BADOLBILZ

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.

This stat makes it sound like he's been stellar............but the kind of pressure the Bills OL is allowing is IMMEDIATE. In reality all this stat tells you is that he's not been the guy letting players into the pocket untouched (except of course on a play like the holding penalty against Granderson last night........which technically I don't believe counts as a pressure either). Somewhat deceiving stat, IMO. Also........didn't they put Spencer Brown at LT for a play versus the Jets and put Dion Dawkins at LG? Dawkins immediately committed a penalty as I recall. Moving Brown to LT was floated as a rumor in the week leading up to the Jets game.

Not having White doesn't change the basic objective of the defense, which is to encourage the offense to take small gains and hope they can't execute. And they can still run man........Jackson can cover.........but from what we've seen there will be chances for teams to create some bigger plays in the pass game. They most likely won't be as efficient with regard to not giving up chunk plays in the pass game but that doesn't necessarily mean they will be scorched now. And perhaps not having White back there lights a fire under this pass rush. Sometimes losing a star player can help a unit find another level of effort and focus. That really has been the biggest issue with the team this year........being focused on the task at hand. And also..........the real weakness of the defense has been their want-to and technique in run defense. With White out.........maybe teams will be more inclined to try to throw the ball a bit more. I still prefer the Bills chances defending the pass.......so more throws is better, IMO. But ultimately it's on the offense to stop being so erratic. Allen is a huge game-changing weapon who can keep 2-3 otherwise stalled drives alive with his athleticism every game..........so if they are executing they should be nearly unstoppable. That's clearly been the most discouraging part of the season to this point.......they get stopped by their own often-inexplicable mistakes far more than they get well-defensed. They need to be focused and start being better than the sum of their parts. That's what championship teams do down the stretch.

Hate losing White but the greatest advantage of being a zone coverage defense is that you can get by with less natural ability at the corner positions. They could still win a SB with this secondary. Worse have done so. But they need the DL to improve........better pass rush and more consistent run D. And more importantly they need the offense to start executing with precision. That first half was again very sloppy. And the OL is still letting a free rusher come thru far too often.

Never heard of susceptibility to chilblains being a temporary condition.......so maybe having to avoid getting his feet cold will be a permanent part of Aaron Rodgers existence now.

Yeah they need to proceed in the offseason like Davis is just a guy fighting for a roster spot. If he figures it out......great.......but he's not risen to the occasion this year. Finding a better successor to the John Brown/Sanders position.......a true 1B option to Diggs.........might end up being their 1st round pick.

Hopefully Star and Brown avoid this cuz at their positions and size they can't tip-toe around like Rodgers.