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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.

Drafting a QB is an imperfect art. Bill Walsh drafted SB winner and HOFer, Joe Montana, then famously recommended the hugely disappointing Trent Edwards to Marv Levy. In other words, there's some skill involved in drafting a QB, but there's also a large element of chance. No GM can prognosticate a college QB's future in the NFL with precision. Beane hitting on Allen is kind of like this: He did his due diligence. He liked Josh. But he knew from his knowledge of NFL history that no QB is a sure thing. So, being a good Catholic, one night he prayed. And St. Red Grange - patron saint of the NFL - appeared to him. And the good saint proclaimed, "If you choose Allen, I'll let you roll this golden die. If you roll a 6, Allen will become a generational talent and MVP. If you roll a 1, he'll be an erratic bust you'll forever regret. Any number in-between will give you a middling result." Big Baller Beane, hand dripping in nervous sweat, rolled the golden die. I give Beane credit for Allen but I'm not sure how much. If you take Allen out of the picture, there might be a dozen GMs with a better draft record. And Bill Walsh would be a forgotten man with zero Lombardi's to his name if he was born a few years later and made Edwards his first big QB pick. Lady Luck plays a huge role in this sport.

Thanks. I'm not excited about our free agency thus far but this makes me feel a little better. At least we're not the 49ers.