Saint Doug

Still older than Edmunds.

Proves he was the right pick for them.

We do get something from keeping him though. We get a year of his service in his prime for a relatively small salary.

A 4th and 15 from the 30 is an almost guaranteed throw up for a defense PI call. I don’t think officials would be able to help themselves. Edit: on 2nd thought, I think I would prefer a Hail Mary situation. Of course, this would mean the Bills lose another game a season. But these are more exciting than on-side kicks which usually don’t convert.

I’m Not so sure this was luck. They could’ve traded up more and o pick another QB. I don’t think it was just reaching for what’s left, although they have done this with other 1st round picks. I’m going to give credit where it’s due, however I still agree with Monos; other than Josh, their 1st and 2nd round picks have been abysmal. What ifs are fun, but I wonder if we have a Super Bowl already if we didn’t trade with KC in 2017. I’m not even saying we should’ve taken Mahomes there, but if we didn’t trade with KC, another team very well have taken Mahomes instead of KC. Maybe an NFC team. Or one not coached by Reid.

The only impact player on this list is Benford. I get that these other players are decent, but if you play them all $10-15M, we’ll have no room for true game breakers. I’d rather pay for elite and non-elite than a bunch of average players.

Jim Monos can be coach GMs like the best of us, but there’s a reason he is now an “analyst”. That said, he said many things everyone has already been saying out loud. Their selections in the 1st and 2nd, where you have a better chance of landing an elite player, are lacking. Most are reaches based on need (“the last player we had a 1st round grade on”). They need to do better. And McD is who McD is. We need to accept this. I wouldn’t pay a RB $15M who can barely get over 1,000 yards either.

This is fine. We get another year of cheap production. He can then make his $15M elsewhere and we can take the 3rd/4th comp pick. 1,009 yards in 17 games is not worth $15M. Davis will probably be ready to go by then, but we can spend a 3rd or 4th on another RB.

Wish him the best of luck.

Because he’s a dick. That’s why.

Question for those who know more than me. Is the Philly D playing mostly man coverage?

Love it.

This is kind of bittersweet. No one deserved it more than Josh, but I know he would trade it in a second to be playing this weekend.

The most important question hasn’t been asked yet: how did this guy’s defenses do against the Chiefs?

Unfortunately voting occurred after the game, but the KC game just highlighted what Josh means to this team. Outside of Josh, we have few, if any, high impact players. Maybe Cook, but beyond him…nothing.

As soon as I read undersized, it was an immediate no. This may not have been a problem in college, but will be a problem in the a NFL. Plus, DB is a bigger need.

Probably was a much different era. Back then, draft picks really were supposed to develop on the bench, some for as long as over 3-4 years. In the salary cap era, many draft picks are expected to start on day 1. Draft picks are viewed with much more value now than then.

I would love for people to run the numbers for postseason only. With Josh as QB, what players and coaches do in the regular season doesn’t really matter. How do they respond in the game of their lives?

Defensive is a much larger need. We only have 1 CB, we have a handful of backup safeties, linebacker is not a need, our defensive line is either too old, not skilled enough, or too small. In fact, our defense needs a complete overhaul.

Not sure if this has been posted, but just another piece of evidence McD is way over his head compared to Reid: https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs-brilliantly-copied-play-afc-rival-burn-bills-for-two-huge-touchdowns#:~:text=The play is a simple,on the Chiefs' opening drive.

The bad part is that firing McD wouldn’t fix the problems. We have spent the last 5 years drafting players with a very specific skill set and physique. Maybe the national media was right, we are too small. Everyone except Josh. If we fired McD to get a different DC or even fired Babich, we would need to overhaul the players on the D side to fit the new scheme. That may be worse than running it back.

It just never should have gotten to that point. Mahomes had only put up >30 points twice all season. 29 points should have been enough to win this game. Should have Allen been better? Yes. Great teams elevate their play in the playoffs. The Bills did not.

If this first post is TLDR, they’re basically saying they go out-coached.

I’m fine with the loss. Call me a negative Nancy, but I never expected them to make the Super Bowl. As a whole, nothing had really changed player or coaching wise. And our biggest rival, who we are 0-3 against in the playoffs, didn’t change. In fact, unless there are fundamental changes, the same thing will happen next year. Allen will play lights out (as he always does) and our bend, but don’t break defense will break. This defensive philosophy is fine against rookie QBs and the average starting QB, but it doesn’t work against elite offenses. It just leads to a tired defense and then we break. And this is why we saw our offense suddenly become a ground game first offense in the playoffs. To keep the opposing QB off the field.

This is how McD’s defense is formed. These players were specifically drafted for this system and would likely suffer greatly in a different one. They bend, until they break. So, unless McD is going to fundamentally change the defense we run, we won’t be getting any of the big bodied guys people want.