Bills fans acknowledge hopelessness after watching SB

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

The best defense in the AFC is Baltimore but who knows what they are going to do at QB.

Hopefully they get someone good enough to challenge Cincinnati but not good enough to scare us in the playoffs.

I think they sign Lamar. Not going to be a good idea as they should let him walk, but in reality they are better with him than without. I don't believe for a second that Cincy wins week 17 or in the Wild Card round if Baltimore starts a healthy Lamar.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by tredadda

I think they sign Lamar. Not going to be a good idea as they should let him walk, but in reality they are better with him than without. I don't believe for a second that Cincy wins week 17 or in the Wild Card round if Baltimore starts a healthy Lamar.

The Ravens have won with Trent Dilfer and Joe Flacco. If any franchise knows that you dont have to overpay for a mediocre QB, its the Ravens.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by jd1020

The Ravens have won with Trent Dilfer and Joe Flacco. If any franchise knows that you dont have to overpay for a mediocre QB, its the Ravens.

They won with Dilfer because their defense was historically good. They made the change because Banks was awful.

Flacco hit lightning in a bottle at the right time and he was also mediocre. The Ravens ended up signing him to one of if not the biggest QB contracts in history at that time. So even Baltimore is capable of signing mediocre QBs.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Agreed. Also reading what some over there said is that KC plays their rookies which then pays off. The Bills do not. I think that might have to change as they stand to lose some vets and watching the KC model pay off they might do the same.

A lot of teams do not have the locker room capable of supporting this though.

Watch Bolton barking at Karlaftis pre snap. He's often telling him where to stand and what to watch for. Watch Chris Jones yell at the DL when they're in the wrong. Listen to the never ending talk coming out of Kelce. That barking, yelling, and speech giving would melt rookies in some locker rooms. With this team everyone seems to accept that it's not personal, it's growth and advice coming from players you can trust. That kind of trust allows our rookies to learn on the fly instead of wasting a full year on the practice field at a snail's pace. I assume the legendary Bart Vaghn is paying attention to personalities that fit this pressure packed learn from the core on the fly system as well.

I can't remember who said it, but a player mentioned that this kind of respect, trust, mentality, or whatever you want to call it, started back in DJ's era. When DJ spoke the whole room knew it was with purpose.

[Zebedee DuBois]

Originally Posted by ghak99

I can't remember who said it, but a player mentioned that this kind of respect, trust, mentality, or whatever you want to call it, started back in DJ's era. When DJ spoke the whole room knew it was with purpose.

I recall hearing Mahomes mentioning DJ as a leader when PM first came into the locker room - that the culture was already there and that he is just trying to carry on that culture.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by ghak99

A lot of teams do not have the locker room capable of supporting this though.

Watch Bolton barking at Karlaftis pre snap. He's often telling him where to stand and what to watch for. Watch Chris Jones yell at the DL when they're in the wrong. Listen to the never ending talk coming out of Kelce. That barking, yelling, and speech giving would melt rookies in some locker rooms. With this team everyone seems to accept that it's not personal, it's growth and advice coming from players you can trust. That kind of trust allows our rookies to learn on the fly instead of wasting a full year on the practice field at a snail's pace. I assume the legendary Bart Vaghn is paying attention to personalities that fit this pressure packed learn from the core on the fly system as well.

I can't remember who said it, but a player mentioned that this kind of respect, trust, mentality, or whatever you want to call it, started back in DJ's era. When DJ spoke the whole room knew it was with purpose.

Won’t disagree, but if a locker room lacks that then it won’t suddenly happen. Experience is also a great teacher and sitting a more talented rookie for a vet is a bad idea. KC played theirs, took their lumps along the way, and won a SB because of those early season mistakes.