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I have continuously told people this guy is better than people think all off-season. His story going back to SF is fascinating, and while I am hoping for a Davis bounce back season, Sherfield for me is someone who can push Davis for reps and targets if he doesn't and is more of the same last year. To be totally honest, if it was a battle for WR2 between Sherfield and last years version of Davis, my view would be that Sherfield is capable of winning that battle. I am not suggesting Sherfield enters week 1 as WR2 or anything, just saying that he is good insurance IMHO if Davis struggles from last year persist again this season.

Bahahahaha, this one made me laugh out loud literally, well played Im glad it wasn't you then 🤣

That is a fair point, however, Teo dealt with a lot of injuries to be fair though which certainly played a role in his career too. In terms of Araiza, Bills have a punter, there is no reason to sign this kid given we just extended our Punter who was very good for us. I don't say that coldly, because if we still were unsettled at Punter, I would advocate to give Araiza another shot here. But Sam came in and played very well for us, not fair for him to lose his job or have his job in jeopardy either after earning his roster spot here. One would hope that people would learn from things like this, but the reality is that most won't as its sadly engrained in our society.

I want to acknowledge you owning up to that mistake, sincere kudos sir. I also want to acknowledge a certain poster, who I have never named here when discussing this, that reached out to me last night with a sincere apology for his behavior towards me and others who weren't ready to condemn the kid without the details and facts first during this original time of when this came out. This was when he escalated it to him sending me a DM to fight in the lot at the next Bills game. He owned up to all that, explained he was dealing with a lot in his life at the time and that the story hit home for him and he overreacted and that it was not a representation of who he is or the kind of energy he wants to put out there. So major kudos for those who have taken the time to recognize there was an opportunity to handle or react to things better when this story first broke. Not everyone is mature enough to do that, and everyone who does has my absolute respect. Even told the person who DM'd me that all is forgotten and forgiven and hope to buy him a beer next time I am able to make a Bills home game.

Araiza wasn’t at the house, they have time stamped video footage and they know what time he left. He 100% has been cleared. That I think is the point. A woman who wrote the day after the attack in her own journal that she did not know how she got in the room or who was in there, lied later and said it was Araiza. Regardless of what happened in the room, she intentionally lied about Araiza and brought a civili suit full of lies against him that cost him his career. I agree with most what you said, I am just saying in this case there is strong evidence against her to hold her accountable for what she did to Araiza specifically.

Not in this case though, mountains of evidence showing it. Let’s not forget, her own Journal stated she had no idea who led her to that room. But in a civil suit for money, she lied and said it was him despite the fact he wasn’t even there.

Yeah the assault comment by that poster is uncalled for…BUT she should face consequences for her intentionally ruining a man’s career over lies, even maybe should go to prison. Not only did she lie about Araiza, but the police have video evidence from inside the room from two of the alleged attackers and nothing suggests what was going on wasn’t consensual, so she may have fabricated the whole story. Then her own friends and other witnesses gave statements she was wasn’t wasted, told people she was 18, and bragged about having sex two different times that night prior to even going to that room. She was also running around the party telling people “I want you **** me, and if you don’t **** me then you are a *****.” This woman intentionally ruined a man’s life over lies, things like this should have criminal and financial consequences.

I was just coming here to post this! I wonder how many people will actually read the undeniable facts that 100% clear him or just ignore them and ignorantly proclaim he’s guilty still. I can name a few that were spouting ignorance about this in the past couple of weeks proclaiming no charges filed doesn’t mean he is innocent and that he still likely did it. I was right there saying the same thing and getting flamed for having the “audacity” to suggest we wait until we have real facts before ruining someone’s life.

Until Gabe Davis proves he is more than last year, the new guys and Shakir prove to have roles they can handle, and Kincaid shows he is more of a Big Slot WR than a TE, Bills receiving unit isn't going to get a ton of love from the media or outside opinions. Still graded too low IMHO, but I also don't have an issue with it. More importantly, the team at 26 is also the reigning SB champs...so this list don't mean a whole lot anyway.

You and me both...spot on

Beane has specifically stated their confidence in the guys on the roster replacing Edmunds this year. I mean I do get the speculation here based on the low cap hits and unsettled position at MLB, but I just think Beane more often than not says what he means. So I would be a little surprised if Beane made any trades at this point for a LB. I mean, you can never say for sure, but Beane is pretty open and straight up with things like this most the time. Next years draft is expected to be a much better draft, and with our cap space being tight and the extra draft capital heading into to it, I think Beane is going to covet the extra ammo to potentially move around that draft than make trades for players.

This isn’t that complicated. Josh said this weeks ago, and he is very specifically talking about taking less hits by sliding more and getting out of bounds more on plays where he doesn’t need to fight for those extra few yards. Has nothing to do with running less. And he said when he does need those yards or that score, he is still going to be him and do what it takes to get them. But he recognizes there are many times where he doesn’t need to fight for a few extra yards and take unnecessary contact and it’s those moments he intends to be better about and get out of bounds or slide to avoid contact. And this is all Beane, McD and even his own teammates want. For him to be him and play free, but just be smart and reduce the hits by eliminating the ones where it was unnecessary or inconsequential to take them.

I did, and it was just a several days late thread on something Beane directly and clearly already shot down multiple times despite some people trying to spin it otherwise.

No disrespect but Beane already stated MIlano wasn’t switching positions and staying where he was multiple times before you even started this thread. So not sure why his comment yesterday changed anything given this was a non starter before this thread even began.

Not only shouldn't we do it, Beane has already specifically said in multiple interviews since the draft that we won't be doing it. So there really honestly isn't something to discuss here, because it is definitely not happening.

Not bad bud, especially in a year where the difficulty was high to get anything right with such a polarizing draft class. I know you spend a lot of time and effort on this, so congrats on that paying off and beating many of the higher profile talking heads too. Speaking of the higher profile guys, I think the 2 guys I respect the least of them have to be Kiper and McShay. And the main reason is because it's like they intentionally pivot them to butt heads and dig in on disagreements for the manufactured drama. And their track records are not great in the first place, nor do they have any kind of background to validate their loud opinions. I feel like they mostly score poorly on their mocks most years too, so listening to them flex on each other is a waste of time.

You're wrong. We picked up the 5th year option on both Edmunds and Oliver.

Its not 1 of 8, no disrespect but that is quite the exaggeration, especially since 3 of the 8 were starters almost their whole time here (Devin, Knox, and Brown) and we still have guys where we don't know yet how they will turn out. Plus, Harry became a starter after he left here and wasn't buried behind a #9 overall pick and Star. So really, that is 4 guys who proved they can start in this league. But strictly in terms of the Bills, that is 3. And regardless of your opinion on AJE and Boogie, the facts are they have been buried and not really been given a chance to start here. I am by no means saying they could for sure start somewhere else, but they have been stuck behind quality veterans, a first round pick, and Von Miller. So I don't think its fair to say they for sure can't start elsewhere when they have not been really given a chance to start here, a team that uses a heavy rotation in the first place. And Cook and Bernard both will be given shots to be significant players for us this year, and Cook especially has shown quite a bit of promise. So, I stand by what I said...its not as bad as some are making it out to be. Doesn't mean its as good as his other picks, but its not a total trainwreck and has the potential to be better still. If Brown and Cook prove to be good players this year for us, then it already looks a lot better. And if Bernard proves to be solid or better, then this group of 10 picks starts to look pretty good.

As expected. I would have been surprised if they didn't extend him.

I don't think this list is that bad when you factor this is rounds 2 and 3 and essentially 4 of them are or have been starting players in this league. Devin and Knox were key starters and contributors, Brown has been a starter, but coming off a down year after injuries where like you said this is the year to either lock that starting spot down, or show he isn't the long term solution. Then Harry didn't become a starter here with Ed and Star here, but he was signed away for the Bills to be a starter and still is the starter for the Vikings. Boogie and AJE are kind of in the same boat as Harry was, stuck down on the depth chart behind guys we have heavy investments in (currently a 1st rounder in Groot and a gazillion dollars in Von). But both have had some flashes, and I think both still have the potential to be starters in this league. By no means am I declaring they would for sure be starters else where, just saying neither of them has had a real shot here to earn that starting spot yet. AJE was stuck behind 2 pretty good vets his rookie year, then they drafted both Groot and Boogie the next year and still had the same 2 vets here as well. Then when they leave, they gave a gazillion dollars to Von and also brought back Shaq who played pretty well too. Then you still have Cook and Bernard making it 10 picks...one of which looks to be on his way to being a good player, the other we are about to find out if has anything to offer now that Edmunds is gone. So when I look at this track record, I don't think its as bad as people think personally. Could it be better sure, but it is also not the trainwreck some other posters make it out to be either.

No it’s not, but ok.

This is a good question and weird answer for me. My actual answer is No, we should not be as favored to get there as last year...but with an asterisk of saying I actually think our chances of reaching and winning the Super Bowl are better this year now that we know the real deficiencies of last year and the adjustments we made this offseason. Last year, we were seen as the cream of the crop by most coming off that amazing performance against KC and adding more to our team like Von Miller, while KC lost some guys including Hill. The NFC wasn't seen as strong at that time either. This year, our schedule has us playing the consensus 3 toughest divisions in football (Our own, AFC West, and NFC East) plus the Bengals and the Jaguars. More importantly there are several more teams seen as elite at the top this year compared to last year. Now you have Eagles, Niners, and in some cases Dallas in the NFC plus the Chiefs, Bengals and Bills in the AFC. Now this year, while I don't expect us to be as favored to get to the SB, I do think our actual odds of getting there and winning it are better with the offseason moves Beane made for us to get tougher, bigger, and more built to play in those tough bad weather playoff games.

I think its a highly unlikely he can break that record, doesn't feel realistic without injuries playing a role in it. Not because of ability, but I don't think he will get enough touches with how deep the offense is. From wanting to run the ball more than last year, getting our RB's also involved in the pass attack more and all the mouths we have to feed as receiving targets at WR and TE...I just don't see him getting enough targets. I think a more realistic good season from him will be more in that 600-700 yard range given all the weapons on this team right now.

Eagles lost several key players on Defense, and while they added some rookies to the D, they are just unproven rookies at this stage and it wasn't enough to for sure offset all the players they lost. I get the whole prove it thing with the Bills, nothing wrong with that. There are several teams that have a case to be top 3 or 4 teams today...Bills have a valid argument to be among them. No one can truly say who is or isn't, and nothing wrong thinking one way or the other.

Chiefs, KC, and Eagles all lost more than they gained. Niners lost players and gained players is pretty even, but they still have a major question at QB. Bills are the only team of the top 5 I can definitively say that we for sure gained more than we lost. We will see if it was "enough" or not, but we definitely improved this roster heading into the season.