JohnNord

Tremaine Edmunds is not the game wrecker?

I’ll add in that the Bills defense was also not clutch.

The Bills have needed help at on the defensive line since 2018. The fact that the Bills are in a position where they still need to find help at DE is damming to Beane, McDermott and the coaching staff. Some bad choices. Here’s how Beane has addressed the needs: 2018: Star Lotulelei (FA) Jordan Phillips (waivers) 2019: Ed Oliver (draft - 1) Trent Murphy (FA) 2020: AJ Epinesa (draft - 2) Mario Addison (FA) Justin Jefferson (FA) Vernon Butler (FA) 2021 Greg Rosseau (draft -1) Boogie Basham (draft -2) Efe Obada (FA) Nearly every move that Beane made to address the line has not panned out well besides Oliver who had his best season in 2021. The Bills knew that Hughes and Addison probably would not play in Buffalo in 2022 so they drafted Rosseau and Basham - neither which appear to be anything more than serviceable. Then there’s a JAG like AJ Epinesa who gives you nothing as a pass rusher. These draft choices were pretty underwhelming and still, they need help at DE. That’s why I’m saying it’s better to trade the pick for Hunter a proven commodity than it is to allow the scouting staff to whiff on another DE. To make matters worse the Bills have constantly tried to address DE and have failed miserably. They thought Star would be the “space eating anchor” - some fans here still think he is - but he just hasn’t been good. The Bills have needed a DE and 1TDT since 2018

What’s the alternative? 2022 is the last in Allen’s rookie contract window. The Bills have no one at DE. They aren’t going to be able to draft a DE that comes in and dominated. They need to make a big move to upgrade DE. Their attempts in the past have not worked

The reason Buffalo is in this spot is because Beane’s investments have not panned out well so far.

I don’t think Reich is on the hot seat but it’s pretty obvious that Wentz at QB wasn’t going to work. GM Chris Ballard seemed to sum it up pretty well at the end of the season he basically they didn’t have many options at QB so trading for Wentz was worth a shot.

If I’m Buffalo, I gladly trade away pick #25 for him.

I am a huge fan of JD but I have a feeling his stock is going to rise fast as there isn’t as much depth at DT as there is in other positions

It’s an entry level coaching position. People are making more out of it than that.

He’s a position coach…who really cares?

I think so too but what is he going to? Fire himself? 🤣. I guess he can make the argument that a kick in play runs off 4-5 seconds (or more) off the clock and limits KC to one play. Then again it might only run off 1-2. Who knows? I trust Eric Turner of Cover 1 who first reported what happened. He said there were other issues with Farwell and the last :13 is only part of the reason why he’s not back. As far as McDermott Tim Graham speculated that the earned respect in the locker room based on how he address the situation. He didn’t give any answers but also didn’t throw any players or coaches under the bus. He said players respect that. This is what Erik Turner of Cover 2 said as well. The kickoff was only part of the issue and that there were other factors. You probably hit on many of these

Probably the only the statement you’ve ever made that I can agree with

I agree… I don’t think he’ll have some kind of breakthrough season fans have been talking about since he was drafted. He’s always going to be inconsistent. His size and athleticism will help the defense and allow him to cover ground in zone defense. But he won’t be the one to make the big INT or FF. He’ll make tackles but very few of these will be a crucial stop behind the LOS when we need it. Ultimately I see him as being gifted but not a difference maker. I don’t think you want to give this kind of player $12-$15M a season. But it sounds like the Bills think he can improve and will be willing to pay that. I just am not as optimistic

There are a few factors that account for this. The biggest is the type of 2 high shell defense the Bills were seeing most of the season. Typically this treatment for QB’s that defenses respect through the air. Josh saw a lot of man coverage last year and absolutely destroyed. This year the coverage took away some of the deep shots we were used to seeing last season. It took the Bills nearly half a season to figure this out. What compounded the issue was an underperforming OL - which Josh actually figured how to work around. The other is a running game which didn’t threaten defenses for most of the season and slowed redzone production. It was either ineffective or not utilized appropriately. Once the Bills found their line combo, the run game improved and the overall offense was more efficient toward the end of the season. Numbers aside, I believe you can make the argument that Josh was actually better in 2021 given how much of the offense he accounted for. He literally was the Bills entire offense

It makes sense because he was a good run blocker but had short arms and was not a good pass blocker. So obviously with pass blocking being a weakness he was going to have to fight for a spot.

It definitely appears that he does.

Trainwreck Sports reports 2 time former Bills DE Shaq Lawson is close to signing as well “in the near future”

This guy was spot on the entire time about this situation. Always said the kick was a miscommunication:

It’s hard to say. Last month it was announced that Bobby Johnson was leaving. He wasn’t technically fired but his contract was expired. Considering that Farwell was also hired in 2019, it’s possible the same thing happened to him. Regardless, whatever happened in KC definitely had an affect on this decision There’s some key details we don’t know. Was Farwell just so disorganized that he couldn’t get the call to Bass in time? Did he simply not double-check with Bass and assumed he was going to kick short? Or did Bass simply fail to execute a short kick? So many questions we will likely never know

Depends what happened. I don’t think Bass went rogue. He didn’t know what the call was and it’s been speculated that Farwell couldn’t or didn’t get it to him for whatever reason. I think the coach is more accountable than the player in that situation

You can’t take that away from him. But that was such a weird season. That Jacksonville team was one that seemed to just get a lot breaks, carried by an awesome defense. All Blake Bortles had to do was not screw up and offenses like that often have a defined ceiling. They struggled to beat a weak Bills teams in the wildcard round and the proceeded to play two pretty good games after. It should be noted that Marrone would finish 12-36 after his appearance in the AFCGC

You know this story was planted by super agent Jimmy Sexton. Key role = offensive line coach/asst HC

Bill Belichick is the Richard Nixon of the NFL. Didn’t need to cheat but did anyway

Are we really going to revisit Deflategate? Who cares?

You are correct. It was hyperbole. If you can’t tell though, I feel very strongly he won’t be on the team