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He’s had trouble making in the moment decisions/ getting it relayed to the team in the past. Adding more to his plate, terrible idea IMHO. Time will tell, but I kind of expect a train wreck of a year at this point.

I was actually talking about this earlier today. A tackle to play in the NFL is a unicorn. You have to be at least 6’3”, not more than 6’7”, at least 310lbs, not more than 350lbs, have at least a 35” reach, be strong as a bull and quick as a cat, be able to move laterally and forward and back, have lightning fast reaction times and make sure you can counter whatever guy they throw at you, literally every single time. The fun part is, you need two unicorns and 3 others who are at least unicorn muggles, and that’s just the starting line. The emphasis on passing has made the demand on the line almost impossible on both sides. Most teams are foolishly, in my opinion, trying to stop the pass with more talent on the DL. The smart teams realize, the team that scores the most points at the end of the game is usually declared the victor and they scheme to protect their passer and make scoring easier. With the current rules and salary cap, any team investing heavily into the DL, is going to lose. You have to score first and worry about the rest later. The difference between a guy like Floyd who will cost a team anywhere from 9–20 Million depending on age and a guy like Boogie Basham will be negligible on the outcome of most games. Yet a stud tackle that neutralizes a higher end defensive player, will keep the ball moving down the field. Where a lot of teams are failing, the Bills especially, is believing you can stop the offenses. You can’t. The rules don’t allow it. Now, an ELITE, player can make it harder on an offense and perhaps keep a few points off the board, but there are only a handful of those guys out there. Von was once one of them, he could wreck a game plan or make a team scheme for him. Donald, Chris Jones, Parsons, Bosa(s), make impacts. Paying mid-level guys, is all a waste of money. So the short answer to why all fan bases hate their OL? The team hasn’t invested in it because they waste money trying to do the impossible with guys not capable of making a difference. The Bills have screwed themselves by spending big on Oliver, who has been no better than any of the other DTs on the team, making less than half of his salary. There’s 5M-8M wasted, Floyd, another 9M spent, arguably nothing more than what we already have. Two picks back to back on DEs, one starts, one is struggling to make a spot for himself, meanwhile the SB champs took an All Pro Center behind them. There’s not a single difference make on the D until Von returns and that’s questionable at his age/injury history. So the Bills will have almost half of their money tied up in the D and that’s inexcusable with Allen and Diggs accounting for almost a 3rd of the cap already. The model is wrong. It’s being proven around the league. The Chiefs, Eagles, Bengals, etc have put money into protecting the QB and only pay the elite ELITE defensive guys. The problem here is, the Bills are paying big for mediocre and consistently whiffing on drafting replacement D players. The team needs an overhaul and it needs to start with the people making the roster decisions.

So aside from the first point, you are saying, in order: 2) Mismanaged team or missed evaluation in Dawkins. 3) Mismanaged personnel and you believe there’s nobody else they could have signed.. false, safety’s were cheap this year, see Rapp. 4) Mismanagement of the roster and doubled down by signing a liability to a huge contract. 5) Mismanagement of personnel, drafting the wrong type of player for this antiquated scheme. Remind us who beat the Chiefs in the SB last year? How did the Bills do against the Chiefs in the playoffs? Oh wait…

Man, so pumped to have 42 D Linemen that can’t be differentiated from each other and zero talent on the OL.

Should have been the focus of the off-season/draft the last 2 years, instead we have the Ghost of 2 former pro-bowl DEs, wasted draft picks and more money tied into the DL. This may well be the reset year where it becomes painfully clear McBean should have been fired 2 years ago.

I don’t see a reason to keep either.

Something has to be done before JA gets injured.

And got embarrassed.

Sincerely hope they can find a way to get a RT in the building. WRs, RBs still look like Chit. Still no answer for stopping the run. If this game is any indication, this should be the last season for McBean and co. It won’t be, but it should be.

Based on last game alone, I find it hard to believe he’s no the starting in the slot come week one. That said, it was one game and I have literally zero clue what’s happened in practice.

He should never have become the GM as well. His drafting has been abysmal. The team is devoid of talent and can’t outperform if without the great QB. There’s no one to blame but him for the lack of talent and he can’t coach it past the great QBs without one. Yeah… we’ll that’s like, your opinion man.

He’s just an average guy out there. Let’s be honest and not frame it for more than it is. He has great tools, the end result has been average. Last year he was 14th in TE receiving yards, the difference between 14 and 30 is 110 yards. The difference to number 1 is 800 yards 😂. Even #2 is 400 more yards. He’s not somebody you even give a second thought to, any starter in the NFL is expected to have about the same numbers.

Knox has potential, to quote Bill Parcells , “potential means you haven’t done *****”. I want Knox to be Kelce, he’s got the tools, but whether it’s truly bad hands or lack of focus, he’s just not reliable as a receiver. He’s a badass once he has the ball in his hands, but that’s pretty rare. I think what we saw in college was more of an indication of his receiving skills than we wanted to admit. Yes, he makes some AWESOME plays, but he’s just as likely to drop a routine ball. I genuinely thought after his rookie year, he was going to make the jump to an elite type of guy, he’s basically a solid starter, more of an old school type of TE. Not a bad thing, but not a genuine difference maker.

Seems the rest of the world is catching on to what I’ve been saying. It’s Diggs and a bunch of JAGs. Knox is not a great receiver and hasn’t been used as one much either.

I thought Jerry would never re-negotiate with multiple years left. Guess that’s another BS lie from him. Good for Martin, he’s a great player, deserves to be paid what he’s worth and it puts more strain on their cap, so even better.

Right? There were a couple of Kyle Allen throws that got there faster.. I mean they were 6 yards shorter, but still alarming.

Good way to keep continuity in the O scheme. He’s going to keep getting coordinators promoted ( another reason the HC should be the offensive guru), this way at least Allen will have a sense of what the scheme is to keep it all rolling.

The Pats are going to do what you have to do, go exactly the opposite of the rest of the league. They will beat you down with the run game and limit the snaps of the opposing offense. It’s brilliant to cover for their lack of talent.

Way too costly, he’s the best back up in the league by a WIDE margin and should be starting somewhere, I’d love to have him, but it’s not going to fit on the money side. I could absolutely see them trading him to a team that has an injury in the season for a 3rd or higher. With Hill, they can get away without a “true” back-up. I think Jameis is either content to stay with them or has a ***** agent or both. There’s no way he should be in the position he’s in. He could easily win the job for at least 5 teams if it were a fair competition. He should have been begging for a trade to Washington, he would give them a WAY better shot to win, unless Howell is something we don’t see yet. Honestly, the Saints would have been smarter (money wise) to let him take the reins this year, I like Carr, but I don’t think he wins them any more than Winston would. He would win the job or be equal to or better than the options in Indy, Vegas, Giants, Tampa, Seattle, Green Bay, etc., virtually all of them are paying more for nothing. There’s no reason for him to be where he is.

Yeah, but Kyle looks lost, I don’t care how physically gifted he is, he looked awful. There’s zero upside to him, he’s had his chance to start and couldn’t get it done, he’s a back up, you pick the best one to take over in a case of emergency, and he’s not it.

I would love to have Mills, that’s a guy that should get another shot to start. The Texans gave him the ole Carr treatment.

Guys that surprised me: Cook looked sharp, hope that’s the norm. Isabella, looked like a Legit slot WR, if that’s what he’s doing all the time, I want him on this team and the “starting” slot guy. There’s a lot of young WRs with potential, from that game, it’s going to be interesting to see who can stick. Barkley is HEAD and shoulders above Allen, I hope they make the right call in who is on the game day roster. Boogie looked good. Of Note: Shakir.. man so good and then the drop. He’s a guy I want to love, but I worry about. His routes looked great, couple real good catches and then the dump.. wtf. Not much pressure from the starting front 4, I know it’s vanilla, but come on guys.

Cook looked good yesterday, happy to see him working the ball inside with reasonable success. The bounce he took at the goal line was nice, that looked like an inside run from the blocking, nothing there, saw it and made it happen. I’m encouraged and I’ve been a hater of that pick.

A small statue , but a statue nonetheless.

Absolutely agree, be it him, or the game plan, he holds the ball way too long, especially when it’s obvious the O-Line is being eaten alive. Example, Bengals playoff game. What the Bengals did the year before with Burrow hitting the 3rd step and the ball coming out, managed to cover their line deficiencies, until he had to force the ball down field late in games, then the poop stains showed. The Bills need to have a quick passing game on tap at very least. I don’t know if what we saw last year was JA or Dorsey, but I sure hope they get it remedied this year.