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yup. still questioning your fandom. it’s quite apparent you’re a poseur. jw

here's two words. bull and ***** jw

son of a fart. i have absolutely no f-in clue who you are, nor do i care as you hide behind your veil of anonymity in being able to call out people and their professions directly. good for you. i'd like to have that advantage. like the way you weave in a narrative there without the benefit of facts, in suggesting you know what i do and how i go about doing it. i give the benefit of the doubt to all people i cover, as it is my job to be impartial. it's only when i gain enough perspective based on my own discussions, my own eyes, and the results put forth before me when i begin gaining a semblance of perspective. you, on the other hand, have elected to place the cart directly before the horse and advance to let's move on with this crew. you're more than free to do that. and yet, don't project your biases on what i do and how i go about doing it. this sycophantic narcissm of placing your values on me just because i posted something positive is your issue, but now you've made it mine by questioning my professionalism. easy for you to attempt to put me on the defensive as i don't know who you are except for some acned-teenager with a keyboard fetish. it's unfortunate that i have to respond like this, but you've brought it on yourself as it's been clear through the little time i've gotten to know you that i've gained a clear sense of perspective of how small-minded you are. jw

good discourse? not sure about that. as all threads eventually unravel, this was expected. i've stated my case. not sure why this dude continued to challenge me as i've said what i've said, and gonna stick by it. the sheer negativity from the poster leads me to question whether he's a fan. thus my question. all that said, this whole conversation's run it's course, so let this be my final response of this thread. jw

i'm not a fan of the team by the mere nature of my job. what's your excuse? jw

ok, folks, you don't need google translator for this. that said, i'm working under the belief that we all understand words, words have accepted definitions, and that we're all on board with that except, of course, with the anarchists. i find nothing wrong with the anarchists in principle, but let's leave them out of this, because then this whole thing that i'm going to write next will go awry. of course, many things that i've already written in this post have gone awry, so who the heck am i kidding. clearly, i'm writing this for an audience of one. and that audience happens to be me. so i'm going to get a kick out of this if nothing else. because, let's face it, how often to i have to post the same words in different posts over and over again, before someone starts mentioning occam's razor. and once we reach the point of someone mentioning occam's razor, and using an example that is far more complex and speculative than occam's razor, then clearly, this is the point where all bet's are off and it's time to start babbling. and i regret that i'm writing fairly quickly here, so those among you who are slow readers might want to take a breath. so, where was i? yes, google translator. sorry, i lied. you'll need google translator because, after all, de hars hpyitparsai and agus tá mé tuirseach de mé féin a athrá fariq kurat alqadam Phyāyām prah̄yạd ngein doy k̄hx h̄ı̂ p̄hū̂ lèn thảngān ngeindeụ̄xn h̄ım̀ der Spieler akzeptierte og þá gerði hann það ekki end of Sutōrī

The team at the time was doing its due diligence in trying to free up as much salary cap space as possible. This happens more often than we know during every offseason. I'm not aware of any "hardball" negotiations going on, and don't think Richie was going to be cut had he not accepted the restructured deal. He certainly would've had his options, at that point, to go elsewhere and make more money had he been released at that time. The odd thing was, Incognito accepted the paycut and announced he was happy to be coming back for that matter on the tweeter. and then he wasn't. jw you seem to be assuming my only source is Brandon Beane. well, we know what assuming leads to ... jw

They didn't hire Beane because they weren't going to fire Whaley until after the draft. They didn't want to risk losing the institutional scouting knowledge he had compiled. 1. that's your opinion. Beane decided to limit himself on how much money to spend and where to spend it last season. 2. You're right. 3. They didn't make him do anything. They offered it up and he accepted. In fact, he was happy about it initially until he wasn't. 4. yes, you've said this, i see. 5. they signed Star because he was one of the few big-name players who was interested in signing with Bills, and Bills felt he would address an important need. this, of course, was in 2018 under Beane. Woods left in 2017 before Beane arrived. this is also an important distinction. 6. sure. of course you conveniently omit the fact that the Bills would've lost Watkins for nothing in free agency the following year, while knowing they weren't going to re-sign him. so, the thought was, why not bring in someone with another year on his contract to see if he might fit. he didn't. shrug. jw i stopped glancing through this when you wrote Incognito "was 36 years old." he'll be 36 this July. if you're going to make a long-winded point, trying getting your facts straight up high. otherwise, i'd like to thank you for sparing me from reading the rest, which i'm sure is error-prone. jw having glanced at your second-to-last paragraph, and seeing the reference to Russ Brandon, who had very little say in hiring McDermott or Beane, i'm sorry i even read any portion of this thread, as i now feel dumber.

Sorry for late response. They initially hoped to keep him, but when it became clear what Woods would command on the market, they knew they were out of the running. jw

Now at all what The AP reported. Or ESPN for that matter. jw I disagree. jw

And that’s the plan they laid out upon their arrivals. The Bills were a team of unmatched parts based on the various needs of previous coaches and GMs. i see Tyrod and Dareus and Watkins have gone on to become perennial NFL All-Pros in their own rights. and we’re all mourning the loss of Zach Brown and well, whomever else was left over from the powerhouse Rex and Whaley left behind. After all the coaching carousels, the only plan forward was to go with a clean slate. That time has arrived. I otherwise have no clue as to what grand solution you had in mind unless it was extend the more of the same run of fitting high-priced players with left overs and turning this average stew that was accustomed to losing into a winner. But sure I’m a ball-washer after all. jw

Ah, yes, ScottLaw is one to take the narrowest view approach to support his wonderful theory of how teams go from being non-contenders to contenders virtually overnight. of course, this effort requires ScottLaw -- who has accused me of being a "ball-washer" -- to take some convenient shortcuts in his mathamaticing by ignoring the 10 previous seasons in which the Rams won no more than seven games. somehow, this doesn't fit the equation of overnight success, so why even make note of it, ScottLaw believes. no different than the Bears, this team that has been a juggernaut for lo all these many seasons. all the way back to, well, 2018 to be exact. let's omit the fact Chicago won a grand total of 19 games in its previous four years, and simply note they made this jump from just one season to the next. hey, by your math, if the Bills win their opener, next season, they'll be 100, nay, 1000 percent better than, they were a year ago. of course, the narrow view is ScottLaw's final chance to make his point, because otherwise, he'd have to finally admit, he has none to make. sad, ScottLaw. sad. jw

Keep in mind, Beane wasn't making a majority of the decisions in 2017 free agency. And neither was Whaley. McDermott was essentially serving in a stop-gap role and wasn't, at that point, going to gum up the works before the next GM arrived. And the decision was made early on that the Bills weren't going to get into a bidding war early to tie up too much money in Woods. Of all the players McDermott didn't want to lose, it was Woods. And yet, circumstances helped dictate his departure. Don't shoot the messenger on this one. I'm merely stating what I know of the Bills state of mind at that time. jw

Oh, so that's what you think I'm doing. Sorrrr-eeee. I guess it's my job to always be negative, which I'm not. And heaven forbid the few times i'm actually positive, otherwise, i will bear the wrath of ScottLaw. however, shall i now sleep now that ScottLaw has called me out as a homer. aside from that, ScottLaw, still has difficulty explaining exactly how this "teams turn things around all the time" thing goes in light of the other indisputable facts presented. but that would be asking way too much, because ScottLaw is more into name-calling and zigging and zagging around his own neat and compact narrative to ever suggest another just may exist. but yes, ScottLaw now suggests Year 3 is big for them, as if he conveniently failed to read what I wrote, and instead interpreted my posts as, how did he put it? oh, right, "ball-washing" as if i somehow failed to point out this team still has to prove itself. well, done, ScottLaw. well done. jw

As I've noted here and/or on the tweeter before. The Bills, a year ago, were handcuffed in their plans to upgrade the offense for several reasons. 1. They never anticipated losing Wood and Incognito. Once both were gone, they couldn't afford spending much money on their replacements. As Beane told me, simply signing Bodine, meant the Bills had something like $11 million committed to the center position Wood/Bodine. 2. They did take a run at several receivers, including John Brown. The uncertainty at QB -- remember Bills only had Peterman and McCarron under contract at start of free agency -- led the receivers they desired to go elsewhere. 3. Redoing Incognito was part of the plan. That he went sideways after agreeing to the deal is not the Bills' fault. 4. And they were committed to only spending only so much in free agency, because the objective was to free up as much room under the cap as possible. 5. If you go all the way back to Woods, Bills were very much interested in re-signing him. The trouble began when they looked at the price-tag and determined there was no way they would be able to afford what he was going to get on the market. 6. This of course led them to acquire Jordan Matthews and Kelvin Benjamin on essential trial deals. They would've been ahead of the game had one or both worked out. Neither did and the Bills didn't give up much in acquiring either. I agree, the WRs this year have some question marks. Fewer, however, than in years past. We'll see. jw

My sincerest apologies. I was terribly wrong. jw

what about them, a prog-rock band that produced uninteresting and now overly dated self-indulgent crud for the ear-wax-infested crowd of bell-bottom shoppers. jw

geez, no one has ever noted this for an easy laugh.

A sober and fair assessment, this. jw

It’s quite evident that you missed the 17-year playoff drought in your “it’s so easy” equation. Or did I somehow miss that in all your zigging and zagging around my points. Admit it, this hole you’ve dug is pretty deep. I’ll patiently await your illogical response. jw

well you said they did

For what it’s worth, the closest the Bills previously came to ending the drought, and in its early stages, was under Donahue, who followed the same path. He purged a number of high-prices players and veterans and built through youth before complimenting roster with free agents. It took him four seasons to get close: 2004. jw they didn’t bring in CJ Anderson. jw

Again, the thinking in a vacuum thing. They weren't going to carry four quarterbacks. To do so would've been ludicrous. Difficult enough to have a fair three-way competition for the starting job, while also making sure Josh Allen gets time to develop. But of course, you want to add a fourth QB in the mix. Why not a fifth? Who, this side of Jon Gruden, wants to make it six? my gawd. jw Sorry, is it me, or do people here not follow football? Asking for a friend. ?

Sonofagun. Do you live in a vacuum in which every moment fails to follow the next, and nothing is ever connected. They had no cap money to replace Wood and Incognito last year. And the goal was to get out of cap jail, thus the reason they traded Glenn, in which they actually swapped first-round draft picks, which allowed them the opportunity to move up to draft Josh Allen. They created the dead cap strategy because the players under high-priced contracts weren't performing to the value of those contracts. You don't give them a pass, you judge them on what they did. Sure seems like they accomplished a lot. smfh. jw

AJ wasn't exactly wowing a whole bunch of folks in either training camp or preseason before he got hurt. They did consider going after Anderson and Anderson was open to coming to Buffalo. That ended when Buffalo instead signed McCarron, who was supposed to be the place-holder. He wasn't. In fact, in retrospect, Barkley did better with the offense than any of them. jw