dave mcbride

Aha. I learned something! He is only a little over $5 million this seasons despite signing a Half-billion dollar contract. Thanks.

How do you figure? He’s getting that contract this offseason, not next one.

KC is one of those teams that drafts physical talent (especially speed) and figures it can be coached up if the foundation is in place. That’s where the Bills are at now — the foundation is in place. This draft is one where I expect them to target speed on both sides of the ball.

Um, no. He basically won the Colts game single-handedly, and played a LOT better than his stat line vs. Baltimore. Kubiak gave Allen one of his highest grades of the season for that game. Bear in mind that Gabe Davis dropped a pretty easy TD pass in that game, and that it was effectively over at the end of the third quarter.

Yeah, but I think it was more due tot the fact that he was really, really banged up in that Baltimore game. He wouldn’t have played if it was a garden variety regular season game.

Ain’t gonna happen. The Bills are $2.5 million under the cap and have to pay Allen a boatload of money, which they will. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/ Basically, they need to draft well.

Yup, and this SI piece agrees with you: https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/25/buffalo-bills-not-aggressive-in-loss-to-kansas-city-chiefs Talent too. The Chiefs are a better team.

?? - Beasley had a huge game last night.

Check this out: https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/25/buffalo-bills-not-aggressive-in-loss-to-kansas-city-chiefs

I actually thought it was fine to call it. Look: you need to convert 2 two-pt conversions no matter what, and why not try it when it still looks a little like garbage time to the Chiefs? The Bills clicked on that drive, and it seemed like the right time to do it, with the D possibly a little more lackadaisical. Regardless, the Chiefs could score at will and the Bills were not going to win that game. This is a pretty good take, by the way: https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/01/25/buffalo-bills-not-aggressive-in-loss-to-kansas-city-chiefs

I’ll say something. Brown effectively played in 8 games and had 458 yards and a 63.5 percent catch rate (very high for a deep threat receiver and the second best of his career). Prorated to 16 games, he would have had 66 catches for 916 yards, 6 TDs, and 13.9 ypc. For a #2, that is excellent. He played extremely well vs. Baltimore last week too, making tough catch after tough catch. But you didn’t mention that. He is also *clearly* not 100 percent. When he is healthy, though, he is very obviously a difference maker. Baltimore certainly didn’t cancel him last week.

The Chiefs actually blitzed Allen relentlessly (meaning they didn’t have 7-8 DBs), and too often he didn’t have answers. He left a lot of short, productive plays on the field last night. Hero ball was a problem.

Agreed. But they knew it was likely to be called that way going in.

He basically played 8 games this season and had 458 yards, meaning he was on place again for close to 1000 yards. He played very well vs. Baltimore too. He was great last week!

They have to make a decision on him before the season given that he was a first rounder. My guess is that they’re going to bet on the physical upside and keep him. Talent can be coached, and he came into the league extremely young (20 years old). He is extremely talented physically. The Bills need more guys like that.

WRs are far more likely to drop passes in contested situations. Diggs dropped one earlier in a similar situation in the first quarter. In a situation with three guys around you, it’s harder to see and concentrate than you would if you were actually open. Brown has been great for the Bills and I’m not going to fault him for that one play. Anyway, it was a throw that shouldn’t have been made. If a receiver is basically triple covered, that means someone is gonna be open somewhere else, almost by definition.

They definintely had trouble, but on the pick, Brown was surrounded by three defenders. That’s all I’m saying.

Strong disagree on that one! Josh threw that ball into triple coverage. Bad decision by Josh, but to be fair it was desperation time and he was just trying to make a play.

I think people are overreacting. Simply put, the Chiefs are by far and away the worst matchup in the league for the Bills on both sides of the ball. The Bills play zone, and it often works very well. Against a zone shredder like Kelce—one of the best tight ends who has ever played—they are always going to look bad. Frankly, regardless of the score, the Chiefs totally dominated in Buffalo earlier this year. This game wasn’t really that much different. I think Edmunds is pretty good, and I think fans dumping on him for Kelce last night aren’t being fair. Edmunds has to guess every play in his zone, and because there is no real pressure on Mahomes, Kelce, who is the best TE in the league by far, gets to react and find the vacated spot every time. And to top it off, Kelce and Mahomes have one of those deep connections where they each seem to know what the other is thinking on every play. He is so good that when they put White on him later in the game, White couldn’t handle him, and White is a really good player. But back to Edmunds, playing zone against Mahomes and Kelce is gonna make a defender always look bad. I’m not saying man is the answer. The answer, I think, is getting a Joey Bosa or a Myles Garrett who can dominate an offensive tackle consistently. That’s what the Bills need.

Brown is good and was on pace for about 1000 yards if you prorate his season, which he missed half of.. He simply got hurt this year. He played great against Baltimore.

I think he played extremely well in the second half of the season. The whol D was bad in the first half, like most defenses in the NFL. Basically, it’s hard to play CB in the NFL if oyu’re not pressuring an elite QB like Mahomes. I’m not sure why people think this is Frazier’s defense. It’s McDermott’s through and through. Yes, Frazier calls the plays, but it’s a matchup zone D and not really the Tampa 2 that Frazier ran before Buffalo. The Bills need a Chris Jones and a Frank Clark. They are line wreckers, and the Bills don’t have those guys. Ed Oliver was supposed to be, but he’s not.

Actually, @ScottLaw is right about Allen tonight. He should have had three picks, and my god — the constant 15-20 yard sacks. That is *always* bad quarterbacking, and their frequency (especially in the postseason) makes this officially a problem. Having said this, aAllen is elite and a franchise qb. I look forward to watching him for a long time to come.

Just stop. The ref had blown the whistle over a second before Okeafor came in and delivered a truly dirty cheap shot. And he had a terrible cheap shot on the previous possession.

Tempers boiled over after successive Okeafor cheap shots on the team leader in garbage time. It is totally understandable.

The Bills are getting their ass kicked by a better team that is the absolute worst matchup in the league for them. The Bills D works against a lot of teams — the ones that don’t have elite tight ends who shred zones. That’s not who they’re facing tonight, though. Also, Allen is great, but right now the KC qb is clearly better. Hate to say it, but it’s just true. i expected KC to win with relative ease, but at the same, what a great season for the Bills. They are almost there. On to the draft!