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And not all of those were in Minnesota. If he makes it through this game without getting injured, I'll take it. 12-30 190yds, 0 TD, 2INT, 7 sacks

A lot of posters here aren't looking for answers, they just want to vent and aren't deserving of a coherent reply like this. I certainly wouldn't have typed all that in response to someone blaming Beane for letting Woods go.

Tune in next week when Reggie Ragland gets a sack! That should be good for at least 5 threads.

Honestly, it would be #1. The Pats and GB upsets were at home at least. I don't recall the point spreads for those game but I doubt they were worse than -16.5

I'm dispelling the ridiculous notion that "Every single one of our FA acquisitions are liabilities going forward." They aren't.

No, Star is the only player that is a liability going forward. Even Murphy can be walked away from without major damage. Players like Davis, McCarron, Ivory, Kerley are literally 1-year bandages. None of them were ever part of the future plan for this team. And the Bills will certainly be recouping their investment in Davis as well as a portion of his 2018 cap hit.

And if Allen pans out it's one of the all-time great offseasons in the history of the franchise.

Well said. Hey, anyone remember when Doug punted from the Jets 32 yard line?

Stop running your QB off-tackle.

The front office that gave him that contract should be the target of your ire. Marrone's a D-Bag, but walking away has proven to be the right move for him.

The over/under line on Mahomes threads this weekend is 5.

There is some Powerball-level wishful thinking going on in this thread.

Just throwing out the preemptive "No."

Hysterics over Jeremy Kerley. Seriously?

Ron Smith. Ugh.

Perhaps this board needs a restriction on creating new threads if your account is less than X months old or something. And yeah, after rewatching some of the game I'm in the "Star played well" camp also. I think it's too late for that though, he's already been labeled the whipping boy.

We got the ball with 5 seconds left in the half in our own zone and were losing 26-0. He called a 5-yd out. What was he trying to accomplish with that? Maybe get a pick-6 and try to break the record for comebacks?

This isn't a remodel where they are just replacing the drywall. They are completely leveling the house and repouring the foundation. That foundation consists of players like Josh Allen and Tremaine Edwards, and right now there just isn't much built on top of them (yet). He's building this house the exact way it should be built (whether fans understand this or not) -- through the draft. Unfortunately, it's going to take time. It's a waste of energy getting upset over 1-yr contract stop-gaps like Vonte Davis. So while the knee-jerk crowd is out there having a conniption after each loss this year, know this -- if Beane is right about Allen, he's already the best GM we've had in the last 20 years.

Shhhh. The wishful-thinking narrative is that any success Darnold has is due to his OL. Don't ruin this.

I have no idea what's a catch anymore.

It really isn't.

I don't know, it's been a pretty epic tantrum. There's some pretty hilariously titled threads that were locked (for obvious reasons). I'd give this freak-out an 8.5 /10.

It was an absolute fluke. The team had a -57 point differential and the offense and defense were ranked near the bottom of the league. There wasn't a single piece on that team worth building around. That's the truth. The offseason is over, it''s time to face reality.

This is wrong and you're using some flawed logic here. The rate of cap growth has been decreasing the past two years. This years 6.1% increase was the lowest increase since 2013, and last years 7.6% increase was the 2nd lowest since 2013. If anything cap growth appears to be trending down, perhaps due to some recent fan ambivalence about the sport. Regardless, the belief that the cap is going to steadily increase every year is not sound financial planning. You don't allocate salary based on what you hope will happen in 5 years, you work within your current constraints (this doesn't just apply to football). A $10M cap increase doesn't mean that gets allocated to one player, it gets absorbed by every player on every team -- "A rising tide lifts all ships." Rookie salaries increase every year, as does the cost for tagging players. Minimum salaries go up, and those depth/special teams players you could sign last year for $1.5M now costs $1.7M. And when you start signing non-QBs to 12-13+% of your cap, you certainly can get into trouble.

Spending big on non-QB FAs is great for whipping the fan base into a frenzy and selling tickets, but history has shown they seldom pay off in the long run. Exactly. It's only easy in a world where injuries don't happen.