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A large chunk of the fanbase is still in denial. Believe me, I went into the offseason with the same attitude. Cut a few aging vets. Make a few smart free agent signings. Kill the draft. Get some bargains post June as the cherry on top, and prepare for another AFC East title. Hopefully more this time. Other teams (Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, San Francisco, etc.) seem to keep the ball rolling year after year after year. Why can't we? I laughed off all the media folks saying the window was closed, and the Bills would be rebuilding. But I was wrong. Without clearly saying it, Brandon Beane has sent the clear message we are NOT expecting a deep run this year. This offseason absolutely is a total rebuild. Every single move he's made screams that he's building for 2025, and I'm shocked that some people can't see it. The Jets are winning the AFC East. It won't be close. And we may even get passed by Miami this year.

My preference would have been to balance the losses/gains between 2024-2025. Going into the offseason, I absolutely expected us to make some tough moves (White, Poyer, Hyde) to clear cap space. But I figured we would offset those losses with some cheap moves in Free Agency, and be right back in the thick of things for another serious Super Bowl push. What I didn't expect was Beane to gut the roster and start rebuilding. There are three specific moves that I will point to, which prove that Beane is building for 2025 and not this upcoming season: 1) Only doing a partial restructure on Josh Allen's contract 2) Cutting Mitch Morse when he was still playing well 3) Trading Stefon Diggs for a pick next year without a specific plan to immediately replace his production Maybe Beane knows best and starting from scratch is really the best strategy for this organization. We can load up on young talent in this draft, watch them develop in 2024, clear a ton of cap space and hopefully everything will be ready to go again a year from now. Personally I think it's a mistake to waste a prime year of Josh Allen's career, and I find it depressing to take a step backwards when other franchises seem to keep it rolling season after season. I also think a lot of fans are currently in denial about where the current Bills roster stands.

If you listen to everything Brandon Beane says (and for a GM, he's usually pretty honest) in all his press conferences, you can get a pretty good idea what is going on. 1) He didn't have a lot of 1st Round grades this year. Although he won't say it explicitly, it's pretty clear they were all long gone by Pick #28. 2) He sees a lot of value in the 2nd-3rd Rounds this year, and thinks that's the place to load up. He really didn't want to part with their 2nd Rounder. 3) He was also ticked off at the NFL for taking away his 3rd Round comp pick, and was dead set on getting it back. 4) None of the players left on their board stood out enough to really care about moving down 4-5 spots. 5) Moving back 15-20 spots was too much. So if they go back again from 33, I only expect it to be a couple slots. 6) History also shows that if 1-2 players are on their board, he is not shy about trading to move up. And he won't trade down to risk losing them.

Pretend for a moment you aren't a Bills fan, and you are objectively looking at this roster from the outside. The team has quite obviously taken a step backwards at several key positions (Wide Receiver, Safety and Edge Rusher). Less talented players will now be expected to step into starting spots and play more snaps. At other positions, there is also less depth when the inevitable injuries happen (Offensive Line, Defensive Tackle). Not to mention the significant loss of leadership, with five longtime veterans walking out the door (Stefon Diggs, Mitch Morse, Tre White, Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde). The biggest remaining star on defense (Matt Milano) is returning from a major leg injury. Yes, there are still 4 months left until the start of the regular season. But I'm struggling to see the pathway where we can fill all these spots with guys who can make an impact in 2024. The veteran FA market has pretty much dried up, and we won't have cap space until June 1. The rookies who could have made an immediate Year 1 impact are already gone. This team wasn't good enough in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Can anyone honestly say this roster looks BETTER in 2024?

Not sure why people are wanting ANOTHER slot receiver in Ladd McConkey? The best receiver on our team is Khalil Shakir, who was a slot receiver last year. We added Curtis Samuel, who has mostly played slot receiver over the last few years. Our next best receiving options are Tight Ends. It's not always about getting the most talented guy. You need to have some variety on the team, so you can attack all parts of the field. The Bills have pretty much nobody on the team who can challenge defenses on the outside or down the field.

Josh Allen will be 28 years old when the season starts. The absolute prime of his career. Yes. There is a reasonable explanation for all of Brandon Beane's offseason moves. Why he surprisingly cut Mitch Morse (along with several other veterans). Why he decided not to restructure all of Allen's contract, and did almost nothing in Free Agency. Why he traded Stefon Diggs and took on tons of dead cap. Why he decided not to move up in the draft this year for a Top 3 receiver. And I'm sure many of the level-headed and conservative critics are applauding those moves. The problem is that ALL of Beane's decisions are geared to help us in 2025. But nothing has been done to give the Bills a better chance at winning the Super Bowl in 2024. Our roster is significantly weaker than any point in the last 3-4 seasons, with much less depth across the board. Can anyone honestly compare our talent level versus the Chiefs (again), Bengals, Texans, Ravens... or even the Jets, and think we will be a serious contender in the AFC this year? We only get so many cracks at this thing before Allen's best years are behind him, and we seem to be content punting away this upcoming season and reloading for the future. Maybe we can argue it was the "smartest" thing for the franchise. But personally, I think it's depressing.

There is a good argument for trading up. There is a good argument for trading down. History shows that (on average) higher picks have a much better success rate, and less chance at busting. History also shows you can still get elite players later, and more picks gives you more chances at getting it right. I'm torn on which strategy I think is best for the Buffalo Bills right now. On one hand, the team is severely lacking top level talent. If someone was to ask who the All-Pros were on this team over the last 3-4 years, that list would include Stefon Diggs, Tre White, Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde... all gone. Outside of Josh Allen, the only top guys we have left are Von Miller (who may be done) and Matt Milano (coming back from a major leg injury). The hope is that young talent like Dalton Kincaid, O'Cyrus Torrence, Tyrell Bernard, etc. will step into those roles. But it's hard to argue against making a bold move for a guy who many think can be a Top 5 guy in the NFL for the next decade. At the same time, trading up will almost certainly cost starting talent at other positions. We could use help on the Defensive Line and Safety, and less Day 2 picks makes it much tougher to address. We would also be putting all our eggs in one basket... which as many have pointed out, could turn out like Sammy Watkins. He was also supposed to be a star, and looked the part early. His career was derailed by foot injuries, which isn't something anyone can predict.

My gut feeling is that Brandon Beane is trading up. And possibly into the Top 10. Why? Because the Stefon Diggs trade only makes sense if there is a legitimate plan to replace his production THIS year. Otherwise, Beane is basically willing to go into one of Josh Allen's prime years with an inferior group of weapons around him... basically punting the season away in exchange for future cap space and a future pick. That doesn't sound like a wise plan for a team supposedly competing for a Super Bowl. Yes, this draft is very deep at Wide Receiver. But it's unlikely that anyone outside the Top 3 (or obtaining a veteran like Brandon Aiyuk or Tee Higgins) will be able to put a dent in the 100+ catches we got from him... at least as rookies. None of the benefits we received back (draft pick, cap space) will help make the Bills a better team in 2024. Unless we are using some of those future assets to acquire his replacement.

If the draft was a total crapshoot, the best strategy would be continually trading down (over and over and over) until you had 20-25 picks in the 6th & 7th Round. With 3x the selections of anyone on the rest of the NFL, your odds of success would drastically increase. Of course this idea is utter nonsense. Each draft season, everyone totally craps all over GMs and Scouts. We hear the stories of Tom Brady falling until the 6th Round, and JaMarcus Russell going first overall. And the moral of the story is that draft "experts" are actually total idiots, and are really just throwing darts at a board. The truth is, the scouting community does a very good job identifying which prospects have the greatest chance for success. It's not an exact science, and they have to consider a million different factors. How hard will this 22-year-old work after becoming a millionaire? How does his skillset fit into our scheme/system? Then you have injuries that can completely blow-up everything. Think about how many Quarterbacks are in all of college football. Yet 75% of the NFL's starting QBs were taken in the 1st Round and 90% were taken by the end of the 3rd Round. At the other two most premium positions (Edge Rusher and Left Tackle), over 50% of NFL starters are taken in the 1st Round. That doesn't happen if GMs/Scouts are just randomly guessing.

What exactly does he need a "pass" for? What exactly has "come to roost? Did I slip into a coma and miss the Bills failing to make the playoffs? Did we have a losing record last year? I understand the frustration over not getting a Super Bowl. But the way Bills fans talk about this franchise is becoming more embarrassing by the day and totally disconnected from reality. By every standard of measure, Brandon Beane is one of the top GMs in the entire NFL. If you want to base everything on Super Bowl wins, only three teams (Chiefs, Rams, Bucs) have succeeded in the past 5 seasons. If you want to throw in Conference championships, then you can add the 49ers, Eagles and Bengals. That's a total of 6 teams (out of 31) who have arguably had more success than Buffalo, and more than half of them haven't been able to sustain a high level of play for more than a few consecutive seasons. In the same time span, we are 2nd in the entire NFL in regular season wins and tied for 4th in playoff wins. All these people are pitching a fit about us losing Stefon Diggs. OK fine. It always stinks losing a good player, so I get it. But now the complaints are that Beane shouldn't have given Diggs an extension in the first place? I mean what? This is revisionist history if I've ever heard of it. Nobody and I mean nobody was complaining about that contract two seasons ago. Somehow we would have been better off just letting his contract expire? And let's also completely ignore that we got a (likely very high) 2nd Round draft pick in return, when Keenan Allen - roughly the same age and production level - went for a 4th Rounder. And just a couple years ago, a much younger Amari Cooper went for a measly 5th Rounder. The only high D-Line pick that hasn't worked out is Boogie Basham. Ed Oliver is a monster on the inside and extremely underrated. Greg Rousseau is a good starter and would be so on most NFL teams. AJ Epenesa is a solid rotational player. Harrison Phillips is also a good starter for the Vikings. We have gotten very good production from signing Daquan Jones and last year with Leonard Floyd on a bargain contract. For all the criticism, Von Miller was playing at a Pro Bowl level until the ACL tear. Crap, even Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson have done well on cheap deals on the backend of our roster. Again, if your only standard is being able to chase down and sack Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs, then you need to watch more football. We could have TJ Watt and Myles Garrett on the edge, and he would still manage to make plays. There isn't a single GM in the league who doesn't make mistakes. Howie Roseman is often called the best GM in the entire NFL. He traded up for Carson Wentz, and had whopper 1st Round busts like Jalen Reagor, Nelson Agholor, Andre Dillard and Marcus Smith. The 49ers/John Lynch traded a fortune to get Trey Lance, and also have 1st Round busts like Javon Kinlaw and Solomon Thomas on his resume. What do you think about the Chiefs 2023 draft class and 1st Rounder Felix Anudike-Uzamah (zero starts), or them spending a 1st Rounder on a running back (Clyded Edwards-Helaire) a few years ago? For every bad move Beane has made, you can counter it with something good. Kaiir Elam doesn't work out? Oh well, he ended up nabbing Christian Benford on Day 3. Poor choice in drafting Zack Moss? He makes it up with James Cook a season later, and our running game doesn't miss a beat. At the end of the day, that's what counts. The final roster he puts together, and how it compares versus the rest of the league. Not nitpicking every individual miss. If the team ends up falling apart this year because of cap issues and poor decisions, then it's fair to let Beane have it. But as of today, anyone picking the Bills to finish behind the Dolphins/Jets, miss the playoffs, etc., really has no idea what's going to happen. I heard the same cries last year, and we finished as AFC Champs again.

After a couple days to sit on this, maybe the trade makes more sense than our initial reaction. Something that really burned me yesterday was a conversation between Kay Adams and Desean Jackson. The former receiver suggested that Diggs wanted out of Buffalo, because he believed we "couldn't beat Kansas City." That prompted me to look-up Diggs stats in each of the postseason games we've been eliminated in: - 2020 (Chiefs): 6 rec, 77 yards, 0 touchdowns - 2021 (Chiefs): 3 rec, 7 yards, 0 touchdowns - 2022 (Bengals): 4 rec, 35 yards, 0 touchdowns - 2023 (Chiefs): 3 rec, 21 yards, 0 touchdowns This included a HUGE drop in the 4th Quarter against the Chiefs, which almost certainly would have been a 70 yard touchdown. Bottom line. I loved Diggs being here. But the guy totally disappeared in our biggest games, and was a non-factor the second half of last season. The pick we get is based on the Vikings record (not the Texans). They have no quarterback right now, and will likely be among the league's worst teams this year. It may be closer to a late 1st Rounder than we are considering. At least we need to give Beane the rest of the offseason to see what he does at the position.

Considering his age and how badly his production fell-off the end of last year (not to mention the never-ending drama around his Twitter posts)... I really have no problem with Stefon Diggs getting traded. The part that confuses is me is the compensation. We get a 2nd Round Pick... but not until next year. We do save some cap from his contract... but also next year, while taking on a big dead-cap hit now. This adds up as a team willing to get worse in 2024, in exchange for the opportunity to be better in 2025. It doesn't look like a team hoping to compete for a Super Bowl again. Most of the moves Beane made over the last month I understand (Tre White, Jordan Poyer, Gabe Davis). These are all losses we could afford to lose and still field a contending team. But the Mitch Morse release (just when the O-Line was finally getting set) and the Diggs trade make me question if our GM is just punting away this season, and hoping to reload for the future. Maybe there will be some follow-up moves in the coming weeks (maybe trading for Justin Jefferson or Brandon Aiyuk). Maybe the plan is to trade-up for one of the Top 3 receivers. But as things sit right now, it's a depressing downturn.

Would the Bills have a top-ranked defense without Sean McDermott? That's also a fair question to ask. I think it's fine to put 13 Seconds on his shoulders. But I don't see it with the other games unless you just want to make broad generalizations, in which case you can just blame every sports team loss in history on coaching. I listed a bunch of coaches in a previous post who didn't win the big game until several years into their careers. Some well over a decade. Bill Cowher. Tony Dungy. Bill Belichick. Tom Coughlin. Pete Carroll. Andy Reid. Not to mention the countless others who won a Super Bowl early, then never managed to repeat that success ever again.

By most accounts, the Bills and McDermott exceeded expectations in 2020. Most wanted to see the team win the AFC East for the first time (they did) and win at least one playoff game (they actually won two). However, their roster was (at that point) clearly a notch below the Chiefs. We were the clear underdog in that matchup. So not really falling short of expectations. The last three Division losses were basically considered 50/50 matchups at best going in. One of those games came less than a month after a player was brought back from death on the field. Another with half the defensive starters missing with injuries, against probably the best QB in the league. So although the Bills were considered Super Bowl contenders at certain points during the season... were they really falling short of expectations by losing to the Chiefs and Bengals once they reached the playoffs? Even if we all agree that Josh Allen is a Top 2 quarterback in the league, you MUST ALSO point out the guy we keep falling short to is generally considered NUMBER ONE. And Joe Burrow is usually ranked 2b or 3 at worst. Those guys have some pretty high expectations too, and only one team can advance. If the Bills were continually getting knocked off by inferior teams in the postseason, I could see your point. But that's not what's happening. They are coming up against teams that are either equal or superior with both a Quarterback and in overall team talent, and that's the hurdle we are struggling to get over. In the case of the Chiefs, McDermott has proven he can coach the Bills to a win (3 times). Mathematical odds mean nothing when you are talking about a sample size of 3-4 games.

When you say "this often"... it's exactly THREE games. NFL history shows that we create these narratives based on a small sample sizes, they eventually prove to be totally wrong. As I mentioned, Andy Reid was the guy who couldn't "rise to the occasion" in the big moment. Now he's got three Super Bowl rings, is considered the best HC in the entire league, and very possibly isn't done yet. Mike Tomlin was the youngest coach to ever win a Super Bowl back in 2010. The Steelers have now lost their last four playoff games, and it's been 7 years since they even advanced in the postseason. There are countless other examples. John Elway, Steve Young, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning were all chokers unable to win the big one. Same with Bill Cowher. Young Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy were once clutch in big games. Russell Wilson was a Hall of Fame lock and the Seahawks were going to be a dynasty. Tony Dungy was the problem holding back Tampa Bay, and Jon Gruden was the hero. Don Shula coached the NFL's only undefeated team ever, then somehow couldn't get it done with Dan Marino under center. Whatever happened to Sean Payton, Sean McVay, Doug Pederson and John Harbaugh? Why can't they rise to the occasion anymore? Kyle Shanahan now has three blown Super Bowl leads under his belt. I guess if the 49ers keep him around, they are just accepting the same results over and over. The Lions better part ways with Dan Campbell too, since he wilted in the big moment and cost his team the NFL Championship.

Bills fans need to step back, and get some perspective of what it takes to win in the NFL. Super Bowl is the goal. But a Super Bowl cannot be the ONLY measure of success. It's OK to be frustrated, upset and even angry that our team hasn't reached the ultimate goal. It's OK not to be satisfied with just winning Division Championships and Wild Card games. I would imagine that every Buffalo Bills fan will not be happy until we take home a Lombardi Trophy. But that doesn't mean we need to constantly tear-down the leaders of this organization (whether it be Brandon Beane, Sean McDermott or Josh Allen) and classify them as failures for coming up short. The NFL postseason is a SINGLE-GAME elimination series. Once you get into the middle rounds of the playoffs, those teams are usually very evenly matched. 60 minute games are often decided by a play or two, one fateful decision or even a coinflip in overtime. There could be a dozen reasons for why a game turned out the way it did. But once a team/coach/player ends up on the losing end 2-3 times... a narrative starts to emerge that they CAN'T do it, and the fans or media start turning on them. History should tell us this is completely untrue. Bill Belichick was a head coach for 6 mostly losing seasons before winning his first Super Bowl. Now he has more than anybody. Andy Reid coached 21 years before getting a title. Constantly falling short in the Conference Championship Then you have coaches like Mike Tomlin, John Harbaugh, Mike McCarthy, Sean Payton, Doug Pederson and Sean McVay who all managed a single Super Bowl win early, but now continually fall short year after year. Did these legends somehow lose the magic aura? Or is winning a Super Bowl something that is just really really hard and requires a significant amount of luck? It's pretty obvious the Kansas City Chiefs are the measuring stick in the NFL. Here are the facts: Over the last four seasons, the Bills have a 3-4 record against them. The last four contests were all decided by less than a touchdown. Brandon Beane has built a team capable of beating the Chiefs. Sean McDermott has coached his team to victory over Andy Reid multiple times now. And Josh Allen has proven the ability to defeat Mahomes. The fact that our wins keep coming in the regular season and theirs keep coming in the postseason is just stupid dumb luck.

Watch the "Quarterback" documentary on Netflix, and you will see that every NFL player has different levels of dedication. For example, Kirk Cousins clearly puts in the time studying game film and practicing with teammates. But he also sets aside a private day for family and refuses to do anything football related during that time. He is also very active doing community service, and spends time with a therapist to keep his mind focused. Absolutely nothing wrong with any of that. And when his career is over, he will probably end up a happier person because of his dedication to an off-field life. Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes is on another level completely. Even with a toddler and newborn baby, you can tell his life totally revolves around football. Every moment of his week is working on getting better, whether studying plays or working with a personal trainer. There is a reason he's clearly the standard in the NFL and why everyone else is chasing his tail. If Josh Allen works that hard during the week or in the offseason, it's not apparent to the fans. He talks about using that time to rest/recover/relax. He likes playing golf a lot, and most of the time he's seen it's with his girlfriend and hanging out with celebrities. This doesn't mean he's lazy or doesn't work hard. But it's also fair to question if he's putting in the same kind of effort Mahomes is, and it's fair to question of that plays at least some role in us falling continually falling short of the Chiefs. As fans though, it's not fair to EXPECT every player to be ALL FOOTBALL ALL THE TIME. They do deserve a personal life. In 10-15 years, they will be retired and fans will have moved-on to someone else. That's when some will wish they put more time into their marriages and their kids, instead of grinding every second for a sports trophy.

This was the trade that immediately came to mind. The Falcons moved up from 27 to 6 to get Julio Jones. We would probably need to move up from 28 to about 4-5. Jones was a borderline Hall of Famer. Was this trade worth it for the Falcons?

He started 13 games on a defensive unit that allowed 17.9 points per game (2nd in the NFL). And before anyone claims he was just hidden around the other secondary talent, remember that Jordan Poyer was banged-up that entire year and playing with one-arm, Tre White didn't even get on the field until Thanksgiving and our cornerback spots were handled mostly by Dane Jackson and two rookies (Christian Benford, Kaiir Elam). Hamlin wasn't a turnover-machine or an All-Pro. But he was solid at the very least. And considering it was just his second year, I think he still has/had promise to grow into something more. I'm not sure where he's at physically or mentally, and that makes all the difference. But I wouldn't necessarily count him out.

Simmons is one of the best safeties in the NFL. Everyone would love him, but I just can't see Beane giving out that kind of contract. The whole reason they cut Jordan Poyer was to get younger and cheaper. He's only 2 years younger and would definitely be more expensive. I'm starting to get the same vibes about the Free Safety position as the Bills gave last year about Middle Linebacker. We passed on everyone in Free Agency. Waited until the 3rd Round of the Draft. Everyone was in total panic mode going into the season. Then Terrell Bernard played like a superstar and Tyrell Dodson was a solid backup. Don't forget. This regime found Poyer and Micah Hyde in the bargain bin. Both were backups on their previous teams. I think it's fair to question how well this team knows some positions (O-Line, D-Line, Wide Receiver), because they don't necessarily have the best track record of finding untapped talent and developing it. But it's the complete opposite in the secondary. This team has a fantastic track record at both cornerback and safety. I also think people are totally sleeping on Damar Hamlin. He did a great job filling in for Hyde during the 2022 season. There was a lot that went into him being inactive most weeks. He was less than 12 months from a horrific physical trauma that devastated his body. Thanks to Taylor Rapp, the Bills really didn't need him. With another offseason to rehab and train, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets back to his previous form.

Isn't it possible for a team to trade for a player, then also agree to absorb the dead-cap hit? I thought the Browns did something like that a few years back.

The plan is a veteran on a minimum deal. Then maybe a Day 3 draft pick, and a UDFA.

What is the situation the Bills are in? - The second best Winning Pct. in the NFL over the last 5 years? - Five straight postseason births - Four straight AFC East titles and Wild Card Round victories Nobody is satisfied with these accomplishments. We all want a Super Bowl win. And falling short is horribly frustrating. But everyone needs to remember the NFL postseason is a single-game elimination situation. One shot and you are done. Beane has put together a roster good enough to put us in position 4 years in a row. There are multiple factors on why the team hasn't gotten over the hump yet, and roster management is far at the bottom of that list. I would very much disagree with this statement. People weren't satisfied with the Stefon Diggs, John Brown, Cole Beasley, Gabe Davis lineup? That was one of the best in the NFL at the time. People weren't satisfied when Brown was later replaced with Emmanuel Sanders? That was pretty good too. Things didn't start going downhill until Beasley was released, and Davis failed to step up as the #2. Which was the middle of the 2022 season. Beane traded his #1 pick for Diggs. That counts. Beane clearly wanted to target a WR in Round 1 last year, but there was a huge run before we picked. He still went for a receiving weapon on Dalton Kincaid. There are 22 starting positions on the roster. In the span of six drafts, you start with exactly 18 picks on Day 1-2. He did spend one of those on Diggs. It's not realistic to expect him to address every position with a high pick every couple seasons.

The ridiculous criticism of Brandon Beane here is what is concerning. It just shows that some people JUST DON'T HAVE the ability to critically think about anything. The last 3-4 days, all I hear is whining and crying that we don't have the money to be hugely active in Free Agency. We need to make a big splash to get over the hump and can't. They say this is proof that Beane has "mismanaged" the salary cap, and totally SUCKS as a GM. But what bad contracts are draining away the Bills cap space? The most obvious one is of course Von Miller... which ironically is the ONLY big FA splash Beane has made in the past 3-4 years!!!! His goal was to get over the hump against the Kansas City Chiefs. So is Beane really stupid for wasting money on an overpaid Free Agent, or is he really stupid for sitting on his hands and waiting for bargains????? Which one is it? Make up your minds!!! Other people are upset we had to release veterans like Tre White, Jordan Poyer, Mitch Morse, etc. to get under the cap. But the same people are somehow upset we CAN'T get rid of Stefon Diggs this year because of his dead cap. So do we want Beane to cut aging veterans or not??? Which one is it? Make up your minds!!! Drafting well and having good players puts every team in salary cap trouble eventually. Not counting Sean McDermott's first draft (which netted us Tre White, Dion Dawkins and Matt Milano), we have now seen three of Beane's drafts reach the expiration of their rookie contracts. Out of the 23 players he picked, 13 are starting for either the Bills or another team. That's pretty good. Here is the list: - Josh Allen, Taron Johnson, Ed Oliver, Dawson Knox, AJ Epenesa and Tyler Bass are starters for us. - Tremaine Edmunds, Harrison Phillips, Wyatt Teller, Devin Singletary, Zack Moss, Gabe Davis and Dane Jackson are starting for other NFL teams.

Very good fit for what we needed. Curious how the contract will be structured. Still think $8-10 million per year is high.