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I've wondered about this myself. The very best example of preparing for the departure of a future HOF QB is Green Bay, and they did it twice. In 2005 they drafted Aaron Rodgers while they still had Favre who was in his fifteenth season and still playing well. Rodgers sat on the bench for three seasons until Favre was traded. In 2020, the Packers took Jordan Love in first round when Rodgers was in his sixteenth season. I think that it's likely GB drafted Rodgers because they saw an opportunity; he was projected to go at the top of the 2005 draft, but he was still on the board when GB drafted at #24. I think they were deliberately looking for a successor to Rodgers before 2020, but that's when they found a candidate they liked enough to draft in Love. Two other teams that had aging future HOF QBs failed to adequately prepare for the inevitable. Denver failed twice, although unlike Pittsburgh, they at least tried. After John Elway retired after the Broncos won their 2nd Super Bowl in 1998, the team went through a string of decent to mediocre QBs until they finally signed Peyton Manning in 2012. Manning won the Super Bowl in 2015 and retired, and the Broncos have been a team in search of a QB ever since. In 2024, they drafted Bo Nix in the first round of the draft, and he took them to the playoffs for the first time since Manning retired. After allowing Tom Brady to leave, the Patriots drafted Mac Jones at #15 in 2021. In 2024, they drafted Drake Maye #3 over all who has looked very promising. I think that the best route for a team with an aging franchise QB who is still playing well (like Elway and Brady) is to be opportunistic, and draft a top prospect even if the youngster has to sit behind the star for a season or two. Baltimore did this when they drafted Lamar Jackson while Joe Flacco was their established starter. The 2017 Bills weren't as bad as the 2008-2012 teams, but they were well below average in quality, especially on offense. They had Tyrod Taylor as their QB, their best OLer was rookie Dion Dawkins, their best defensive players were rookie Tre White and long-suffering veteran DT Kyle Williams. Beane and McDermott are called "McBeane" because their relationship is collaborative not adversarial. The Bills offensive line is significantly better in 2025 than it was between 2019 and 2022. So is the RB group. The defense added young talent and some older but hopefully still useful FAs in 2025. You're still miffed that the Bills didn't add a big name WR in FA or in the draft.

you could say the same about those Brady's patriots.

Me worried? No way. Come on yall. You can't tell anything from PS. It's not even real football. It looks like football. Kinda sounds like football. Sorta smells like football. BUT IT'S NOT REAL FOOTBALL.

Hopefully eventually Pet Cemetery If Kincaid, Bishop and Coleman flame out, the baller Beane luv will vanish real fast.

Speculating on what the problem with third down defense might be, I wonder if the problem might be with a bias toward a philosophy of wanting to keep pass plays in front of the DBs. That is consistent with the zone defense that Buffalo likes to run, and it is also consistent with the fact that Buffalo does not have the speediest DBs in the league. If receivers get past them, odds are big plays can happen if not touchdowns. That's not to say that Benford isn't a great CB, and Tre White probably still has the ability to be a pretty good CB. Still, they typically give receivers a good bit of room underneath to make catches. Maxwell Hairston, when he gets healthy and has the opportunity to catch up on what he's missed while injured, has speed to burn and the quickness to react to what most receivers can do to try and create separation. I would hope that the Bills coaches would feel safe with having him play with a little bit less of a cushion underneath when the offense only needs a few yards for a first down.

Never liked the hire. I would send him packing and have McD take over again or at least have Mcd call third downs.

But after the 1st preseason game, should we trade Josh for 2112 1st round picks?

True so hate the media. That's not Damar's fault and it really doesn't make Damar a whipping boy, just a victim of terrible media.

Don’t let this post perish

so is my reply

I think some people are finally realizing that the path to a major defensive improvement is far from a given. Our secondary even when healthy is in rough shape if Max doesn’t contribute in a big way this year. God help us if Benford gets hurt. The DL is going to depend on rookies and Bosa. Which is a total crap shoot. We will still make a run either way. But ya, I’m concerned about the defense already. Wasn’t really from any new information. Just sinking in what this might look like.

Either half the board has jumped off the bridge into the non-playoff abyss, or this years Bills are just not good enough, and we should trade Josh for whatever we can get for him. Which is is?

The roster in 2020 is still unequivocally better. You can’t possibly make any direct argument against that statement. Which is why you didn’t.

No sacks in the first preseason game!?!?!

A lot of options this year, im sure we will have our guy after the 1st game lol

More kookiness from Avi Loeb - - an interstellar recon mission? https://www.foxnews.com/science/harvard-physicist-says-massive-interstellar-object-could-alien-probe-reconnaissance-mission Rare sightings of interstellar objects are like a Rohrschach test for sky gazers searching for extraterrestial intelligent life - - they see what they wanna see.

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Why not both? Absurdity is increasingly appropriate as I age.

They are favored because of Josh Allen. End of story. The guy is a supernova at the position. Outside of QB, this is a 5 win roster — at best.

If they can’t come to terms, perhaps Cleveland or Dallas would give up valuable draft capital for the right to overpay a running back. I mean, if any teams would, and both are very much in need… However I hope they keep him, even at a slight overpay, it’s not worth breaking this team up as it teeters on the precipice of greatness, simply to stand on the principles of “we’re not overpaying running backs”. Figure it out, kick the can down the road, win now.

if you're really a teacher, I sincerely hope you don't go anywhere near science. I recertified for the boards 3X's beyond the initial certification exam. Every test included difficult immunology questions. It's a subject that is important to all specialties. They all require a basic understanding, some much more. perhaps that's why 99%+ docs got the covid vax.

Might be a little harsh but as far as I’m concerned the only Buffalo Bills player so far that has earned a reason to have a statue of them is Bob Kalsu. That dude gave his life for his country in Vietnam and should be honored. The great players we have had on the field; Kelly, Allen, Kemp, the 2k yard running back, have all done great things on the field, but not statue level. Maybe if Allen brings a few Lombardi’s home over the next few years, he can join the conversation.

The roster is regressing when we are favored to win all 17 games? We weren’t favored to win all 17 last year and we regressed? Our current over under is 11.5 wins compared to 10 last year at this time. DraftKings has us favored to win the Super Bowl and second in the others. We were what 5th/6th last year? Regressed?

I haven’t watched the game yet, but something is amiss. Gunner says “ugh, that was rough” for Hoecht’s play but now multiple reputable podcasts (Marino, Cover1) are calling his night outstanding. ???

You'd think if Tre was as bad as a lot are saying that one of the other DBs would be able to beat him for the CB2 position. Anyways, staying true to the thread... Arrow up: - Deone Walker: This massive hunk of human can move. I see a ton of potential there. - Palmer: Looked decent, was getting open. Arrow down: - Davidson: If you're going to be a pass catching TE and have that be your best quality then you need to catch the ball. Seems pretty straightforward, he had the dropsies.