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Number of draft-able Iowa DB's this spring and I expect the Bills to come home with one of them and to hear a lot of talk about how they are like Micah Hyde or were trained like him etc..

I would probably stick with Elam if all they could get was a 7th but as I've mentioned before I'd look to Dallas to see if they want to do a "bust for bust" trade with the Bills getting DT Mazi Smith. Elam's dad was a Jerry Jones favorite so he might be down for a Kaiir reclamation project. Mazi Smith has been lousy in his first two years but, like Elam, he has the athletic talent to hope there is more there. Bills need a 1 tech and he's giant and athletic.

Oh the defense is obviously the bigger problem for sure, I just think they need A LOT of different starters to expect to become a road-worthy playoff defense. I don't expect Milano or Douglas back but if they are I don't expect them to play as well as they did in the playoffs, even. Daquan and Taron will likely be back(because of difficult contracts) with further diminishing effectiveness due to age. Both safeties should be upgraded and not sure Bishop is an answer at either spot. Hopefully they can get one more good year out of Benford before he has to medically retire or falls apart. Elam might not be back. It's a patchwork, aging and injury riddled/prone bunch and maybe a Garrett would cover a lot for that but I don't think it will be enough, still. As much as McD can't seem to put together an elite defense I do think he can make another middling one out of chewing gum and popsicle sticks if necessary. I think the last two games really exposed the Bills passing game though. Nobody ate because defense's tighten up on JAG's in the postseason. That's when you need stars to step up. The Bills don't have those in the receiving/TE corps. And I will say that the Bills defense stepped up in the playoffs as well. They were trash in-season. Played much better against Denver and Baltimore.......until they lost Rapp. Then lost Benford in KC. I mean, if Howie Roseman was the Bills GM they could probably fix the D fairly quick with their limited chips but our personnel department hasn't proven to be at their level yet. Given Beane's track record they aren't going to sign some dude like Baun on the cheap and turn him into an NFL DPOY candidate overnight, etc.. Might have to hire Doug Whaley back to run pro personnel and get a Lorax.

The "context" is merely Warrow making an excuse for the player. There is no indication that it was fully severed(unlikely though) and not even mention of whether it will require surgery(which also wouldn't necessarily mean it was a full tear but would at least support the notion that it was a higher grade of strain, which we all should have thought given his slow return anyway). It's always a slippery slope for the team or teammates to float this BS out there. If it's torn entirely he could easily just choose to play the rest of his career without it. Whole lotta' stars played most of their careers without certain knee ligaments including a bunch of HoF'ers. He just needs to take his lumps for his drop like Tyler Bass did his miss last year, own it and decide if he wants to be an NFL star or accept that he is just a guy out there and cash those checks.

A sprained ligament is a tear. We knew this when it happened in Indy. Not news. He also dropped a contested throw earlier in the game on second down and dropped a drive killer against Baltimore the week before. This dude was supposed to have the best hands in his draft class. That sh!t is inexcusable for a first round, receive-only TE.

I think Jamar Chase and DK Metcalf could be had in trade for the right price. Chase would be incredible because he is the much better player........but he might not fit the culture. Metcalf would be a great culture fit and likely much cheaper to acquire and extend but he's not automatic like Chase. I'm skeptical that Tee Higgins and Allen would be a great fit because nobody delivers perfectly placed passes like Burrow so not sure how he'd fit in Buffalo with his modest athleticism. I'd hope that Metcalf would be attainable with the 2 second round picks or hopefully even less if he pushes his way out of Seattle by asking for a contract extension. The Chiefs were after Metcalf last offseason so I'd suspect they will be again so might even serve to block them from getting what they want if the Bills dealt for him. A Chase deal would start with a #1 and probably require another #1. Garrett would seem like the same price to me, two #1's. Those 26' picks might be particularly valuable to teams like Seattle and Cleveland playing with bridge QB's. I mean a Garrett and Metcalf offseason wouldn't be entirely out of the question even if very unlikely. Maybe they take lesser extensions to play with Josh Allen?

Obviously the big problem is a lack of chips to fill the positions because ideally you want a bunch of new players. I just think that given the salary cap jam that Beane has put himself in that the biggest difference maker would be 1 stud boundary WR. To me, that and perhaps a modest experience related uptick at a couple other skill positions on offense could result in them adding a full TD to their 30 ppg offense. A potentially historic offense. I know they put up 29 last night but 7(?) of those were courtesy of harrowing 4th down conversions that would likely have been FG's in-season. They didn't look good on offense. Defense, I think is more of a multi-player fix. Yes, an elite difference maker on the DL would be great. That would really help put away teams with sackable QB's. But they may also need a number of back 7 players and a true 1-tech at DT. And then you hope they stay healthy. And defense is the far less predictable side of the ball from year to year so there is that to consider when distributing limited personnel chips.

I don't think there is evidence to suggest that if the refs had rewarded the Bills for doing the bare minimum with those 4 downs then the Bills would have just rammed it down their throat the rest of the way. They played it too close and left their fortune to fate. Maybe the drive turns into a TD but I think it's just as likely(if not moreso) they would have stalled again. We can blame the OL or Brady or even Josh Allen but in the end I think having to throw passes at or behind the LOS and pray for YAC all night was the cause. Just a dearth of easy 10-15 yard gains. Mahomes had 9.4 yards per attempt Allen had 6.9. It's a recurring theme in the last two playoff games(although last year it was more like 9.5 to 4.75 so I guess they made "some" progress).

His hometown Lions would be all over Crosby to pair with Hutchinson if he became available. I think Myles G is more likely to be dealt this offseason given Cleveland's uniquely terrible QB situation but new Raiders HC Pete Carroll shocked everyone when his team traded Russell Wilson and then played better without him so who knows.

Pickings are relatively slim at WR in this draft class. 2nd round talent this year would be day 3 quality in recent years. Hard to expect year 1 starter results from day 3 pedigree. Better off spending the money(and/or pick(s)) on a veteran boundary WR to try to close the deal.

Yeah Crosby is a wide-9 type guy. He needs space to operate at the level we are accustomed to seeing. Myles Garrett is the guy who could still make hay in the Bills tighter splits. He can dominate in a phone booth. All that said, they are good enough defensively to rope-a-dope with the Chiefs or Ravens they just lack the horses in the passing game. Kincaid was supposed to be the guy but he is soft as baby sh!t. Makes Mike Gesicki look like Mark Bavaro. Coleman is a project because he can't separate and has to play out of position on the boundary. Shakir isn't physically capable of being a WR1 despite his great effort. Two straight years Allen had the ball in his hands with a chance to choke the f#cking Chiefs out and instead they choked themselves out because they couldn't make plays in the passing game when needed.

Yeah if you can't earn the #1 seed you can't say you had any right going to the Super Bowl. The Allen Bills have never done it. Next year they get 9 at home or at a neutral site(Europe) and the toughest opponents are at home the road schedule is very weak by comparison. No mid-season swoon bullish!t allowed. Get the bye and play the lowest seed in the divisional. Then hopefully the Chiefs get knocked off in their first two games or come into Buffalo injured. That's the formula.

This is what they play that the players "vibe" to:

I've never seen that they requested it and that's why the Bills began playing it. It's a commonly played pop sing-along song at sporting events everywhere that's really directed toward an age/race demographic that tends to spend a lot of money on merchandise etc.. One of the keys to getting deeper into their wallet is making the experience seem catered to them. Marketing 101. Pretty certain you have it backwards and that the Bills started playing it and then Kincaid, Knox and Hollins and maybe Josh got into it. It's a very small group that "vibe" to it.

Donkey punch

When they played it Sunday night there were barely any people singing along in the stadium. Sorry to those who just watch on TV and read social media hyperbole and think the crowd goes nuts for it and that it's a fixture now, etc..

"Let me goooooo"

It's not a troll job. There are all kinds of people in any fan base. A lot of the people donating to his charity were probably the types who were jumping on their tip-toes with a giddy little clap during the Shout song after Bass kicked that chip-shot field goal to make it an 8 point game. The majority of us in the stands were like "oh well, hopefully we get it back with enough time to kick a game winner before OT". The majority of us do not donate to these charities. Don't over-think it.

Yes, as I recall Brian Schottenheimer actually refused to even interview with the Bills altogether. It was a real nut blow to the ego of many on TSW who hadn't fully accepted what a sh!t job it had become. Ralph's reputation preceded him at that point and at the same time it was a surprise they would even talk to a Schottenheimer because apparently Ralph had nothing but hatred for Marty over something that happened when Marty was playing with the Bills.

I wouldn't worry about it. I'd anticipate that most of the hay for potential Ravens and Chiefs matchups was likely already in the barn before the playoffs started. It was pretty clear that Brady had put that Detroit gameplan together WAY in advance. These games are his real interviews.

Yeah that's what I'm isolating. There could be like 9K of them scattered about so there will likely be some.

Basically, a PSL is a 30 year commitment to buy tickets. Because once PSL's are sold, the retention rate of season ticket holders becomes MUCH higher. People loathe to walk away from their investment. The Bills season ticket numbers look great now but they fluctuated greatly with the teams performance over the years. We aren't talking about selling tickets for one season here. And it's not just the value of the ticket. I believe selling inside the stadium will become a much bigger part of the experience going forward. Selling merchandise and encouraging live in game wagering etc.. It's going to be very different next door. As an organization you want the people on site to drain their wallets and strengthen your franchise economically. I could go on but it just causes a lot of poo-pooing like all the years I insisted to our on-paper hole-patching short-sighted wallers that the Bills should always pick a QB in round 1 every year until they are sure they hit one because the future of the franchise relies on a new stadium and great, charismatic QB's get those built. I rest my case.

Yeah he has great height and long arms and he's not light for an NFL DE. I really expected him to become a 10 sack guy this season. On the hoof, he looks he part. He just isn't consistent enough to force the Bills to give him more snaps. I think there is another level of effort to be tapped into there. Having his walk year hit after playing less than 50% of the snaps in games he played might have contributed to him re-upping with a bridge deal and maybe not being quite as motivated as he could be. Not saying he's dogging but walk years just raise the intensity for many players. Learning how to regularly reach your max effort is harder than maintaining it afterward, IMO. Maybe he gets motivated next year and takes his game up to the next level. Hard to get 10 sacks playing 40-55% of snaps and coming off the field for Von on 3rd downs though.

He's been hit more than enough this season. He didn't respond with effective play after that big hit in the Ravens game so Reed could surely site that as proof. And Allen had his worst game since his rookie year the following week and got hit hard and concussed again. But pretty much all of his biggest hits were taken on the road this season. And both teams have changed significantly since that game but his point stands based on recent history.

Greasy McD