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Originally Posted by DRM08
The Buffalo defense has looked like a pretty big fraud in the playoffs for 3 straight years. Average of 35.6 points per game in 3 losses to Chiefs & Bengals. This is after the Buffalo defense had strong results in the regular season every year.
If I was the Buffalo GM, I would get rid of some of the expensive veterans on defense and go all in on the offensive side of the ball. Make the OL stronger to help Josh. Give him better weapons. See if you can put together an offense that can drop 40+ at will in the Playoffs, which is what you'll need if the Buffalo defense continues allowing so many points in these big games.
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Agree. Unfortunately for BUF fans, it sounds like their GM is also part of the problem. Specifically, he doesn't draft well. I mean, it's like on page 2 of that thread that one of them asks for our 2023 draft picks (presumably after Veach drafts them).
But yeah, I agree in that they should be drafting/acquiring more offensive talent. Upgrade the OL. Trade or cut some of the fat on that defense.
Sidenote: BUF has had a top-5 defense two years in a row now, that shit the bed in the postseason. Which tells you everything you need to know about the difference between a regular season defense and a playoff defense. The BUF defense is good to great against 70% of the teams they face weeks 1-17, because 70% of those teams aren't very good offensively anyway. But every team in the playoffs can score (exception being NYG this season, but everyone knew they were frauds, or should have).
Frazier's defense can't stop or even blunt a top tier offense, without an elite pass-rusher.
So, if they're going to keep Frazier, then as you say, better plan on scoring a lot more points.
Not going to work with Dorsey as the OC, but short of tearing it down and starting over, what else can they do?