st pete gogolak

Great post. Thanks for the reminder!

I was thrilled with Oliver and Ford, being a "build from the trenches out" guy. But with perfect 20/20 hindsight, drafting DK Metcalf instead of Ford makes this entire thread moot.

A few years ago, we needed a "big" receiver and chose James Hardy over Desean Jackson. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Recency bias.

I'm going to guess at the correct answer to this question. Is it because their QB is 42 years old and is absolutely looking every bit of his age?

This would have been a terrific idea 20 years ago, but we're on the cusp of dominating the AFC East for the next several years (yeah, I went there) so it would be very Billsy if divisions were done away with now.

Can someone who knows how to do it post Mike Evans' career numbers vs. Watkins' career stats? We move up to take a WR and take the wrong one. Can you imagine how great Evans would fit into this offense right now? Or Kahlil Mack coming off the edge? Oh well, water under the bridge.

Agree 100%. He's a blur when he gets into a high gear.

I always like the hypothetical KC - Buff trade Mahones for J. Allen and White (I guess you have to throw Cordy Glenn in to make it more accurate as to what actually went down). After yesterday's game I think that is the first time KC would actually consider making the trade!

RIP for Harvey, but I think he stands alone - 2 - 23 - 1.

Didn't he refer to the team's "work ethnic" or am I thinking of someone else?

It can't be "best". It has to be "most historic" or "most significant". Briscoe played some QB for the Broncos before coming over to the Bills. Harris I believe was first starting black QB. Williams won a Super Bowl, etc.

Oh, oh, I know the answer to this one. Mahomes, Wilson and Gronkowski. If not Gronkowski, then Jimmy Graham or any of the other 3 or 4 tight ends in the greatest TE draft in the history of the league.

Not counting it as a sack cost me a fantasy football win. Still waiting to reverse the decision.

No. He's 42 and starting to look every bit of that. He's mediocre at this point in a system that is designed for him. Picks, dinks, dunks. When he's pressured, he throws the ball into the ground. Can you imagine what he'd look like in the Bills' offensive scheme? Remember Peyton Manning? He looked pretty good until he didn't. Win, lose or don't make the Super Bowl, I'd be surprised if Brady is back with NE next year and surprised if he doesn't retire.

Bills needed the win to make the playoffs. Tie gives 49'ers two game edge in loss column. Totally different circumstances. If Bills were in same position as 49ers and McDermott was as aggressive as Shanahan, posters would have rightly given McDermott grief. In that situation, you drain the clock to give yourself some chance of a win while giving your opponent next to no chance for the win.

NFL simply doesn't believe in analytics. A tie keeps you up two games on your nearest rival. Analytics would have dictated at least one or two runs at that point in OT. You still have a chance to pull out a win but you ensure that Seattle doesn't have enough time left to do the same.

Yeah, this. It's a meaningless stat unless you compare to league averages. I'm guessing there are QB's who haven't thrown a pass that's travelled 30 yards in the air over the last two years. Maybe it also means that we shouldn't be trying to throw passes that travel 30 yards in the air. Also, does this include Hail Marys? What is the league average on completing Hail Marys?

Well, the Bills' season is on the line next week in Miami. We'll see how that goes.

Gilmore was an excellent corner while he was here but in his free agency year, I have never, ever seen an NFL player avoid contact like Gilmore avoided contact. It was a joke. After that, I didn't care whether he came back or not. Still don't.

If you can make that deal for Trent Williams, maybe. For Gordon? No.

Can the regular season start? Please? Please?

Same reaction as everyone else. Pretty excited to see first game. Set to watch on DirecTV 212-1. Blacked out. Found Reddit stream. Worked very well. Lost picture for about 10 minutes but other than that, worked just fine.

Man, Keith Lincoln, Nick Buoniconti, it's sad to see these AFL guys going. It's like WWII vets. In a few years, there won't be many left.

Now that the book is closed on Gronk, can we finally get a call on whether we did the right thing picking Troup ahead of Gronk?