harmonkillebrew
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I mean, WTF are they waiting for? Micah should have been starting next to Rapp from Day 1, when it was clear Cole wasn't ready.
Going with Hamlin is a nice story and all, but not a plan for winning
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10 hours ago, Cray51 said:
Completely agree. The moment we went heavy with Morrow, Hill abused him. There wasn't a solution with the talent we had on the field. This is where a heavy concept with Williams/Milano/Bernard looks a lot different than Morrow/Spector/Williams. I dont know that we could have held the Ravens below 28 points even executing our gameplan well.
What did they start doing in the second half because it seemed to work relatively well?
From what I saw they crowded the box with Safeties and had more penetration by LBs
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Upon reflection, the Offense is more my concern.
10 measly points, little momentum.
The O had no excuse of missing personnel. They just were exposed by a good D as being the shaky unit we were all scared of after the offseason.
Baltimore has very good LBs and S and a strong Dline. We got away from the run too much too soon, But they took away our short passing game and that's all we have.
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I mean, this was the big question heading into the season, could Josh lift everyone up? Did he need elite playmakers or would he suffice with good role players surrounding him. So far he has shown it. Him and Brady are getting the most out of a diverse set of role players and a solid Oline. Man, I hope it continues.
Right now we're the highest scoring O in the league. Use that dead cap next year to fortify the D, but we seem set on O.
I never thought I'd be saying this, three weeks in....
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I don't know if McDermott teams always come prepared for game 1. They laid an egg at the Jets last year. Stunk against the Steelers in 2021. That's what I was kind of holding on to during that crappy 1st half. Credits to the team and staff for turning it around in 2nd half, although that kick return felt like another classic Bills pulling defeat from the jaws of victory.
The Cardinals were a 4-win team last year, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
The Defense looks like a work in progress, but the spread the ball around offense and the new Oline had a good debut.
And of course, Josh is still a beast. He single handedly wins games for this team week in and out.
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I'm not sure how Miami got better. They're basically the same Offense, which McDermott owns, and a worse defense.
The Jets are praying that 40 yr old Rodgers can save them, but will he make that much of a difference for a team that missed the playoffs entirely?
I think its still the Bills division to lose and everyone is just hoping we regress.
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that's a surprise. He's definitely an upgrade over MVS and probably Hollins.
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18 hours ago, BillsFan619 said:
While I definitely get what you’re saying, McD and Beane not doing enough can be overblown.
After the 2018 dumpster fire of WRs, they got John Brown and Beasley. When that wasn’t enough they got Diggs and drafted Gabe Davis.
After the 2021 playoffs, most were convinced that Davis was a great #2 to Diggs. Once it was apparent that they’re could be some tension with Diggs and Davis possibly wasn’t #2 material after the 2022 season, they got Dalton Kincaid. And this year they got Keon Coleman
Now granted, they could’ve drafted another WR this past draft, but one could argue that there were many other holes to fill this year with the veteran exodus. That may have not been the right move but I think some can at least see that it wasn’t irrational to try and fill out the roster since the veterans left.
Go Bills!
Another GM and coach would have traded for Ayiuk or Davante Adams by now.
The Diggs investment paid immediate dividends for Josh. But after never finding a legitimate #2 (Gabe was a 4th round pick), they are now back to shopping the bargain bin for WRs, hoping Josh wills the offense to win.
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6 hours ago, GASabresIUFan said:
I don’t mean to pick on you, but I’m honestly sick of everyone saying we need to fix our perceived issues at WR by acquiring someone from another organization. Honestly that’s all Beane has done for most part except Davis. Diggs, Saunders, Crowder, Brown, Beasley, Samuel, McKenzie, Sherfield Hollins, MVS, Harty etc… Sometimes it worked great (Diggs, Beasley) and sometimes it didn’t, but it’s not a sustainable team building model. Just look at how hard it's been during this camp to get quality WR depth when you’re hiring castoffs from other organizations.
Investing and developing our own skill players has been long overdue. It saves significant cap space and helps the team grow together. Cook, Shakir, Kincaid, and Coleman have all been drafted in the last 3 years and our team is the better for it. Coleman is actually the 1st top 64 pick Beane has used on a WR during his tenure.I just wish Beane had drafted a 2nd WR in this past draft.
More to the point, it's time to give Shakir his shot at being the top WR threat. His numbers last year, his first year really utilized in the offense, is very reminiscent of Diggs’s rookie season, except Shakir caught everything thrown his way and was more explosive.
Shakir 39/45 611 15.7 2TDs 86.7% Success% 73.3%
Diggs 52/84 720 13.8 4TDs 61.9% Success% 46.6%
We don’t need Aiyuk, or Dotson or ________ . We need to continue the draft and develop path. I look at GB and love what they are building with Love at QB. In 2022 & 2023 they drafted 4 WRs and 2 TEs; some with premium picks and some with middle round picks, but all given an opportunity and all are contributing. It past time we did the same and Cook, Shakir, Coleman and Kincaid are a very good start, but they are not enough.I'd agree if we had actually drafted many WRs. They invested a 4th in Gabe Davis and seem to have gotten lucky with Shakir in the 5th.
Certainly need to give Coleman time, but I'd rather ease him in than throw him to the wolves year 1 with so much riding on his ability to quickly take on the NFL game.
Besides Diggs, the Bills have largely chosen for the most part to target bargain or mid-value WRs in FA. It would be nice to see them give Allen another weapon, but it's probably not happening. It's just not in McBeane's DNA.
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No. We need a #1 WR, not a #3 and not for that price.
Trade for Davante Adams or Ayiuk. That's about all that's left.
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Wider point is that Beane and McD seem to undervalue WRs compared to other top teams. The Bills draft capital investment has been skewed toward DE.
Is that right strategy? Hasn't gotten us to the SB or even AFCC, except once.
Despite it, they again this past year they subtracted more than they added.
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6 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:
Nah. Not so.
You said, "They should have been drafting one in almost every draft in days 1 and 2," and actually nobody does that.
The Bills have used a first (Diggs) and traded another 1st back to a very early second (Keon) and a 2nd for Zay Jones in 2017.
The Chiefs used a 1st in 2019 for Mecole, a 1st for Worthy this year and a 2nd for Skyy Moore in 2022, and that also goes all the way back to 2017.
Pretending those are more than very slightly different is flat-out ridiculous.
The Bengals used a 2024 3rd for Jermaine Burton, a 2021 1st for Chase, a 2020 2nd for Higgins and a 2017 1st for John Ross. That's a difference, basically, of one 3rd rounder more, in eight years of drafting. The difference is that they sucked and so had a 5 pick to use on Chase. #5s are more likely to be dominant than the late rounders.
The Eagles? A 1st in 2021 (DeVonta) and 2020 (Raegor), a 3rd in 2019 (Arcega-Whiteside). That's it since 2017. Again, extremely comparable to the Bills.
9ers? A 2024 1st in Pearsall, a 2023 3rd (Danny Gray), a 2020 1st in Aiyuk and a 2019 2nd in Deebo and 3rd in Jalen Hurd. And a 2018 2nd in Dante Pettis. That's more than the Bills.
The Bills thought they had Diggs again this year. When they didn't, guess what, they targeted an early WR. This is how teams work, they look at what they need, and they hope for needs to meet what's available when they pick, and sometimes that happens and sometimes it doesn't.
When you only look at two or three years you're deeply bending what you're looking at, because of a low sample size.
You missed out on the Eagles, they traded a 1st (and 4th?) for AJ Brown
You also have to compare the decisions teams made despite already having talent at WR.
Bengals had Boyd and Higgins and still drafted Chase.
Chiefs had Tyreek Hill and Kelce and still drafted Hardman.
Niners got Pearsall on top of Aiyuk and Deebo.
Meanwhile Bills didn't draft a WR until Keon, but after they already got rid of Diggs (and Davis)
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I'm not sure MVS makes the squad at this point. Claypool is gone. Coleman looks lost/ineffective.
So far Hollins is the only signing besides Samuel that is making a decent contribution. And that's not exactly comforting.
Dare we look at the trade market a little more in earnest??
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I guess Curtis Samuel sat out the last game, so that's why we got a lot of Keon, Hollins and Shakir 3 WR looks.
But in 12 personnel and in normal 3 WR sets, who do we expect to be out there?
12 - Kincaid, Knox, Samuel and ... Shakir?
3 WRs - Does Hollins start with Samuel and Shakir? or is Keon in their with Hollins with only one of the slot guys at a time?
I can't say I've seen a lot of Samuel and Shakir on the field at the same time but they seem to be our best WRs, by far. Has Samuel been playing Z?
I still find it hard to believe that Hollins is leading the competition for the X role, even if Keon will eventually replace him.
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3 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:
Brandon beane doesn't belong on this list, because if you can't nail top two round picks regularly, what's the point?
That's how you end up with a "good" roster that lacks game changing talent.
Otherwise, this is a decent enough list
I will say, however, it seems he knows how to draft and find tight ends, which is a plot twist
Agree.
The Coleman trade down selection is not looking great so far, coupled with refusing to add a real FA replacement
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Really hope we're kicking the tires on the Ayiuk trade option. Doesn't sound like we are though....
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18 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:
He gets compared to Hitler because it’s catchy and campy, and citizens who lived through the era/aftermath of the Hitler era have largely died off. Had people lobbed that silliness 15-20 years ago the general response would have been laughter and a hearty GTFOH.
His own VP compared him to Hitler due to his white supremacist, anti-immigrant/ethnic rants. I don't think it's necessarily fair, but in the current context of resurgence fascism, ethno-nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment it is worth remembering the lessons learned from WWII. Trump does a lot of fear-mongering and ethnicity-baiting reminiscent of a dark human history that was not that long ago. Don't be so quick to dismiss the evil sides of human nature. We have not evolved that much since the 1940s, or even the 1960s.
18 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:He’s addressing the massive elephant in the room, and that’s illegal immigration.
It's not an elephant in the room. It's a chronic, complex problem that we have been trying to deal with - both Dem and Republicans - for decades. There are push and pull factors. Trump's simplistic, appealing solution was to build a massive wall. But there are many many issues caused by US intervention that drive people out of their countries for a better life. This is not a new issue.
18 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:He did say lots of other stuff.
Ah, the HRC version of hate speech was a “regrettable mistake”. 😂 Those comments didn’t cost her the bid, nor did her blatant disregard for national secrets. In fact, it barely caused a stir among her very fervent supporters. What cost her the election that in spite of the lift she got because she was once married to a president, she is almost mythically unlikable and quite uninspiring as a human being.
Yeah, HRC and Biden both are pretty unlikeable. Trump would have been destroyed by Obama. Unfortunately the Dems post-Obama are in such disarray.
I don't care really that much about national politics and parties and such, but I do think Trump is a dangerous wild card and I do think we need some federal level checks on the innate human tendencies of discrimination, racism and environmental exploitation.
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37 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
I see you're not a serious poster. I assumed as much, but thanks for confirming it.
I'm just calling your complete ignorance as to what anti-communist means. Do you even know what communism is?
Did you not know that Hitler fought Soviet communism and that in WWII when we aligned with the Soviet Union it was a marriage of convenience to take down Hitler's, at the time, much worse brand of fascism. So you are anti-communist and pro-fascist?
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14 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
Yep. He also has since said he was wrong to do so.
I'll wait for any democrat or media member who has also made the same Trump Hitler comparison (long list) to publicly say that they were wrong to do so.
When do you suppose those public apologies might begin to help with turning down the temperature?
Just noticed your avatar. Hitler was anti-communist, so you should actually be flattered that Trump is compared to Hitler. It means he is a true fighter of the red scourge and should be celebrated....
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1 hour ago, L Ron Burgundy said:
He was supposed to miss by 8 feet and clipped his ear? Yeah sounds as feasible as all the Ray Epps/Jewish space laser crazies.
Just saying, the conspiracies can but both ways. If you want to dabble in that.
Turns out securing the building and roof were the responsibility of the local police. Obviously, the Trump campaign struck a deal with the local police to give the shooter access to the roof to set up the fake assassination attempt (after all shooter was a registered Republican and noted right winger). He was supposed to miss by a good deal more, but obviously got too close for comfort. Nonetheless, mission accomplished. Make America Great Again!
(I'm being sarcastic, in case you need that spelled out for you)
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Obviously he was planted by the Trump campaign for the fake assassination attempt.
No surer way to win than turn Trump into a living martyr through a kid with crap aim
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2 hours ago, BillsFanNC said:
Maybe, just maybe stop calling Trump who admittedly can be unconventional and bombastic, Hitler and a dictator.
Might be a good start towards healing "false divisions" after eight years of hammering he's Hitler rhetoric into the heads of half the country.
Just saw that JD Vance once likened Trump to Hitler
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18 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:
I think a lot of people have a rational concern for the violence building up in this country. And I honestly don't think we would actually get to a civil war.
Anything is possible though, for sure, and you always have to be considering the potential dangers of such a volatile political climate, such as it is right now.
I think the only thing holding us together as a nation is football. We can all agree on it and come together to cheer our team, without reference to political party
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16 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:
Trump did not vilify "immigrants", he spoke to illegal immigration...a major problem resulting in death and despair on both sides of the border for several decades. He was hardly the only politician to use strong language in that regard, there is plenty of footage of democrats discussing the vast challenges at our southern border pre-Trump. Frankly, if the combined brain trust of R/D/I politicians over the past 50 years had the common sense to establish a viable border crossing, many, many, many lives would have been spared.
He called them animals and not human, just the other day.
rapists and murderers
"They're destroying the blood of our country. That's what they're doing. They're destroying our country,"
(Which is why he gets compared to Hitler)
There area tons of other examples.
He's not talking policy choices about immigration, he's peddling hate.
16 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:I did not agree with the Muslim ban, and it was subsequently corrected.
Trump's call was for peaceful protest, but I can understand how a non-supporter might be willing to ignore the "peaceful" part of the equation.
See other comment. He did say "peaceful" but lots of other stuff
16 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:Reagan was an incredible, other-worldly communicator, McCain and Romney both incredibly weak candidates--if that's your standard, why bother?
Good to see you think Biden is part of the problem, though you missed HRC. Calling 35-40 million Americans 'deplorable' and 'irredeemable' because they disagree with you is pretty hateful imo.
Yeah, "deplorables" was a regrettable mistake that ignored serious concerns of Trump supporters. And it ultimately killed her bid. Trump was a new phenomenon then and poorly understood. ..... still I didn't know Trump supporters were so sensitive over that one word. It's not like she called them "rapists and murderers"
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Remaining schedule predictions
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this week is pretty critical to show the Bills can get past the blueprint the Ravens just showed the league.
Also, to show their mental toughness.
If they respond against a good Texans team than I'll give them 13 wins. But if they have another dud on the road, the season could go south fast.
That said, I still think they run the AFCE. The division looks horrible