Bear Hands

Interesting with them both being so close in draft position in what was perceived as that monster WR class. Going through the 2024 list (and remembering that offseason)-- AD Mitchell, Polk, Baker, Coleman, XL, Corley, Malik, Roman W, Rice soooo many of them were fairly hyped. Just shows how you can only take so much from the college material out there. Interestingly enough, some of the early hyped that were forgot about during the process ended up being the decent ones all along -- Franklin, McMillan, our own Coker

An owner, publicly undermining his own players, claiming they didn't want him and it was all the coach he just fired and is also publicly panning. Constantly shouting and interrupting his newly promoted GM to Prez, complaining about refs, saying he fired McD because of the loss but the calls were the reason they lost. He was absurd and is rightfully being mocked around the league. Promoting the GM who, yes, did a nice job the first few years, and then has slowly watched the defense turn to mush and has never found a decent weapon outside of James Cook. Buffalo looks bad in all of this, and it's not a jab exclusively at Beane. Like I said, noting the parallels doesn't mean a one-for-one "Beane" was the problem. But it's interesting and watching this unfold is kind of telling the owner is in his own head like crazy.

In my opinion, it looks like a pretty tight bond has formed between Terry and Beane. It's Khan/Baalke esque. And the way Terry kept interrupting Beane's answers and all, it gave off very strange vibes.

Pegula was all over the place. He embarrassed and contradicted himself like crazy. https://x.com/BillyM_91/status/2013995929905369342?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2013995929905369342|twgr^154a350e928fdfdae8baeadc6cb0963d9ce4952b|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2F2026%2F01%2F21%2Fnfl-video-terry-pegula-keon-coleman-bills-brandon-beane%2F88284627007%2F "I'm glad [Coleman] ran that," Beane said. "It'll help to get him."

What Beane has done to Allen has similarities to what we did with Cam. It’s interesting no doubt.

It's dicey no doubt, the market is thin and we're not getting a high end 3-down guy at 19. So if we mess around with more role players and situational PRs, then we're kind of still floating in this same space. If we're absolutely set on finding an anchor we can just put in for 90%+ snaps, Hendrickson or a trade may be our best bets for better or worse. But realistically, the NFL is evolving in how defenses are structured. You go for him if you can’t find those diamonds like Myles, Hutch, Watt, WAJ, etc. but otherwise, the best avenue could also be more of a versatile approach like the Seahawks and Broncos have done. Bonnito blossomed into a top guy, but Denver very much had a balanced build through youth. I'm a tad conflcited, I can see the reason why, but it would no doubt be a hefty price to pay that takes away our ability to do much else impactful signing wise. I think it boils down to: Is the overpay worth it/Does he elevate the defense that much? And are we okay with a 2-3 year window for him? If our FO thinks we can make a run with Bryce, then its about boosting the lines and skill players - so I wouldn't be hating it. It's a gamble, but could get us into the next steps of where we want to go.

Realistically, there’s only so many avenues and there’s limited guys who are going to give you what he brings. You’re just not finding that much elsewhere. It could be an overpay, but possibly worth it to help sustain our trajectory. If they could somehow swing adding Hendrickson and let’s say Leo Chenal LB, I’d target that and build the rest through the draft and lower end value signings. Im not jumping up and down for him, but he would change our defense entirely for at least 2-3 seasons

As many issues that I’ve had with Bryce, I’m starting to lean BY9 these days.

As much as we often think what if’s about Beane, I look at how he let that defense slip into what it currently is as a bigger problem. Oh and having a worse WR situation than we had for Cam. New eras starting for orgs that have been consistent players. Crazy offseason incoming.

There could be a savvy pick to make in R2 if we got OT in R1. To stashiest dude in the draft - Jacob Rod out of TTU Day 1 starter type, high ceiling, high end run defender, crazy wicked smaht, quick sideline to sideline.

Stidham isn't a pushover. He ain't that good, but he could surprise with his play if the defense can styme the Pats or Texans enough. He's capable. Broncos can still beat Houston Maybe Stidham vs. Darnold is the SB we deserve lol

I'm not trying to full shade the NYG, their defense wasn't the Bengals so there's that.

Like most, never take a particular stat book for gospel, they're all good to look at and gather an opinion from. Useful but not a definitive line drawing measure.

Dexter Lawrence fell off a cliff this year and they essentially collapsed from him on out. Carter was not as impactful as anticipated (not a bust by any means, just a slower start than expected), so there were a lot of things that went wrong for them. They had a lighter schedule after making the big firing, but that defense has a lot of work to get done. People assumed they were stacked but there's a lot of faults.

I don’t know how ESPN is doing it but the NYG had one of the worst run defenses on record since they started measuring EPA. They allowed .190 EPA per rush and something like 150 rush yards per game. When I caught a few games it was obvious he was still a major problem for him. It was one of his most productive years no doubt, but he was part of arguably the worst defensive line in the league. PFF had him at his lowest rush d mark in his career too.

Burns was atrocious against the run and excellent against the pass. He is a pure liability from a 3-down standpoint. That’s always been his problem, do you want to pay the best SPR in the league that much? Giants had arguably the worst defense in the league this past year, his sack goals only tell so much of the story.

I gotta go Mays but I think he gets lured elsewhere. Yoshi is the one to keep IMO

I’m feeling a bit frisky this year: Bills > Broncos Patriots > Texans Bills over Patriots - Bears > Rams 49ers > Seahawks Bears > 49ers - Bills > Bears

He’s one of the worst QBs under pressure you’ll ever see. He can time a deep ball well, but if he wasn’t on Payton’s squad, he’d be on the Nova Scotia Elephants

Imagine a team that had some of the players on these remaining squads on one all together. Caleb, Darnold, CMC, DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Fiske… could you just imagine if a franchise had all those assets?

Leo Chenal would be my top target for us this offseason. Think he fits the defense really well, he’s tight with Turk, and would be the much needed proven boost at LB that we need. Very underrated player IMO.

Yup When you look at EPA, it really does speak to what we’ve all had to watch. Mad inconsistent and the only consistency has been he’s way low in EPA per drop. It’s technically been trending up, but his career average is -.13 and that’s after this season helped bring it up haha. 24th in EPA/CPOE composite. The eye test and the composite are pretty closely aligned, really need some improvement at a consistent basis. People may be happy how he did in the WC round, but the whole nation saw that 49ers game not long ago (well until they just turned it off haha). Not long ago at all and was of his worst stinkers.

It’s an option when you make a poll to make visible or not

Their DL is crazy bad honestly. DL wise, Lawrence is a problem for them, they have no run defense or real anchor anymore to tilt matchups for their edge rushers. Burns had a good year sack wise, but somehow was worse in run-d than we've ever seen (and that's saying something). Total liability. Pair him as that liability with Carter, who was not as blue-chip as expected, and Thibs who seems above average at best, they've got major issues. Okereke is getting old. Nubin, Adebo, and Philips are about their only players on that side of the ball to call a core. Makes you feel a bit better about us with some of our guys haha.