Straight Hucklebuck

I want another top shelf talent to compliment Diggs. Gabe Davis does have a nose for the end zone, but at 4.52 I just question if he is more than a #3 - #4 WR.

I want the true GOAT to bury the smug, arrogant and entitled Mahomes and Kingdom.

Absolutely, our reporters ask the most generic softball questions. They're never direct, open ended questions about the results, tactics and strategies from the game. They're meandering feelings type questions. For example, what article would ever feature the question "can you explain what Josh Allen means to this team?" Who would read about what Sean thinks about the connections between the Super Bowl Bills and the 2020 team?

Amen man. I don't get anything from his rehearsed press conferences. You don't get any real answers to anything.

Edmunds, Oliver have not been stars. That's fair. Most of those other players are just guys, and they round out the roster. I'm not sure what fans can reasonably expect from 3rd Round Tight Ends, as we see that's a shallow position across the entire league. It's Kelce, Waller, and oft-injured Kittle and then a drop off a cliff. Singletary is limited by 4.62 speed and below average size. He's okay (maybe borderline NFL player after that Playoff performance), but no difference maker. Does every 3rd Round RB go on to become a dynamic player? Phillips, again a 3rd-Round DLineman, what are we expecting? Addison, Butler, Jefferson are all FA replacements for Lawson and Jordan Phillips, and they've played like it. It was more of the same Carolina connections. The FO knew Addison was 33 years old already, and Butler was viewed as a first-round disappointment. Trent Murphy has been a FA bust. Coming off ACL surgery. Not enough of dynamic athlete. But he did help with the Ravens game. Norman, again Carolina connection and he's about done. #2 Corner has been a hole for the past two seasons. Unfortunately for Wallace, its hard to be a true starting corner with 4.60+ speed. But I'd rather him on the field than Norman. Kroft. Absolute FA bust. No idea why the FO thought he could be a starter in the NFL. Your point is taken though, the Draft is still very so-so for the Bills, and they've had to supplement a lot in Free Agency to plug holes. Cody Ford hasn't worked either, he's a below average RT and Guard, and we could have had DK Metcalf as our Coach talks about size and speed differences in KC................

Trending towards all feelings type questions....

Towards the end, we started to look like the Steelers with a better QB.

Well, if we're going to use injuries as the reason our WRs couldn't separate, then I don't understand why we couldn't keep our 4-wide and 5-wide looks and substitute in McKenzie in Davis' place? Instead it was 3-wide with Knox, with Yeldon. I don't see either of those two as a better option for touches than McKenzie. After he 3-touchdown game against Miami, Daboll and this Coaching Staff virtually eliminated McKenzie from the playbook.

He always has appeared that way, especially last year when the Bills kept handing it off to Gore for 3 yards per carry. He fumbled that first preseason game and it seems like he has been in that doghouse since. Singletary certainly doesn't do anything better than Yeldon, and Moss is a slow plodder mostly and this staff loves him because he's Tolbert, Ivory, Gore all over again.

Okay, then move him Coaching Staff and watch him take off I guess.

I'm just waiting for the All-22 to show me what big throw that was available that he missed. Missed checkdowns yes, always chooses to scramble right, holds the ball too long trying to make plays. But watching that game, I don't know who was open, maybe they should have shortened the routes more, or use McKenzie more?

There were questions whether competition was a factor in his college dominance, and concerns over his lackluster Senior year. Those concerns seem justified at this level. And again, I'm not saying Beane stinks or anything, on this first rounder it's looking like a miss.

I think the train is leaving the station on Oliver. And the Scouting Reports on Epenesa were he was an 8 sack kind of guy in the NFL tops. His Combine showed lack of explosion with a 5.01 - 40.

I think we need a real analysis of the tape from last night before we start blaming Allen for this loss. For example, before the interception to Brown, one play earlier Knox drops a pass that hits him in the hands. He sailed the sideline throw to Diggs, and forced a few into coverage, bypassed a couple of check downs that were available in the game.

Oliver was ranked like 104 out of 110 DTs on PFF. Edmunds, great athlete, but I think we have commented that his instincts are questionable.

Dude, your plays look much better when the opposing defense gives you 10-15 yards of cushion, and you have 4.25 speed, or 6'5" 270 pounds and nobody within 10 yards. Our defense never got another stop after the dropped Hill pass. I said it to a fault in the first half, the Bills needed to spread as far as possible, but in the end, that wouldn't have mattered, the WR's could not separate at all, and Allen was running for his life. Maybe the Bills could have kept all throws at the line of scrimmage or within 10 yards, and tried to get by on jet sweeps to McKenzie, and just tried to dink their way down the field, but that's only going to work for so long. Now, the playcall that got me angry was that 2nd-3 in the red zone. IFormation with Singletary that had zero chance of gaining a first down. That was idiotic and you could tell as soon as they lined up that play was going to get blown up. I want to see the All-22 review, and see if WRs were open that Allen could have thrown to. From the TV and Bills fans who were at the game, it felt like nobody got open. Allen went deep to Diggs twice and guys were glued to him.

Trade for Waller? See if you could get Julio Jones? JuJu isn’t a speed guy, and Allen Robinson is a FA. I don’t know other than the draft or maybe there are some cap casualties from other teams.

On the John Brown point, he’s had two Playoff runs/seasons and he’s largely been invisible. This season with all the injuries, basically Beane can’t stop looking to add to that group. I think the Bills don’t have a physical mismatch type WR with either size or speed. And that was evident last night. Cole is great at what he does, but he’s a career 11 ypc kind of WR, so he can’t be leading your group in yards and receptions. Defensively, it was the Colts game again, gave up 472 yards in that game and had no pass rush. Last night, zero pass rush. Hill looked like he had cartoon level speed last night. Sub 4.3 speed is rare, and even more rare are guys who have the football instincts to use that speed. A lot of those guys turn into John Ross players who only run go routes. Whereas Hill runs every route you want. And the short area burst is incredible. White couldn’t keep up with him, you almost would have to treat him as a gunner on special teams and have two corners line up in press to slow him down. As for Kelce to be unchecked at the line and able to run 10-yards down the field with no one around him I had no idea what they were trying to accomplish. He had 10-receptions at Halftime. For McDermott to say no sweeping changes at Halftime, I don’t know. Agree on Edmunds. Kuechley was that combination of speed and instincts, Patrick Willis as well, Edmunds only has one part of that equation. In the end the Bills were a lot like the Steelers, one dimensional with a better QB.

Ok thanks man. Anything else, or are you just an average fan that happens to root for a team that drafted Patrick Mahomes and because the team wins you act like you hand selected Mahomes and get to instruct the rest of the league on what good football looks like because you see it on a weekly basis ala Patriots fans like we don’t have eyes or a TV?

Yeah and to see it wasn’t working after a one quarter and never try to line anyone across from him or bump him or chip or anything. Nothing. No changes the entire night on Kelce outside of one play that Hill went to the sidelines and White stayed on Kelce outside.

Yeah and even if you wanted to, neither Moss or Singletary proved they were worth a consistent 15 carries a game. 4.0-4.2 ypc just means you’re be better off having Josh throw it. The staff had to activate Yeldon, but they haven’t ever trusted him, and Singletary has always been in a timeshare.

Thanks Rocky, you’ve said the same thing 17 times. Thanks for the expert analysis. The play before Knox drops a laser that hit his hands, Brown was double covered and the ball still got there. The broadcast all night showed Allen harassed with nowhere to throw the ball. I pointed out two dump offs that Allen bypassed for more difficult throws, but overall, dump offs to Beasley and Yeldon aren’t going to win Conference Title Games. Allen had 200 yards passing, 88 on the ground. He fought his guts out. I know Mahomes is the new GOAT according to the Kingdom, but he isn’t Brady yet either. There’s always a bigger fish.

That was deep in the game, and the story was already being played out. That didn’t “set the tone” for the game or anything like that. The Bills were down multiple scores and Allen was in a scramble drill.

Only thing I could point out on Allen. There was a fixed throw to Brown or Diggs outside the numbers when Yeldon was wide open for a 15 yard dump off. I think I saw a similar Beasley open play, as you said, from the other side of the coin vantage point. And Allen’s escape instincts always take him right and I wonder what defenses do to force that even more. Tonight they didn’t get any toe tap miracles.

Knox did drop the ball one play before as well. He doesn’t come through enough despite having enough athleticism. Its instincts. Maybe not being counted on as a main threat in college. He’s just an athlete it seems, not a heady dependable player.