Bleeding Bills Blue

I don't think we should use the same strategy that Cleveland is using. It'd hurt the fan base a ton and would take probably 3-5 years. First off - you have to sacrifice $$$. I don't think an owner who just dropped 1.4 bil is looking at running a profitless NFL franchise. They're eating 35 mil in dead cap in 2016. They play in an empty stadium. Odds on favorite for worst merch in football. You think the owner there is making like... any money outside of what he's guaranteed from the rest of the league, and away games? Probably not. He might save some money on marketing, since there's no point of having a marketing team since everyone knows you're polishing a turd. They do have the benefit of paying their team the least to the cap even with the penalty. So its pretty obvious why they're so bad... 2nd - you're sacrificing time. They're at least another year away from competing, they don't have a qb, they're absent any playmakers on offense really (Pryor i guess but hes UFA anyway. With their cap rollover for this year they have 100 million in cap space - and will have a hard time spending anywhere near that because no one wants to play for them. They can front load a contract or two, and probably pry an RFA or two away without draft compensation. But this will again cost the owner money because of all the reasons above. Now what they have done that's great Traded busts for pennies on the dollars, or cut them. All this did was push all their cap hits into this year/next year (this year was lost anyway). They got rid of gilbert, mingo, manziel, Kruger, bowe, and whitner. They basically said - the old regime sucked and wasted money so we're starting over. They didn't try and market or sell tickets for this season. That was smart from a building an NFL team perspective, but it also builds apathy in fans. Money paid upfront is typically split over several years. If you cut or trade someone prior to the last year that bonus money is paid - then you pay the remainder up front when you cut/trade them. When a teammate "restructures" base salary to bonus money etc. to create cap space this is what he's doing. Ensuring that he get's paid money as a bonus over several years instead of needing to be on the roster to get paid via base salary.

He did last year though. 1 playoff berth in 2 years. Poor defense, poor o-line, poor running game. Honestly you may as well fire Gruden if you don't re-sign him. Because the team will be terrible.

That team almost made the playoffs with him. He threw for nearly 5000 yards. They don't have any particularly effective running backs, They also have a fairly mediocre to poor defense. They roll over a decent amount of cap - have doctson to replace garcon, and still keep crowder. I could see them adding another receiver since they're losing a few. I just don't see them walking away from him with absolutely no backup plan. Especially since you kept him and let RG3 walk.

They beat us twice - and the jets twice. That's really the difference. We couldn't stop stupid ajayi - TWICE!

I hope a couple QBs go early - so our pick has some value to trade back. We need to start adding more depth to the team, and you do that by adding more picks.

Canton? For what...?

I'm sorry but i have to disagree. The coach gets canned, and the GM wants me on the bench so he can cut me I guess. Isn't that pretty much the organization bailing on me? I should put a headset on and try and help our other QBs for a team that doesn't even want me? They keep saying "business decision" but nobody made it clear one way or the other to Tyrod. So he would be safe to assume - im getting cut. Who cares what this team does at this point.

What level do they drop down to...?

I suppose - i just have no idea how DVOA is calculated so to me it means nothing. Philly lost 7 of 8 and allowed 26+ in all the losses. I don't know how you can say that's the 4th best defense.

They were good - but it didn't get them any further than our bad defense got us.

From what i can tell - they had a ton of turnovers. Recovering 23 of 32 fumbles (unsustainable rate), and had a bunch of picks. That's not always the most sustainable result but i'm sure it massively increases your DVOA. Oh - and they only twice allowed fewer than 20 points. Whereas this bad defense did that 7 times.

The Pettine Defense was that good? I seem to remember getting gashed in the run game quite a bit.

That last throw wasn't the most amazing throw ever. Both safeties were flat footed in cover 4... blown coverage to let someone behind u there

Isn't he under contract? Bridgewater may not play next year

Cornerback.

Tanking isn't that effective in the NFL. It also helps to tank for a specific player or two.

I think cardale has issues with play calling and the playbook.

9-20 86 yards... and a big sack fumble.

Eh... wouldn't be surprised if he signs somewhere.

Because the late round rookie fumbled?

So is that the end of ej?

How is this a 1 score game?

This is brutal

Pretty much all true too. He's brought in talented players, and seems to know talent when he sees it. But even beyond the draft with watkins/lawson etc. The overvaluation even factors into some of the contract extensions too. Not to say Glenn and Dareus aren't good players either - they are.

Current playoff teams who allow more PPG than the Bills: 3 - Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders, and GB/Wash whoever makes it. Atlanta and Oakland are 2 of the top offenses in the NFL. Current Playoff teams who allow more YPG than the Bills: 4 - Same 3 as above plus Miami (who has won all the same games as us pretty much, and beaten us twice) This to me seems to be an indicator that defense is a predictor of success. 8 or 9 teams in the playoffs this year will have statistically better defense than Buffalo. Thoughts?