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Maybe I'm alone here...but, for all the preseason hype about this team retaining "all" of their key players from a year ago and then adding meaningful help, and for all the talk about this team being a favorite to win the NFC and represent, if not win the Super Bowl, I'm stunned by just how comprehensively BAD the team really is. What we saw in preseason has now played out thus far in the regular season. There literally isn't one area, one unit on this team that we can point to and say Yes, they're playing well... Not one! Maybe our defensive secondary... But that's it!
On defense, we can't stop the run and we can't get to the QB. I'm sorry, but Chandler Jones and Markus Golden have shown me zero. And please spare me the stats for Jones. Stats can often be misleading and in his case, they are. I'd love to see him make plays when the heat of the game is on the boil! I'd love to see him make a play when the opposing team needs to convert a critical 3rd down...
Minter...I have never found any meaningful value in the guy and I still don't. Deone is simply playing out of position and I'm just about at the point where I conclude this is a failed mission... He's too small to play Linebacker, period... Our 3 down linemen (choose whatever three you'd like), are literally open doors. The Bills had more rushing yards in the first half today than they've had in a half since 1995!! But yea, we've improved...
On offense, the play calling is beyond suspect. How can this team continue to be so horrible in the first quarter of games? Palmer looks old and slow. And with the exception of Larry and Jaron Brown, our WR's have been horrendous. TJ is right - trade Floyd now before his value completely tanks! Our TE's are virtually non-existent...
David Johnson has been bottled up... and again, spare me his stats. I have no doubt that he is extremely frustrated by how the first 3 games have played out.
Our o-line looks completely lost and out of sync.
And then there is our "special" teams... Don't even know where to begin here. In short, we have the worst special teams unit in all the NFL and there is not a close second. I can't understand how Butler is still with us... Kanaday is brutal as our long-snapper. And in both kick and punt returns, we have ZERO threat...
No, this isn't about a small adjustment here or there... This threat to win the Super Bowl team actually requires MAJOR work. Major adjustments across the entire team, including coaching! This Bills game was supposed to be the start of a very winnable 4 game stretch as next are the Rams at home, then at the 9ers and home against the Jets. I would not at all be surprised to see us go 1 and 2 over the next three...
Wow... Just wow...
On defense, we can't stop the run and we can't get to the QB. I'm sorry, but Chandler Jones and Markus Golden have shown me zero. And please spare me the stats for Jones. Stats can often be misleading and in his case, they are. I'd love to see him make plays when the heat of the game is on the boil! I'd love to see him make a play when the opposing team needs to convert a critical 3rd down...
Minter...I have never found any meaningful value in the guy and I still don't. Deone is simply playing out of position and I'm just about at the point where I conclude this is a failed mission... He's too small to play Linebacker, period... Our 3 down linemen (choose whatever three you'd like), are literally open doors. The Bills had more rushing yards in the first half today than they've had in a half since 1995!! But yea, we've improved...
On offense, the play calling is beyond suspect. How can this team continue to be so horrible in the first quarter of games? Palmer looks old and slow. And with the exception of Larry and Jaron Brown, our WR's have been horrendous. TJ is right - trade Floyd now before his value completely tanks! Our TE's are virtually non-existent...
David Johnson has been bottled up... and again, spare me his stats. I have no doubt that he is extremely frustrated by how the first 3 games have played out.
Our o-line looks completely lost and out of sync.
And then there is our "special" teams... Don't even know where to begin here. In short, we have the worst special teams unit in all the NFL and there is not a close second. I can't understand how Butler is still with us... Kanaday is brutal as our long-snapper. And in both kick and punt returns, we have ZERO threat...
No, this isn't about a small adjustment here or there... This threat to win the Super Bowl team actually requires MAJOR work. Major adjustments across the entire team, including coaching! This Bills game was supposed to be the start of a very winnable 4 game stretch as next are the Rams at home, then at the 9ers and home against the Jets. I would not at all be surprised to see us go 1 and 2 over the next three...
Wow... Just wow...