Cray51

Beane isn't as petty as I am...

Can we just hold him and not put him on waiver, activate him each week, and fine him for not reporting? He is pulling the Gronk trade to Detroit move!

Agree on all counts. If you are looking to fire McD at the end of the year, the options are: 1) Promote Brady 2) Bring a coach back from retirement (Gruden, Arians, etc.). I find this VERY unlikely, but potential. You also could risk someone like Rivera being hired by Pegula 3) Promote another team's OC/DC. Unfortunately, not many options here. Do you try to grab ANOTHER DC like Sean to come over? Flores? IDK. Seems like a waste as Sean is already the defensive minded HC. Maybe you grab an OC, but there isn't much out there. If you go the Shanahan tree, it may provide options, but how long is that well going to be good for? My opinion, you either keep Sean for another year, or promote Brady. I dont see any other reasonable risk free options in the market.

Buddy, she was a 6 at best. You asked what McD would have done without Allen, I gave you the only evidence we can go off of. But feel free to move the goal posts

What does he look like? Maybe making breaking the longest playoff drought in franchise history? But IDK there isn't any sample to go off of. Oh wait.

Which Super Bowl winning teams in the past 10 years have come from quick adjustments and retools as opposed to full on rebuilds? Chiefs - no Eagles - maybe the only case - Reich brought in a new wave offense that led them to their win. Sirianni was a potential fire candidate before last year Patriots - no Rams - no, they bottomed out for a #1 OVR pick Bucs - no, Brady was a once in a decade get Broncos - No, Manning was a once in a decade get Very rarely do teams who win the Super Bowl get it done quickly after a coaching change or adjustment, without MAJOR additions coming their way (Brady, Manning)

1) Brian Dabol - Yes 2) Mike McDaniel - No, but can he run a viable defense? 3) Robert Selah - No, but is he anything more than Sean? 4) Matt Eberflus - Yes 5) Brian Callahan - Yes 6) Doug Pederson - Yes

I'm not sold on Vrabel at all - he had two good years with the Titans in an ass division and then fell apart to being fired. He is rolling with a hot team on a weak schedule Payton is on his third year with Denver, doesnt have a playoff victory. Is that BETTER than Sean? I'm not convinced. Harbaugh has been OK with an LA team that a lot of people were high on last year. 11-6 last year and whooped by the Texans in the wild card round. And all of that said, those guys need to want to come here too. Does Vrabel want to come to Buffalo? I wouldn't be convinced. Johnson has been the only young talented coordinator that I'd have considered letting Sean go for. He has created an offensive structure with his run game that is effective, and could potentially ease Allen's workload as the leader of the offense. With that said - Brady is quite capable, and with equal offensive talent to what detroit had last year, probably would have been the same hot candidate for teams to hire.

Ben Johnson is the only Head Coach Hire in the past 5 years I'd take over Sean. Maybe Sean Payton, however I'm not sure Allen and his scheme would mesh incredibly well. Allen winning his MVP saved McD's seat last year, and frankly cost them a shot at Johnson. It's the name of the game. I dont see any great candidates out there right now, so I dont think I'd be thrilled to move on from Sean.

Williams is nothing close to Mahomes/Allen/Lamar. He is benefiting from Ben Johnson’s incredible run game. nix is a decent starter. He is also about 50 years old. He is at his ceiling. Maye is good, but are we going to really say a 30 TD 10 Int season is top tier? I don’t think so. the NFL has 5 amazing QBs. Mahomes, Allen, Lamar, Stafford, burrow that isn’t changing unless Stafford retires

I about died laughing when Romo said “this year the chiefs have the most efficient running game of Mahomes career” what an absolutely insane thing to say

Cleveland offense is nothing compared to Houston. Houston has a passable wild card offense - Cleveland is terrible.

Cleveland with Gabriel or Sanders isn't an easy win? Crazy talk We win Cleveland and Jets for sure. Pitt is a likely win if Rodgers is out and on a long week of rest. That leaves the need to potentially win 1 of NE/Cinci/Philly to for sure make the playoffs.

That's an assumption on those other teams, none of them are playoff proven. Just like when KC was a wild card team a few years ago and everyone thought their offense wasn't good enough, and then it was. Last year the Bills allow over 40 points in back to back games, and everyone thought we were screwed. Then the defense does well in the wild card and divisional games. If the reality is an 11-6 Bills team goes into Denver in the Wild Card game, I'm still picking the Bills to win.

Babich gone immediately. They need a new face in the organization to tackle the defense. If Sean can't hand the reins over like that, then it's a decision to move on from him as well. Keep Brady at OC. He isn't terrible, he just has bad playcalling moments. I still think he is upper half of the league when it comes to offensive scheme and production. I'd like to get a DC who will be on the sidelines. Babich being upstairs annoys me, I think there are too many communication breakdowns as a result. Get a vet DC who has some proven success (maybe Schwartz if Cleveland clears house). If Sean goes, I may consider bringing in Jim Bob Cooter as HC purely for his amazing name. Or, I'd like college ranks to see if I can get a guy who has the emotions to match the needs of this team. Restructure Knox, let Edwards walk and have Grable fill. Keep McGovern. 2026 first if picking around 20 is either a package to move up for a WR, or draft a stud LB. I'd like to see if Coleman can develop into year 3. I give him another year. Come out of the draft and FA with a WR2 or WR1, starting LB, new Slot Corner. Figure out if Bosa will come back for a similar rate, or if we need to target another guy via trade or FA. Small adjustments to replace Milano/Johnson/Samuel/White for younger talent would help us immensely. There is talent on the roster, but we have bottom of the depth chart guys playing due to their career as opposed to their current talent level. DC needs to change though

Brady again got pass happy in the second and third quarters and abandoned the run game. Cook averaged 6.8 yards per carry and only touched the ball 17 times. When your pass protection isn't working, implement the run game and force the Texans into the box. Not effective play calling

Nothing beats an ice cold backup plan! Or a dozen of them

Yea but what QB who wins the Super Bowl ISNT boderline elite throughout the playoffs? Hurts last year: 4 games: 10 TDs, 2 TOs Mahomes the year before: 6 TDs 1 TO The year before that: 7 TDs 1 TO (3 games) Being elite doesn't mean putting up Allen's stat line from yesterday. Allen had 2 BAD turnovers that will not work against the great teams. Hurts and Mahomes were elite in their SB campaigns because they protected the ball AND help drive offense. The defense isn't super bowl calibre yet, but it wasn't that way at this time of the year last year either. Last year we had Rams and Lion back to back that showed our defense was an issue. The team needs to grow, which is why Beane invested so much into the defense when fans were complaining that the offense needed more talent. Now people are mad that the investment hasn't paid off, but the goal is for it to improve over the next 7 weeks as we get into the postseason.

I don’t think 10-7 makes it this year. Teams packed on too many wins early in the year. Broncos and Pats are both at 9 wins already, they are in colts are at 8 - they will win their division bills have the tie breaker and will get in ravens or Steelers for the north. That’s 5 teams in for sure over the chiefs. Then you have the Jags, whoever doesn’t get the division in the north, the chargers, and then the chiefs. They need to win 5 of their last 7 and then hope for some other teams to drop games to get in i actually don’t see it happening

Bingo - well said. People are quick to forget what we dealt with when Dorsey was OC and our offense was in shambles... with WR talent. Get to the playoffs, get healthy, and they will have a chance this year just like any other.

Go watch the games back - Josh wasn't that good in 2023 when they were 6-6 and won their last 5 games. Josh struggled in the games against Houston and Baltimore last year. History repeats itself - this team has had stretches like this several times over the years. What's frustrating is the decline in how Allen was last year to this year. He was surgical last season, and now seems gun shy. He needs to be better, the WRs need to be better, the defense needs to be better. They have shown they could be in the past - will need to see if they can do it again.

We are the WORST 6-3 team in the history of the league per the fans. Even if we drop to 6-4, this team still has Super Bowl aspirations. We were 6-6 in 2021 when we turned it on. Last year we lost two in a row and then a few weeks later couldn't stop the Rams - finished 13-4. This team will probably go 13-4 or 12-5. If that's wild card, credit to the Pats. I'm still thinking this team wins the division and we will see how they do in the playoffs.

5 catches 83 yards

It's tough, because the team has been dealing with so many damn injuries, it's hard to really evaluate them as a whole. Shakir is a perfectly fine slot guy, in fact I consider him to be a top 15 slot receiver in the league. Palmer was looking very good, especially in the Atlanta game before his injury. Coleman has disappointed - that's for sure. However, the only guy who has really been better than him around that draft spot has been Ladd, who struggled until the Chargers moved him into the slot more. Hell, almost all options that were considered in FA/draft by people on this board have been bad on their current teams over the past two years. The offense is top 5. Cook is having a pro bowl year. Kincaid is having a pro bowl year. Hawes has been great. It's not like they aren't getting something from the offense. WR is the weak spot, but to be frank, Allen has been having issues this season. When he drops back and fires, the offense gets in a groove. Too often he isn't trusting guys. Is that a WR problem, or an Allen problem? It's probably both.

That's fair - even I didn't want him at anything above I think at the time I said 7M a year, which wasn't feasible. The guy is 25/26, he has tread on the tires. I could absolutely see him playing well over the next 6/7 games and in the offseason earning a small deal with us (2 years 3M per or something).