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We don’t have anyone that can win one on one, but Beasley was here with Diggs and Sanders back when our GM cared about WR’s, so I can see where he’s coming from. He’s also correct that all we run is mesh routes and defenses are completely keyed in on them. When the pass rush comes quick, Josh just has to guess who might pop open. Thanks Dion!

Shakir is a luxury player. A Deebo type WR4 to play in the slot and backfield. He shouldn’t be our primary slot. And because he is, we can’t play Keon there, we can’t move Gabe or Palmer inside down to down. We’re completely static in our positions which makes us easier to defend.

#2 is wild for how accurate it is. I mean what are we doing? Comical year for this staff.

How many wake up calls does this team need? Brady refuses to change from his overwhelming five man protection scheme love, even when Allen is getting killed. Falcons beat him up. Dolphins beat him up. Texans almost buried him six feet deep. Eric Wood told a story about how Marrone wouldn’t give help against JJ Watt because he said he won’t change his entire gameplan for one person. Thats literally what Brady is doing out there this year.

Agree completely. Would this team be any different without Bernard, Benford, Rousseau and Shakir and replacement level players in their place? Or maybe, gasp, we play Keon where he’s supposed to play. This Defense is better without Bernard. Injury is an excuse but he’s always injured. The other 3 have been ok.. and they were paid to make a jump. In reality, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference on the cap this year, but we’re suffering this year for previous contracts like Milano, Knox, Johnson and Samuel. It’s a hamster wheel of constantly paying non-game changers. At least this group is young .. about the only thing they have going for them.

Just do it. It literally cannot be worse. He works with Kromer on the run game and Kromer will still be here. Josh calling his own plays could likely replicate Five Man Protection Mesh Brady’s simplistic bs in the passing game. Let Joe go take the LSU or PSU job, hit the recruiting trail and gtfo of Buffalo.

Very fair and very accurate assessment. The question is.. how much is that skillset worth?

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.