First Round Bust
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interesting and insightful...Texans who are the lowest graded overall actuially have 3 units on offense scoring higher than the Bills, which indicates what ??? we have better coaching and a QB that makes up for the deificiencies apparenlty...also glaring issue - no special teams Approx 10% of the game is deveoted to special teams - needs consideration as well and likely elevates Bills score slightly.
I do agree that Miami (due to vet acquisitions) and the Jets (drafting) have rapidly improved their rosters and have closed the gap between to the point of expecting close,competetive games...not a bad thing from the entertainment perspective as most where thrilling and dramtatic
Point of emphasis - Tua was asked toughest place to play...answer: Buffalo...electric
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3 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
Honestly don’t care for this.
Why did we need strictly a runner - he offers nothing in the passing game.
Against an Allen offense you should be worried about every weapon on the field.
still have to have a running game presence in this passing era; Philly, SF, Cin, and to a lesser extent KC and Mia....the mix of a power, receptions and speed...plus Lewis fumbles are not a problem compated to Motor...
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12 hours ago, MiltonWaddams said:
The Bills D Line sure did their best to prove your point
true...but...minus Daquan Jones and Von Miller our DL is below average and played even lower than that againt Cincy...
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no way...check his PFF scores from the past two years, as last year was 40 and that was a 20% improvement
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1 hour ago, freddyjj said:
size not so much, everything else is pretty good on his RAS
yeah but Doyle and Spencer Brown had higher, elite, almost perfect RAS scores, which apparently can be practiced, improved and refined....so no longer sold on RAS as I once was...still wondering what McD saw or sees in an undersized, injury prone, key position athlete who was taken in the third round....likely ciuz we didnt have a fourth
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Beane has to be creative this FA season...
teaser:
impressive aspect of Harty’s game is his mere 5.3% career drop rate. On 97 career targets in the regular season, he’s only dropped four balls. On top of being a big play waiting to happen, he’s reliable. And the yards after catch stat is just the icing on the cake for him.
A Tyreek "Horizontal" Hill catch and run and score:
Below link to 2021 review some + stats
2022 was a waste and perhaps our gain ???
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Chapter 2 - Josh gets Cashes-In...Bean goes lean on roster and cap...can we compete or do we have to blow-it up....i
you think the 2023 cap is a challenge check Bills 2024 cap where top 3 account for almost 100 million....
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versatile plays guard this season, backup C possible and likley switches to C next season ?
2,000+NFL snaps and only 2 flags
Only 25 - Kromer should elevate a bit more as his run and block grades are average to slightly above
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If he gets his price he walks away on all his own, and he gets to pick his successor...NFL avoids conspiracy theory lawsuit and says good riddance...Fox News is the loser here.
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indeed Otis Taylor was a star...as a kid this super bowl I watched and I was rooting for the Vikes for no reason other than the Bills sucked and the Vikes won and their uniforms were cool...
the Chiefs of that era were full of outstanding players like Otis Taylor well worthy of the HoF or just short and should be in the something special like AFL Hall of Fame
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Vikes 7 total coaches and Chiefs had 10 featuring the nattily clad Hank Stram team blazer, thanks to NFL films...they matriculated the ball downfield by nickel and diming them and of course the 69 Horse Power Trap...both teams OL and DL were star-studded...
Super Bowl IV Rosters & Coaching Staffs (hoffco-inc.com)
RIP Otis and thanks for the memories
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did the link, and went beyond to sheftys twitter page and no such info exists there today and recent past, so I dunno if it was a quote from a show or pod cast but just more rumor as of the moment...
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7 hours ago, Bubba Gump said:
You mean this isn't football related??
it does not meet the requirement that all threads must mention:
13 seconds - with automatic wins against Bengals and Rams
Frazier must go...hourly
McDermotts time is up, and we are wasting Josh prime years, with no mention of qualified replacement
Dorsey is not qualified to be OC but we dont know who really is other than Rams O assistants..bonus... must never mention that he is star qb choice
Beane drafting and free agent DL sucks
I hate Diggs because...
OL needs improvement, we need to sign free agents we cannot afford, and we should move all tackles to guard.
Many Millions Mock drafts...cuz I saw this guy play 1-2 college games plus he looked good against this guy from Bowling Green in the senior bowl so we should trade up for him...
Must not pay Tremaine...and fail to mention replacement is also expensive but smaller, slower, older
Where is Yolo lately
Benford for safety or at least run against Biden
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6 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
I want Sean McDermott to call plays.
i will settle for him not having to call time out on third and longs every game...while on D.
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Q: One Play ?
A: One Word...NFL Films
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9 hours ago, Kiva said:
Keep Diggs. Replace everyone else.
not sent cuz I hate Diggs, just the opposite, and just the facts from the Athletic article:
Diggs tied for the NFL lead in drops with nine, his most since Pro Football Focus began tracking them in 2019. Diggs’ drop percentage (6) ranked 22nd among wideouts with 25 catches, but it was his worst rate with Buffalo and more than twice as bad as in 2021, when he dropped just four passes, 2.5 percent of his targets.
Diggs, Davis and McKenzie each dropped a ball while losing to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 10.
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2 hours ago, Beast said:
You think he is taking a shot at McDermott in the media and you think that’s good leadership?
OK
you think Diggs and coach have not had conversations about things like that...the modern athlete mindset esp a star player ? is going to speak his mind ...wants the ball, is always open, etc, etc...I think he is more comfortable making a statement like that cuz he already expressed his opinions during the season exit interview as well if not before....
btw...the majority opinion of the cerebral giants on this portal of advanced thought have the same suspicions of the HC ie., the second-coming of Marvin Lewis...
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many a replay had him wiping-out a defender standing next to the pile of players where the tackle took place, which then led to him being pushed and shoved with others joining the scrum...
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10 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
I think he knows the coaches don’t have it.
His “it’s been 3 years” response to getting over the hump is pretty telling.
He could have said “I trust the staff to get it right or where we need to be.”
I’m not going to defend him. I’m not going to call this disruptive either or that he’s a problem.
I am going to say this staff was finished the second that 13 seconds happened.
nah...I never subscribe to the emotional "drama queen" statements or conclusions such as "make it or break it" game or year...but to be more objective than emotional, the team was awesome this past season and our expectations were sky high and there was no woe are we..until we played and coached like crap in the Bengals game at home of all places...so how do we get over the playoff hump and the Marin Lewis syndrome of a head coach who is good but maybe not good enough ?
One more year for same coords I guess is not going to make any of the cerebral giants on this portal of elevated football thought happy but McD is putting a lot of pressure on himself to roll-it-all-back-again with same staff sans S and WR coaches...you cant fire Dorsey after on season esp since your star qb picked him...but we do need to tighten-up and mix schemes and coverage up on D and not stay nickel every play perhaps as well as not have to burn timeouts every game cuz we are not in the right D scheme on third downs....
Ultimately do you trust the Pegulas to make right choice when firing and more importantly hiring the right coach to imrpove a pretty good situation ? Not really...
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6 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:
Probably more $ and tax free state and better opportunity to be next in line OC or assistant OC. Our guys love him, but did our WR's get better under him? Gabe looks bad and McKenzie flopped when given a starting role. Probably good for both sides to move on
Highest State Taxes:
California 13.3%
Hawaii 11%
New Jersey 10.75%
Oregon 9.9%
Minnesota 9.85%
District of Columbia 8.95%
New York 8.82%
Vermont 8.75%
Iowa 8.53%
Wisconsin 7.65%
Only eight states have no personal income tax:
Wyoming
Washington
Texas
Tennessee
South Dakota
Nevada
Florida
Alaska
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19 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:
I'll bet he ends up being a good one, mostly because of his access to Dante Scarnecchia's teachings in New England. He is the exact kind of player who outperformed his own scouting due to an ideal coaching/talent fit situation.
me too...I think what appeals to Rams McVay: youth helps with relatability (age 36) over-achiever, undrafted, played 8 NFL seasons - 80 games - 49 starts - has ring...Scarnecchia and Kromer coaching is impressive, at least on paper.
As a player:
New England Patriots (2008–2015)
Carolina Panthers (2016)
As a coach:
Buffalo Bills (2019–2022)
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1 hour ago, RoyBatty is alive said:
They gave up the only 15 pass TDs because they were terrible against the run and were almost always behind, very few games anything even close to a shoot-out.
good point...absolutely the run D was league worst, which skews...but its still a passing league and the D against the pass was still respectably good esp the picks...I hope this with the focus on reads-keys and above all tighter coverages...but no matter the coaching if your dealing with speed ? you have to counter that with... speed..too often our guys were beaten one step a la the Levi Wallace syndrone...late round-UDFA types who have some skills/coachability but lack the twitch/quickness to stick or close.
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sorry but ts way too early...but has this roster itself hit a peak talent-wise ? with several years of general improvements but cap-driven potential losses ? Poyer Singletary..likely...Edmunds possibly
The easy part is over, tearing down and rebuilding and following the process which is now stuck in playoff mediocrity.
Some constant issues: O-line pass pro and run consistency, pash, rush and 4-5 in playoffs with no road wins under the McBeane management...
62–35 (.639) in regular season under coach McD...aided in part by Brady's departure and weaker than average AFC east rivals coaches and GMs, which has changed and changed rapidly....AFC East could be best in AFC and maybe NFL ?
usually we are in the top 10 as far overall team age, which speaks to coach McD vet preferences...the cap already infuenced last season roster depth...had to bring in min wage vet depth: Shaq, Rhodes, Brown, Beasley, Klein, Marlowe...hard to expect a change here given McD preferences and the tight cap ? Would in-house vets like Shaq, Philip (shoulder surgery), Klein come back for the min ? Got an alternative that fits the cap and the coach mindset of not playing cheaper rooks ?
The 2023 externall challenge: The Chiefs and now the Bengals are the chase..plus they have more cap flex than we do...and now more importantly the division with the Jets coaching and drafting well, a qb away from the playoffs possibly and the Fins who have made big improvement with coaching (Fagio) and speedy Hill and edge rush Chubb to compliment Phiilops who owns Spencer Brown and a good overall D already made the playoffs and almost beat us with a third-string qb ?
The 2023 internal challenge: Dorsey was ineffective the second-half and into the playoffs having difficultyto re-adust to adjustments with a weak O line..and the D playing too basic and loose against more speed, pro bowl qbs and good coaching/scheming....
so the pressure mounts on McD for wanting to run it all back again with his coaching staff based on the confidence of regular season success versus playoff failure.
FWIW....the new safety coach did work with a D that only gave up 15 TD passes which was tied for league lowest...so hopefully he can have some new tricks for these old dogs...lets hope so
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original poster is generally correct but sloppy as Reeves indeed has two super bowl rings - neither as head coach:
source wikipedia:
Reeves made his first two Super Bowl appearances during his playing career, winning one in Super Bowl VI...1971
He then began his coaching career in 1972 as an assistant for Cowboys, where he made three championship appearances and was part of the staff that won Super Bowl XII...which is 1977 season
the internet remains undefeated....
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yeah we are all a bit burnt on recent high volume of prime time games, but one remains unplayed...besides the playoffs...the relatively new Thansgiving nite game reamins unconquered, I submit we can/should/would play that as a home game as we did Dallas and Detroit on the road consecutively..dont really care about the opponent but a divisional rival or maybe the Broncs or NYG...perhaps we play Jax in London ?
Great breakdown of McGovern and Harty (The Athletic; paywalled)
in The Stadium Wall
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An athletic subscription can be had cheaper than you think...and the content is darn good...signed a cheap bass-turd
McGovern has deceptive size and arm length. Usually with guards, you see them be a little shorter than a typical lineman with smaller arms. But McGovern is huge comparatively. He has a 6-foot-5 frame with over 34-inch-long arms, a length acceptable by offensive tackle standards. And on the film, you can see how the height and arm length impact his game positively as a pass blocker immediately. The long arms help catch the defender even if they worm free, and he combines that with quick feet to put together a lot of controlled pass-blocking reps.
But even more impressive is how he maintains that control even after losing at the beginning of the rep. McGovern uses his long frame to get wide and establish a balanced base, combining a perfect blend of maintaining enough balance to hold his ground while not extending his legs too wide to throw himself off balance. Even if he gets bull-rushed and knocked back by a defensive tackle, McGovern’s recovery is excellent, and he appears to be at his best working backward.
Harty is a speed merchant. GM Brandon Beane wasn’t exaggerating when he said, “When you just turn on the tape, you can feel speed.” That quickness will force a lot of cornerbacks into playing it safe. Because getting beaten over the top can lead to lost starting roles, Harty gets several opportunities against off-coverage. When they do, his speed and long-ball potential freezes defenders on underneath routes. He generally doesn’t have to worry about deception in his breakdown and can instead do a quick break to his route destination. But the reason he gets those opportunities is because of the long speed.