harmonkillebrew

Draft, develop, retain works if you are good at scouting and drafting talent. Beane is not. And he overvalues his few non-busts, by rewarding them as superstars

Replace Rapp with Poyer? man things are bad. How about trade for a S and bench Rapp. Cole has the range and poor tackling ability that better fits a deep FS.

Bernard is the D's emotional leader. The D's problem is lack of talent

I think that's exactly what we're seeing. There is no need to play D past 10 yards as the Bills rarely attack that far down the field and don't have the outside WRs to do so, especially against good man CBs. Bills also rarely have packages with two boundary WRs, so further condenses the D toward the ball and LOS. You could say on any given play there are 9-10 defensive players near the LOS. Add in some creative blitz calls and that's a rough day for the Oline and Allen.

That's what I'm talking about! Atlanta had a mean pass rush, so we should have run it down their throats! That's a good point and maybe part of why they don't want or risk him as 6th OL. They need him as the main backup.

What happened to the 6 OL package that the Bills used to such fanfare last year? Has Alec Andersen been hurt? Has Jackson Hawes surpassed him with the TE pass-catching added advantage? I thought that package gave us a tougher attitude. Imposing our will on other teams. Yet I don't think I've seen it once in recent weeks. Hawes has been good, but has he been that good to eliminate the package entirely?

yeah, it's really starting to add up. You can't have so many misses without it affecting the team, ... even with a superstar QB. He then goes and overpays guys that are solid starters, but not stars

I answered no, given how much he's built up this team. But if you have the chance to add an up and coming offensive mind, I would do it.

Is Olave on the market? that would be sweeeet

What was Shavers' snap count? He's a nice story and all, but why is actually on the field and is that the best we can do?

Would never be used. Remember last year when Valdes-Scantling got cut by us and then signed by the Saints to replace an injured Shaheed.... and lit it up? It's because he fit in to their scheme, which doesn't exist in ours. We have NO downfield game -- both because it's not our HC/OC philosophy and b/c Josh stinks at the deep downfield pass.

Pass rush is (still) our Achilles heal. We need to go all in on finding someone. This year is the year.

But has Hawes and the 3 TE set replaced our Andersen/ 6 OL package? seeing a lot less of that it seems to me

That non-challenge on the Hill bobble catch was a big mistake. They need to review their processes and get it right.

I think they need to evaluate the position each week for matchup. Bishop was a run game liability, but might be needed for his speed in other games. Hamlin probably should have started. Rapp is locked in, but looked horrible. Sucks they didn't hit with Bishop in the 2nd