The Bills, Bills, Bills Pod

Dads are models of consistency. Right now, the Bills are world-beaters one week and bottom-feeders - if even... lower than scum? - the next. That's not dad-like consistency. And the only - yes, only - path towards team-wide consistency is on a ship steered by #17, Josh Allen: SuperDad. Buffalo's quarter-of-a-billion superstar QB is in year eight at the helm, and his 36-year-old OC, Joe Brady, has not proven capable of synchronizing the four chambers of the offense's heart: The run, the pass, the OL, and the play-calling. Josh has a chance to write a new opus over the course of the next 8-12 games. It won't be easy, but it is simple: Be a good dad.

#10 Keon Coleman 🦬 In each of Drake London's three seasons, he has been moved around the formation with increasing frequency, culminating in a 2024-25 season during which he only played 60% of passing snaps from wide alignments, and finishing with the 4th most receiving yards in the NFL. I submit that Keon Coleman ought to be similarly distributed among the pre-snap pass-catching positions (X, Y, Z, F) to make the most optimal use of his length and strength. If Brady dials things up right, Josh can just sit back and sling the ball around the field to any of the now many weapons he has at his disposal. Defenses should be back on their heels in 2025-26, and if they can no longer sleep on Keon, he'll have earned his nomination as my 10th most important Buffalo Bill for this year.Thanks to The Draft Professor for the tip about how enjoyably home-grown out Buffalo Bills roster is 🙌That list o' mine again:Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman

#9 Ed Oliver 🦬 In 2023, the year after signing the $68mm 4-year contract extension that made him the 13th-highest paid DT in the league, Ed Oliver had a career year. In this episode I'll tell ya all the reasons why Ed could easily have been considered a top-5 (or, really, top-4) interior pass rusher in 2023. Unfortunately for Bills fans - and for Ed Oliver, and by proxy Brandon Beane and Bobby Babich - Ed Oliver's production saw a significant statistical drop-off in 2024. So, while experts like Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs were on the verge of labeling Oliver a "Roster Cornerstone," heading into this season, Marino and Crabbs are hesitant to call him anything better than a "Sufficient Starter." So... what the heck?!That list o' mine again:Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman

#8 Landon Jackson 🦬 A river runs through the gulf between the positive feelings that many in Bills Mafia share about our Mike Linebacker, Terrel Bernard, feelings that evidently also permeate throughout One Bills Drive from whence a four-year contract extension worth up to $42mm was drawn up this offseason, an extension that made Bernard the 12th-highest paid LB in the NFL, and what PFF thinks of Bernard. 48.2. That's Bernard's 2024 overall defense grade from PFF. But I love the guy and I'll tell ya why! I also project a decent likelihood for a high volume of snaps for rookie Landon Jackson early in the season, not only as a consequence of Michael Hoecht's six game suspension, but as a result of my hottest offseason take, which is that AJ Epenesa is bound to get traded.Of course, since I've said it out loud, it won't happen, but I'm standing by it nonetheless. Go Bills.That list o' mine again:Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman

#5 Spencer Brown and #6 Dion Dawkins 🦬 As this edition of Bills Bills Bills has them ordered, are stalwarts. Textbook. Bookends. While so many in Bills Mafia whine, complain, and, dare I say, bitch about Josh's lack of weaponry, Beane and McDermott have done marvelously to drafted, develop and re-sign the two most important offensive players not named Josh Allen.Oh, and, the first 10 minutes of this episode are spent, again, talking about TJ Sanders. I guess I really like the guy. Hope I feel this way in six months! Go Bills.That list o' mine again:Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman

#4 TJ Sanders 🦬 The offseason was built for list-making, and "Sean McDermott defenses are designed, schematically and with specific personnel, to bend an opposing offense until that opposing offense breaks." That's a line from this episode. Do you like it? DO YOU?! This episode is all about TJ Sanders, and my goodness, I hope I'm right about everything I've said about him in the edition of Bills Bills Bills because I've said a lot about him in this edition of Bills Bills Bills and if all I've said is correct I'll have one helluva receipt I'll be able to wave around as a badge of honor touting my impressive football acumen.Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman

#1 Josh Allen; #2 Matt Milano; #3 Taron Johnson 🦬 Tis the season for Joe Marino to invite his Bills-expert homeboys, Bruce Nolan, Nate Geary, Anthony Prohaska, et al to join him in building the annual Consensus Top-10 Most Important Players to the Future of the Buffalo Bills list. And, so, though my invitation to add my two cents to the pot got lost in the mail, I've built a list of my own. And I've split the detailing of that list into three episodes. Inside this episode, I've detailed why I've got Josh Allen (ever heard of him?) in the top spot, followed by Matt Milano and Taron Johnson. My whole list looks like this:Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman

As a self-licensed football therapist, I've got to do my darndest to practice what I preach. And so, I moved through the stages of grief as quickly as I could in order to embrace the upcoming training camp edition of Hard Knocks, which will feature our beloved Buffalo Bills.