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I’m not old enough to remember the intricacies of those years but I do know we had a guy like Bruce Smith on those teams. Cornelius Bennett etc. Josh has never had that guy. Feels like the equivalent would be if we traded for Myles Garrett? James Cook, of course, has a role on this team. But when you can’t stop the run, and then on offense you want to establish the run.. you play a game on offense that forces your defense to stop the run all game. Clock bleeds, possessions limited and Josh/passing game never gets in a rhythm. With this defense, the best way to help them, is to tell Josh to get to 40.

This Draft Class will likely be defined by SVPG and Grable. If those two take over for McGovern and Edwards, should they leave this offseason, and Kromer has them ready to go and play at a high level … that, along with Cole Bishop becoming a stud Safety, could save the class. If they stay depth, that has a role, but would certainly lend itself to this draft class being a complete miss as a whole. Keon Coleman and Dewayne Carter are unbelievably frustrating because the fanbase universally hated these picks and the fanbase looks to have been correct. You just can’t completely whiff on 2 out of 3 of your premium picks and not have it create downstream effects on your roster in the coming years. Elam was offset by Benford. Theres no Benford in this class. Therefore we see the musical chairs at WR, maybe, finally, solidifying in Week 12.

This. Which is why our Offense should be Josh Allen-centric with a mix of James Cook and not James Cook-centric with Josh as a game manager. So much more room for error. He threw an insane pick deep in our side of the field. Missed wide open receivers down the field, multiple times, early. Threw a pick on 4th down because he turned down the easy button throw for a 1st to try for a chunk play. Wasn’t recognizing pressure looks early resulting in untouched rushers. Airmailed a wide open 2 point conversion. Still went nuclear and put up 44 points. Just. Score. Points. And our best way to do that is to unleash Josh.. especially as we get closer to, and into, the Playoffs, where we’ll let him run more. The guy can have his B game and still nuke the opposing Defense.

“But this was the year. You're not gonna get KC this low again” We were told by every KC fan and media pundit that last year was as low as KC would ever be. Now this year is as low as KC will ever be. Maybe Pat just isn’t that good anymore and can only get up for Josh Allen in the playoffs when half his (already bad) Defense is injured..

I’d make him active and play him in the slot with Shakir. I know I’m not in the majority in saying this, but I think we could dramatically improve what we get out of the slot. Shakir has a role as a Deebo type player, but with Gabe, Palmer and Shavers outside and Samuel playing inside/outside, I’d want to get a look at what Keon looks like as a big slot. Not sure how that works when Kincaid comes back, but I’m not the one who drafted a slot TE, extended a slot only WR and drafted a guy best suited for big slot.

Worst case scenario is we go into Week 18 tied with NE and need to win, hope Miami beats them for the Division… which they won’t… so we’ll play our game as normal and then head to Baltimore WC Weekend.

Looking at the Colts schedule, I think the AFC South winner could be around the 10-7 range. Texans twice, Jags twice, Seahawks and Niners. If they lose to the Chiefs, I could see them spiral.

Steelers over Bears Someone has to win that division. Much rather PIT than BAL, especially if we can’t catch NE

Bills likely aren’t trading Kincaid or Shakir so what exactly are we doing here? He should be a big slot somewhere. That apparently won’t be here because we need to invest in a slot only YAC guy and receiving TE who misses every other game. If I sound snarky, it’s because I am .. I think those two are fine. For the extension and draft investment, we need more. I’m not high on Keon as an outside WR, but I don’t know what he could be as a slot.

As if New Englands schedule this year couldn’t get any easier.

Lamar looked awful yesterday. Not sure what’s going on with him, but he’s clearly playing with a pretty legitimate injury. If he can’t get healthy, it seems like a ticking time bomb that might put him back on the shelf. If the Browns had anyone not named Shadeur Sanders at QB, they win that game.

Kyle Brandt with the most sobering, accurate breakdown of the current state of Buffalo that truly makes you loathe Brandon Beane. He doesn’t say we can’t win it, we can.. because we have 17. But it looks like, again, 17 has to be elite 4 games in a row to win a Super Bowl. If he’s elite in a couple and good in one, we lose the game he’s only good in and it’s rinse/repeat.

Bengals somehow beating the Pats would be so clutch, not just for obvious reasons, but because that Thanksgiving game against the Ravens would have juice. Probably will anyway, being on the holiday, but CIN has an outside shot if they can beat NE.

Outside WR’s: Palmer Gabe Shavers Slot WR’s: Shakir Samuel vs Coleman vs Moore KR/PR: Hardman That’s how I’d view this from here on out. Hardman is on a short leash with the fumble and being unable to reel in the deep throw, but did have a 61 yard return and got open deep. I’d give him more time as KR/PR and a package of plays in the Offense. The people who liked Keon in the Draft, liked him as a big slot. Looks like we can/should finally play him there IF he can get on the field.

I get it, but I think we can all agree going into Baltimore WC Weekend because we lost the division by losing games to a couple terrible teams is about as gross of an outcome as possible. We clearly can beat them, but unless this run defense gets fixed, I’d rather play literally anyone else. That includes Indy, because our Defense is capable of stopping the run when the QB play is meh.