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It was definitely a bit of a reach at the time… USA Today gave the Chiefs a C- for picking Mahomes. “Calling Mahomes a project is a major understatement. He’s nowhere near ready to play in the NFL.” SB Nation: “My grade on what Kansas City did in this draft is due to my opinion that they gave up way too much to trade up for quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the first round.” Sporting News: “Trading up for Mahomes, a big-armed gunslinger who really doesn’t mesh with the true mentality as Alex Smith’s successor, set up a bad tone in this draft.”

Sorry for the confusion. I was talking about the playoff game where they started a 3rd string QB and we won by only 3 points.

Not saying you’re wrong but I reallyyyy hope our season doesn’t rely on a 34 year olds knee recovering to perfection.

Im not talking about a slide. Mahomes was listed in the 30-40 range on most people’s draft boards. Example:

No one made this claim and I think it shows you didn’t read the original post.

Chiefs lost Frank Clark, Thornhill and Wylie this off-season. Chris Jones is also headed into the final season of his contract, so they’ll either have to re-sign him to a gigantic deal next year or franchise him. Cinci may be the new team to beat going forward, but having Mahomes always gives the Chiefs a chance.

Belichick has almost the same winning % against NON-divisional opponents than he does against the AFC East. Through 2021: Against AFC-East: .718 Against rest of league: .719 You’re right. Thank you.

I was talking about the game that happened literally the week before the Bengals game. Not a Week 4 regular season game like the Chiefs and Colts. The Dolphins, with their 3rd string QB, took the Bills down to the final seconds in the playoffs, and we were at home! Dolphins we’re around midfield, down only 3, and having put 31 points on the board, with a couple minutes left in the game. That was just a week before the Bengals blasted us. If the Bengals game was an aberration, what was the Dolphins game just a week prior?

Yeah I think that’s probably true. McDermott is a more aggressive situational play caller. But the defensive philosophy is the same. Yeah if it’s “luck”, then the Patriots had a lucky horseshoe up their arse for two decades.

You ignored all the other games I mentioned, but okay.

I don’t think we are getting any change in philosophy on defense. McD and Frazier have the same defensive philosophy.

I know that this is a common theory, but in my opinion it ignores a mountain of evidence. For example, the Bengals walked down the field and scored a TD, and were carving up chunks of yards again on their second drive before Hamlin went down. The Dolphins gave us all we could handle the week before, and that was with a 3rd string QB (yes, I know the Dolphins offense did very little, but the game was still very tight). We lost to Zach Wilson and the Jets too. I think it was more than an aberration.

The Bills have been regular-season-good for many seasons now. But we haven’t been able to break through in the playoffs. We got blown out by the Bengals in the playoffs by 17 points. Some argue that we were simply out of mental steam due to the Hamlin situation. However, we also did not look good in the limited action we saw of the first Bengals matchup (pre-Hamlin injury). The Bengals walked down the field and scored a TD, and they were walking down the field again when the injury occurred. I think we can all admit that despite our record, the second half of last season wasn’t very comfortable. We lost to the Zach Wilson led Jets. We lost to the Vikings. We barely squeaked by the Dolphins at home. We needed a heroic last second throw and catch by Allen and Diggs to beat the Lions. So here is my question - Is what we’ve done this off-season been enough to bridge the gap between the Bills and Bengals/Playoff Chiefs (playoff Chiefs are different than regular season Chiefs)? Added: Dalton Kincaid (love this) O’Cyrus Torrence (love this) Connor McGovern Taylor Rapp Deonte Harty Trent Sherfield Damien Harris Micah Hyde comes back Lost: Tremaine Edmunds Isaiaah McKenzie Roger Saffold (addition by subtraction) Jake Kumerow Cole Beasley Jamison Crowder Devin Singletary I think we did get better. Kincaid brings something to this offense we have literally never had before. Ever. We re-tooled 40% of our o-line with McGovern and Torrence, and removing Saffold is addition by subtraction by itself. I don’t have much faith in Harty and Sherfield, but I refuse to believe they’ll give us any less than Crowder and McKenzie did last season. What’s your thoughts?

Mahomes, by far. He was usually listed around the 30 to 40th best player on the board in most rankings. Chiefs took him in the top 15.

Cole did not have a good season. One of the worst ranked linemen in the NFL and only started because the Pats had no one else. Pats fans couldn’t stand him.

Beane also said they’ll look at what it takes to get Dorian at MLB. But then said what they always say about it taking a lot to learn the defense. I’ve never seen a team that thinks their defense is so difficult to learn as the Bills do. They had the same excuse for Marlowe last year. And he played in the defense before!

Love Kincaid and Torrence. But I think we’re at the point where Beane shouldn’t be allowed to choose the 3rd round picks.

Has there ever been a Bills player you didn’t like?

Yes. It is. Completely irresponsible and quite frankly the same thing you’re accusing him of (scumbag behavior) to accuse someone of terrible things without evidence.

Which is why it was so odd that McBeane was so enamored with Star.

As for Houston, I have zero faith in Stroud so i’m not as big of a fan of their draft. In fact, if I was Houston I would have taken Richardson. Higher bust potential, but also HOF ceiling.

Shocked at the number of posters saying the Lions had a great draft. The Eagles absolutely crushed the draft. Jets had an odd draft too. Loved the Bills first two picks. Extremely happy they didn’t take a tiny WR.

… on the practice squad.

then you shouldn't have said anything in the first place. It's beyond irresponsible to hint at someone being a terrible human being while simultaneously refusing to give reasons for saying so.

Beane essentially said "the rest of the players in this draft kina suck - give me 2024 picks".