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Offensive Line isn't a rotation position. The starting Offensive Line stays in and plays practically 100% of snaps - unless there's injury. They're not pulling McGovern out to put SVP unless he's injured, dinged up, or needs an occasional breather.

Better not be a Christmas Day game, I’m already shocked when the kids open all the presents from Santa and I get socks and underwear. The last thing I need is a nerve racking bills game to go with it.

So, he's not like Devin Singletary, driving a tank down a slalom course into a freshly poured pool? Thank God! I kid! I kid! ... and I totally agree with your assessment. 😁

Yea I don't think it was entirely off field. Tucker really struggled in 2024. Would they have shown more patience and loyalty if the off field stuff wasn't in the background, and given him a chance to bounce back in 2025? Perhaps, but it isn't crazy to say this is a football decision. Even if that is only partly true.

Beane does have final say over the draft. You should watch his pre draft presser this year. He explained their process very clearly from building the board the board to the involvement of the coaches to the final decision. It was almost exactly how it was described to me by someone who used to work for the Bills. McDermott doesn't make draft picks or demand certain players. Your suspicion that defense = McDermott is wrong I am afraid. Where however he does deserve some blame is on a miss like Kaiir Elam. Because for the guys near the top of the Bills board the coaches have watched those guys and have given at least some level of reassurance they can be fitted into the scheme. With Elam I never thought that was likely and it never worked. That is the role the coaches play - after the evaluation but before the final board is set - do these guys fit our scheme. Where they have clunky scheme fits there is an element of McDermott and his staff sharing the blame. Where it is just bad talent evaluation, that is Beane. The team building strategy is also Beane. Undervaluing wide receivers is him. He says it repeatedly. He believes Quarterback, then trenches. It is the Carolina model he grew up with. Quarterback and then defensive front 7 was very much the way the Panthers drafted. They also took three round one running backs while Beane was there... luckily he hasn't done that yet.

Thank you , Mark! I hope you have a healthy, happy, well-deserved retirement, and can enjoy the upcoming Superbowl years without having to worry about writing about them!

Not a single "Get 'er done Beane" post! What's become of this board???

It certainly is LOL

Is it Finals Week? Can we get some extra time to study??

Was there a tariff on Diggs' coat? Why is this^^ here?

Good god man, is anything good in life?

I'd love to see the data. I don't believe in picking individual games based on last year but as a whole I think perceived strong or weak schedules don't often result in the opposite. What HAS been very predictable for the last 25 years is the AFC East. One team is going to be good and the rest are going to be their chew toys.

Im thinking more likely Cleveland Browns with Deshawn.

I think I found someone who doesn't really mind being called a commie. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/30/putin-renames-volgograd-airport-stalingrad-to-honor-wwii-battle-a88920 And the put up a new statue of Stalin. Communist nostalgia! The real kind.

2nd and 9 is worse than 13 seconds because the strategy they concocted during the timeout was inherently flawed. They had nearly executed a SB XXV level game of keep-away and lost their minds in the clutch. All the debate about kicking the ball short or into the end zone on 13 seconds only matters because they didn't execute in the final 13 seconds. 1 adequately defended defensive play and the game is over. The attempted longshot to Shakir after the two minute warning was damned if it worked AND if it didn't. Ultimately, we just aren't allowed to talk about failures that Josh Allen could be considered at all accountable for. The media and fans alike are terrified to be critical of him. And for multiple reasons. They don't want him to want to leave. And we've seen choking become habitual with the Kelly era Bills so we don't want to fracture his confidence. The truth is we feel that he is more important to the organization/community than any SB win he could generate. He's bigger than the brand. I can't really think of a similar situation in sports. Maybe Giannis with the Bucks? I don't know. The problem with being that way is you can't get to the truth if you omit what you wish you hadn't seen. My contention is that the lack of playmakers in the passing game has set him up for failure. He's personally thrown away his share of games with bad decisions late over his career. If he has Travis Kelce putting up 100 yards per game in the playoffs every year maybe he still doesn't win them all or even 3 of 5 like Mahomes. But we may never know what it would look like for him to have a guy who makes a difference playing with Allen in the playoffs.

Tranlation: Less (sic; should be fewer; I blame declining standards at Princeton, letting in mediocre white jocks) Generals = fewer high-level people to tell Trump he can't/shouldn't do stupid things.

This thread is about to become more informative.

This thread took a bizarre turn. I kind of like it.

What a surprise. The Alien Enemies Act declaration was based on total bs, contradicted by Trump's own administration. Oh yeah, he's lying to us. All the time. Thank you Tulsi. You will be fired. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/trump-venezuela-gang-ties-spy-memo.html

I didn't say he wasn't a better player. All I'm saying is that his usage last year, and it's pretty consistent in his career, is inside and under 10 yards. In fact his career average yards/C is 10.8 and his career YAC/R is 3.2. That means he's catching the ball on average 7.6 yards down the field. That the definition of an inside receiver. With Kincaid, Shakir and Samuel already on the roster, I hope Brady is creative enough to find another way to utilize Moore's speed then just short throws over the middle.

Can we refer to you as Joe Herd?

Numbers are subjective. Scheme and QB play have a lot to do with results. Watch them play over their full body of work. Moore is a much better actual WR than Samuel, whose play screams gadget player with YAC ability