HamptonBillsfan

I understand that having the Bills record of division titles gets sports media to assign credit to a front office for personnel decisions and coaching hires, but the team doesn’t pass the eyeball test to keen observers. Will you as a Beane supporter acknowledge that after Diggs, he has not brought in an adequate group of receivers to support the best arm talent QB in football? Would you acknowledge his last 3 drafts has not netted a game changing skill position or defensive player? Between the whiff on Coleman and the cap restrictions caused by extending or keeping injury prone or unproductive players that prevent acquisitions, he has reduced our defensive unit to mediocre at best and made bringing in a vertical threat receiver at the deadline impossible.We don’t stop the run and our secondary lacks quality depth. An elite GM shouldn’t allow a HOF QB to look as frustrated and impotent as Josh looked against Miami if he can make a move to improve the team. See what Philly, Seattle did.

The problem is with Josh and Cook,we’re never going to be bad enough for ownership to replace Beane. He’s just not in the class of the elite GMs that win SBs(KC, Philly, LA,). Sean will go before Beane guaranteed.

It’s a self fulfilling prophecy that when a guy gets drafted as high as Coleman( 1st rd if you factor the trade down) management will sacrifice the success of the position group to force development of the pick. Our offense became run first with short receiver screens or check downs because our primary wideout couldn’t get open or nonchalanted his route and didn’t even bother to sell it. It took 10 games and Josh looking frustrated and ineffective to realize Coleman was a huge problem. Now, with the a realistic group( still lacking a true #1 or #2) giving Josh opportunities downfield and open receivers, we’re looking formidable. Sadly, this is the biggest indictment of a defensive/ST HC. He knew how undeveloped and mentally checked out Coleman was way before this but allowed team confidence to diminish rather than pull the trigger on replacing him. If we’re going to be successful Brady has to take charge of personnel similar to what Dabol did. Brady did a 180 in his play calling when Sean finally sat Coleman.

Hardman goes from team to team because along with flashes of speed and talent he features poor ball security and the dropsies. He will do more damage than we can afford.

Who’s gonna play QB for them? I doubt Rodger’s will play with a broken bone in his wrist.

I’m not anointing him as being great but for a Bishop detractor I am proud to say he looks physical , athletic and locked in and I was premature. My apologies to Cole and does this defense need him in the worst way.

Brady made a 180 yesterday and Josh got his head straight with the aggressive, quick strike, prolific passing game. I think teams will have to score 30 plus to beat us and even then , Josh will stick in their ear in the 4th quarter. NE will be a defining game for the division and we have a score to settle with them. I like our chances. Houston, Pitt can’t score enough, especially with Davis Mills and Rodger’s injured. I think Coleman will be better now that he’s on probation and if he’s not a good team guy, his career has a cloud over it and the agent will read him the riot act.

A no brainer, he should be a Bill instead of the receivers on this roster, Shakir and Kincaid being the only keepers.

It’s painful to think we’re wasting our great QB with game plans that are designed around a receiving corps that can’t stretch the field or get separation. Realistically our talent level can’t improve until we purge this roster of players that are overpaid and not impactful. Sadly I don’t think Beane, with his resume of roster construction shouldn’t be the one making these decisions.

My biggest question about receivers is Beane’s hesitancy to resign Hollins. He was so productive and clutch. He was not going to be expensive but with other clubs interested it was just easier to let him walk .Samuel has been often injured and it’s obvious Josh has no trust or desire to target him. Moore, for whatever reason is an afterthought in our offense. With Palmer being a lower tier addition as a FA, it makes you wonder how Beane is prioritizing talent or if he is just slapping together journeyman players that fit into the beleaguered cap situation he has with the overpaid players he has extended and Josh/Cook contracts. It’s hard to reconcile the sad reality that Beane never intended to add any quality talent with an untenable financial commitment and this will continue. Unless he stumbles on a player drafted late in round one, Josh will have to make due with lesser talent at receiver.

Beane is totally responsible for the Pats having flipped the comparison of rosters in one offseason. Besides bringing in quality coordinators and a vastly superior HC, they added skill positions players that are producing at a high level. They are far better on the backend of their defense and their front seven is as good or better than ours. Josh and Cook are arguably the best tandem QB/RB in football. If we beat them in January that’s great but with their trajectory with the GM/HC advantage being huge, can we expect to keep our AFC hierarchy position much longer? Only distorted pompom carrying homers can avoid this reality.

Simple answer is that Beane takes the easiest route to put a reasonably priced product on the field that will destroy the cap but not force bidding against other teams, or using draft capital.His extensions, made possible by restructuring other contracts and kicking cap hell down the road, were made without ever factoring injury history and inconsistency into the decision. Now, we have our pedestrian coordinators trying to game plan and call plays with depth players and less talented veterans(White,Poyer, Milano. AJ, Knox, Moore, Jones ,Phillips, Samuel etc) that we are stuck with. We should expect more of the same next season because Beane doesn’t draft well and the cap restrictions continue. Ask yourself why are so many of our highest paid stars injured so often?

The furthest thing from the Pegulas mind is questioning the GM/HC on the Bills. With the new stadium and the Bills still a playoff team what could be wrong with the world. He’s basically a photo -op owwner. I think Jessica would be a better owner with regard to holding people accountable.

Allen is a victim of an offensive game plan that teams have caught up with. If you’re going to be a run first offense , including slot receiver screens behind the line, and use check downs to bring about 3rd and short, when stacked boxes and missed O-line blocks ruin the game plan, Josh is forced to throw against safety and corner blitzing or on the run that’s where he changes delivery. Mahomes and Stafford do the same thing. The receivers are not great but they’re not a big part of the offense. When they’re asked to get open on 3rd and long against double teams or defenders trying to prevent free releases, they just can’t and Josh has tiny windows. Brady has to open up the offense while still getting Cook touches. So far, he’s failed and if he continues to force the same approach, he will see Josh lose confidence in our coaching and himself.

Thanks, I’m still waking up.