yungmack

Very fair analysis.

Mulling it over, I think Beane is not close to finished with the lines, the O line in particular. Yeah, it was improved this year, stabilized, but not upper level. So I feel we just might see an O lineman taken with that first pick. And with Zo, probably Phillips & Lawson gone, he has to be thinking about the D as well. That's why I don't think he'll go WR in the first, and maybe not even the second round. FA is going to be interesting.

Niners and Chiefs though I think the Titans might be tougher to beat than many believe.

The obvious place to break in is Carolina, where he lives and has been connected all these years, the way KW did here last season.

Remember Shaq and Phillips might both be gone through free agency. Filling those two holes will be on the top of the "to do" list. Right there, you're down a significant part of what is regarded as one of the best defenses in franchise history. And now you want to dump Murphy and Star? I don't know, but that seems a little rash.

Do not overlook Michael Pittman.

No, it doesn't. But imagine if they did have that WR AND Knox becomes that type of TE (he showed flashes this year) AND an unstoppable freight train RB. Add a Ray Lewis/Ronnie Lott/Mike Singletary in the secondary and look out.

The running game is the heart and soul of football, and with the trend toward running QBs, it's more so now than in years. Pretty clear the Bills could use a bull RB.

The Bills got rid of Sammy Watkins when the new regime came in, so this isn't unthinkable.

8 defenders, 5 linemen: what else would you expect? It was stupid play calling not strictly poor line play.

I think his down year was a function of wretched guard and center play. The OL in particular needs to mesh and function as one. Losing Wood and Incognito was a season killer.

Wow. Absolutely great read. Give that man a lifetime contract.

In Josh's defense, he had to play hero ball. When play call after play call has 5 wides and an empty backfield facing 8 in the box, it's just fortunate he wasn't annihilated.

We'll see, won't we.

A most impressive post. Thanks.

I go back and forth on Allen. For now, I think we should give him another year.

Thanks for another season of insightful, level-headed analysis. I have my doubts about whether or not this QB and this staff can get the Bills to "the promised land," but I'm willing to give another year to "the process." As you point out, though the O line was vastly improved, it still isn't first-rate. I agree this will get another round of improvement. I think attention will also be paid to WR. A dominating LB too. But in the end, the biggest area of improvement has to be Josh.

A Ronnie Lott-Mike Singletary LB without a doubt. Someone who makes QB knees tremble.

If Beane is a for-real, cold-hearted GM who truly knows the game, and if McD is truly the problem, then he has to be at least thinking about making a change at HC. And if he's not, then maybe McD isn't the problem.

But Sunday's game did count and 2019 will forever be in the book as a 10-6 season. I also disagree with the decision to "rest" the starters. That's a cautious, conservative, "play not to lose" mentality. You missed the larger point, that there is little reason to think the Bills are the team nobody wants to play.

Sorry, but the loss to NE was an embarrassment for the much vaunted D. It was inexcusable.

The Bills are on a roll...a losing roll, having dropped 3 out of 4 of their last games, including the embarrassing loss to the Pats.

If Gettleman is staying in New York, why isn't Rivera a candidate for that job? And why on God's good earth is Rivera apparently so anxious to go to work for Snyder of all people?

Thanks for your reports, and a salute for your dedication over the decades.

Clever title, Coach.