Josh weakness too. Being a Quarterback is so mental and just getting to the point in less than a second where you understand "X is better than the potential of Y so take X" is really incredible mental processing. Josh can make plays Brady, Manning, Brees even Rodgers and Mahomes could only dream of. But he still doesn't quite make some of those mental decisions as quickly as those guys.
Completely agree....Josh is an athletic freak like no other in NFL history. But you can never compare him to those other guys when it comes to split second "cerebral decisions". That’s where your coaching support staff have to step in...identify this issue and work with Josh on hot reads. Even that last play v KC on that blitz, he had nowhere to go with it. And I think we only needed 5 or 6 yards for the 1st. You know ATL blitzes constantly. This isn't rocket science.
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39 minutes ago, JBI$111 said:
Brady is a middle of the ground pedestrian and mediocre offensive coordinator, a generally poor play caller and even worse at scheming wide receivers open or designing solid creative plays that are actually creative and effective. When they run, it's obvious... there's a running back in the backfield... when they pass, there's nobody in the backfield and then the play becomes obvious to the defense. This has been a constant.
All the run plays are generally just right up the middle into the heart of the defensive line of the other team, he is clueless about scheming people open or creating effective: keyword "effective" solid creative plays. The cute stuff is stupidly designed and not creative or effective at all. He just comes up with an idiotic designed play that most of the time fails and is called at the wrong time. IMHO, that's really not being creative, that means that you really have no idea how to create effective plays that work and know what to call and when to call it. They can't even execute some of those stupid plays correctly.
Why isn't he using some or all of our running backs who can all catch well out of the backfield on 3rd Downs when they're rushing so Josh has a quick outlet to Cook, Ty or Davis, they are all are good pass catchers. That's just one thing that they should be doing more of, but there's a laundry list.
As far as the defense, I don't think they'll ever get it straightened out with McDermott. They need a real good defensive coordinator or at least have McDermott call the plays again, which may not be a great improvement...lol, but certainly better than Babich.
If you look at the receivers on most any other team, when the quarterback throws to them, they're wide open constantly against our defense. A lot of it has to do with having solid designed plays and or scheming the wide receivers open and also having wide receivers that can actually separate! Furthermore, it's also because of McDermott's stupid constant soft zone and nickel defense that he stubbornly never changes. Any of the backs or people in the backfield are like 10 yds plus away from the receivers when they catch the ball. They're generally wide open.
Plus, all the bad drafting by Beane and the piss poor scouting department that can't judge talent over many years, bad free agent acquisitions, bloated contracts, overpaid mediocre players, not knowing when to let somebody go and not knowing when to keep people and of course, McDermott's perpetual life cycle of poorly prepared defenses and horrible play calling, especially in the biggest moments. All this is catching up to the whole organization and where we're at currently.
I think most people are tired of this stagnation year after year, which amounts to never getting to the promised land. Not sure either of them are the right people to get the Bill's to a super bowl and actually win it. Also, they've wasted so many peak years of Josh Allen's career by the constant incompetence in many facets. And yes, that means rarely ever having top quality weapons and especially top quality wide receivers acquired or drafted for Josh to utilize that can actually get open.
I'm just still pissed off when I think about the whole mess and the way they always lose and lose at the most inopportune times or in the games they really need to play well and win. The end result is always the same, never getting over the hump.
All right rant off!
Pretty accurate rant in my eyes. They were geniuses in selecting Josh. But from that moment on the incessant stupid decisions just started compounding on each other, year after year....
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5 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
You don't generally solve blitzes with the oline pass blocking. You have two ways: one is to run some more max protect stuff - which the Bills did on some play action looks and Josh had a fair amount of time on some of those, the problem is it means you have two receivers out in the pattern and with the Bills guys there is no way they are separating 2 v 4 against a secondary. The second is to build a ton of hots into your routes. I agree the Bills can do better in a gameplanning sense there but also there were some that were there and Allen held the ball. I'm not blaming Josh, but he got to the point on Monday that he wasn't trust what was around him and wasn't trusting what he was seeing.
I don’t know if I've actually witnessed us use a hot read during a blitz in the last several years. Even dating back to Daboll. Tom Brady made a career of ensuring if a blitz was coming, he had a hot read to throw to. These coordinators just act like "well Josh will just scramble out of it"....you cannot run an offense that way.
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Somebody needs to sit down with Brady and explain to him that this team has only 2 elite players. And they're both on offense. I don't even care anymore if Jimbo struggles some in pass blocking. Make him a 3 down RB and start diversifying his play tree. Right now Ty Johnson, Davis and Gilliam are worthless within the structure of our offense.
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12 hours ago, BeastMaster said:
If this is true, then Babich has to be relieved of his duties
That would make it multiple seasons where McDermott had to step in and call plays
It's a major indictment on both Babich, and also McDermott because he keeps the guy around
Because he's the one hiring the incompetent DC's. He should've been calling our defense since 2018. Let him take the responsibility if he's such a defensive guru.
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Please not Meyers. He runs a 4.63 and we already have a burner 🤣 that runs that time. Olave or Waddle please. We need speed to stretch the field.
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3 hours ago, Dillenger4 said:
Ogunjobi?? Don't count on it. He's a JAG rotational player.
Hoecht? Maybe. Hopefully.
Max? Again... who knows.
We have serious trouble at LB and Safety and CB.
DJ is now hurt "week-to-week".
We are old.
But, hope is eternal.
I've seen this movie before. Even if we get back some of these injured/suspended players, there's no way they don’t get injured again. I just have no faith in this group of players sustaining any longevity of health leading into the playoffs.
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4 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
Isn’t it kind of the same thing? Only 2 people can make change here, Josh and Terry. Beane or McDermott couldn’t go to Terry and say, “we should trade Josh.” Josh, however, could go to Terry and say, “time to dump these guys.” Ultimately Terry has to pull the trigger but Josh has pretty much equivalent power in a lot of ways.
It’s like LeBron at this point. It doesn’t mean that he will always be right but he absolutely has the power to make major change.
Yup, Magic got fed up with Westhead and his "slow down" offense and Buss correctly fired him. And it ended up being the perfect decision. There's more going on right now then the effects of a possible mild concussion. I think Beane is the one experiencing a mild concussion based on his reluctance to aggressively search for a WR1.
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4 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
I’m a yes. That probably has to be an off-season thing though depending on how major the changes are. I’d like to see him start pushing for a WR now and end this everybody eats nonsense. In the offseason, if the year ends like every other, he can push further. There is no benefit to status quo. Josh is the only person in the organization with the leverage and power to make change (besides Terry).
Completely agree...Josh has been the polite, patient team player long enough. The fact that this organization (McB) blatantly ignores helping him find weapons is all the more reason he should be infuriated. We have one of the worst defenses and WR rooms in the NFL. And this ridiculous and unsustainable narrative that Superman is supposed to rise above all this negligence is embarrassing.
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4 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:
I could swear he wore them one game last year too. Same frames my grandma wears. Her defense is better stopping the run though.
I bet she runs more man press 🤓
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Too bad there isn't a rating system on NFL scouting depts. I'd bet the Bills are near the bottom.
7 hours ago, Norcalbillsfan said:Not to mention at a time when the bills were nearing the gap with the chiefs, a guy named creed Humphries who every draft analyst thought for sure was going to the bills, beane takes boogie. And gives the already SB caliber chiefs a top 5 center on a rookie deal. And the bills light that pick on fire. You let the chiefs jump you and take mcduffie, and we get Elam. You TRADE with chiefs and they get worthy, we get keon. While your issue at wr was seperation you take keon who has ZERO seperation in college and leave ladd on the board.
I've been pounding the table for years now, the problem isnt mcD. He isn't an elite coach but hes a good enough coach thats been given a team full of jags outside of allen and maybe 3 other great players. Other than the 13 second debacle, the bills haven't had coaching issues its been a talent acquisition issue.
McD was the one who encouraged Terry to hire Beane. McD was also the one who hired Frazier, Smiley, Dorsey, Brady, Babich....maybe Sean needs to look in the mirror and do some reflection on his choices. You're only as good as the assistants you surround yourself with. To say he (they) haven't had coaching issues outside of 13s is disingenuous. This is a failure of both coaching and player personnel.
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2 hours ago, TheBrownBear said:
Correct. We aren't terrible on the lines, we have a great QB and a great running back. If we somehow hit on a couple of draft picks that turned out to be elite pass rushers and pass catchers in the next couple of years, all of a sudden we could be a juggernaut. You just have to strike gold once in awhile (off the top of my head: Chris Jones - 2nd rounder; JJ Watt - 30th pick; Puka Nacua - 5th round, etc.) Things change so quickly in the NFL.
Unfortunately that would require us to have scouts capable of insight and a knack for finding diamonds in the rough. We don't have those scouts on payroll anymore. We've hit on Walker out of 16 picks. That’s embarrassing...
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8 hours ago, JohnnyBuffalo said:
Yeah I liked everybody eats when they would work what’s working until it slowed down and then they’d feed someone else for a minute. Last week before their first lost I read Brady said he knew they needed to get Ray Davis more involved…I immediately had concerns that they’d force it even though James Cook had been on fire.
Absolutely maddening philosophy being forced instead of being organic.
As @Ray Stonada perfectly said, there is a wierd arrogance going on. Protect the scheme at all costs with your lives. Smart coaches are flexible and base their gameplan based on their opponents flaws. That’s what Belichick did for years. Their philosophy is to continue on with the scheme at all costs, even if it ignores a couple players playing well. Stubborn arrogance is just one of many flaws in the staff.
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6 hours ago, dorquemada said:
So, here's who we have left. I'm interested in the collective's thoughts around which of these games we'll win.
@Carolina - Manhandled Atlanta a few weeks back. Not a good team but seemingly unpredictable. Really no idea on this one. Coming off the bye I have to believe it's a W
KC - KC is coming on and we're fading, or that will be the narrative. KC hasn't beat us in a while in regular season but getting some guys back as we're losing more. Calling this an L. Even if the rosters were more or less equal there's a yawning chasm between the capabilities of the coaching staffs. As organizations ultimately reflect their leadership, this becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
@Miami - this is the acid test. If we can't win this time to tank for whatever undersized high motor DL that Beane covets most. Call it a W
Tampa - Tampa playing solid ball now. Mayfield finally delivering on his promise. This is an L
@Houston - No idea here. They seem to have some of the same problems the bills do, and we havent been good against them. L
@Pittsburgh - Again, a team that gives us fits. Rogers will likely feast on our bend then break defense. Cutesy playcalling against the D will go nowhere L
Cincinnati - should be a W. They're just in a tough place though we have exactly nobody to cover those WRs.
@New England - right now this is a L strait up, but hoping we see a regression to the mean between now and then. Hope is our best strategy!
@Cleveland - pretty sure they're running for the busses by this point and we'll be in dire straits needing a W to try to get a wild card spot. Maybe we'll be playing against the legendary Shedeur?
Philadelphia - unless the eagles have the top spot locked up and are starting their scrubs, I dont see a win here. Or why not, Allen decides to don the cape and goes all world. W
New York Jets - we'll need a win to get a wildcard. Jets are hapless. W
Does 10-7 get us a wild card? Not sure it matters because we simply don't have the horses to make noise in January.
I picked a good year to drop Sunday ticket.
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7 minutes ago, RkFast said:
Probably a wash. McD's strengths and weaknesses and Marv's have A LOT of parallels. Both are good delegators & leaders of men and strong builders of 'team culture.' Both have implemented very strong overall team "programs." Both are so-so in-game managers.
Perfect answer!
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4 hours ago, The Jokeman said:
I'm just saying people clamoring for McDermott to go haven't answered as the who is better to replace him? Give me names as the hypothetical doesn't match the reality. Change for change sake doesn't always mean better. See the Jets.
You're right, change for the sake of change isn't always the solution. But we knew as a fanbase after 13s that McD had issues. So from 2021 to present we've lost opportunities to hire coaches like Peyton, Harbaugh, Johnson, Vrabel and yes even Belichick. Pegula is not an idiot. He saw the flaws in Sean & Brandon yet choose to ignore them for the sake of continuity. Continuity is great until it gets stale.
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19 minutes ago, dpberr said:
I think a lot of this mess is fixable without mass firings and unloading a draft class of picks for talent.
The Bills need some legitimate man defense corners and run a man defense. I don't think zone coverage fools your football-smart NFL quarterback anymore because they all see a ton of it in their college games, and the OCs at these colleges are not DIII level strategists. They know where the open pockets will be. It's easy to get the ball out and find the running lanes.
Bills have to play man defense and get some personnel that can do it for long stretches of the game. White and Benford are getting penalized because they are literally hanging on for dear life out there keeping up with their assignments. Need quicker legs out there. I'd be trying out corners and trading for man corners.
We don't have the dbs to play man press. Trust me, I wish we did. But McD was obsessed with his zone scheme. We'd have to replace most of our dbs.
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4 hours ago, SydneyBillsFan said:
With the greatest of respect, this is borderline delusional. We have never looked this bad in the last two years.
Herm is saying what most of us are seeing - we looked pedestrian even in our wins. Put us up against an above average team and it exposes our many weaknesses.
Yes, we will get players back from injury and suspension. But that will only be a band aid over the gaping wound of roster mismanagement and crimes against a reigning MVP.
Beane has failed this QB and it's fanbase.
I wish some of our uber optimistic fans would wake up and realize how close this team is to 3-3 or 2-4. Both our offense and defense are in trouble right now. We we're only up 21-19 half way thru the 4th Q with New Orleans. It took a 15 pt miracle to beat Lamar. Vrabel set the template to pressure Josh and bracket our weak ass wrs. Beane has failed this team and fanbase. But most importantly he's failed Josh. And let's not forget who brought Beane to this organization.....🙌🙌🙌
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Why doesn't McDermott call the Defensive plays full time??
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He absolutely must take over. Clearly the 2nd half reflected inproved defensive play calling. I know he wants to remain in the roll of HC but he doesn't have that luxury anymore. I don’t understand why he can't just do what a litany of other HC's have done. Sean if that's your expertise than lets see it.