BADOLBILZ

18 games with 2 bye weeks. That's where it's going and where it should go.

I think they are already playing thru the worst weather month of the year..........which is January for Buffalo and much of the northeast where there are still open air stadiums. And the Bills stadium will be the last NFL stadium built without a dome unless they put a team in San Diego again. So weather isn't an issue any longer.

Pickens didn't have a pass thrown his way last game and yet they won. So that would be incorrect.

If there is one thing analytics has taught us in US sports it's that less information = more fun. A lot of what we enjoy about sports is easily taken away by analysis of data and mimicry. Variety is the spice that gets lost. So I hope they don't ever figure out how to sort out HC candidates and that it is always difficult.

I agree with all of that...........the defensive improvement has been legit.........but the rest of the points I only agree by the slimmest of margins. They lost 5 games to non-playoff teams and only played 5 good games of their own out of 17...........and 3 of those were in the first 4 weeks. The AFC was there for the taking this year and they have stretched the cap to nearly it's limits to build this roster...........and still they hadn't clinched a playoff spot until late afternoon in week 18..........they needed a big upset in Tennessee and a 1 score win filled with unforced errors to get into the playoffs. Hopefully your last point is the most important..........character is something that is built. The perception that you have resilience can be self fulfilling for a team. Last season they showed resilience getting the 13-3 despite all of the tragedy around the season.........but then promptly rolled over and played dead in the divisional round. So they really have to show resilience to a SB win for it to really become an organizational trait.

I can't see it. Belichick has too much pride to be meddled with. Even Bob Kraft doesn't dare meddle with him and if anyone should be arrogant about their ability to replace a HC it would be Kraft..........who has hired 3 HC's and all will be in the HOF. I think LAC is the best destination for Belichick. An owner desperate for results and willing to write the check and hand over the power. Plus tons of MILF/GILF action for BB in LA.

It's funny, when Jerry came into the NFL he was the "maverick" owner.............but he is probably the most "Ralph" owner in the league now. He hires lame ducks so he can have control over them. Dan Quinn........the HC who blew the 28 point lead in the SB at his last HC job.........will be a perfect replacement for McCarthy. Just enough of a resumé to prop him up as a winning hire.

There is simply no way of telling if there is a shortage of talent capable of being NFL head coaches or not. Personally, I believe there is always an abundance of capable people. There just isn't an efficient way to sort thru the hundreds of options at the college/pro/unemployed levels. The fact that the list of candidates every few years becomes people you'd never heard of 3 years prior bears that out, IMO.

There was also this more recent sexual assault allegation:

Just a reminder when you are criticizing..........remember that your identity on TSW is "rapey" : In May 1997, Cornelius Bennett committed "vicious acts" during a sexual assault of a woman at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Buffalo. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in jail for sexual misconduct.

Mmmkay........ "Beast".

I dubbed him Sharty because the Bills complementary 3-6 WR options were going to be: Shakir/Sherfield/Shorter........and Sharty. Alliteration. They are "the huSH brothers" and endeavor to quiet all the doubters with their unexpectedly good play. But, then you people who chronically sh!t when you just intend fart into your underwear took offense. It's very reminiscent of when Taco Bell had the "taco neck syndrome" ads and the National Torticollis Society took offense because it resembled their unfortunate real life condition. I apologize to our Sharters........but you can't put it back..........just like you can't put back.........well, you know. And remember this was all before the unit underwhelmed. Fwiw, Sharty also had a very big catch in the Chiefs game though.

There are a lot of them........it's a deep draft at WR. But I suspect 6-9 to go in round 1. That kind of depth might have lasted a full 3 rounds back in the late 2010's when teams were gun-shy about 1st round WR's and the impact of WR talent wrt reaching and winning SB's wasn't as obvious to some. Walker is probably the most talented of the 2nd round guys you listed, IMO.

Haven't you gotten all of that at RB with Cook? 5.1 yards per carry over 300+ carries. Huge per play production in the pass game. And that wasn't really luck. They used a late 2nd rounder on a RB........which is a ton to spend on that position. Cook has been better than those guys. Injury is a factor there but Hall had a massive workload in college. Same with Travis Etienne. I wanted no part of RB's who had already put up 700+ carries in college. It is a good point to be made in this thread though.........the further you stray from the primary objectives of premium positions with a priority to those that make your elite QB look elite........the uglier it looks when you miss. I'd hate to see them draft a safety in round 1 and have him turn into an injury risk..........that would be a cautionary tale about not putting appropriate value on positions. Good safeties(like RB's) are very easy to find. Not so much the case with QB/LT/PassRusher/WR1.

It's very simple at this point...........the #1 job of an NFL personnel department is to make your QB look good. That's what changes seasons. Not safety play. That's relative minutia. The Bills have not done nearly as much as they should have in regard to supporting Allen with WR talent and we see the results with an offense that can't function properly without Allen running. I believe the running has taken a toll on his game with regard to technique and accuracy. I think some of that is on his own preparation but the WR1 of this team going forward is not a "should" address........it's a "must" address.

Important to note that there is almost always a good to excellent free agent class of safeties. For a reason. And that the Bills defense has produced All Pro seasons from two different bargain free agent safeties.

Not sure why people assume Hines will be back. 3rd string RB with a blown out knee isn't worth $5M.

Yeah I saw that game too. He was a promising QB in an era when there weren't many good prospects coming into the league.

It's all fine until TSW finds out a dog was injured........then it's a gotdam tragedy!

Yeah he's been much more a possession receiver than a game breaker as a rookie. Hopefully that changes. They went deep to him twice in the last game. Maybe some of that opens up the intermediate a bit more. I think he's been a little easier to bring down than you'd like to see from a big target like that........but otherwise he's looked as advertised. Natural hands, quick transition from receiver to runner, good and instinctive route runner.....

Oh you don't like it when you get a taste of your own medicine, do you? Classic. What about me saying that Tua NEEDS elite playmakers to be anything above replacement level.....ie "nothing"........ have to do with Josh Allen not needing more receiving help to reach his ceiling with his much higher floor. And possibly extend his career etc.. The answer is nothing........they aren't related. There are QB's you "build" around like Mahomes and Allen.........and then there are QB's you have to "put" around a foundation of elite playmakers to elevate them above their lower floor/potential. Tua is certainly the latter. There was a time when he offered more of an all-around game as a prospect at Alabama..........but the leg and hip injuries........followed by the concussions and need to avoid contact.......have turned him into a QB with significant limitations and durability concerns.

I would *guess* Samuel gets 3 years $35M or so from a desperate team with a young QB to break-in. He's a better, more versatile player than Cole Beasley was after 2018(4 years $29M) and the value of WR's has increased greater than the salary cap since that time. So I don't think he gets south of $11M aav. That probably pushes him out of the Bills range. Ugly free agent class.

That's meathead speak. I thought you were in the medical field. Usually you hurt because something in that area is injured. There are varying degrees of the same injury, no? You can also be injured but not "hurt". Thurman Thomas played his entire NFL career with a full torn knee tendon.