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Maybe they coulda had just a few more drives not end in 3 and out? Sam Martin punted more times in 2024 than he did in 2023 and more than he did in 2022. Never said what they were doing wasn't working. Not asking for any radical change either. Bills were 49% run - 51% pass last year. I liked it better when we were around 45% run - 55% pass. I just think if you have a future HOF QB you should be trying to lean into the passing game more. Ideally, I just want the 2021 playoff Bills back. That was the one time they scored enough points to beat the Chiefs. I really didn't want to turn this into a Josh Allen thread. Oh well.

Shoulder injury in 2022 that he played through, elbow injury that gave him occasional numbness in his hand 2023, broken hand last year plus possible concussion that he may have played through as well. Not a good track record for a long productive career. Josh has the Brett Favre mindset and I'm positive he would play through any injury(I actually think he's deliberately going after Brett's consecutive game record) but it could eventually catch up to him and and degrade his physical ability.

Maybe I'm a homer but I feel they could've scored even more. Most points scored in team history with bottom 5 WR group in the league is an odd pairing. Also Josh has been putting his body on the line too much. Rather not Cam Newton him out of the league.

Not disparaging the run but I thought they were a little too conservative at times. Romo was saying it on almost every broadcast he did of Bills games last year. Cook is obviosly the second best person on offense behind Josh Allen. I'd like to see less designed runs with Josh Allen though. And I'd rather see Ty Johnson on the field instead of Ray Davis. edit: I still to this day hate that Brady will absolutely never dial up a pass play on second and short.

I think your optimistic take is probably spot on. That's if Joe Brady allows josh to throw the ball this year or if we're gonna be mostly a run heavy offense again.

What exactly am I looking at here? odd looking seating section..

They prefer salt?

Trade two 1sts and Ed Oliver for him

Beane does have a habbit of bringing in a bunch of reduntant players and overpaying for mid talent. Instead of bringing in 4 or 5 JAGS he could get that one elite guy.

Probably vet minimum. I mean the guy is 62 years old!

the have 32 million free cap space to sign an edge rusher now 😄

By next year DEs will be making more than Josh Allen

Just imagine throwing 50 million a year and 2 first rounders at Parsons then he suffers a season ending injury beginning of the year. I fear that's the kinda luck the Bills would have with such a deal.

They drafted all their elite guys. Mahomes, Chris Jones, McDuffy. They opted not to pay Tyreek Hill. I probably woulda considered paying Parsons 40 mil per year if he were a guy we drafted and developed, but giving away 2 1st rd draft picks and paying him that much would be a hard pill to swallow.

I prefer the middle route. Instead of 50 mil/year a top 3 non QB guy, maybe get 2 or 3 elite players in the 15-20 range. Beane usually just likes to shopping at the bargain basement. The one time he did swing for the fences on the Von Miller deal it turned into a big flop. But at the same time he had the sneaky good signing of Leonard Floyd who got us 10.5 sacks for like 8.5 million.

I dunno, having a non QB take up 20% of your teams cap space is also something to consider.

Also receive 24 million in cap savings

If we make a move on a guy like that it would really make Beane look like a clown after already signing Michael Hoecht and using three draft picks on the D-line.

Season doesn't start for 7 days. What else is there to do?

I still prefer our regular all whites over these

Meh. They look like a Lions knockoff

Boring if true

I hear your arguments but Hoecht and Ogunjobi wont even be here for a third of the season. Our 1st round draft pick isn't gonna be available for a third of the season. The rest of our rookie D-lineman are at this point rotational depth guys. The ravens drafted what is going to be a day 1 starter at safety in Starks and another 2nd rd steal in Mike Green who certainly has elite traits. The Chiefs have drafted two day 1 starters in Simmons and Lott. I think it's safe to say our competition's rookies have a leg up on us at least in terms of playing time. We still don't know what we're gonna get with Bosa. He looked good in camp but has an injury history. Hopefully he doesn't flame out like Von did. That's why I'm keeping my expectations low for him. Same with Tre White. Last year everyone was saying he was washed. He did have a decent camp this year but can he carry it over to the regular season? Can he stay healthy til we get the rookie back and up to speed? Bishop has had an up and down camp but it appears he's earned the starting job over Hamlin for now. Until he shows some quality safety play on the field however I would consider it a sidegrade. Maybe we had it too good with Hyde and Poyer all those years because everything we've had since then has been milquetoast. I'm reserving judgement on Josh Palmer. Despite all the separator talk, he has yet to light the league on fire. If he were to surpass the 5 TD catches Mack Hollins had with us last season I would be impressed. At the end of the day we're still trying to replicate Digg's production. Our WR group was bottom 5 in the league last year so it would be hard not improve on that. I'm sure one of our guys is gonna step up and have a big time year, not quite sure who but my money is on Keon. I'm excited for the season, just trying to keep my expectations tempered. We got pretty lucky with turnover differential last year which helped our offense get more points on the board but that will be tough to replicate.

It's essentially the same team as last year. If they can perform at the same level then theoretically they should get back to the AFCCG Reasons for optimism. -Keon looks like he might make a second year leap after his great camp. -Matt Milano is healthy to start the season and is playing well. Reasons for concern -Rookies unlikely to make much of an impact this year allowing other teams to gain ground. -Cole Bishop is still a big question mark going into the season. -It's still the same team that hasn't beaten the Chiefs in the playoffs.

WTF is wrong with Benford?