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I think Texas problem has long been that there are too many schools in Texas competing for the same talent. Staying in conference with most of them has been "playing down to your competition" in recruiting. Moving to the SEC should improve them on the field in the long run. It has improved Texas A&M for the same reason........they had something to gain on the field by moving to the SEC. Now.....if you want to go to a place like Baylor or Texas Tech or TCU instead of Texas or Texas A&M you are voluntarily going to a lesser conference. In the past too many recruits were just choosing their local school or family alma mater and still getting the same league experience and exposure as if they went to Texas. Oklahoma has benefitted greatly from the in-fighting in recruiting in Texas and have been able to cash in while Texas basically carried the conference financially. It's definitely not a "gain" move or lateral move for them, IMO.

There is a lot of uncertainty and little on-field upside for Oklahoma moving into the SEC. No more cake-walks into playoff contention. Riley has a chance to go to USC and dominate recruiting in the west and basically turn them into another version of what Oklahoma has been.

When the Bills have problems defending the run it's about a lack of want-to and poor technique. You will never see a greater example of it than the Bills team in 2017 that got trampled in the worst 3 game stretch in team history.........but then later went into their wild card game against Jacksonville the most short handed they had been all season and gave an inspired performance stoning the Jags running backs for a 2.6 ypc average on 25 carries in limiting Jax to 10 points. Want-to and technique. These Bills have no excuse for being weak against the run...........they are 10 deep with DL players who are capable and healthy. And at this point of the season no DL is more well rested than the Bills. It's not a thin unit up front like the one that finished 2017. Hopefully they are past their "dog days" for this season and come into that Patriots game focused on being physical and disciplined.

Peters would have been great to have this season. He was just out there looking for a chance to play for someone this summer. I'm not a big sentimentality guy.......I root for the laundry mostly.......but would have been cool for him to finish his pro career where it started. But the way he's playing this year the Bears will probably offer him a 2 year deal with the intention for him to be their starter for that period. He's been their best lineman.

I've been out on Bourbon Street a number of times now without personal incident.........but once when I was there for business 5-6 years ago a guy that I know and don't care for got rolled leaving Bourbon Street and ended up being brought back to his hotel by police wearing only his underwear. You definitely want to stay in a decent sized group at least. The violence has been more by accident in my experience.......my wife bumped heads with another woman when they were intoxicated .......one of those "oh you dropped that let me help you" moments.........and that woman had an enormous black eye at the business function we were at the next day. Why companies/industries think they can have productive business gatherings in New Orleans I don't know.

I thought McD handled it as well as he could.........he said it.......then told reporters he wasn't going to expand on it. Don't want the refs pissed at you as a HC. What's important to remember is that officials have been tasked with keeping the faces of the franchises on the field............it's not so much about the letter of the law............if they are legitimately concerned that a QB might get knocked out of the game on their watch.........then they will be quicker with the flags. You can't fight the law in the NFL. You gotta' bend it to your advantage.

If Allen wants the roughing calls then he needs to swallow his pride and act like the hits are hurting him. When he gets hit.......stay down for a minute.......get up with a limp.......act like his availability is in question if he takes another hit like that. Then the hankees will follow. I'm not advocating that.........but that's the only way a beast of a QB like Allen who intentionally puts his body on the line to make big plays is going to get them. The rules are in place to protect the vulnerable...........if you don't act like one of them you won't get the calls.

Man......now Bama wins...today has really been a kick in the nuts for you. Take some NyQuil, have a good cry and catch up on them Z's. Need them links hot and fresh tomorrow. No excuses.

You must be new. "I have a feeling" is code for eball wanting to take credit for calling something. What Bills fan hadn't contemplated the team "maybe" winning out at that point? They lost the very next game........and not because of injuries. His feeling couldn't have been any more wrong. (Actual footage of eball's boozy kiss of death)

Your memory doesn't serve you correctly.

Not even close to a re-build. It's basically like when the Steelers went 6-10 in 2003 with Tommy Maddox(after winning 23 games the prior two seasons) and then drafted Roethlisberger and went 15-1. Teams that have winning cultures and coaching/management continuity like the Patriots do just re-tool. Not surprising that a fair-weather Pats fan would doubt Belichick and not understand what re-building means........it's a lot more than just switching out players........but rest assured the Pats won't actually be rebuilding until the next HC comes in. As for BB not overhauling a team.......I think you better go back and look at some of those rosters 3 seasons apart. Nobody turns over a roster more than BB.

Well you must have wandered aimlessly into the wrong place then. The topic of the thread is literally about the draft. If you don't care you simply shouldn't have opened it. Not every thread has to be about what's happening today in relation to a game this week.

Correct. It was not a re-build. They had a ton of opt-outs in 2020 and no QB but they were still competitive and never had a culture issue. They just saved up their shekels in 2020 and spent with abandon in the offseason.........and Belichick always turns over his rosters relentlessly and ruthlessly so it wasn't any big deal adding a ton of new players.

But Ryan Day's face..........he looks like he took a DeLorean back to 1955 to get facial reconstruction. Most disturbing face in football.

I actually agree..........but I think we'd have all been more comfortable if you didn't weigh in hot so soon after you created a LAMP thread to predict that the Bills would win out right before the Indy game.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Nonsense? 26 years ago All Pro CB Rod Woodson tore his ACL on Sept 3.......had reconstructive surgery.......returned to the field in the Super Bowl in January 4 1/2 months later. https://apnews.com/article/cf494a6412f6c22debe85406884cb40e More than a generation of advancement later and you are absolutely certain that Tre White can't return to the field in twice that amount of time? GTFOH sandbagger

I highly doubt Tre White will take 8 games off just so that he can get 12 months post surgery instead of 10.

Yeah it's important to not forget that priority #1 of any NFL team should be to make the QB look good. If the Bills want to preserve Josh Allen...........and in doing so keep themselves relevant in the NFL........then they need to remember that on draft day because the Cam Newton impersonation he's doing this season isn't likely to be sustainable. Yeah I am very interested in Penning for the Bills. The re-emergence of New England in particular could lead to the Bills going back to a more physical approach on offense and Penning makes sense. They are in a good position contract-wise in the coming seasons with Dawkins as well........he'd be a bargain even as a guard(where I think he'd be excellent). I could see them addressing both OT and TE in the first 3 rounds. And WR is a big need, IMO as well. I value CB play........CB1 is an elite money position.........but I think what this defense will still need most is a finishing pass rusher. Things are lining up for a potentially reasonable Khalil Mack trade this offseason but it's likely to require one of those first 3 picks at least. Whereas they might be able to get a physical upgrade over Levi and Dane at a bargain rate in UFA.

I fully expect he will be back by opening day. He's driven.

Agreed.........but the talk about needing to draft a CB early here will dissipate quickly if damage in the passing game is limited over the next 2 weeks. I'm still not convinced they will lose Levi Wallace in free agency either. Despite earning positive reviews for his play. Any detail conscious organization will be able to see that free agent CB's from McDermott's system haven't translated well elsewhere. That's why the Bills were surprisingly able to non-tender him and make him a UFA last year and still re-sign him for cheap. There is a lot of help built into the system. So they might even have Tre, Wallace and Johnson all back together next season with Jackson, Lewis and McCloud in reserve. If they picked a CB early he could end up in a Boogie Basham situation where a top pick ends up inactive every week. A lot to play out there yet. It's not like the OL where things are bad and it's pretty clear they are only going to get worse on the interior if they don't address it this offseason. Or at WR where they are aging out at a couple positions with Beasley and Sanders. Or TE where they only have Knox and then nothing at all.

Fans are pretty spoiled by that. I'll throw in the towel when Allen goes out for the year. Tre White's loss is surmountable if the rest of the team were to actually start playing to expectations............whether fans want to see it that way right now or not.

I don't think CB has moved to the top of their "needs" list but if the right player is there they will take him. They would probably have done so this past draft as well if the right player was there. Tre White will be back and be fine. He's a great athlete and a dedicated pro. Rod Woodson tore his ACL in summer and came back in January to play in the Super Bowl. I fully expect him to be fine next season.

He's finding out what happened to Cam Newton. When you act like a football player.......you don't get those calls. It's not right but it's how the game is called. You gotta' act like you don't belong on the field with those defensive players to consistently get those calls. Hell.......that little post-play whisper in Josh's ear in the first half would have been a 15 yarder if Ed Oliver did it to Trevor.