JP51

I aint gonna ping ya... they feed on each other, lock down 2ndry helps the pass rush and vice versa... in the end, I am more looking for a game wrecking DL because you cant throw away from him and they have more of an opporiunity to impact the game on a play to play basis... but what you say isnt wrong,,, I would just approach it different...

Lot of area's on D that need to be improved... but my main focus would be on a game wrecking DL either a DE or a 1T.. then play it out from there... the existence of a pass rush and a guy that blows sh(t up gonna help everyone... Do that and I would walk it back with Benford and Douglas.. now if Douglas goes ... then you gotta do something like you are talking about... just wonder if it isnt cheaper to retain Douglas?

Kind of half laughing lol... kinda not...

Indeed it was

Agree it's hard to evaluate when the over all talent is deficient. These are two things I am looking at 1. Player regression under babich the majority of players under babich have regressed some of them young... Oliver, Bernard, Epenessa, Jones, Douglas, I feel like Rousseau and Williams flat lined if not regressed and Milano clearly regressed but you have injury. Rapp and Hamlin their prior body of work was not enough to judge but clearly are not starting quality at the top half. Edwards regressed so badly he couldn't even stay with the team... but again injury. I have zero people improving in a substantial way under him. 2. Lack of game plan anticipation. This defense routinely spotted it's opponent 30 minutes of suckitutde before adjusting in the end half. Excellent on adjusting credit to babich. Zero anticipation regarding what the other team will do to you based on your weakness. Most teams don't have 17 and would not be able to spot other teams like that. Bonus take turnover differentials are not the same year to year with out them it looks alot worse

1) Josh Allen - No brainer 2) James Cook - Maybe yes, probably... in this system, if he takes his services elsewhere... I am going hmmmm maybe very good to excellent... elite.. not sure 3) Dion Dawkins - Elite wouldnt trade him for nothin.. even outside of his critical production an outstanding leader 4) Spencer Brown - I am fine with him in the upper tier.. elite.. that being said we have a bit of a definition disparity on elite.. like Elite should be at least like you are the best of the best... Justin Herbert, really good not elite... Stafford, Goff, Prescott... not elite... as an example... Jackson, Mahomes, Josh, Burrow, elite... 5) Benford- Very Good to excellent, not going with elite... or my definition of elite... see above... could he be I hope so... 6) Taron Johnson - Elite at his position yes. 7) Khalil Shakir - I would not put him in the elite category... 8.) Matt Milano - No. maybe elite ability. But, The best ability is availability... this precludes him from elite...to me To answer the over all question, and not to sound like a broken record... to win the Super Bowl I really believe we need a game wrecker on defense... an absolute menace...

He cannot always over come the softness that is this defense ... so its not only the allocation of resources, but it is the ineffective allocation of resources... Imaging if he only had to score 24 points to win a game not saying he cant or to win it all doesnt need to play better at times... but geez if he isnt the most valuable player to his team... I have no clue is...

Standing Buffalo... settle for nothing less.... and the Red helmet was brought in cause Fergy threw too many interceptions... lol... so not liking the Karma there... LOL

Ya know, Im tired a standin in line for bars I'll never get in, its like the bottom of the 9th and your never gonna win...

I think yes he gets a new contract... I also think yes... he is one of those Kelly types... he seems to be loyal and loves the people and the team... but I do think that if we screw him around on the contract then its not going to be kumbaya with him... no one wants to feel like they are being taken advantage of... If he is in the top 4 QBs in the league and getting paid like a mid tier he is probably gonna have an issue... but in the end... Beane, McD and even Pegula know where thier bread is buttered... and Allen is holding the butter knife...

Over analyze, Over react, pay too much attention to rumors, read the 831 iterations of the mock draft, and probably hit my bourbon stock aggressively... and fish.

Better... because you go back to life... and life as much as it consumes us sometimes isnt football...

Agreed here... I think the defense needs to be re imagined... the concept of spotting a team 30 minutes and adjusting to moderate improvement at half time isnt good enough, I was less than impressed game to game with the lack of anticipation from Babich regarding what the opposing offense was going to do to exploit our flaws.. he adjusted well at half time but someone needs to anticipate from the get go what their offense was going to do and that didnt happen... Additionally, the regression of the individual player... Oliver, Jones, Bernard, Douglas, Epenesa, and the stagnation of others like Rousseau makes me wonder if the scheme didnt fit the players, or Development was not effective... thats a lot of players some of the Veteran Young... that should be improving... To me this makes me see through the well our players werent good on defense (which in some regard is true especially at Safety) and that is the problem... to say yes.. there is truth there... but the coaching was also not acceptable.. just MO

To me priority 1 is a game wrecker on D... and that can be a stud pass rushing DE... or a Wide Body 1T that gets penetration and blows it up at the LOS... either also probably make Ed Oliver more effective... he will never be an All Pro superstar but he is not big enough to handle double and sometimes even single teams... After that there are so many areas of need Safety play Must be upgraded this year... it really wasnt good enough... I would like a corner better than Elam to be able to step in assuming we sign Douglas... I will say if you get priority one.... especially a DE the DB play improves simply because of the pass rush which was pretty much a failure this year at least on a consistent basis... If you go 1T it may favor our smallish LBs in the run game... Game breaking receiver awesome do it. Help Josh all you can.. but in the end... if there was only one thing I could do that really improves this team to me is an absolute monster on the DL either 1T or DE... that is the molding that covers the flaws... and improves the over all team the most IMO... That may just be the final piece we need...

I think the LBs may look much better with you 1, 4 and 5....

I would like to see a defensive mind hired in here... relegate Babich, fire him dont care... I will tell you why I have this take... I am looking at this past the over all production in defensive rankings etc... the defensive change here was enormous... the players were not talented enough and I get it.... this you cannot blame all on the coach per se... Here are my problems... 1. Player regression under Babich, I thought the majority of the players regressed in play this year.... Oliver, Jones, Elam. Bernard, Douglas, Epenesa, Groot stayed the same in a potential contract year... David Edwards I just wonder what happened there... but in the end when you see players go backwards and young players not improve I start to wonder if the coaching is good. LBs Safeties not shedding blocks... no penetration or real pass rush... I struggle to find a player on that defense that really developed and upped thier game over last year... maybe Rapp? maybe Hamiln? Not sure if that is because they just got more playing time and the body of work was there.... 2. 2nd half improvement - dont get me wrong, I love our ability to adjust at half time... even coming out in the 2nd half like a bit of a different Defense.... what I dont like is the spotting of 30 minutes to the other team... the lack of game plan anticipation that says... Hey these guys have seen us on tape... they are going to do this to exploit that... so we are gonna do this in anticipation... Belicheck Reid heck Parcells were masters at that ... I saw no real anticipation from Babich with regard to what other teams were going to do... I saw him adjusting after they did it... props to him... but Defensive Guru in game planning he is not. Maybe he improves... maybe he is just limited... but I am not gonna complain if they go get a great defensive mind push him to the side and take McD out of the room as a I used to work here guy... my 2... well that was long... my 4 cents...

I am reserving judgement here... the contrary take... Beane for the most part defending his players and coaching staff in front of the media at a very difficult time. He did in a passive aggressive way refer to those he was less than pleased with without calling it out... Every year for the past several all we hear is we are not going to be big players in FA. Every year we sign a surprise player... not this year until he traded for Coop. (that is another story). I simply dont think he wants to send his team and coaching staff away with a message that there is going to be an overhaul of the team and or the coaching staff... at a time when they just got handed another devastating loss... As a manager of people I understand this take... I aint gonna call you out on email... but we will discuss productively what needs to happen. I also dont get a sense that Pegula is saying I am not spending any more... I think if he can find a way to improve he will spend... this is just my take... that being said, I was not overly impressed that he had and relayed an understanding of what really was the issue and then committed to fix it... this may just be his way, maybe he sees a competitive advantage in not playing those cards right now... I do not like his top end drafts, he has not hit on a superstar up top save Allen and Cook... I did not hear anything regarding what he intends to do differently... color me very disappointed... Over all, I am going to reserve judgement on the improving the team via Free Agency piece until we actually get there. The draft piece I am less than excited about if he is not going to bring in some other talent evaluation eyes... he will just have to get lucky. I am not doom and gloom, but I certainly dont feel better after this that is for sure.. I will however wait to see what he does with the team in the off season to judge. I think firing him now would be a mistake... as someone who lived thru the firing Polian years... lastly, even if we removed them both (I think they are a package McD and Beane) do you really trust Terry to be able to hire a duo at this level.... please refer to the Sabres.. JP out... flame away.

I am not disparaging this post.... but I can only imagine what Josh Allen would have done to defenses back in the Mid 60s... when the average DL probably was Josh Allens size lol... and the average WR and RB probably ran about as fast as Josh does... I can imagine a lot of broken fingers on WR and DBs lol....

The funny thing is the official with the actual view of where the ball was marked it a 1st down... the league chose to go with the official that couldnt see where the ball was instead of the official that clearly saw it was a 1st down. I am sorry I dont like to conspiracy theory but this is utterly inexcusable so much so that it leaves you wondering why?....

Thanks Micah be well... enjoy retirement

Maybe they will give us Worthy for him???/ 😆🤣

and that is why it would surprise me and I am not for it.

Surprise moves - not that I agree with these... or at least all of them, but I would be really surprised... I could do with a new set of eyes on the Defense. I would like Beane to also bring in another pro personnel guy. Offense - Kincaid traded (that would be a total surprise) Defense - Babich fired ST - Bass cut FO - Beane hires a new assistant of player personnel to help evaluate More likely moves Offense - Coop, Samuel not resigned, Knox deal re done with a paycut. Defense - DL coach fired ST - Smiley out FO - nothing unless it is to replace Gray or something like that.

Everything you say is true.. but i feel like if one of those things are reversed... we are coached better or the officials dont blatently cheat... we win.. and thats without the team playing its A game... I think if that happens we win as well...

are you counting their 2pt conversion... cause I feel like you need too... red zone play for points... Defense is a disaster.