colin

we fall apart if allen falls off (basically injury), if the d just suddenly ages out hard, or if mcd truly was the issue w our d coaching all along. if allen keeps it crispy, if the d stays sharp, and if mcd brings the pain in the playcalls i think we have our magic season this year.

they look fine, and the retching and disgusted reactions are insane to me. how can you care this much? it's just a different combo of exactly what they always wear, it's not like there are zebra stripes or polka dots or some such. this board reads like my neuro-divergent nephew losing his mind over the color of the M&Ms in his bowl.

baltimore shoulda beat cinci when they had their ups driver back up, came down to some really lucky plays going the bengals way. might have changed how our season went too.

do you think some finance course will make a difference? these guys are selected for their ability to play a game, not for their smarts or wisdom.

if you adjust the bills results for how much money and other resources that we've poured into it, and look at the fact that we stat pad vs awful teams while getting the bum's rush at least once each and every year, i think you can conclude pretty clearly that frazier is in fact NOT a good coach, but actually a boring uninspired turtle of a man who's driving a race car like it's a well tuned KIA and tricking people into thinking he's mario andretti.

how is it possible to steal something that isn't economically scarce?

if we improve and win it all, it will because of two things 1) pass rush. we have two guys who did not play at the end of last year (floyd and von). if they are out there in the playoffs, it's a different story. other guys have to step up and be healthy and improve, but really it's down to those two guys. 2) being able to run w backs and pass to people other than wrs (namely diggs and davis), particularly out of 2 TE sets. the EP O is built with this in mind, and we haven't had a shadow of it even once since josh got here. w some bigger backs, guys like cook becoming actual weapons, and two TEs that present match up problems (obviously im counting on better interior blocking, but it just has to be ok or good, anything more is a bonus). throw in the allen and diggs combo, and you have a match up nightmare like the 2007 pats, there just aren't defenses out there that can handle that.

the bills come out showing lots of looks, EP offense finally has the weapons and blocking to run how it should. passing out of heavy formations and running into light boxes, the bills waltz down the field and take a 17-10 lead in the first half. the bills d does a little change up here and there and a few well timed aggressive calls gets the jets to turn the ball over. bills walk away 34 24, but the game isn't as close as the score.

trash blocking, zero power or receiving threat at rb, and short of knox, who is more athletic and explosive than set your watch to him consistent, look who was running routes. diggs, who's awesome but not tall and was doubled teams always, mckenzie who is awful, and the ghost of bease and brown. no other TEs in the room, no power back, adn no interior blocking. watching the back up qb run a 12+ play drive vs the jags in the playoffs for KC to get a nice short TD tells me everything i need to know about where our issues on offense are.

james cook for players who played last year. kinkaid for our new guys isabela as a dark horse. seems like he was over drafted, but speed kills.

tell that to the Caribbean lobster who won't stop serenading my wife every time she jumps in the pool!

i think if i know a couple more bits of info (is oher broke now? what else happened to sour the relationship between all of them? any other sordid biz details for that family) i could predict who is in the "right/wrong" and how this will play out. i suppose it could also be a total misunderstanding. like, did they try to do the right thing and his agent or adviser or some such decided to push him another way, or did the film company just screw him over themselves? juicy!

ya, that's true. i'm thinking post 2017 season it's been so long.

assuming we can run block some and our new big backs and a growing cook give us a bit of power, an EP offense run by josh allen out of a two TE single back set is a scary scary sight. if diggs and harty are the WRs (won't be a problem of lack of blocking w the big bodies near the line) you have match up speed and agility issues at both TE slots (how many nfl teams can say that?), RB, both WR, and allen himself is a problem.

This is the second high profile trade w the gmen we failed to ink. the first was to the 2nd pick in 2017 where we targeted allen. big baller is so aggressive!

i presume dc is gonna suck on O, but that's cuz they sucked on O before. even a great OC is gonna have an uphill climb (no idea how good beinemy actually is) i do remember bill parcels saying you always start out as mean as you are gonna be. you can get softer later, and people will appreciate it. if you start out nice and get meaner, people will resent you and not buy you being serious. from that POV, he's prolly starting out as best as he can.

on d we are worse at MLB, but (right now, based on where we were last season) way better at pass rush, similar to better at corner, and way better at safety. on O we are better by a bit at RT (healthy brown vs banged up, don't have too much expectation here tho), way better at both OG positions. WR we are a little bit better (the ghosts of brown and bease getting signed on our super bowl run tell us everything), TE we are much better, and RB we are better (cook growing, our vets now are better than devin) but not by much given hines went down. what matters, aside from allen and diggs and the usual, more than anything tho, is our D line has to get pressure on passers and our OL has to block. if that happens, we can win the chip. if it doesn't we are going to have to be near perfect in other areas.

well, i said he is over playing how effortless it all is for him. he trains like a psycho and that's been known about him since he was in highschool ( think his dad or uncle or someone was an NFL pro). my bet is he's just a person w a small appetite, and as such he can get away w eating all the junk he wants because he just doesn't want that much junk. with supplements and healthy food at the training center and so on, he'll get enough nutrients to keep him going. i remember brock lasner was ufc champ having learned 3 submissions and how to close a fist, but he had literally no idea how to actually fight but his power and talent was enough to get him to the top. then, he lost half his guts after getting diverticulitis (crazily, he defended his belt once after that, which is just insane). talking to rogan or someone after the fact, he explained you have to eat your vegetables, it can't just be meat and potatoes -- i can see a similar end for Dk and other players who eat like trash. over time they will accumulate health issues from a horrible diet and high physical output, but if it doesnt' impact their actual nfl performance that much no one really cares. and of course with respect to your point about DK not being natural (brock wasn't either, he popped at least twice) -- my basic assumption is anyone who makes real money off of their body's performance or appearance is doing just about anything they can to maximize that. IMO the people who are not using/never used any kind of PED or whatever else can enhance performance are few and far between.

not only was LF a turtle of a man calling the D and getting predictable and lame in big situations, but i sure it made the players less confident. Corch mcd is putting his nuts on the line this season, there will be zero place to hide if his very expensive D falls apart again. I think he's going to show improve, but it will have to play out for us to see.

what an apt comparison. perhaps a counterpoint (but perhaps not) i remember the hard knocks dallas cowboys a while back, TO was one of the few cowboy players in the one scene who didn't have to drop some weight to hit goal. guys asked him how it was possible, and he said "because i don't need to eat everything i see". he went to a fast food joint, and had a card that told him what he could eat within his calorie ranges and such, and he ordered off of it, and drove off. it was less food that i would eat (way way less at the time) but that's why he never had to cut in camp to hit playing weight I think DK eats garbage, but basically self regulates enough to not eat so much of it it makes him fat. in terms of nutrients, he prolly gets enough vitamins and such and healthy food during the season at the team facilities that he's fine. also, i think he over plays how easy going and not detail oriented he is. pete caroll wouldn't sign him to a huge contract if he just didn't give an f or do what he's told. pretty amazing guy tho, really happy we drafted cody ford instead of him. :<

rbs get smashed to bits, but honestly they should all be spending a lot more time learning how to be short area WRs, growing up too. if RBs were like marshall faulk and therman thomas now, guys who can run but also block and be slot wrs and hbacks, they'd be getting a lot more cash and a lot more glory. the fact that a good but not all pro guard in the nfl gets 10mm, and a top flight tackle gets 20, shows you that the front offices think the blocking is the better part of the run game, and now the passing game is by far the better part of the offense.

great thread! i have to say, at first i was really questioning McBean thinking they were making a dumb old school stubborn move of just doubling down on the same mistake over and over/fighting last years battles, but now maybe they are right. im talking about the move by mccorch to double down on the D by bringing in pass rushers/resigning oliver, re upping poy etc, and making the lil movement at MLB letting edmunds walk, and most of all taking over play calling. I think the POV there is the O w allen is elite, and will always be so. our D on paper is number one, but on the field especially in playoffs we fold. if we are 1 full st deviation above the NFL in terms of points per drive, then a high ranking d should put us in the drivers seat, but we have the number one and most def not in that seat. the best part is we will either prove the concept or prove mccoach doesn't have it this season.

offensive weapon production was our most obvious problem last year (signing brown and bease out of the UPS application process proves this) but our 3 biggest team weaknesses were 1 blocking 2 pass rush down the stretch 3 defensive predictability/passiveness/inability to adjust they've thrown the kitchen sink at these items over the past 3 years. we signed dude from the rams, von is coming back, and aj, groot, and the young guys on the team (not to mention resigning oliver, not that i'm a huge booster of his) are in a position to show what they got. on OL, the basically got 2 new IOL starters, and we have some kind of competition at RT, and obv we hope brown's back is healed on D scheme/coaching, we made the biggest change (at least one year late IMO). removing the wood of frasier and having the top guy in the organization clapping at the d in his scheme is the most aggressive thing a head coach can do. does anyone remember when the giants HC blew out the OC and called offensive plays himself? that lead to the giants to getting to the superbowl. they lost badly to the ravens, but the talent level on that giants team was like barely top 10. the OC that got the boot was sean payton, who is obviously a good coach. it just wanst working and the change made a very positive impact for them. I think McD might be able to get the same impact this year

i don't know how much they will play him, but i expect cook to be a monster when he does play. im still baffled by hines, they just don't want to throw rb passes or use him it seems. i think elam is a starter if not all year then most of the year. i suspect tre might get either hurt again, or sat for banford to start over him at some point.

well, mcd took the big step up this offseason getting rid of our dead weight wooden DC. he's dual hatting now, this is his shot to be remembered forever as a champion.