KOKBILLS

I hear you...Bernard was Drafted at #89 overall...There were few decent players that went shortly after him. Most notably Kirby Joseph...But I can accept missing in that area from time to time. Bernard is behind a few for me...They Drafted Basham two picks before Creed freaking Humphrey...If you listen to Joe Marino enough you understand the pain there. They Drafted Epenesa, who they made drop weight just to try and fit, over Josh Uche who is a problem pass rusher. They wasted a 3rd Round pick on Zack Moss. Terry McLaurin went 2 picks after Motor...And as I've said ad nauseum...Cody Ford over DK Metcalf, who I thought was the best player in that entire Draft outside of Bosa...So...

I'm not going to defend Beane...It has not been ideal...But I also don't think there has been a single Draft pick on Day 1, or 2, that McD has not had a major say in since he's been here. The thing with me and Beane/McD will always be DK Metcalf...I still cannot believe that one. I would have taken him over Oliver...But I understood when they didn't...But having him fall into your lap in the 2nd, then picking Cody Ford...I was so dumbfounded by that one...Just fell right into our laps and they passed. That was my favorite Draft to look at leading up to it because I just knew we were going to get DK Metcalf...lol...I was so disappointed...

I totally agree...And I've been harping on the Bills being more balance-minded on Offense forever. I just have a different philosophy about having a Franchise guy. The 1st thing I want to do is make it as easy as I possibly can for them. You do that by having a consistent run game, which in turn makes play-action easier. Then you go all kinds of mixed formations to scheme easy pass plays for YAC...You do that stuff and the over the top becomes easier. You have Josh Allen. He's going to do amazing things at times... Dorsey did not show me much of anything this year...There were personnel issues granted. The Offensive Line struggled on and off all year. And the games where they really ran it well outside of Josh were rare. All receivers outside of Diggs could have been better this year. All of them. But Dorsey was certainly not up to that challenge. I think Josh was for the most part. But he needed help his OC and his organization could not give him this year. And the only way they turn this thing around immediately is to find that formula around Josh that makes everything easier, if only by a moderate degree. Anything would help. I think the easiest way around this whole thing is the people in place understanding and recognizing the problems. On Offense and Defense. If they get honest about it, I think they have the people in place in Coaching (for the most part) and at GM to get it done. But they have to have a deep gut check on everything...Especially on making life easier for their Franchise QB.

It didn't open wider that's for sure...

I don't think McD is in danger at all. But he's going to have to step up and make some decisions that are going to be awfully tough...Otherwise he will be in trouble this time next year...

Yep...Let the BBB memes die the death they deserve...

I guess this is the wrong time to remind Beane I would have Drafted DK Metcalf over Oliver that year, and he could have had him over Cody Ford anyway...

We need to concentrate on the trenches and get a little more old school if we ever expect to get close again. Also have to say that this Organization as a whole has got to stop thinking they are golden just because we have a great QB. I've been saying this for 2 years now and people on Buffalo radio mock folks like me who want to see the Bills get serious about fielding a more balanced team on Offense. Did Cincy just drop back and throw deep to those WR's all day? Nope... When you have a QB as good as Josh, it's literally a cheat code if you build an O-line that can play smash mouth...You don't have to run more than pass or any of that garbage. Andy Reid uses the short passing game and screens (as runs basically) a ton...The Ravens screened this Bengals D all game last week. But we are not balanced and it shows itself too often when we can't make the big plays on Offense over the top. On Defense, this team has been exposed. Offensive coordinators know how to scheme guys wide open and they just play the YAC game on us. OK...You're going to give us that much cushion, we'll just pitch and catch you to death. And the tackling...Oh my goodness it's bad...No way you can continue to play this zone D vs. the up and coming NFL Offenses. Too much talent on the field now. You have to match it with pressure, disruption at the line of scrimmage, and sure tackling...We have almost none of that. Very humbling experience...But honestly I should have known something like this was coming. They flirted with it all year...It was only a matter of time, and tbh I'm glad it did not come in the Super Bowl.

Well...We moved up in the Draft at least.

I'm never going to forget that teams gave blue prints during the year on how to slow the Bengals and Miami down and the Bills absolutely refused to take any of the free advice.

I can only hope this team is as humbled as I am right now...It may give them the humility to truly take a look at what needs to be fixed. No more plugging holes. This is going to take a massive amount of work. Status que is over. It failed. It just did. And if we continue on the schematic path we are on, more teams will catch up next year. We have to overhaul both lines and become a more balanced team overall...

Bill Oline flopping around like fish on the turf...

To extent I can agree...But schematically they have been destroyed in this game. It's really not much better than that Giants vs. Philly game last night other than the fact that the Giants turned it over more...It's the same thing though...Everything is a struggle on Offense, and the Defense allows chunk play after chunk play after chunk play. The Giants have an excuse. Their overall roster is weak...The Bills have zero excuse mainly because their Coaches give them so little to work with....

As if it was not bad enough...That PI gift wraps another FG...

That play was pretty much the whole game in a nutshell

Wonder how many plays total it has taken Cincy today to move into Bills territory...Seems like...5 maybe 6?...

Good grief...

Just used on Defense...It way too easy for them...Just used...

That's the best we can dial up on 3rd an goal huh?

If we can just get a hat on a LB every now and again there are big plays to be had running...

Teams have caught up. We saw it all year...The only difference is now we are playing an elite NFL team...If we think this is bad, rest assured Philly would put up a 50 burger on this D...

The clock is the only reason the Bengals did not score on that last drive as well...

Complete team choke job for a half...Offense, Defense, Coaching...Choke job...Not even remotely close to ready for this game preparation wise...I see Cover 1 guys throwing out stats all week on how bad Burrow has been career-wise with 3 man rushes...So they blitz him on key 3rd downs instead...I really can't blame the Bills players much because schematically they got used this half...They had zero chance with what was called. And they they executed what was called poorly...It really could not have been much worse were it not for one good TD drive... We're blessed to only be down by 10...

At this point we need to be better lucky than good...Because we certainly don't look good.

So that 3rd and 4 strategy on D...They blitz Burrow and dare him to throw to Chase 1 on 1 when it's 3rd and 4 and you're giving a 5 yard cushion?...That's a loser almost every time. Talk about being exposed by your own stupidity.