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  I may be overly optimistic. I may be a fool. I do believe the Bills as they transition to the second stage of Josh Allen's career are not going to see the drop off and chaos that other teams deal with when having to release players due to pricing themselves out of the salary cap.

 

My reasoning is I think the Bills and more importantly Brandon Beane discovered something this year observing the team and the NFL as a whole. 

 

The Bills have definitely shown a greater focus towards adding talent to the defense and it has come at the expense of the offense. As we see a lot of the veteran defensive players age out and move on, it sets up a unique opportunity for the Bills to shift more cap towards offensive weapons. 

 

I think at the very least this season we saw McDermott show he can do more with a lot less talent on defense. (I am aware a lot of you want him gone. I don't think he is going anywhere) Under Beane we saw numerous drafts where we spent high end picks on the defense and tried to make do with players drafted in the later rounds on the offense. 

 

Beane must realize after witnessing the poor play of our outside receivers that this team isn't going too far unless they add legit top end talent to the offensive side of the ball. He has a phenomenal start with Cook, Kincaid, Shakir an offensive line that should be together another 5 seasons. Minus Morse. 

 

Find guys later in the draft that McDermott can turn into capable starters on the defensive side of the ball. Start giving Josh outside weapons and guys who put pressure on the secondary and beat zone consistently on all three levels and man coverage. 

 

The future isn't shot. The Bills haven't come close to maximizing Josh's talent on offense. For all the money we have poured into the defense it still hasn't come close to having key stops when we have needed it in the playoffs. 

 

Let's just build a juggernaut on offense instead of a Josh Allen Superman show on offense.

 

Offense wins in this league. Not surprising Mahomes best seasons were with Hill and a younger Kelce. That Lamar is having his best year when the Ravens went and got him reciever talent. That Burrow has been the only QB to beat Mahomes with insane reciever talent. To win you need a top flight QB and a great cast of reciever talent around him. Bills have never surrounded Josh with top reciever talent outside Diggs. Time to get on that. Starting this off season. 

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2 minutes ago, CaptnCoke11 said:

Beane has his hands full this offseason.  Aging defense and an overall below average WR group under contract.  

 I think the Bills need to get the defense to a point where they are chaotic and scheme to get a turnover and a few stops. The idea of shutting a team down with superior talent hasn't worked. Bills need to add talent on the offense and start unleashing Allen's full potential.

6 minutes ago, stuvian said:

How do the Rams find guys like Nacua and Kupp?

While not int the neighborhood of those guys I think Shakir is a terrific find.

 

This is kinda my point as well. The Bills seem to be the opposite of the Rams where they can find diamonds in the later rounds defensively that scheme fit. Heck they can even sign mid/low tier free agents who scheme fit well on the defense. 

 

So why are we wasting top end picks on the defense and cap space on the defense when its obvious that those should be used on offense? 

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17 minutes ago, HaldimandBills said:

 

  I may be overly optimistic. I may be a fool. I do believe the Bills as they transition to the second stage of Josh Allen's career are not going to see the drop off and chaos that other teams deal with when having to release players due to pricing themselves out of the salary cap.

 

My reasoning is I think the Bills and more importantly Brandon Beane discovered something this year observing the team and the NFL as a whole. 

 

The Bills have definitely shown a greater focus towards adding talent to the defense and it has come at the expense of the offense. As we see a lot of the veteran defensive players age out and move on, it sets up a unique opportunity for the Bills to shift more cap towards offensive weapons. 

 

I think at the very least this season we saw McDermott show he can do more with a lot less talent on defense. (I am aware a lot of you want him gone. I don't think he is going anywhere) Under Beane we saw numerous drafts where we spent high end picks on the defense and tried to make do with players drafted in the later rounds on the offense. 

 

Beane must realize after witnessing the poor play of our outside receivers that this team isn't going too far unless they add legit top end talent to the offensive side of the ball. He has a phenomenal start with Cook, Kincaid, Shakir an offensive line that should be together another 5 seasons. Minus Morse. 

 

Find guys later in the draft that McDermott can turn into capable starters on the defensive side of the ball. Start giving Josh outside weapons and guys who put pressure on the secondary and beat zone consistently on all three levels and man coverage. 

 

The future isn't shot. The Bills haven't come close to maximizing Josh's talent on offense. For all the money we have poured into the defense it still hasn't come close to having key stops when we have needed it in the playoffs. 

 

Let's just build a juggernaut on offense instead of a Josh Allen Superman show on offense.

 

Offense wins in this league. Not surprising Mahomes best seasons were with Hill and a younger Kelce. That Lamar is having his best year when the Ravens went and got him reciever talent. That Burrow has been the only QB to beat Mahomes with insane reciever talent. To win you need a top flight QB and a great cast of reciever talent around him. Bills have never surrounded Josh with top reciever talent outside Diggs. Time to get on that. Starting this off season. 

Excellent post.  As hard as it was to watch the Bills lose last night, that game left me with a lot of hope moving forward for just the reasons that you note in your post.  

 

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15 minutes ago, CaptnCoke11 said:

Beane has his hands full this offseason.  Aging defense and an overall below average WR group under contract.  

But the starting O-Line is intact, and that's the job if it was easy everyone would be a wizard.

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We'll be a good team next year - possibly as good.  If we can stay just a little healthier, I'll feel good about our chances.

 

We lost on a couple of plays yesterday. That's how it goes.  It doesn't mean we're all of a sudden not a contender.  

 

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I like the thought process behind this post, but I just don't see McDermott ever getting over the hump. I'd go as far to say that his overall personality and temperament is a hindrance. His teams routinely get tight in big moments, and that's a reflection on him.

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2 minutes ago, Drew21PA said:

Idk how there Is any optimism and hope guys

 

it’s wild they can’t beat the chiefs even at home In the playoffs 

 

not Allen for sure - have to look mo further than coach

 

He can’t win it….

You don’t think there’s any reason for any optimism?? 

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34 minutes ago, HaldimandBills said:

Let's just build a juggernaut on offense instead of a Josh Allen Superman show on offense.

I've been saying this for 3 years.  Draft wr in first.  Sign someone...whatever.  hang 30+ a game and let them try and keep up

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The cap isn't as bad as many are making it out to be.  Beane knocked it out of the park this draft, although Dorian Williams had some struggles.

 

A solid offensive draft, a little cap restructuring, and the Bills will be very competitive. Joe Brady will get the chance to implement his system as well. 

 

It's the HC holding them back, honestly. 

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1 minute ago, Bruffalo said:

The cap isn't as bad as many are making it out to be.  Beane knocked it out of the park this draft, although Dorian Williams had some struggles.

 

A solid offensive draft, a little cap restructuring, and the Bills will be very competitive. Joe Brady will get the chance to implement his system as well. 

 

It's the HC holding them back, honestly. 

 

I would say even if we're essentially punting next year and bringing McD back that we should do some due diligence and interview other possible OC's to see if someone better is out there than Brady...but I don't even now if McD knows how to evaluate that. 

 

We're already looking at probably another ST coordinator firing and he has no DC left. His history with coordinators has not been pretty. 

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I would hire a replacement for Leslie Frazier and let McDermott be head coach.  He needs another point of view of the field especially in critical conditions.  I would also invest heavily in the offense.  In the Chiefs game, we saw you get get pretty far with virtually no linebackers.  Next year our linebackers will be healthy and you can always draft them.

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We should be optimistic.

 

On offense, we have a great QB in his prime, a very good OL with some excellent young players, and an excellent RB. Shakir is an emerging No. 3 and Kincaid is an emerging top pass-catching TE.  

 

On defense, we have good to excellent starters at most positions.  Oliver and Rousseau are anchors of the D Line.  We have better depth at LB than ever in Milano, Benard, Dodson, Williams, and Spector.  We also have two good starting CBs in Benford and Douglas and possibly the best nickel back in the NFL in Taron Johnson.

 

We also have under contract two aging but quality players in Diggs (WR) and Poyer (S).   Depending on how Beane handles the cap, both should be back next season.

 

This is a great base to work with that needs a starter at WR, a starter at S plus added depth in the D backfield, D Line, and WR.

 

I'd also like to bring Floyd and DaQuan Jones back on the DLine for good depth.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Ya Digg? said:

You don’t think there’s any reason for any optimism?? 

No 

 

we just had the best opportunity yet again

 

id we were going to beat the chiefs and go to the championship game at least - last night was it

 

Their offense was a shell of itself all season and they still walked right up and down the field on us

 

i know the crowd was fantastic but he didn’t seem to care - they were prepared for it.  I’m sure we got under their skin a little but…

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Just now, Drew21PA said:

No 

 

we just had the best opportunity yet again

 

id we were going to beat the chiefs and go to the championship game at least - last night was it

 

Their offense was a shell of itself all season and they still walked right up and down the field on us

 

i know the crowd was fantastic but he didn’t seem to care - they were prepared for it.  I’m sure we got under their skin a little but…

 

Wasn't our defense a shell of itself also?

 

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1 minute ago, Success said:

 

Wasn't our defense a shell of itself also?

 

Maybe but you can’t tell me that KC didn’t have their way - consistently when they were HORRIBLE (to their standards) this year

 

averaging 2o a game and Mahomes had 24 in his first 5 drives

 

bo third downs or rarely a third down - got lucky down inside the 1 on the fumble 

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2 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

I wonder if we had Nacua, if he would have even seen the field (much). McD takes his sweet time with skill players. 

We don't even have any idea what we have in Shorter, the WR we drafted in the fifth round instead of Nacua...  

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Me too.  Optimistic that is.  Josh is playing great. Kincaid, cook and shakir are all very good and potentially great playmakers on rookie contracts.  Our OL is finally good and should be intact.   I think we’re set at CB and LB just need S, DL and WR.

 

the fact that we were able to have a sustainable offense without having a WR1 play like a WR1 gives me even more hope.  
 

I do worry about the Diggs situation.  He has no room to pout or be a diva after his 2nd half of the season performance. Hopefully he’ll be humbled some and realize we need him to get back to himself the best he can

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Nope.  Our offense has been Super Bowl-worthy going on four years now.  The thing that has held us back in the playoffs is our defense.  Our defense has been absolutely pathetic in every single game we've been eliminated in over the past four years.  Yes, Mahomes and Burrow are two of the game's best, but we provided almost zero resistance against them in those games.  

 

At one point in the 4th quarter last night, we were giving up 9.6 yards per play (think this was right before the fumble through the endzone).  We were essentially giving up a 1st down on every single snap.  So long as McDermott is at the helm of the defense against teams like the Chiefs and Bengals in the playoffs, I have very little hope of ever making a Super Bowl outside of a GOAT type of performance from Josh Allen (which we basically got back in the 13 seconds game). 

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4 hours ago, stuvian said:

How do the Rams find guys like Nacua and Kupp?

 

I'll see your Nacua and raise you a Benford

 

Bills have done it too.  That's the downside of the Elam situation. Posters blast him that was beat out by a 6th rounder.  Reality is Benford is just one of these guys who fell through the small school crack.   Doesn't make Elam bad, just makes Benford very very good!  Granted if Elam again this coming year does nothing, then a different story.  But right now was beat out by Benford as a rookie, just shows how good Benford was, year two he was either playing hurt or on IR most of season.

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16 hours ago, HaldimandBills said:

 

  I may be overly optimistic. I may be a fool. I do believe the Bills as they transition to the second stage of Josh Allen's career are not going to see the drop off and chaos that other teams deal with when having to release players due to pricing themselves out of the salary cap.

 

My reasoning is I think the Bills and more importantly Brandon Beane discovered something this year observing the team and the NFL as a whole. 

 

The Bills have definitely shown a greater focus towards adding talent to the defense and it has come at the expense of the offense. As we see a lot of the veteran defensive players age out and move on, it sets up a unique opportunity for the Bills to shift more cap towards offensive weapons. 

 

I think at the very least this season we saw McDermott show he can do more with a lot less talent on defense. (I am aware a lot of you want him gone. I don't think he is going anywhere) Under Beane we saw numerous drafts where we spent high end picks on the defense and tried to make do with players drafted in the later rounds on the offense. 

 

Beane must realize after witnessing the poor play of our outside receivers that this team isn't going too far unless they add legit top end talent to the offensive side of the ball. He has a phenomenal start with Cook, Kincaid, Shakir an offensive line that should be together another 5 seasons. Minus Morse. 

 

Find guys later in the draft that McDermott can turn into capable starters on the defensive side of the ball. Start giving Josh outside weapons and guys who put pressure on the secondary and beat zone consistently on all three levels and man coverage. 

 

The future isn't shot. The Bills haven't come close to maximizing Josh's talent on offense. For all the money we have poured into the defense it still hasn't come close to having key stops when we have needed it in the playoffs. 

 

Let's just build a juggernaut on offense instead of a Josh Allen Superman show on offense.

 

Offense wins in this league. Not surprising Mahomes best seasons were with Hill and a younger Kelce. That Lamar is having his best year when the Ravens went and got him reciever talent. That Burrow has been the only QB to beat Mahomes with insane reciever talent. To win you need a top flight QB and a great cast of reciever talent around him. Bills have never surrounded Josh with top reciever talent outside Diggs. Time to get on that. Starting this off season. 

 

This is a good post. You'll get downvoted because the average fan is a slave to their emotions and will make this place insufferable all offseason.

 

We lost a heavyweight slugging match the other night. It happens. So the negatives become magnified. 

 

The thought process should be....who do we need to get rid of that's holding us back. The emotional fans say McDermott, but I don't think that's the answer. 

 

Bass needs to go, Gabe needs to go, and we need to look around for OCs besides Brady. Sign him if there's nobody better, but we should shop around. 

 

Another poster mentioned a new system for Allen that's far different from the Daboll system. I think that's a great idea and the first place we should look. Start adding top notch offensive talent and these close losses will turn into comfortable wins. 

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16 hours ago, CaptnCoke11 said:

Beane has his hands full this offseason.  Aging defense and an overall below average WR group under contract.  

 

It's going to be interesting to see what Beane does this offseason. A lot of pressure on him with the draft. With their cap situation I don't expect the Bills to be major players in FA, so he is going to have to hit a HR in the draft to improve this team.

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Just now, Gregg said:

 

It's going to be interesting to see what Beane does this offseason. A lot of pressure on him with the draft. With their cap situation I don't expect the Bills to be major players in FA, so he is going to have to hit a HR in the draft to improve this team.

 

I think this offseason starts and ends with adding premium offensive talent and finding guys to fill in the gaps on defense who can be developed. 

 

Bills need to seriously consider releasing White, Morse, and trading Diggs. This season is the reset season for the cap. I fall firmly in the camp that the Bills must use 2 of their first 3 picks on a receiver. Bills can't afford to mess around with this position group anymore. 

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I think any coach could get us into the playoffs w/ Allens talent tbh. Weve seen time and time again Mcdermott get outcoached by the better coaches.

 

Rather try someone new knowing Allen can pretty much mask our inefficiencies. 

 

You have to take a risk to raise the standard. 

 

If everyone played it safe, nobody would have drafted Allen or Mahomes.

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2 minutes ago, HaldimandBills said:

 

I think this offseason starts and ends with adding premium offensive talent and finding guys to fill in the gaps on defense who can be developed. 

 

Bills need to seriously consider releasing White, Morse, and trading Diggs. This season is the reset season for the cap. I fall firmly in the camp that the Bills must use 2 of their first 3 picks on a receiver. Bills can't afford to mess around with this position group anymore. 

 

I think White's days as a Bill are over. Coming back from two ACL's has to be tough. Who knows if he can come back and be close to the player he used to be.

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15 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I think White's days as a Bill are over. Coming back from two ACL's has to be tough. Who knows if he can come back and be close to the player he used to be.

 

I think that it is likely the Bills move on. The big issue is that to keep Tre the Bills will have to bet $10.4M on him returning to form. $1.5M of that is due by 3/17. 

16 hours ago, stuvian said:

How do the Rams find guys like Nacua and Kupp?

Nacua was injured a lot in college. He had some great tape, but tested for crap due to coming off injury. He’s the kind of player you live to roll the dice on come day 3 of the draft. Big hit or obvious flame out. 

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13 hours ago, TheBrownBear said:

Nope.  Our offense has been Super Bowl-worthy going on four years now.  The thing that has held us back in the playoffs is our defense.  Our defense has been absolutely pathetic in every single game we've been eliminated in over the past four years.  Yes, Mahomes and Burrow are two of the game's best, but we provided almost zero resistance against them in those games.  

 

True, they've struggled badly.  The reason Cincinnati beat KC and got to a SB is because the Bengals defense forced Mahomes into the worst half of his playoff life.

 

You need offense, and with Allen the Bills will have good offense.  Josh Allen's career playoff stats are better than his regular season stats in a lot of area.  He elevates his game.  The D and special teams unfortunately shrinks,,,in part due to schemes, coaching, injuries, playing against world class QBs....Pick a reason, they shrink against Mahomes and Burrow.  But truthfully, Mahomes just might be the best ever and does it to a lot of teams.

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