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Really? That made me cringe.

This is it, and it's not even close. All the other frustrations in other seasons the team simply was not good enough. When Marrone quit the roster ready to make a run and I was frustrated the day we hired Rex to "lead" them. We kicked his a$$ the last few times we played the Jets and it just never made any sense to me at all. Knowing the team made such a colossal error, but still having to pull for them because they're your team and you think they are good enough is the most frustrating thing in sports. Weirdly this past season was the most frustrated I've been with the Sabres in a long time...maybe ever. I think they had a playoff roster (even with the D), and it was pretty hard watching them get out coached. They seemed to be able to score in flurries and at times at will, and you could see the team be forcibly pulled back to "protect" at times. That and the fact that we had the number one power play made it incredibly frustrating for me. A complete waste of a season.

Anytime the stadium erupted in "Freddie, Freddie, Freddie".

Houston wouldn't do this trade.

You seem fun.

We've been here before. I'm going to wait until we see how this team plays first.

I get it, we're jonesin' for a QB... but don't these insane posts usually comer after a slightly above average throw in the 4th quarter of the annual Lions preseason game?

We've seen this movie 100 times before. Elitists form in one corner, claiming that they know how this works, and everyone else is an idiot for believing that Russ Brandon is the kind of President that actually makes decisions. There's little evidence to support either side so it just becomes a giant pissing match. As the years go on though, and he gets his fingerprints on more mistakes, it starts to get old. I mean, we've had these discussions for what...10+ years now? The organization has had a complete lack of accountability since Donahoe (not surprisingly, around the time Russ assumed his power). Everything has to be so confusing about who makes what decision and we're left arguing while no one involved with the front office gets the axe. There are legitimate sources that say our GM did not hire our last two coaches, which begs the question... who did? The narrative is that Russ heavily persuaded the owners to hire Rex. Why we can't have a simple hierarchy is beyond me, but either way, that's what happened and there's no amount of "business knowledge" this man can possess that makes him worth retaining after one of the worst hires I've ever seen. He made plenty more mistakes, and I'm sure they've been detailed thoroughly in this thread that I'm not going to read, but none of that really matters when you consider the absolute mess the Bills have been organizationally since he's been in charge.

What a weird example. The answer is...yes, IF one of Pegula's friends/children were named President of practically everything AND they had held a similar role for nearly 15 years, during a tremendous on the field/ice/whatever lacrosse is played on (lava?) drought AND their previous roles included being heavily involved with both personnel and day-to-day activities...yeah they should be sequestered.

This is not completely true. One of his titles is President of PS&E (they also do concerts and allegedly other entertainment projects not related to sports) IN ADDITION to his separate individual roles as President of each team directly (as well as the additional role as managing partner for the Bills). It's an important distinction because you were otherwise assuming that there are separate hierarchies that he wasn't also at the top of. Saying he doesn't handle the day-to-day is fine, but let's be honest his role has been pretty widespread since Pegula's took over. There is no way to say with any authority what his current role is regarding each team.

I feel like he's had several adversity moments and has yet to rise to the challenge. No idea what makes you think this would turn him around.

Anything can happen. It wasn't that long ago that Jeff Tuel started a game for us.

Can you elaborate? I would assume a lot the first two rounds would be, "talked about by analytics guys".

GET OVER IT!

I've never said I wanted Mahomes. You post so quickly, I'm not even sure you're reading half the time. I'm done talking in circles with you.

Did I? The problem with a guy like you, is even when you're proven to be completely full of it, you do not know when to back down.

Who is "we"? Here's the last thread you started, by the way: Bills have drafted 5 QBs since Kelly retired... In it you said this: Here's the post of mine that you flipped out on: Apparently some people just like to argue.

"I am guess" that it's the guy who gets in about 10 internet fights a day on a football message board.

I can't argue that at all. There's no doubt we've been ill-equipped to tame a QB for the future. It's possible that if we had drafted Ben Roethlisberger he'd have a similar fate to JP Losman. I still want us to try though. Literally only one of us is acting like a child.

You're right, the Bills were never going to draft QB, and that's pretty much my point. It's another year where we think the QB draft class will be better..."next year". We're more likely to draft the next John McCargo with that extra 1st round next year than we are to use it as "ammo" to get the sure thing at QB.

What's the point of even posting here then?

You're not sure what I'm saying? I'm saying that if Mahomes is a franchise QB, the Bills lost that trade. Would you trade a rookie CB, 3rd round pick, and next years 1st for a franchise QB? If the answer is no...

So that means he's completely absolved of any responsibility for their season? Maybe you don't know this, but his defense was ranked 26th in PPG against (Bills were ranked 16th).

You don't actually believe that, do you? We probably won the trade...but if Mahomes is a franchise QB, Bills LOSE. Hard.

Well said. The real kicker would be if Watson or Mahomes pan out, especially since all I've read is how EVERY QB is garbage in the draft this year.