billsfan89

They should have just kept their interim coach he did a really good job considering the circumstances. The Raiders are stuck in no mans land, solid QB and solid roster but not elite in any respect. And in a division with an elite QB and an up and coming QB with elite potential.

The team can do better but in the NFL a running back (in my amateur opinion) is 70% a product of the supporting cast mainly O-line and respect for the passing game. Look at the Steelers with Najee Harris in 2021 vs James Connor in 2020. The Steelers drafted a running back to bolster their running game but Harris wasn't that great (he wasn't bad but not much of a production upgrade vs Connor the previous season.) I also think that Singletary showed me to end the season and in the playoffs he is a solid running back that can contribute to the offense. I look at football as a chess game and when you don't have a lot of maneuverability on the roster due to limited draft capital and cap space do you really want to use the limited resources you have in the off-season to upgrade a position that is highly circumstantially dependent and not all that bad to begin with? I have no issues with this team sinking a late round pick into a running back or signing a veteran on the cheap to compete with Moss. But I just don't see the need to try and upgrade a solid running back like Singletary when there are other needs on the roster that are more urgent and in need of higher resources.

Good for Daboll and a good hire for the Giants to try and capture lightening in a bottle from one of the best organization in football (feels good to say that).

Yes he is

Kenyon Green or a Dline player would be my targets assuming Levi, Bates, Mac and Phillips are resigned the Bills biggest need in my opinion will be to sure up the lines. I know Bates solidified the LG position down the stretch but I think Green would add tremendous depth to the Oline and take over for D Williams or Bates after next season. You can’t go wrong trying to catch lightning in a bottle via drafting more defensive line players. But I am not sure who fits the Bill as a pass rusher either on the interior or edge.

I think if the Bills did make this trade (which I do not see them doing) they would move Diggs to the slot where he would be super lethal (they likely cut Beasley to save on the cap) and have Davis and DK outside. I think the differences between the Bills in 2020 that traded a 1st and 4th for Diggs vs the 2022 Bills is two fold. For one the Bills have Diggs a true WR1 on the roster in 2022, the Bills in 2020 were in desperate need of a WR1. Secondly Josh is on the final year of his rookie deal as opposed to just two years in. Sustaining a good team around Josh is best done by retaining talent and drafting well not splashy trades giving up both draft and cap capital. I am hoping for Kenyon Green the guard falls. I think Green short term add tremendous depth and can push Bates and D Williams at both guard spots. Then he can take over for either player in 2023 and help sustain good Oline play around Josh for years to come.

I see the appeal of a trade, a dynamic talent like that opposite Diggs (who could be moved to the slot) and Davis would be the best WR corps in the NFL. With Knox, Mac (if he is resigned) and Singletary great pieces in the passing game to boot. But I don’t think that would be McBeane’s style. I think as they head into Josh’s extension they want to avoid trading for a player on a big contract or up for a big extension. A 1st round pick is a possible ticket to high end production for multiple season below the players market value. Trading a 1st and handing out big cap space is a heavy investment into one single player. You are giving up significant draft and cap capital for a single non-QB player. Given the volatility of football injury wise it is perhaps better to try to build through the draft and retain talent you develop. Long story short I think these types of trades are super risky. DK is a great talent but that’s a lot to give up when you already have very good WR’s and possibly other pressing needs.

Probably better to be an OC under a defensive head coach in McD than an OC under an offensive coach like Daboll not to mention the advantage of Josh making you look good.

I am not sure what got lost in translation but I am agreeing with you that unlike 2020 and 2019 the Bills will not be spending big money on free agents and it will look more like 2021 where the big moves are talent retention. KC traded a 1st and 3rd for Orlando Brown and a 2nd while they also signed Thuney to a big money contract. KC made very aggressive moves to help their Oline. But I do agree that the Rams are the more “extreme” example.

If this team resigns Mac they can then either go with a veteran approach by signing someone like Sanders as a WR4 or they will have to draft a player in the first three rounds. Either way I like Beasley but I can see him as a cap casualty or they have to not resign Mac possibly. Lots of little decision to make on the roster.

The Bills are in a far different position with Josh leaving his rookie deal. 2021 you saw a much more conservative approach. Retaining the teams own talent was their big moves (sizable deals given out to Milano, D.Williams and Mongo) and they supplemented through the draft mostly. I think this off-season will look similar to 2021. They will likely resign their own players (Phillips, Wallace, T Jones, Mac and Hughes or Addision) and then maybe make one or two mid-level additions like the Bills did with Sanders and Trubisky. Which would be great, keep the talent you have, add a bit of depth and a role player and then fill out your remaining needs via the draft.

Also squibbing the kick and giving up worse field position (Let's say starting at the 38 yard line) also makes it so that they can get into field goal position possibly in one play and thus slimming the advantage. You can arrange it anyway you want in your head. What the Bills did wasn't the right move because it didn't work out.

McD turned around this organziation. He is our guy, yes there were mistakes made towards the end of the KC game but do not throw the baby out with the bath water.

Very true.

I think he still has some things he needs to "iron out" of course at this point it is mostly super small stuff but I think Josh will have to work on the regular season version of himself. Running less so he can unleash the "playoff 2021 Josh" on the league consistently for years to come. That means less "hero ball" in the regular season and more taking what the defense gives him on a consistent basis.

If you are guaranteed a Super Bowl then yes you go with the one Super Bowl but if your choice is a 50% shot at a Super Bowl one season and then plummeting your odds for the next 9 years or a 25% shot to win each year for the next 5 years which one are you taking? Right now I think the Bills are approaching it as though the playoffs are a complete crap shoot and you are best off trying to get as many opportunities to come out on top as opposed to betting hard on a short term run. I think the Bills right now are best to bet on their own drafting and player development and not make too many splashy moves that may cripple the team long term and not have the desired impact short term anyway. ESPN+ is fantastic for hockey, esp for an out of market fan. The rest on ESPN+ is mostly filler but the amount of hockey games you get with it is a great value.

Considering that a surprise onside kick has a better recovery rate than a "standard" one it isn't a bad idea. It makes it an even better idea for a defense like the Bills that was mostly hoping to stop them in the redzone as opposed to a full field defense at that point. If you are giving up chunk yards in your opponents territory giving them the ball at the 45ish yard line isn't that much of a deal breaker.

I think the Bills aren't going "big name" shopping in free agency, it doesn't fit their mold of sustainable winning. Right now I think they release Beasley and Mongo while restructuring Josh, Diggs, Tre, Hyde, D.Williams, Star, Dawkins and Milano. By releasing those two players and converting all that base salary to bonus money you have the Bills at about 41 million with 51 guys signed. That's about 25ish million to work with after taking into account the draft pool and the in season emergency fund. Now that's without resigning Phillips, Levi, Hughes, Mac, Bates (who is an RFA), Obada, Addision or T.Jones (there are other free agents but none I consider of value and I don't think Trubisky is resigning.) So assuming they resign Phillips, Levi, Bates, Hughes or Addision, T Jones and Mac you are likely eating up a lot of that 25 million. At best you might be left with 5ish million or so which might help sign a vet depth player or two nothing splashy. But I think keeping most of the team together and having the chance to add a depth piece or two before entering into the draft is a great position to be in. IF the team cuts Mongo, Beasley and makes those resignings I would like to see the team go BPA straight across the board in the draft and build a long term winner.

In that scenario both offenses get a chance. One has the opportunity to score first the other has a chance to answer with a TD and win with a two point conversion.

I saw an interesting proposal for playoff OT, same rules except for the team that wins the coin toss they have to kick an extra point the other team then gets possession and if they score a TD they have to go for 2 points to try and win or lose if they miss. It adds more strategy to take the kick or not but still allows both teams to possess the ball.

Not ruling out Tampa Bay just yet in this game. So much time left but the Bucs are having some issues with that Rams D-line. If the Rams can continue to make Brady uncomfortable by winning the line of scrimmage then they will be facing a really hard time trying to keep up with a Rams offense that is rolling.

This was a odd playoff field. The Titans were an over seeded team and the Packers ran into bad weather and choked. Last year the 1 seed in the AFC made the Super Bowl and the 1 seed in the NFC went to the Conference title game. More often than not the bye teams will likely be doing well.

Bojo didn't cost the Packers the game the person blocking the guy who blocked the punt did. But to be honest it shouldn't have even come down to that for the Packers they chocked plain and simple. Haack is an elite holder at least haha

If they did then it was money well spent.

Ebay and other companies that allow people to sell stuff do this but ***** Ticketmaster none the less.