FireChans

All it took was one training camp, and we went from “re-sign Cook” to “make Cook the backup or trade him” Hysterical. This is why RB’s are dime a dozen.

The answer is simple. The team that drafted him thought he was their best shot at a franchise QB. the reality of the NFL is that you have to chase QB’s. If there is a guy you like and believe in the first round and you don’t have a QB of the future, you draft him. If he’s up high, you go after him. You will get most wrong. Everyone does. You will talk yourself into a guy you shouldn’t. Everyone does. It’s like the opposite of War Games. The only way to win is to play the game. The Bills had regime after regime that was PETRIFIED to take a QB. It’s probably the single biggest reason we had the longest playoff drought in football. Now, they had lots of reasons, “we didn’t like any of the QBs enough” etc but it’s a losing strategy. It’s really simple, and even NFL people know this, they are just mostly self-serving and don’t want to be catastrophically wrong so they can keep their jobs. Look at us now. We are rooting for the Dolphins to keep Tua, because he’s not the answer and we don’t want them to chase a QB again and get it right. The Pats taking a big swing on a QB is much worse for us than if they took a great WR or OT prospect and kept Mac Jones or brought in some journeyman. All you have to ask is “what do your rivals want you to do,” and do the opposite. This is the kind of take that is so frustrating. There was nothing wrong with the decision to take EJ, except that it didn’t work.

I wouldn’t call the first half of the season successful, by any means. Playing for your playoff lives by week 11 is not good for a team with SB aspirations. You could easily argue the Steelers game was a harbinger of things to come, which is why we were a .500 football for the first half of the season, had to fire our OC midseason, and couldn’t afford to lose a single game on our way to clinch the division/playoffs week 18.

This is the last time I say this, but we started out the year .500 and fired our OC midseason.

You expected my opinion to change on Keon because he now plays in a Bills uni. That’s not how it works with objectivity. I didn’t like him predraft, you can go look it up. I gave him an incomplete grade because I didn’t see much from him today. He had ONE positive play in the game. It was his first game and he’s competing for potentially being WR1. Like wtf are you even talking about with this “had a great camp.” It’s irrelevant to the topic.

Has to do with if we get the calls or not. Which is what I said. I’m not sure what you want from me. Coleman didn’t change my opinion of him as a player today. It was also his first live action NFL game of his career so he’s got plenty of time left. I don’t know what “spin” you’re referring to, but I honestly don’t care lol.

Everyone except the folks who matter, the officials who didn’t call a penalty.

That’s kind of the problem of a contested catch specialist. If you don’t obviously beat your man and he doesn’t obviously commit PI, you are gonna not get as many calls.

Wait wait, are you saying he was interfered with on both incompletions? no way. zero.

Practice makes perfect.

Who do we got on good day/bad day from our drubbing in preseason week 1? Good day: Bass hitting kicks in live action Curtis Samuel/OL popping on a screen Josh for sliding (and immediately getting yanked lmao) Shakir had a couple good plays Solomon also had a good day for a situational pass rusher. Bad day: Starting IOL run blocking. Woof. Morse was gotten rid of because of his contract but that was like watching Chris Jones collapse the inside single-handedly Cam Lewis had his usual “always around when something bad happens” appearance Pass rush was overall poor, but they lost Ed immediately so I lean to give this a pass, Caleb also looked like the real deal. Incomplete day: Coleman had 1 catch for 7 yards. His two targets in the red zone ended in a near pick, and an incompletion. Was hoping for something more but his QB was Trubisky so this gets an incomplete for me. Who ya got?

Again, we started out .500 and fired our OC midseason last season haha

Meh, it looked like he go handsy within 5 yards then let him go when he cut inside. I don’t think it was a clear penalty, and neither did the officials (obviously.) “Almost shouldve been a penalty” don’t count for much.

DB contact is legal within 5 yards of LOS.

He wasn’t open on the first pass either.

I’m not blaming him for the play. But he wasn’t open in the redzone either.

Rooting for success. The two targets to Coleman in the RZ had a guy on his hip both times. Commenting on what happened.

Rookie contested catch specialists don’t draw a lot of flags

Next Gen Stats would have characterized that red zone route as negative separation.

Keon Coleman DB1

He’s still running in the tunnel and hasn’t made it on the field yet. @mrags

Didn’t we start out .500 and fire our OC midseason?

Mahomesian right now.

Ha ha are you ahead