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  1. 19 hours ago, Mikie2times said:

    To me, one of the 4 statements has has to be true.  Sure, a relationship exists between these concepts. It could be 60% coaching and 40% talent as an example. But one of the 4 statements has to be the most accurate over the rest. 

     

    McD is bad and the talent is good 

     

    • Since 2020, 78 players have had a 10 sack season. The only Bills defender to cross that number was Leonard Floyd in 2023.
    • From 2020-2023, 168 Pro Bowl selections were made for defensive players. Buffalo had 4 Pro Bowl occurrences good for a 7 way tie for 18th-25th in the league.  This data did not include this year because I didn't have the full data, but it was zero for Buffalo thus year. 
    • Former starters who left for Free Agency have gone onto to do very little. 

     

    McD is bad and the talent is bad

     

    The Bills have the 2nd best EPA on defense in the regular season since 2020.

     

    McD is good and the talent is good

     

    Since 2020, out of 18 teams that have played in the divisional round or later the Bills EPA ranks 16th. 

     

    McD is good and the talent is bad...........

     

    To me this is a consideration worth exploring more as it seems to allow for all the the above being true.

     

    Bad defenses are not capable of performing as well as we do in the regular season. I know we like to to say we just feast on the lesser teams, which is true, but everybody else seems to struggle feasting at a level we do. Which means it's either coaching or talent that is creating this heightened performance against lesser teams.

     

    So then you say ok, what's a logical reason why we would be able to do so well in the regular season and be so bad in the divisional round or later? Some say KC. Well, we also played Baltimore and Cincinnati and it's been pretty ugly against all of them. It wouldn't seem to make sense to say, well, coaching is good in the regular season, but bad in the playoffs. I mean the balance could shift to that more, but how much? If it's good in the regular season can it swing all the way to bad in the playoffs?  I guess it's possible but that seems like a jump in logic.

     

    So now we look at the roster. People seem to hold Beane in high regard and each season we hear about this notion of Buffalo Bills defenders being disrespected/Pro Bowl snubbed. Our success has made many posters not really focus on the actual talent or they just assume the talent level is high. Which I think could be a mistake. It could be possible that we have had a bottom 20 defensive roster the entire time McD has been here. One that simply breaks down when facing the higher end teams. If the roster is in fact very bad defensively, it would make sense that coaching could facilitate success in the regular season and potentially have the bottom fall out against the better teams as the talent edge becomes too much. Then sure, any decrease in coaching ability in the regular season vs the playoffs would really accelerate that downtrend. 

     

    All this is to say, perhaps it's Beane that should have the warmer seat than McD? 

     

    This isn't a fully formed opinion by any stretch. Just something I was kicking around and was curious how other felt?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Nicely thought out and really something to think about.

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  2. Just now, Steptide said:

    While I'm purely speculating, I don't think the bills changed anything defensively when the played kc last week. Kc on the other hand did. They sent exotic blitzes and confused our offense. I would expect McDermott would know to do something like kc did on defense, but he didn't. I believe he thought they could beat them outright and it's just stupid and ignorant Imo. 

    Our offense was just as unimaginative and stagnant. Both side were coached at a high school level vs a pro level sadly. 

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  3. On 1/28/2025 at 8:06 PM, BillsFan130 said:

    Yes- Now In saying that...


    As mediocre/average Von was, the Bills still have to replace his 6 sacks.

     

    Defensive ends ain't cheap, and saving 9 mil isn't as much as we think at the DE position. (Assuming we are bringing in an upgrade)

    Well that means if we get someone at 15 million we only down 6 million. Or we wait till June and save 17 million 👍

  4. 3 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    We lost by 3 in the AFCCG against the 2 time defending Chiefs in their stadium. Yes, we must suck. 

     

    Have a nice troll. 

    Not a very educated response but you are welcome to it. Ooh someone disagrees they must be a troll🤦‍♂️Your premise sucked,get over it. 

  5. On 1/27/2025 at 8:35 PM, Augie said:

     

    Sometimes I can’t tell when people are kidding. 

     

    You’re worried about Pro Bowl picks? What a joke!  We are playing football games, not collecting merit badges. We barely lost by 3 points to the two-time defending champions in their place in the AFCCG. We do not suck. 

    Lack of pro bowl picks are symptomatic of poor drafting and free agent pick up. Not that hard to understand.

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  6. On 1/27/2025 at 5:37 PM, jkeerie said:

    I think the injury caused by Poyer on Coleman really set him back.  He was playing really well before he got sidelined.  I just think his growth and involvement in the offense was stifled.

    Next year is a big year, he has to show up. But if Brady doesn’t improve play design, it may not matter.

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  7. 4 hours ago, Figster said:

    One scoring drive away from the Superbowl. One, against arguably the best football the league has ever seen. By winning 3 Championships in a row Mahomes and the Chiefs will be cemented into NFL history as the best Dynasty team ever. Only one team could beat them with starters playing this season. Buffalo

     

    One scoring drive away. One

    Unfortunately, with the way he called the game. We shouldn’t have been one drive away. We should’ve been two drives ahead.

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  8. On 1/27/2025 at 7:47 AM, oldmanfan said:

    Not because of you.  Because of reality.  McD could be replaced if he has lost the faith of the team.  People are Ali yelling about replacing Brady, but from all appearances Brady and Josh have worked very well together.

     

    We have to beat a team that is the NFL equivalent of Jordan and the Bulls.  

    The reality of Brady is for all the good he brought in scoring he still failed in his biggest moment. His lack of creativity is the biggest reason we lost. His inability to integrate Cooper effectively and a lesser extent MVS, was a critical flaw.  Getting away from Cook at crucial junctures of the game and repeatedly relying on the Tush push that was not working are all unforgivable offenses. It’s hard to say he’s a problem with all the success we had, but the goal isn’t to be AFC East champions, he did not show he has what it takes to win a Super Bowl . A few better calls from him and we are preparing for our 5th Super Bowl. Sadly he is a major reason we are not. 

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  9. 2 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

     

    So the Bills keep 5 WR's on their roster and to add more means cutting short another position, not likely to happen and for legit reasons.  Shakir and Coleman are pretty certain to be back, would cost a fair amount of cap hit to cut Samuel, so likely he's back.  I think and hope they resign Hollins and think he may take a little less money to return here as seems to like it here.  So unless they don't resign Hollins or cut Samuel, that leaves one roster spot.   Maybe they will decide to abandon the two TE concept and decide to try and trade either Knox or Kincaid which then could open another WR spot, but would be surprised if they do . 

     

    For all the talk of how the Bills need WR help the offense was number one two in the league in most overall categories so think this WR need is being over blown.  All season the" Everyone eats" was talked about as a good thing and understand the two things aren't mutually exclusive but also need to be careful of tinkering with what did work. The biggest issue this team had was getting to the QB and getting of the field on 3rd down.  

    And when it matters they don’t get separation. Either it’s poor play desire lack of talent or both. 

  10. 5 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

    Not sure what all of this about. Just the week before, Mark Andrews dropped a sure two point conversion and the Ravens went home. This week Kincaid dropped a sure field goal yard to gain catch and the Bills went home. It’s pretty darn simple! 

    For all the praise for KC and spagnola. We were only like two plays from being able to win. Terrible that we couldn’t get over the hump, but even just switching the officiating advantage gives us the win. It doesn’t mean I’m still that angry cause even just a better coach game gives us the victory.

    23 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

    Since this discussion of the play began, I've been thinking about what should have happened.  

     

    We've seen replays of Shakir floating out into the flat on the left side.  Bills only needed five yards.  So, here's what I think should have happened.  

     

    The Chiefs showed the blitz coming from the right. The Bills knew their tendency was to drop those potential blitzers in coverage and instead blitz from the left.  If Allen had been well prepared, Allen would have shifted the protection to the left, as he apparently did, and then on the snap check where the blitz was coming from. If the Chiefs stay with their tendency, he hangs in the pocket and the play proceeds as called.  If they switch it up, which they did, and come from the right, then Josh immediately scrambles left.  Because the Chiefs were blitzing, they were in man, and all the patterns were dragging the receivers out to the right.  Allen then has the option: toss it to Shakir or let Shakir block the first defender to arrive and Josh keeps it.  

     

    The first down would have been more or less automatic if he had rolled left. 

    His automatic drift back to the right was killer. It’s a big tendency of his and they knew it.

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  11. 9 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

    I don’t think coaching was that bad tonight. But Spags pulls a rabbit out of his hat in the biggest moment of the game with that CB blitz. So KC coaching won the game IMO.

    And still, it took a horrible spot by officiating and a drop by a number one draft pick for that to happen.

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  12. 2 hours ago, Monty98 said:

    Look I get it, McDermott has been a great coach and person for the community. But at what point are his short comings in big time games more his flaw vs just bad luck? Tony Dungy couldn't get it done in Tampa, left got Gruden and won, and even then Dungy was all world regular season but couldn't win the big game in Indy outside of one-year.

     

    For a coach who's scheme and learning was under Jim Johnson in Philly and the vaunted Double A gap formation, he's had some really sub par defensive performances. We all know KC runs spinner roll out right in big moments and we don't have a defensive play call to stop it. Where as KC knows Allen rolls out right in big moments or tries to sneak left...KC had their defense ready for both. I get it, this is frustration of falling short again, but at some point we need to buck the trend of falling short in KC again and again and again 

    Short answer Yes, we are  wasting Josh’s best years.

  13. 50 minutes ago, MPT said:

    Chiefs were overloading the left guard on QB sneaks because they did their homework. We kept running it to that side because we're stupid. 

     

    Still fixed.

    How do they not see that? I mean honestly 🤦‍♂️

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