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I think your a little overtly critical on this one and generally I am in agreement with your writing. I 100% agree on the turnovers as it killed two promising drivers and the penalty on 4th and 1 forced a FG. These things have to be cleaned up, they have been so unhinged on offense with penalties and turnovers since NE with only KC/CAR being clean games since. They just don't have the room for error against better opponents for those mistakes. With that said the offense I give a lot of credit to given the scope of the injuries and the team in general to rise up. They finally hit another gear in the 2nd half which I haven't seen since KC and before that honestly the 4th quarter of the Ravens game. One thing I liked when Von was here was the killer instinct he had to burn it down when it matters and go for blood. I do agree at times they just seem to be going through the motions and in losses by the time they get it figured out it is too late. Regarding Brady they did what was needed with your starting OTs out and a defense letting you run rough shot on them. Palmer is looking like a bust with how often he is out, Shakir should've had a TD on that one slant, and Gabe yikes on that INT. I honestly am excited for the CIN game because like TB your going to have to pass it to some degree if your going to win so it will be a good time for Brady to show he has it or else. Overall 8-4 and the playoffs are far more certain at this point then they were before the game. The division unfortunately they have harmed themselves too much to probably get outside of some help by NY or MIA when they play NE. The one good thing this year is there is no team in the AFC to fear as all of them have ways you can beat them. The issue is after Josh & Cook I am not sure how much teams fear us either.

True. I have us at 11 wins also and going to BAL. Such is life in either scenario lol

Having watched the Ravens they are no sure thing right now. Lamar is hurt, the defense is shaky, and the offense is as up & down as the Bills. I do agree I would still bet on BAL over PIT or CIN, but this is the most chaotic year in the AFC in probably two decades when DEN hosted PIT in the AFC title and PIT won.

They will still probably make the playoffs. Football is not linear and a very week to week league. Jags are right now the flavor of the week in the AFC South same with Houston but the moment either loses the narrative changes. The bigger thing is the AFC South possibly pitting 3 teams in the playoffs and blocking KC/BAL from making it in. That is the wildest thing to me.

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The offense isn't far at all. It was something they could've and should've addressed this offseason with WR but captain yahoo mouthed off instead and now is paying for it. The defense is much harder to say how far they are or aren't as the injuries make it hard to evaluate completely all the good and bad. The defensive line specifically at end still is leaky at best and their LB corp is behind what the best teams are using at LB. They need a lot more then a simple revision at those areas whereas the secondary I am fine with saying add a safety to go with Bishop + a guy at NCB and I feel really good where it looks. But the scheme itself needs an overhaul and a new DC so the amount of changes on the defensive side feels more pronounced in general.

The turnovers, sacks, & penalties were all destined to balance out after last year which meant you needed either to A. improve the talent at WR either through growth/talent acquisition and/or B. Scheme evolves. Neither of those happens, regression to the mean has come so if the gameplan is sour the talent isn't there to overcome mistakes/injuries. In 3 of the 4 losses (ATL/MIA/HOU) the Bills offensive line got blown to bits with Josh running for his life and making poor choices himself. Brady has taken far too longer to adjust his play calls in those games if at all and it is noticeable with Josh's frustration. In general the offense many times has felt like they expect to be good or it will just happen vs. actually working and making it happen. The fact in the 3rd quarter they didn't switch to a no huddle approach with quick slants or fast plays to negate what HOU was doing was mind blowing to me and a true critique of Brady who this year has failed to regularly to stay up with what the defense is doing if his gameplan is failing. Brady his first year and half as OC had it going with a dominant run game and pass game that complemented what he put out running the ball. Defenses have caught up and at no point has any real change or evolution come. The irony is of course the Bills in 12/13 personnel are quite good yet we have stopped running that regularly. The critique on the Bills not pulling out close games comes with regression itself after going 5-2 in one score games last year they are 1-2 this year. Again the numbers never lose it always balances out and the Bills approach was "well for us it will be different this year" rather then make meaningful change scheme and talent wise.

To me the killer was HOU getting the lead before half. BUF was not perfect but held the hammer in the game and didn't have to chase or press. Once the Texans got the lead it felt like the offense reallyy had to press and it got bad quickly. The defense certainly got better in the 2nd half, but that TD drive before half was sooo bad I have no idea what we were doing. Like you said funny game, if Prater makes that XP then Josh ties the game late and who knows. Funny game.

McGovern I would be stunned if they move on from. Center QB is a very delicate thing and he has done well with Josh. I can see a 2-3 year deal especially with holes elsewhere and then in a year or two drafting a guy to replace him.

He has created the dumbest burden possible between his comments and then failing to get this trade where the pressure on what happens with this pick/whatever WR is brought in good luck

I don't disagree and I expect the biggest splash to be at WR to address that. BUT the offense realistically needs two guys and with the right guys it can really go. The defense on the other hand is a full blown mess. The investments made to help the d-line are either hurt or failed, the LB corp sucks and doesn't fit todays NFL. The secondary thank god looks like it could be quite good if they get the right safety in and another decent good CB for reserve. But in general a lot more talent and a new scheme is needed if you want the D to be decent.

His cap is wayyyy too high and his production isn't enough for the savings. Restructure or cut I fully expect a major change there I get it... I also don't see Beane gone even if I would fire him.

Welp a bad loss which highlights a lack of talent at WR hopefully gets that fixed for good. I guess the only thing I would say is with Josh I always want a shot because if he is hot for four games anything is possible.

Beane has been consistent about having a shot every year and always being able to takes cracks at it. With Josh not getting younger no way they bleed a year to get healthy. I don't disagree with your premise at all as too many bad FAs contracts have hurt the talent roster, but I just don't see it happening with Beane. I could see Beane saying the offense is very fixable by basically getting a top WR & drafting a guy with a new OC. So maybe not full pain year as much as pay the premium you need to make the offense a non issue, get the offense humming consistently and you can take that pain on the defense like you said while drafting to hopefully keep rebuilding that side.

Agreed. I think McD will be hiring a vet DC who has new ideas to help overhaul the team to a 4-3 Hybrid. The hard thing with this defense is it has been so banged up, had new pieces left and right that it is hard to know if it is the player not performing in T Johnson/Bernard's case which they certainly have... BUT is it also the sum of the parts just being such a mess they are being left out to dry.