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Yeah I see where the BB hype machine hooked you but after signing 18 veteran free agents I would doubt that they are now among the younger teams. Only 4 players with 10+ years in the NFL sounds better than only 9 players over 30.

Where does that article say the Bills have one of the youngest rosters overall?

I think Singletary is lacking speed as well..........he had some miscalculations running the ball in preseason that were concerning.........he will need to adjust and learn the situations where he needs to fall forward instead of trying to make a move to get away and ends leaving yardage on the table. I had him as the top RB in the draft but still didn't think he was good value where they picked him in round 3.........it just seemed like a lousy draft class. I am hoping for Bills-career-Travis-Henry like ypa around league average at 4.2 or so. If he does better and holds onto the football I will be pleasantly surprised. He looks solid as a receiver which was also an unknown. But McCoy has just produced a well sub-league-average ypa the past two years............he is like a lot of players that get older........they look good in flashes but can't do it consistently. The excuses about OL play are understandable but I mean a season of 3.2 ypa from a scat back is WOEFUL. We heard the same excuses for about the last 5 years of Thurman Thomas being in Buffalo. He was always just a little nicked up or needed just a little more blocking or more effective downfield passing game to be like his old self.........it sounded good but wasn't true.

With Dawkins, Nsekhe and Ford they have 2 starters and a swing tackle already built right into their top 5 OL players. A more position versatile guy would seem like the better fit but maybe they want to carry 9 OL with all the uncertainty with Mitch Morse and Nsekhe being so long in the tooth.

Yeah Jake Dolegala. Another huge, big armed QB and he looked a lot better than Tyree Jackson in preseason.

But would you do a Clowney for Skelton deal??

I actually think this is why. I've been enjoying all of the posts this preseason about how the Bills roster was so good and that there were just a bunch of players that other teams were going to immediately snap up if they were cut. It's been hilarious. The reality is that everyone has their own version of most of the Bills bubble guys. What's valuable are experienced OL. The word you hear from OL coaches is that most young O lineman are about worthless until year 3. McDermott is in year 3. So even though he doesn't look like one of the Bills best 53 they might think that he should have the trade value of one of their top 45.

I dismiss any notion that the Bills roster turnover is limiting offensively but the most obvious and recent answer is the 2017 Rams. And that team not only turned over most of the OL and receiving corps but also had a new HC installing a new offense and a second year QB who was not coming into year 2 with anywhere near the momentum of a Josh Allen and Todd Gurley was coming off a nightmarish performance the previous year. The Rams basically went from abysmal to great offensively and it happened instantly.......they scored 46 in their opener and averaged 35+ points per game in their first 4 games that season on their way to being the most explosive offense in the NFL. They went from complete trash to a SB favorite over night because of their brand new offense.

They picked him up from the Pats who had drafted him in round 6 and they kept him because they were afraid if they put him on the PS that the Patriots would try to sign him back. But that was 2 years ago and he's looked like a street free agent ever since. Maybe they are still trying to keep him away from New England? ? Definitely perplexing but I do believe that this is just a week 1 thing and that he will be gone pretty soon.

No. I'm sorry but that's simply old time thinking..........in reality it's like pre-free agency thinking even. Change is the order of the day for everyone in the NFL now...........there is as of an much advantage in starting a season with new players and/or a new scheme as there is in starting the year with a team with experience that everyone has tape and tendencies on. The one guy you want to know the offense inside-and-out is the QB..........and Allen seems to be prepared.........the offense might not be great because they lack matchup winners but it shouldn't be because they aren't on the same page yet.

If McCoy were making what Yeldon is making I think he would have been kept instead...........so in that sense I think it WAS a cap issue. It's a sound move saving the money. They still desperately need a WR1 and elite pass rusher going forward and the only eggs in those nests are Bob Foster and Bam Johnson.........so they will likely be needing to buy at least one of those next year if they want one they can count on for a full season. An extra $6.5M is only like 1/3 of a season salary for one of those in FA so it's not going to go far if shopping for elite players at key positions.........but it is a tangible savings to roll forward.

Yeah BuffaloBills.com used to run a little banana republic message board that we mocked for their dictatorial ways. BB self-nuked the island in an apparent attempt to kill off their diseased population but the waste washed ashore here and we've been fighting off infection ever since. The collective IQ around here has taken a big hit but some of them aren't too bad and they click on a lot of ads so......

He seems far too green to make the 53 to me but if they think he can contribute later in the season I think they could just put Wade on the regular 10 man PS after he passes thru waivers and then they would be able to bring him up during the season rather than red-shirt him using the 11th spot.

Passing on Taylor still hurts. There were scouts and draftniks who had Taylor going in round 1 and the Bills passed on him twice and he went mid-3rd round. The Wiley pick over Taylor really shook my faith in Butler that day but he bounced back in round 4 with Jamie Nails. Nails was a talented OL and the Bills had massive need on the OL. That was kinda' Butler's thing.........he would always leave a great pass rusher on the board for another 3-4 team like the Steelers to maddeningly scarf up in round 3 or 4 but still come away with good drafts. FWIW......Dr. Z had both Taylor and Nails in his first round mock. I am excited about Johnson but to some extent he is obviously being graded on a curve. Hopefully his trajectory continues.

Here's the thing........if he had "all the talent in the world" he would be playing on a guaranteed contract in the NBA or MLB. The NFL is the most popular pro sports league in the US but with very, very few exceptions they aren't the best of the best pro athletes and that's why they are playing in such a cutthroat league.

That's an interesting comparison. Both angular with very long arms..........but I think Johnson has the frame to get bigger and stronger at the point of attack. He is a football player who is a good athlete. Lawson was like a track star who played football. He tried hard and was a good teammate but he just lacked the instincts and ability to set the edge to play up to his workout numbers.

I really hope you weren't like this in the break room with the other secretaries at OBD. You are clearly at the end of your rope........that's when people pull out the "you are a B word or N word which makes you less human than me so I don't have to entertain your thoughts" train of thought. You probably should just be ignoring the topic instead of showing us your pimply bare azz. Trading the pick used to select Mahomes to the team that defeated you in Buffalo for a chance to go to Super Bowl I..........and has almost single handedly knocked the Bills out of playoff contention like 3 times in the last 6 years..............I mean it could get WORSE........like Mahomes winning a SB this year(God FORBID).......but it's really bad. Chin up though........McBeane still have their chance to make it right even if you have already thrown in the towel.

This. The Eagles and Seahawks make zero sense as destinations for Clowney. They are already into the ridiculous salary for QB stage..........the Seahawks just TRADED a better pass rusher in Frank Clark to avoid paying him........the Eagles have spent a lot of $ to get to and try to defend their SB.........it doesn't add up. The Dolphins and Jets make more sense wrt the stage they but they both have new coaches that everyone around the league can envision being 1 and done's right now. The Bills aren't considered a SB contender but they are considered a more stable situation with a possible franchise QB and a TON of cap space.

Wow. I have said some things on this board but even I would expect a time out for that. The B word between white folks is the caucasian equivalent of the N word.........even I wouldn't circumvent the filter to use it in that context.........bravo classy K!

Right on Chandler! Ovaltine is for old farts and should not be discussed in mixed company. They were also the original ad spammer.

Let's put it this way...........if the topic is a dead horse then what does that make McBeane and Allen? I've compared the situation to the Kelly/Marino many times............if the Bills select Marino instead of Kelly then Marino likely becomes a Bill in 1983 because he wanted to play in the NFL, while JK was down for whatever. And in year 2 Marino went ballistic on the AFC and it looked like they had passed on the future Greatest QB of all time. As fate would have it the Bills still managed to dominate the AFC for most of Marino's career. That's what I am hoping happens with Allen. Passing on Mahomes and handing him to a long time AFC/AFL rival was horrible........but the situation is NOT a dead horse discussion yet...........not unless McDermott and Beane and Allen are cooked.........the Bills could still succeed. Let's see it.

It's gotta' be said. That decision looms over the McDermott regime..........which has a current record of 15-17 and is held together only by the benefit of the doubt. And you know I am hardly surprised that Sears is letting their market trend analysts post on message boards during the middle of the day. SMH

Dude the Mahomes trade happened. You gotta' move on and be comfortable with trading again. Get back on the horse.......so to speak.

Now that I know how much Pat Mahomes talk bothers you............we gonna' have a lotta' fun.

Trading away the chance to select Patrick Mahomes is looking like HANDS DOWN the worst personnel decision in the history of the franchise. I've said it many times but hopefully the Allen/Mahomes thing turns into a Kelly/Marino rivalry where the Bills win even if they don't have the greater passer..............but Mahomes is looking like a likely top 10 all-time kinda' passer right now.