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Spencer Brown was rough before getting hurt, but battled through injury and at least looks like he cares. He was miserable on the bench and looked completely dejected when the coach came over to tell him his night is over. Can you imagine him making the types of comments Dion makes? I can’t.

We clearly paid him thinking he’d make a jump as a pass rusher, and just like Benford, Bernard and Shakir, that jump hasn’t come. They absolutely did not extend him at his contract to be a run defender. I guarantee you the FO is upset at the play of all 4 of these guys after getting paid, especially Benford, Bernard and Rousseau.

Beane, followed by Brady. But the reason we’re in this mess year in, year out at OC is because we have a Defensive Head Coach who can’t seem to field a competent Defense. Good times! In all seriousness though.. It’s Beane by a mile. This roster is in rough shape and he blew our reset/JA second window on a dumpster fire 2024 Draft and recent extensions that look horrible in hindsight. But even if Josh had weapons on the outside.. does it matter with Brady? He couldn’t make it work with Diggs. His concepts in both routes and protections are JV level.

Do you think it makes sense to pay a Robin who sets the EDGE and is primarily a run defender before you find a legit pass rusher? We let Edmunds walk because he never made splash plays, was going to get paid, but the argument was he alters the way opponents attack us in the pass game. If the FO couldn’t justify paying big money for that then how do they justify paying big money for a Robin DE who primarily functions as a plus run defender?

This feels like the Edmunds conversation, except we never paid him. “You just don’t see what he’s doing out there” You make fair points, but you should feel a guy making the money he’s set to make, week in/week out. It shouldn’t be where we have to dig deeper to see his true value on a Defense that is absolutely terrible. I feel Cole Bishop out there. I felt Bosa out there before his hand injury, and even with it, he’s the only guy even getting close to the QB right now. Rousseau is in this Edmunds category where we need to dissect the tape to see any impact he’s having. We’re paying Rousseau and Bosa essentially combined what Danielle Hunter is making on his extension. Maybe we just need one Danielle Hunter and not two B level guys. Seems like this example can be applied all over our roster.

If you want to feel even dirtier, should NE beat CIN this weekend, we’d probably want them to beat the Ravens in a few weeks.

Winning the next two, and getting to 9-4, all but guarantees us the playoffs as we’d need one more win to get to 10 wins and at 10-7 which could very well be the line of demarcation, would have tiebreakers over a 10-7 PIT, BAL and KC while CIN, at best, would then finish with 8 losses if they ran the table outside us.

This is the excuse for the Chiefs. And it’s valid considering they turn it on every postseason. Our group hasn’t even made a Super Bowl. Has never been the 1 seed. I suspect you’re correct, but it’s comical that you are.

In fairness, we saw a Texans like performance against Mahomes from this Defense a few weeks ago with Hoecht. But it can’t be we lose one guy and the Defense falls apart. If the Texans lost Will Anderson, who’s a Top 5 DE, would their Defense fall apart? Of course not.

Mentally, I’d agree. Physically, he’s the toughest player I’ve ever seen in my life. But Mahomes has that burning desire.. that mental fury inside him. It says a lot that we are all “whoaaaa” when Allen yells “What are we doing!?” to Trubisky after another Brady disasterclass. That shouldn’t be so rare given where we are right now. Mahomes has multiple Super Bowls and still is maniacally driven to get back. I’ll acknowledge it’s probably tougher when you feel you’re swimming upstream against the current that is Beane/McDermott compared to Reid/Veach.

He’s hurting us at BOTH end positions because we can’t even think to rest Bosa with his injury due to Rousseau being a compete non-factor rushing the passer.

Yup. Most people probably didn’t watch much of it due to the Chiefs game being on, but that Ravens/Browns game was almost play for play what Bills/Texans was last night. Difference being the Ravens Defense did what you’d expect a Playoff team to do to a bad Offense. Mills is obviously better than Sanders, but 20 points in a half is absolutely wild.

I said in another thread, his attitude is emblematic of a major underlying issue this team has. Dawkins just wants to vibe. Which is fine, but not when you’re a team leader on a team that hasn’t even been to a Super Bowl. He said before the season “it’s never Super Bowl or Bust” and proceeded to give a five minute explanation why. His play on the field has been uneven, and last night, piss poor .. but he then says outside his locker that we weren’t out-physicaled. Ok, buddy… whatever you say. Soft. This whole team outside Allen, Brown, injured McGovern and Bosa gutting it out with one hand, are soft. I’d throw Bishop in there with how he’s been playing. Blew up Nico and is one of the few bright spots on Defense.

Three games. Three elite QB’s. Three very similar games. Bills lose. KC & BAL win. I watched Houston put Mahomes in a body bag last year in the Playoffs. But the Chiefs prevailed because of their Defense. (And maybe the refs) I watched Cleveland have Lamar Jackson in hell last week. He even threw a pick six to give them points. They won because they held Cleveland’s Offense to 9 points. Buffalo simply cannot win these games. Our Defense can give them one half but get exploded on in the other. If Allen and the Offense struggle, we lose. Over and over and over again. KC is to BUF what BUF has been to BAL in the Playoffs, but the fact remains… year in, year out, if Allen doesn’t have a good game against a good team, we lose. Not so for his peers. And this is without acknowledging that he’s year in, year out, had less weaponry around him than Lamar and similar - at best - to Mahomes. Its the biggest indictment there is of Beane and our Front Office. It’s there for everyone to see. The evidence to move on is overwhelming. And it has been for some time.

I think I read that Bernard is pretty easy to get out of after next year. So we’re stuck with him in 26 but I think can get out somewhat cleanly after.

I think that Jets game is likely meaningless for us if we do what you predict prior to it .. and may be beneficial to lose if Baltimore wins their Division as the 4 seed. 10-7 probably get us in. All of the WC potential teams have pretty tough schedules. Not having the tiebreaker against Houston is tricky, but they also have a tough schedule and sit with 5 losses currently. PIT - W CIN - L NE - W CLE - W PHI - L NY - L, WC wrapped up and we don’t care about seeding

Baltimore has been without their QB for a couple games and held it together. They’re a win on Sunday against the Jets from being one game behind us. And are predicted to win their division, which that is simply luck as they don’t have a Denver or NE to deal with. So you can say this if you want, but chances are if we make it, might be heading into Baltimore WC weekend to face the team you’re currently acting like we’re better than. Ravens had a Bills/Texans type game against Cleveland, but were able to win because they.. unlike us.. don’t have a soft Defense that gives up 20 points in a half to a bad Offense.

Ultimately, if the Offense scores 12 points, it’s on the Offense. But I agree.. going into half up 16-13 or even 16-16 and it’s likely a very different game out of halftime. Having to play from behind with how limited we are in offensive personnel and brainpower, against that Defense, put us in chase mode and allowed a Mills led Offense to sit on a lead, never risking mistake.

I don’t even know where to go honestly. We just handed out 4 bad to meh, at best, extensions. We have a good bit of dead cap. Have to make decisions on McGovern and Edwards. Desperately need a true WR1. If they let those two walk, they need to draft IOL early/mid-rounds and hope SVPG, Anderson and Grable are ready to compete for the spots at a high level. Defense is a friggin warzone. Needs everywhere. Safety opposite Bishop, NCB, probably 2 LB’s, Defense will get back Hoecht, Oliver, Jackson and Carter. Probably need a run stuffing DT to round out the room, which they don’t believe in.. and a legit pass rusher off the edge which is next to impossible to get with our cap situation and draft position.

It’s wild to hear Beane talk about how good the Offense was LAST YEAR, when forecasting to THIS YEAR. Anyone with a brain could tell you it doesn’t work that way.

This. As much as we don’t have a Super Bowl roster. Not sure anyone else in the AFC does either. I don’t care if it hurts Brady’s feelings. A serious team would fire him. Get Daboll back in the building and let him work as a Senior Offensive Assistant with Curry or Kromer. Brady is literally getting laughed at by how bad his simple passing game concepts are by any NFL film guru you can find on social media. We can’t fix the personnel, but we can run an offense that has a more diverse protection scheme against an elite DL and better passing concepts so Defenses arent completely keyed in on what we’re doing every game. Only get so many cracks at it with Allen and we can’t just give up this year because we have to win 3 road games IF we make it. This team as currently being led isn’t winning 3 in a row.. so do something drastic. What is there to lose? We fall apart and miss the playoffs? Ok.. that’s a risk I’m willing to take if the other option is stay the course and lose in the WC Round at Baltimore.

Dawkins at his locker says he doesn’t think we were out-physicaled. Points to Davis being a foot down away from us having the ball at the 1 with a chance to win. My man… shut up. You’re “Its never Super Bowl or Bust” attitude is wearing thin. You give up halfway on plays all game. Two of those times led to Josh Allen sacks today. You take pride in your game, yet got WORKED yesterday. Just own it. Im slowly starting to view his attitude as emblematic of why this team just can’t seem to do it. Dion seems content being an above average LT on an above average Bills team that has a shot every year. Happy go lucky, it’s all good type of vibe. At some point the leaders on this team need to get mad. Josh Allen seems close to getting there. Anyone else going to follow or nah?

What a disaster of an offseason. Invested heavily into a Defense that is the worst we’ve ever had. I get it, we lost Hoecht and Oliver for the season. Those two can’t be the linchpins on a functional defense that take it from good to dumpster fire. Not when you’ve invested so much into it. Injuries can’t be an excuse anymore on that side of the ball. They just can’t. It’s no longer a coincidence. It’s every year. It’s the players we sign, draft, the scheme. Undersized guys, injury prone guys. There’s a reason we’re always banged up there. Rousseau looks more and more like an anchor of a contract. Good, not great player who we’re paying borderline DE1 money to set the edge on the worst run defense in football and rarely get pressure on the QB. Just a brutal contract extension as it stands currently. Benford got paid and immediately looks like a guy who got drafted in the 6th round. Maybe he’s hurt, chances are he probably is, but if he’s not going to be the guy we paid, that’s another swing and a miss. Bernard. Gross. The most obvious extension that could potentially go bad. Oft-injured and undersized. And this year he’s … injured and undersized. “We’re better without him” isn’t a good place to be for a guy we just extended. And I might be in the minority but I hate the Shakir extension. Hes good at what he is.. a Deebo type player, but I think he’s limited out of the slot and is blocking us from having a more well rounded option there. We could clearly use him better too.. but he’s not a guy who can flex to the outside and he blocks our offense from any positional flex in the WR room. Which is ok if you’re prime Cole Beasley… he’s not that. A Golf club in the bag for the Offense.. nice to have. Not my ideal full time slot WR. Bad extensions, going all in on defense and leaving Josh out to dry. We traded Diggs and suffered his dead cap for what? To be in cap hell again.. this time with bad extensions and not even remotely a game changer to speak of? Beane should be fired yesterday… the Josh Allen card only works for so long, especially when you’re now the biggest obstacle in his way.

Completely agree on that one play. And I don’t advocate him taking snaps from Davis. Gabe almost mossed Stingley in a huge moment of his foot comes in a foot more inside. Shavers had a great game by our standards last week. Nothing this week. Can JA salvage the back shoulder throw with Keon? They throw it because it’s a chunk play against pressure instead of constant tunnel screens.

This is gross. Dawkins whole schnowman shtick doesn’t hit when he’s playing like that.