Billsrhody

Crazy trade! Well this definitely makes the bills more exciting

For anyone who is worried about Cutlers cap hit, his contract is essentially only guaranteed for 2015. After that it would be easy to cut him or restructure. And for those voting for Bradford, just know that his cap hit for next year is essentially the same as Cutler's.

Agreed. I don't know if I've ever seen a punt returner with that much space when catching the ball..

Wouldnt be surprised to see a play action shot downfield to sammy on this series

Out for the game

At the midpoint, I thought it would interesting to look at what Kyle has done differently after taking over for EJ. They have both played 4 games to this point and have played a pretty similar slate of competition. EJ 131 Attempts 58.0% Completion % 5 TDs 3 INTs 838 Yards 6.4 Yard Per Attempt 22.1% Attempts > 15 Yards Downfield 52 Rush Yards 6 Sacks Taken Orton 141 Attempts 67.4% Completion % 9 TDs 3 INTs 1128 Yards 8.0 Yards Per Attempt 22.0% Attempts > 15 Yards Dowfield 5 Rush Yards 17 Sacks Taken A couple of things stand out to me that weren't immediately obvious. The number of sacks that Orton has taken is pretty striking. It leads me to believe that Orton is much more willing to eat the ball when he doesnt see anything he likes. Thinking back to the games, that seems pretty spot on. EJ always tried to make a play even if there wasn't one available. Another stat that suprised me is the % of passes attempted more than 15 yards downfield. I couldnt believe that EJ had a higher percentage. I couldnt find the completion % on those throws, but I would guess that Ortons number is much higher than EJ's. Other than those two things, the stats read about what you would expect. A much higher YPA and Completion % go to show how much more success Orton is having at throwing the ball downfield with accuracy. Its safe to say that we've had a huge upgrade at QB over the past 4 games. Hopefully it continues! Source - http://www.advancedf...rs/quarterbacks

I'm not sure about Gerald McCoy's history with the law, but Dareus's legal past has to give the bills some leverage in negotiations. I cant see this front office giving a $100 m contract to a guy who has had so many issues off the field.

I like this one.. https://vine.co/v/ObvVbVrndbD (make sure the sound is on in the upper left of the video)

Is Sammy just always open??

Graham has a bunch of experience in the slot. McKelvin has a bunch of experience at Corner #2. They'll both play a bunch in this game anyways, so I dont see any need to put Graham out wide. I expect McKelvin to bounce back and have a strong week against the lesser talented brian hartline types of the league.

Woo!

Its time to accept reality... this team has been taken over by the "Williams"

Hoo boy Aaron Rodgers.. thought he would be first but not by that much

All in all, I think its pretty spot on based on past performance. It certainly supports the fact that we have depth and have raised the bar as far as talent goes. Hopefully all those purples and reds turn to yellows and greens over the course of this next season..

Good post.. its interesting to see the changes from year to year at every position. My biggest worry is that the defense will regress unders Swartz.. but as long as we're marginally better against the run, we shouldnt have too much to worry about. I think it will be important for the Bills to get off to a hot start this year so EJ can build his confidence and this team can get used to winning.

EJ experiment guaranteed to last 2 more years

hmm.. interesting. I definitely dont like giving up another 1...

Watkins or mack??

Trade!!

Woot! 1 QB down

Interesting how the rams take robinson but plan to use him as a guard to start out..

I would hate to see the bills trade up in general.. Unless it's for a QB. And in this draft, I don't think there's a QB worth trading up for. As is always the case, you need a good QB to be a good team. Trading up to get another Mario Williams or even a Calvin Johnson type of talent is not going to put this team in playoffs if EJ is not the answer.

Not sure why it matters where those games are.. especially if you're already chalking them up as losses. If we played those teams weeks 1, 2 and 3 would you love the schedule? Either way we're going to have to win around 10 games to get into the playoffs.. and 5 of the last 8 games are against teams we can definitely beat. You're just choosing to look at the negatives instead of the positives.

Pump the brakes complainers.. You have to beat good teams to get into the playoffs and this schedule actually looks pretty good. We could realistically be 6-2 or 5-3 going into the bye week with 4 very winnable games coming after that.

Well this is the definition of a low risk, high reward move. I dont see anything wrong with that. What I dont get is why half the people on the board dont want us to take an OT? RT was one of the worst positions on the team last year... and besides that its not like we'll be reaching for a player at that position. Theres a good chance that the BPA at our pick will be an OT.