JGMcD2

You’re still here? What do I have to do to get you to stop posting? I really hope you’re not in charge of a group of employees somewhere... because if that’s how you view people and talk about them you should really re-evaluate things. I shudder at the thought of having to deal with someone as negative and nasty as you on a day to day basis.

Very good points. Very level headed points. Thank you for using what seems to be ever elusive logic on this board.

Ah, let me clarify what I meant. We’re up 1.5 games AND have the tiebreaker. I phrased that poorly. Having the tiebreaker is like having a 2.5 game lead, because if things were even we’d still have the lead. Miami needs to make up 2.5 games to take over the division. I misspoke.

We’re 2.5 up with the tiebreaker over them, as of now.

I’m pretty sure Thuney, Andrews and Mason will all be active. White, Harris, and Burkhead. Also, JJ Taylor. My buddy played at U of A, raves about Taylor. Says he’s someone who can get hot and takeover a game. Gives me Jonas Gray vibes where he may just randomly run for 200 yards and 4 TDs and then never does anything again. There’s a real chance we will have our hands full against the run game.

You’re insufferable. It’s the same post regurgitated on every thread. You keep saying the playoff season in 2017 was pure luck. They didn’t make the playoffs because they had the record and the necessary tiebreakers? The team got lucky week in and week out? Nobody in the front office or on the coaching staff did anything to contribute to making the playoffs? “Compared to most powerhouse franchises” list those off for me and let’s look at the path it took for the organization to become a powerhouse franchise. If all of them happened overnight then you win and I’ll delete my account.

I just watched the All-22 from the Ravens game real quick... that was 100% NOT Micah Hyde’s fault. Both and Hyde and Poyer were on the right side of the formation. Hyde was lined up against Nick Boyle and Poyer was lined up against Hayden Hurst. Hurst was off of the LT and Boyle was off of him. Hyde and Poyer were right next to each other. Boyle made a break into the flat and then came back across the field. Hurst ran a route in the middle of the field and Poyer just lost him in coverage. Hyde was working back towards the middle of the field with Boyle as the pass was thrown and recognized the blown coverage and made an attempt to get down field to make a play... he was the closest player to Hurst when he scored, but it wasn’t Micah’s fault.

McDermott and Beane work as a unit. They hold each other to a high standard. This is just kind of oddly worded... I’m sure they’ll sit down and discuss things at length... but you obviously don’t know anything about McDermott to think he needs a flame lit under him... dude is a self starter. McDermott talks about the Process for a reason. It’s not lip service. There’s constant reevaluating of things. People don’t want to buy it... that’s cool. It’s just a lack of understanding of the dichotomy of a professional sports front office and the men we have in charge.

Anyone know anything about Mason Kinsey, Isaiah Zuber or Kristian Wilkerson? Those are the Pats PS WR.

Interesting stuff from Feliciano. Goes hand in hand with the mental health stuff I’ve been talking about with Edmunds. These are people!

The numbers so far suggest our pass rush isn’t bad... the balk is our quick and short to nullify the pass rush. We’re not doing anything different than we’ve done in the past 3 years under McDermott. Play zone, play off the ball, don’t give up big plays, force teams to throw short and rally to the ball in front of the sticks and make a team beat you with that all the way down the field. The numbers you laid out tell the story of the season if you factor in our runs defense. Run defense has been poor so we can’t do that. Missed tackles I would guess are from stopping the run. If you noticed the Jets couldn’t run the ball in the 2nd half and all of a sudden our pass defense looked like it has in year passed. Keep everything short, in front of the stick and rally to the ball. Hopefully they’re turning a corner as a unit. The philosophy works... it’s just execution.

The pundits have been high on Baker all through last year and his uneven start to this year because he had a good rookie year. For a lot of people, if you do well your rookie year it kind of just becomes expected that the player is good. They can live off that narrative. Any time I’ve watched him he’s been really streaky. He throws some HORRIBLE interceptions. At least one a game where he doesn’t even see a guy lurking. Think Josh’s second pick against Tennessee but multiplied by 1000000. If he gets hot, he basically can’t miss. But if he’s disrupted for awhile, he basically can’t get back on track. I also know from a player on their teams that he thinks he’s better than reading the playbook and studying film... at least compared to the QBs this player has played with in the past. He pretty much thinks he can just go out and play.

How is it going to be a problem that takes a few year to rebound? The post laid out there's fairly minimal dead cap when compared to the savings from releasing certain players. It's nothing like the Walker and Dockery signings at all. EDIT: Re: Walker and Dockery Maybe performance wise, but not in the sense that it's going to handicap the franchise. Dead money is normal.

That’s how the WC works. You’re not the best team in your division, so you go up against other teams for a shot at the playoffs. The Bills did everything they needed to do to be a playoff team in 2017. The Baltimore Ravens did not. Just because it comes down to certain scenarios doesn’t mean a team wasn’t playoff caliber... they were in the playoffs... therefore they were a playoff team. They did what they needed to do and other teams didn’t. The statements about this year are pretty funny, like arguing with a 3 year old.

Our fan base is full of chronic complainers... this board highlights that. McDermott doesn’t complain so that seems odd. Josh doesn’t complain in the traditional sense, but when he gets hit he often asks for flags. Not in the obnoxious was Brady does where he stands in a referees huddle... but he will often point and gesture... so I can see it. I wouldn’t label him as a complainer though, not while knowing his story to get to the league.

Explain to me how we backed into the playoffs? I don’t know what that means.

He’s not playing up to his potential by any means. I think everyone agrees with that, there are a variety of reasons why that’s the case. The point of it all is, he’s not playing as bad as everyone on this message board is making it seem. Folks with an eye for film have said he’s been fine, which obviously isn’t where we need to him to be, but the whole sky is falling, he’s useless cut him, trade him, he’s not even good enough to be a backup in the league stuff is just ridiculous. But at some point discussions on this board are like arguing with a 3 year old. No matter how much logic you use, facts you supply and discussion you have... someone is going to just push back because they don’t know any better.

Well it’s funny, because those who analyze film say he isn’t out of position play after play and he’s actually doing his job. Cover1 talks about how his film actually looks ok and the reactions after the game are knee jerk. But facts don’t matter.

Would you like to cite those analysts? Edmunds wasn’t incorrectly shooting gaps this week, he was overrunning and struggling to get off blocks... but that was largely cleaned up in the 2nd half... Sure, blame falls on Edmunds for the poor run defense. Not denying that, I’m also not ready to give up on a guy because of a sample size 5 injury riddled games... I also wouldn’t give up on him after 16 injury riddled games, when he’s shown improvement over his first two seasons. It’s just plain dumb...

Cover 1 has made it pretty clear his tape isn’t all that bad. He seems to be hampered by an injury. He was progressing fine in Y1 and Y2... and now in Y3 he looks bad? Sure, if he didn’t have the injury it would be an issue, but the tape shows he’s doing what he’s supposed to and he’s in the right spot, but he can’t shed blocks which is an issue that has hampered him in the past but he also needs to use his shoulders to do so. Cover 1 states he’s doing his job in the scheme... You can’t claim regression when a player is hurt... their physical ability is hampered but they haven’t regressed. I’ll bet he miraculously bounces back... but it won’t be a miracle... it’ll be because he’s healthy.

Well if he’s as bad as everyone says... he won’t be making all that much 🤣

I would say no, it's not time to move on. He had improved steadily up until this year, he will be 23 for all of next season... What everyone is suffering from is prospect fatigue... it happens a lot in baseball. Guy is hyped up in the system for a long time, so people get their hopes up.. he doesn't perform right away and because they've known about him for a long time they just think he's a bust and want to cut bait. I promise you it's a mistake with this type of player... he is still learning on the job. Say we were to replace him in the draft... Dylan Moses would be a popular option. Tremaine is only 23 days older than Moses and has 3 years in the NFL... as much as people don't think that's a big deal... it is. Chazz Surratt, Errol Thompson, Charles Snowden, Gabriel Cox are some of the other top LB prospects and they're all older than Tremaine. I don't think people realize we have a unicorn here.

Awesome, thanks. I figured there was some improvement there as a whole. It looks like they tightened it up in the 2nd half... I wouldn't say the Jets abandoned the run... they just couldn't do anything at all. They had the ball 5 times in the 2nd half and had 2 first downs... the first play of their first drive in the Q3 was a 13 yard run by Gore and then they went 3 and out. 3 and out on the next 3 drives.... the 2nd first down was because of the Hyde penalty. They ran 17 plays and ran the ball 5 times.

Appreciate the video. It would be cool to see some more bad plays from the second half... I think the only one you had there was the dropped interception, which I definitely thought he should have caught. The one at the end of the 1st half was a tough play... he was playing deeper in order to avoid a big play with time expiring.. Darnold made a nice play escaping the pocket and pitched it forward to his RB and it popped off the RBs hands... IMO that's a stretch to say it's a "blatantly bad play by Edmunds." Other than that 2nd half dropped interception, everything you showed was from the first half... does that mean things improved in the second half and he played much better as the whole Bills defense did? Or was that just a coincidence?

No, we don't pay attention to that at all. It's meaningless.