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Yeah. Not, well, good, but adequate. Obviously we wouldn't be throwing 500+ passes to Mack Hollins, but when pressed into service he is, in fact, serviceable. I liked things better when he was looking like he would be our #5, and not our #2.

Taron Johnson is just an absurdly good football player. Dang.

The last time Hollins was pressed into service was 2022 for the Raiders, and he was perfectly adequate. Per target averages just under Allen's 2023 per-attempt averages.

Steelers are in extremely rough shape at the QB position.

He looks the part for sure. I feel very good about our linebacker depth this year, to be honest. Losing Milano hurts, but I think the unit will be solid still.

Genuinely no, he was pretty okay for the first stint. No clue what happened to him.

Alternatively-- the Bills have an EXTREMELY high hit rate for draft picks, which plays into why they were still able to win the division last season despite having so many injuries to key starters

5.43 yards per target on 58 targets in the last 7 games of the season. He was bad, fam.

Diggs was at 5.43 yards per target on the Brady stretch of the season and was frequently single covered. We still targeted him more than 8 times per game, he just didn't produce. People (like myself) that are not concerned saw a productive offense under Brady and view Diggs' and Davis' (poor) production as readily replaceable. Davis had a couple of big games in that stretch but was only targeted 26 times total. Did he produce commensurate with other WR1s?

???? Diggs averaged 5.43 yards per target under Brady, it was bad, dude. He was targeted on average over 8 times per game and simply didn't do much with those targets.

Diggs' per-target numbers were brutal on the back stretch. The argument isn't based on volume stats.

What? His production numbers don't remotely bear that out. He has roughly average efficiency. If you threw a 550 attempt season to Mack Hollins' career per-target averages, you get a ~60% completion percentage for ~4,200 yards and 25 touchdowns. He's fine. Not good, but fine.

He was already a lock.

Our opponent W-L under Dorsey was .441 (avg 7.5 wins on the season). Under Brady it was .513 (avg 8.7 wins on the season).

Also, median points under Brady was 27 FYI. Your numbers are off.

Because the poster referenced it directly? The Bills offensive executed about 9 more plays per game under Brady than under Dorsey with no drop in passing YPA. They were much more consistent.

The stats do NOT bear that out. The Bills scored far more points and ran nearly 10 additional plays per game as an offense versus the slide period. They were a much more consistent team, offensively, under Brady.

Sure, but it's scoring fewer points that creating losses, not losses creating fewer points. Very different from the teams-running-more-when-ahead thing.

The Bills under Brady scored 27 per game against pretty good competition last season, despite Diggs falling off a cliff. Genuine question, what is the sustainability concern and where does it stem from? What do we think will be worse as compared to the back seven games of the season?

How are we defining "ball control"? The Bills passed about the same amount, they just happened to be running ~9 more plays per game than they did under Dorsey because their drives weren't constantly sputtering. YPA was unchanged, too. Turns out running the ball a little more when it's beneficial to do so can improve your offensive consistency. If the Bills continue to win games at a 6:1 ratio in the 2024 season I can promise I will not be complaining about how they do it.

So... when our offense is excellent, per usual, this year, are y'all still dooming going to acknowledge you were wrong? Asking for a friend.

You are citing some random fantasy football website's opinion as the basis of your claim?

(Citation needed)

One thing I really like about Coleman so far as that he comes across as being pretty cerebral about what moves will get him open and why. Seems to have a really good understanding of how defensive backs will typically move in a given coverage/leverage. Hoping he can translate that into continuing success against increased level of defensive competence in the modern NFL.

? I was addressing a specific argument because it was quantifiable and therefore easy to address. It ends the ambiguity and allows the conversation to progress based on that shared reality.