harmonkillebrew

Daboll for sure. Dorsey has been a disaster. Glad we ripped that band aid off. McDermott needs to hire a DC so he can focus on the whole team, but don't really miss Frazier. We should bring in a DC next year.

It looked like he pumped it to Diggs underneath and then reloaded and didn't get enough zip on the throw to Davis to fit it in the window. I don't know if that was by design, or on Josh, but given the risk of that throw, you'd like to see Josh commit and step into it. I'm putting that on him. He's done that a few times, targeting Davis.

More talent at WR would mask the inability of our OC to run a good scheme. KC doesn't have that problem, as their coaches are much better than ours. Gabe can't reliably win 1on1 matchups, teams double Diggs, Kincaid and Shakir starting to step-up, but OC still holding us back. Also Mahomes is just better than Josh. It was a crap throw by Allen. Way short. The hitch and re-load probably contributed. If he had narrowed in on Gabe from the start maybe he throws a better hole shot

Agreed on D. Despite all the injuries and easy excuses they keep fighting. The Offense was great first drive and then again late. Was horrible for the entire middle 75% of the game. I'm slightly optimistic that Allen will figure it out and that more trust in Kincaid and Shakir will open things up. Then again, Dorsey is still the OC....

Reason for optimism: Bills were at least competitive against the Bengals, away from home. We looked better than the 49ers for sure. If not for that Kincaid fumble, we were trending toward a win. But that Patriots loss hurts, in particular. I'm hoping we can continue to find the right combos, with Kincaid and Shakir improving. Maybe playoff Lenny will get our run game and championship leadership in place on O....

Long-standing pattern. The amount of draft/FA capital we spend on DE at the expense of other positions.

It's not need that was the problem, it's scouting. The Bills thought he was great and even moved up to get him. He's not great at all and there were plenty of other CBs that went later that are better. Elam was the top CB on their board at the time, so obviously their board was wrong. That said, a lot of people got Elam wrong.

No faith in these coaches

yeah, this is too rich. Beane has over and over again moved up to draft guys that don't work out. You'd think he'd learn from his mistakes...

Throw in Jerry Juedy while you're at it. Bills need at least 2 trade deadline acquisitions

Derrick Carr had a video analysis saying something similar, but he blamed the Bills coaches for not being ready for this and having a game plan. Although it also looked like Allen should have read some of these coverages and hit the right route. I'm not sure Allen has the discipline to do the film work required to consistently analyze and recognize coverage tendencies, or maybe Dorsey is holding him back from doing this more independently and with more responsibility (and time) to check at the line. Or maybe Allen is so dependent on Diggs that he latches on to that first read too long. probably some combo of the three.

Imagine what Josh would do with that lineup - a strong group of pass catchers and runners. Good Oline. Beane has focused too much on D (Von contract, Basham, Epenesa picks) at the expense of the O

Only if Beane wakes up and trades for some talent

Agree. it was a major part of our O. critical weapon for getting 1st downs. It also got Josh in the game and gave him passion, got him in a rhythm. Daboll understood that. Dorsey doesn't

Dorsey sucks. But the WRs suck too. Josh needs a reliable outlet on every play, to account for blitzes. It used to be Beasely, every friggin play. Now, I'm not sure. Hopefully Kincaid can get there. You need to make teams pay for blitzing. Then, you need some real downfield and YAC threats. The talent at pass catcher is really bad.

I tend to agree. As much as I'd still like to see us go all-in this year and get Josh some more weapons, we have a number of D starters that are on the wrong side of their career. We need our draft picks (even though Beane largely wastes them).

I was just thinking this. I remember when the K-Gun started. It was a similar dynamic. The O was consistently humming in 2-min hurry up and middling the rest of the time. Marchibroda made the call to let Kelly go hurry up full-time. I think Dorsey is hamstringing this team and we might try a mix up that lets Josh start cooking and get into a rhythm

Diggs has been playing a lot of slot this year, partially serving in that Beasley go-to role on 3rd down. I'm not sure why other guys like Harty or Shakir haven't emerged, but Allen just doesn't seem to trust them, or they just don't get open on the option routes like Cole used to. Cole can probably still do it and would given Allen another outlet. I saw enough juice in the playoff game to think he can still get it done, in a limited fashion, that would benefit the team. Unlike the Giants we don't really have a youth movement at WR and we're in win now mode. https://www.buffalobills.com/video/cole-beasley-takes-allen-s-quick-pass-for-29-yards-bills-vs-dolphins-playoffs \

questionable call, esp considering he passed on opportunities earlier in the game and last week to let Bass try one from 50+. If you don't try then, why at the end of the game when the result of missing is worse?

You're right. He ran 4.45 at the combine. He's actually a Diggs clone, but w/o the proven production.

Jeudy would bring a speed element we really don't have. I'm also not sure Gabe has earned a lucrative new contract. I think it would make sense to bring him in for a 4th, that's about it. I'd also kick the tires on Hunter Renfrow. Harty and Shakhir don't have that reliable slot maven ability. Renfrow does, or did....

to recreate the 2021 offense, we need to add more weapons at WR. that team had Diggs, Emmanuel Sanders, Beasely, and Gabe. I don't think Harty, Sheffield and Shakir are good enough. And Gabe could be complemented/pushed by another boundary target with speed. There are guys available for trade that could push the Offense over the top

That's not the take away at all. The take away from this game is that Josh needs better coaching and skilled players.

and to think we could have drafted Breece Hall instead..... at some point Beane and/or whoever runs college scouting needs to pay the price

McD coached like he was jet lagged. Conservative, low energy left and right. did nothing to inject a sense of urgency into the team