Motorin' Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 24 minutes ago, nucci said: is anyone sure what will happen next season? How did we get worse....plus we haven't drafted Im not sure what I'm going to have for breakfast tomorrow. Fire Beane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I’m usually not a Negative Nancy but today let me be that guy. The AFCE will be harder this year. The Pats, Phins, and Jets all got better while the Bills got worse. Pats. They didn’t resolve the signal caller issue but Bill’s epic spending spree improved the rest of the roster. Phins. Tua – who Fitz seems to love – should be better his sophomore year. To help, they went out and got Will Fuller. Jets. While they picked up a couple nice free agents defensive linemen, the best thing the Jets did this offseason was change out their entire coaching staff. The Bills were an interesting team last year. Despite the 13-3 record and AFC Championship game appearance, our guys only excelled in two areas: special teams and passing the ball. Unfortunately, our ST unit lost its two best players: Roberts & Bojorquez. While there were moments of excellence, no level of our D was consistently good. And our offensive running attack was putrid. None of those shortcomings have been addressed so far. Beane did a nice job retaining our offensive linemen. Sadly, though, they’re just not that good. They don’t open holes in the running game. And Daboll has to use TEs and RBs to help with pass pro. Even with that help, we couldn’t protect Josh in KC. While the rest of the AFCE stepped up, we stood still at best and probably stepped back. Fingers crossed –free agency isn’t over and we still have the draft. You realize we absolutely destroyed these teams in the second half of the season. Like, it wasn’t even a contest and we were straight toying with them by halftime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special K Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 38 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I’m usually not a Negative Nancy but today let me be that guy. The AFCE will be harder this year. The Pats, Phins, and Jets all got better while the Bills got worse. Pats. They didn’t resolve the signal caller issue but Bill’s epic spending spree improved the rest of the roster. Phins. Tua – who Fitz seems to love – should be better his sophomore year. To help, they went out and got Will Fuller. Jets. While they picked up a couple nice free agents defensive linemen, the best thing the Jets did this offseason was change out their entire coaching staff. The Bills were an interesting team last year. Despite the 13-3 record and AFC Championship game appearance, our guys only excelled in two areas: special teams and passing the ball. Unfortunately, our ST unit lost its two best players: Roberts & Bojorquez. While there were moments of excellence, no level of our D was consistently good. And our offensive running attack was putrid. None of those shortcomings have been addressed so far. Beane did a nice job retaining our offensive linemen. Sadly, though, they’re just not that good. They don’t open holes in the running game. And Daboll has to use TEs and RBs to help with pass pro. Even with that help, we couldn’t protect Josh in KC. While the rest of the AFCE stepped up, we stood still at best and probably stepped back. Fingers crossed –free agency isn’t over and we still have the draft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 beane has to nail this draft and get 2-3 playmaking starters and we're favorites to win by a mile. if not only favorites by like half a mile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Virgil said: You realize we absolutely destroyed these teams in the second half of the season. Like, it wasn’t even a contest and we were straight toying with them by halftime. But, but, but Tua has Will Fuller now... Belichick spent $25M/year on a pair of TE who haven’t even combined for 1000 yards in a season... and we didn’t score a touchdown against the Jets the second time we played. We are doomed. 😢 Edited March 23, 2021 by JGMcD2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Digg? Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I don't see how the Bills got worse. They are still missing an edge rusher and I don't see one coming, but other than that I find it hard to believe that someone can look at this roster and say they got worse. To be honest I don't get all the love Flores gets in Miami either. Yes, he had a much better than expected first season, but that team had absolutely no fight in them at all the last game of the season when they were playing for the playoffs and the Bills had nothing to play for. None of those other teams in the division have a QB, they all have marginal talent at WR, I don't believe there is a running back to be afraid of...not sure what makes any of those teams a division winner. Sure, the Pats spent a lot of money, but did they get any better on offense? OP, I appreciate you having the balls to put this thread out there, I just don't see how you came to the conclusion you did 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Cam still sucks Tua hardly scares me Jest will have a rookie Bills 13-4 AFCE Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 38 minutes ago, YattaOkasan said: Check out Joe Marinos pod today. I think he said 38 reasons why we could get better and 7 we might regress. I considered creating a thread for this podcast because it was really well done, but this thread will work. Here is a link for those that want to hear it: FWIW Joe isn't a homer. He stays objective when discussing the Bills. His take is that modest improvements from each of our young players returning to the same system will make a big difference. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I’m usually not a Negative Nancy but today let me be that guy. The AFCE will be harder this year. The Pats, Phins, and Jets all got better while the Bills got worse. Pats. They didn’t resolve the signal caller issue but Bill’s epic spending spree improved the rest of the roster. Phins. Tua – who Fitz seems to love – should be better his sophomore year. To help, they went out and got Will Fuller. Jets. While they picked up a couple nice free agents defensive linemen, the best thing the Jets did this offseason was change out their entire coaching staff. The Bills were an interesting team last year. Despite the 13-3 record and AFC Championship game appearance, our guys only excelled in two areas: special teams and passing the ball. Unfortunately, our ST unit lost its two best players: Roberts & Bojorquez. While there were moments of excellence, no level of our D was consistently good. And our offensive running attack was putrid. None of those shortcomings have been addressed so far. Beane did a nice job retaining our offensive linemen. Sadly, though, they’re just not that good. They don’t open holes in the running game. And Daboll has to use TEs and RBs to help with pass pro. Even with that help, we couldn’t protect Josh in KC. While the rest of the AFCE stepped up, we stood still at best and probably stepped back. Fingers crossed –free agency isn’t over and we still have the draft. I feel your hurt. The Bills have to fix the defensive interior to make me feel confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbomb Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 42 minutes ago, Bakin said: Not sure I agree with you I don’t think anyone does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, Virgil said: You realize we absolutely destroyed these teams in the second half of the season. Like, it wasn’t even a contest and we were straight toying with them by halftime. Bill tossing his phone on the sidelines during that MNF game was a highlight for me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) I was hoping we’d be sure so I could skip the regular season but now you don’t seem to be sure. Will we know by preseason? That would be very reassuring. Edited March 23, 2021 by The Governor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said: Cam still sucks Tua hardly scares me Jest will have a rookie Bills 13-4 AFCE Champions Remember, Belichick made Hoyer and Cassel look good surrounded by good TEs and RBs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 The one area of concern for me is our run defense. Although we were ranked 10th in the league with 103 yds/gm against when Star was in the lineup for the 2019 season, there is no guarantee we will be back to that level upon his return. And it looks like the Paytoilets are retooling their offense to be a two TE, run first type so we better be ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Hondo buddy. Never fear Allen is here. We’ll be fine pal. We have a defense that was twice as good in the second half than the first this year. You can’t evaluate a team on the KC game when all of you’re four WR’s were hurt. we had the #2 offense. We extended needed people. A lot of people wanted a big splash, but that was Diggs last year. Let’s get through the draft bud and then take a breath. I’ve always enjoyed you’re takes so four seconds in, four seconds out on breaths. If Allen tears an ACL, yeah panicked time. Now, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 I am not so certain that Cam is quite a terrible as everyone is making him out to be. Truth - at times he does sux it. At times he can ball. That first game was a fortunate play by the D at the end to win that game. Second game didn't even count. Bottom line? Bills are the team to beat in the AFCE. Somebody needs a bit more loving..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: If Allen tears an ACL, yeah panicked time. Now, not so much. Please delete this it gives me anxiety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said: Remember, Belichick made Hoyer and Cassel look good surrounded by good TEs and RBs AND an awesome D that they had back then......lets not forget about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Bills only are getting started...Bills got worse based on what exactly? The draft hasn't happened yet, so we have no idea who they will be getting. If we get Etienne we will be almost unstoppable on offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan1988 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 49 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I’m usually not a Negative Nancy but today let me be that guy. The AFCE will be harder this year. The Pats, Phins, and Jets all got better while the Bills got worse. Pats. They didn’t resolve the signal caller issue but Bill’s epic spending spree improved the rest of the roster. Phins. Tua – who Fitz seems to love – should be better his sophomore year. To help, they went out and got Will Fuller. Jets. While they picked up a couple nice free agents defensive linemen, the best thing the Jets did this offseason was change out their entire coaching staff. The Bills were an interesting team last year. Despite the 13-3 record and AFC Championship game appearance, our guys only excelled in two areas: special teams and passing the ball. Unfortunately, our ST unit lost its two best players: Roberts & Bojorquez. While there were moments of excellence, no level of our D was consistently good. And our offensive running attack was putrid. None of those shortcomings have been addressed so far. Beane did a nice job retaining our offensive linemen. Sadly, though, they’re just not that good. They don’t open holes in the running game. And Daboll has to use TEs and RBs to help with pass pro. Even with that help, we couldn’t protect Josh in KC. While the rest of the AFCE stepped up, we stood still at best and probably stepped back. Fingers crossed –free agency isn’t over and we still have the draft. 56 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I’m usually not a Negative Nancy but today let me be that guy. The AFCE will be harder this year. The Pats, Phins, and Jets all got better while the Bills got worse. Pats. They didn’t resolve the signal caller issue but Bill’s epic spending spree improved the rest of the roster. Phins. Tua – who Fitz seems to love – should be better his sophomore year. To help, they went out and got Will Fuller. Jets. While they picked up a couple nice free agents defensive linemen, the best thing the Jets did this offseason was change out their entire coaching staff. The Bills were an interesting team last year. Despite the 13-3 record and AFC Championship game appearance, our guys only excelled in two areas: special teams and passing the ball. Unfortunately, our ST unit lost its two best players: Roberts & Bojorquez. While there were moments of excellence, no level of our D was consistently good. And our offensive running attack was putrid. None of those shortcomings have been addressed so far. Beane did a nice job retaining our offensive linemen. Sadly, though, they’re just not that good. They don’t open holes in the running game. And Daboll has to use TEs and RBs to help with pass pro. Even with that help, we couldn’t protect Josh in KC. While the rest of the AFCE stepped up, we stood still at best and probably stepped back. Fingers crossed –free agency isn’t over and we still have the draft. Jets- Can be a prb in a couple yrs . Salah will have these guys playing hard and they got some nice pieces to build with moving forward . If they take Wilson they can be a serious contender in near future. Dolphins- All depends on how they develop Tua and if they hit on these pks they got this yr. Pat's- Can't rule out Belicheck but I can't respect them until they get a QB. But if they do there gonna be very hard to beat. All in all this division will be tough to win by 2022 but until then the Bills should win the East easily. Now the AFC that's a different story unless we get massive growth from some of our young players mainly Oliver, Edmunds, Epenesa , Knox & Ford plus we find us a back in the draft . I don't see us winning the Conference without these guys really stepping up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said: But, but, but Tua has Will Fuller now... Belichick spent $25M/year on a pair of TE who haven’t even combined for 1000 yards in a season... and we didn’t score a touchdown against the Jets the second time we played. We are doomed. 😢 I love the way you guys overdramatize. I never said we were doomed. I did say I had concerns. The Bills had the 3rd best passing attack in the NFL last year. It was a thing of beauty. We had the 21st best running attack. It was not a thing of beauty. Our RBs were not effective. Our pass D finished the season ranked 13th - mediocre Our run D finished 17th - mediocre. According to Gosselin's formula, our ST finished 8th - good. I stand by what I said originally: we were good passing the ball and on special teams. Everything else was blah. Without Bojo and Roberts, I'm afraid special teams becomes blah too. Which means the fate of the season rests on Josh's arm because our blah defense and blah running attack isn't going to produce a lot of Ws. Our cap situation being what it is, Beane had to scramble just to hold on to our own FAs and wasn't able to upgrade the blah areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 7 minutes ago, Kwai San said: I am not so certain that Cam is quite a terrible as everyone is making him out to be. Truth - at times he does sux it. At times he can ball. That first game was a fortunate play by the D at the end to win that game. Second game didn't even count. Bottom line? Bills are the team to beat in the AFCE. Somebody needs a bit more loving..... He really is that bad. His play was dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) ...15 seconds I will never get back... Thanks OP.😉 Edited March 23, 2021 by JaCrispy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Somebody isn’t looking at the whole picture!!! Somebody isn’t taking into account that a big chunk of our D was injured/out for a large part of the season, Somebody isn’t taking into account that our O and O line had injured players throughout a large chunk of the regular and post seasons..., these things had direct effect on the teams performance as we all saw, BUT! Wait for it..., we still went 13-3 and went to the AFCCG with all those things holding us back. Now guess what, those guys aren’t injured and we are firing on all cylinders with a few upgrades to boot, 👍, so get yer self a cold beer, sit out on the porch and revel in the on rushing machine that is the Buffalo Bills, that is already charging into the upcoming season. Pats = bad QB Fins = mediocre QB Jets = bad/mediocre QB Its never easy, but we will win the division again, bank on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan4588 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Every team, across any sport, which has managed to sustain success has done two things: 1. Retain as much of their talent as possible and 2. Upgrade when possible. There's no cap $ available, prioritizing keeping our own was the right move. Upgrading was not possible this year because of the cap. Inter-division teams are going to make moves every single year, can't worry about the next team. The more pieces they add, in all likelihood, the better for us. It shows they're unstable. That said, relax and enjoy the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said: Please delete this it gives me anxiety. JG, I meant this not for a wish as that is a freakin nightmare, just we are thr kings now in the East. This would be a catastrophie that is the only thing to change it. Josh is a tough cookie and has become very smart not to take the bad hits. We’ll be ok friend. Believe me of that horrible thing happened, we’d all be sharing Xanax pills. It won’t. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, junior12thman92 said: Haack is better at pinning the ball than Bojo is. Bojo has a stronger leg. Roberts is a big loss in the return game - hopefully McKenzie can fill in nicely. Hollister > Smith, Kroft. Sanders is as good, if not better than Brown Given all that (and the fact that we're going to add in the draft), I don't think we took a step back. When it comes to NE, MIA, and NYJ, everyone knew they would improve considering they were all in the top 5 in cap space. We have Josh Allen and he is only going to keep improving in this offense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: Our pass D finished the season ranked 13th - mediocre Our run D finished 17th - mediocre. We were really bad here early on. You’re not wrong... it was tough to watch the first 8 weeks or so. Coincidentally Edmunds and Milano were hurt during those first 8 weeks... once they healed up for the stretch run... we were just outside the Top 5 defensively. I expect another year of continuity helping. I expect Star (yes, he’s overpaid) coming back being a big help solely because DL aren’t playing out of position this year. He’s not an impact player but I think he plays an important role... at some point we can replace him for less... but he’s good at his job. I expect a slightly easier schedule to benefit us as well. I expect the confidence and camaraderie from a group that’s pretty much 100% returning to not only help those guys... but usher in a certain expectation for the few new guys and draft picks. We’re returning 21/22 starters from the AFC Championship game and the one spot where a starter isn’t returning we arguably upgraded... and still haven’t reached the draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 i'm worried about some things. this isn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said: I don't see how the Bills got worse. They are still missing an edge rusher and I don't see one coming, but other than that I find it hard to believe that someone can look at this roster and say they got worse. To be honest I don't get all the love Flores gets in Miami either. Yes, he had a much better than expected first season, but that team had absolutely no fight in them at all the last game of the season when they were playing for the playoffs and the Bills had nothing to play for. None of those other teams in the division have a QB, they all have marginal talent at WR, I don't believe there is a running back to be afraid of...not sure what makes any of those teams a division winner. Sure, the Pats spent a lot of money, but did they get any better on offense? OP, I appreciate you having the balls to put this thread out there, I just don't see how you came to the conclusion you did Obviously, I knew I was going to be attacked. I was actually hoping for strong counter arguments to make me more optimistic. And the best counter-argument is that the other three teams still lack QBs - unless a rookie phenom changes the picture or one of the incumbent QBs makes a surprise improvement. Regardless of the QB discussion, I still don't like that - for the most part - we're standing pat. Picking up a better backup QB is great if Josh goes down, meaningless if he doesn't. And while I thought a healthy Smoke would be a good compliment to Diggs in 2021, I like the Sanders acquisition. But with the rest of the AFCE making bold moves to get better, Beane seems mostly to be content to hold on to what he already has. When I look at our roster, I hope for more. We need offensive linemen who can open holes, a legit starting TE, a legit starting RB, an edge rusher, another good CB... This team has a lot of solid guys who fight for each other. We don't have many elite players. Where we're blessed is that one of our elite players lines up behind center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGMcD2 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: But with the rest of the AFCE making bold moves to get better, Beane seems mostly to be content to hold on to what he already has. When I look at our roster, I hope for more. We need offensive linemen who can open holes, a legit starting TE, a legit starting RB, an edge rusher, another good CB... This team has a lot of solid guys who fight for each other. We don't have many elite players. Where we're blessed is that one of our elite players lines up behind center. Well let me pose this question... which teams in the AFCE have as much depth as us AND employ more elite players than us? Which teams in the AFCE don’t have holes at certain positions? You have to realize these teams are making bold moves to catch us... because they really were not anywhere near us over the course of 16 games. I’m not sure there’s a team with a more complete roster than us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Lol, ok I misread title at 1st. Thought it said you didn't think Bills would repeat gettin to AFCCG. That I could get to a certain extent. Will definitely be a tough task. But repeat as division champs.... I know it may be more difficult and all, but I would bet the farm on it that Bills win the division again along with many others. Bills are the clear favorites hands down. I can easily see them winning AFCE title a whole lot better chance than getting back to the AFCCG. Some teams improve between seasons and some get worse. But Bills will basically have the same players/staff etc as they did at 13-3. Which last season Bills schedule was also considered by many to be a tough one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 This reminds me of a scene from Avengers ’I have an army’ ’We have a HULK’ Our Hulk is Josh Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, teef said: i'm worried about some things. this isn't one of them. Really? I don't worry about many things in life but I worry about the Bills every year. If some kind of advanced alien technology allowed us to bring back youthful, fit versions of Smith, OJ, Thurman, Kelly, Tasker, House, Cookie, Reed, DeLam, Biscuit, and so on... I'd still worry about the Bills. Can they play together? What will the chemistry be like? Can McD keep the egos in check and the culture alive? Edited March 23, 2021 by hondo in seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior9 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Did the Patriots really get better? Judon.... is good. Kyle Van Noy is good... Judon was on a better defense last year and we beat that team. Nelson Algohor does NOTHING for me and neither does Bourne. Their 2 TE's...... wellp, they both combined for 1046 last year (or something similar). Their QB is still Cam Newton that threw for 5 TD's last year. If you're using Will Fuller to say the Dolphins got better... We signed Sanders and have Diggs...... and Josh Allen. I'm not sure Will Fuller equates to the Dolphins having a better off-season than the Bills. Finally, are you sure we got worse? Nothing that we've seen in 3 years under McDermott leads me to believe we've gotten worse. Phillips, Oliver, Johnson, Ford, AJ etc. can all take massive leaps this year and that would mean we got exponentially better. Edited March 23, 2021 by warrior9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: Obviously, I knew I was going to be attacked. I was actually hoping for strong counter arguments to make me more optimistic. And the best counter-argument is that the other three teams still lack QBs - unless a rookie phenom changes the picture or one of the incumbent QBs makes a surprise improvement. Regardless of the QB discussion, I still don't like that - for the most part - we're standing pat. Picking up a better backup QB is great if Josh goes down, meaningless if he doesn't. And while I thought a healthy Smoke would be a good compliment to Diggs in 2021, I like the Sanders acquisition. But with the rest of the AFCE making bold moves to get better, Beane seems mostly to be content to hold on to what he already has. When I look at our roster, I hope for more. We need offensive linemen who can open holes, a legit starting TE, a legit starting RB, an edge rusher, another good CB... This team has a lot of solid guys who fight for each other. We don't have many elite players. Where we're blessed is that one of our elite players lines up behind center. Hey bud, don’t feel attacked. If I’m part of that for you I’m sorry. I’m just saying it’s going to be ok, and I don’t care how many weapons they put on Cam, he’s still a 10 year 59% completion guy. The jets maybe taking a rookie means a learning curve. Tua people are hard on but he played only half a season. He stunk, but honestly so did Josh in the beginning. All good brother. As far as counter opinions we have the second best offense in the NFL and a defense that improved dramatically in the back half of last year. Not many teams have a too 5 offense and defense. don’t feel attacked though. That’s reserved for trolls on the board. NOT YOU! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: Really? I don't worry about many things in life but I worry about the Bills every year. If some kind of advanced alien technology allowed us to bring back youthful, fit versions of Smith, OJ, Thurman, Kelly, Tasker, House, Cookie, Reed, DeLam, Biscuit, and so on... I'd still worry about the Bills. Can they play together? What will the chemistry be like? Can McD keep the egos in check and the culture alive? i'm going to give you some pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, hondo in seattle said: I’m usually not a Negative Nancy but today let me be that guy. The AFCE will be harder this year. The Pats, Phins, and Jets all got better while the Bills got worse. Pats. They didn’t resolve the signal caller issue but Bill’s epic spending spree improved the rest of the roster. Phins. Tua – who Fitz seems to love – should be better his sophomore year. To help, they went out and got Will Fuller. Jets. While they picked up a couple nice free agents defensive linemen, the best thing the Jets did this offseason was change out their entire coaching staff. The Bills were an interesting team last year. Despite the 13-3 record and AFC Championship game appearance, our guys only excelled in two areas: special teams and passing the ball. Unfortunately, our ST unit lost its two best players: Roberts & Bojorquez. While there were moments of excellence, no level of our D was consistently good. And our offensive running attack was putrid. None of those shortcomings have been addressed so far. Beane did a nice job retaining our offensive linemen. Sadly, though, they’re just not that good. They don’t open holes in the running game. And Daboll has to use TEs and RBs to help with pass pro. Even with that help, we couldn’t protect Josh in KC. While the rest of the AFCE stepped up, we stood still at best and probably stepped back. Fingers crossed –free agency isn’t over and we still have the draft. I won't dump on you. That has already been done. Thanks for the effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Oh, I think we'll win it again convincingly this year. I don't think any of those teams besides the Bills will be contenders this year. But in a couple years things could get interesting. And how do you figure the Bills got worse? Losing Brown for Sanders is an upgrade. The offensive line is the same and should be better if they stay healthy. The defense is largely the same. How is the team worse? Edited March 23, 2021 by MJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 C 3 minutes ago, warrior9 said: Did the Patriots really get better? Judon.... is good. Kyle Van Noy is good... Judon was on a better defense last year and we beat that team. If you're using Will Fuller to say the Dolphins got better... We signed Sanders and have Diggs...... and Josh Allen. I'm not sure Will Fuller equates to the Dolphins having a better off-season than the Bills. Finally, are you sure we got worse? Nothing that we've seen in 3 years under McDermott leads me to believe we've gotten worse. Phillips, Oliver, Johnson, Ford, AJ etc. can all take massive leaps this year and that would mean we got exponentially better. Yeah, there's the McDermott factor. Give this guy lemons and he makes lemonade. He does seem to have a knack of getting the most out of guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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