Yobogoya!

Are you saying we didn't? Our roster on paper and in practice was both devoid of top talent and limped into the post-season with our annual allotment of injuries. Josh Allen buys this roster a lot of leeway, especially when the AFC East (and AFC as a whole) is as weak as it was last year. As long as he keeps this roster over-achieving, the front office will continue to think they're just "one or two pieces away".

It would be one thing if we were using the running game to set up the pass. But we aren't even doing that, lol. We use the run game and it either works or it doesn't. And then we pass and hope for the best...

I don't know, I think this is all very systemic and it in all likelihood starts with McD's need to have a minimum "comfort level" with guys he both works with and rosters. We joke about the Caroline train all the time, but it's 110% true that when the chips are down or there's a question that needs to be answers- these guys routinely go to the well of guys they know to find a "solution" over exploring options they aren't familiar with. That's true both for personnel AND staff.

Thanks for the insight! I'll now retreat to my bedroom under the stairs to reevaluate not only my outlook on football, but life itself.

True that’s a fair call that Brady actually had some experience beforehand, but he’s executing an offense that looks like McDermott’s ideal concept so I think he’s “process” enough to consider as part of this train of thought.

Instead of bringing in proven coordinators who might have their own concepts they want to run, you promote: - Ken Dorsey (fired after 1.5 seasons, fired against the next year by his next team) - Joe Brady (biggest thing going for him is he wasn't Ken Dorsey. 2nd biggest thing is he'll build the offense McD wants) - Bobby Babich (another puppet hire- who may or may not even perform his own duties right now) Then you big contracts to: - T. Bernard (who alternates between injured and a liability) - M. Milano (same as Bernard, only he'll count 12mil dead cap next year to not play for us) - D. Knox (who you replaced on the depth chart right after signing, and is now a 8 digit/yr blocker TE) - G. Rousseau (who is earning a top-10 edge def contract but has never been mistaken for a top-10 player) - T. Johnson (was great during his first extension- now is mercifully out of the lineup, being outplayed by his backup) - C. Benford (deserved a raise as CB1, but extended after several injuries and is now a major question mark less than 1 season after signing for top-15 $) - K. Shakir (solid player, earned a contract but is making 13mil aav to be a role player and can't be the focal point of our passing attack) - E. Oliver (who might be a force if he could stay on the field and find some semblance of consistency) And most of these guys have been good players, some have flashed to greatness- but there's an awful lot of money tied up in those names that you'd have to feel better about if it was going to a proven, ELITE difference maker (of which we have only Josh Allen and James Cook...) I remember after the 2023 season it seemed like we were poised for a rebuild year- we were OVER the cap heading into the off-season, injuries had piled up, we had fired our OC mid-season and McDermott hadn't chosen a DC yet. Diggs was erratic and eventually bullied our front office into moving on from him, requiring us to absorb a MASSIVE $30mil cap hit for the year. Had no choice but to roster a (seemingly) washed Von Miller for the year due to the big cap hit. We ended up over-achieving last year, and made the AFCC game despite injuries and lack of top shelf talent and I think that's caused us to double and even triple down on the "process" instead of going full reset, dumping bad contracts, finding proven coordinators and trying to poise ourselves to better compete before Josh Allen turns 30 (not gonna happen now). People were looking for a big move at the deadline this year, but the fact is we've spent too much money right up tot he cap AGAIN this year and the majority of our home-grown contracts aren't paying the dividends we need.

Don't forget the end around. We've tried about half a dozen players and have graduated from "disaster fumble" to "1 yard gain" They're gonna break one for 3 or 4 yards eventually, just give them time to work it out!

McDermott has his philosophy of complimentary football and that's what he wants to run- period. I like McD but I think he's too rigid for his own good. Instead of building around his QB, he wants his QB to conform to his vision of ball control offense. Ironically, Purdy is playing for a head coach who wants to score with reckless abandon while Josh is here with a guy who wants him neutered.

Hollins and Cooper are definitely missed. Even tho he was the end of his career, Cooper still had to be accounted for from a big play potential standpoint. Opposing D's just don't respect anyone we got on the outside now.

It's true that Allen could be executing much better and more efficiently in this offense than he has been, for sure. It's also true that designing an offense that is the complete opposite of your generational QB's talents is an asinine thing to do in the first place.

Imagine face planting into the most athletic QB in history and then designing a run-first, < 5 yard passing attack for him lol

Honestly if they really want to commit to this run first, run second offense they needed to get an upgrade at RB2. If that's the offense you want, at least go all in.

You can only clap your hands after s--- hits the fan so many times before your team is going to wonder if you have any actually constructive solutions 🤓

Like I should've known better, lol

I mean there's just so many juicy letdowns to choose from 😅

Have to admit, of all the times I've thought the fins might steal one from us- I didn't expect it to be after they had mailed it in on the year and are primed for a big organizational reset. Big failure to let them take this upset. They might not win another all year.

Coaches like Campbell and Vrabel don't even think that's a roll of the dice. It's an expectation.

Don't forget Peterman's road debut vs san diego, the pick-a-palooza. And then the week 1 drubbing in Josh's rookie year when he decided that same Nathan Peterman was going to be the veteran mentor for Josh to learn from. I think either of those games belongs up there.

I thought that all season until last week, when I tricked myself into thinking the youth movement in the secondary and McDermott handling defensive calls had us turning the corner... Whoops, lol.

Beane and McDermott said from day 1 that they wanted to build through the draft and retain their talent. Which is great in theory, but they've over-committed to that philosophy and bet big on guys that have turned out to be pretty average at best.

The dolphins have more players on IR than we do and blew up their organization this past week. They're in tank mode, lol.

On that drive where we were backed up at the 2 I had a flashback to that 98 yard TD Josh threw to Gabe against the Steelers. I miss that offense, lol.

It's got to be up there. I was strangely confident heading into this week, which I had to remind myself was a mistake- you can never count an underdog out against the McDermott style of play. Fact is no matter how bad the QB or the defense we're up against, our entire team philosophy is to limit Josh Allen's (yes, THAT Josh Allen) offensive possessions and to sit back on defense and let the other team's offense execute or fail.

And Josh coughs away the game. Pretty dreadful team loss. And we added several more injuries to the pile.

Keon you have to go back to the ball to draw the flag there, 😩