What happened to the Buffalo Bills Offense?

What happened to the Buffalo Bills Offense?

Ladies and gentlemen, the offense has been frustrating for the past two weeks on the Buffalo Bills side of things. And I have a theory. I think it is correct because at the end of the day, sports analysis is just educated speculation, right? Nobody has the answers. Nobody has a bug in the office of our GM and/or coaching staff. But you can end up looking at signs. You can look at the history of how this coaching staff has operated and I think I have a pretty good theory. It’s frustrating, but at the exact same time, I believe that it’s something that should make us feel encouraged once the by-week is all said and done. And I think you guys are really going to enjoy this video. And perhaps after this like most recent L has sunk in, I feel like I’m over it for the most part. I’m not as much as a like fire everybody type mentality. At least not as bad as I was yesterday or after Sunday night. But I think this has tracks. I really, really do. And I hope that by the time that you leave this episode, you’re feeling a bit better about the future of this Buffalo Bills offense. I think that we all agree our defense is our defense and uh we could just expect exactly what we can get out of them each and every single week. Folks, as you’re coming in, please do me a favor, hit that thumbs up sign for me. It’s the easiest way to show some love over here on this channel. I want to propel this out to the YouTube algorithm so we can invite even more people into our live chat community. As many of you know, I am live Monday through Friday in the mornings at about 10:15. And in order for us to recruit even more to our family, we got to go on ahead, all right, and hit that thumbs up sign. And then also, as you know, I’m nosy. I want to see how far everybody um is stretched across the globe. What corner of the United States andor the world are you located in right now? It’s roll call time on the chat. Do not be shy. 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I think that Axel is just waiting for me to give a very sincere belly laugh to this statement. Like my boy like has been shooting this joke around like he’s a professional comedian touring the United States thinking that he has a brand new audience each and every single evening. Um I mean dude, you know what? Just keep trying. Just keep trying. Maybe one of these days you’re going to get the reaction I need out of that, you know? Uh but shout out to Axel. He’s a Chiefs fan. Uh he’s very lazy with his joke telling, but we love him over here. Dove Dave in Denver is in the building. How you doing, man? Springfield, Massachusetts is in the building. Webster, New York. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Good morning, Dan. I’m over this loss. Let’s move on to the Carolina Panthers. I feel like I’m getting there as well. Jay from upstate New York. Bronx, Bronx, New York, South Alabama, Championship Country, New England is in the building. Morning Dan. How you doing man? Hope all is well. David Waltz, most of the issues come from route concepts when the pressure comes. Watch the one interception. No receiver 5 to 10 yards of Allen. All routes were further down in field. Have Shakir run shallow crosses over more than often. Michelle from Pennsylvania is in the building. Michelle, how you doing? So, I’m glad that David ended up bringing up the film because I had an opportunity of unpacking the All 22 late afternoon and yes, it did look bad, right? It certainly did. You’re starting off by seeing Josh Allen um sort of revert back to his 2019 season where he was really trying to find the big play downfield. And what has made him so good and why he won an MVP last year largely had to do with the fact that he took everything that the defense gave him. Now, you’ll probably hear like people come in and say, “Oh, Dan, our wide receivers are not getting open.” Not the case, folks. Not the case whatsoever. Several drives, several drives where you saw Josh Allen attempting to look downfield, you saw one or two playmakers wide open underneath. Granted, it was about three to four yards from the line of scrimmage. However, we saw Josh Allen bail on the pocket and attempt to hunt down that big play. What made this Buffalo Bills offense so efficient last year and what made this Buffalo Bills offense so efficient was this Bills team took exactly what the defense ended up giving them, right? Like if for example, nobody was open downfield, guess what? Had a wide open guy in the flat. had a wideopen guy four to five yards from the line of scrimmage in the middle by itself and Buffalo took advantage of that and they ended up really relying on their guys to get yards after the catch. It’s funny because a lot of people right like a lot of people toward the first four weeks of the season several of you in my chat would come in and say Dan man holy hell I really want Josh Allen to start stretching the ball downfield we just don’t have the wide receivers to do it. Oh, folks, I mean, look, you got what you wish for. And the past two weeks, that’s been a lot of that. And we are ignoring guys that are literally staring Josh Allen in his face, right? And he’s bailing out of the pocket. He’s looking for the big play downfield. He’s not taking what the defense gives him. So, last week, I would probably put a lot on Josh, right? I would. Next up, I have this, and this is my true theory. I’m working with it and I really believe that this is the case and I’m really frustrated with this, but I can’t find another answer that makes sense. All we can do is speculate. All we can do is speculate at this point. Why is an offensive coordinator who has been known to be wildly creative when it comes into play calling throughout his entire tenure in Buffalo? Why is he refusing to execute a tush push on third and one? Why is he failing to rely on the run game when it is clearly working? Why are we seeing these backto backto back end rounds three weeks in a row from a litany of different playmakers out on the field? Why have we walked away from taking what the defense gives us and really attacking the underneath of the field? It’s it’s one reason and one reason only. Joe Brady and this coaching staff are doing this on purpose. They are trying to take a page out of the Kansas City Chiefs playbook where they play as conservative as humanly possible where they try to put things on tape that don’t really make sense hoping that they can find something new that could be implemented perhaps something that’s still in their infant stages so that they can save it all for the playoffs. They are trying to be the Kansas City Chiefs. That is exactly the only thing that makes sense in my mind because last week when you saw James Cook being as efficient as he was out on the ground last evening or Monday Night Football, like dude had a great game, 17 carries, well over 80. Say that you were to give him three more, he probably would have ultimately ended up crashing 100. Like you have a defense in Atlanta that is significantly undized. and you ultimately end up seeing James Cook not be utilized in key situations. Another one, third and short situations where very often times you saw Joe Brady go backto backto back tush pushes to get it done in those short yardage situations. Very rarely, very rarely does Josh Allen get stopped in those tush push situations. why it has not been implemented. I think it’s the only reason as into why this offense has taken a bit of a lull. So once the Buffalo Bills ultimately end up getting into the Carolina Panthers side of things, I think Buffalo is going to have to throw that strategy out the window. I genuinely do because you notice a difference in the DNA of what made this offense run. Because folks, I hate to tell you, but we have the exact same offense as last year. Like with Josh Palmer is the sort of like Amari Cooper like rated this team, although he wasn’t like he hasn’t been targeted, right? Uh you have Elijah Moore who is the same type of player as M. Collins. Like this is the exact same offense. It’s the exact same offense as far as skilled players. It’s like we are not going to see a significant drop off from losing out on Amari Cooper who barely played last year and M. Collins who barely played last year who did but but like he had like what like 300 yards like you like you are not going to see that significant of a drop off. So the only thing that makes all the sense in the world is that this is purposeful. This is the Buffalo Bills going into each and every single game with the false notion of looking at our schedule and saying, “Hey, like we have a pretty favorable schedule going into this season. How about the game script is just walking away with the win?” Because the playoffs is our true white whale. The playoffs is where things just don’t particularly go our way. So, how about we save a little bit? How about we end up confusing teams down the stretch and then get back to what we do well once these games have a bit more purpose. Like that’s literally what I’m seeing. That’s literally what I’m seeing. I highly doubt that like we see our offensive line regress that bad. Like yes, I understand that Atlanta ended up going on ahead and blitzing way more than Josh has seen in quite some time. 60% of the snaps a blitz was coming in. But you just can’t tell me but you just can’t tell me that this is just a significant regression with less than a year. It just doesn’t happen where our players are at their ages. So, in my opinion, I genuinely believe that this is purposeful and I think the strategy is terrible and I think that we need to get back into what we do well and I believe that we start that against the Carolina Panthers. That is my situation. Everyone settled down yet? Ian? I believe so. All right, guys. Let’s go on ahead and get into the question and statement portion of the show. As always, in order to make it easier for me, please label each and every single entry with either a Q and or an S. If you would like me to react to it on screen, 324 of you are in the building right now. 168 of you are on YouTube. I’m going to need you to hit that thumbs up sign, folks. There should be 168 like buttons hit. If there is 168 people watching the show, let’s propel this out to the YouTube algorithm because more people that come in here, the better the conversation gets. We have Weston is saying it’s not a strategy because there’s only one team that has the horses to hold stuff back. I’m not saying that the Buffalo Bills have the horses like that. But I’m saying that the Buffalo Bills are attempting to run that strategy. I’m not saying that it’s the right strategy. But I’m sitting here trying to diagnose exactly what is wrong. And what I’m seeing is an offensive play caller who has been known to run a very well-balanced attack, somebody that likes to take what the defense gives him, somebody that likes to lean into the run game, and he hasn’t been doing it. Why? Why has that gone out the window? It’s got to be purposeful. It has to be purposeful. I don’t believe that Joe Brady is that unintelligent. I don’t believe it’s it’s got to be purposeful. It’s just how it is. Statement. I’ve seen reports that the Patriots have acquired about wide receiver Brown from Philly. If this happens, we are cooked at this point. I’d give a number one pick just to stop them from getting him. Look, so the New England Patriots have been looking very good this year. They really, really have. However, they have a big problem establishing the run. massive problem establishing the run. They need to fix that. Need to fix that. Say that they don’t. Then I think once they end up going up against more credible defenses, I promise you in two weeks when they go up against the Cleveland Browns, I think that is going to be a very ugly offensive game for the New England Patriots. I really do. That is going to be their biggest challenge thus far. But without establishing a run game, even with AJ Brown out on the outside and that offensive line, I think that there’s going to be some some problems here. All of their wins have been in a dome this year. Pennix is a perfect weather type quarterback games like in Green Bay. He will struggle. I’m not particularly concerned about any NFC team. Um it it has zero weight on the Buffalo Bills. Josh needs to stop wearing that visor. It’s messing with his vision. Um, I’m not particularly sure that it is the visor. It’s more so he’s hunting down the big play, right? And I think a lot of it has to do with Joe Brady wanting the Buffalo Bills to kind of go away from what their DNA is. He’s bailing out of the pocket. He’s not taking guys underneath. Because guys, look, like I know that all of us want a wide receiver that creates great separation downfield, but it’s not like that there isn’t opportunities. There is always a guy open underneath. always a guy open underneath and we just don’t have the horses that have that. So, we had the same problem last year. We have had the same problem last year, but we were still able to have one of the best like offensive productions in franchise history and that was because we took what the defense gave us. That is that’s not going to change. Funny enough, man, damn. A lot of people were pissed off that the Bills didn’t stretch the field and and for the first four weeks out of the season, I’m sure they are walking back their statement. Bills voted for the tush push band, so they probably think they’re better than that now. I mean, really, I think that you just need to put pride aside at this point. I really do. Do what works. And the tush push for the most part works. Make it work. And there’s only one team that can legitimately do that. It’s been proven. It’s been proven. How do I give Josh Palmer my ankle? I don’t know, man. I don’t know. Please consult with the physician. Sorry, we are way too predictable. Lockman 6072. I feel like that’s a throwaway statement. Like there are opportunities. So there are opportunities, right? Like we like uh we have a great run game and we don’t focus on the run game this year for some reason. We have guys wide open underneath. Always have a check down. Always have somebody. It’s like teams are taking away the big play, but we’re still hunting down the big play. It’s not so much about predictability. Last year we were predictable. Last year we were predictable, but the thing was was that we just ended up taking those opportunities that the defense was like, “Here you go.” And the wide receivers ended up doing it all. It’s not particularly about Brady going out there. So, because number one, say that you’re bought into that, just look at the three straight endound plays that have been called for the past three weeks. I would hardly call that predictable at this point because I’m still shocked that we would try to like to lock it in here. That’s one of the big keys to beating Buffalo or any other team. Get the QB on the ground. Such an intelligent statement. Dirty Dan. Question. Dan, when do you think we will make a trade if we do? Um, I would say probably closer to the deadline. I feel like at this point I think the move as wide receiver especially if Josh Palmer is truly weak to weak. We will see. Yes, take what the defense gives you. Also, sometimes Allen has been holding it too long or leaving the pocket too soon. But not to have hot reads on more plays knowing the other team is bringing mad pressure is unconsionable. Use Cook more especially in the passing game. we were using him a ton in the first four games. Then it was a drop off which is you can’t assume that Joe Brady lost 20 IQ points from 2024 to 2025. It’s so obvious like what this team can do in order to get back to where they were in 2024. We basically have the exact same team. It’s just been this team trying to walk away from what made them successful last year on purpose. I genuinely believe that that’s the strategy over here in Buffalo. I hate the strategy, but I can’t I can’t think of any other reason. I can’t think of any other reason. It’s not like guys aren’t open. They are. It’s weird. If we can’t get a from New Orleans, they can look at Rasheed Shahed. He’s elite at getting separation and one of the better deep ball threats in the league. So with Chris El, he’s about a concussion away from retiring. And when you bring him to Buffalo, who is no stranger to having some big issues on the injury front, I’m not sure I’m willing to roll the dice there. Like maybe Olive would have a couple of good games, but then if he finds himself on the injury report, I’m going to be absolutely pissed off. It’s just how it is. You know what I mean? Shahed, sure. But we’ll see. I think you’re dreaming about holding back. Well, well, Bobby, I was able to unpack the film and so I was able to look at how this Buffalo Bills operated from last year. And I think this is a more reasonable take than me just suggesting that Joe Brady has lost 20 IQ points and has no idea what he’s doing. all of a sudden, miraculously, when he came from one of the most creative offensive play callers in the league from 2024 fast forwarded to 2025. That’s a hell of a lot more unbelievable than Buffalo making this a part of the game script. Like looking at the big picture, it’s it’s not it’s not crazy. Like what’s crazy is that Joe Brady is looking at this offense and seeing how productive James Cook is being and just saying, “No, I’m not going to use him. or rather than going with the tush push on short yardage downs, he’s going to go on ahead and be creative about this play on purpose. That right there is a hell of a lot more unbelievable to me than Buffalo not making this a part of their game plan. I I’m not saying this is a good game plan. I am encouraging that we get back to what made us so successful last year. Hopefully things change. And do you think that there is anything we can do to improve this run defense before the playoffs? Look, how I look at this defense is it is the defense. Like guys, for the past three weeks, so the Buffalo Bills have caused either a punt and or a turnover on 33% of their drives. That’s right in line with the Denver Broncos for the past three weeks. I’m not saying that this Buffalo Bills defense is a top five unit. They’re not. They have their struggles. They are toward the bottom of the league for EPA when it comes into run defense. I would probably have to say a lot of it has to do with those crazy ass runs that Bjon Robinson and Derrick Henry have put out on the field or put out on tape against this team that has completely skyrocketed this thing. But we are not one player away from fixing all of the issues on the defensive side of the football. We’re not right. Like we are not one player away from this. It is a long and arguous process to get this defense where the Buffalo Bills expectations need to be right now. But we held the Falcons to three points in the second half last week. We held the Patriots to six points in the second half two weeks ago. As far as I’m concerned, this defense is doing their job. It’s not a top five unit, but when you look at this Buffalo Bills offense who has had that moniker of being able to regularly put up 30 points. Yeah. And so if I were to tell you that this Buffalo Bills team was going to hold the Atlanta Falcons to 24 points, let’s imagine it was August, like let’s imagine that it was August and I were to come up on this stream and say, “Hey guys, I’m not going to tell you how many points the Buffalo Bills are going to score on the offensive side of the football. But I will tell you that the New England Patriots score 23 and the Atlanta Falcons score 24.” I feel like everybody in here would have been, “Oh yeah, that’s a win.” And so we know this Buffalo Bills team at bare minimum is scoring 28 and that’s on a bad day. It’s more of an offensive issue. It’s just kind of how I look at it, man. You know what I mean? Get Brady out of his ivory tower and put him back on the sideline for a reality check. Big Daddy D, it’s my guy right there. Good morning, Dirty Dan. Greer, South Carolina. Dude, this offense is extremely frustrating still. Please give me uh some down and dirty information on the offense. Well, tell you what, man. There are opportunities like like we had an opportunity of being able to really incorporate James Cook against the Falcons this past Monday night. Was running the ball super efficiently and we didn’t, right? Uh we had a couple of opportunities to utilize the tush push. It was not used. I thought some of those really good third and short situations Buffalo found themselves in, they could have done a tush push, gone backtoback tush pushes if necessary. We didn’t use it. I think that with Josh Allen, right, like he’s not taking these underneath plays, which are always available, folks. And the check down is always available for this offense. Nine times out of 10, there is somebody wide open underneath or wide open in the flat. He’s hunting down that big play. He’s trying to force so the ball into double coverage. He’s putting way too much faith in Keon Coleman. Like outside of the first game against Baltimore. And with Keon Coleman, he’s not doing too hot, folks. He’s not doing too hot. He’s supposed to be our 5050 like ball guy. He’s 51st in the league for contested catch situation so far through six games of the season. I don’t think he’s your dude. Like once Dalton Concaid comes back, I think he’s wide receiver number one. He’s that guy. That’s my question at least. The burning question is since it’s the by-week, are you working on the bench press max Dan Mitchell for strong safety? Oh man, you want me to get out of here, dude? Dude, you know what, man? As soon as when I hit 315, I just kind of stopped trying to max. Like that was just like that benchmark I had to hit last year. Um like now on chest day, man. Like like um and so I’m just repping 225. Yeah, I’m just repping it now. I haven’t maxed in quite a bit and so I’m 34 years old. I don’t want to pull a booby. Can’t have that. But we will see. Honestly, I’m okay giving a first round pick for an elite wide receiver. It’s not like Beans drafts well in the first round. Anyway, I would be happy if that were to be the case. If we can go on ahead and get AJ or um I’m trying to think of some other really good wide receiver like with a team that is just not doing too well. I think AJ is one of the only issues besides that. We have Air Force General Drake May has everything under control. All right, dude. Dude, you know what? I’m so glad that you have confidence in your team, as you should. Uh you guys have been playing well, but let’s see uh what you look like here in the next couple of weeks, right? So, you have the Tennessee Titans next week who it should probably be a win for you guys, right? They just fired their head coach. You have Cam Ward is not playing very well. There’s issues on the defense, but three games in a row, you play the best defenses you have played all year, right? Have the Cleveland Browns, who is arguably, I’d say, top three defense. Have the Atlanta Falcons defense, which is very fast. They blitz a lot, have some good corners, solid people in coverage, solid safeties, and then you have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who are very good in defense as well. So, I’m curious to see how you guys play against the league’s elite on the defensive side of the football because Buffalo certainly isn’t it. That’s practically the whole effing team. Lauren, he’s done with it. King Cade Samuel unavailable when Palmer went downstairs. total change the entire offensive game plan. Normally, I agree with you. However, your rosecolored glasses are affecting your eye test. I’m not particularly sure how my eye test is in question when like my takes are coming from literally watching film, right? And respectfully and so respectfully, right? Buffalo is going against what made them successful last year. We basically have the exact same offense as far as playmakers. Like guys are getting open underneath. That’s what Buffalo did last year. Like we took things underneath. We leveraged. We leaned into the run game when that was working. Like we never tried to do something or force things. It’s the only logical explanation. It’s a hell of a lot more believable than all of a sudden with Joe Brady woke up and he was space jammed and his offensive mind was taken by some alien race. That’s not believable at all. Like not even in the slightest. So that’s my thought. I love it. trade for Chris El where my dark horse in Marvin Harrison Jr. He’s a second year. I really don’t think anybody’s going away. Dan, it’s about time you came around on the whole front office has to go. I’m not happy with Mcdermad and this coaching staff, right? But I don’t think that we need to make any rash moves until the off season, right? That’s what I’m looking at. Does anyone else miss Stefon Diggs? No, not at all. Uh what’s up Dan? How’s it going? If the Bills don’t get AJ Brown, is there any other wide receivers that could be a factor? Um Shahed of course could be interesting. I think Olive, if like you guys want to like roll the dice, like roll the dice on his on his uh his injury history. I think Jaylen Wadd would be interesting as well, but that would cost a mint. We’d probably have to send over a first round pick for a player like Jaylen Wadd on this team and so I think that he could be interesting. Um, yeah, I think that’s it. Dan, you sound too forgiving on the Bills right now. We are an effing mess. that I feel like and that I feel like you didn’t watch my episodes yesterday. Look, so at the end of the day, so I’m not forgiving what they put out on the field for the past two weeks has been inexcusable. All I’m doing on this episode is attempting so to go on ahead and diagnose what the issues are and plan a path forward. Right? I have not forgiven how this team has been performing. I am just trying to diagnose what the issue is. Then hopefully we will be able to turn things around. Like, share, and subscribe and go Bills. That’s what I’m talking about. Tush Push isn’t against the rules. Run it. I totally agree. I see the Patriots with three to five more win losses. They still have to play the Bucks, Browns, Falcons, Ravens. We have lost two games back to back in each of the last, however, many seasons. We are gaining a few players back on the offensive side of the ball. Still think we make first in the AFC East and we’re definitely still making the AFC East division. I agree on this. Uh we should also talk about how the offensive line struggled on Monday. I remember last year we had Alec Anderson come on the field taking snaps as a six-man and help give extra protection for Allen. So it definitely hurt this Buffalo Bills team that concaid was out because we were unable to run 12man personnel like we could have right like with Haw and Dawson Knox out but um what it was and credit to Atlanta they just sent the blitz and it was rattling Josh Allen. So whether or not that was the reason why he was not taking some of those guys underneath like maybe that had to do with it. It’s largely for some reason him trying to hunt down the big play rather than taking what is in front of him. That is what I’m talking about. Dude, please. It’s the fraudulent so-called MVP QB. He fumbled three times and threw three interceptions in the last two games. Ken is upset. Ken is upset uh with his quarterback. I’m not sure that that uh he’s a Bills fan. He’s coming from Facebook, so like he could be one of a variety of different fans uh watching this show. Um yeah, dude. Like he has not looked good for the past couple of games and he’s not getting a pass on that, but I’d hardly call him a fraudulent quarterback, right? And so I think that that’s just uh some crazy stuff. Here we have Jeffrey with a $10 donation. Listen, man. Here is my take. We need a wide receiver number one. We need to stop pretending that a bunch of wide receiver twos and wide receiver threes are going close to the AFC Championship. Also, Joe Brady’s play calling is less than ideal this season. Interesting. Jeff, I appreciate the $10, man. Thank you so much. Where’s the jersey? Good game, Dan. Rise up. Free game. Let me tell you what, man. I announced it on my first video after the game. I think his name is Stacky or something like that. He commented on the Tik Tok video. He won a Bjan Robinson jersey. Young man out of Arizona. It’s currently being uh sent his way right now, folks. Right now. I man, my word. I pay my debts. I pay my debts, man. Watching Okay. Watching our last loss might have made me physically sick. I haven’t felt right since. Hey, man. Listen. So, so you just give it a couple of days and let’s see what’s going on. And with the everyone needs to take a chill pill, we have looked bad. Yes. However, we have defensive reinforcements coming and our offense was without half of our pass catchers. We are going to have a bad game. Losses to Tampa Bay/ Philly left on our schedule. Still have Buffalo going 12 and five. Hope that’s good enough for the one seed. It’s not It’s not like anybody’s running away with the one seed right now. maybe Indianapolis and they have an interesting matchup against LA next week. In fact, I’ll probably go on ahead and do like a rooting interest video for each and every single one of you on um Thursday. So, like we can really unpack some games here. Look what we did last year. Brandon Bean, Juba 1776. And remember when Brandon Bean went off on the radio after the draft? Not looking so good right now. Brando right now. True, true, true, true. Lack of accountability. Horrible tackling. Worst tackling team in the NFL. Worst tackling team in the NFL. That is the issue with this defense is tackling. It comes down to coaching. That’s how it is. Question question. Trendy, what up, man? How you doing? Why is that that McDermott always has to wait for halftime to make changes? I don’t know. It’s tough. It’s tough, man. And do you think that Hoy and Oen Joby will have an impact when they get off suspension? I think Hoy definitely will for sure. For sure, man. Uh we have been thin at the defensive tackle position almost all season, right? You have TJ Sanders on the IR. Had Dayquin Jones pull a calf in the pregame warm-ups. Like talk about Buffalo Bills luck, right? Having both of those dudes back is going to be key for this team because Buffalo like with their overall defensive line strategy was to have a heavy rotation. I don’t think that we’ve really been able to see the full capability of this defensive line because we haven’t been able to operate with the rotation that we intended on based off of all of these injuries. So having these reinforcements is going to be great. We have Yosi saying, “I respect Dan’s take here.” Like, dude, you know what? It’s it’s so the only thing that makes sense. It’s the only thing that makes sense. I can’t buy into anything else. I don’t know. We have Brooklyn. I think we’ll be okay after the by-week. You and I both. Get Joe out of here. force MGM. So, I’m not going that far yet, but what I am saying is go back to what made you successful. Stop trying to be like this new like, oh, like I can go on ahead and make this offense work in a variety of different ways. What made him so good was that he called smart plays. It’s not so much creativity from Joe Brady, but he ran a well-rounded offensive attack with intelligent decisions from his quarterback. He basically ended up making Josh Allen a responsible QB. Trusted our guys to make plays after the catch. All I’m asking for Joe Brady is to revert back to what made him successful and stop this cute stuff, right? Like maybe he’s trying to like add to his resume, right? Since he knows he’s probably going to be a head coach next season. And so I don’t think you’re far off on hunting down the big play because it’s been a few weeks since I’ve heard that everybody eats. For sure. For sure, man. Dan, with Palmer out weeks, who would you put in at wide receiver 2? Look, man. So, I think that if Palmer is out for several weeks, not only so do I think Buffalo ends up going to the trade market for a specific player, I also think that uh we make Daltton Concincaid our number one pass catcher like once he’s all said and done. Uh he was only dayto day, so we will see. And so I had to take a three-day break from all Bill stuff. I suggest some of you do the same. Yeah, dude. Listen, man. I’m crazy here. So, a friend of mine that I message every game went back to last year when we lost two straight. And funny enough, we said the same things then that we are all saying now. We got to trust that they can fix it, right? It’s the same thing. What we need to do is look at the similarities from last year’s twoame losing streak and this game’s twoame losing streak and this year’s twoame losing streak. I think Buffalo has walked away from their identity playing smart football, right? Being too cute, right? And you can’t tell me And you can’t tell me that Joe Brady looked at this offense and said, “Hey, you know what? So, whatever is working for this offense, I’m going to throw out the window and we’re going to try new stuff right now.” No. I think that there is a portion of this coaching staff that really believes that we need to hold things back for the playoffs. I really do because nothing else makes sense. Nothing else makes sense. And so we basically have the exact same team as last year who was one of the best offensive like production in franchise history. So the only thing that tracks is the game script is to win not to open up the playbook and pummel each and every single opponent. Let’s see, Dan. And do we need to start talking taking tanking because the season is over? No, we should give a third and fifth round pick for Olive and Davis from the Saints. Talk about all the penalties the past two weeks. That’s been an issue and that comes down to coaching. Look, so we can’t be blaming the referees because most of the flags thrown at the Buffalo Bills were deserved. It’s how it is. It It’s just undisiplined football. And that comes down to coaching. What makes me feel good is that for the first three weeks of the season, this Buffalo Bills team was the least penalized team in the league. So, I know we have it in them, but can they get back to it? That’s the question. Thoughts on the Addison trade? Hold up. Is there some big news here? Is there some big news here? And did I miss something here? Let me see. Let me see. Haven’t seen anything about Addison, but I would be interested in Jordan Addison, but it’s kind of hard for me to think that they would walk away from him. Well, Joe Brady is not bad. He’s just had a few bad games. Don’t freak out. Bobby Babage, on the other hand, yeah, for sure. For sure. As far as the defense folks, my call here is I think Shawn McDermott needs to take over defensive play calling. In fact, uh we saw this in something I think which is pretty solid and this is from Pierre. Uh he’s right over at Bill’s uh so he’s at Bill’s Fanatics or so the Buffalo fanatics, excuse me. But when McDermott was the play caller in 2023, like we were second in turnovers, third in touchdowns allowed, fourth in points allowed, ninth yards allowed, and 15th rush yards allowed, fourth in sacks. So, if we’re like true sticklers on the defensive side of the football, the best move for the Bills and because again, guys, like we are not a player away from fixing the personnel of this defense. I mean, we’re not I think how you fix this defense is making Shawn McDermott take over play calling. He’s good at what he does, man. He’s good at what he does. What’s going on, Dan? Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. For sure, man. For sure, man. Send over an email. Let me know when you’re available. I’m happy to hop on your show, brother. Happy to. Statement with Palmer being wide receiver two being as the perfect out to trade for a wide receiver number one. If the Pats get one more good receiver by the trade deadline, I think we’ll be back to chasing the Pats. So you have to look right here. Look, let’s take a look at the Patriots schedule like let’s take a look at the Patriots schedule here, right? H okay. So have 20 points was given up from the Raiders. Let me go on ahead and hide this real fast. Bad defense right in here just to kind of show where I’m at here. just to sort of show where I’m at so I’m not just talking out of my ass here and so y’all actually understand where I’m going with here. Let me go to defense real fast. Me go worst defenses in the NFL. Okay. Okay. See? Okay. Where’s Las Vegas at? 15th. All right. So, so you have So, this Patriots team lost to the Las Vegas Raiders and it’s week one, so I will give them credit. Only 13 points. And they ended up playing the Las Vegas Raiders who have the 15th ranked defense in the N in the NFL per DVOA. That’s kind of where they’re at right now, right? 15th ranked defense in the NFL, followed by the Miami Dolphins. All right. And so they put up 33 points against Miami. And when you end up looking at this, the Miami Dolphins are the worst defense in the NFL with a 22.4% DVOA. Moving on, and they lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers. When you look at the Pittsburgh Steelers, that team is the second best defense in the NFL per DVOA. Okay. Followed by the Carolina Panthers. They scored 42 points against the Carolina Panthers. Yeah, the Carolina Panthers. They are the 20th ranked defense in the NFL. Okay. So, not so not crazy. 23 points against the Buffalo Bills. And I know a lot of people are mad at this defense, but where Buffalo stands right now per DVOA, we are slightly above average when it comes into DVOA. We are the 12th best defense in the NFL collectively. And say that you don’t believe me and just go on ahead and just look at these past couple of second halfs from this team. First half is atrocious. Second half is what’s putting us up in the numbers followed by this. Right? So they have the New Orleans Saints where they ended up scoring 25 points against the New Orleans Saints. They are the second worst defense in the NFL. So, it’s not it’s not like that they are destroying some of the best defenses in the league. They have gone up against some of the worst defenses in the league. But now you end up looking at the Tennessee Titans, which I think is going to be a pretty quality team that they go up against, right? So, you go to Tennessee. Where are these guys? Let me share this here for a second. You have Tennessee, very bad defense as well. And so I think that barring some crazy implosion, I think that the Patriots win this. But then they go up against Cleveland the following game. And when you end up looking at Cleveland, where are these boys right here? You know, 17th worst. And then you end up going up against the Falcons. Where’s Atlanta? You have Atlanta right there. 11th best defense in the NFL. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 22nd as far as 6.2. too. So, let’s see what they look like. Let’s see if they can remain consistent. Let’s see. And so, our biggest issue right now is dumb penalties. Uh we have been having dumb penalties on massively impactful plays. Sacks taken away. Yeah. Turnovers taken away, defensive stops given away. You are absolutely correct. There’s nothing wrong with what you just said, my friend. Uh look at AJ Brown or someone or bring back Gabe Davis. Dude, Gabe Davis, man. We like that. Uh, you think we are back because we might beat the Carolina Panthers with a laughing emoji. Uh, little Bulma cuts is coming on in here with his laughing emojis. Um, I mean, nobody said that we’re back. I’m just saying that I’m optimistic that we can turn it around. There’s nothing wrong with that, right? There’s nothing wrong with that. So weird that the Colts is currently the first seed. Is this the late 90s? It very well might be. We have Kansas City is not that good of a football team. I mean, we’re going to see here in just a couple of weeks, Dan. And do you think we can get Wadd? I don’t know if Miami would let him go to arrival, though. Uh, we would need to pay a mint, a mint for Jaylen Wadd to come to the Buffalo Bills. We would ultimately need to send over a first round pick. That’s what we’re going to have to see. Question, how do you feel about Cole Beasley? He’s He’s been out of the game for about four to five years. Uh he did great for the Bills, but I think that uh he’s good for now. Uh no, I didn’t mean that smiley face. Lol. Sorry. No, you’re cool, man. We have the Bills shot themselves in the foot during the off season voting to ban the tush push. Uh we were second best at doing it. Now, if we do the play, it will look like the biggest hypocrites in the NFL. Who cares? Who cares, man? Who cares what you look like? Who cares what you look like, right? It’s not like that this Buffalo Bills team is filled with like 14year-old like uh so a 14-year-old So uh yeah, sorry I had an aneurysm right there. 14-year-old girls that care about what people think about them, right? Like that’s why largely like as I’ve gotten into like this content creation world, some people are just like, “Oh, Dan, like so you got to be nervous about what people are going to think based off of your takes.” No, I don’t. And so I don’t know who these people are, dude. I could care less what people think about me, especially people that I have no idea who they are, have no say in my life whatsoever. So I say whatever I want, right? I’m not so much concerned so about if somebody screenshots like one of my takes and trolls me for it. Like who cares? Like who cares? I don’t think that Buffalo feels the same way either. Who cares? We have Nick is coming in. If we didn’t spend all that money on Von Miller’s contract, we would have a bit more spending money to get a highskilled player on defense. We have people freaking out. I’m not worried. And do you know about Bill’s bunker? I sure do. In fact, he is a co-host over at the Bills Roundt. And so, is it bad to say I don’t care about their personal lives? Like, they push Josh’s marriage down our throats. Like, just win me football games. For sure, it’s not bad at all, man. But, like, really, at the end of the day, you have to be able to pull in like younger fans that really aren’t like crazy into deep analytics for the game. So, it’s it’s just marketing, dude. Is what it is. Facts. Don’t use it backto back like the Eagles, but use it on short downs like last season. Wouldn’t that be great? We’re going to have to see. We have Dalton Concinc Kaid on Facebook saying, “Send me a friend request, fan.” No, fool. Stay healthy, dude. Stay healthy and maybe I’ll consider it. And do you I’m just kidding. This is clearly not Dalton Concaid. Um I have no idea who this is. I’m sure it’s a scammer like saying, “Hey, bro. I and so I really need $15 right now. What’s your bank account? So, do you think McDermad is gone if they don’t make the playoffs or don’t get to the AFC Championship game? I would I would certainly be an advocate for that. Uh will Bills round table be on today, Thursday. It’s Mondays and Thursdays for the game. Sports analysts are ignoring all the Bills injuries and suspensions. Uh we are about seven starters. This team is six weeks will be a different team and back on top of the East. I love it. If Josh Allen was Superman, then this team don’t feel he need one average Avenger. Uh, we need a win. So, I can now know what happened to Grape Davis, Thermos Thomas, and Mole Bishop. Oh my god. Oh my god. We have David saying, “Lmao, I’m dead.” Um, thoughts thoughts on the new stadium being opened next year. Thrilled for it, my friend. The Bills need to get that number one seed. Look, it’s it’s tough for me to find it’s tough for me to find a team in the AFC that is wildly consistent right now. So, if anything is Buffalo has hit their twoame slide, it’s not like somebody is like really gaining momentum for the one seed. Maybe you can say the Indianapolis Colts like maybe. And it’s welld deserved because they have been playing wonderfully. But we shall see. Dan, I don’t know if you answered this, but who do you think we lose when the two linemen come back from suspension? Um, so we already have two open spots for them already since TJ Sanders and Tamar Hamlin have been added to the IR, so we’re good right now. We also ended up releasing Chiarlo, so we technically have three open spots on this roster. Does that mean that number one, we activate Maxwell Harrison and his 21-day practice window? And remember, just because he has a 21-day practice window does not mean we have to wait the full 21 days. We can go on ahead and make him eligible for the Panthers game. I don’t think that he will be, but that could be a reason why uh we uh we let go of Charlo. Number two, we’re really thinking about going out and bringing in some additional help. But say that we do bring in a wide receiver, guys, I think more than likely. So, the package is going to include Samuel. Likely going to include Samuel and Elijah Moore to wherever we end up shipping them off, plus some draft compensation. Best guess is uh we might elevate Gabe Davis. Who knows? I don’t know. But there are three open spots on this roster. Two of which are going to be the guys suspended and we go from there. Bills don’t need the one seed. The AFC is wide open. I love that. Josh, what’s going on, my friend? I love that. Dan, thoughts on zero penalties for the Chiefs recent game? I’m going to hold my comment. And so I got Chiefs fan buddies and they’re constantly comparing Mahomes and Josh. I feel like that they’re equals, but Mahomes is a better coach. I mean, we’ll see, man. We’ll see. We have Drake May is the guy and has Stefon Diggs as his wide receiver. Let me see. I did not like McDermott telling media that he would look into why we keep pulling Cook out on third down when he’s playing well. I feel like he’s threw the offensive coordinator under the bus. need Mad Max for sure. Uh let me see. We have Mr. Dump is coming in. Dan, what’s up my man? What’s up with you, bro? What’s up with you? I hope all is well. Uh thoughts on Puyer? He could potentially also be a guy that could be elevated to the 53man roster. If AJ Brown comes to Buffalo, he will be a good mentor to Keon Coleman. Get rid of Samuel. Trade for a wide receiver. then maybe get a safety or a good DB if we can. So, what’s up with Coleman Zero? Is he out? He’s just been playing terribly, man. He’s just been He’s just been He’s just been playing terribly. We have Paul Costa. Uh he’s using clown emojis. Cl um no attacking anybody in the chat. Yeah, nobody attacking anybody in the chat. that I do not allow. Paul Costa, pay attention to your kids, Paul. Pay pay attention to your kids for the love of God. All right, check off. Log off for a second and and pay attention to your children. All right, Drake May greater than checkown throwing cheater Mahomes. Interesting. It’s Parks. Parks. Yo, my boy’s got the name change up in here, man. I appreciate that. All right. So, Mahomes will never beat Tom Brady with Tom Brady does not make stupid um so mistakes and gets bailed out by the refs. Spicy take, Dan. So, Max sounds like a go for the Panthers game. Could he bolster this defense with his speed? I’m not sure if he’s a go. Right. First off, he needs to be activated from the IR and then he has a 21-day practice window. He doesn’t need to practice for 21 days in order for him to be eligible. He could very well be activated for the roster and given the nod to go against the Carolina Panthers. I just I just don’t think this team is going to do that, but I suppose we’ll see. Hope they do what’s good for the team. Bernice, I hope that that’s the case myself. Hopefully they move on from Coleman next off seasonason. He’s still on a rookie contract, so he’ll be playing. sign Gabe Davis to the active roster and let Allen pick up where he left off before he got traded to the Jags. The offense is too basic. It’s not like the scheme is getting better. Bills need a true wide receiver number one to distract. So, the defense from the rest of the basic offensive roster. I would love a new wide receiver added to this team. I really, really do. But don’t think that there are not opportunities, right? There were so many guys open underneath on Monday Night Football. so many of them like what this offense did that made them successful last year was is that they took what the defense gave them and for the past two weeks we’ve seen Josh trying to revert back to 2019 hunting down the big play. So yes, I would like a downfield separator, somebody that really is a go-to guy for Josh, but like make no mistake, there are almost always options for Josh in the passing game. Sure, it’s not sexy. It’s somebody wide open in the flat. It’s somebody like wide open as the checkdown. And maybe at absolute maximum it’s going to be a three, four yard game. But you got to take that. That’s what made Buffalo successful last year. That’s what made the Patriots successful for years. Like with Tom Brady by taking what was in front of him, what the defense gave him. death by a thousand paper cuts was made from that New England Patriots offense back in their run. And it blows my mind, too, why we’ve why we’ve reverted away from it. So, and the only thing that makes sense to me is that it’s being done on purpose, right? because we have this dumb notion that we need to save things for the playoffs. Thinking that we’re the Kansas City Chiefs, get back to fundamentals and what made this team good. Exactly. That’s what won him the MVP last year. That’s what won him the MVP last year, folks. That’s what won him the MVP. And so I’m looking at two possibilities why this offense has completely fallen off of a cliff for the past two games. Number one, and what Joe Brady woke up and lost 20 IQ points overnight has decided not to do what this offense does best, that’s run the football and that’s take what the defense gives them. Or number two, he has this false false notion that he wants to pull from the Kansas City Chiefs and just game plan to win rather than game plan to blow the doors off of a team. He’s trying to save his playbook. He’s trying to put confusing things on tape for when we start getting into November and December football. It’s one of two things because folks, we have the exact same offense as last year for the most part. Same exact DNA. It’s either number one, like what Joe Brady has completely forgotten how to do his job. He’s lost 20 IQ points overnight, or this is purposeful, where there’s something in these coaches heads being like, “The white whale for us is the playoffs and we don’t want to put everything out on tape so we can save it for the playoffs.” I hate that. I hate that strategy, but there’s no other And so there’s no other explanation. zero zero to me. Let’s see what happens. Taking those same checkdowns is why we ultimately lost last year because that’s all we were good at. Even things got tight and we needed to challenge downfield. Sometimes you need more than what is given. I’m fine, dude. Listen, I am fine with going on ahead and targeting a wide receiver. Fun fact, last year, so the Eagles lost to the Falcons on Monday Night Football. Then the Eagles would go on to proceed and win the Super Bowl. Interesting. Dan, stop ignoring my chats. Trade a fourth and a player for Justin Reed. Trade a third for DJ Moore. Trade a fifth for Cam Taylor Britt. Uh Shawn takes over Dplay Calling. Thoughts? Um first off, I do my best to get to each and every single chat, man. It’s it’s it’s never personal. It’s never personal. I have a pretty live and active chat with each and every single time I go live. So, so nothing personal. So, you trade a fourth and a player for Justin Reed and you trade a third for DJ Moore and you trade a fifth for Cam Taylor Brit. Sean takes over D play calling thoughts. Expensive uh number one. So, I do think that we’re not one player away from fixing this defense, but then again, I don’t know why people are like looking at this team for the past couple of weeks as the defense is the problem because for two weeks in a row, for two weeks in a row, we have held our so opposing teams to nine points in the second half. And how I opened this show was say that this was August and I told you that we held the Patriots to 24 points and we held the Atlanta Falcons to 23 points. Didn’t tell you how many points that the Buffalo Bills were going to score. 99% of you would have said that we would have won that game, right? Like 99% of you like would have been like, “Oh, damn. Yeah, you’re right. Damn, you’re right.” So, yes, we have a tackling issue. Yes, we have a penalty issue. Yes, we get gashed by big-time runs, right? But for the most part, like this defense is doing their job. Like, would I like to improve it? For sure. And hopefully Michael Hoy and Larry Oen Joby can like help finesse and slowly fix this run defense, particularly up the middle when running backs attack the A gap. Hopefully. Right. Hopefully Benford wakes up. Hopefully Taran Johnson wakes up, he starts looking better. Hopefully Maxwell Harrison gets back and he is exactly who we drafted him to be. But um say that we make any move whatsoever, I would like to go after a Jaylen Wadd. I would like to go after a Shahed. I would love to go after an AJ Brown if that was possible. But um that’s that’s my overall thought process. We should sign a 33-year-old defender to a six-year deal. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Uh, look at our tools on offense. Josh Cook Concincaid. We’re cooked if we don’t get a star wide receiver. Not a bump. Ske Chandler with his daily positivity. How do we know that the Falcons and the Patriots didn’t move to a more of a conservative approach to kill the clock since they both had decent leads? So, the film wouldn’t suggest that. Hancock and Max Harrison and the future of this secondary. I hope so. Oh, yo, Dan. I’m going to the game on the 26th. It’s going to have my regular default blue JA7 jersey on. Hopefully, we get the win. I hope that’s the case for you, my friend. I really, really do. All right, folks. That’s going to have to do it. And so, I appreciate you tuning in to another edition of the D Mafia Report. Oh, donut in the building. Late to the show. What about the safety? Baltimore just released CJ Gardner Johnson, man. Damn. Um, so I would be interested from a skill set like uh sort of mentality, but he’s been he’s been interesting, bro. Uh, he’s an interesting personality. I wonder if Brandon Bean so would pull the trigger on somebody like that. But anyway, guys, thank you so much for tuning in. I will be live during Fourth and Forever here in about an hour and a half. I love each and every single one of you. Thank you so much for always making this a part of your daily morning routine. And uh yeah, let’s go ahead and talk a little bit of ball here in a second. See y’all. Peace.

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The Buffalo Bills offense just isn’t clicking — and it’s becoming a real concern. Josh Allen, Joe Brady, and this entire unit have struggled to find rhythm, consistency, and identity through the first stretch of the 2025 NFL season. What exactly went wrong with the Bills’ offense? In this video, we break down the issues with play-calling, offensive line protection, the run game, and why Stefon Diggs’ absence still looms large.

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