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From Wikipedia: But I don't remember him either. 2017 was the first McBeane year, and the year they finally made the playoffs. Despite this meagre (but so welcome) success, the roster got overhauled, and I guess Wright wasn't part of their plans going forward. He had a 4.43 time in the 40 which is marginally acceptable but not really good enough for a top team.

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Looks like the Bengals are going to go all-in in 2024. They can manipulate the cap to allow more FAs to fill the holes in their roster, and hope everyone stays healthy all year. They're in a tough division with 2.5 good teams (the Steelers showed they can beat anyone, just not very often, but the Ravens and Browns are both top-notch). I don't blame the Bengals for being aggressive but with that competition, it's going to be a tough year to get a high playoff seed.

People are in love with Purdy but he choked enormously in the second half of the SB. Can't really blame him, a young guy with the pressure piling up. Mayfield would have handled it better. Don't sleep on the Jets. They have a very strong defense, although CJ Mosely is a FA and a lot rides on what happens there. What they MUST do is fix their terrible O line. If they don't do that, Rodgers won't last the first game of next season, either.

Oh my goodness it's the offseason. Now it's official.

If there's a really good safety available when they pick in R1, that's the guy. There are enough good WRs in this draft to meet the Bills needs in other rounds. The Bills are playing with fire, not getting Hyde/Poyer replacements in place and familiar with the system already. If the Bills really want another D lineman, I'm guessing Boogie Basham will be available. Oh, you say that's a bad idea? Well how about throwing another high draft pick D lineman out there and expecting something more than Boogie brought. That's what Beane would be doing. And that's a pretty lousy history. He'll be better off getting a FA or two.

The Bills organization has always been higher on Brown, and on Davis, than the fans were. I think them Bills saw Brown's potential and let him play through growing pains (and actual pains with his back) and now he's the player they were expecting to see. He's retainable if Beane jumps on the situation now. Most fans aren't sad about the prospect of Davis getting paid by somewhere else, but based on what the professional football team in town thinks, his loss will hurt. I think that's a bad move. There aren't a lot of really good RTs out there, and now that the Bills have developed one it makes better sense to put the ball in Brown's court about an extension. Brown knows as well as we all do that he's got an injury history which will make him less marketable next year. Beane should put a good solid offer on the table for a 4-5 year extension at a reasonable price, and let Brown try to decide whether to take the money and stay here long term, or to play out his rookie deal and hope for a bigger contract, risking not getting much at all if his back goes out or some other injury happens next year. The offer Beane will put down will make Brown a very rich man, and he might decide to take the bird in the hand, sign the offer, and put this position on solid ground for years.

The Chiefs do do some things that help them win, particularly in close, tense games. But yelling at each other is not part of the winning formula. What IS in the formula is applying pressure in key points at key locations, to get a critical edge when it matters. Against the Bills AND the 49ers, Chris Jones was freed up to attack Allen and Purdy at a critical point near the end of the game. Both times he prevented the QB from hitting an open receiver and probably winning the game. The Chiefs also put pressure on defenses through their attacking style, and that paralyzes the defenses from being able to attack the Chiefs' offense. It always turns into a lions vs gazelles situation, where the Chiefs' opponents always feel like they're going to get eaten, any moment now, and then it happens. The way to beat the Chiefs is to avoid getting into a tight game where a key play here or there makes the difference. The Bills and the 49ers both had chances to take big leads in the first half, but the Chiefs play an elastic game where even when their offense isn't doing much early in the game, and the other team is dominating, you look up at the scoreboard at the end of the half and you're only up by a few points. At that point, the lions are coming out, and all the gazelles know it.

If you want to know what kind of Jets this team is, I looked it up. It's a Boeing 737-9 Max. And we all know where the loose bolts are, Woody. Your Jets are grounded UFN.

The Bills were on national TV all season long, and fans got to see Josh play many times. Unfortunately while he did play very well WB (with Brady), it's the stinkers he had DD (during Dorsey) that people will remember. Josh really played below his standards against the Jets in the opener, against the Jags in London, against the Pats in that inexcusable loss, and against the Broncos in the 12-men game. The only time the Bills lost when he played well was the OT game against the Eagles. The four losses were not completely attributable to Josh's poor play, but it's natural to point to those four games. Almost a quarter of the season. I don't think Josh's great play in the other 13 games makes up for those four.

For the vet minimum, sure. Let's see what he's got left. But some team will offer him millions and the Bills won't compete for him.

It's kinda short...

Well, if New England had been able to use all those extra picks, they'd be unbeatable. Fortunately they had a fairly incompetent GM.

One fan's reaction was that this was like consenting to your wife sleeping around as a condition of staying married.

The one where the Bills were up at halftime was the next year, the fourth SB loss. The Bills were positioned to win but a crucial fumble early in the second half was returned by Dallas for a TD, and the Bills never got over that punch to the gut. Interesting that the OP thought the Bills should have fired Levy after the third SB, when it was Levy who got them back to the game and in position to win. If there was a worse outcome for the Bills, it was the first SB they lost, when it was clear the players were hung over, unable to tackle. And when the Giants DC, Bill Belichick, had his defense positioned to stop the pass, leaving Thurman Thomas ready to destroy them. But Jim Kelly wanted to be the hero so instead of feeding Thurman, he kept trying to pass. The Bills couldn't keep the ball on offense, and the hungover defenders couldn't stop the Giants. THAT was embarrassing and disappointing. THAT was the first year the Bills should have won the SB but the players did not respect their opportunity. The second year the Bills really should have won the SB was just a couple of years ago, when a game lasted 13 seconds long enough for McDermott to get completely outcoached by his former boss.

Norwood kicked for the Bills the next year after the wide right miss.

Well sure, I feel for Greg, but I also feel for me and everyone else who thinks he's done a great job. He's as good as Romo was in his first couple of years, before the change happened and he became no more insightful that a knowledgeable civilian.

My question to Bills fans back in the day was, what's 12345678? Answer: Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Darryl Talley, and Bruce Smith standing together on the sidelines. Reed was definitely a great part of those great teams. Happy birthday. The Bills had Reed and Eric Moulds at the same time. They were both on the team that got screwed in the Music City Miracle. Or that failed to properly cover a kickoff, if you prefer.

Beane built a very strong roster with a sprinkling of top end talent, a few years ago. He had very firm rules about not blowing the cap budget with overpriced FAs. Then McD choked in the 13 second game and the excuse was we needed a closer to shut down Mahomes. So Beane shatters his own rule by spending huge dollars on Von Miller. Who did great for half a season, and since then has contributed nothing except taking a spot on the game roster. Keeping a talented roster together is like one of those old magicians who had plates spinning on sticks, and he had to move around keeping them all spinning or they'd fall and break. The more big contracts, the fewer plates keep spinning. The only way to keep the plates spinning is to draft well consistently, bringing in cheap young guys to replace 4-5 year vets who move on to their big contract opportunities. A few years ago the WR room was amazing, with Diggs, Davis, Smoke, Sanders, and Beasley. Then several players got old and left and Beane signed a big contract with Diggs when he was at the top of his value curve, and now we're paying for a declining Diggs, a no-show Miller, and Allen, who's doing his best with what's left. The drafting has been below standard, except for this past year when we got several excellent players. All the defensive linemen picked and only Oliver out of all the draftees is far above average. Epenesa, Basham, Rousseau -- Rousseau looks like he might be a decent player, and Epenesa is good against the run but we still don't have the pass rush we need. It's not just that those guys aren't producing, it's that they were wasted picks that aren't players filling other positions on rookie contracts. A couple of bad mistakes on FAs and several poor choices on high draft picks are the same as turnovers in a game. You can still win but the odds go against you. And when a coach chokes in a 13 second game and gets the GM to bail him out, everything unravels from there. So you ask, where's the talent? Sitting in Miller's bank account, and Diggs's bling. It's very fitting that the two of them did that commercial where they're walking in gold leather outfits and hats.

Well THAT'S certainly going to get him activated for the Super Bowl.

That's not much of a return for the Bears, who saw Fields really developing in the second half of this past season. I think you're assuming the Bears will draft a new QB with their #1 pick, and that might happen, but there's a lot of uncertainty about what the Bears will do. If they do decide to part ways with Fields, I think they can get quite a bit more for him in a 2-team trade with some team desperate for a QB. And I think that's slanted in the Dolphins favor. A starting QB plus a third plus a second? That's a lot of return for a QB that can't compete in the cold. Which Denver is, of course. Tua is in exactly the best available position for him. He's an accurate passer with good receiving weapons. If the Dolphins can upgrade/repair their O line, Tua will do OK where he is. No other team has the ideal environment for his skills and his limitations.

Sure, of course. If the rehab isn't successful completely and he can't do what got him into the league anymore, he's gone, unfortunately for everyone. But that's the case for everyone. If they can't do the job, someone else who can is waiting for the slot.

Yeah, that was my point, he's probably going in the second round.

Interesting point. He's been working on his rehab. Has he been doing that in Buffalo so he could attend team meetings and "learn the system"?

Yeah, just like Tyrod Taylor. Josh needs to learn to be confident enough to throw his receivers open. /s of course