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54 minutes ago, loedward22 said:
I wouldn’t trade any amount of money for them absolutely not winning in my lifetime. There’s no amount. They’re one of the most important things in my life, sad as that may seem, and knowing they had no chance would effectively take that from me.100% agree with the sentiment that no sum of money would be worth it.
3 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:The better question is, "How much would you bet as an emotional hedge if your team were in the Super Bowl?" Probably $2,000.
I was thinking this same thing lol.
My emotional hedge would probably be $50k, anything more and my wife might make me sell the bourbon collection lol
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38 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Since 2020 it's the same QB's and HC's that have been leading the 4 legit SB contenders in the AFC.
Obviously.
Drawing some arbitrary line 3 years ago.........as if anything has significantly changed in these rounds.......is simply illogical.
But let's look at those last 3 seasons in the divisional and championship round where you claim "the bottom line is the offense is good enough" but the defense requires them to score "30+ points" to win.
Offense: 22.5 points scored per game
Defense 27.5 allowed..........including only 1 of 4 games over 30 points allowed.
We all know why McBeane loaded up on defense.
Not the first time Beane has thrown a surprising amount of money at a bunch of cold-product defensive free agents and fans have just assumed they would be better than they were when their prior team released them outright or let them walk.
And if Bosa and Hoecht and Ogunjobi never play a down and Hairston, Sanders and Jackson make little-to-no impact as rookies......like Bishop and Carter the year prior.....the Bills will probably be RIGHT BACK in the divisional round against one of those other 3 stud QB's.
And it's still anyone's guess which side of the ball will be called upon to make a key play close out that/those game(s).
And if you want to go back to 2020, we had an elite QB/Wr combo...with Beas and Brown.
And again, we should go for elite offense?
This defense has never been able to get off the field in key situations, thats been a sad fact.
Looking back to 2020 is just dumb. Like these teams are so comparable to now. But at least we had what you want then- and it still didnt work.
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7 hours ago, FireChans said:
I just don't think it's an either/or proposition.
Yes, imo, the defense has been crappier overall in the postseason if I had to assign a blame pie.
I think a lot of folks like @Alphadawg7 and @NewEra and @MasterStrategist see that as there's more room for improvement/impact if we add a star there. I think that's a reasonable take.
The problem is I have next to zero confidence that we would see that significant impact due to the apparent coaching mismatch.
Do I think adding a Myles Garrett may help us make an extra play or two to beat the Chiefs? Yes, I do.
Do I think adding a Myles Garrett is going to help us put up a 2020 Bucs or 2024 Eagles defensive performance against the Chiefs? I really do not.
So when it comes to beating the Chiefs (and beyond because that's not going to be the Superbowl), I don't really a vast distinction between adding an elite defensive player vs an elite offensive player. In fact, I think it's a reasonable take that adding a player who can catch 10+ balls from Josh Allen against the Chiefs will have more impact than a player coached by McD and schemed against by Reid to make an impact.
And to bring it back to Keon Coleman. I hated the pick, because I didn't see the vision of the ceiling. I'm not convinced he is going to be anything more than a Mike Williams type player. Now, Mike Williams was a fine player, but a player like that is never the "answer" at WR.
Ultimately, Keon's stretch of good play mid-season last year made me feel much BETTER about him. If he can be that player more consistently, I will feel much better about the offensive side overall.
Very fair.
We haven't seen McD with an elite def unit (healthy) come playoffs- unit or player at an impact position DE, CB).
Im more pro McD than anyone else here. I think Beane has made so many great moves/and depth, but ultimately has failed at finding an elite defensive talent. Thats likely Beane+Coach+others making those decisions, so its not all on Brandon.
Just think we'd see much different results on defense, if we had a Josh Allen equivalent - like the Chiefs, Eagles, Bengals, 49ers, etc have had to make a deep run.
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4 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
You are LITERALLY using fake numbers to create a numbers argument that is really just a bunch of "feels".
The defense hasn't given up 30+ points in these divisional and AFCCG games.
Use REAL numbers.
In these 7 matchups against the other AFC SB contenders the Bills offense has scored just under 23 and the Bills defense has allowed just under 28.......and the defense has scored a TD of their own.
Both of those scoring numbers are about a TD away from their regular season numbers.
The bottom line is NOT just that the offense is good enough to win as you vaguely declare.
That's simpleton's logic.
The bottom line is that both sides have underachieved similarly overall and they haven't made the plays in the clutch on either side when those plays would ultimately decide the close games.
Why we looking back 7 games? All way back to 2020?
Im looking at recent games: 2022-2024. Yeah Cincy could have easily scored 30, if they didnt take the foot off gas and we would've needed 30 against KC. Point being, what did we "need" to score to win based on game.
Agree offense underperformed. Sometimes, actually alot of times, I dont think you read other posts. Sorry youre either incacapable of that or just too lazy. I mentioned exactly what you said, both underperformed- it is my opinion, the defense has had no answers for Bengals/Chiefs 2022-2024. There's a reason the investment went there this offseason.
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12 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Yea. I don't mind them trying to find serviceable Quarterback play with Aaron. He is no better than serviceable at this stage. But the rest of their offseason around it confuses the hell out of me. They are constantly middling it strategy wise and as a result getting constantly middling results.
Living in Steeler country, 100% agree with this.
Pickens was a headache, so it was pretty clear he was on his way out at some point. But trading for DK and that contract- in the midst of no QB, makes little sense.
They should've been stocking picks for 2026. Instead, they've made an attempt to stay in the 9-10 win category while giving away a valuable pick this year and the $s to DK. Juts not seeing the long game for them.
Wildcard team at best, they crumbled down the stretch LY when their schedule finally got tough.
Unpopular opinion in Pittsburgh, but they should have full rebuild mode and traded Watt while the value is there and continued to load up draft picks.
This team is so scared to go all in, at QB in the Draft, after the Pickett miss. They have a very good defense but the Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers of the world isnt gonna catapult them- they also have issues on that OL IMO.
An injury to Watt or Minkah, and they're a below .500 team IMO.
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1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Do you actually think your vague, barstool logic works?
The "main reason" the Bills season has ended without a Lombardi is LITERALLY because they haven't even reached one. It's not mainly the offense or defense.
Who knows what the defense does if they reach a SB and don't have to face Mahomes, Burrow or Lamar in a big playoff game for once.
If the defense makes a play in 13 seconds or the offense makes a play at the end of the last two losses then maybe we'd have found out.
And yes, the Bills 29 ppg offense from 2020-2025 regularly underperforming in these games ABSOLUTELY has bearing on their season ending.
How can you claim it doesn't when you watched that Bengals blowout or the Allen/Brady choke job at the end of 2023 season? Ridiculous.
You guys have these vague conflations that represent the "excuses" that I am talking about.
Like @MasterStrategist claiming the Bills have to score 30+ points in these divisional or AFCCG matches is another one.
It's hyperbole. These underachieving Bills score just under 23 and allow just under 28 in the divisional and AFCCG rounds where they end up bowing out every year.
Maybe if their offensive scoring average is 26 in those games they win 2 or 3 of those 5 losses?
IF.........those scores are timely. Specifically at the end of the several very close games.
Which brings us to the biggest thing your arguments lack.
Context.
The Chiefs allow 29+ ppg in SB's but have won 3 of 5 despite being significantly outscored overall.
And no, I'm not playing both sides of the fence when I don't consider the WC round and the divisional round in the same sense.
There are only 4 teams that have mattered in the AFC since 2020.
We speedboated Mac Jones?
Who cares?
Does it really matter that the Bills were struggling offensively for 3 quarters in the WC game against the Broncos last year?
The Bills were clearly the overwhelming favorite and better team in all of these games.
The ONLY clutch end-of-game sequence that the offense or defense has ever had in the playoffs in the Allen era was the defensive stop at the end of that Colts WC game.
But a tired Philip Rivers, Mason Rudolph, the severely out-QB's divisional opponents and rookie Bo Nix? What do we glean from parsing meaning from the Bills performances in the WC round?
And again, for context........the 2020 Tom Brady SB winning Bucs won a closely contested, one-score WC game against a lousy 7-9 Washington team.
When the defense gives up 30+, isnt it common sense that we need to outscore opponent to win?
You have some weird twisted logic.
Bottom line, we have a good enough offense to win- if Josh plays within himself. Too many missed chances in the '24 Chiefs game, at crucial moments. Not for a lack of playmakers, but not executing and some questionable playcalling at times.
OTOH, the defense doesnt have a Josh Allen. So we end up giving up massive points, to a middling Chiefs offense in 2024/2023, and had no answers for Burrow in 2022.
Not sure what football game youre watching. Stats are stats, useful as I should know in a profession full of them. But also, the knowledge of football and knowing our team cant do a lick of anything to get off the field on 3rd downs.
We take major luck/breaks to keep with elite offenses. Im not counting on the Hardmans of the world to fumble at the 1. Or Mark Andrew's to cough it up and drop a key 2 point play. Our defense has been lucky at many moments.
We need more talent on that side, obviously Beane agrees with certai posters here. Beane also missed on several high defensive picks and DL FAs. which got us into this problem.
We cant have every position be an all pro. We had the QB/Wr elite combo- how'd that work out? Missed on OL, DL then. Now we have the OL in a good spot and need a very good DL to compete--- this is a Coleman thread after all, hes going to be alot better in Year 2 from what I've seen in. person.
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4 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Your "feels" approach to the math is not congruent with the facts.
In 7 divisional round and championship games the Josh Allen Bills offense has averaged only 22.85 points scored.
So less than 23 points per game is supposed to beat Mahomes, Jackson and Burrow how often exactly?
In that same span the defense has allowed 27.71 points per game. And also chipped in 7 points with the biggest postseason play in Bills history.....the 99 yard Taron Johnson pick six.
So the offense scores about 6 less per game than they do in the regular season from 2020-2025 and the defense allows about 8 more than they normally do(7 net if you factor in their scoring).
The reality is BOTH sides underperform by similar degrees in these huge games.
BOTH.
And one of those sides has the only great player the Bills have on it.
So he either sucks when the chips are down or the talent around him isn't right.
I fall on the "talent around him" has failed him side.
Like I said, you just repeated my exact comments --- both sides underperform.
And in big moments, we have ZERO defens8ve players up to the challenge/elite.
And yeah, Josh made some mistakes--- his talent gets away with it. That picture shows a player with a torn PCL diving....what if Josh didnt adjust the protection to the left and actually looked playside/with the motion....we are talking a 1st down.
8 hours ago, FireChans said:The thing about "clutch" plays, is that they all benefit from the result.
For example:
If Bass connects on the FG in 2023 or the Bills score a TD and stifle the Chiefs, not only is the offense clutch for their contribution, but the defense is clutch for saving the game with the Poyer punch out.
If Josh scores the go-ahead TD last year, the Bills defense looks clutch for that massive stop late to give the offense the ball back with a chance to win it.
So, when you look at it from that perspective, those are two "clutch" defensive moments that ended up not being clutch because the offense didn't hold up on their end.
Now of course, you play this game with 13 seconds and the opposite is true. The offense looked clutch, and the defense failed them, twice.
Unfortunately, when you have knocked on the door as much as we have, there are going to be a million things we can point to. Reid having McD's number, the offense failing in clutch time, the defense failing in clutch time, the whole team not showing up to play for the 2020 AFCCG or the 2022 Bengals loss.
But history is written by the victors. If the defense holds on in 2021, or the offense scores go-ahead points in 2023 and 2024 and the Bills may be the clutch "never say die" dynasty team of the era.
Agree, clutch is clutch. Meaning whoever makes the last big play in these close games become the victor....
We're saying the same thing. Key thing is we have 1 elite player on offense and zero on defense, my point is we need to find a difference maker on that side of the ball--- or get alot more from DL and secondary units.
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2 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:
So the defense coming up big at the end last January is inconsequential because you perceive it as the only time?
How many times has the Bills offense made big plays late in any of what were their elimination games in the Allen era?
Once.
In 6 defeats.
And the only 2 games they've won in the divisional round against Baltimore were won by the defense making huge plays.
In those two divisional WINS Josh Allen threw for a combined 333 yards with 1 touchdown pass in 8 quarters of football.
Brutal. The equivalent of getting 40 hung on you defensively.
In 4 home divisional round games they've scored a pathetic total of 71 offensive points.
The people who buy this bullsh!t that the offense has been good enough and the defense has let them down have the 13 second performance on their brain and nothing else matters.
Disagree with this completely, what youre trying to say about offense.
But agree with your prior post about "making clutch" plays is key.
2022: defense was a sieve. Offense played horrible, many attribute to Josh night before
2023: defense severely undermanned, again a sieve. Bass chokes on a makeable FG- Josh got greedy and offense choked away a chance at the end
2024: defense was garbage after Benford went down, for 1st half. Defense did enough to win 2nd half, but offense blew multiple chances.
If anything, LY was the only season the offense didnt play up to snuff when it would have mattered. The defense has been downright awful the past 3 playoff losses- when we need to consistently put up 30+ to win, thats a DEFENSE issue.
But to your recent point about "clutch plays". We saw a couple this past Chiefs game--- Jordan Phillips of all people with a crucial sack, and James Cook with an unbelievable effort to score on 4th and goal, or we likely wouldve been trailing by alot more. Those would've been enough, but defense and offense were equally to blame IMO for 2024 loss- slow starts by both units.
Josh made more mistakes in that KC loss, than he did prior 4 games combined. We shouldn't need him to be superman every game though --- how many bad reads/throws did he miss? We had guys open/checkdowns there- Samuel on crossing routes for big gains, but Brady also went to the QB sneak well way too much after KC showed a knack of stopping it.
Point being, both sides played bad at times- I'd say offense more worse than their norm. But we cant have our defense give up 30+ to a team that hasn't put up nearly that level of production in recent games. Just shows what the Eagles, with good talent, could actually do defensively. Its called we had a MAJOR talent deficiency on that side of the ball- Rasul, Elam, Hamlin - that was a secondary that played ALOT of snaps and we expect to win with them? Not to mention a DL, whose best 2nd best pass rusher was Von Miller and needed to count on the likes of Jordan Phillips for clutch plays
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12 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:
So you'd argue it's more a dearth of defensive talent, especially up front, that has doomed the Bills in the playoffs? (Minus 13 seconds, because obviously no one can reasonably defend the situational and special teams/defensive coaching at the end of that one.) So, more Beane than McD and his staff?
I wonder, though, if it can't be both? Sure, the 2023 playoffs were a nightmare of defensive injuries, BUT...the coaches just CANNOT leave a retired AJ Klein manned up on Travis effing Kelce. That's criminal. They needed a better plan than that. I don't care how limited the practice snaps were gonna be in Klein's leadup. You just don't let that happen.
Both can be true, but its my viewpoint that McD has done more with less.
Aj Klein on Kelce was mismatches that Andy Reid, and any other top notch coach could scheme against a depleted LB crew.
I've yet to see us have a "super star" on defense, Tre and Von (pre injury even he wasn't a blue chip player anymore). We've had a LOT of very good players, but injuries and lack of a blue chip talent on DL have held us back when it matters most. JMO
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6 hours ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
Undoubtedly we force a lot of turnovers. We've been top 10 in forced turnovers every year of McD's tenure and top 5 every season since 2020.
Our Def excels at exploiting mistakes typically made by bad QBs, or if we're already up big the other team feels the need to force the issue. If we're in a close game and/or playing a good QB the turnovers really dry up.
When's the last time McD's defense dominated a good offense? Has that ever happened? Why can't our DEF put together a playoff game against KC like PHI did this year, TB in 2020, or CIN in 2021 (2nd half)?
Going off on a tangent I wanted to bring up Dan Campbell. In the DET HOU game last year Goff threw 3 INTs by halftime and DET was trailing 23-7. Campbell had a quick little interview at the start of the 3rd Q and told the reporter "The defense needs to go out there and force some turnovers"
His DEF went out in the 2nd half and forced 2 turnovers, 4 punts, and a missed FG. DET won the game 26-23 despite Goff's 5 turnovers.
Compare and contrast that to McD in the 2023 Jets season opener.
Speaking of 2nd halves, this Coach you b-word about happened to give up just 11 points and forced 2 punts to start the 3rd qtr--- this was just this year.
This is after Benford went down, and we're already down Rapp and Taron banged up. On top of a DL that has shed Phillips, Von, Jefferson, Smoot, Rasul - and Elam traded for a bag of footballs. This was an average talented defense, at best. 2 boundary CBs who played entire 2nd half, won't be playing much this year.
I'd say our defense did what it needed in 2nd half- Benford going down was too much to overcome. Our offense came out flat, and just didnt make the plays we needed down the stretch.
There's a reason our offseason was dedicated to finding more talent on defense- people love to hate on McD, when have we had legitimate talented defense? Seems to me, he has covered up a lot of flaws - that tend to get exposed against better QBs. Talent is the ultimate differentiator, I'd say Philly can attest to that
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5 hours ago, PrimeTime101 said:
I am seriously at the point where i can care less what happens to cook. People are seriously devaluating the level of talent behind cook.
Ray Davis has a HECK of a running game the day Cook Missed.. And we still have our 3rd down pro Ty Johnson. Do I think Ray Davis is as good as cook? We do not have enough sample size.. but I am willing to bet we would do just fine.
Davis isnt devalued.
Davis just isnt Cook.
People act like Cooks explosion and vision is just replaceable--- "we would do just fine", as you say.
Bottom line, Cook made alot of explosive runs LY and alot of yards after contact - which people tend to ignore and just say the OL is the reason for his production. Look no further than the 4th and goal against KC, Davis isnt making that run- thats a certainty.
I'll repeat what I've said all offseason, Cook is our best playmaker not named Josh Allen. I hope Beane finds a way to keep him 3-4 more years- give him $24m gtd.
Cook produced behind a very good OL - facts. But he also produced alot of yards/TDs with a vastly improved strength and contact balance, and his sneaky acceleration.
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1 hour ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
He definitely should be above a number of guys at the bottom.
But this kind of highlights my feeling that we shouldn't have been in a rush to extend Bernard. He took a pretty sizable step back between 2023 and 2024.
Between his performance last season and his penchant for getting dinged up (and at a position that isn't a premium one) - I wouldn't have locked in the kind of long term deal he was given until I saw him return to his 2023 form this season.
If he doesn't, I'd have put that money elsewhere and Drafted a replacement. Bernard was easily #5 on the list of guys to allocate cap to retain between him, Benford, Rousseau, Shakir, and Cook.
Meh, I thought the Bernard deal was perfect.
Pay for upside, otherwise, if he repeats 2023 then that deal is going up.
Bernard, and Milano, played behind an average at best DL LY as well. Clearly there's a reason we just used 3 of our top 4 draft picks+signed Oji+Hoecht+Bosa.
Put a solid DL in front of Bernard and Milano, watch them create a bunch of splash plays again.
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30 minutes ago, DJB said:
I guess many just want to continue to bury their heads in the sand and hope the problem goes away?
WR is still an ongoing issue and it will
continue to be one until it’s fixed
Kincaid wasn't open enough by 5 yards, next time better be 10...need more separation.
Josh just isnt that great at deep ball accuracy. Let's just be honest there. He's missed several throws over the years, with a LOT of separation.
He's also made some absolute dimes on the run, that only he could do. WR separation isnt the issue though IMO, on deep balls.
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7 minutes ago, BillnutinHouston said:
Anyone know if there's a way to watch without buying HBO? I'd never pay for that.
Its just preseason, literally sign up for 1 month steaming and that probably gets you most/all episodes. Starts Aug 5th.
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4 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:
The cameras make private conversations public.
for instance, I am willing to bet the “wr” topic will be a key storyline, Coleman is going to end up under the microscope nationally, something he does not need.
I would bet that beane appearance with Jeremy and Joe about wr will be in the first episode. The camera I imagine have been there already for awhile.
there is zero upside to being on the show. It will put a target on the bills back and someone will say or do something that will end up being talked about nationally and become an issue. It always does.
We already have a target on our back...thats what happens when you're consistently good.
Keon says goofy sh*t all the time, but hes a no nonsense football player. He's not a concern.
McD will find a way to make this have "upside", thats what good coaches do. Higher focus, the national scrutiny, etc-- easy to flip the script and use this as motivation to show the country what kind of organization the Bills have.
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7 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:
Could Von sign with the Ravens ? This could be bad news for the Bills.
I'd be more worried about Suggs than Von at this point...
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2 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
Steve smith showed Coleman for his size, wasn't physical or strong enough.
Yep, all about getting better in year 2 within those areas.
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2 hours ago, zow2 said:
Everyone says Keon specializes in 50/50 balls. Well guess what, QB's nowadays don't love throwing 50/50 balls. The goal is to throw like 30+ TDs and 5 int's in an entire season. You aren't throwing single digit Int's with 50/50 balls.
Its not necessarily 50/50 balls..
Keon is going be successful if he can better use his frame to his advantage, and improve strength in general (ie: dont get knocked off slant routes, get off jams, YAC. etc).
Josh / Keon can be real successful also at the back shoulder, sideline throws-- if Keon can be better with leverage and playing through contact.
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18 hours ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:
I think one thing that that is lost in the discussion about "elite" talent is that coaching matters every bit as much as the drafting part.
So if there is very little elite talent on the Bills, it may not be Beane at all, it could be McDermott. McDermott could be every bit as much to blame.
Beane could draft the next superstar, but if McDermott can't coach them up that player will fail.
And who the lead coach on offense? Brady ? The guy that was fired from the Panthers??
Surely you can't be serious!!
Sure, but who are you saying "should have been elite", but isn't?
I've yet to see a player leave Buffalo and all of a sudden reach an entire new level of higher play.
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A list like this that has Jayden anywhere other than #1, is just garbage to start.
No GM is taking Penny over JD
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3 hours ago, BillsDad51 said:
Not doubting your post, but where did you see he put on more muscle and looks quicker this offseason?
In person
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Always find it comical, half this board has the patience of my 7 yr old.
Coleman wasn't even drinking age when we drafted him LY...cue the Edmunds jokes.
People need to learn patience and very few on here see the traits as to why Beane drafted him, and can project those. Now will Coleman hit that ceiling, up to him.
But he has put on more muscle, looks quicker this offseason. Based on how we use him (Adot 15.2), we needed him improve his strenghth at route breaks and mainly downfield at the catch point.
He's a freak athlete, I could careless about his forty. He gets stronger at the catch point, that won't matter. He's also one of the WRs Josh coveted out of last years class.
Point being, player progression year 1 to year 2 is a big deal. James Cook, Terrel Bernard, Shakir, Spencer Brown...list goes on. This team has a knack for getting year 2 jumps, Kincaid aside.
Give this kid a chance before you write him off - he showed glimpses last year, has been working his tail off this offseason.
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1 hour ago, HappyDays said:
We'll find out soon enough. I'm not asking us to do what Philly just did. If KC punts 3 times against us that will immediately go down as our best playoff performance against them. I think 4+ punts and less than 27 points should be a bare minimum baseline expectation for a defense that just invested a ton of salary and draft picks, and has a very experienced defensive head coach facing what has basically become a divisional opponent.
Honestly looking at just the investments spent the 2025 Bills really SHOULD be led by the defense first. We shouldn't need to score 30+ PPG to go 13-3 like we did last year. KC just went 15-1 scoring 24 PPG... That is seemingly the type of team McDermott and Beane want to build. So go prove that their strategy can work, or else what are we doing here?
100%. Our investments need to pay off this time....plain and simple. Lots of capital thrown at dline and secondary past 2 offseasons, between draft and FA. That's a wise decision IMO, but the coaches/players need to make this pay off when it counts
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8 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
This season should give us the final answer on the talent vs coaching argument as it pertains to playoff defense. No we don't have all-pros at every level of the defense, but throughout this offseason we have spent a ton of resources on talented players that are scheme fits, we've brought in new defensive coaches with different schematic backgrounds, and we've extended several defensive players presumably with the coaching staff's blessing. So they have to make this group work. There can't be any excuses. If we once again watch KC's offense move up and down the field at will in January that has to be the signal that no amount of investment is ever going to be enough for McDermott's defense to get it done.
With all of that being said, I'm not predicting one way or another if the investments will lead to a different result. I'm hopeful that it will. Mostly I'm glad the excuses are off the table. Time to just get it done.
First need to be relatively healthy, but I still put alot of issues on talent 1st, coaching 2nd.
We have a LOT of ex players sitting on no team right now: Von,Rasul, Phillips, Jefferson- then traded a bust in Elam, and signed Hamlin back for peanuts. All these guys played a key role in the Chiefs game/snaps.
Im hopeful Beane made the right decisions/investments this year on defense.
But its hard to advance to the Super Bowl, without some combination of:
1. Elite DLine play/player
2. Elite secondary OR
3. Combination of a very good Dline and secondary
Closest we were to any of above, was 2020- with a great secondary. Injuries, poor personell decisions, and poor game mgt have contributed-be nice if we actually can find #3 above this year.
Are Fan Expectations Too High for Keon Coleman?
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I've been one of his biggest supporters since the start, and already said 1 month ago that he was gonna impress - his strength and quickness at top of route will be noticeably improved. Its not jump balls, its the leverage and his athletic ability that will be on better display.
I think hes ready to be a big time player for us. Im going 65 catches for 900 yards and 8 TDs, if he can stay healthy all season.