TheCockSportif

So I'm not entirely sure how it will shake out. You'd think that given a well-coached team and solid (I'm not calling them great, but solid) FO they'd do the math about Star returning and other prospects and not break the bank on D. And frankly, I don't think that they really have to. Also, don't forget the deficit at the RB position. I'm beginning to rethink my stance about RBs being a dime a dozen. It was so very woeful watching them this year, the Bills being pass first or not.

Yes, for the ***** that Star got before the pandemic, you'd think that he was a leper. No, he could eat other players up. You can't replace that, or maybe you can, but you need to find the same type of player.

True, but if memory serves, there was no free agency (like it exists today) in 1989. It was mostly drafts and trades and people off the streets.

It's D line and a pass rusher or two for starters. Bend but don't break won't break KC. That's for sure. And a TE. Most definitely a great TE.

I remember hanging out with my best bud from high school and his family in North Buffalo where we watched the debacle against Cleveland in 1989 (or I guess it was early 1990). At the end of the game, his father, knowing that we were underage, still gave each person in the room a shot of whisky. Of course, free agency didn't exist back then like it does now, so the Bills had to fill in the blanks over the course of the 1988 and 1989 off seasons by way of the draft. The reason why I have hope is that the Bills will attract FAs who want to have a chance at winning a SB, and this FO is competent enough to draft players to fill open spots on the roster. Further "Bickering Bills" was the result of weak coaching back then. It should've never gotten that out of hand.

All season long we've seen that the Bills have missing pieces and that Allen playing lights out, and coaching doing their best to adjust, goes a long way for sweeping the team's flaws under the rug. Unfortunately this great run in 2020 ended tonight. Having written that, I am surprised that I find myself indifferent to this loss. It's not BBFS. It's simply that the Bills are a strong, competitive team who lost to a juggernaut, and I expect that between coaching, FO, Josh Allen, the draft, and free agency, that they're going to find a new way next year. In a way, and I suppose that slightly older Bills' fans like me might have different opinions about this, this season had this dark hue of 1988. The Bills exceeded everyone's expectations in 1988. The O clicked. ST were really good, for the most part, if I recall. Bruuuuce, of course. I was in my senior year of high school at St. Joe's, had a full head of hair, and my future was ahead of me. Plus we'ed endured a mostly pretty horrible decade of football in Buffalo, or maybe 2, if you remember the Bills of the 1970s. Suddenly the 1988 season had an abrupt ending, and watching the Bengals play a close SB against the Niners was this textbook lesson of watching how you would draw the Bills into that picture and how they would've fared. Unfortunately, the 1989 season was a huge disappointment, but 1990 was $$$. Then again, the league used to move much slower back then, so here's to hoping for a strong 2021 season -- because this team doesn't have to reboot to get to the next level, there is free agency, etc. But I digress. Like many people here I felt that the Bills would go 10-6 or 11-5 and win a playoff game. IMO, that would've been a totally reasonable conclusion to this season, and something to build on. The Bills going 13-3 and ending up in the AFC-CG was a boon, and in thinking through things I realized that I got a number of things wrong about this season. So here they are, and feel free to add yours if you're into it. Coaching. I didn't care that McD was hired. The vast majority of Bills' coaches in my lifetime have been total clowns. McD was a sane hire, and process or clapping or whatever didn't faze me, and he made a quick pivot from his OC after Year One. What did faze me is that the Bills, while starting to show signs of competitiveness a few years ago, were still getting smoked here and there, would sleep walk in large parts of games, wouldn't finish games, couldn't adjust to their competition, etc. This year, given holes in the roster -- some due to COVID and some not -- coaching far exceeded my expectations. Some will call the KC game a coaching failure, but at some point you need coaching and you need players. Tonight the Bills didn't have enough capable players to get things done. The first half was a harbinger, and I'm surprised that KC didn't drop 50 on us. Still, I think that the Bills are a well-coached team, and if replacing HC in the future gets them over the hump to a championship, then that's an excellent problem to have. Run game. It sucked. I really can't say more about it than that, except to note that I thought that it would be much better than it was. Knox. I thought he would be good, and at times he was. But I thought that this team was beyond drafting the likes of Zay Jones. This team needs a good, consistent, strong TE who can move the chains and score. Knox isn't that guy I don't think, and there is no other player on the roster who can be a Kelce. D overall. Frazier, for the flack he gets, actually did a really good job coaching them. But unfortunately at some point his personnel couldn't contain KC, and the missing pass rush and inability to collapse the pocket consistently were real negatives for team as the stakes got higher. Allen. He far, far, far exceeded my expectations. I knew that he was going to be better than the likes of EJ or Edwards or Fitz or Losman. Then again, that bar is pretty low. Still, Allen is the franchise QB that we've been waiting for, or at very least, short of a massive regression next season (which I don't see), he will be flat out great for a long time. HIs game still needs some work, but don't we all? Had someone told me that a Bills' QB would be passing for 300+ yards per game, game after game, I'd have told them that crack was whack. So that's what I've got. What have you got?

The Bills had a fine, fine season, and exceeded my expectations at every step of the way. Until today. So let's see if they build a machine that can beat KC next season, because I think that, short of a total Bills' meltdown in 2021, KC is THE team to beat in the AFC in 2021. I hated the outcome of this game, don't get me wrong. Then again, I am not surprised. KC was lights out, exactly as I expected them to be, and the Bills had to be perfect to stand a chance. Which they weren't by a long shot.

I think that coaching was forced into conservative play due to bad execution in the first half. Then the KC avalanche hit, and the Bills, being unable to run, were forced to throw regardless of what look KC was giving them. There was no consistent pass rush, so D did what it could, which, by anyone's standards, was not going to be enough.

Yeah, I'd have thought this late in game it would be a chance to werk some stuff out. *sigh*

So true. Allen was so great this year, and tonight I hope is a lesson for him to come back doubly motivated next year.

The game is over basically. Weak D, player errors on O, etc. The Bills were lucky to get that gift on ST early on.

The Bills had to play perfect ball to beat KC, and they didn't have enough players to pull it off. I was wondering when the Bills inability to run and eat the clock would rear its ugly head, and unfortunately it happened tonight.

Well, with a capable pass rush, or at least the ability to collapse the pocket, D would've looked pretty great. When you let KC hit those quick plays, as they did for most of the game, they are lethal.

True words.

From my end of things, not crapping on Allen. I think that he was a contributor to first half issues, but he was far from the only player.

The Bills need to find a running game next season. Without it, hero ball can only take you so far.

Yeah, early the team took chances and it was awesome, and then the offense sputtered, so here we are.

Bingo. They are exceptional, and while the Bills are very good, they know the team to beat going forward. And it's KC by a wide margin.

To do that I think that you need a totem pole attached to any Bills defender. Like I wrote in the first half, KC plays with purpose and most plays develop quickly. The only way to neutralize Kelce is through a land mine or a totem pole in this game. It's infuriating.

It's happened all season, but this is KC.

If I'm Romo, unless someone offered me major bank, I'm staying in the booth and watching film at home, for a fraction of a coaching salary but without any of the baggage. The man could still probably legit retire today.

Halftime adjustments, you say?

For this to happen, Josh needs just enough valium to put it into the hands of his receivers on a consistent basis. And maybe Yeldon will be able to move the chains as well. It's all hands on deck at this point, because the Bills will get curb stomped if they repeat the first half again.

Be aggressive. Be, be aggressive. And for the love of all that is holy, settle down, Josh!

I need some tequila now. Good point overall.