st pete gogolak

Bills’ offense is basically Schroedinger’s cat. It’s both alive and dead at the same time.

Cooper wasn’t washed. He was uninterested in playing football. It’s too bad because a motivated Cooper could have been the difference last year and this year. The fact that he hasn’t signed anywhere tells the whole story.

Questionable hires? Ok. Was the Ryan hire a good hire? Look, I get it. I was all for firing Marv Levy after the first Super Bowl loss to Dallas. Instead Wilson fired Polian, best GM in team history. I doubt McBeane can lead this team to the SB but hiring new OC and DC from the outside is a better way to go.

I’m sure we’ll see a couple of threads like this after that debacle, but I beg you to look at the last 15 years of the Sabres before you give Pegula an opportunity to pick a GM and HC for the Bills. (I’ll throw in the Rex Ryan hire for good measure). In 30 combined years of owning the two franchises, Pegula has made one - ONE- decent HC/GM hire.

How bad is Geno Smith? Props to Seattle for dumping him and signing Darnold.

This back and forth reminds me of the discussion (such as it was) regarding who won the Ryan O’Reilly trade. Doesn’t matter how many 40 goal seasons Tage Thompson has. Blues won a Cup and O’Reilly was playoff MVP. Blues won the trade. Similar to the Stanford trade. If Colts somehow manage to win a Super Bowl with Gardner, they win the trade.

The pundits are declaring Jonathan Taylor as this year’s clear MVP. Cook has more YPG, same average per carry and would match him in touchdowns if Allen wasn’t vulturing them. Is Cook an MVP candidate?

After Bosa and McGovern (maybe Edwards) i don’t care if any of the remaining players are back.

It’s funny that everyone is screaming for a WR (hey, I’m in that group too!), when the offense is #1 in the entire league in YPG and #3 in points per game. I get it though, feeling is that in the postseason we’re going to need to outscore teams to advance. Still crying about Hoecht.

What in the Sam Hill is a negative separation route?

This is the kind of over the top posts that make you take a contrary position even though you agree with the general proposition. Beane’s drafts have not been “historically bad.” They’ve generally been decent to very good. The problem is that being in the upper echelon of GM’s isn’t good enough when the single goal is to win a Super Bowl. He isn’t Veatch or Roseman. His mistakes are amplified because a better decision could have meant a Super Bowl appearance or win. Just think if Bills had picked AJ Brown or Metcalf instead of Cody Ford (we must have scouted them considering we selected their college teammate Dawson Knox in Round 4). Maybe next year we don’t feel a need to trade for a WR and Justin Jefferson or Tee Higgins lands in our laps. It hurts my brain thinking of Allen throwing to Brown and Jefferson. Basham instead of Humpries. Chiefs pick Smith late in same draft and solidify their OL. McDuffie and Elam. Worthy and Coleman. So the mistakes are magnified and the weaknesses (drafting WR and DL) are exposed. Finally, if you believe McDermott doesn’t have enormous input into the drafting process. I have a bridge I’d like to sell you.

You’re already down by 14. Fourth and two from opponents’ 32. Instead of going for it, you chose to try a 50 yard FG. Kind of nutty. Of course, FG is no good. Rams take over at the 40 and roll down field for TD. Game over.

Legacy? You’re kidding, right? Did it tarnish Joe Namath’s legacy playing for the Rams? What? He played for the Rams? Did it tarnish Johnny Unitas’ legacy playing for the Chargers? What? He played for the Chargers? Tre White’s legacy is that he was an All-Pro corner who’s career was ruined by catastrophic injuries.

Talking about roster construction, I’m still puzzled by the Kincaid pick (I’m going to assume he is a very promising, potential star who can hopefully avoid the injury bug going forward). Upon drafting him, I thought the Bills would do one of two things (1) trade Dawson Knox; or (2) play a majority of offensive snaps out of a two TE, one RB formation (similar to the Peyton Manning Colts who played exclusively two TE with Dallas Clark being the “pass catching TE”). The Bills did neither. So now you have a lot of money tied up in a backup TE role, as well as having a small slot (Shakir), big slot (Kincaid) and a guy who should be exclusively a big slot (Coleman). It’s terrible roster construction.

Agree on Metcalf for sure.