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The two most interesting guys to me are Chris Tabor (obviously) and Ryan Neilsen. Our special teams weren't good last year. Hopefully, Tabor (whose ST were ranked 4th a couple years ago) does better. And our D struggled last season. Nielsen has been a DC before. It'll be interesting to learn what role he has with the Bills and how he helps us.

I get what you're saying but I wonder if this a true reflection of the "days of old." Not all the old-time QBs were statues. Fran Tarkenton was an amazing scrambler. Steve Young, John Elway, Greg Landry, Otto Graham among others were hardly statuesque. If these aren't "old" enough, how about Tommy Hughitt who led the Buffalo All-Americans to a 9-1-1 record in 1920 and 9-1-2 record in 1921 as a dual-threat quarterback. Certainly, mobility seems to be an important trait now more than it was in, say, the 1980s. But there have always been mobile QBs.

Knox stated that Kincaid was playing with a torn PCL in one knee and an aggravated injury in the other knee. "It's insane what he's played through"

My guess is that Beane suggested to his agent that Milano might be a cap casualty. This keeps him with the Bills. My other guess is that making it a one-year contract might be good for Milano if he still believes in himself. If he has a good year, he'll get a decent FA offer from someone.

To me it's not about having a true number 1 - though that helps. I just think about it a little differently. I want an offense that can threaten every part of the field. It can run inside and outside. It can pass inside, outside, short, medium, deep. I want defenses on their toes - uncertain and unconfident. That's the ideal. Our biggest shortcoming last season is that we didn't have a potent downfield passing game last season despite having a unicorn QB. We can and should remedy that.

I loved Moulds. I always thought he was a HOF talent stuck on an offense that wasn't going to win anyone a trip to Canton. If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the year 2000, kidnap Moulds, bring him back to the present day, and introduce him to Josh Allen. He'd be a force with the current Bills.

It sounds to me like Milano's betting on himself. If he has a good year, he'll cash in with the Bills or somewhere else with a nice FA contract despite his age. It's a big gamble. If he has a disappointing, injury-plagued season, there won't be much of a market.

Samuel (turf toe) and Coleman (rookie adjustment?) underperformed last season. Still, I like our WR room well enough but don't feel it's complete. I'd love us to draft someone who can both beat man coverage and take the top off of a defense.

The Bengals have insider knowledge that the NFL, out of concern for player safety (and the associated legal liability), is moving to a 7 v. 7 flag football format.

I watched a vid of his every target in 2023. I didn't see a lot of drops. I also didn't see a guy that had blazing speed or got a lot of separation. He looked like an overall solid receiver who can run different routes competently but didn't excel at any of them. His supposed superiority versus man didn't shine for me.

That's much better. Thanks, Kid! When I look at All-22 (or breakdowns by Warner, Sims, et al), I don't see any glaring problems with Brady's schemes. In fact, it seems like he's running a lot of the same plays - or same type of plays - as other teams. And again, I do find it sticking in my throat a bit when I criticize an OC who averaged 30.9 ppg in his first full season with us. Obviously, something good is happening. Yet a few things feel off to me. For example, Digg's, Samuel's, and Coop's per game production all went down under Brady. So did Allen's. And as a casual observer it seems like our downfield passing game stuggles more than it should given in the talent we have (i.e. average-ish receiving corps/elite QB). When I dream about football, I dream that we have one of those happy coincidences where we happen to have a generational QB like Allen married up with a passing game genius like Sid Gillman, Don Coryell, or Bill Walsh. Brady isn't that. Not even close. Not yet.

For me the OP's chart looks about right. Beane gives McD a good roster, but one not quite good enough for the SB.

C'mon Kid, this is what we fans do. We criticize GMs, coaches, coordinators, players. We sign up for all that when we join the Mafia. And while none of us can match an NFL coach or scout in terms of knowledge, they do sometimes feed us fodder. For example, Beane for all his brilliance made Elam a first-round pick. He was criticized by some on this board at the time and his critics were right. I, personally, think it's fair to criticize Brady for his use of wide receivers thus far. If you disagree, present your case. Don't make ad hominen attacks against the poster you disagree with. That doesn't prove anything, doesn't make the board a fun place, and you're better than that.

It's hard to criticize Brady when he produced one of the prolific offenses in the NFL in his first full year as coordinator. And yet I agree with this whole heartedly. Brady struggles to scheme wideouts open. And the problem is bigger than the lack of talent in the WR corps.

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You're right. There are so many bigger moves to be up in arms over.

I think it was Ron Wolf who once said something to the effect that their goal was to get at least one Pro Bowler every draft. Two would be ideal. And it didn't matter the round. If the 1st rounder was a bust and the third rounder was a future Hall of Famer, it was a good draft. If they found two difference makers, it was a great draft. Sorry, if sharing my hopes offended in you in some way. One way or another, we'll trot out 11 starters on offense and defense. But if Beane doesn't find a couple of diamonds in the draft, I'm afraid it'll be another Lombardi-less February next year.

Looks like another good roster. It doesn't look like a Super Bowl roster. Would be a wonderful thing if Beane found a couple of Pro Bowlers at key positions in the draft.

I don't know if I want him back because I don't know what went wrong. Did he get old? Was he hurt? Did Brady know how to use him? Was there something off with the Allen-Coop chemistry? Was it something else? He's a good guy who was once a force in this league but without understanding why he was unproductive with the Bills, I don't have an opinion on whether or not we should bring him back.

Source? As far as I can see, ras.football hasn't published a grade on him. Am I missing something? P.S. Feel bad for Willie Hampton.

You make a good point. In a passing league where most yards are gained through the air, it's better to be good against the pass than the run. Yet it's not quite as much a passing league as it was a few years ago. And I think it was Chris Sims who said that if the Bills played the Ravens 10 times last year, the Ravens would win 9. His point was that they have the better overall roster. I'm sure our mediocre DL was part of that assessment. We weren't great against the run or the pass last season and in my dreams, both concerns are fixed this offseason.

I get that this is supposed to be a humorous thread, but if we were to give them a gift, it ought to be something unique. I'd do a statue of a buffalo mounted on a pedestal with a plaque that says "With Gratitude ~ the Bills Mafia." Something kinda like this...

Maybe I'm just grumpy today but I feel like we now have 4 mediocre safeties - great depth but no excellence. But I really hope you're right with the Poyer comparison.

I don't take Allen out of the picture. Overall, I think Beane is a good GM who built a good roster that includes an MVP QB. But it's not a Lombardi-quality roster. And getting the Josh pick right just means he got the pick right. It doesn't mean Beane's some kind of QB-whispering, sixth-sense, personnel guru who sees things in players that other GMs can't see. In the Josh case, he did his due diligence and placed a bet that Josh was the most likely destined for greatness. I'm thrilled he won that bet. Let's recall that while more people on this board probably wanted the other Josh, there were people here who wanted Allen. Beane wasn't the only one who was smart enough to want him. Every pick is a probability. None is a certainty. You hope your scouts do good work and evaluate the odds correctly so you can win more than you lose. Beane won on the Allen pick. He lost on Elam and others. We're lucky he won on the more important one.

I get what you're saying but it's hard for me to say anything congratulatory about Beane for a 1st round pick that never contributes and then gets dumped for a 5th and a 6th.