BADOLBILZ

You are dead wrong about me being able to offer the expanded, objective opinions that I do and not be attacked and loathed by some. You guys wear on those people and run them off. It's nearly inevitable. That's why there are so, so few glass-not-full or objective contributors here. Think of all the content someone like Lori provided here........she did it without returning fire and just one day decided that was enough of the excessively negative feedback. Same with more recent departures like Bandit. I could go on.......it's a long list of folks who just don't find the discussion worth the hate-back. Most of the people I know personally from tailgating etc.. on this board gave up posting a long time ago but still read or moderate etc.. In general there are just too many insecure, miserable people who feel first and think later online..... just because they CAN. As the saying goes.........those that think see life as a comedy........those that feel see it as a tragedy. I'm a person who doesn't take much seriously. I don't get furious about attacks on me.........I laugh and give it back and then some. That's how I deal with snark and that's the only reason I'm still here contributing. Take a look at this branch of the discussion. I've offered actual facts, stats and historical perspective. The replies? Evasive and HIGHLY subjective.....stat-free, fact free. It should be embarrassing to those people, but it's not. Because they are online. I've always said I wouldn't post anything here that I wouldn't say to that person at a tailgate...........and it's true. But IRL it would never get that far because when you know me you know I'm not saying things about the Buffalo Bills to offend anyone. I joke with my friends about their BS and I take return abuse just fine. As for me being married? Yes. And no, I LITERALLY never fight with her because I think first before I emote. Does that tell you something? I also have 5 kids. How many do you have and what would that tell someone about you? It would tell me nothing of import about your character, btw. As for me saying you would be too thin-skinned to handle the criticism I or Scott get........your reaction only supports that. You'd join the list of people whose contribution would be missed. Think of me as helping keep you here.

It was an even distribution of investment on both offense and defense? LOL that's ridiculous. First you've taken a VERY subjective, fact-free assessment of losses. In reality.......they lost a near identical amount on both sides of the ball..........3102 snaps on D to 3042 on offense. Major defensive losses: -Levi Wallace........994 snaps. - Two ROTATIONAL edge rushers.........Hughes played 550 snaps and Addison played just 482.......Rousseau had the second most snaps on the edge(530) not Addison. - Three ROTATIONAL DT's..........Phillips played 474 snaps and Lotulelei just 317 and Vernon Butler played 285. Major offensive losses: - Starting boundary receiver........Sanders played 747 snaps - Starting slot receiver........Beasley played 691 snaps - Starting OG/RT and a rotational guard........Williams played 1172 snaps Jon Feliciano 442 snaps. The quality of players they've added on offense is much lower than what they've added on defense. Now you could say they played less snaps on defense.........I'm sure that's so..........but that's kind of my point.........they already had the #1 ranked defense in the NFL and they not only replaced their losses........they used their top 2 chips in UFA and their 5th #1 pick on D in 7 opportunities to improve that side of the ball. The offense, particularly the OL and the lack of speed at receiver, was filled with LESS productive players than those that left.........or not at all in the case of Sanders position. And I'd add that the Bills had more in reserve on defense to start the offseason with too. Dane Jackson proved to be a solid starter and Tre White is on schedule to return so there might not have even been a starting spot for Levi in 2022. Boogie Basham was a 2020 second round pick who they couldn't even find snaps for so one of those rotational DE's had to go whether they inked Miller or not. There wasn't comparable pedigree/track record in reserve and under contract to replace departing talent on offense. Bates was about all they had in reserve on offense and he wasn't under contract.......he accounts for more than 1/3 of the guaranteed money they spent on free agents/draft picks on offense. It's not complicated: $90M > $25M ...........3x the investment in UFA and 3x the investment in the draft. It really isn't justified to suggest that it wasn't decidedly lopsided.

Does it suck? Nobody can legitimately argue that I don't offer a lot of well supported football opinions. I back up what I say and my objective is to promote discussion. But in lieu of people wanting to actually discuss football topics........the board needs its villains. If Scott and I weren't around it would be someone like you getting personally attacked and straw manned because you have learned to "dabble" in reality at least. I don't think you could take that.......I've seen how you react to the extremely mild criticism you get........it would bruise the homer inside you. Scott and I have clearly identified roles.........people attack him and he doesn't give them the satisfaction of returning their vitriol. Which makes them angrier and in some cases, like Donny Two-ply......it gives them SOMETHING to contribute to the board. I give their snark right back to them and then some.......and laugh.......which hurts their feelings. If they can't take it or if they start jumping into football discussions to vaguely air their personal grievances with me, I block them. Which makes them follow my posts even closer. That's how this works. The board can't be split 50/50 between folks who just drink the kool aid and those who are waiting for the glass to fill up first........but it wouldn't be very entertaining if it was a complete circle jerk.

I am a big fan of the Miller signing. But where you start to think they aren't supporting Josh Allen enough is when they invest in starter level contracts for both Settle, Jones AND Phillips............but then replace Beasley and Sanders with dirt cheap flyers and basically just exchanged Williams out with Saffold on their weakest unit as a team, the OL. How about throwing those flyers at the defensive side of the ball? Why does Ed Oliver's backup need to be a $5M/year player but the starting slot receiver is a guy on a 1 year $2M prove-it deal? The difference between me and a lot of the dopes in this thread on the subject is that I can look at it objectively. Thinking about it doesn't cause me any angst. The people who think I am too critical will be pondering ending it all in their living room if the Bills lose at home to.......say the Jets on December 11........ next season because the OL couldn't block or the receivers can't get open. But win or lose I will be out in the parking lot after the game eating wings and laughing and enjoying the day like I always do.

@Logic was including free agency and the draft in whatever bullish*t he was trying to say..........he doesn't even know what the point was.......he was just triggered. And of course, the first round pick is by far the most valuable chip..........Kaiir Elam alone adds $14M in guaranteed money. By the time you get to round 3, Bernard only got $1M gtd. By trade value they used about 900 points on defense and 300 points on offense in the draft. So they used about 3x as much guaranteed money on D in UFA and 3x the draft capital on D. That's a significant disparity.........having to pick $65M off the top to call them "similar" only accentuates the point. They did add a lot of luke-warm bodies on offense and re-signed Bates(who I generously included as a $9M "addition")..........but they need bodies on offense because they have spent most of their first picks on defense under McBeane. They have 5 of their own first round picks playing on defense. They have just Allen and Diggs(by trade) as first round invested chips on offense.

Logic doesn't have a reason.........he was just triggered by Scott's statement of fact about the level of investment in defense versus offense........so he straw-manned him with a response that didn't in any way refute what he was taking offense to. $90M > $25M Fact. None of this is a referendum on whether you or anyone else should be excited about the season. I'd be excited about the season if they were the prohibitive SB favorite or the favorite to end up with the #1 pick in the draft.

Nice 4-0 win over the Jays and AL ERA leader Alek Manoah. Between McClanahan and Manoah they've beaten the top LHP and RHP starters in terms of ERA in the AL in past 4 days. 9th straight win........they've won 16 of last 17. 12 game lead in the best division in baseball.

You are such an aggrieved party, scarecrow. Is $90M a lot more of an investment than $25M or not? You want to talk about football or would you rather keep crying?

They swapped out Williams for Saffold............with a new OC and OL coach it's anyone's guess if that's going to work out. By PFF grades it's about a wash when they were both on the field(Saffold 69 grade Williams 67). Saffold has had an excellent career but last year was not one of his better ones and they appear to lose both the OT/OG versatility and availability with Saffold(he played about 5 games less worth of snaps than Williams due mainly to nagging shoulder injury). People think Williams was terrible in pass pro last year........but while he wasn't great he allowed just 4 sacks. David Quessenberry allowed a league-worst 11 sacks at his position. Spencer Brown clearly struggled with allowing pressure but actually somehow allowed just 1 sack all season. If Quessenberry beats Brown out then the problems have likely gotten much worse. The way the offensive line additions look..........on paper.........is like they are planning to run the hell out of the football because the new additions are NOT improvements to a pass protection unit that was the league's worst by pressure+sacks count. Quess and Saffold in particular are almost just run blocking specialists at this stage. If the Bills indeed plan to still be a pass-first team they sure are sending mixed messages with the personnel moves this offseason.

So being 24th in the NFL in completion % is bad? Because that's where Josh Allen ranked last year. Are you saying Josh Allen was a bad QB last season? Maybe the stats you are choosing are poor choices. You are totally f*cking beat in this discussion and just looking dumber with each successive entry.........put in the reserves.

"The knock is that he is not a good comeback or pressure player. Perhaps it hurt him that he never beat Notre Dame or UCLA." Johnson's makeup was always in question. Scouts were right that something was clearly off about him..........but they had it backwards...........he was good in the clutch or when he got put back in the lineup and had something to prove..........it was EVERYTHING ELSE about having the personality of a franchise QB that he couldn't handle.

Obviously, Marrone. Notice they are called "repeat" champions. Never been a Three-peat in the NFL. https://sports.nbcsports.com/2021/02/07/when-was-the-last-time-weve-seen-repeat-super-bowl-winners/ List of all-time repeat Super Bowl winners 1966-67 Green Bay Packers (Super Bowls 1 & 2) 1972-73 Miami Dolphins (Super Bowls 7 & 8) 1974-75 Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowls 9 & 10) 1978-79 Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowls 13 & 14) 1988-89 San Francisco 49ers (Super Bowls 23 & 24) 1992-93 Dallas Cowboys (Super Bowls 27 & 28) 1997-1998 Denver Broncos (Super Bowls 32 & 33) 2003-04 New England Patriots (Super Bowls 38 & 39) Btw, condolences on your New England Celtics team..........and your NE Red Sox better get their act together if they want to get that last wild card.

Daniel Jones was an athlete that is being turned into a QB..........he was a lousy passer at Duke. Sub 60% and in the 6's per attempt despite playing for Cutcliffe. Rob Johnson was a great thrower of the ball who was also an athlete. Even in the early 90's he was a 65% passer with over 8 yards per attempt at USC. Truly gifted thrower of the ball. I get where you are going but there is a misconception out there that Jones was a successful college QB that hasn't translated...........his ability to pass well enough in the NFL was always a question.

League average completion percentage was 58.2 in 2000.........it was 64.8 in 2021. So no.......the numbers don't translate........averages have jumped almost 7%. (The fan-less 2020 season was closer to 66% completion on average) Rojo was a point below average in 2000 and Allen was about a point and a half below in 2021............which is why the rankings of 23rd and 24th that I gave you obviously translate. But keep thinking you are telling a story using these stats. And for the record..........Jim Kelly was the AFC offensive player of the year in 1995 with just a 55.8 completion %. Maybe his most impressive season given the lack of personnel in the passing game. He had only 4 seasons over 60% completion in his 11 year NFL career. You literally don't know what you are talking about.

Scott simply said they sacrificed investment on the offensive side of the ball in favor of defense. Your response was to straw man Scott by saying they invested in ALL OF THESE offensive players...........when he had never said they didn't sign anyone on offense. $90M investment in just 5 defensive players >>>> $25M (spread out over 14 offensive players) So either you were being willfully ignorant or just being a jag off for the sake of it. Don't pretend to be an injured party, that's just weak. You aren't ever going to have an "adult football conversation" when you are using that straw man technique. You want more respect.........play better.

It's the opinion of some people who follow the NBA much closer than you or I, I'm sure. Maybe it's a recency bias.........Magic versus Larry will always be the best of times in the NBA for me.........but Curry changed the game for shooting the basketball the same way that Jordan raised the game above the rim and Magic re-defined the PG position etc.. There were greats at those positions before(Bird could really shoot) but those guys clearly expanded the boundaries in their expertise. You could make a good argument that Curry was more impactful because his success has translated to a bigger percentage of players around the NBA. He has made people believe they can hit shots that were once absurd to try and they are doing it.

To paraphrase Polian "you will never see the likes of this team again in WNY". It was merely a reference to one of his bitter exit statements. He might be right..........this current team isn't close to as talented as those early 90's teams because talent is much more evenly spread around the league after 30 years of salary caps, free agency and drastically shortened rookie contracts. There is much more parity.......which is why we haven't seen a repeat champion since the early 2000's.

I'm not propping anything up..........you are just making the mistake of box score scouting by applying todays standards to yesterdays numbers. Again 57% wasn't "abysmal" in 2000.........it ranked him slightly higher(23rd) in the league than Josh Allen ranked(24th) in 2021. In 1999 only 7 NFL QB's had a completion % of 60 or more.........33 QB's had 60% or higher in 2020.......the season where Josh Allen had his only top 20 completion % season. The point is that passing statistics do not tell the story on either of these QB's.........especially not the non-volume one's you cherry picked.

You do realize that even in this era of inflated passing statistics Josh Allen has had a YPA under 7 in 3 of his 4 seasons? Including last season (6.8). And Josh Allen had just a 63% completion rate last year.........which ranked 24th in the league. By comparison Rob Johnson ranked 23rd in the NFL in completion % in 2000 and 7th in 2001. In the 1998 and 1999 seasons in his limited work Rob Johnson had numbers for completion % and ypa that would have both been top 3 in the entire NFL. Obviously, he didn't play nearly enough to qualify but the stats that were his biggest problem were games played and finished. I'm not equating the two but you are really clueless about the statistics and their meaning.

Yeah I've never had BoW with gravy. It's generally believed to have been brought over from German immigrants and I grew up in predominantly German WNY town where most of the grandparents didn't speak much english and BoW was had at a lot of gatherings and I've never seen this gravy thing being done. In my experience most places around Buffalo that serve BoW are pretty good. Even had a couple good sandwiches at the Charlie the Butcher that's inside the convenient store in East Aurora. I like going to Swiston's though. Just BoW and chili. That's all they make and both are excellent.

An anomaly? He had 42 rushing attempts in the 4 games from Tampa thru Atlanta. And that's counting the Carolina game where they tried to have him just throw from the pocket the week after injuring his foot being tackled on a running play in Tampa. He rushed only 3 times that day but behind his ineffective OL he struggled with 55% completion and was sacked 4 times. After that, they went right back to using him like a RB with 27 carries over next two weeks. He also had the 11 rush game early in the season in KC and 2 other games with 9. Running Allen heavily was far from an anomaly. He ran a young-Cam-Newton-esque 122 times on the year........with a per game rate like his rookie season when he was basically just running around trying to figure it out. By contrast..........Patrick Mahomes killed the Bills defense with his feet in the playoff game.........but he only ran the ball 62 times in the regular season.

The Bills guaranteed $90M to just 4 defensive free agents plus their first round pick this offseason. This to benefit what had been the league's #1 ranked defense in 2021. They guaranteed just $25M combined to 12 offensive-side free agents/draft picks.......9 of which you listed. A relative pittance. This after they cut 15 and 16 game starters Williams and Beasley and also their second most productive boundary receiver(Sanders). They lost as much or more production on offense as they had on defense. So yes.........as @ScottLaw said......."they sacriced investment on offense" to the benefit of the defense. Obviously. Taking offense to that with your snarky list of tired vets and injury fliers was laughably illogical..........but that's why your screen name is an antiaptronym.........the opposite of what you are and what you do.

These gems are from 3 of the last 4 posts about a washed-up water-bug scrap-heap pickup. The deeper you get into the offseason.........the crazier the ideas that people will talk themselves into.

I love the shooting..........it is literally UNREAL how much better the shooters are than in the 80's, 90's and 00's...........but the NBA has a scoring problem. It's too easy to go on 15 point unanswered scoring runs and it allows games to get out of hand. I always thought that the court would get too small because the players were getting taller and longer limbed.........if you ever attend an NBA game you realize there is almost no room for the players to move on the court IRL as opposed to the perception on TV. But what has made the court too small is the shooting ability. The court needs to get bigger so they can move the 3 point line back about 8 feet. Interested to see how the NBA adjusts..........it really was probably the worst playoffs ever in terms of competitive games.