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I think Breida would be an easy cut choice. I liked his signing but they aren't really blocking it up well enough in the run game for him to use his speed.........which is why I think we haven't seen him..........so he's sorta' street free agent level value to the team at this point and they have that quality on the PS if needed. I even think that should Singletary or Moss get hurt Antonio Williams would be elevated from the PS and move in front of Breida on the depth chart. I would IR Stevenson for the entire season if they added a veteran WR........he's a prospect in the same way that Isaiah Hodgins was a prospect...........no real tangible proof that he's a playable NFL WR. But we've seen very little of him, definitely a case of the team knows WAY more than we do about his potential. I expect other veterans will start asking their way off of bad teams in the coming weeks so OBJ probably won't be the last potentially useful veteran to get dumped on the market.

Learn from the past Pete

I can't see ANYONE claiming him. $7M is a massive cap hit at this point in the season. I expect he will end up in NOLA or LV but it wouldn't hurt the Bills much to bring him in for the minimum. They could always cut him if there is any issue. He doesn't have the leverage to be a distraction if he goes to a good team like the Bills or Rams.

In my experience, these next few weeks are always the best time to catch prospects in games. They are rounding into top form. And nowadays.........whether they even participate in their teams bowl games is highly unpredictable at this point. I'd expect a record amount of top prospect opt-outs. No reason to sit for 3 weeks and delay your draft prep for a month or more. The bowl games are almost like the first "spring game" for a lot of programs now.

Beane and the scouting department are hard at work on prospect evaluation so I don't see any reason that it's too early to discuss. I know there are people out there who are just biting their nails and wishing it was SB Sunday already but the journey is the reward and discussing the future of the roster is at least as interesting as what they will do against the Jags or Jets.........re-building teams they are favored over by huge amounts.

McDermott says WR is the teams "fastball". With Sanders likely retiring and Beasley getting up there in age and having his personal issues with the league and McBeane's wishes about vaxing this season........I would expect them to invest in a dynamic WR fairly early in the draft or in UFA.

Listenbee?

I think for the most part he and his agent will dictate who claims him..........if they know he won't show then a team isn't going to claim him. I think Terrell Suggs got himself released back in 2019 with the intent of returning to Baltimore and instead KC claimed him.........and though initially pissed..........he reported and ended up getting a Lombardi. So OBJ might not get the exact team but I expect he will only go to one that's on a short list of teams he'd accept. He ain't playing in Detroit, IMO.

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Man........ @Just Jack wishes he still ran this board so he could suspend you for that comment!

That punch by Darius Leonard is the kind of play that Tremaine Edmunds has to make to be in that All Pro category with him. The game has to slow down enough to be able to focus on making plays on the ball like you see Tre White or Hyde and Poyer do.

Man.........for $399 straight cash maybe@Hammered a Lot will set you up in his garage. Bring an inflatable mattress and one of those sleeping bags with the tinfoil inside. Boom. Can't get much closer to the stadium than that.

Nah. It's mostly the QB. Sometimes you get a dysfunctional combo of HC and GM........the Bills have had more than their share of that..........but the subtle differences between McBeane and many other competent but failed regimes in the NFL really never manifest without an elite QB. They were smart enough to realize that their plan was dead in the water without a stud QB and became the first regime in Bills history to either use their originally slotted #1 pick or trade up from that pick to draft a QB. And they took the biggest chance on the highest ceiling in Josh Allen. They also had A LOT of luck. To be able to pass on Patrick Mahomes, DeShaun Watson and Lamar Jackson in the first round in McDermott's first two drafts with the team and still come out of it with an ELITE QB...........that's an astonishing amount of chances at league-MVP-type QB talent in just 2 drafts. Their unbelievably easy 2019 schedule was a huge boost as well because they really weren't one of the 12 best teams in the NFL on the hoof that year either. Their schedule this season is also a clear runway to a deep playoff run. A guy like Andy Reid moving to KC, with a long track record of success, can come in and get a team to buy his "process" for a number of years until a QB gets within his reach. First time nobodies like McBeane needed to nail it because in truth their process was already in crisis by the middle of 2018.

It doesn't need to stop really.......the opinion of the fans isn't important to the result. It just makes the fanbase look like they've never been here before. And, in reality, a lot of them haven't. Which isn't their fault, it's mainly Ralph's. But it does read like those people weren't following the NFL closely when the Bills were irrelevant for most of 20 years, which makes the fanbase look a bit like fair-weather followers of the NFL. That's unfortunate because in reality we've been very resilient.

Ever since the win in KC.......which looks less impressive in hindsight.........there are scores of posters predicting easy blowout wins over the Titans and Dolphins. Then the team only played well enough to "hope" to win in those games. Close enough that a couple plays decided both. They haven't been sharp........and yet the same numbskulls keep assuming the next game will be over after the opening drive. Kinda' shows how uneducated the two decades of being out of SB contention has made fans about what it's like being a front running team. As totally inferior as the Bills organization was to the Patriots during the drought(and the first 6 NE games under McD), there were still games where the Pats didn't annihilate the Bills every time they played.......it only felt like that and it only seemed like the Patriots won by 3 TD's against everyone else each week. In reality it's very difficult for any team to perform at their best 14-17 times over the course of a season. I just want to see the Bills come out and play a great, focused game this weekend..........if they do that.....which isn't guaranteed......the rest will take care of itself.

Why do people think the Halloween series is ever going to end? It's like Batman........it will just keep getting re-done as long as there are new human beings getting made to watch it. And do people not realize that Jamie Lee Curtis has been in 3(?) other Halloween movies that aren't part of the storyline of Halloween Kills? It's not like someone is suddenly ruining the story..........if you don't like the ending........wait for the next "re-imagining".

In that potential matchup.......I actually think a healthy version of this Bills defense might be able to really shut down the Rams offense. But it seems that the Bills have resigned themselves to Josh Allen being his own best protection this season. He's at the height of his athletic ability right now......he's been evading pass rushers and then bowling over back 7 defenders at a rapid rate this season.........so maybe he could put up 4 TD's anyway..........but I hate seeing them expose Allen as much as they are doing this year, IMO. Would have liked to see a physical presence added to that OL.

If they win the SB this year.........they will look like geniuses for having not expended any future assets to improve. But if their deficiencies cost them, eventually Bills fans will forget that they didn't make moves. Bills fans have largely forgotten that Polian sat on his hands while AFC East teams were making big moves in the early 90's. The Redskins team that beat the Bills in XXVI...........they would have been miles over the salary cap..........and the Cowboys somehow stole Charles Haley from conference rival San Francisco. Polian was especially determined to prove he was right about 265# NT Jeff Wright and FS Mark Kelso.........two major physical mismatches against NFC East teams in those SB's. I don't think Beane is stubborn but winning that 1st SB when the window is THIS OPEN is critical.

Well, that's not much of an observation. The reality is that the teams that need players enough NOW that they would be willing to trade their much beloved draft picks..........those teams really don't have much cap space. That wasn't really the case immediately prior to covid. Teams had gotten better at cap management. So with less cap space to work with.........contenders need teams to eat cap space as well as give up the player. That was going to make it more difficult. Look at what the Rams had to pay for Von Miller. That was A LOT for a 32 year old free-agent-to-be and the reason is because Denver also ate $9M in salary.

Roof it for the $1.6B. If the team keeps winning it won't make a big difference in attendance or revenue. But if they start losing again.........could mean A LOT to attendance and therefore revenue..........and also the quality of play and ability to attract talent. Sh*tty weather seasons like this one and longer regular seasons that end in mid-January should be considered.

Yeah if the OL was physically capable but just out of sync........that's one thing. That's not the case. They are just not physically up to task this season. Dawkins is clearly still diminished after his bout with covid after foolishly waiting to get vaxed. Feliciano is on skates after losing weight to try to get more athletic(apparently). Morse is not physical enough to stop an immediate push. And Williams is not the same player athletically.......he's been up and down like that for his whole career. They really need a physical presence to help set the tone.

Yeah that "I always play at around 310" was a crock of sh*t. As Lofton said during the game, Lotulelei acknowledged that he used to play at 340. He's gotten in shape and lost a lot of weight and become a much more of a disruptive player. Instead of being an ineffective pseudo nose tackle he's become a very productive part of the rotation of players all doing the same kind of work. The switch away from bloated blocks of sh*t at 1 tech started last year but Star is making it work better with his new found ability to rush the passer. Combined with surprisingly great run defense from Rousseau they are a much different front this year despite otherwise bringing back the same guys.

Yeah the Bills are only 1/3 of the way into hopefully a 20 or 21 game season...........and Allen is running the ball more than ideal and taking a good deal of hits.........I'd be hesitant to trade Trubisky. As much as another pass rusher or CB might be nice they should be looking to upgrade the interior OL first.

Yet another example of an unexpected trade. Like all of Beane's trades. But we still have people on TSW who expect a months notice from Shefter or it couldn't possibly happen.