The Depressing Reality For The Buffalo Bills 

The Von Miller contract really killed this team

I know the QB-on-a-rookie-deal spiel has been around a long time, but the reality is that only two QBs in the last 17 years have won a Super Bowl on their rookie deal; and one of them was Patrick Mahomes, who evidently is talented enough to also win on 'normal' contract.

The cheat code in KC is not Kelce. It is they built a top five defense with a talented offensive minded head coach.

Bills missed the playoffs for 17 straight years and have made it 5 straight appearances recently…no complaints from me

The depressing reality is that if they weren't in the same conference as the Chiefs. They would likely have some SB appearances.

Every actual buffalo fan i know isnt worried,shakir and samuel while be a fine gabe davis substitute and were probably trading up for a cheaper younger wide receiver

not ideal, but it is a reload that needed to happen sooner or later to keep the team competitive for the future

Depressing you have no idea, I lost my father the day of the dolphins game . The reason I am a lifelong buffalo fan and its been down hill ever since. WITH MY HEAD HUNG LOW I SAY GO BILLS!!!!! RIP DAD

Nothing concerning at all. They have Allen and their division is mid. The dolphins are overrated and the jets are the jets with an elderly QB coming off Achilles surgery. They will take a 1st rd WR to replace an aging Diggs who did almost nothing after week 6 last year. They will win at least 11 games and the division for a 5th straight season.

im more sad about losing Leonard Floyd than diggs 😑

I love how thoughtful these videos are, your dedication to your work shows every video

Great analysis! Love what Buffalo have done. Need to plan for the future and not the past! Move on the relics and bring in YOUTH!

Just have to draft well. Once you get a qb like allen and pay him those draft picks really have to hit.

I expected a Saints type video for this one but I love the optimism at the end. Thanks for the hope my guy

Excellent topic for a video! Depending on how the rest of the offseason goes for the Bills, they could be a fascinating team coming into the 2024. I look at them as a team in need of a roster refresh: I felt that they had reached their ceiling with their current roster, and that they neeeded to do something different in order to reach the Super Bowl. Maybe that refresh isn't complete until 2025 or 2026. But, a roster refresh could ensure that their window of contention widens, as opposed to it shrinking by making some all-in moves for 2024. Who knows: maybe the Chiefs are in decline by the time that the Bills are ready to rise up again. I think that during this Josh Allen Bills run, they have just not been strong enough on the lines in order to reach the Super Bowl. If I were running the Bills right now, that would be something that I would prioritize. While they may not have a #1 receiver right now, perhaps a successful offense could be developed for them that is based around James Cook and their two good tight ends. In a way, it could be reminscint of how the Chiefs adjusted their offense without Tyreek Hill.

another gr8 vid fa keep up the good work🎉

Honestly getting rid of Diggs was a blessing in disguise…losing all those defensive players only matters if they pull back the hip drop tackle ban…there is literally no excuse for any offense to be off pace this season and if they are they don’t even deserve to be in the NFL…

They retained their best O-Lineman, their best RB, their two best pass catchers (at least, their most productive in the latter half of last season), their best QB (duh), their best D-lineman, their best LB, and their best member of the secondary. They’ll be fine.

As a Philly fan, getting a second for Haason Reddick sounds a lot better than a complete roster reset after retaining elite contracts, good on Howie Roseman getting ahead of that curve.

Great analysis, as usual, Sir.

Well said. And, I like what you showed on the screen at the end of the video - our now second-year TE, and cast of rookie WRs may be better than most think next year, and really pick up the slack for Josh Allen after the dismissal of Diggs, and other impactful players like Gabe Davis. All of what you covered is pretty accurate, if not right on the money. As a Bills fan, I think it's a crying shame that this team from Western New York still hasn't captured their championship. The "Thirteen Seconds" playoff loss will forever sting until a SB trophy is affectionately held by Josh Allen, and after that it'll likely still be a sore spot. I contend, with very little doubt about it, that if the had gotten Bills get past Kansas City with their three point lead and thirteen seconds showing on the clock, they win it all that year. They should be 2021 SB Championships right now. Think of all the positive momentum/feel of invincibility one team likely inherited from that disastrous/epic playoff win, and yet, all the heartbreak turned into a re-committed drive and fight to go forward for Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills; the game was resounding enough to turn the fate of a franchise for a decade! Fortunately, these most recent editions of the Buffalo Bills stayed mentally tough! I'm proud of my Buffalo Bills for battling as much as they have, while overcoming so much. They don't have any championships or many trophies yet to admire but, just as the "SB Bills" of the early nineties were under Marv Levy, and led by QB Jim Kelly, today's Buffalo Bills, also, are indeed winners. Josh Allen is a winner, a warrior, and that mentality channels through the team. And someday he'll hoist that Lombardi Trophy as the entire city of Buffalo, NY cry tears of joy (and then parties for two weeks straight!)! I think the fans deserve it as much as the players - few teams can argue that they have more dedicated fans than those from the region of Western, NY/Buffalo! Thank you!

The Chiefs reason for circumventing the cap isn’t Travis Kelce. It’s simply that they draft better than everyone else. They have arguably the best defense in the NFL while being the youngest defense in the NFL. Pacheco, Sneed, Joshua Williams, Trey Smith, Creed Humphrey, Leo Chenal, and Willy Gay are all starter (some pro bowl caliber players) that were drafted 3rd round or later just in the last 4 years.

Let’s be honest: the Bills window closed on that “13 seconds” divisional game against the Chiefs. In 2021, they were top 5 on both sides of the ball and lost 6 regular season games by a total of 49 points. They had a point differential of plus 206. They were elite as elite comes and arguably the best team in the league. And then lost an unfathomable heartbreaker in which Josh Allen threw 4 tds with a 136 rating. It’s hard to come back from that.

People talking about Diggs completely miss the problem in Buffalo. They have been terrible drafting and terrible in free agency the last 3 years. You can say “Diggs isn’t that important to the offense, he disappeared last season.” Okay? Why did the front office offer him a 26m/year extension. Why did they give a 33 year old Von Miller 20mil/year. Why can’t they draft any good players to replace/add depth to an aging secondary. If they could have avoided these mistakes they could be having a great offseason even with losing everyone. Without diggs or Von on the roster they’d have another nearly 50 mil

The market for QB's continues to go up, but not the talent levels. Dak is not worth 50 or 60 million. Dallas is stuck because they dont want to pay for mediocre play. Now they need a new QB. The 49ers are facing the same situation, if they dont win a SB all these players will be gone.

Still their divison, -Pats fan

The fact is, the Chiefs have the #1 QB and the #1 Coaching Staff in the NFL. If the Bills ever hope to beat the Chiefs in the Playoffs, on a year like 2022 or 2023, they will have to have both: 1: a Top 10 Coaching Staff 2: a Top 6-7 Roster Or they can hang it up.

2011 (I think) is when NFLPA said 'enough' and capped out of control cap draining rookie contracts. Now the distribution has flipped. Vets (intentional or not) are now breaking the bank and preventing other players from being payed and surrounding talent struggles to stay on the roster. When Jefferson and Jackson said "I want to break the bank" what I heard is: 'I want to break my team.' I very very very rarely side with owners but most owners net between $15-$30M a year after paying the bills. That's less than their star players and not guaranteed.

The Bills should try to actually build a defense that doesn’t choke every postseason.

Even with the Vikings, I notice Diggs being a diva and having a bit of an attitude, it would only be a matter of time. Still, Bills need to transform their offense and add more weapons

"The Depressing Reality For The Buffalo Bills" NOPE, its all in your head. Not worried in the least. Go Bills. Saving this video, see you soon .

as a Bills fan I'm not too down about it. I am very very excited for 2025. I think we'll draft a bunch of low draft WRs and develop them this season, seeing if we have any winners. Basically Green bay Packers strat lol

I farted

biggest worry is safety and pass rusher (von miller) everything else im still confident the bills can be great in

Can't wait to revisit these threads when the Bills win the division again - Buffalo's defense will most likely improve next year with a healthy Milano and budding star in Bernard. Douglas and Benford are a top 10 CB duo. Safeties will be less disciplined but will be playing faster. Von Miller looked closer to himself vs the Chiefs in the playoffs. Pass rush will need to be improved but let's not forget how Floyd's production plummeted after Jones tore his pectoral. Him being back in the middle with Ed Oliver is a very underrated ingredient to outside production. AJ Epenesa will get more snaps and has a knack for making big plays at big moments. White, Poyer, and Hyde all are washed or severely injured by the end of the season as much as it hurts to say that. Will need to get younger in the secondary but I consider that a net positive. Bills are bringing back everyone who contributed the most on offense during the second half of the season outside of their center - will be addressed in the draft im sure, but increased their depth with the Collins signing. Brown and Torrence are great on right side, Dawkins is elite on the left. Shakir, Cook, Kincaid are all very good pass catching options, and will likely draft 2 WRs in the draft early.

Trevor Lawrence ain’t the guy

The Bills are going to the playoffs.... Again

May we never forget that the Packers scored more points on the Chiefs last season than any other team. Warms my cold cold/hot because I live in Texas/ heart lol

This is a rebuild for bills this year. But I'd be watching 2025 and 2026 with the way the contracts and draft picks are flowing.

the bills got rid of a bunch of players either past their prime or going to be soon past their prime. theyve got pretty good continuity on a good OL. their defense will be better, not worse, with new additions. Poyer and micah were old and showed it last year. they need to hit on WR but i think pretending the guys they let go was because of cap issues and not the fact they were all old is dumb

The OG music from the old Korzemba videos always catches me off guard

“…Swiftly moving through defenses…” I caught you!

Bills will win 11 games and will win the AFC east once again

My 2024 Buffalo IR predictions - Ed Oliver, Von Miller, Matt Malano, Bernard, Benford, Taron Johnson, Kincaid.

The chiefs have zero bad contracts and draft extremely well. The bills have a really bad contract and don’t draft extremely well that’s the difference here. I think it’s a GM difference veach is great not perfect but great and beane is not

Thanks a lot brother for making this video, playing the billies twice a year just became more enticing.

He’s gonna end up like Stafford Wasting away on team with incompetent leadership He’ll get traded and finally win something

I mored worried about out defense over the offense

“Moving swiftly through defenses”- ISWYDT

i loved how the video started out with that classic funeral music 😂

The Buffalo-Houston rivalry is a strange one.

11:00 - "him SWIFTLY moving through defenses" touche

They will be just fine, so many hidden young weapons all over the roster. They don’t play a game til September and have more than enough time to fill in the gaps. It’s going to scare the league when this process is done cooking🔥🔥

The reality is 2021-22(you know the playoff game that cbs loves to show every other week) was likely the best chance theyre ever gonna get they were fully heathy everyone was on controllable contracts they panicked and got Von Miller then lost their depth

Kelce often runs directly toward a defensive player facing him. If that player doesn't move, a collision occurs, and the defense gets called for holding or pass interference for simply holding his position. If the player gets out of the way to keep from getting a penalty, Kelce turns the opposite direction or curls in for an easy catch. If all else fails, Kelce simply pushes the defensive player out of the way, then turns right or left. He needs to be penalized for what he does to knock down that massive, disgusting ego of his.

These bills are sadly the 05-10 San Diego chargers of today…. Allen is number 17 just like Phil rivers 😩

I see what you’re saying in this video, only problem is I think you’re underestimating how bad they will be this season. It’s going to be hard for them to make the playoffs in the gauntlet that is the AFC while being the third best team in their own division. And I also think that they may make some decisions in order to be intentionally bad and have a higher draft pick because that would be much better for their future

Looking into it.

Nah the Chiefs might never go thru what these other teams go thru because they draft so well. Even Rashee Rice quietly put up 900+ yards as a rookie and since he didn’t kill anyone in that crash, he won’t be another Ruggs so he will be back at some point and he could potentially be a borderline elite receiver on a discount for at least 2 years. And in this deep WR draft, they could potentially get someone very good at their 1st or even 2nd round pick weapon wise.

I called it (on some video comment section) at least two seasons ago, that the Bills would not win a Super Bowl, and probably wouldn't even make one, in their run. That was while they were being viewed as a major rival of the Chiefs. At the time, it was kind of a hot take.

I laughed when the Bills took Von Miller. Even before the Bills took him, he was looking old and slow, and always squeezed out his energy in tiny doses until the game was nearly over--at which point he would either make one amazing tackle OR get called for being offside. But I still like the Bills and anyone else who can beat the crybaby, entitled Chiefs.

Brah, your analysis is way off. Not every decision is based on money. Not every win and lose is because of cap space. Let a hyper bills fan key you in on what Bean is doing. Diggs, not only forced his way out, but has suffered serious production decline. He did us a favor forcing his way out. Tre White, hasn't really played in 2 and a half seasons. Jordan Poyer, old and slow, had to go. Leonard Floyd was only on the team one season, why is he even mentioned as a part of a roster reset? Gabe Davis, great run blocker, catches deep balls well, sucks at everything else. Has always had a very high drop rate, Jax overpaid. Mitch is the only one who could be considered a "cap casualty" but I don't think so, he also suffered decline, and this is a stacked offensive line draft upcoming. Von took a pay cut. Josh restructures every year it seems, so none of those cap hits will remain the same. Travis Kelce is a great player, but his salary doesn't have that much impact. His play, and his QBs play have more to do with it. And even then, the bills are a great team, and just as good as the chiefs. Win some, lose some. Not like the chiefs blew us out. These decisions are about skills, not salary. You wait, next year's Bills roster will be better than last year's.

Crazy that the bills would prob have a ring or even two if not for mahomes

the pain never ends

Concerning would be sending the organization to ann arbor to watch jj mccarthy before sending multiple 1s to draft him

Actually, as a life-long Bills fan, I find the current situation intriguing, not depressing or concerning. New, younger talent just might be what the team needs to get over the "hump" at this point. It certainly gives us something to yak about during the off-season.

The demise of the Bills is vastly overrated. Look at the players they lost and what they actually were producing in 2023 and not their “name value” and you see a Bills team that didn’t lose all that much talent when factoring in the talent they brought in. Nyhiem Hines - Didn’t play all year tore his ACL off field right before the season started. Deonte Harty- Outside of his spectacular punt return in the final game he did not have much of an impact and even flubbed a punt that almost cost them a game against the Chargers. Tre White - Was playing well but tore his Achilles early in the season and was replaced by Rasual Douglas who played great and is still on the roster. Gabe Davis- Solid player just not a true WR2 he was replaced by the signing of Curtis Samuel who’s about as good as Davis and might be a better fit for the Bills offense. Micha Hyde- Was a solid safety in 2023 but far from the elite player he once was. The Bills replaced him with Mike Edwards who’s younger and about as good as Hyde was in 2023. Jordan Poyer- Solid player in 2023 but age and nagging injuries caught up to him. He was still solid in 2023 but far from the player he once was. He is replaced by Taylor Rapp who played well in spot duty in 2023 with the Bills and was a starter in the past. Mitch Morse - This one may be a loss on talent they are moving Connor McGovern to center which should fill in for Morse well but then they resigned David Edwards to take the guard spot. Edwards isn’t bad but more ideally is a strong substitute player. Leonard Floyd- This is another one where the talent could be lost here but I do think they hope to get more out of Von Miller now that Miller is further removed from his late season 2022 ACL tear. Stefon Diggs- Probably the one that hurts the most but Diggs production dipped last 10 games of the season, probably was the right decision to move on. The rest of the losses were mostly marginal players that will either be replaced by mid to late round draft choices (of which the Bills have plenty) and or have already been replaced by other free agents They also still have two fairly high picks in the draft in picks 28 and 60 to try and fill in for Diggs and one or two other players they lost.

i think buffalo might sneak in to the playoffs this year, but by all means I think they're going through a hard reset, 1 year of pain for restarting a window. getting diggs and von off the books for 2025 will open a lot of cap, and there's relatively few expensive veterans to pay right now. so the bills can focus on a rookie year for their guys, get them playing time and develop the team

I wanted Von so badly. But when I saw that contract I was shocked they gave him that much at that age.

lmao how i predicted that he would open with ‘Da Buffalo Bills’ 🤣🤣🤣

Can someone explain to my why all internet sources of sports news choose to ignore the Von Miller legal trouble? To my knowledge nothing’s been settled but people continue to cover him as if nothing’s happened. I respect the legacy of his career, but now that he’s involved in said legal trouble I feel like the argument of most people saying he’s deadweight would only be strengthened? Idk I’m just confused by that

Yeahhhh bring on the sopranos music. Juniors being made boss. Even if Football Analysis wasn’t my uncle, I’d be standing here saying to our new boss. SALUD

Imo the reality isn't all that depressing. The cap space situation is bleak but in all honesty, the old Buffalo core needed to change. It obviously wasn't working and sometimes a successful regime isn't a SuperBowl regime. Kincaid and Shakir have a lot of potential, we're gonna be getting a new WR1 in the draft, and we got a fresh face on the Buffalo D. It's a different Buffalo Team, but we needed different.

Love how people are thinking the Bills are done😅😅😅😅is

Honestly if I were Josh Allen or Justin Herbert, I would request a trade. They are elite QBs still in their prime.

future looks bright. go bills

Let’s go Bills!! 🦬

They’ll be fine

Detroit faces this dilemma after 2024. Goff will go up from his current $40mil contract, Amon Ra will go from $1.3 to $22+mil, Hutchinson, Sewell....for me WR is easy to replace. Let Amon Ra walk, and fill his spot through the draft

It’s kinda sad Buffalo has the nfl playoff drought and nhl playoff record drought Ik the bills are good now but gotta feel for those fans

As long as they have Allen they will always be a threat.

Tennessee video next pleaaase 🙏🙏

Of the players Buffalo released, none had a significant impact on their late season run. They became expendable

Good for you dude, might want to tell the whole story when you’re shitting on a first round draft pick. Kaiir tore a ligament in his leg in training camp and tried to play through it till they put him on IR

Josh Allen is himself a weapon. Their Oline is solid. They have James cook. They have dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox one of the best tightend duos in the nfl. They’ll draft two great young and cheap receivers. Plus Shakir, Curtis Samuel, Justin shorter and Isabella as a gadget guy. They probably will go get depth with a guy like obj or Chark. Heck they might even go up and grab aiyuk. The offense is still probably going to be a top 5 in the afc with Joe Brady

It’s only depressing for people who don’t keep close tabs on the Bills…they’ve actually gotten better this off season

Bills swung and missed on Von Miller and Kaiir Elam. 1 a first round pick, the other a big money free agent that got injured. You live with the injury since you can’t control those, but drafting Elam and making him a healthy scratch routinely is just wasting a pick

Your voice is geeting deeper every video lol

I still laugh when I remember them saying they didn’t want to end up like the RAMS.

Play what you got this year and use the draft and trades to see what you need shakir is a good wr

More than half of those players were injured all season for the bills that's why the bills were okay with moving on from them

Look at diggs stats from the last 10 games of the season 👍🏻

How beane still has a job after wasting prime josh allen is criminal

Who thought giving von that contract was a good idea lol

Look everyone in and outside the Buffalo fan base can continue to say that we might be doomed but we’re not. We still have a top three QB, we still have one the best, defensive minded coaches in the league, and we’re going into a draft loaded with wide receivers anyways. So yes, we’re in trouble, but only probably for this year, even if at all

This is the type of video Vikings fans need to see. Vikings fans are so stuck with the idea that we are in the worst situation possible. In reality it’s pretty good compared to these other teams. Hopefully the Vikings can find their QB!

So this is Allen's last year as a bill.. sucks for them someone shut the front door thd window is slammed

Oh God. Here we go with "the SB window closed" video amirite?

The Chiefs defense carried them the entire season, until Mahomes woke up in the playoffs. His numbers through the regular season were pretty mediocre. But defenses get you to championships 😂

Josh Allen QB is not the guy that Diggs made him seem to be… or we would be asking the questions 🤫🤔 Ps… Mahomes is the dude who you have to beat to get a superbowl