Simply put we were just too hurt…

[JoshAllin]

Not suiting up Bernard was the only mistake. 

[MWK]

 

And last year Damar Hamlin got hurt and there was a terrible blizzard, and the year before there was a coaching miscommunication on 13 seconds, year before that we weren’t ready and the pass rush wasn’t good enough. The list of excuses continues to grow…

Edited January 23 by MWK

[LABILLBACKER]

15 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Defense got old

Guys like Miller, Epenesa and Settle suck and Rousseau has not developed

 

Oline is much improved. Kudos Beane on that one

Run game is better

WR's are for sh!t

Allen remains our only hope.  Without superhuman Allen Bills lose by 20 at home to a weak Chiefs team.

Beane tried and whiffed at improving the WR group.  He picked a decent TE but the wrong one and a very good OG.  He trusted Spencer Brown would play better and we were all wrong that he would not.

Bernard played better than almost all thought he would.  

 

In the end all window dressing for the biggest issue

 

We were outcoached time and time again.  Pats, Broncos, Eagles, Chiefs all losses attributable to McD's defense getting savaged.

 

They still have Allen and a lot of good pieces. The last two drafts have produced some nice players.

A few strategic cap moves, get a better #2 WR day 1 of the draft, let Kincaid continue to develop, and replace some age on defense with youth and speed.  And Miller might be better next season fully healthy.  

 

Tell McD it is SuperBowl or bust. 

 

The last sentence is the big one.  I'm only giving McDermott one more year.  Keep your team healthy any way you can and get beyond the damn division round.