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He wouldn't be avoiding Mahomes. He'd be aligning to not play him until the biggest game. History doesn't care too much about who you had to beat to get to a SB........just whether you were there and if you won. Losing in the divisional round to Mahomes or Burrow every year is forgettable. Like a Philip Rivers or even most of Drew Brees career in the playoffs. Afterthoughts. Winning against them for once in the playoffs would be nice but he'd still be 1-4 against them. Winning a SB against them makes you 1-0. Allen, Burrow and Mahomes being on the same side of the draw and the QB-loaded AFC facing system QB's Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy in the grand finale is rather anticlimactic for the league.

If he cares about his legacy he's not going to wait until his mid-30's to try to win one Super Bowl like Matt Stafford did.........he'll get out while he has the runway to get back in the conversation with Mahomes. And why not play where you have chosen to make your home? He values the opinions of guys like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers and I am sure they'd tell him to follow the path of least resistance to his life goals. Right now, I'm just most concerned with the Bills finding a way to win without Allen having to carry the ball 10x per game just to make the playoffs. If that doesn't change I'd say he's off to greener pastures in the next couple years. Then........if they do show that they are making a concerted effort to maximize his talent and earning potential into his late 30's.........I could even see a tiny portion of ownership being dangled to keep him from being drawn elsewhere.

Being "built different" might help your short arms get off press..........but also might not.

Thanks for the effort with the write-ups.........but you played yourself here. Beane was talking up Dane Jackson like he was a CB1 before he drafted Elam. It's what he does. Set the bar of expectations low. -"Hmmmm.........maybe WR isn't REALLY a need? Beane's got this!" -"Oh, we got a WR in round 1! I know it wasn't a need but I'm glad Beane got us one. Dude is a wizard!" Don't worry, you'll forget Beane even said it later.

It's very simple..........Beane says whatever fits his agenda. And that's fine. "Don't expect any big moves" can just as easily mean $120M contract to Von Miller is coming with Beane. That was an example of a bald-faced Big Baller Beane lie. It was a move that had been in the making since the trade deadline the previous season. But if you think that was a spur of the moment decision then it's not surprising that you get puzzled so easily. That's what he's counting on from Bills fans. He sets bars that he can realistically, if not EASILY, surpass and that makes he and the Pegula's look good and prevents the unwashed from keeping receipts on them. That's something the Pegula's gotta' love about him with all the heat they get for their greater personal involvement with the Sabres.

Hit rates in general drop a lot in each subsequent round. You can try to tell ardent trade-back people that all day and give them statistical proof to back it up...........they just won't want to hear it. But none of trading up, staying put or trading back has proven to be a consistently reliable "formula".

Bills fans have come to see Josh as this morally infallible steward of the franchise. Yet, it's basically common knowledge at this point that Josh's personal life spilled over and lead to a home playoff game meltdown versus Cincinnati. Wasting a 13-3 season. He's just a man. He's going to chase p*ssy, money, fame, success and quality of life in general.........and if playing for Buffalo can't provide enough of ALL of them then he will do what superstars do and go where he thinks he can get enough of all of them. The Bills have his heart now but they gotta' be sure not to f*ck it up. Dudes are always evaluating the other side of the fence at his age.

Hey now..........don't suggest that Beane is disingenuous..........everyone know's he's pretty straight forward about everything. It's always hilarious how selective people are when characterizing Beane's honesty. I don't want an honest GM. His personnel evaluations haven't always been great but he's always been great at puppeteering Bills fans. It's hard to fake-it till you make-it as a GM if you can't use the slight of tongue like Beane.

Yeah the starting staff is shaky without Cole. Just not enough innings. The Jays starters aren't great but they are better. And the Yanks bullpen is excellent EXCEPT for their lack of strikeout ability. They really struggle with the Manfred-man in extra innings because that contact allowed is like an automatic run. Not surprising they've blown 2 saves in extra's. It was big salvaging that last game.

I'm glad. He had a good run but he's been awful for about a decade now. When I have the occasion to have the game on the radio......sometimes I have to flip the station to make sure the broadcast is still on because there could be minute long silences. And his vision was shot and he's been mis-calling plays for years. Justin Shackle is OK.......he's had to fill in a lot for Sterling in recent years. I'd prefer Ryan Rucco but I'm not sure the Yanks radio is big enough for him at this point. He should have Michael Kay's job. He killed it when Kay was out a couple years ago. Kay knows it.

Josh Allen isn't being traded anywhere without his consent/blessing. We are way past that stage 2 years into his extension. He calls his own shots now.

Downvoted but nothing personal. He's just THAT washed. He's so washed the last time I saw him on TV he was talking about his game in the past tense. Bones on the beach washed.

Pro sports are a business. If he turns into a Cam Newton-sized pumpkin in two years then the Bills won't be offering him another 5 year extension, will they? So it's naive to not realize the real possibility that a star might decide to change teams to benefit his career. I'm not a McDermott hater but even I know a significant faction of Bills fans are certain that McDermott is wasting Josh Allen's career. Don't be surprised if the Bills don't land a top WR in this draft if the national media Bills-talk shifts from Stefon Diggs drama to talking up the idea that Allen should leave Buffalo so he can have a perceived "fair fight" with Mahomes. Won't hurt the league's feelings any for Mahomes/Allen to turn into a SB matchup either. He loves southern CA. He'd be awesome for the Rams. The Niners are his boyhood team. McVay and Shanahan have been to 4 SB's and lost 3 because they were out-gunned at QB. Neither organization has any long term commitments at QB. Don't think they haven't pondered the possibility of landing Josh Allen. And the return for Buffalo would be a joke compared to the loss. Makes way too much sense and in 2025 Josh Allen reaches that half-way point of his deal and has a $60M cap hit. $25M of that is a roster bonus. He has leverage to force his way out.

One of the great things about Beane is that he lies his assoff.......but fans still think he's "usually pretty straight forward". The key is setting expectations low. It's not complicated..........but some GM's just can't do it.

That used to be the case. I don't think it's that simple anymore.

That's Josh Allen's decision to make..........and he and McD aren't golfing buddies. Allen removed the chip from his shoulder and made a 180 degree turn on offseason work after he "arrived" in the 13 seconds game. He traded Britt in for a girl who definitely AIN'T moving to Buffalo. So he's changed his mind on matters of professional and personal import before.

If it helps retain Josh Allen, I'm all for it. Next offseason JA17's cap hits start getting so large and his remaining term so short that he can pretty much call his shot on where he wants to play if the Bills can't get him to sign an extension. His home state of California.........with offensive geniuses McVay and Shanahan.........and the promise of not having to face Mahomes in the playoffs until a Super Bowl........that would have to be very enticing. Bills need to be ALL ABOUT supporting Josh Allen. The hope of Belichick making a difference might be enough to tip the scales if they are otherwise all-in on giving Allen weapons.

Sounds reasonable.

The positional break down looks right but I'd rather see a CB than a safety. Using a second round pick on a safety in a mediocre safety draft would not be ideal from the positional standpoint. You can draft and develop safeties from all over the board and they are a dime a dozen in free agency. Be pretty dumb to take an "ok" prospect safety at 60, IMO. Two outside WR and two OL would be very logical for this draft class.

I'm not disputing that Hill isn't great now. But he wasn't great before Mahomes. Those guys were losing at home in the playoffs to the likes of Mike Mularkey and Marcus Mariotta despite having a QB who was considered a top 10-12 QB in the league at the very least. They didn't have "IT" until Mahomes arrived. The Chiefs stuck with Hill thru a period of his life when he was liable to punch a pregnant women in the stomach or break his sons arm. He could have easily washed out of the league if he were with other less-tolerant franchises or had even just had his career disrupted by suspensions or trades earlier in his development to places he didn't fit. A LOT had to go right to get Hill to the past two seasons. Even then, there is the feeling that he could Antonio-Brown himself out of the league at any minute because he is still always a person of interest in some legal matter. If Hill never plays another down do the pro football writer's ever vote him into the HOF? No. We can say that with certainty. 10K yards is a long way from the bar as an accumulator nowadays. And don't forget, he's not a 3 time SB winner. He left KC and the team won 2 SB's.

We will have to agree to disagree. If the Chiefs don't get to Mahomes and Reid gets fired after blowing that 18 point lead at home to Mike Mularkey and Marcus Mariotta then who knows which way the Kelce/Hill careers go. They weren't moving the needle. I mean, it's false to claim that the Chiefs were seen as loaded with playmakers before Mahomes arrived. They signed Watkins because even the Chiefs didn't think they had a WR1. Mahomes changed the perspective on Kelce, Hill and Reid. He made a lot of Chiefs players household names.

It's not "factual"........because it wasn't "luck". Mahomes made it possible. Without a truly great QB, Kelce and Hill are more likely to have finished in the Hall of "Good" along with a guy like Eric Moulds who has never really sniffed the HOF. Pre-Mahomes Andy Reid was 11-13 career in the playoffs and 1-4 in conference championship games. Then he got upset WITH Mahomes in his first title game. Obviously Reid is the only HC to blow an 18 point lead or greater in the playoffs more than once. And he did it thrice!

You got it backwards. They were good without Mahomes. They became great because of Mahomes. Nobody was saying HOF with regard to those guys before Mahomes got there. Not even Andy Reid........who was one of the great choke artists in playoff history. He had blown a 28 point lead and an 18 point lead in the playoffs as Chiefs HC. (In fact, he owns 3 of the 4 biggest blown leads in Chiefs 65 year history and all were in the playoffs). His time was running out in KC before Mahomes arrived and changed the narrative.

Relationships make deals happen. I'm not sure they make that trade with any other team in the AFC if that team is picking 27th(meaning they are good). If you are going to help an AFC rival out you better be getting the best of the exchange........and even at the time it seemed like at best a discount. But again, new regimes are also brimming with confidence in themselves and often end up getting taken to the cleaners in personnel swaps. It's the first place to look if you are a contender looking to make a one-sided deal.

Point is..........the 2017 Chiefs weren't even close to being in a Super Bowl like those Dolphins. They were the 4th seed at 10-6 and had actually lost to 9-7 Buffalo at home that season. They had been nothing more than an easy-out in the playoffs each year when lead by Andy Reid.......a HC with 0 SB wins and a history of choking and poor game management. Don Shula was the antithesis of Andy Reid at that point. But history is written by the winners. When the Bills played the Chiefs in 2017 Kelce and Tyreek didn't do anything that day. Their stories hadn't been written yet because the outcome was very much in doubt to that point. Alex Smith.........a very good bridge QB.......just couldn't get the ball to them against a decent Bills secondary. It took an elite QB to elevate that roster. They pursued Sammy Watkins because despite good statistics........what they had in Kelce and Hill hadn't proven to be nearly enough. Generational QB's and winning cultures DRASTICALLY change careers. I look at guys like Aaron School and Kyle Williams with the Bills. If either are on a dynastic team their careers might have become HOF worthy. Schobel probably plays another 5 years. The losing not only created a lack of opportunity but it created a disincentive to push for individual greatness. Put Chris Jones or Tyreek Hill on those drought Bills and who knows what happens. They were "just guys" in college. Couldn't pick 2 more perfect examples.