Buffalo Bills 2025 Thread

[Scottysabres]

Eleven is correct, they’ll make the playoffs but the division I just don’t see. They may get past the wild card game, but I can’t see them going past the divisional round.

i expected this to be a retool year since the wr ranks are subpar, so I’m not surprised. Hoping Beane can start to put some weapons with Allen and get the D more run stuff capable this coming off season.

[calti]

no excuse for this game. the defense wasnt the main cause. Coaching ,QBing   that was sad.

[Eleven]

5 minutes ago, sodbuster said:

Is it? They have a great roster, and their QB looks talented and competent. 

Stroud

Daniels

Mariota

Murray

Pickett

And those are just the first few that come to mind.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Eleven

[JujuFish]

4 minutes ago, Eleven said:

That is ridiculously overdamatic even if NE wins the division this year.

Gator's always in catastrophe mode with the Bills. For today, I'm there with him.

[Gatorman0519]

Just now, JujuFish said:

Gator's always in catastrophe mode with the Bills. For today, I'm there with him.

Call it what you will but i have always been right in identifying the flaws and us never getting to the SB without correcting them, which they have not. The results don’t lie. 

[calti]

What happened to Brady?? He looked great last year.

[JujuFish]

Just now, Gatorman0519 said:

Call it what you will but i have always been right in identifying the flaws and us never getting to the SB without correcting them, which they have not. The results don’t lie. 

You disappear when the Bills look good and say "I told you so" when they look bad. Get out of here.

[calti]

Just now, Gatorman0519 said:

Call it what you will but i have always been right in identifying the flaws and us never getting to the SB without correcting them, which they have not. The results don’t lie. 

Not a popular statement I know .But  Josh needs to improve and /or these coordinators gotta leave. Let him have more control .

[calti]

11 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Stroud

Daniels

Mariota

Murray

Pickett

And those are just the first few that come to mind.

 

Stroud is the biggest head scratcher

[jad1]

2 minutes ago, calti said:

What happened to Brady?? He looked great last year.

He's shortened the playbook and become predictable.  If Allen is under center, it most likely going to be a run.  If Allen is in shotgun, it's definitely a pass.  The run/pass ratio on 1st down leans heavily to the run. 

He was never good at scheming WRs open (both Diggs' and Davis' production dractically fell off when he became OC), and shows almost no imagination in freeing up receivers (for example, there are no digs or WR post routes in the playbook).

His playcalling is stubborn.  Today on 4th and 1, Miami called a timeout and it was obvious Buffalo was planning a pass.  Even though the play was tipped, Brady didn't change the call.

Miami knew these tendencies and gameplanned against them, and Brady did not adjust. 

He's gone from a potential HC candidate to a hot seat candidate this season.

[Crusader1969]

Can someone make a reservation at Osteria 166 for Adams and Beane as soon as possible ?? 

[triumph_communes]

They’re being too cute with these heavy formations that don’t breakaway into enough big plays to make them worthwhile

 

we don’t have the receivers to do anything else 

 

then turnovers from frustration 

[jad1]

1 minute ago, triumph_communes said:

They’re being too cute with these heavy formations that don’t breakaway into enough big plays to make them worthwhile

 

we don’t have the receivers to do anything else 

 

then turnovers from frustration 

They could use way more misdirection play action, especially with the way they ran the ball last week.  

They could run the ball out of shotgun formation.  That would slow the pass rush down and ease pressure on Allen.

The could more middle of the field routes for Shakir.

There are things Brady could do with play calls and play design.

I get they want to build a physical mindset, but the strategy can't only be that Brady calls the same plays over and over, and the team wins on physicality alone.

[Dr. Who]

9 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

They’re being too cute with these heavy formations that don’t breakaway into enough big plays to make them worthwhile

 

we don’t have the receivers to do anything else 

 

then turnovers from frustration 

The margins for error are too narrow. The WR room is a joke, and criminally neglected by Beane. Neither coordinator is good. Brady's ceiling is competent. Babich is bad. McDermott's scheme is tired and decoded. If the owner wasn't the sort of chap he is, there would be consequences.

Edited 2 hours ago by Dr. Who

[TheAud]

19 minutes ago, calti said:

Not a popular statement I know .But  Josh needs to improve and /or these coordinators gotta leave. Let him have more control .

Josh is trying to carry this team on his shoulders. He is not the problem. 

[jad1]

4 minutes ago, TheAud said:

Josh is trying to carry this team on his shoulders. He is not the problem. 

Allen was sabotaged by the gameplan today.  It's obvious that the only plan was to be more physical than the Dolphins.  When Miami pushed back, there was nothing in the playcalling, scheme, or personnel to help him.

[Indabuff]

Disaster of a game.  

[Crusader1969]

So word is out. the Dolphins wanted a 2026 1st rounder for Waddle and Beane would only offer a 2027

poetic that Waddle caught that long TD off our first round pick today 

#FireBeane.   His time has come and gone 

[Pimlach]

Bills are looking like a middle tier team right now.  Right on the heels of a big win over KC they lose in their division to a team that was breaking apart.  

McDermott and his staff failed to have them ready, similar to the Atlanta game where nothing worked on either side of the ball, both the game plan and the execution was lacking. 

Offense has become a problem.   The Bills passing game has become Josh Allen scrambles and then hope he can find someone.   Very few plays are drop back into a clean pocket, and fire to an open receiver 10+ yards deep.  The WRs are a below average unit.  Shakir  is a good #3 slot guy.  The rest are all below average players.  At TE Kincaid is good, but not at the level of carrying an offense. Cook 3 is good, that’s about all we have in the backfield.  Still, mostly because of Allen, the offense has been very good at times, going into this game they led all teams in offensive yards per game.  Yet the underlying feel is the OC is holding them back.  I think Brady has been figured out and is running out of chess moves.  

Defense played great against KC but was bad again today.  Bad tackling, not enough QB pressure, missed tackles at the LOS that resulted in huge runs.   Hairston is showing us what close coverage looks like, he is a bright spot and probably will be the best player on this defense soon.  With Benford and Taron Johnson out they are really lacking.  Tre White was bad and should retire after the season,  DB depth is not good enough.   The LBs did not contribute, Milano and Bernard are no longer a factor.   The DTs have been ravaged with injury and Miami took advantage, and not having Epenesa at DE hurt.  It looked like MCD took over the defensive play calls.   

This is looking like a wild card team that needs some retooling.   Still a lot of football left but they lost another game in the standings to NE today.  

 

[Dr. Who]

Happy Terry Pegula weekend.

[Pimlach]

6 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

So word is out. the Dolphins wanted a 2026 1st rounder for Waddle and Beane would only offer a 2027

poetic that Waddle caught that long TD off our first round pick today 

#FireBeane.   His time has come and gone 

Beane had two possible trades lined up.  DT Quinen Williams from Jets.  WR Jaylon Waddle from Dolphins.  Both teams in our division that we have been beating up for a long time.  Both made it hard to close a deal.  

Beane worked it hard.  He didn’t force it and take a bad deal.  Realistically, they need more than 1 player to improve this team.  

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, Dr. Who said:

Happy Terry Pegula weekend.

Hey, the US women won yesterday.  His presumable rooting interests didn't go entirely 0-fer.

[Crusader1969]

2 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Beane had two possible trades lined up.  DT Quinen Williams from Jets.  WR Jaylon Waddle from Dolphins.  Both teams in our division that we have been beating up for a long time.  Both made it hard to close a deal.  

Beane worked it hard.  He didn’t force it and take a bad deal.  Realistically, they need more than 1 player to improve this team.  

Explain how a 2026 1st isn't worth it but a 2027 1st is? 

[Pimlach]

7 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

Explain how a 2026 1st isn't worth it but a 2027 1st is? 

I don’t know.  Depends on how Beane compares each draft class.  More likely, the deal wasn’t exactly as you describe it, or Beane did an assessment of what improvement he could get right now  versus cost and decided no.  

Firing Beane would be dumb.  

[Wyldnwoody44]

17 minutes ago, Dr. Who said:

Happy Terry Pegula weekend.

#onebuffalo