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A tour du wrong

I’m not talking about being a contributor. I’m talking about being a star.

I'm talking like the 1 in a thousand rookie who just dominates from week 1 and blows away all expectations. JJ was a guy who was projected to be a slot and have difficulty with separation and basically rendered all that projection moot. That's the only way for the Bills WR room to be good. For Coleman to be a historic rookie.

Jail this man! Delete this post before the IRS finds it.

The only chance that the Bills have a top 5 passing attack next season is if Coleman is an out of the box surprise star, imo. The chances of that are low, but not zero.

I think Deebo has less value among the league because of his unique skill set. There are probably a lot of coaches that don’t know how to use him.

Week 7/8 missing Williams and Deebo in 2023. So that’s not really fair (although it makes Deebo look worth a Hall of Fame LT AND a good WR). Regardless, Deebo has major injury concerns at this point, has a high contract, and will be 29 this season. Even if he’s that important, will he be in 2 years?

I’m surprised cut/trade Deebo and pay Aiyuk isn’t gaining traction in SF.

They traded the #1 pick last year. That’s how they got it this year. It wasn’t a “gift.” Eventually, you have to use your picks to find a good QB, something the Bears haven’t had in a decade plus. Caleb was the best QB prospect in the last two seasons. It’s much easier to argue that they did everything right, even if Caleb isn’t the answer.

I never want to hear this dudes name again. Public enemy #1

I want more talent. Mahomes can prop up bad defenses in the playoffs. He won two SB’s doing so. we need to help Allen do it with more offensive talent.

He needs help, obviously. Or else he would’ve won a lot more playoff games despite poor defensive performances like his contemporary has. This is probably Beane’s thought process. “Allen is on Mahomes’ level, so we don’t need to overinvest on offensive talent.” He’s wrong. And he will be wrong again. We haven’t been good enough to win a shootout in the playoffs in Allen’s entire tenure.

Oh yes, in Mara’s view, Schoen probably screwed it up. But that’s why owners can be silly. Tying up $20M+ on a backup QB and RB is silly, they used that money on Burns instead.

The argument is that we need better offensive weapons to close the gap between Allen and Mahomes so if and when the defense collapses, we can still win with offense like Mahomes does all the time. I have zero expectation for Allen + Coleman and MVS and Samuel to win a playoff game if the defense allows 35+. Get Allen some more weapons and I think he can elevate to Mahomes’ level and start winning more playoff games.

QB’s records when their defense allows 35 points or higher in the playoffs. Mahomes: 2-1 Allen: 0-2 I’m sorry my dude. It’s Joever. This “Mahomes is carried by his D” claptrap is revisionist history. The guy played literally perfect against the Eagles in the Super Bowl throwing to JuJu and carried his offense AND defense. Some QB’s are built different.

They did last year. They didn’t their 2 other SuperBowls. In 2022, they allowed a playoff PPG of 25. They won anyway. Allowed 35 points and 417 yards of offense in the Super Bowl. They won anyway. Those numbers are nearly identical to McD’s averages vs the Chiefs in the postseason. Some QB’s are built different and can win in spite of their defense.

KC scored 21.6 PPG last year. They scored 23.75 in the playoffs. Offenses are expected to struggle lmao. Maybe for certain QBs.

And yet, if we had lost, there’s no doubt @GoBills808 and @HappyDays would point to that game as yet another example McDermott sucks. And we would hear about it forever.

Hey man, we can’t count the games where the offense did basically nothing and the defense outscored the opponent single-handedly who was led by the reigning MVP. Otherwise our narrative of, “Josh Allen is perfect and everyone else holds him back” doesn’t hold up as well.

ew no. Paying Barkley that money would be franchise malpractice. Schoen paying that money would’ve been outrageous. Ditto with Tyrod. how do Bills fans not realize that your backup quality QB and your great RB DO NOT MATTER. We literally lived that for 20 years.

I consider missed FG’s a part of the game. Garbage time points are not, because the game is over. The offense had a really good run in 2021. Like historically good. Outside of that run, they have a significant amount of warts. They collapsed in 2019 v Houston and 2020 v the Chiefs. In 2022, they sleptwalked the entire postseason, and allowed Skylar Thompson to keep it close by turning it over 100 times then got blasted by Cinci. Our guy is making a living on two great playoff games, one vs a rookie who is no longer a starting QB in the NFL.

Mara irrationally wanting Saquon and being worried he will go to a division rival is SO BILLSY. Shades of Bills fans losing their minds because they lost Mike Gillislee to the Pats. This season thing of Hard Knocks is incredible.

At home for regular season. In stadium for playoffs.

Holy smokes lol. The Bills-Chiefs final score was a garbage time fiesta. It was 38-15 with 7 minutes left and we got some garbage time points up. What an offensive masterclass.

Garrett Wilson may actually be elite.