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Whaley was good at pro-personnel decisions. But he was also were pretty bad at drafting. I also think that Whaley was also not good with managing the cap. He wasn't tragic at it but Whaley's big spending pretty much capped out the team for several seasons afterwards. I think Whaley was more mediocrity waiting to happen as you can't build a sustained winner without good to great drafting. You can plug holes and fill in some spots with free agents and trades but you build the base with the draft and although the jury is still out on the 2017 and 2018 draft classes for the Bills I do like the 2017 class (White and Dawkins could be real building blocks, Milano a late round pick is a solid starter, and Zay still has time to turn it around) more than I liked any of Whaley's drafts.

I meant Boettger, I would cut Newhouse as well but I fear this staff will favor the vet and try to sneak Boettger to the PS.

Are you !@#$ing serious with this question? This has to be trolling. Now it could be that the McBeane experiment fails. But after a playoff appearance and what looks to be a rebuilding year in 2018 it is hardly enough to say they are doing a bad job, esp if you factor in that they have used 2017 (Despite the playoff appearance) and 2018 to put themselves in position to build a team around a young affordable QB in 2019. I will grant you this if they wiff on their 2019 cap space and draft classes and Allen is a bust then McBeane will have failed and will be as craptacular as anyone except maybe Marv and Jauron (At least McBeane will have the playoff appearance.) But there is no way you can look at McBeane and think they are worse than some of the bad regimes that preceded them at worst they get an incomplete grade.

21 starts in 74 career games, was an undrafted free agent for the Eagles for a few years before bouncing around the last 2 years. Not a bad kick the tires depth move. Although I don't know where he fits on the roster. They have Groy, Newhouse, Teller and Bollinger as backups, unless they cut Bollinger or Newhouse (which is possible) there does seem to be much room for him on the roster.

31-10 Minny. I think this game is a close 14-10 game at the half but the Vikings pile up the points in the second half as the defense breaks and the offense turns the ball over.

I would dispute him being a billionaire many times over, most of his wealth comes from his personal evaluation of his Trump brand. Setting that aside, (And there no doubt that Trump is wealthy very wealthy just the extent can be disputed) if there is a global powerful elite why not just ruin Trump and his family with bankruptcies and hardships. Trump has ties to the mafia, everyone in the tristate area knows someone with a shady Trump story. Surly the Deep State could do better than they have. With the resources of literally the world at your back I can think of thousands of ways to take care of someone causing trouble. I some plebe on a message board can think of 3,000 different ways they could have taken care of Trump by now. Yet the real global elite can't get the job done? I think it is more likely that you are being hustled by Trump apologists masking incompetence as conspiracy. The deep state is alleged by many to be some sort of global group that secretly controls the world. If they had managed to control the world I think they could have the guy from the Apprentice taken care of. Could it be that there are elements within the US government that don't like Trump and are working against him? Yeah I think that could be, but that's far removed from a NWO style regime working against saint Trump.

I am just telling you what I have heard from some pretty credible people, at that age it isn't nearly as life jarring an event but still be sure to see your child often obviously. I am no expert myself but that's what I heard from pretty credible people. As for the jealousy side, you should feel OK to be a little jealous but eventually, things will settle down and you both will be OK with it. Just avoid sleeping with friends or people she knows. There will be some friction even couples who are together fight over how to raise a child. So it is natural that split up people will too. Just don't let it get personal or uncivil and keep it away from your child as much as possible. My parents are still together but they did fight a normal amount of the time and I would classify them as having a healthy relationship. Overall I am confident you will be OK and your kid will be OK based off of what I read.

Wouldn't they have the resources to take care of anything? Suddenly they became unable to control the guy from the Apprentice? I think if they offered Trump 50 billion dollars to !@#$ off he would take the buyout. You could say they aren't all powerful but you can't have them be all-powerful and incompetent.

Better to be on the PS than out of the league.

For a deep state conspiracy against Trump to make sense you would have to believe that the deep state is both all powerful and incompetent.

3 is a very young age where children haven't fully developed a sense of home. So the split will not be very traumatizing for the child. At least that's what people who do child psychology have told friends/coworkers of mine who had little kids and they went through a divorce. The big challenges will come once the both of you start to live your own lives and you try to co-parent. For one it could be difficult for her to see you with other women or you to see her with other men. That can cause bitterness and resentment. Secondly, issues with how she raises the child and how you raise the child could be a big source of tension. Now it is better for a child to have divorced parents than living with parents who are in a toxic relationship. So don't feel like you are immediately doing the wrong thing if your relationship was just not functioning properly. But just be prepared for these challenges to arise. As another poster said do not bad mouth the mother in front of or even anywhere near the child. Don't look back in anger. Be a credible dude and a good father. There might be some bumps in the road but if you do those two things you and your child will be fine.

In 2007 when the Bills played the 2007 Pats the line was above 17, I think it may have even been 20.

12 Alabama players were drafted last year let's go ahead and assume this year it is 14 just for sake of argument. How many of those 14 players will be good NFL players? Probably at least 6-7 will be outright busts, maybe you get 8 that will be good NFL players. Then out of those 8 that aren't busts how many are going to be impactful in their rookie years? Maybe 3-4. So right now on Alabama, you have 3-4 NFL caliber guys right off the bat. The rest of the roster wouldn't be able to compete with NFL players. The Bills would completely destroy Alabam.

This is absolutely ridiculous. Every year there is a fan/pundit debate over wither the best college football team could beat the worst NFL team. The NFL team would crush any college team no questions asked. NFL Teams are composed of essentially multiple years of the best college football players in the country all in their physical primes. On Alabama how many players on the roster right now will end up being drafted into the NFL? Then how many of those players will have great rookie years? The number is probably a handful of Alabama players could come in and have success at an NFL level right away. So where does that leave the rest of the roster? You have a bunch of players who won't be able to compete with guys at an NFL level. !@#$ off with these silly questions every year.

If there wasn't a trade down offer for a QB I would take either honestly Bosa but that's dependent on a lot of things that have yet to play out. But ideally I would love to see a trade down to a QB thirsty team if the Bills have a top pick. Preferably I would love to see the Bills get a top 10 pick while still netting a 2nd round pick in 2019, a 4th round pick in 2019 and a 1st and 3rd in 2020. That might seem like a lot but if rookie QB's are gold then the Bills can and should get a haul of picks. Drafting in the top 10 they could still land an impact player but adding an early 2nd and early 4th in 2019 would allow the Bills to address additional needs. The extra 1st and 3rd in 2020 sets up a second great draft while Allen would still be young and cheap.

My concerns with playing Allen behind a bad supporting cast is that his footwork development could be negatively impacted. But the Bills simply do not have a choice now and playing will help Allen improve in processing and decision making. I don't think you need to put every QB in a Mahomes like situation (Sits for a year and inherits a lot of offensive talent) but with a rookie QB you do need to have a plan to improve the talent around him? With Couch and Carr who were brutalized in their rookie years those franchises were expansion teams who were in need of 2-3 off-seasons worth of talent upgrades to get competitive. By the time those teams started to accrue talent those QB's went through 3 brutal seasons. With Goff his team was pretty bad his rookie year but they had a windfall of cap space to try and build a team around him, the signed a lot of offensive talent and traded for Sammy, they also had a good core defense. Within a year they had Goff with the tools he needed. The Bills will have the cap space to go out and make the big moves necessary, the Bills might even have a top pick to trade down and accrue more picks which could be a windfall of talent. So long term having a rough rookie year isn't a death sentence.

He can clearly play in the NFL but beyond being a good run defender along the edge (Which has limited value) he hasn't show much and he has durability issues. Yet he is still young and not far removed from being a high draft pick. This season needs to play out before we know exactly just what kind of future this kid has. He doesn't need to be a pro-bowl player to have a long term future as a significant piece of the puzzle but he has to flash his ability more and stay healthy. Also his 2019 salary is guaranteed he will definitely get rotational snaps in 2019 but I think he still has time to pan out he just needs to stay healthy. Then again he could just be a JAG even if healthy. Still I think you have to see where he is at after this season.

This isn't a championship team, but in 2019 the team will have a shitload of cap space to go out and put talent around a young QB, the Bills will actually be in a position to take advantage of a young QB on a rookie contract. Whereas it is entirely possible in your hypothetical scenario that the Bills could have been stuck with a lot of over-inflated contracts for under-performing and injured players. By signing Gilmore, Woods, and keeping Darby and Glenn the Bills (While still eating dead cap from Dareus and Taylor) would have been in a pretty bad spot cap wise while they have a young QB, thus negating an advantage of having an affordable QB under contract for the first 3 years. Yeah by 2020 they could have gotten out from under a lot of those deals but then you are close to having to pay your rookie QB which means your window in that regard is closing. Gilmore was considered overpaid by the Pats so how much money would it have cost to keep him in Buffalo? Gilmore commanded 13 aav from a much better team, would you have been willing to pay him 15-16 million to stay? Robert Woods isn't a #1 WR, he is thriving in LA but they brought in Sammy and Cooks to avoid having to lean on him entirely in the receiving core. You can consider Woods better than KB but I can't say the difference is that much. If you traded away Sammy you don't really have that much of an improved WR core unless you still trade draft capital for KB (Which you have less of in this scenario.) Also do Darby and Gilmore fit in a zone scheme in your hypothetical scenario? With Woods and Gilmore on massive deals they can't go out and get Hyde which creates a big hole on defense. The Bills were in a tight spot in the 2017 off-season cap wise. If they signed Gilmore as the highest paid corner in the league and signed Woods as a top 25 (at the time) WR contract they are pretty capped out that off-season and they would be pretty tight in 2018 esp with having to eat Dareus and Tyrod dead money. 2019 they would have had some space but then Darby has to get paid which would eat into it. I do understand your point about it being frustrating to lose good players who are doing well on other teams while the Bills accrued draft picks and future space. But if the Bills actually wanted to follow the blueprint for winning in the NFL (Have a good young QB on a rookie contract and sell out to get talent while you have an affordable QB) then the Bills had to pass on a QB in 2017 and get out from under a lot of their big contracts in 2018. Had they drafted a QB in 2017 they would have been capped out for 3-4 years trying to keep talent that while good wasn't lighting the world on fire and in some cases had serious injury risks. I am not saying McBeane's method will work but rather that it was the right way to try and rebuild a team under a new regime. Accrue draft capital to move up for a QB, clear out big contracts and malcontents while acquiring draft picks, and open up a lot of salary cap space while you have multiple years of affordable rookie scale QB play. Now it is possible that the players McBeane brings in via free agency won't be as good (I fear that greatly given their pro-personnel track record) but they have to try and build a team the correct way.

The Saints proved that having a top 5 QB doesn't guarantee consistent contention, it is a team game even if QB is the biggest piece it isn't a panacea . However even having a top 10 Tony Romo type QB is a huge advantage in the league but it still doesn't even guarantee you being in the playoffs consistently let alone title contention. But if you don't have a good QB your chances to compete are always very limited. Sure you could do what the Jags and several other teams in the past have done (Great defenses, solid special teams, and good talent around a QB on offense) but eventually guys on defense and surrounding the QB want to get paid and you can't keep them all or guys get old. Usually if you have stacked teams around a mediocre QB you have a 2-3 year window to make a run and even then you are most likely capped as to how far you can go (Eventually you run into a team with the better QB and a good defense.) Then after 2-3 years of deep playoff exits you fall off and you still don't have a QB. So in the end getting a QB is the most important part of building a team but it isn't the only part far from it.

I am going off the eyeball test, for sure Miller and Vlad are grading out better than fans think but when I watch the games it seems like the O-line is getting consistently beat and it isn't just coming from Groy. I make no disillusions of grandeur that I know better than many forms of advanced metrics that were saying that the O-line beyond Groy played well or at least not as bad as previously thought. I also didn't say I would put Teller in right now (I think Bodine is the right and easy call to make for a change as Groy has under-performed and Bodine had spent a lot of time with the starting crew. I was more so stating why fans are so obsessed with Teller. Fans think the guards are playing poorly and they think that Teller a mid round pick could have been a steal and they think he could be better. The fans may not be right of course but that's the fan philsophy. I actually just saw the All-22. I am kind of shocked at their grades. Most players graded at a B- or better. Seems like if most of your players did an average or better job the game wouldn't have been so lopsided. I expected good grades on the defensive side and worse ones on the offensive side.

That's another factor I didn't consider. Bodine might be able to set a lot of the protection calls reliving some pressure from Allen. The Bills might have the worst guard combo in the league and a 5th round pick guard (who was viewed as a steal in the 5th round by some pundits) is sitting on the bench. I am thirsty to see him play since "It can't get any worse" might as well see if he sucks since we know Vlad and Miller suck. But for me I am fully aware that Teller probably won't play very well but it is more so out of desperation that I would like to see Teller get a shot at some point esp if the O-line issues continue.

It is the easiest change to make. Bodine is a veteran center who took a lot of snaps with the starters in training camp. This is a natural first move in gradually reshuffling the offensive line. I hope to see Teller in at guard sooner rather than later but this seems to be the easier change to make. I am shocked Groy looked so awful this season. I thought he looked solid in any chance he got in 2016 and 2017 (Although very limited in 2017) I thought he would at least be decent. I don't have much faith in Bodine but you have to try something.

The Maybin comparison isn't accurate. Maybin was built off of having a quick first step and in the NFL he very early on clearly proved that what was supposedly his strengths weren't his strengths at an NFL level. Edumonds has the physical tools and you see it on the field. When Edumonds knows where he is supposed to go he closes early and shows off that he has the tools to be able to play at an elite level. Edumonds just hasn't developed the instincts and read ability to take advantage of his physical tools. That will hopefully come with time and coaching. He is very green but those flashes of brilliance give you hope. He just needs to know where he is going.

I know, it's only 2 games but with Star the lackluster pre-season and the lack of perceived impact in weeks 1 and 2 just make you think that he isn't doing well. I think Edumonds is making him worse than he is. Edumonds is over playing gaps and making bad reads (Which is to be expected for a 20 year old rookie) that leads to bigger runs over the middle that make it look like Star isn't doing his job. Hopefully McD takes a more hands on approach with the defense going forward. I think Allen needs to play in games where he isn't down big early. It will help the offense play more within him and Allen won't be playing to come from behind as much. That's what kills me about Star, if Star was a 7 aav guy with a contract the team could have gotten out of after 2019, I would have loved the signing. He is a dirty work guy that shifts along the o-line and attacks blockers to free up line backers. But for the money they spent they need a dominating player in that dimension and it just doesn't look like he is worth his steep price tag.

The run defense this week was not good, now that might not be Star's fault once you break down the All-22 analysis, Star could have been doing what he does effectively (occupying blockers and taking on guys into the gaps he is designed to) and the porous run defense could have been a result of Edumonds over playing his gaps or the players next to him. It's hard to tell with a player like Star but it just seems from watching him that he looks more like an OK player against the run when he is paid to be a great player in that respect. I watch guys like Snacks and they seem to almost always control the line of scrimmage, like they are immovable players that the opposing O-line can't shift. Star doesn't look like he has an gravity along the trenches.