WeckMonster

Outside of injuries, I think you're way overrating depth and way underrating star power. The playoff games have been super close so star power matters. Chiefs won a game b/c their FG kicker is awesome. Bills lost a game b/c our FG kicker sucks. They have a huge strength, we have a huge liability. Chiefs won last year b/c Christ Jones bumped Josh as he was about to throw a TD. Bills have lost b/c we haven't had a true pass rusher in years (Von was THE missing piece until he got injured). They have a strength, we have a liability. As a receiver Kelce has remained a star and came up huge against the Bills each year (even though he was covered by guys that were retired a week earlier). Diggs dropped has dropped multiple game changing balls right in his hands. They have a strength, we have a liability. Hopefully Dalton evens the equation!

We wasted the 86th pick on a guy that did nothing for us. And rushed for barely over 1k yards in his first 3 years combined. Then ‘broke out’ with a mediocre season for a non playoff team. You can find Zach Mosses in every draft in the 5th round or later. Or on someone’s practice squad.

Shorter was “looks like Tarzan plays like Jane” throughout college. But missing in a 5th is NBD. Missing on Basham, Elam, Moss and Epenesa really hurts. Having this year’s cap tied up in Diggs, Miller, Milano, Bass, Martin is why this is a rebuild. Having Josh is why Beane will be around to bounce back next year.

Didn’t Flores settle a massive lawsuit for huge $$$ claiming he was fired bc of racism? When everybody knew the Fins really leaned in on his potential (not resume) when they hired him and then he made their franchise QB want to retire and basically say him or me. funny how this hasn’t been brought up on espn

One schedule variable that wasn't considered, despite some wild internet conjecture, was making sure Travis Kelce and the Chiefs had a game scheduled close in location to one of the tour spots for Taylor Swift. "I saw a lot of conspiracy theorists talking about Kansas City at Buffalo middle of the season, right when Taylor's playing Toronto," North said. "That one definitely did not hit our radar screen."

Ironically he was ready to play at UB until he almost single handedly won the Pennsylvania State Title game and got the late offer from PSU. Love Hardy… great kid, super competitor. Was overshadowed by others (Joey Porter Jr, Kalen King was a pre-season all American, etc) but outplayed them all.

It’s time to think differently since we’ve gotten zero pass rush impact from the 3 power-DEs we’ve spent high picks on (AJ, Groot, Boogie). If we want a tweener or someone to set the edge in round 3…. Fine. Don’t waste the pick on it before then.

Modern NBA looks nothing like NBA prior to 2014. It’s all 3s, layups/dunks and free throws. No midrange, no post ups. His offense wouldn’t translate and he’d be hunted mercilessly on D bc he can’t guard the perimeter, close out or protect the rim. his best bet is to lose 50lbs (I assume he’s 320). He really labors to run the court.

He won’t fall to us anyway. But you’re way off in your e v a l.

You obviously haven’t watched him play… which is fine. Chop was a total game wrecker. He’s a blur off the edge with great bend. teams schemed against him big time and he missed OSU with a concussion on first series and missed a few games after that. UM abandoned passing after scoring first bc the PSU offense was garbage. You also have the college dynamic where he was sitting a bunch of 2nd half’s bc they were up by a ton and they rotated younger DEs.

True. But probably not all at the same positions. If the injuries were spread out instead of all at LB and CB, we’d have done better than giving up 8yds/play. Then you’re playing 2nd stringers instead of guys that were retired until 10 days ago.

With our Swiss cheese D and a terrible kicker (vs their great kicker), the only hope of winning was to score a TD in regulation and pray the D keeps them out of the end zone. You take the TD when it’s there. Too many things can blow up inside 2 mins (penalty, tipped pass, D guesses right, etc). Throwing to wide open Shakir was the right play. If Dawkins holds another half second it’s a TD. It’s Josh’s blind side and it happened at the last second. No way he should’ve passed up a sure TD in his mind.

Haven’t followed his pro career but that would surprise me. He was the personality plus, high energy, great vibes at Penn State. Super friendly, fun parents too. Who knows though… I’m sure he was frustrated by his injuries and their Offense/QB situation when he was healthy.

Fans tend to over-rate their team’s players. Lots of the guys you listed are JAGs and every team has them…. Davis, Shakir, Knox, Epenesa, etc. While Beane has built amazing depth on D, I’m not sure he’s found the high-end talent on O that you need to win it all (hope I’m wrong!) * drafting Basham over Creed Humphrey was terrible in the moment and many posted about it * drafting RBs high 3x (Singletary, Moss, Cook). Moss was a wasted pick. Even if Cook has been good, would it have better to draft a WR in the 2nd and draft a RB later, or pick up a cheap FA? Every team has a decent RB. You rarely hear teams say their biggest issue is RB. * obviously you can’t get zero production for 2yrs out of a 1st rounder in Elam

Tokyo airport maybe 2007ish. Turns out the guy was a poster on the old bb.com and we’d interacted on that board. (“I’m such a crazy fan I post on message boards!” “Me too!”) Bonkers to meet an anonymous online poster in person in a foreign country by chance.

Where does this Safety nonsense come from? B/c he’s white? He’s played Corner his entire life… and was the best corner in CFB before getting injured. He’s a scheme fit b/c he played in zone, finds the ball and is a good tackler. But we need a WR more and I hope he’s long gone by the time our reigning champion Bills pick.

Shorter’s been “looks like Tarzan plays like Jane” since coming into college as a 5 star, disappointing, transferring, etc. guys just not a good football player.

No thanks on Van Ness. Good prospect but we need a blur off the edge. Already have 3 ‘bull rush’ DEs in Epenesa, Groot, Basham, that aren’t effective rushing inside or out. Campbell is a stud. Could be a replacement for Tremaine as a rookie. Big, fast, great in zone coverage. But… i would just go Offense first 2-3 rounds. Give Josh everything he needs and try to out-score people. We’ve invested a ton on Defense and offered zero resistance the past 2 playoff losses. Time to stop throwing good $ after bad.

Undersized and slow with a history of injuries. Pick was bad in the moment and only got worse. 1st-3rd round picks basically have to be starters or at least rotational players. Bernard can go onto the Epenesa, Basham, Moss, Ford scrap heap of wasted high round picks.

Yes! Posted more often long ago (different name) before kids/life. Fun story… was traveling to Thailand for work maybe 2007. Laid over in Tokyo airport and struck up a conversation with a guy wearing a Bills hat. Turns out he was a frequent poster on BBMB that I had traded messages with before! “You’re Jim123! OMG I’m Bob456!!!” Small world. Bills mafia everywhere.

Have two ‘tween boys that are starting to specialize. Definitely pushing them away from football even though (1) i played and have amazing memories and (2) youngest loves football, plays QB on a traveling flag team, is pretty good, etc. My reasons are more that it’s not a lifelong sport. Learn to swim, golf, ski, tennis, cycling, etc. Much healthier activities that you can do for years.

This. Drafting Basham over Humphrey was stupid in the moment. No hindsight needed. Watching Boogie get schooled over and over last night while Josh runs for his life just rubbed it in. Drafting Zach Moss was a wasted pick. Drafting Cook was a luxury when you can find RBs later in the draft or as cheap FAs. And then drafting a LBer with the size of a safety, the speed of a lineman and a history of injuries was icing on the cake. That’s four opportunities to draft a contributing OL.

Agree with OP’s macro point. Every week across the NFL there are incredible athletes making incredible catches. The physics of a 200lb dude diving at full speed falling on a ball means the the ball’s gonna move a bit if you watch it in super slow-mo. I think unless the ball is truly bobbled… ie is no longer in contact with the player… call it a catch. That’s what you’d do in the backyard.

Baltimore wanted to let Buffalo score. Oweh got a ton of heat in the moment from his teammates and from fans/media after the game. Oweh said he wasn’t trying to tackle… just take one punch to force a fumble and let him in the end zone if it doesn’t work. Oweh said Singletary was going to go down regardless. This makes me feel like Oweh did the right thing… was really close to a huge play.