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Cordy Glenn is available after the Bengals cut him. Probably would come back for less than he was getting. He was better than Dawkins at the time we traded him. One of them could play RT and let Cody Ford be a designated backup until he can beat out one of the other guys. This wouldn't be an all-in move but it could provide good insurance for the O line.

I don't really want the Bills to go all in on a single year. I really like McBeane's approach, to build a sustainable structure that dominates and becomes a long-term magnet for talent. I would not be surprised if Beane has a 5 year plan, for how he'll handle future player staffing to remain OK with the salary cap throughout. Going all-in is sexy and all, but every decision needs to be evaluated in terms of this year and subsequent years. This is not the year, anyway, with the AFCE playing the AFCW and NFCW. Too much travel. No AFCE team will have a great record, good enough for a first round bye, and I would be surprised if any wild card teams come from the AFCE. I think the Bills win the AFCE and make it to the AFC championship game, where they'll lose in KC. 2021 will be the year of the great record, and the SB, I think.

Well, we had Gordo, aka Karlos Williams, after he ate himself out of a job.

We can't add too much new to the mix without destroying things. Diggs has something of a reputation as a me-first guy. This is actually pretty typical for top WRs, John Brown being a nice exception. If we drop Diggs into the locker room and still have the team-first mentality going on, he can get on board and all will be well. Add both Diggs and AB at the same time, with the two of them competing to be top dawg and both of them dissing John Brown, and things are gonna break.

If you're looking for someone to break Nathan Peterman's record for interceptions in one half, Winston's your guy. If you're looking for someone to keep things afloat until Allen returns, NONONO.

If it feels weird, you're not that old. It used to feel normal.

They traded three picks, have their previous six, and pick up one (a 7th) from Minnesota. I think the 7th is going to be a trade sweetener for Beane to move up to grab some particular player he likes. At the end of the process I think the Bills will end up drafting 5 or 6 players, which is about all this roster has room for.

Good article, and I agree. I think, considering how Miami pulled it together this year after starting as the worst team in football, and with all their FAs and draft picks, that the Dolphins will be the Bill's primary competition for a few years at least. They should be able to get a good QB in the draft. The Pats will collapse without the players they're losing, and the Jets are insisting on being bad. 2020 will be a tough year for the AFCE, playing both the NFCW and AFCW. Lots of travel for all the teams. I think the Bills will win the division but not get a bye, and no other AFCE team will make the playoffs. 2021 will be a better year for the division, and that's the year I'm looking at for a real barn-burner between the Bills and Dolphins.

Lawson wasn't exactly a bust, but until his last year he didn't meet expectations. Even in his last year, he was never dominant. Seems like a good guy, and I'll wish him well, until he puts on that horrible jersey.

At the start of last season Miami was the worst team in the league. They'd traded all their talent and were tanking for Tua. Brian Flores pulled that team together and they were winning games against tough opponents at the end of the year. I really think the AFCE this year will be a two-team event between Buffalo and Miami. NE will fall and the Jets..., well the Jets will crash.

Google him. He's one of the guys who's just barely good enough to make a team but not good enough to stick for long. In other words, a vastly better athlete than any of us, but not quite elite enough for the NFL. He had one injury after another during his career, and I'm sure some of those become sources of chronic pain for players as they get older. His wife has some tweets that make it sound like the new CBA is what's going to slash his retirement. Why that might be, I have no idea.

All those scouts and coaches who've been on the road -- one or more of them could be bringing the virus back. They should be quarantined. Preferably in Foxborough.

This will be a tough year with all the travel. The Bills have historically struggled to win on the West Coast. Fortunately, the rest of the AFCE has pretty much the same challenges. I think this is the year the Bills win the AFCE, but probably not host a playoff game unless they win two road playoff games first. 10-6 will win the division but not get a home playoff game or bye. Other teams are getting better as well. Tennessee will be trouble. Miami is a tight group, playing without much talent but playing together, and in all honesty as Brady collapses or leaves, NE will probably finish third. The Jets are the disaster we thought Miami would be. I honestly think 2021 will be the SB year. The schedule will return to normal amounts of travel, and the Bills' core will have been working together for several years, with almost no one getting old yet. We need to hold on to Frazier, which is why I think he got promoted to Assistant HC.

This is certainly true. We could probably fill a photo album of shots of him with an offensive player's arm across his neck or chest, usually with the referee standing right there watching.

Any player, just about, can look bad in a system that doesn't suit him, or with a bad coach. Ref: O.J. in his first year or two in the league was a major disappointment, because of the weak team around him and coaches with no clue how to use him. After that, things got straightened out, and he was The Juice, the best player I've ever seen in person. Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer were both just so-so until they got here, and now they're a tremendous force. Sometimes the system has to adjust to the players, and sometimes you have to get the right players to make the system work. McBeane have a batting average well over .700. I think they know what they're doing.

We shouldn't make too much fun of this. It was our hockey team that had the slugs on their jerseys.

More "efficient". I wonder what that actually means. More productive, I get. Efficiency ought to mean, did they take advantage of great field position when they got it. Did they get into position for a late TD or FG at the end of the half. Did they take what the defense game them. I am not sure how to run the numbers on any of those things. This all seems pretty subjective to me.

Jazz pianists say the notes you don't play are as important as what you do play. A lot of life is like that.

Buck is OK. Aikman is terrible. All Aikman does is recite bland clichés. Romo is light years better, discussing in depth what's going on, and why. Romo:Aikman as graduate school:middle school

Dawkins is a good LT but Williams is a great LT. If anyone should move to the RT position, it should be Dawkins. Ford can move inside to LG, and Spain (whom I like a lot, and who played really wall last year) would be the odd man out.

MNF was really big when the only alternative was the games on Sunday afternoon, usually the AFL/AFC on NBC and NFL/NFC on CBS. MNF was a chance to see another game, in a party mode, and see some highlights which we could only read about otherwise. And when the Bills were shown on the highlights, there would be cheering. Now MNF comes at the end of a gauntlet of games -- TNF, college on Saturday, three games on Sunday afternoon, and SNF. I have a few other things to do with my time, and that's too much football to watch. Granted, I record all games and watch them later, except for the Bills which I usually watch in real time. Still, there are other things in life. (Sorry if I offend.)

So what are we supposed to do with Foles? Pay him gobs more than we pay our starting QB? OK, it's a quibble.

BB is a cold, steely-eyed manager. He loves Brady as much as he's loved any other player -- ZERO except for what that walking meat could do for him. He's cut countless players who either were done or were almost done, who had contributed to his team's and his own success. Sayonara, Brady, good luck and don't face the Pats in the playoffs because we know how to stop you.

I don't blame him for wanting to travel with the team. For one thing, out of sight, out of mind. For another, McBeane are very strong on team belonging.

Yes, get him signed for 5 years at a fair price for a pretty good LT. That doesn't hurt the Bills too much if they decide to upgrade eventually. Dawkins will always have trade value if it comes to that, and a solid, non-exorbitant contract would increase his trade value.