OldTimer1960

I haven’t watched all of his games on draft breakdowns, but he looked pretty good to me in the ones that I saw.

Your right. Rex probably blamed Roman’s offense as the reason Rex’s D was bad.

You would have done that too, if Bortles was your QB.

I thought Roman did a fine job here with what he had to work with.

OL was better with Aaron Kromer as the coach.

Yes, he was a nice guy who his teammates have said they liked. He was suspended multiple times and unavailable due to injury quite a lot too. Bottom line, he was unreliable as a teammate and employee. He has talent, but has been in the league several years and hasn't seemed to mature much at all. Add that he has not performed at a high level since he got his new contract and it seems easy to me to conclude that this was addition by subtraction. A person in an organization does not have to be purposely disruptive to have a negative impact on that organization. In Dareus' case, his lack of effort, commitment, conditioning, buy-in and accountability were strongly counter to the culture that they are trying to build. Dareus was the opposite of a leader - he was someone who needed prodding to do the minimum expected and even then he wasn't doing it. Kyle Williams may have liked Dareus, but I am sure he doesn't miss having to baby-sit him and doesn't miss being impacted by his absences due to suspensions and injury (due to lack of conditioning). Maybe, being sent packing will *finally* be the wake-up call that causes Dareus to ramp up his effort and meet his responsibility level - I hope so. I wish him well.

Come on, you don't think the multiple suspensions and being sent home for a preseason game because he couldn't bother to make it to the team bus on time had anything to do with them trading him? How about his conditioning level? Remember, he was suspended for I think the first half of the 2016 season and came back and immediately missed time due to a pulled hamstring - that appears to show that he was out of shape when he came back after having a half-season vacation. From the public view, Dareus appears to be a nice happy-go-lucky guy. He doesn't seem to be a jerk or anything, but he didn't seem to take his job (for which he was highly paid) seriously. They rid themselves of him for those reasons - he wasn't earning his money and, more importantly, when you are trying to build a culture of effort, intensity and accountability, you can't have one of your most highly paid players not buying into that - how would his teammates view that?

That is saying a lot. The 85 Bears defense gave up 10 or fewer points in 11/16 games including shutouts two weeks in a row. That's what we need!

Agreed.

I see it from a different perspective. I think that they already knew going into camp that they did not think Tyrod was the long-term answer , so they implemented an NFL offense that they will want to run when they find their long-term answer at QB. That way, the other players on offense don't have to learn/adapt to another scheme when a new QB is brought in. If they were committed to Taylor at the beginning of last year, I think that they *would* have built the scheme more around his strengths.

I have not watched enough of Rudolph yet to have an opinion, but I thought the same thing last year about DeShaun Watson's receivers making him look good. For the games he played before being injured, he sure looked good in the NFL.

I am with you. I don't really see a QB in this draft that is such a certainty that they should give up the farm to move all the way to the top. Rosen and Darnold are interesting prospects, but not sure things. I like what I've seen of Mayfield, but his size could become an issue in the NFL. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson have tools, but are far from sure things and Mason Rudolph has questions. To be clear, I think all are decent to good QB prospects and would not be opposed to one of the Bills' 1st rounders being used on one, but I wouldn't give up more than a 1st and a 2nd to move up for any of these guys unless the Bills think that one of these guys is almost certain to be good.

Mayfield *might* be available, but Mayfield is very unlikely to be there.

What are you talking about? That play was EXACTLY why you have a player like Benjamin. The penalty call was correct, but a lot of times players get away with that. Push-off. If it was just incomplete with no penalty, no problem. You can’t not run that play for fear of offensivePI call.

You might be too generous with your evaluation of Taylor. If there was *ever* a playoff game that you “could win with Taylor”, today was it. Defense (and Blake Bortles) held the opposition to 10 points. Are we down to: “IF you make the playoffs AND IF the defense gets a shutout THEN you could win a game 3-0”?

I’m struggling to see how you can be blaming the guy who came in cold on 4th and 3 less than 2 minutes left. The offense failed all day and that wasn’t Peterman’s fault. BTW, I am not suggesting that Peterman is anything but a long shot to make it in the NFL, I’m just saying you can’t blame the loss on him in this case.

If you are looking at his completion % only to conclude that he is accurate, look at how many throws are behind or just past the line of scrimmage.

Almost all of his passes are behind or within a few yards of the LOS.

With as late as the two firsts and 2 seconds will be, I don’t think that they will want to pay the price that will be demanded to move up for any QB that makes it out of the top 10. i also don’t think Smith will leave KC - if people are melting down about possibly moving on from Tyrod, imagine the reaction in KC if they get rid of Smith after he wins this game and maybe another. i think the Bills will sit tight on draft day and will consider a QB who is left when their pick comes. I don’t think that Darnold, Rosen or Mayfield will make it out of the top 10. Beyond him, I would only consider a small trade up for Mason Rudolph. if they stay where they are, maybe take a shot on Lamar Jackson, he isn’t a finished product but has intriguing potential. if not, maybe a shot in the second. if they sit tight, I would consider trading one of the firsts for a second and a first next year when you go all out and finally move up for a QB.

That was total BS. It was CLEARLY a fumble. They are WAY over-thinking these plays. Forward progress? He wasn’t going forward to begin with. It sure wasn’t grasp and control- it was a guy fumbling because of a hard hit. Anyway, go Titans!

I would have to say Jim Kelly, but OJ Simpson would be right there. I know Simpson is infamous for his off-field behavior, but I've been watching football a long time and the only RB I would consider taking over Simpson is Barry Sanders.

I think more than wanting someone who can play from the pocket, they want someone who can and will throw the ball to receivers who are open, but not “5-yards open”, will throw to spots with anticipation, is capable/confident enough that the game isn’t all but lost if they are behind in the second half. i think it is inaccurate to say that they are displeased with Taylor’s mobility - it is his short-comings as a passer that they are dissatisfied with.

That is very likely. I don't expect any of Rosen, Darnold or Mayfield to be available anywhere near the Bills' first pick. If they trade up, I expect it to be a minor move involving one 1st and one 2nd to try to nab Mason Rudolph.

I am very happy that they killed the drought, but with yesterday's win I am starting to think that they are out of range for a good QB prospect in round 1. I haven't watched the prospects enough yet, but as of now, I would not trade both 1st round picks to move up for any of the prospects other than Rosen, Mayfield or Darnold. They don't have the ammo to get Rosen and Darnold has been shaky. I expect Mayfield to be gone in the top15 as well. Start looking at the second/third group of QBs - and I now kind of expect Taylor back for next season.

I agree with you at QB. BTW, we call it mental, but it is a special skill that some athletes have. It is not intelligence in the traditional sense, but rather the ability to innately see, process what you see and react almost instantly. This is a different kind of mental aptitude that the great ones have. Preparation in knowing the plays and repetition can help, but I'm not sure that this aptitude can really be developed much - I think you either have "it" or you don't. I do wonder if virtual reality simulators could help QBs improve in this area without the wear and tear of having to be on the practice/game field to get those mental reps.