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I plan on going. Trying to get a bus with some of the neighbors but outside of my family the rest of the bunch will be Eagles fans.

Right Idea wrong player. Let’s Go Dalton!!!

Every part of me is hoping for a trade back and to draft Darnell Washington

Yeah I’ve gone from being lukewarm on this idea to this potential pick being one of my favorites. I believe he wasn’t asked to do much in the passing game because he’s such a stud in the blocking game and Brock Bowers is such a stud as a receiving threat. We’d ask him to do the same. Added bonus the more 12 personnel we run the fresher our WRs will be, leading to less drops (looking at you Gabe) and the less hits Allen will be taking.

^^^ Agreed ^^^

He's a unicorn and he won't need to do too much in his 1st year. He'd be an immediate upgrade allowing us to run a lot of 12 personnel, which will make our play action game much better (Josh already excels at PA). Knox will start earning his contract and DW would be an absolute problem in the RedZone year one. This is more about making the rest of the team better for year 1 but I think Baltimore takes him at 22 to pair with Mark Andrews. He's going to go in the 1st round.

If we aren't seeing the value at O-Line or WR I think we'll go TE. It would allow Knox to go on more routes and effectively make are Our O-Line better at the same time . D Washington > Knox at blocking right now and can be a matchup challenge in the RedZone. Our offense had no issues moving the ball last year but we struggled at times in the redzone. I think this is where Beane looks to help out our team. If O'Cyrus Torrence is there that who I want but I'm warming to the idea of a Top TE prospect to pair with Knox.

Is this not a discussion board? We have been complaining for almost 15 years that we passed on a blocking TE who was a physical mismatch in college and who showed glimpses in of being a receiving threat (Gronk) yet you’re so dismissive that this is a possibility because we paid Knox? Maybe to get the proper investment return out of Knox we need to have another guys who’s a threat and not just another Tackle who tips the defense off as to what we’re going to do. Im sure you don’t need me to explain how football works but the idea with the pick would be to force defenses to tip their hand 1st based on personal which would allow Josh and our offense to have the advantage pre snap. Out of all the players available at the end of the 1st DW has the highest ceiling and a pretty decent floor based on his blocking ability and physicality. Beane draft athleticism in the 1st round ( Josh Allen, Edmunds, Oliver Elam) I think this is worth a discussion.

Don’t shoot the messenger but you can’t objectively listen to that presser and say that this post is baseless. Beane seems to love the TEs this year and I can see how it may help us. Two TEs on the field takes teams out of that Cover 2 shell. Gives us more ways to win. I’m a hopeless optimist (been a Bills fan since 1990) I’m trying to talk myself into this not being the end of the world if it happens.

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Based on Beane’s PC yesterday I’m thinking we may be considering the TE from Georgia, Darnell Washington. He was saying to get playmakers and match up guys in the 1st round that make defenses second guess their personal. Darnell Would do this for us and he’s a blocking stud in both the run game and passing game. I bring it up because I haven’t seen him projected to us at all and he may be someone we haven’t discussed much and overlooked but after thinking about it I think he would look great in our offense allowing Knox to be more of a receiving TE and steam stretcher like Ertz was in his prime.

Right. The fair thing to do would’ve been to give KC the bye since they were 14-3. The divisional game this week should’ve been at neutral site and if the Bills win KC comes to us (we overtake the 1 seed assuming we win at the neutral site) and the Bengals goto KC if they beat us since they wouldn’t have been able to get to 14 wins regardless of the outcome of our canceled game.

They have talent on both sides of the ball. I expect a very gimmicky game plan where we need to be prepared for anything and to not take them as lightly as most fans and the media are. With that being said if Josh takes care of the football, I don’t see how we can lose

I’m not sure I understand your logic here. Yes KC has the better record but they would’ve been the 2 seed if Buffalo beat Cincinnati, Cincinnati would have been the 2 if they beat Buffalo. That’s why instead of the Bills KC game being on a neutral site it makes more sense that the Bills/Cincinnati game is neutral and if the Bills won you can justify that they beat the Bengals thus giving them the one seed and KC would have to travel to us. KC gets the bye since at the end of the season they are 14-3 while we are 13-3. We would overtake the 1 seed if we were to beat Cincinnati (15-3 and KC being 15-3 with us having the H2H). It’s too late to make any changes now but IMO this would have been most fair.

Alright, Let’s Go Buffalo

Now that we have the results of this weekends game I can’t help but think a much better alternative to what was proposed would be that if the Bills and Cincinnati meet up in the divisional round if should’ve been at a neutral site and if the Bills win the Chiefs come to Buffalo and if the Bengals wins they goto Arrowhead. This proposal make a lot more sense than what is currently out there. The Bengals wouldn’t feel as screwed and the Chiefs would have the bye but would have to play in Buffalo considering that the Bills where screwed out of controlling their own destiny if they make the AFC championship.

This is obviously unprecedented and the only thing that matters is the health of D Hamlin. Just a thought that the next game result for the Bills and the Bengals might count for this week and next week. If the Bills win vs the Pats they finish 14-3 and the Bengals will be 13-4 if we lose we’ll drop to 12-5 and the Bengals will be 11-6. It would only count as one game for the Pats and the Ravens. Probably stupid but it’s a thought as the schedule itself is pretty random as to strength of schedule and the Chiefs wouldn’t be able to claim it’s not fair as we both beat them.

I thought that's what our O-Line is best at, Morse especially

I’ve heard this used as a valid reason before but couldn’t we use this to our advantage? Example: run a fake QB counter to the right which should pull the Spy in that direction as we set up and throw a screen to the other side?

As well as screens as previously mentioned, I don’t know why we dont try to get a screen game going with Hines and Cook. It would be an added element teams would have to be concerned about. If it’s the QB spy that causes the issues in our screen game we need to doctor the play up a bit but it would lead to even greater yards. Please Dorsey add it to our game. I’d love for us to be able to get the 60-90 easy screen yards Mahomes gets every week.

If we get Hyde for the playoffs or at least Chiefs/Bengals game I don’t care where we play those teams, we’re winning.

This is the week we bring out the new and improved screen game (wouldn’t take much)

Can this be a Josh Allen issue? Maybe he's not patient enough?

Can we figure out how to use an effective screen game? For years we haven't been able to run an effective screen while KC and Mahomes can count on 100-150 yards a week from theirs. I've heard from some folks that cover this team (cover 1) that this is due to the way defenses play us, (QB spy) on most plays which make it difficult to run a screen because the man who was responsible for Allen can read the play, quickly diagnose and blow up the screen. If that is the case couldn't we add a wrinkle such as a fake QB power to the right or left and set up the screen to the other side. If we executed this properly it would cause the spy to flow with to the side we are faking to as we run a screen to the other side (spy problem solved) . Also with Allen's incredibly strong arm, why don't we roll the pocket more and pair it with a flood concept to the side we're rolling to? I understand that doing this cuts the field down a bit but if we are dealing with a cover 2 or cover 3 zone wouldn't that in very simple terms put more guys in a specific area of the field then they have to defend while also helping out our sub par O-line? , Allen could fit the ball in those tight windows no problem as he's very comfortable and effective throwing on the run. Just my two cents

Isn't this a message board? Aren't we all fans (short for fanatics) of the Buffalo Bills ? If we can't have hot takes here where can we?