dave mcbride

They're both great players and the two best QBs in the league. They each have their own styles, and those styles work for them. It's really hard to say one is better than the other at this point. Josh was incredible last night. So was Mahomes.

They are terrible in the postseason because the best offenses make the postseason and the rules vastly favor the offense now. For a midseason Jags-Giants game, they are fine because the offenses are mediocre at best. In the postseason, we've seen time after time episodes of elite QBs slicing and dicing an exhausted defense and winning easily in an opening drive. Seattle vs. GB in 2014. Arizona vs. Green Bay in 2015. NE vs. Atlanta in 2016. NE vs. KC in 2018. And now KC vs. Buffalo in 2021. The rule sucks. Great post. Agree fully.

In his MMQB column last week (paywalled) Albert Breer talked about the cornerback problem at the college level. He said that after talking to scouts that it's really bad right now -- almost all of the great athletes are choosing to playing WR. He said it was notable that of some of the good young ones, many are the sons of former NFL CBs, who presumably have the business sense to point out to their sons that there is more money and more opportunity for elite athletes who choose to play CB instead of WR. But again, he stressed that NFL scouts are telling him that the CB problem at the college level is a huge problem right now. There aren't enough good athletes.

Prior to the last 13 seconds, the Bills had run 63 plays for 422 yards, and the Chiefs had run 63 for 433 yards. Pretty amazing.

Fangio runs a very different scheme.

They blanketed Diggs and basically told Allen to try and beat them with Gabe Davis. Guess what? He did. Also, don't discount that HUGE 2-point conversion he caught. It was a sensational, high-difficulty catch.

He at least occasionally covered people.

This. They were getting to him, but Mahomes is just so friggin' good it makes it look like we weren't getting there. We were.

I just don't know regarding Edmunds. I think he does things that put him in a position to make him look unimpressive (not a lot of downhill plays), but the Bills all season have had a very, very disciplined pass defense, and he's the lynchpin of it -- basically a short range centerfielder who is always lurking. Anyway, it's impossible for me to say because I don't know enough about what he actually brings to this scheme specifically. He did rally to the tackle a LOT last night, and that's key to this defense. But whatever he does or doesn't do, they are simply incapable of covering fast players in KC's scheme. I agree about the Mahomes pick, but White had no control over that and he turned out to be a great player. This is a defense that needs good, instinctive, and physical corners, and he's elite in that area. Without them, the defense just doesn't really work. Next year is must-win for the Bills, and I worry about rolling out there with Dane Jackson and Levi Wallace for the first half of the season while White completes his recovery. Jackson looked better than he really is because he was blessed with starting in a slew of brutal-weather games late in the season. Both he and Wallace were exposed last night. Johnson is the best of the three.

Well, at least do it once.

The Bills called TOs before both of those plays, so you know McD was involved in those calls.

To be fair, he's a safety and not that fast relative to a CB. And no one can keep up with Hill.

The best first round pick the Bills have made outside of Josh Allen in the last decade is a CB. Just sayin'.

They lost last night because of their cornerbacks, full stop. They did not lose because of a lack of weapons on offense.

Levi Wallace is not that good, and while I like him as depth, he was awful last night. They need an upgrade if they want to beat KC. This is two years in a row in which KC flayed our secondary despite struggling vs. teams like Denver.

There were no passes defensed on 44 throws. That is terrible. Dane Jackson/Levi Wallace are a terrible matchup vs. the Chiefs’ receivers.

They desperately need a better CB. They really do.

I hate to say I told you so, but … Mahomes threw 44 passes last night and NOT ONE pass was defensed. That is TERRIBLE. @Bill from NYC will hate this, but I really think they need to draft a CB high if a good one is available.

You can do that in college, but not the nfl.

The squib is more likely to force a return. The high hanger might just go in.

Garappalo is 50 times better than Dilfer. Also, as per your previous post about the Rams handling SF, keep in mind that McVay has never beaten Shanahan.

If there was a re-draft, I think he absolutely goes at least in the second half of round one.

We have no idea whether he's going to be a good coach or not. But they may have a QB, and if they do, he'll probably be fine if he's competent.

Honestly, this isn't that much different than the Doug Pederson hire, which was similarly laughed at. Pederson has a SB ring and made the playoffs three times in five years. The QB -- Mills -- looks like he might be OK and maybe even good. He was the #1 recruit in the country coming out of HS, after all. I think he dropped a bit because he didn't play that much in college (partly due to covid in 2020). His rookie numbers were pretty good, especially considering context and the rought start he got off too (i.e., the Buffalo game). https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MillDa02.htm. Take away that Buffalo game, and his TD/INT ratio was 16/6 and his completion percentage is around 70. The equal of Mac Jones, basically, at least statistically. He has more arm talent than Jones, and if you look at the final four games of the season, he produced at a near-elite level. @GunnerBill, what say you about Mills?

To quote Charles De Gaulle, the graveyards are full of indispensable men. Next man up!