My god, do you hear that? It’s Gabe Davis’ music!

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

i mean that's pretty much indisputable at this point.

 

 

[transient]

Waisting... is that like "pantsing"?

[Sojourner]

Wasting? Not at all. 
 

The Bills, excluding Josh’s first season, are now 75-29 in the regular season and 7-6 in the playoffs for a combined record of 82-35. That’s winning around 65% of the games.

 

The question should always be are they doing enough? Sure some will advocate that is the same as wasting. Disagree. Wasting would be doing absolutely nothing for Josh. That’s the further from the truth. They’ve built a quality offensive line, resigned a stud RB and drafted & acquired some pieces at the skill positions. Other than Shakir, Cook and Kincaid they haven’t hit on much of those players. 
 

If they’re going to do anything it should be trading for a blockbuster WR if the whole thing is predicated on “doing enough” or “wasting” his talents. 
 

The problem then becomes… what happens if the defense can’t consistently chip in? 
 

We had a dominant receiver for several years here in Diggs and it didn’t make a difference. The other side of the ball fel short as much as Diggs didn’t produce in the playoffs. 
 

Just my opinion. 

[Bangarang]

Beane gets too much of a pass for the rosters he puts together around Josh. 

[BringBackFergy]

[dorquemada]

Yup.  But don't worry, we'll make up for it with wave after wave of C+ defensive lineman, each one more mediocre than the last

[DrDawkinstein]

Yes.

[RiotAct]

Yep

[CincyBillsFan]

5 hours ago, FireChans said:

I fear it may be Gabe time.

 

The WRs are largely ass. Curtis Samuel is gadgety, and Shakir is still great with a hair of space, but nobody and I mean nobody can separate or give some fear deep. I’m not sure what Tyrell Shavers does outside of wearing Diggs’ number and getting a significant amount of cardio.
 

The Pats pressed all night. This was basically the 2024 Ravens defensive gameplan. They dared us to throw all over them. We could not.

 

Some folks say we need to trade for a WR. That would be nice.

 

But the answer may be on our bench right now. 
 

We need some guy to run a go or skinny post and be a bit dangerous. Can Gabe still do that?

I hate to admit it but you maybe right.  Damn once he gets healthy they should at least give him every opportunity to get on the field.  

[GunnerBill]

5 hours ago, FireChans said:

I fear it may be Gabe time.

 

The WRs are largely ass. Curtis Samuel is gadgety, and Shakir is still great with a hair of space, but nobody and I mean nobody can separate or give some fear deep. I’m not sure what Tyrell Shavers does outside of wearing Diggs’ number and getting a significant amount of cardio.
 

The Pats pressed all night. This was basically the 2024 Ravens defensive gameplan. They dared us to throw all over them. We could not.

 

Some folks say we need to trade for a WR. That would be nice.

 

But the answer may be on our bench right now. 
 

We need some guy to run a go or skinny post and be a bit dangerous. Can Gabe still do that?

 

The MOMENT Gabe is healthy I am putting him on this roster. He is a better outside receiver than we have. Which is an indicment in itself.

49 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

Beane gets too much of a pass for the rosters he puts together around Josh. 

 

Agree. Seem my post in the McDermott thread. He made 12 major moves this offseason. Cook apart the returns right now are dreadful. And this was a major opportunity spring. Some of these moves will restrict opportunities in the next couple of springs. 

 

If those moves fail they fall squarely on Brandon Beane.

[goldenboy81]

I think we need alot more than gabe but time will tell

[NoSaint]

5 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I don't have the numbers but I felt like the Bills ran lots of play action last night. What they failed to do playcalling wise was just stick to the middle of the field. Kincaid, Knox and Shakir inside was their advantage. I felt like they finally got to it on the penultimate drive but it had been crying out for more of that sooner. There are teams who try and take the middle away against the Bills and force them to their below average receivers on the outside. This was the opposite. The Pats didn't want to give up the outside they were trying to dare us to stay patient in the middle of the field and we just didn't for the most part.

mentioned it in the other thread but was telling the folks I watched with all night that it needed to turn into Josh/dalton/james cook hero ball with a bit of Shakir moving horizontally underneath. Lots of work inside the numbers. 
 

then they did it and everyone acted like I was smart… but it wasn’t particularly high level. 
 

whether it was Brady or Josh - I really don’t get the amount of perimeter work and pushing downfield this week when the opponent is decent at corner but not against some teams with big holes.

59 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

The MOMENT Gabe is healthy I am putting him on this roster. He is a better outside receiver than we have. Which is an indicment in itself.

 

Agree. Seem my post in the McDermott thread. He made 12 major moves this offseason. Cook apart the returns right now are dreadful. And this was a major opportunity spring. Some of these moves will restrict opportunities in the next couple of springs. 

 

If those moves fail they fall squarely on Brandon Beane.

coming out of a “rebuild” it was clear he thinks he is already where he needs to be. Unfortunately I think a lot of us are nervous about that based on where we haven’t gotten.

[Fleezoid]

6 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

but....EVERYBODY EATS!!

 

But we've run out of Roast Beef and Ham and now we're down to SPAM!

[Low Positive]

So long as he's not asked to run choice routes, he'll be an upgrade. 

[Royale with Cheese]

When you play 2 deep safety's, you're not daring a team to throw down the field.  You are doing the opposite.

 

We had 3 turnovers, including one in the redzone and a ton of penalties.  We are currently 3rd in the league in scoring and we have an offensive problem.  

All it takes is one game and people jump ship. 

[BeastMaster]

But I was told that Josh Palmer was a stud that could get seperation...

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Is he cleared yet? Davis is a legit (pre-knee) deep threat and we desperately need that. 

[strive_for_five_guy]

2 minutes ago, BeastMaster said:

But I was told that Josh Palmer was a stud that could get seperation...

I found myself wanting Mack Hollins back this morning

[ngbills]

Sometimes its easier for people to just say but our O scores 30 per game and we have made the playoffs every year. Rather than looking at what it could be with a different WR crew or philosophy etc. Maybe we have multiple super bowl wins. The results can be good and still be limiting the full potential. We have generational talent at QB. Better coaches, skill players, etc is he a guy that gets multiple rings? But keeping him in this system he scores a lot points, wins some mvp's, but never the ultimate prize? I dont know, but worth thinking about vs. just we dont need to change anything bc we score a lot already. 

[Lionel Hutz]

7 hours ago, Captain Caveman said:

Yeah

It's unforgivable to me that we can't find one WR that can get separation (or is it coaching?  I don't know)

Gonna leave this here - 

 

 

 

If Beane is gonna act like this in public imagine how he deals with anyone in the building that questions his roster. He has no accountability and thinks he is the smartest guy in the room. He struck gold with Allen and is still living off that success.