Ethan in Cleveland

Still good teams in the NFC. The entire NFC West is tough and Dallas is still a contender. If Rodgers leaves that division is terrible. Tampa has a good team even if Brady retires, but depending on who they replace him with will determine how good they can be. But agree, AFC looks like they have the better and younger QBs.

Good!!! Dumb to play that game anyways.

Rodgers is under contract for 2022. He can’t simply retire and then go to Denver. GB would still have his rights. Denver needs to trade for him or GB needs to cut him Adam Gase 2.0.

Both my sons are in Chicago for college. We made the trip in 2014. OT win with the Fred Jackson stiff arm and Jay Cutler to Kyle INT. Will definitely go to that game. Will Rodgers be in GB? Will Adams? Could we see Allen on Thanksgiving again vs Detroit? Will Cleveland rebound? Who will be the QB for the Steelers? I have a feeling the Bills will seek revenge and really hammer the Steelers and the 10K fans from Pittsburgh that usually show up for that game. Which game could be the Jax equivalent? My guess it will be a division loss to the Jets on the road. My its way too soon prediction 5-1 in the division, loss to Browns, loss to LA... 14-3 and home field advantage in the playoffs

Says who? He wasn't voted all-pro. He was voted into the ProBowl in the past by the fans. His second ProBowl season was a joke. He was injured and played worse than he did his rookie year. We have no idea what real NFL people think about him.

If there is one thing this board agrees upon is that Oliver has improved and he played well this year. Is he living up to his draft status, not really but who cares. He is a consistent disruptor. He will never be Aaron Donald, but nobody in NFL history has been either. Pick up his option and then see what happens. He is a top 8-15 DT but I'm sure he will want to get paid like he is a top 5 guy.

I don't get it. Why can't he be the backup center just because he is playing? Williams was the back-up RT when he was playing RG? Feliciano was the back-up cneter when he was plying guard. I too would draft a C/G high if they do not address in FA. Most of us advocated that last year instead of Basham. I could see Beane making a big OG signing in FA and leaving the draft for defense and a WR.

I'm old and slow to pick up on the lingo. What does LAMP mean?

Klein was worth the money and I'd be fine with him as a backup LB. You are correct he can start in a 4-3 and he can back up both positions. That said they should add at least one young linebacker in the bottom end of the draft. Mantekevic and Jones are guys that should be replaced with UDFA. Beane no longer has the luxury of wasting money on guys who do a 60 yard sprint as Bass kicks the ball in the endzone.

Do you really believe they were the #1 defense in the league? Isn't Bates the answer to your first question? He's already on the team and is a restricted FA. Feliciano was ok. He was not terrible. But he will be replaced with a rookie draft pick most likely.

We know what happened. Epic coaching fail but Beane has no authority to do anything about.

Agree. Attacking Brown would have been the gameplan. He was the weakest link in pass protection but Allen would have seen it coming

If this was all on Frazier then McDermott is equally culpable. They called timeouts before both plays. He had plenty of time to intervene. The buck stops with McDermott. He cost us a SB run. He choked. He let us all down. And we are stuck with him in 2022.

Great to know that an organization that wastes roster spots and tons of cap space on special teams can't get it right in the most important moment. Still the defense choked.

Who cares. We have Allen. We don't even know if Dorsey is any good at anything. I'd favor continuity but who is the OC is the least of my worries heading in to this off-season.

Yes after an amazing year, no doubt it wil be easy to make multiple SuperBowls in the future. Dan Marino

Rams would have been tough but the Bills have more weapons on offense. All Daboll would need to do is keep Singletary or Moss in to help block Donald. Dawkins can handle Miller most of the time 1:1. Dawkins was playing an an all-time level down the stretch. Best he has looked in three years after coming back from COVID. Rams are not nearly as dynamic as KC. Bills pass rush probably gets Stafford on the ground unlike letting Mahommes get free.

Lol...they played ***** offenses all season long Stats say the pass rush was better but with Hughes and Addison like gone, I 100% agree. Keep addressing the pass rush. Would favor bringing in a veteran at DE to go along with the 3 young guys.

McDermott heavy zone scheme will be helpful as White works himself back to 100%. Elite speed and man to man coverage are not his key skills. He holds up fine in man to man but he excels in short and middle zones and rarely gets beat deep( exception was almost giving up that long TD in Baltimore playoff game where Hunley missed wide open WR)

White is a very good corner but he is not an elite CB. Only way he makes HOF is if he moves to safety and plays another decade. No doubt he makes a difference in that game. But just about any corner in the league has the sped to stay with Kelce. Had Wallace simply not given him that ridiculous cushion he would not have been so wide open. I suspect he was coached to lone up like that. The whole defense was playing to prevent a TD not to stop them from getting precious yards.

Don't give these GMs any credit. There are plenty of morons out there. Seattle has a good one and he gave up two first round picks for a safety that is terrible in pass coverage. Beane could get a first and 3rd for Edmunds easily or an elite OL.

They passed on Mahommes in 2017. Maybe the fans were right?

13 seconds to stop a FG attempt. McDermott cost us a SB title Stop overthinking it. He blew it. All his dumb ass comments about process and in the biggest moment he cost us a title.

Huh??? Philly won a SB without Reid before Reid won his in KC. Seemed to work out well for both

You are very likely correct. I was posting what I would do. Not predicting what they will do. If as you say a move to DE is hopeless, I would trade him for another player or a draft pick. I have seen enough of him in a Bills uniform. I don't want him playing MLB for the Bills. He has value and there will be a team that will trade for him. Teams make dumb decisions all the time. Seattle gave up two first round picks for a safety that can't cover. What do I think will happen? I think Beane makes the dumb decision to sign him to an extension and it will be an albatross around the neck of the defense for the next 5 years. I don't even like Oliver that much but I would favor extending him over Edmunds.