Yobogoya!

That was definitely our strongest performance of the year, but I don't think it's close to the dominance from last night. 21 offensive points vs 9 3 sacks vs 8 sacks 1 turnover vs 3 turnovers No doubt the talent (and lack thereof) plays a factor. If you lose a beast like Hoecht or Anderson your performance will suffer, but even at our best we aren't holding a Mahomes-led offense to 9 points. And lord knows we've had ample opportunities to do so.

I often wonder what McDermott's ideal defense actually would look like if brought to fruition. Would it look anything like Houston's D did last night? Anything like Cleveland? We've invested an awful lot of draft capital and cash money into this defense. 8 years into the process and even with all the money spent and draft picks used -- I don't know that we've ever put on the type of a clinic that Houston put on us last night. Remember a touchdown was brought by special teams so the offense itself really only produced 9 points. To put it another way-- if you have Demeco Ryans call plays for our defense and put McDermott in charge of that Houston D, what does this past game look like? Does our offense still get smothered and suffocated into oblivion-- or does Allen sit back with no pressure and pick them apart while Davis Mills gets tortured?

I often forget he's on the team. Unless a team is running the ball straight at him, his value doesn't show up much.

Looks like you're right, the dead cap is only 3.6 after 2026 vs 2.4 after 2027. We can only hope Beane is replaced this off season -- making sure he doesn't weld us into more bone headed extensions so that the next guy is actually set up to do something in 2027. Or maybe we'll get lucky and him and McDermott will completely change their philosophy on how to construct a roster.

We can pick up about ~$20mil I think by moving on from Taron, Knox and Samuel next year. Bass needs to take a pay cut or be replaced. Guys like Groot, Bernard, and Benford we are welded to. Bernard especially seems like that one's gonna hurt for a couple years. As things stand I cannot fathom a world where both his health AND his play on the field comes close to living up to that extension.

This has been an issue for a long time. Skyler Thompson, anyone? The fact we can't make Davis Mills even a little uncomfortable in the pocket while our unicorn of a QB gets smothered and has no one open is a travesty that's even harder to watch than some of the bad drought losses. At least I expected to lose most of those.

There's a good reason for this: we aren't as "good" of a roster as the media and fans think we are. We are only "supposed to beat" these teams because our MVP QB has made us look dominant, when we clearly are not a dominant-built roster by any stretch. Josh Allen has been masking the talent and coaching deficiencies on this team for years now. We are only even in the wild card conversation because of him, otherwise we'd be a doormat this year.

Found Beane's lurker account.

This is the problem with Beane and McD feeling their jobs are not only secure but bulletproof— the win now mentality and urgency just isn’t there. Beane won’t trade away an important pick he thinks he’ll be making, but he might be more inclined if he thinks another GM is going to be the one using it.

It doesn’t help the line that we’re taking the play clock all the way down and predictably snapping with just 1 second left so the d line can jump the snap.

4th down on the road you can not be breaking the huddle with 10 seconds on the play clock ffs

This team is soft, undersized and then they’re put in a scheme where they sit back and let the bigger, physical offenses bowl right into them. Shouldn’t be a shock that they drop like flies.

This scheme is only ever vindicated on a drive like that where the opposing offense implodes on itself.

Bernard hurt. That’s new.

Shanahan is an evil genius who sacrifices his players bodies for the machine, but no doubt his scheme and his play calling aptitude are special.