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Yeah those Super Bowl Bills were no angels but their off field transgressions didn't prevent them from playing well(except for Super Bowls, of course). Kelly was accused of violence against women but was never charged like idiot Eric Moulds though. He'd probably get attempted murder for what he was accused of nowadays. Speaking of those lenient times, I have to laugh when I see the people with Cornelius Bennett handles. Most are or were totally unaware that he did actual time in WNY for sexual assault(forced anal sex, specifically).

Yep traded up for Allen and then Edmunds was the first of Beane's long string of, so far, failed Day 1 and 2 trade-ups.

It didn't. Moulds was just an idiot entering the NFL. After he was drafted reports came out that he was off a lot of teams draft boards. And though you would think it was for his propensity for assaulting women, it was actually because he was an idiot on the field. At the 3:19:30 mark you see Moulds catch a ball a couple feet from the sideline and stupidly stay in bounds and cost the Bills a timeout as the Bills were driving down 22-16 in the closing moments. He was unplayably stupid.

McConkey probably isn't a starting NFL player back in Reed's prime. It took defense's getting smaller, in response to running backs like Thurman Thomas destroying LB's in coverage, for the league to take the next step and go to smaller slot-only receivers. The slot receiver of today is the 3rd down back of Reed's era. Reed could play inside or out because he was a big, physical receiver even by todays standards and the outside CB's of his day tended to be smaller and less athletic than they are now. That's a whole "what happened to all the athletes who used to play RB" evolution story, but in short, Reed is not really an apples-apples comp.

I actually think Coleman's ceiling is high but not easily attainable. He has a lot of traits that remind me of Davante Adams. Adams has arguably ended up becoming the best WR to come out of that gifted 2014 class. Mike Evans is great and unbelievably consistent but he was never the best WR in the game like Adams was for several years in his prime. Once Adams caught up with Evans in 2017 he has been the better player and their career numbers are pretty close despite Adams struggling early due to lacking any one incredible natural trait to allow him to win matchups immediately as a pro. Coleman has that basketball level athleticism with size that you don't see a lot of in the NFL. That should allow him to develop the nuanced aspects of the position. He will have to work like Adams did(and prove as smart as Adams) to get that polished and that's probably not "likely" but he seems to be a good character guy so it's possible. Nothing I saw in 2024 has changed my mind despite his struggles. I was actually a bit surprised by the success he did have.

Ladd is a slot receiver. Shakir is the same height as and faster than Diggs too(if just using the 40 yard testing). We heard a lot of bullsh!t about how Shakir could play outside and Diggs comps from irrational fans. But Diggs had longer arms and 10" hands that allowed him do more on the boundary in his prime. Diggs aged out of the boundary a couple seasons ago but the Bills didn't have anyone else to put out there.

Ladd is a slot receiver. If they drafted him, then he and Shakir have to share snaps and Shakir had a hard enough time getting his snaps in an offense where they want big boundary WR out blocking. Whether Coleman makes it or not, McConkey's skillset would have been redundant so they'd still be seeking boundary help. I do think Coleman would have had himself a much better season catching the dink and dunk stuff from the slot like McConkey got. The average depth of target disparity was enormous(9.9 to 15.2). It's reminiscent of the tantrums people threw over passing on Creed Humphrey. They owed Mitch Morse a lot of money, he was solid, he was a captain and since centers in the NFL spend a ton of their pass blocking snaps blocking air or just being a help guy.........what you don't want is to pay the top of the market for a non premium position. That's what the Chiefs are doing now. Give me Morse and McGovern over that stretch and I'm good. Slot WR is a non-premium position.

I think the tagline for the site for many years contained something "since 1998". I came over from HyperBills the Rochester D&C site. I think it shut down and TBD quickly assumed the space. But @SDS knows the details.

Yes he took a knee to the head from Allen on the Bills first offensive series. They were in disarray in the secondary the rest of the game.

They are questioning if he's a bust because he had a HORRIFIC playoffs. He dropped uncontested passes and contested passes. Even the one nice play he was credited with against Denver was a MMMMMMDRRRop! https://www.buffalobills.com/video/dalton-kincaid-s-35-yard-diving-grab-advances-bills-into-broncos-territory-bills-vs-broncos When you are horrible in big games like that people are going to remember. If he plays well in the playoffs nobody is referencing his regular season stats. They are singing his praises like Gabe Davis after 13 seconds.

Easing the sticker shock is one way to frame it. Re-setting the floor at the most opportune time is how I would put it. Those who bought PSL's were promised modest increases in price from year to year in the new stadium (I believe 2%). That was part of the pitch. Whether they honor that or not remains to be seen, but since the promise was so recent, they kinda' gotta' get that price-hike up NOW. Also thins out the riff-raff so many on TSW complain about😉.......

Yeah Bills fans lament the injuries the Bills have had in Chiefs games but the Bills have still lost some playoff games where the opponent had areas that were decimated by injury. Secondary for the Chiefs in that game was one of them. That was maybe the only time they've really been able to take advantage of such a weakness in one of their playoff defeats.

I appreciate that you are showing data but what you should notice is that while the time to throw, sacks and overall QB hits are down.........the scrambles per dropback are higher than 2020 or even 2021. That scramble figure should be much less now than it was back then. He's a much smarter QB. He's seeing the field and getting the ball out quicker. And yet he suffered his first two concussions since 2019 and took a number of other hits in the same area of the field that would rank among the more violent of his career in 2024. I attribute that to the failure of the receiving corps to create enough big plays on schedule. While the TD dive against SF was Allen's most memorable play of the year, the rest of them were mostly throws made along the sideline. The TD to Shakir in Baltimore, the subsequent KO in Baltimore on the failed trick play, the KO in Houston the bombs(and huge hits taken) in LA and Detroit. The last offensive play of the season was literally Allen scrambling right and unleashing an arm punt that Kincaid dropped.

Yeah that's what happens when you don't play anywhere near well enough to be on the field. The Bills had big plans for Moulds in 1996. They were desperate for a big play threat. But he sat because he was a hot mess on and off the field.

FWIW: Keyshawn Johnson, Terry Glenn, Harrison and Eddie Kennison ALL had 800-1100 yard rookie seasons in 1996. Moulds was the lone first rounder who didn't come out firing.