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We have the worst secondary and wide receiver groups in the league. And it is not even close. Our LB's as a group are pretty bad as well. That's on Beane. And the coaching staff. Its the same management team going into its 9th year. Many in the league have caught up to the Bills, and passed them with how they run their teams, and play the game. We look old slow and disinterested. We have wasted so many high picks in the Beane regime. And traded for has beens like Amari Cooper. These next two weeks will be very pivotal for this season. And beyond. You have to wonder how happy Josh is playing for an organization that seems like it has fallen way behind how the game is now being played.

Other than the Jets. What offense hasn’t presented problems for us? We can’t stop the run consistently. And there are always large open spaces at all levels of the field for teams to complete uncontested passes against us. it’s seems like the LB’s and DB’s have no idea where to line up a lot of the time. You just don’t see that on most of the defenses in the league. Too much thinking. I think it has really hindered guys like Bishop and Dorian Williams who are good athletes, but are having to think too much instead of just playing the game w speed and intensity.

I don’t think we really know completely what kind of a team we have this year relative to the rest of the league just yet. It kind of evolves over the entire season. Tampa looks real good. Baker is on fire. The Panthers are much improved. As our the Pats. We have Josh Allen which is our ace card obviously. James Cook and Kincaid if he can stay healthy. But the team overall looks lethargic, stale and bottom tear on defense. And plays w very little intensity which is a product of its coaching staff. And the lack of emotion of its head coach. It’s great not to panic. And be a leader. But some urgency and forcefulness is needed as well. And the willingness to make changes to our scheme so opposing teams will not have an easy time preparing for us. Isn’t that what coaching is about. If not, just let Josh run around and play street all game. This is 9 years of the same regime. It really looks old and tired. Watching Diggs run up and down the sidelines exulting all his teammates last Sunday night late in the game was something. The Bills are missing that. Emotion and passion do matter.

More talent would be great. I agree we need a speed receiver. Maybe the guys you mention will make a difference too. it just pisses me off every season the holes and deficiencies in the roster. Beane is so mediocre acquiring good talent. maybe it’s the scheme and the coaching staff. We just seem to be spinning our wheels. i don’t think people are panicking. I think it’s more frustration that they see a team w a bad secondary and a pretty weak receiving group. And a coach and GM who don’t seem to want to fix the situation.

We very well can win tomorrow night. (I am actually going to the game) But we are not destroying the Falcons or most any team with the secondary we have playing right now. They have been awful. Give way too much space all over the field. The Falcons are not a great team. But we better have had a strong week of practice and come out locked and loaded on both sides of the ball. Really frustrating how little we did to improve the team after last seasons crash landing in the AFCCG. Maybe it’s the coaching. But we have been sleep walking a whole lot through the first 5 weeks of the season. I think getting Hoecht back after the bye will really help if we know how to use him. He is a freaky athlete. And we don’t have any guys like him on our defense.

I think that about sums it up E in C. What does that say about our management and coaching staff bringing back a CB that plays like he is well into his 40's, that was let go by 2 good organizations after last season? And not being able to cover a WR that can't get separation from anyone he plays against when running routes. You could see in the first preseason game against the Giants how far off the line of scrimmage he was playing when he was in the game. What are the Bills thinking??!! That's not how to build a Super Bowl roster!! I like the grit that Coleman seems to show. And he has made some plays. (a few nice TD receptions) But anything down the field near the boundary he has no chance to make the catch. I just don't understand if he has such problems getting any separation, what we saw in Keon to make him a very high second round pick when we were in desperate need of a big time WR. He has the athletic skills of a 4th or 5th round pick. He has some size. But so does Tyrell Shavers and he was undrafted.. I would run Coleman on some crossing patterns in the middle of the field, or some intermediate post or comeback type routes, where he can shield the defender with his bigger body type. But sending him down the boundary. He can barely get his hands on the ball w the DB in his jock.

Sometimes change is good, just for change sake. Shake things up a little bit. The organization has been the same since the 2017 season. Need some new ideas, new schemes, new concepts, look at some different type of players at WR and across the defense. How about Nick Saban? I don't know if he would want to go back to the NFL at his age, and give up all his commercials and ESPN College Game Day. But the guy is a winner. And he has a lot more fire than McDermott ever brings on the sidelines.

Of course McDermott is better than Mike McDaniel. And he is better then Josh McDaniels too. But that means beans at this point. Comparing Andy Reid to McDermott is stupid. Reid is an amazing coach. (sure he has an amazing QB. But so do we. But they have won 3 Super Bowls under Reid, and been in 5, and we have been in 0 with McDermott) McDermott's defensive scheme sucks. And it has been figured out. It is too complicated for the majority of NFL players to thrive in. He is becoming a dinosaur. Our coaching staff has held us back. Any culture we have is because we have one of the best QB's to ever play the game. The rest is all noise. And yes football is the ultimate team game. And a team needs good players. This organization has been derelict in putting enough good players around our amazing QB. You want culture. Did you see how Stefan Diggs was bringing his culture to the Patriots on Sunday night on the sidelines and the field? I liked that culture a whole lot more than the culture McDermott brought to our sidelines on Sunday night, I can tell you that. You keep loving your McDermott culture 716, I want wins and championships. Not defenses that can't stop anyone when it matters. Over and out.

What is the "Bills Culture" anyways? I think its Josh Allen doing Josh Allen things with some help from James Cook. But this supposed process and culture would be nothing without #17. He is our "culture". McDermott got the Bills out of playoff hell in 2017. Since then its been all #17.

The secondary is as much to blame for this loss (including Christian Benford) as anything. They absolutely can not cover any receiver tightly. All 4 of our home games this year, the opposition has had guys running wide open all over the field. Short, middle and deep zones. Other than the pick by Bishop on the "Philly special" by Olave last Sunday, has anyone in the secondary made a play on a ball all year? Why are our safeties always 10 yards away from the receiver catching the ball? There was one deep pass yesterday that Maye threw in the second half I believe, at least 30+ yards down the field. And our safety was still too far behind him to make a play on the ball and the receiver. That McDermott is calling out Coleman, when Tre White and the entire secondary looks pathetic seems really petty. McDermott likes "his guys" and that's it. Coleman has not made a lot of plays since being drafted. But what WR on our roster really has down the field? Its a real problem. But not just a Keon problem. They should have done a better job scouting him, and finding out what makes him tick before drafting him, if the organization was going to constantly make him a scapegoat.

Great post Ethan. I said last night. White needs to go. He could not cover college receivers at this point. And Shaq is still good and plays hard w an edge.

The secondary is terrible. (Even Benford looks lost out there.) No one is contesting any throws. Our corners have not come close to making an interception. Beane has put together a roster thet is nowhere near chsmpionshipnlevel. We seriously could be 1-4 or 2-3 right now. We have a great all time QB. A very good RB and a strong O line. Good TE’s. But our WR’s are bottom 5 in the league collectively. And the defense has no stars or guys who are even very good. I would argue that Shaq Thompson has the most talent on this defense. And the secondary is bottom 5 also. The coaching is not smart enough, creative enough, and too arrogant to tweak or redesign their schemes. This is the 9th year of McBeane. It has grown stale, and relies all on #17. But has shackled him for whatever reason. Some new blood in the organization on the management and coaching side (someone from the outside) would do wonders in giving some much needed new perspective. I think the league has passed McDermott and Beane by over the past few years.

Good point about Poyer. He understands the defensive scheme extremely well. And plays with an edge to his game. He and Hyde were always great leaders on the defense.

One of my boys sent me that analytics post about Sanders and his rush pressures. I must admit I was surprised. Hopefully he will continue to get better and feel more comfortable in his role. And I hope he isn't seriously injured. Because you know the Bills never give out much info on our injury situation.

Agree about White and Rapp. They are terrible. In fact, I think the secondary as a whole is bottom 5 in the league. Bishop is athletic, but is always a step or two late to the party. Is constantly thinking instead of just reacting, (accept for the pick on the goal line against NO last week). Taron looks like he is aging before our eyes, and really doesn't do much in coverage any longer. And Benford has gone from a strong A type lock down corner to a C+ this season. Doesn't look like the same player. I do want to give props to Shaq Thompson. I think talent wise he is the best Bills defensive player right now. And I would put Bernard right there behind him. And a shout out to Dione Walker also. He will be the leader of our D line by next season with Ed Oliver, if Ed can ever get back on the field. I thought Josh looked fine last night. He made one bad throw on the pick. He was running his ass off, and is elusive enough to give every broken down pass play a chance. Our WR's are just lousy except for Shakir. They don't get open. Finally, kudos to Kincaid. He was a beast last night. He needs at least 10 targets per week. And a thumbs down to the coaching staff. (Except for Special teams.) The team plays with no fire and intensity. And their schemes are lousy and predictable on both sides of the ball. That starts with the coaching staff. No way are they smart enough or creative enough to get us to a Super Bowl. Coaching really does matter.

Agree about Arizona. Wow that was awful.. I bet them -7 1/2. It should have been a run away. Thats a joke of a team. That TD when they kicked the ball in their own endzone after the guy fumbled away the interception, was one of the craziest plays you will ever see.

Our WR's are garbage. And our DB's are worse. You can't win consistently with that poor talent at any position in the NFL. And we can barely get any type of pass rush. But to blame this loss on Josh is absurd. The guy has so little to work with on offense. And I think he knows that. He looked exhausted at the end. Kincaid was good tonite. But the receivers do nothing down the field. Any YAC is Shakir catching a swing pass out of the backfield. I don't think this coaching staff is smart enough to make the adjustments needed to make this a Super Bowl contending team. The defense looks confused pre snap every week. They don't know where to line up or who to cover. This should not be happening in week 5. The team seems to have tuned out the coaching staff, and are just going through the motions. Thinking Josh will bale them all out. And he sure as hell tries. But you can only do so much as a one man team.

Diggs was good tonite. But we have noone on the back end who is remotely athletic enough to stay with him. Defense on the whole is slow and are bad tacklers. Thats a bad combination. We drafted six guys on defense this year. And only one is making a difference. Thats a big problem. Lets hope Hairston comes back soon. Even Benford is sleepwalking on the field this year. Looks slow and disinterested. This team is seriously flawed. Gets very little from their outside WR's. And can't stop anyone. Could have the worst secondary in the league, definitely bottom 5. Beane has done a lousy job constructing the team. No playmakers on defense. Embarrasing that Tre is on the team. And only Josh and Cook on offense. Kincaid was finally getting targets. And played well tonite. But we have put a weak team around Josh. And McDermott is not a motivator. The team looked very sloppy in the 1st half. And plays with very little fire. You could see that on Hard Knocks. No edge or energy on the practice field. Everyone just watching Josh throw to receivers against air. Bills have gotten very comfortable as an organization making the playoffs every year. Nice organization with a lot of nice guys including our star QB. Not much edginess and fire in the organization from anyone to get better. I would cut Tre tomorrow. Need to send a message that ***** play is not acceptable. One guy I do like how they play is Sam Franklin. That guy is a demon on special teams. He plays like he wants to hurt someone. Why isn't Jordan Hancock playing? Bishop and Rapp were out of position all night. Give the guy a chance. We need some new blood.

That is quite a statistic. Who is the 3rd player? Lets hope Hairston gets well soon. And is a big contributor after the bye week. It is frustrating about Jackson, and Sanders. Both of these guys look very raw. I watched neither of them in college. But if we are picking them in the top 72 picks as you say, shouldn't they at least be good enough coming out of college to at least hold their own in an NFL regular season game. Not necessarily expecting Jared Verse. But its still football. And these guys are both big dudes. (Jackson and Sanders) So shouldn't some of what got them drafted high up, translate to the NFL game to some degree? Or does Beane and his scouts really have no clue how to evaluate defensive lineman? Because Rousseau and Epenesa while not sucking are definitely not dominant players. And Oliver has been good but certainly not close to very good on a consistent basis. Basham was meh, and Salomon hasn't made much of an impact either.

That's a fair assessment. But what do you think we built the defense to do then? Other than the Jets, teams have been able to move the ball on us. Yes we are 4-0, but we have not played the league's better teams, other than the Ravens. (Even though they are 1-3, they still have a lot of talent-I do think their defense is overrated though.) I will be real interested to see how we match up against the Patriots on defense.

Has his name even been mentioned even one time in any of our 4 games for making a play? We traded up for this guy in the second round from a decent SEC program. Between him and Landon Jackson we are basically getting nothing so far. What the hell is Beane looking at when drafting these guys? At least Boogie Basham got on the field and made a few plays. And everyone wanted him gone too.

It’s my buddy Kirby. We haven’t communicated since our long debate on Garett Wilson. lol. I am in total agreement on your assessment of Ray Davis. I was losing my mind when we ran him into the line on 3rd and 1 against the Saints in the 4th qtr near midfield. And I wish we had your namesake right now to play boundary corner opposite Benford. He actually had some game when he played. More than Tre White has now.

I agree. Ray Davis looks terrible. I see no reason for him to be on the active roster. Let’s give Gore Jr a chance.

I agree Bear. I think Williams is injured. So hoping it’s Milano and Bernard starting at LB, w some help from Shaq Thompson, who I think has looked pretty solid when on the field. And maybe a little Buffalo Joe as well. I would like to see Hancock getting some reps at safety for Rapp. And hopefully Hairston is back by the second half of the season. He and Strong splitting reps opposite Benford would be good to see. Eventually I would like to see a starting secondary of Bishop Hancock Hairston and Benford. And put Strong at slot Corner. Taron Johnson looks washed. And will likely be injured again shortly.

Knox has shown to have a low ceiling and a high floor. I thought Williams would be the same with a little higher ceiling then Knox. Based off of what I have seen this year, his ceiling and his floor seem to lowering. If he is going to continue playing like he did last Sunday trying to corral Spencer Ratler, he should not be active going forward. If Daquan Jones is improved this year, why are we last in the league against the run? I am not saying this tongue in cheek. I seriously would like some answers as to why we can not consistently stop the run. Are our guys too small? Are they too slow? Do they just pretty much suck against the run other than Walker?