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I think they like Van Demark, and seemingly with good reason. Bates can flip out to OT in an emergency. I'll never hate on them drafting OL, but we seem pretty locked in at 7 guys, then we'll see what they do with Edwards and Ifedi's spots. My ideal Draft would absolutely be going WR back to back in RD1 and RD2. Just completely lock in the Offense around Allen, and then spend the rest of the Draft on the Defense.

Maybe Baltimore/KC will have some defense in it, but man… it’s the last thing I want to discuss after - yet another - playoff loss to KC. 36 ppg and Zero Sacks. That’s out postseason defense against them. And fwiw, KC has an elite defense and their best defense was our own players dropping passes in a game that ended on our kicker missing a 44 yard FG to tie the game. I know we still need to put a competent defense out there, but if we’re spending a Day 2 pick on defense, that guy better be able to make a difference in the postseason. Does a Safety do that? I don’t know. Ive been a big DL early proponent, but if refs don’t call holding in the playoffs, what’s the point? Maybe a high end young Safety could help.

Cool.. He showed up Allen last year when Josh played through the UCL injury Allen once again played through a shoulder injury this year Part of being elite is still being able to function at a high level through injury.

Yes. He’s all about culture and has a winning pedigree to go with it. He’d be a home run hire for us. Obviously wont happen, and if LAC gets it done, I’m beyond jealous.

The thing is, of course we're all happy with the success this team has, but with Josh Allen everyone knows you have to get a Super Bowl(s). And when we keep bowing out in the Divisional Round, that means we're drafting mid 20's every year. Where's Cinci drafting this year? We were able to jump Dallas for Kincaid, and they then took Mazi Smith. Kincaid looks like a future elite TE. Mazi Smith looks like a JAG. KC jumped us for McDuffie. McDuffie is a top tier CB. We took Elam. Still don't know if he's anything heading into Year 3. Draft position matters. In back to back years, our first round picks have been getting an elite guy because we got ahead of Dallas and losing an elite guy because KC got ahead of us.

It's so demoralizing because some of it goes even beyond the coaching.. Chiefs WR's were terrible all year. Playoffs come along and MVS is making contested catches 30 yards down the field with our All-Pro Corner draped all over him. Meanwhile, Diggs drops what would have been an all-time iconic throw from Allen, mid-4th Quarter, down 3. I mean, what can we even say...

QB - Allen RB - Cook / Henry / Johnson WR - Diggs / RD1 / RD2 / Shakir / Isabella / Shorter OT - Dawkins / Brown / Van Demark OG - McGovern / Torrence / Edwards / Anderson C - Morse / Bates TE - Kincaid / Knox / Morris DE - Rousseau / Von / AJE / Jonathan / Shaq DT - Oliver / Jones / RD3 / Team-Friendly FA LB - Bernard / Milano / Williams / Spector / Day 3 Pick Slot - Johnson / Day 3 Pick CB - Douglas / Benford / Elam / Jackson S - Rapp / Lewis / Hamlin / Day 3 Pick / Day 3 Pick Taking my salary cap lumps at Safety Henry takes less to play for us as a contender. If not, any big back will do.

Every Bills fan watching these press conferences…

We've given up 36 ppg to the Chiefs in our three playoff meetings. And, in fairness, KC has had an elite defense all year and if not for some drops and one iffy decision by Allen at the end of the game, likely lose because they couldn't stop Josh Allen. McDermott and Beane need to read the room. The NFL does not want low scoring defensive games in the playoffs. How many holding calls do you see called during the regular season? How often do you see it called in the playoffs? The games are called differently, they let guys get away with more. It puts defenses at a disadvantage. You need a couple studs and then fill in around them to a level where you're not exposed. Chris Jones made one big play.. He pushed Dawkins into Allen, which took KC from down 4 with 2 minutes left to up 3 with the ball after Bass missed a FG. Game. Hopefully 4 years straight of our defense getting absolutely dominated in the playoffs leads to a mentality shift when it comes down to a hypothetical decision between a Leonard Floyd and a Deandre Hopkins in the future. Floyd is great.. but he's not a difference maker when it matters. He's not Chris Jones. He's not Aidan Hutchinson. He's not Nick Bosa. So in the Playoffs, he can be neutralized. If McDermott can't coach up a mediocre talent level defense to an above average level, there is no reason for him to be here. This off-season, with limited resources, needs to be about identifying who our core defensive players are, filling in around them with lower draft picks/team friendly contracts and using what little money we have, along with our high draft picks towards giving Josh Allen the best offense he's ever had.

At least I have reasonable confidence that Kincaid and Knox won’t be doing anything like this..

Do we win in this hypothetical? If we won, we’d be convincing ourselves the injuries were just the perfect storm but we overcame and will get healthy for Baltimore. But we lost. Which is the entire point.

The only chance we had of this was if we missed the playoffs. In retrospect, McDermott getting this team to make a late season run at it might end up being one step forward, two steps back.

Anyone just feel helpless in regards to this team today? It’s like watching someone you care about decide to stay in their toxic, dead-end relationship. We all know what the problem is, but we can’t do anything about it.

The 1 seed is MASSIVE Everything else is whatever. Baltimore: BYE, Home Houston Last year.. KC: BYE, Home Jacksonville

Yea.. people keep saying just hit Diggs for the first down. It would’ve been close. 50/50 its 3rd and 1.

Florio posted about how we’ve allowed an average of 36 ppg while forcing 1 turnover and 0 sacks against KC in 3 playoff games. At some point, it doesn’t matter what we do on defense if that’s what we get under this staff in the postseason against KC (or CIN) Do what’s needed on defense to be a middle of the pack unit to get you through the regular season and load up on offense. Fwiw, KC had an elite defense this year and if Sherfield and Diggs aren’t awful last night, Allen would’ve gone nuclear on them.

This stat is….. my goodness (he clarified on the Hardman fumble out of the end zone Still… how are we supposed to ever beat them with this?

I don’t know enough about the cap to understand if Diggs plus a pick for Lamb at some point could work? Both players relationships with their current team/qb seem strained.

I thought if they beat KC, and got some guys back… yea. And I thought they would beat KC. Im officially GW Bush levels of can’t be fooled again with McDermott now, so from here on out, put me down for a no.

He's already clearly not. Does that mean success will follow, who knows.. but at least they took a swing in a moment where the urgency was higher than ever.

Syracuse had the mandate this past season, after years of coming up short (on a different level), to improve upon their last season. When it became apparent that this wasn't going to happen, Syracuse moved on from Dino Babers and hired Fran Brown. There were some Dino defenders, but most of the fanbase knew it was time. The urgency was there with the impending conference realignment in the now Power 4. Fran Brown has injected life into the fanbase.. best recruiting class in years.. brought the donors back and has high caliber transfers. A world I never knew was even possible for Syracuse Football any longer. We'll see what happens with their future, but it's so much brighter now than I ever thought possible. Now here we are, in the prime of Josh Allen. One of, if not, THE most talented QB in the history of this league. The urgency to get over the hump is real. Yet, here we are, with a HC who has proven time and time again that he can't get it done on the big stage. It's known by EVERYONE outside the organization, yet it falls on deaf ears. I worry that our Fran Brown is available.. An innovative Offensive mind so we don't have to keep worrying about our OC's taking HC interviews in the Playoffs or having sway in the front office that lends itself to heavy investment on that side of the ball to the detriment of the reason we are here.. Josh Allen. Or maybe Jim Harbaugh, a guy who has won everywhere he's been. A guy who is not just a leader of men, but someone who rallies a team to be more than the sum of it's parts. A culture guy, but this time, a culture guy with a track record. I couldn't take another year of Dino Babers and if Syracuse kept him, they risked falling into obscurity right at the height of conference realignment. I'm not sure how much longer I can take the obvious coaching disadvantage we have in these high stakes Playoffs Games during Josh Allen's prime. At some point he will no longer be 27... he'll be 34 and still likely very good, but not running over people and willing the team to victory. We still have a handful of shots of Josh Allen in his prime, but every year, we lose a bullet from the chamber.

Ah yes, I must not have been clear when I said "Chiefs - Ravens" that I was talking about the Chiefs vs the Ravens.

Flame away if anyone would like... I can stomach us not being able to get over the hump right now if KC with Mahomes/Reid/Kelce/Jones etc is just the new Patriots dynasty. I can't stomach it if both Cincinnati (Burrow) and Baltimore (Lamar) have found a way.

Yes. I can't blame McDermott for kicking on a 4th and 9 with a makeable FG, but we all knew it was over the second Bass trotted onto the field. We just didn't realize it would be our kicker ending it.

It's amazing, right? New England was lucky for a decade. KC has been lucky for six years running. Somehow only teams like us have the aw shucks, ol' bad breaks.. Or maybe it's more than that and people who chalk things up to luck use it as a defense mechanism when they repeatedly come up short.