Bleeding Bills Blue

They literally did this last year. They drafted a pass catcher in the first, and went and got him.

10 picks - likely expect bargain shopping in FA. I probably wouldn't go 1st round playmaker with my very highly paid QB tbh - he needs to make the rest better because he costs like 25% of the cap. Not saying ignore it entirely, but the defense needs people to rush the passer, and it needs to get younger in the back end. Offense: QB - Allen, ???? RB - Cook, ????, ???? WR - Diggs, ????, Shakir, ????, Shorter TE - Knox, Kincaid, Morris T - Dawkins, Brown, Van Demark, Doyle G - McGovern, Torrence, Anderson C - Bates, ???? (I assume Morse is let go for cap reasons) Defense: DE - Von, Groot, ????, Jonathan 3T - Oliver, ???? 1T - ????, ???? LB - Milano, Bernard, Williams, Spector CB - Douglas, Benford, Elam, ???? (expecting to move on from White) NB - Johnson, ???? (expecting to move on from neal) S - Poyer, ????, Hamlin, ????

3 playoff wins since 2010. Missed playoffs in 3 of the last 5 years - and bounced immediately both seasons that they did make it. Negative point differential for 4 of 5 seasons. They have the fewest turnovers on offense, and they're among the leaders in takeaways. Kicker is 21/22. But they're 26th in yards and 25th in yards allowed. They'll probably sneak into the playoffs... and probably lose in the first round.

He really didn't make THAT much money. Somewhere in the same vein of berrios, hardman, campbell etc. Just not sure why we bring a quick gadget guy in... then run 3x1, never use gadget plays, screens etc. I honestly think he's struggling with the offense - thinking too much and not able to just play ball. Live and learn i suppose - cut him next year. He's got the potential to net us a decent comp pick for the 2025 draft too, depending on how active buffalo is in free agency.

Game changing error. We ended up getting a stop and the 7 before half but it doesn't excuse absolutely terrible officiating. The hold on the eagles first TD drive was probably the one that changed the game the most. There was also a clear PI on the pass to sherfield that wasn't called on a drive we punted. These are game swaying mistakes.

I still don't understand the grounding call either... it seemed to land really close to gabe davis.

Interesting thought - Schwartz got kinda spurned by pegula when they hired rex, but I'm sure a nice fat paycheck would be something to smooth that over. They won the toss and blew it there at the end on offense. Defense didn't get it done either but man... TD wins the game there.

We even changed up our offense to make it more charger-y.

A -the team is still in the mix. B- playoffs in 4/5 years and 3 straight division titles Let him finish out the year, he's got as good a chance as anyone else currently employed of helping get this 23-24 team to the playoffs.

If they miss the playoffs - with the way they have lost games... I could see McD getting canned. My big challenge is who out there is a good candidate to replace him. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of candidates out there who aren't re-treads or the new hot offensive coordinator's.

I believe he's contractually obligated to speak to media post-game. Beane does a post-season presser, but day to day game isn't his job. And Owners... i mean the ones who do talk don't usually help.

Browns are 7-4, and to get to 11-6 would require 4-2 against this schedule - LAR, Jax, Chicago, Houston, NYJ, Cincy - Possible but... they don't have a QB so its hard to say. Steelers are 7-4 and to get to 11-6 would rerquire 4-2 against this schedule - zona, NE, Indy, Cincy, Seattle, Baltimore (might be resting starters but i doubt they let KC get home field if buffalo gives KC a 4th loss). Indianapolis is 6-5 and would need to go 5-1 to get to 11-6 against this schedule - Tenn, Cincy, Pitt, atlanta, Vegas, Houston Houston is 6-5 and would need to 5-1 to get to 11-6 against this schedule - Denver, NYJ, Tenn, Cleveland, Tenn, Indy Denver is 6-5 and would need to go 5-1 to get to 11-6 against this schedule - Houston, LAC, Detroit, NE, LAC, LV As bad as every like bad team is - theres no way all 5 of them don't drop a game to Chicago, Tennessee, LA chargers, Jets or NE, etc. These are all flawed teams as much as buffalo, and in many cases much more than buffalo. It'd take an epic stroke of bad luck to win out and miss the playoffs - but i think they can win 4 and still miss. I'll say this - i don't think any of those 5 teams wins 11 games, and i doubt buffalo does either.

I think Pegula will save any words til an end of season press conference. He's just so terrible at public speaking that I think the PR team rightfully worries that he'll screw something up. Team is 6-6 - and the coach has earned the right to coach out the season. I don't think anything the owner could say right now is changing that.

I'm fairly certain mcdermotts in-game adjustment didn't involve... losing gap integrity constantly, and missing tackles. Players play, and their failed execution can't always go back to the coach - just like their success shouldn't always go to the coach.

I think thats why he hired people to do it for him.

With the rate players are getting injured, it can't hurt to take a look if he clears waivers. I don't think any other playoff contending team is going to just outright give him a job either, so its probably as good as anywhere. Klein and Spector are currently both still on roster, as is matakevich - so there's still space in the LB room imo. Lets just say if Bernard got hurt, i'd feel better having a former multiple time all-pro on the roster.

I take cold showers from time to time - usually after sports. But its tough when its like... 40 degrees outside to want to hop in there cold.

I assume itll get pretty cheap pretty soon in there. People stomping on hands, twisting fingers and stuff at the bottom, eye pokes etc. Gonna likely take Hurts getting injured for them to stop doing it. They'll never get off the ball as fast as the eagles so it doesn't matter. It'll get banned next year and they'll say no more pushing the QB off the snap or something.

Probably not gonna pay out much but i would say this is the likely story.

They're stout up the middle so i think they have the linemen just stack the middle for the sneak and the other guys look for the toss.

They have a fair amount of cap space. Reader, Higgins, Awuzie, Williams, Boyd is the bulk of their UFA losses - chase cap hit stays the same in 2023 extension or not. They have space enough to bring them all back if they want - but i suspect they'll move on from higgins. Williams wants to play left tackle so he's probably out. Boyd's a 30 year old slot WR but i could see him returning. Reader will have suitors but i think they can persuade him to return. They're probably a year away from any cap issues, but do you pay higgins knowing you're going to have to pay chase? Higgins is only 24, and is going to want a pretty hefty payday, and chase is a top 5 WR who will want to reset the market. You have your QB, i don't know if it makes sense to have 2 highly paid WRs. The bengals defensive line is all approaching 30 and all play the majority of snaps (all their contracts come up very soon as well) - can't hurt to continue to add some talent to that room.

Halls first 3 years in the league were 2010-2012 and Pederson was on the staff there under Reid. Could have been money too, or just a chance to move up to QB coach or O. coordinator at some point.

I still don't really know... why he'd supposedly demand a trade. He got paid here into his 30s as a WR, not usually a given. So money isn't a motivator - and this is the case in probably 99% of trade demands. He wanted out of Minnesota for usage concerns (they had the 3rd fewest pass attempts his last year there)... well he's among the most targeted players in football since going to buffalo. He's on a contender with a QB. Hopkins wanted a trade to a contender. It didn't work, and he was released - and ended up signing with a non-contender because of his monetary demands. Buffalo can't cut him - it would be a net negative to the cap. He's not rodgers... there isn't anything he can do to prevent getting sent to Green Bay, or Atlanta or something.

Yup - I thought his presser was a good like... REMINDER: My brother is an adult who is free to do and say what he wants. I may talk to him about it, i may not, but its not any of your business. Nothing i have said or done this season has indicated that i don't want to be here now, or tomorrow, or ever.

That's where the hole's are though. 1 DT, 2 DEs - and only one of those players is on a rookie contract. Safety too. FA will occur prior to the draft and get us a better understanding. I feel like younger WRs are making an impact more and more, so i'd like to see 2 in this draft. We have a lot of picks, just don't want to use a ton of capital to move up.