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    Is it too late to add another QB?

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    Given their mostly feeble prior NFL success and the less than stellar reports coming from the OTAs I am more and more pessimistic about 3 stooges we have as potential QB's.

     

    I was hoping the Bills would pick up at least one guy with potentially big upside to at minimum, provide a long shot hope that Bills fans might actually catch that long overdue break we very much are due.

     

    I was envisioning someone like Glennon from TB or Mettenberger from the Titans. I know those names aren't going to invoke Manning, Luck or Rivers like excitement but I am just looking for something new with at least a little bit of hope.

     

    Do you think it is too late for something to happen "keep hope alive"?

    Is it too lake to trade our DL for Luck? LOL

    The "Bills Suck!" thread

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    Having creeping doubt =/= thinking the Bills suck

     

    For example, I'm concerned about QB, OL, and Rex's consistency as a coach, so I'm uneasy in crowning them a playoff team until I'm shown more (hard to do until the season starts). Do I think the Bills suck? Absolutely not. Do I think the Bills are good? I'm not sure yet! Do I think we have potential to be damned good? Hell yes. Do I also think we have potential to be a disappointment? Very much so. In the end, I'm hella excited to find out, though :)

    I don't think they suck either. They just don't have a QB. That's a BIG problem in the NFL these days if you want to go to the Playoffs. Those teams generally have good play at that position. We got a bunch of crap IMO. So as far as the QB play goes, goes the Bills. I think the OL will be fine. Incognito has something to prove. He will be destroying DLs this season!

    Can the Bills Make the Playoffs with Their QB Situation?

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    @MatthewFairburn

    Has a team with a QB situation like the Bills have ever made the playoffs? A few actually http://www.syracuse.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2015/06/history_says_buffalo_bills_can_make_the_playoffs_despite_their_quarterback_situa.html

     

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    History says.....Why Not?

     

    All depends on #16. If we can get the 2008 version, I think we have a good chance. If not, then I don't see it happening.

     

    Poor QB play will not equal a playoff appearance!

    Wes Welker still available. Who wants him?

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    http://buf.247sports.com/Article/Best-remaining-offensive-NFL-free-agents-37444686

     

    They briefly mentioned Wes Welker to the Bills? IMO he's too old, expensive, and would not nearly be the threat with Buffalo that he's been in Den/NE with a pin-point accurate QB.

    I mean I'd be ok for him to show up and see what he can do. I don't believe he would make the 53 man roster due to age and numbers, but if he has something to contribute that someone else doesn't bring, I'd be all for that dynamic.

    5 reason Bills won McCoy-Alonso Trade

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    http://nysportsbiz.com/2015/03/03/5-reasons-bills-better-mccoy-alonso-trade/

     

    In the last two seasons, Shady has totaled 2,926 rushing yards while averaging 4.6 yards per carry with 14 touchdowns. He’s also racked up 694 receiving yards and two touchdowns. That’s a total of 3,620 all-purpose yards or 1,800 a season, which this struggling Bills offense could certainly use.

    I agree. I think Shady will show up and be a force. He wants to prove Chip Kelly wrong and our OC knows how to use a RB. This could be the season with the return of the RB. (Atleast for the Bills anyways...)

    Is the Flutie Curse over with?

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    In January 2000, then Buffalo Bills owner, Ralph Wilson, made the call to then Bills HC Wade Phillips to have Rob Johnson become the starting QB for the Bills in the playoffs after he saw Johnson play well in a meaningless game 16 for the Bills. Former starting Bills QB, Doug Flutie was told by Phillips that he was only being benched for game 16 so he was rested for the playoffs, only to have the rug pulled out from underneath him and be benched in favor of Johnson, who made his career by coming off the bench and playing great for one game. That playoff game vs the Titans ended in a very controversial call by which Bills fans felt their team got robbed of a victory as it appeared that Titans TE Frank Wycheck threw an illegal forward pass on a kick return. That game was the last time the Bills have appeared in the playoffs. It’s been over 15 years since the Bills last playoff game and some fans have called the Bills long playoff drought the “Flutie Curse.” If you believe in sports superstitions, such as the “Curse of the Bambino” by which many Boston Red Sox fans believed since the Red Sox traded away Babe Ruth to the Yankees was the reason why the Red Sox had a 86 year drought between World Series championships, then Bills have to ask themselves this question, “Is the Flutie Curse over with now since the Bills have new owners?”

    It's a powerful curse. We'll have to wait and see with this season.

     

    The Bills trotted out Norwood during a home game in 2011, and that was the exact moment the season started falling apart

    Ugh, why'd they do that?

    Why no consideration for Jeff Tuel?

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    I just happened to watch a lot of Jeff Tuel highlights from both college and the one game he played in the NFL. Having been scratching my head as to why he was on the roster, I honestly have changed opinion after watching and have completely changed idea now thinking that he is a great player. In the NFL game I see a TON of dropped passes by receivers, and in college I see a lot of impressive passing with a horrible offensive line. I just want to know if there are any insiders in here that can explain why Jeff Tuel isn't getting more consideration for the starting role? He's young with a prototypical QB size and seems to have intelligence. I think he could be franchise quality if given the chance and experience especially with this team and the amount of weapons it offers him. Rex Ryan keeps forgetting to mention him in the QB competition and downplays his talent whenever asked about it. It really makes me wonder.

    Jeff Tuel Starting QB? Bad Idea :doh:

    Kiper Jr. - 'Bills draft was the WORST of all 32 teams.'

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    Here is my view. This was a weak draft class to begin with and we didn't have a first rounder this year so that is going to substantially lower our "Draft Grade" to begin with and we didn't do what we were supposed to do and draft a QB. The jury's out on the QB decision.

     

    We'll see if anyone flourishes. I'm not even sure the top 2 guys have what it takes to win.

    Was the trade for Watkins worth it?

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    The Bills gave ONE first rounder -- they also SWAPPED first rounders with the Browns.

     

    So you're also on record that you believe Hogan/Ebron > Watkins/Clay. Got it.

     

    I'm on record saying it's a bad trade. You don't move up that high unless you're getting a franchise QB. So I would not made the trade last years draft. I would have taken Ebron last year. Bills still had Stevie Johnson, Mike Williams, Robert Woods and Chris Hogan to play WR.

    Was the trade for Watkins worth it?

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    I've seen articles about the subject, but was not able to find a thread. But the articles raise the question of whether the Bills trade for Sammy Watkins was worth it. They obviously gave their first last year and now the #19 this year. So here's my take on the subject.

     

    I want to first get something very straight. The Bills had only two wide receivers that they would have taken at #9 last year, and that's Sammy Watkins and Mike Evans. There's no way anyone could convince me that Sammy wouldn't have gone early had the Bills not traded up to get him, nor that Tampa Bay had their sites set firmly on Mike Evans.

     

    Given that fact set, the Bills wouldn't have reached for the third best WR on the board in Odell Beckham, Jr. over the unilateral best TE in the draft class. So instead of Sammy Watkins, they would have likely picked Eric Ebron. You might say they would have taken a tackle at that point, but that would be based on hindsight that our offensive line wasn't good last year and that Chris Williams didn't turn out as good as expected.

     

    So what would that have meant for this year assuming everything else is a constant? First, there would be zero reason to go get Clay in free agency. After all, Ebron is your guy of the future. He can't block worth a damn, but he looks like a decent TE at times. So at #19, they probably would have been looking at the 4th or 5th best WR in this years draft class. Best case scenario Green-Beckham slides to them and worst (and more likely) scenario is they have to reach for a Phillip Dorsett or Nelson Agholor. Personally, I would rather have Watkins/Clay than the alternative. The Bills in free agency have effectively rendered the 19th pick useless to them by virtue of the trade last year for Sammy. Thoughts?

     

    Nope. Not unless your getting Manning/Luck talent in exchange. The move was costly to the Bills. Giving 2 first rounders is BIG currency in the NFL.

    That being said Watkins is a good player, but has already been outplayed by Odell Beckham. WR wasn't a position of need going into last season as well. TE was the need position.

     

    If I had it to do over again, I would have taken Ebron and let the cards fall where ever they did this year. If it was for the Center the Browns got, I'd take him. We need OL help. You could move Wood to Guard anyways. Gives you the flexibility.

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