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It wouldn't be a back up situation.........they'd probably alternate in 11 and the Bills would run a lot more 12. Gronk is the much better player still..........he put up over 800 yards with like 15 yards per reception...........he was still a top 5 TE in the NFL in 2021. Knox is more of a top 20 kinda' TE. Maybe Knox has room to grow still but the only time in his career when Gronk's per game numbers were as low as 2021 Dawson Knox as a receiver was when Gronk was a rookie..........and even then he was a little better than peak Dawson Knox. And of course Gronk has always been a top blocker, which Knox improved at this year but is still not the force that Gronk is at it.

Yep bring in Jarvis Landry when the Browns release him too. 😉 The Bills don't even have a single player under contract for 2022 that was with the Bills when the fragile-stated Aaron Williams got legally blocked into retirement by Jarvis Landry. Fans generally lack the self-awareness to know that they grossly over-react to player interactions on the field.............fans are like the parent who watches their married son or daughter argue with their spouse......and then can never forgive the kid-in-law even after their own child has long forgotten about it. Hanging on to ***** long after the parties involved actually do is just stupid.

The Chiefs had 2 extra possessions. Bills lost coin flip.......received the ball to start game and Chiefs finished the half with the football(missed FG). Even Chiefs got second half kickoff and finished with ball. +1 Chiefs Then the OT possession. +1 Chiefs

Thing is.........we've been hearing how they weren't going to be able to sustain what they are doing since 2017..........and 5 years later they win the SB.........and figure to be a favorite in a conference that lost Brady and maybe Rodgers in 2022. 6 years of being in contention in the NFL when you didn't draft your own stud QB.............that's a LONG time in the NFL. And less draft picks means more opportunities for free agents or low cost "culture change" trades to join a Rams team where their skillset can be better used............while other teams are taking their lumps developing picks with their fingers crossed that they get 1-2 high production years out of them before they have to pay or let them walk. If 6 other teams were taking the Rams approach..........I'd be inclined to say that supply wouldn't meet demand.........but that has not been the case........and the Rams have taken advantage of a market inefficiency to this point.

I just don't believe that it's a given that the Rams will "be losers pretty quickly" just because they traded away a bunch of draft picks. I have a fairly structured idea of how I would use first round picks so you don't waste them when exercised................but in the big picture they are the most overrated way of acquiring talent if the intention is anything other than to select a QB. Half of them don't play well enough to earn the 5th year extension and another 1/4 are at least somewhat disappointing. The Rams have excelled at acquiring and getting more out of other teams early round picks...........see Leonard Floyd and A'Shawn Robinson as recent examples on the DL alone.........that's good scouting and coaching.........so I would expect that trend to continue.

10 years ago is a better starting point to describe the current Sabres to the Bills. The current Sabres are about where the 2013 Bills were...........the Buddy Nix era..........it will take some more losing and coaching and GM changes.........another iteration of a tear down in 3-4 years.........and nobody on the current roster will probably be with the team when they get into cup contention again in 2030. If everything goes right this time, that is. 😉

Rousseau lead the NFL in run stops with 32........which was almost as many tackles as Oweh totaled for the season. Oweh had a solid rookie season but overall, Rousseau was better.

Not sure either of these things are true. Remember..........when the 2017 Bills made the playoffs the only 1st rounder they had on the active roster in Jacksonville was Tre White........that seasons first round pick. The Rams aren't buried under a mountain of cap debt either..........they are currently only about $10M worse off than the Bills. If they make smart decisions in free agency and trades and re-structures............and draft well with what picks they have(and they've done that pretty well so far)...........and take advantage of their lack of draft picks and geographic location to score assets in undrafted free agency...........there is no reason they can't remain a contender and transition into another competitive team without ever being a bottom 10 team in the next 5-6 years. And 5 years is really about as far out as you can possibly project any team success that doesn't include a young franchise QB.

I so suspect they will get a Clowney or Za'Darius Smith or Danielle Hunter type. They can save $14M by dumping Frank Clark alone.

In fairness...........Preston Brown lead the NFL in tackles in the McFrazier defense. If a journeyman can do THAT.........then maybe it's OK to expect a bit more from Edmunds at the position.

LOL that's a desperate take..............I've never seen him deny his Buffalo heritage and I have seen him talk it up for the past decade.

He's everything prior regimes had hoped Kelvin Sheppard and Preston Brown could be. 😉

Yeah.......nickel and diming the salary cap to create a balanced roster seems to have become the way. The Danielle Hunter thread was just bumped...........and it reminded me that the Chiefs have taken chances acquiring big contract stars like Watkins, Matthieu, Frank Clark, Orlando Brown and Joe Thuney. Then they have trusted their personnel department to fill in the gaps in the draft or bargain free agents. While they surely haven't gotten their money's worth individually.........neither have the Bills, if we are being honest............and the KC approach has gotten them to 4 straight AFC title games and 2 SB's. People will point to the Diggs acquisition to show that the Bills have taken a chance like that...........but it wasn't too much of a risk because Diggs was already under a long term contract. IMO, we need to see less of the over-pays to keep depth or lesser valued positions and it's probably time for Buffalo to take their swing at it.

Maybe they are inching towards having a fringe playoff roster in a couple years.........but it's a bit difficult to envision a cup contender coming out of this in 2024 (as the Bills became a SB contender in 2020). Are the Lightning, Panthers and Leafs suddenly getting much worse while the Sabres somehow vault to the top without star power? Are the Sabres even ahead of the Senators in their re-builds? And that's just their own division. To me, your optimism is like that of a NY Jets fan who thinks that their current trajectory places them atop the AFC East in 2024. No context.

The Bills #2 WR position(Sanders + Davis) combined for 1175 yards. I am assuming Sanders to be out of that equation next season.

But he's been consistent with his inconsistency. Similar yardage numbers and low catch % numbers but with very high ypr numbers. Ankle/foot injuries both seasons that slowed him, but didn't inactivate him, for long stretches. I hope they are able to bring in some legitimate competition for snaps because he hasn't proven that he's ready to be that high volume #2 WR for a full season yet. It might be a critical blow to the offense if their #2 WR position wasn't good for 1,000+ yards overall next season.

1) Jets game was brutal for sure. He's only a 35 yard per game type receiver thru this point in his career so there are not a lot of high volume games to compare. But the critical drop in Jacksonville (a zero catch game) and the drops at home versus NE in 2020(also a zero catch game) stand out as games where he looked bad. His catch % in general is also quite low.........but I can't say that is not a factor of many deep targets.......as his yards per catch is VERY high. Biggest barrier to showing consistency might be having ankle injuries that slowed him both years. Hopefully he can figure out how to avoid those. 2) He will likely get good money on the market in time........but I don't believe they can extend him until after his 3rd season per the CBA. They still have 2 more years of team control and given the influx of talent at the WR position around the league they might be best off letting him play it out and see how he handles the opportunities that come. The price tags may come down on #2 and #3 WR's relative to the overall salary cap. Up until now he's been the 3rd or 4th most concerning target for the opposition in most of his games.........reps as the #2 and even #1 probably await him in the next two years and then we will see how he produces against tighter coverage.

Edmunds has had some bad games.......but he certainly hasn't been a bad player overall in his career.........it's ignorant to suggest that he has been. He has simply evolved into just maybe the 15th best individual MLB/ILB in a 32 team league.........a middle of the road starter...........which is far from expectation when you use a mid-first round pick on a de-valued, mid-pay position like MLB. Anytime you have a middle of the league starter.........like Edmunds is now and Taylor was then..........you are just treading water at that position.

I agree........and that's where Phillips went.........and he would have been worth it as an impactful pass rushing DT3T had he reached his potential..........but he wasn't a natural DT1T or Nose........he just looked like he could dominate at the LOS because college OL were ill-prepared to handle his length and upper body strength. We've literally had a couple of these top heavy 340# DT's in Jordan Phillips and Vernon Butler and they have proven to be far from dominant at controlling the LOS but the assumption by some is that Davis is going to be entirely different.

A lot of Bills fans assume the Chiefs are going to mostly stand pat. They could improve tremendously with another stud WR. They have needs to address on defense but if they choose to keep their OL together and add weapons then the Bills adding a 1st round CB or an aging pass rusher might not make any difference for the Bills when matched against the Chiefs. This is why........as a Bills fan.........priority #1 in the offseason is fielding the best offense in the league next season.

2021 All Pro MLB DeVondre Campbell is a free agent and is projected to get just a 2 year deal in the $6M-$9M aav range. Tremaine's cap figure is $12.7M. With Tremaine.......less is A LOT more..........but that's what can happen when you draft an off-ball LB in round 1 and they don't turn into a star player...........5th year options punish you if you don't use your #1 on the actual big money positions.

It's a great comparison actually. What you are dazed and confused about is thinking that the positions are of equal importance/impact on the success of their respective units. They are not............you aren't going to have a multi-year top 1-2 ranked offensive yardage unit without a dynamic, superstar QB. You don't need a star MLB to field a top ranked yardage defense.

He has rehabilitated his image in Cleveland. He now has a broad ranging annual "charity event" which includes giving women free tramp-stamp tattoos.

Things a player CAN'T and DOESN'T do can also be a negative. 2016 Bills offense under Tyrod Taylor thru 15 games(prior to his benching) was 7th in the NFL in scoring.......1st in the NFL in plays over 20 yards(big plays) and 1st in rushing(both for the second consecutive season)..........and had turned the ball over fewer times than any team in the SB era. Statistically the best offense the Bills had fielded since 1991. It wasn't the mistakes with Taylor.........it was the lack of plays he made as a pocket passer. The lack of plays made is the issue with Edmunds...........you can play excellent defense AROUND Edmunds the same way that you could play excellent offense AROUND Taylor...................but if you need him to be a difference maker you are SOL...........and that's not what you draft a guy in the middle of round 1 to be.

The problem is that it when people use hyperbole like "bust" to describe something much more nuanced it opens up the floor to the chicken heads to start clucking about how everyone hates said player. Some may not forgive that player for only being an average player overall............but the legitimate criticism of Edmunds is just that. He's basically at the level of scrutiny here that has generally been reserved for QB's like Tyrod Taylor and Ryan Fitzpatrick.............who were often over-defended because their apologists were worried about the alternative more than the actual belief that they were much better than their critics said they were.