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I think they would have Kyle and Lorax back if they wanted to come back on one year modest deals. That being said I think Kyle retires after this year but Lorax comes back for one more. Hughes is a keeper if he continues his strong play, his production level compared to his contract is very valuable, not to mention the locker room leader that he is. Although I don't doubt that the Bills will draft some defensive players I suspect they will invest more on the offensive side of the ball in the draft. Besides pass rusher (I think unless Murphy pans out big they need a front line pass rusher to complement Hughes and make Murphy/Shaq rotational players) the Bills don't have any big ticket needs on defense. Maybe they might need a corner and a LB but they should be able to take care of one or even two of those needs with the cap space that they have. Their offensive needs are much bigger and the free agent market (Particularly at WR) is drying up for them. I would rather see the Bills invest most of their draft picks on offense. The defense will still likely see some young mid round picks added but I think overall the 3 out of the first 4 picks will be on the offensive side of the ball.

That sucks, I was hoping that he would be out on the market.

I think at best the Bills could maybe swap a 4th for a 2nd for Shady. I would consider the trade for a 2nd outright. If Tyrod or some other capable vet starter were here instead of Allen I would for sure do it for a 3rd round pick. But considering how out to dry Allen already is, I would rather keep Shady and help out Allen's development by having something there to help him out. A 2nd is an insanely good return on Shady at this point who at best will have 1 more productive year. So if the Bills could pry that I would understand the move but hanging a rookie out to dry for a mid to late 3rd round pick just seems like a bad move.

Dawkins looks to be a keeper. Allen the jury is still out on. That being said I would not be opposed to trading mid or late round picks for established WR's but I do overall trust this regime when it comes to the draft.

The Bills (Based off of early returns) seem to have drafted 3 starters in each of the past 2 drafts (Possibly 4 if Allen and Zay pan out.) That's a pretty good rate, I fully trust the regime in drafting. It's the use of the cap space that I am not so sure about .

The Bills 2 wins were also not conductive to propping up Allen's stats. The Titans game was a defensive struggle and the entire second half of the Vikings game was a conservative game plan designed to avoid turn overs and run down the clock. Let's see how the season plays out and understand the context that Allen is a raw rookie playing with little supporting talent.

I agree, this trade isn't going to happen, Cooper isn't on the market and isn't a problem for the Raiders and it isnt' in Beane's profile to trade multiple premium picks for a talent. I think people were just throwing out pipe dreams of acquiring Cooper for mid round picks and a throw in player like Shaq Lawson.

He is on the last year of his rookie deal (He was a 2nd round pick) and is coming off of just being released. I think he will be very motivated at least for the rest of this season. Now if the big knock on him in Miami was motivation and desire I would be averse to handing him a big contract for 2019 and beyond. But I don't doubt that motivation shouldn't be an issue for the rest of this season. If this dude continues to play like he did today this team will be very stout up the middle.

This team has quality defensive talent, I don't know why people ignore that aspect when talking about the talent level on this team. Even entering the season the team had a quality secondary, a young LB core with potential, and a decent D-line which added Star and Murphy to it. Yes it is true that the offensive talent is pretty **** (maybe the worst in the league certainly a bottom 10 or 5 unit) but this team is not the Browns from the past two seasons or the 2008 Lions. That being said McD in my opinion is a good coach, he knows the value of everyone buying into the goal of the team and he knows how to motivate players. McD also knows how to keep a team together even after several blowouts. After the 5-2 start when the season could have easily started to get away from the team after the Jets loss and several other losses the team rebounded and won enough games to secure a winning record and with some luck make the playoffs. Even this season after a completely awful loss in Baltimore and a bad loss to the Chargers at home the season could have easily slipped. At 2-3 the Bills are way better record wise than I thought they would be (I thought 0-5 or 1-4 at best.) I think coaching wise the team is in good hands. Yes I do have my concerns about offensive play calling and offense in general. But I do think that the defense is in very good hands and that McD does know how to manage the team and its culture very well. I think an NFL coaches job heavily involves how they manager the locker room and team psyche. McD has that component down in my opinion.

The Bills do have good defensive talent, the offensive talent just isn't very good. However I do agree that McD is much more aggressive than Jauron both in terms of his play calling/decision making and in terms of his personality. I think people view the vaguely similar Cover 2 defenses and the bend don't break nature of their defenses and they assume that McD is similar to Jauron. It's just lazy thinking by fans.

Hughes will be 31 next season pass rushers tend to stay productive in their early 30's (the cliff for pass rushers tends to be 32/33) so I certainly think that if you also factor in his role in the locker room along with his current level of production I think Hughes has to be on the 2019 roster. Hughes isn't paid a crazy contract for his level of production so I don't see why he wouldn't be on the 2019 roster. I think if Hughes ends up playing at his current level then I can't see any sensible fan calling for him to be traded.

The game reminded me of the Falcons games last year. The Bills got lucky behind some timely turnovers and a big kick at the end of the game. But good teams find ways to win and that's an underrated quality for a team to have. The defense looks to be picking up where they left off last year but with better run defense overall. The offense is still a work in progress but Shady seems to be going which will lift all boats. Special teams was sloppy but came through in the end. This has been a very weird and inconsistent season but at 2-3 facing a tough schedule you have to trust the process for now.

Dude is massive, he looked to be the center of gravity for the defense. A very good pickup.

He was a 30 year old running back coming off of 2 seasons where he looked shot, add in a long injury history and people were confused as to why the Bills paid 3 million for him. Clearly he still has some gas in the tank left. But I was among those that didn't get the price the team paid for him.

I admit I thought we overpaid on the signing. I actually liked the signing as I thought the team could have either paid less for him or found a big back like that for less. Either way he has proven to be a good complement to Shady.

Whaley brought in InCog, traded for Shady, signed Tyrod (say what you will about him but Tyrod was a huge upgrade at QB from EJ), signed Lorax, and also found Mills who was/is a decent RT who they got for basically nothing. Whaley was also working with McD when they found Hyde, Proyer, and Haush. Whaley wasn't perfect there were some misses but the pro-personnel decisions were very good overall. That being said Whaley isn't coming back nor would it be a good idea to bring him back. In any organization you can't have someone who used to be the boss working under the guy that forced him out. Also a lot of the pro-scouts that Whaley assembled are probably no longer with the organization. The Bills should probably just look to invest in better overall pro-scouting

Didn't see him come up slow or leave the game.

Big hold there, would have been a momentum killer had they not had that hold.

That return hurts, hopefully they can make a hold to a field goal.

That's a fair point, but I think that there is just nothing to be gained from starting Anderson other than having him take the beating instead of Allen. I think it also would greatly hurt Allen's confidence to have him benched for Anderson half way into the season. I can see why someone would want to yank Allen out but I just think the risk of injury is worth the benefit of him seeing the field.

Carson Palmer said Jon Kitna helped him out a lot, Mahomes said that Alex Smith really helped him out last season. So there have been cases of it happening.

I think Allen getting experience is worth the risk and I don't see any upside to starting Anderson other than not putting Allen out there. Don't get me wrong I can see the argument for having an option to pull Allen if he just looks like he is going to get himself hurt out there. But I think you have to give Allen a few more games to see progression in his ability to get the ball out quicker. As far as Peterman I think he sticks around for next weeks game if not two more games. QB's take a lot longer to learn a playbook and get acclimated. It doesn't hurt to have one extra week of having a QB that is fully entrenched into the offense on the roster.

It's going to depend on how well Clowney performs this season. If he gets double digit sacks and is outright dominant than it is likely he will at least come close to Mack numbers. I could see the Jets or Colts shelling out big money to acquire a pass rusher like him. But if Clowney doesn't put together a bit more consistency than I think he takes a deal two notches below Mack. Odds are he signs a deal at 20 million aav or at worst 17.5 aav if his season is good not great.

The NFL's roster rule are stupid, just allow up to 53 players to suit up. Let the teams make injured players inactive. The fact that the rosters are 53 to being with is so idiotic, it piratically forces players to come back from injury earlier than they should because the team needs the bodies. Rosters should be 60-64 players with no inactive requirements.

It's going to take a little bit of time for Anderson to know the playbook. At least two weeks to familiarize himself with enough of it. So Peterman is likely safe for the short term. But I don't see this as a move to push Allen to the bench. There is nothing to gain by having Andreson play. I see this more as a move to improve the backup situation if Allen gets hurt and to give Allen a veteran voice to lean on.