Bleeding Bills Blue

They only have 8 picks this year - They have played the Kessler/Whitehurst browns, the Goff Rams, the Kaep 49ers, and Houston. They do a good job stopping the run, and have an offense that puts up points (5th in PPG - even including a shutout with their 3rd string qb). They're top 10 - but i wouldn't put them at top 5. PPG isn't the most reliable statistic to me.

Possibly a Rooney Rule - but Lynn did interview for 2 HC spots last offseason.

They currently have a bunch of guys who are not tied specifically to any scheme. They've had straight nose tackles like wilfork, and have rotated in more penetration style players like Kyle Williams. They tend to gameplan better than most team's at defense and are not dependent on scheme or deception. A guy might see 40 snaps one week and 15 the next, and he doesn't complain or say a word. Their defense currently isn't "great" - but they also don't have a bunch of high priced talent on that side of the ball. Good mix of young guys and older guys on cheaper 2nd/3rd contracts. D-line - Flowers, Brown, Long, Sheard, Valentine Lbs - Hightower, Roberts, McClellin, Van Noy DBs - Butler, Ryan, and Jones - with McCourtey and Chung in the back. No one there is like blowing you away - maybe hightower? But they liked what they saw in Butler and Roberts so much to jettison Revis and Collins. They got o-line help with a pick from trading away Chandler Jones. Now they have a good/great rotation of o-lineman after depth there previously was a weakness. They also aren't afraid to dump players who want too much money - mankins, collins, and jones come to mind. The value they got back wasn't amazing necessarily, but they don't have majorly bad contracts on their payroll so that flexibility lets them be competitive with the mid-tier free agents that they covet. They can also add big short-term contracts because of their cap management.

Hmm - Tampa and KC?

Almost like the guy leaking this information to the media isn't actually in charge... like maybe Russ Brandon...?

Goin got with Russ... doesn't it seem like a lot of stuff gets leaked to the media these days...? The last 20 years or so...?

Thats the problem - hes on all the calls - in all the meetings... and he has no business being there.

I think Mcdaniels goes there... Gets his QB to groom, a solid group of talent on defense. Could see them going after a Jeffrey type.

As a fan of pro wrestling, and having a friend who actively wrestles... They don't use plastic ones because they don't actually break. Also - you're going to wanna know how to bump before they start throwing you through tables. A for effort, F for execution...

Not to use the injury excuse.. but missing 3 out of their top 4 d-men, as well as an extended stretch without eichel, and several games without O'reilly. Now not all of them are amazing, but they they're all pretty good. And much better than their replacements were.

I like going to games though. We have no colleges in the area with competitive football games, and it's one of my favorite sports to attend. Hockey is fine, but the tailgating aspect is a lot of fun. I'm not a season ticket holder, but I typically go to 4 or 5 a year.

He lost his job to nelson it seems. Between John Brown, David Johnson, Fitz, and JJ nelson there just aren't enough targets. He was in line for a nice pay day before this year. Now he'll be looking for a 1yr prove it type. With Whaley in charge, he may look at him.

There will also be cap casualties - brandon marshall probably, maybe barwin, as well as a ton of mid-range guys. Assuming we lose woods, zbrown, lorax, and gilmore we may want to try and retain our comp picks.

Assuming we start fresh with a new FO. 1 - Patricia 2 - Cardale 3 - Probably Floyd... I don't see us going after any big time guys. This is essentially our QBs rookie year, and typically you don't see a ton of success on the W-L front. Dak is an anomaly, but Winston and Mariota have seemed to come along a bit. Wentz and Goff have definitely struggled though. If the best your talented team can do is basically 8-8, then you probably need to develop some younger talent. Roster's flawed and old. Mix in a good bunch of rookies this year and let some people walk. Go after cap casualties to add some comp picks.

TT deserves to be benched, but Rex deserves to be fired. He is running a listless team that doesn't seem to care that they're getting smoked at home.

i don't think Kubiak ever wanted to come here though... Elway moved Fox out to basically bring Kubiak in.

Most of our LBs are free agents. Should be easy to make the switch

If u fire Rex, fire Whaley and Brandon too. Overdorf. Every remnant of the old regime. Let the new people decide on tyrod. They'll probably get rid of him too

Why not just fire him?

Really? He said not that bad... we rolled some stinkers out there in the last 30 years. We're just spinning the wheels anyway, And there's 2 home games. May as well win them for the fans who go

No... we probably throw the fewest screens in the league. With a struggling qb I just can't understand that

Nice.. someone at least talking about firing brandon

Ball out on time, good things happen

Got the tag, may as well use it... unless u expect to be bad in which case collect the comp pick. No point jamming more money on this defense if we are gonna suck.

Which part? That these players aren't very good? Like all of them