Ayjent

ESPN did the QB rankings based in part on NFL exec input and Josh Allen was No. 3 behind Burrow. I just think to myself where do I apply to be an NFL exec bc it doesn’t take a ton of intelligence to know that Josh Allen is a better player. Burrow is really good, but he isn’t as durable or electric, or even as talented. He can be deadly accurate but he can also prone to getting sacked a ton and flustered by good DLs. I’m sorry, but I feel like Josh’s value is based on his team’s performance that has not been due to his effort outside of Bengals game. I get the turnover complaint, but that isn’t an issue when the stakes are highest. He doesn’t crap in his hat in the big moments. The defensive coaching has been plain and simple bad in most playoff losses and mediocre at best in wins. If you want an outlier to take out the Pats game is a good one…for the Defense.

The WRs they have are better blockers than last year which should allow for more explosive plays in the run game. The backs are all good receivers (with the exception of Cook’s drops) so a team can’t just line up to stop the run with poor coverage LBs without being exposed. I think the Bills will take advantage of the defenses they face so if they end up under it will most likely be because teams are getting torched with bad personnel against our backs in the passing game. We’ll see how they look in camp but I think this is going to be a physical offense.

Look at me! Look at me! I make controversial statements to try to get some publicity to follow me. I read the stupid article and fell for it. I'll go back to forgetting that this dude is an also-ran now that happened to showed some promise early in his career.

The biggest question is really how they use the talent they have. Ive always thought that the Bills team that ascended to a contender after selecting Josh was a team built for finesse and speed withan absolute physical specimen wrecking ball at QB. It has always seemed like they didnt have enough physical players that could impose their will on a game. Its why they struggled with teams like the Titans at their peak that would just dominate the physical aspect of the game. Id say the Bengals presented that problem for the Bills as well with physical running and a defense that exposed the Bills lack of physical play. The Chiefs defense did as well. Im glad this team looks poised to be more physical. I think that is the offensive philosophy this year and i think it matches our QB better. Im not as worried about the WR room because of it. This team is built to impose its will with the threat of a strong physical running game with WRs that can block, win contested catches and good receiving backs and TEs. I look at the team and i see a team built to impose their will and built to score in the red zone. Whether that works out is the main question.

McCarthy being “Fed up” is funny in so many ways. Reason 1: He’s a sorry ass coach that should be nothing but grateful for still having a job. 2. He is definitely well fed. 3. Jerry’s meddling may make him look better than he should.

I don’t know why people constantly jump to the conclusion the Jets are well coached enough to be a contender for a SB, especially on offense. Rodgers is 40 coming off a major injury and doesn’t really come off as being focused on football in recent years. I can see them as similarly challenged where Rodgers skills are diminished and things go sideways with their season. The team wasn’t a 39 yr old Rodgers away from the title much less the playoffs last year. The Texans I understand the hype over bc of Stroud’s rookie season, but we’ve seen rookies with promise stall out or not live up to heightened expectations. The Bills are a proven commodity with some question marks - some of the answers may be better than before, some may be worse. How the new personnel changes the identity of the team is the most important part, and the intent here that I’m seeing on offense is a physical juggernaut with explosiveness. They are going to spread the wealth in the pass game and run the ball trying to impose their will. That is going to be a good recipe for success in playoffs and neutralizing good opposing offenses with ball control.

Also a Gator fan and I haven’t missed any games since well before that, even though it’s been a tough stretch with few bright spots since the last championship season. Not sure Billy ball is going to get it done, beyond the mediocrity we’ve seen. With respect to Shorter and Pearsall, I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s safe to say there wasn’t a real go to guy that season because that would’ve meant that they actually had a competent, consistent passing game that year which is very debatable. I was so wanting Richardson to get his chance and was super excited after the Utah game where he was awesome, but then it was just a roller coaster of uneven play despite having a lot of talent on offense. There were big plays from both Pearsall and Shorter, but I always felt Pearsall was the more targeted player when they needed a play for a first down. I haven’t looked it up. Maybe the stats bear that out or don’t, but just watching the games it felt that way in the biggest moments.

I think that the position will be different than running back but how teams pay the position on second contracts may be where we see a seismic shift. I can see a premium still put on WR talent in draft bc of the cost of talent on second contract. This may change as more teams are unwilling to shell out big $$ for these contracts. Teams including the Bills with Diggs have been crippling themselves with massive WR contracts and the ROI is not worth it many times. The Bills bailed out for good reason and didnt reup gabe bc it wasnt going to be worth it and they really didnt have the money anyhow. It doesnt go without consequence, though. The Chiefs definitely struggled last year at times with a less than impressive WR group. The Bills will likely focus on creating an offense that looks for a lot of production from backs and TEs. A bit of a throwback style but given their top talent at skill positions and end of year philosophy it seems like that is the Bills identity. Honestly its a more fitting style for Josh.

He wasn’t Richardson’s go to guy. They really had WR by committee in terms of production and Richardson looked for Pearsall if anyone when they needed a first, but he wasn’t very effective at finding anyone when he needed to. Richardson is a physical unicorn like Josh but injury prone and super inaccurate and erratic in the intermediate passing game. Shorter had a decent year with Richardson at QB with a great yds/reception, but it’s really hard to evaluate a WR with a QB that struggled passing for long stretches and looked like a really bad QB when things weren’t clicking as it steamrolled. I get why the colts were enamored with AR. He was pure excitement at times, but never consistently good. Shorter is someone I hoped the Bills would pick up and they did. He has elite traits, but 2022 was the closest he came to putting it together and I’m hoping he provides an unexpected boost to what isn’t the most inspiring WR group.

The Russ Brandon/Doug Whaley years they invested heavily in WR position without a proven QB and a middling OL, passing up solid QBs in the process. That was a flawed approach. What Beane is doing is a little too heavy in the non-WR focus, but this talk of fire Beane is ridiculous. This team was frustrating to watch for nearly 2 decades before Beane and McD. This even seems to be an anomaly for the Pegulas, so please keep these guys in place. I get the more weapons around Josh sentiment and I agree, but what they are building can work well and I think they are investing in being a team that can physically dominate a defense while their own Defense is built to play with a lead. I’m interested to see how they reshape this team before calling for their heads.

I wasn’t happy with the Coleman pick at first but I really hadn’t watched him play until after the draft, and then seeing he is just about balling and be a bit of a goof I realized why this was Josh’s dude. Seems like someone who isn’t going to fail due to a lack of wanting it and wanting to be great. If he can have Kincaid like impact that is right on schedule for a solid answer to questions about the WR group and if they can get a big distribution of balls because of the multifaceted attack and play action game, this can work with what they have. It’s not perfect but they have talent among all of t;he weapons on Offense and that is what matters.

Diggs wasn’t separating at the end of last year and the film showed it. He was either slowing down or not giving same effort - the result was the same, regardless. Allen actually had far less ints after the OC change, and it coincided with targeting Diggs and Davis less. For instance, prior to Denver game 97 targets 834 yds, 7 TDs for Diggs, and from DEN on 63 targets 349 yds, 1 TD. Davis and Allen were clearly not on same page many games, and Josh had the highest Int % per attempt throwing to Davis. To me it’s no surprise neither is on the roster anymore. Is there a drop off in talent? Yes, but chemistry is important and no doubt we still have questions about the chemistry with the new look WRs. Claypool is talented and it’s not much of a gamble, and if he can’t play with Allen his career is pretty much over. Claypool has all he could ask for in terms of opportunity and if he does put in the work it could be a sneaky good signing. I get that’s still a big IF. Keeping Diggs and Davis would have been a worse decision then moving on from them seeing how neither was integral to winning when the Bills stopped effing around at end of season.

Coleman at least addressed the position, not that it would've been my pick with Mitchell still there, but if the Bills are looking for a more physical team I get it (and not sure what truth there wast to the smoke about diabetes and not taking to coaching that was out there about Mitchell the weeks prior to the draft). Bishop made sense at 60. Where Beane lost me was with DT, then RB. They had options to take another shot at WR just to bolster the WR room and improve their chances that one of then shows out and becomes a substantial answer to the WR questions that they created. We're set with starters at DT, so Carter is depth at best. Cook and Johnson were a good 1-2 punch, so Davis is looking to compete for RB2. I don't hate the Davis pick either, but if you are serious about filling the void you created at WR you've got to take more than one swing.

Coleman may be fine but I don’t think it was the type of WR that opens up the offense. I knew it wasn’t likely but hoped Bills really focused on Offense with their top picks bc they lost 3 lynchpins, but it is on brand for them to look like they are trending the offense in right direction only to let it unravel.

Thank god I was waiting for your amateur draft rankings to know how to feel. Maybe he could start, oh wait we’ve got Ed Oliver. We’ve spent so much draft capital and cap space on DL over the years and it never has materialized into anything when it matters in the playoffs.