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Apparently the last piece of steel is being placed on Friday, and the stadium is “50% complete.”
Can’t wait to see this place.
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I love it! I’m bored after Christmas morning, and having the NFL on in the background makes it feel like Thanksgiving (a superior holiday anyway).
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I’ve had “1BFLO” here in NC ever since Pegula bought the Bills.
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7 hours ago, SirAndrew said:
McDermott is just bitter his team can’t figure how to run the play with a beast at QB.
Rarely is one post so completely and succinctly wrong. Well done, you.
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14 hours ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Banning a play that everyone can do seems like whining because you aren’t good at it. Should they have banned qb sneaks because Brady was good at them?
Yeah, that’s not the issue. McD has addressed this, acknowledging the Bills run a “variant” of the TP and “we’re quite good at it.” The issue is safety and how long it will be before a QB is injured as a result of the way his body is angled. McD was very specific about how Josh stays more vertical, whereas Hurts lowers his head and becomes horizontal - significantly raising the risk of injury. Just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it won’t.
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5 hours ago, Billy Claude said:
People around the league has seen this for a long time. Three former Bills front office people have been/are NFL GMs -- Brian Gaine, Joe Schoen, and Dan Morgan. That doesn't happen if other teams don't hold the Bills' front office in high regard.
Yeah, I phrased that poorly. What I meant to say is people like the national media. Now we are being praised for our retention of players, etc.-
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The Bills are just a well run organization. People around the league are finally starting to see it.
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1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:
This kind of thinking gets repeated a lot. But it's fallacy.
Football stadiums, domed or not, are essentially useless for "year round" use for the simple reason that there are very few events that can book a space that big. Go look at the booking calendar of any domed stadium you want---it's hardly used at all.
And Buffalo already has a convention center that is underbooked. why would it build another nearly empty one? It's not a large convention destination.
The continued obsession by some over a dome is funny to me. The new stadium is going to be beautiful, comfortable, and protect the majority of fans from the elements…and as you said, it’s a fallacy that domed stadiums create lots of opportunities for other events. They’ll still host spring/summer concerts and a dome isn’t needed for that.
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56 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
I don’t think so. He’s the league MVP. As an example, and an obviously unrealistic one, if Allen agreed to a 5 year, $100M extension, the NFLPA would take issue. It throws off the whole market. Now players are entitled to roughly 1/2 of the league’s revenue so it’ll be redeployed elsewhere, but that messes up the entire market. That would create complete chaos in the marketplace.
I think that’s exactly right. Players have to be aware of the market and not take deals that are significantly undervalued. It’s a union, after all.
Josh did just about all he could to keep the market stabilized and still give the Bills flexibility. We all know he wants to win more than anything else, and I love to hear a guy who has common sense and emotional intelligence also (the “what does 5M more do for me?” comment).
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The Buffalo News published the final coaching staff for the upcoming season, as the Bills just made strength and conditioning coach hires.
Here is the complete staff under McDermott, including year with the team and, if applicable, year in the current job:
Offensive coordinator, Joe Brady (fourth season in Buffalo, second full season in current role).
Defensive coordinator, Bobby Babich (ninth, second).
Special teams coordinator, Chris Tabor (first).
Cornerbacks, Jahmile Addae (second).
Tight ends, Rob Boras (ninth).
Quarterbacks, Ronald Curry (second).
Safeties, Joe Danna (third).
Assistant offensive line, Austin Gund (fourth, third).
Wide receivers, Adam Henry (third).
Linebackers, Al Holcomb (third, second).
Offensive line, Aaron Kromer (fourth).
Passing game specialist/game management, Marc Lubick (ninth, third).
Offensive quality control/assistant wide receivers, DJ Mangas (third, first).
Senior defensive assistant, Ryan Nielsen (first).
Nickels coach, Mike Pellegrino (first).
Assistant defensive line, Jason Rebrovich (first).
Offensive quality control, Kyle Shurmur (fourth, third).
Running backs, Kelly Skipper (ninth).
Defensive assistant/offensive advisor, Christian Taylor (second, first).
Defensive line, Marcus West (fourth, second).
Assistant special teams, Turner West (first).
Fellowship coach, Alvin Vaughn (third)
Assistant/offensive fellowship coach, Milli Wilson (first).
That’s 23 coaches — 11 offense, 9 defense, 2 special teams, and whatever the “fellowship coach” is.
The interesting part to me is that 4 of the 9 defensive coaches are in their first year with the Bills at that position. I’m encouraged that McDermott is bringing in new voices on that side of the ball, given how underwhelming they were at times last season.
It also makes sense that there isn’t a lot of turnover on offense. And of course, we needed a ST overhaul so the two new coaches there are welcomed.
Those are your leaders for the 2025 season, folks. Thoughts?
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1 hour ago, ColoradoBills said:
Bills on Spotrac are $9.7M under the cap with Bosa, Gilliam, Green Jackson, Johnson, Ogunjobi and Shenault still not
accounted for.
I still see at least one more restructure needed to get under the cap.
Green Lantern's cousin?
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So first, a mea culpa -- I was on vacation last week when all of this went down and wasn't spending much time on the board. I haven't -- and won't -- read through 36 pages of this thread, but here are my thoughts:
- I don't have a problem with the Hoecht signing at all, since Beane knew about the suspension and it's a 3-year deal; they obviously wanted the guy.
- The Ogunjobi situation bothers me. Who is that guy's agent? Did he know about the pending suspension when he started negotiating with teams? If so, the agent should be blackballed and/or have his credentials revoked -- that's 100% unethical and bad faith. Beane says he went through with the deal because the DT market had been picked through -- ok, I guess, but not a good look at all when the guy you signed to a 1-year deal will only play in 60-70% of your team's games.
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According to Spotrac those three contracts consume 34% of the Bungles' cap for the upcoming season. With Hendrickson it goes over 40%.
Interesting to see how this plays out for a non-playoff team.
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It's very hard for me to envision a scenario under which Diggs returns to the Bills. Nothing about it would make any sense.
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46 minutes ago, Gunsgoodtime said:
Amazing, basically a wash trade 5th/7th for high 6th, some cap savings of 2.6m. Nice 1st round pick wasted Beane, along with the many other 1-3 round picks. Its unbelievable at this point how you can miss in the draft and Fa so bad when you have JA17 as your qb. Shameful, far more embarrassing than the 4 straight Superbowl losses. At least we made it, without the best qb this team has ever seen
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The sadsacks who want to cling to criticism of Beane for picking Elam crack me up. We will never know all of the inside details as to why it didn’t work out, but Beane didn’t have to pay him a 2nd contract and managed to get a 5th round pick for someone who was not a part of the present or future of this franchise. That’s what good GMs do; they don’t cling to their mistakes and they make the best out of the situation they’re in.
Buffalo Bills fans who are “unhappy” with Beane can go find another franchise to root for, because they don’t deserve this one.
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22 minutes ago, jaybeezee said:
I've said it before.... we are always gonna have to target 2nd tier FAs, or make a big trade with one of our 1st to get a prime player, and the reason is the cold temps.
It's why we needed to build a domed stadium.
I have family that lives in Miami. My brother works at a prominent Course in S. Florida and has spoken to many NFL players. He asks them all the time, come to Buffalo and play with Josh Allen. They all say the same thing.... naw, too cold. They state that it's not the city the detracts them, it's playing in the strong windy cold conditions of Orchard Park.
It's why we needed a domed stadium. Players know that their careers get out a little short playing in those conditions. We may have the worst weather situation in the NFL. Greenbay is a close second, they get the cold, but no so much the snow amounts.
What? This is nonsense. They practice in good conditions most of the time so you’re talking about maybe 3 or 4 games a season where they “suffer” for a few hours? Come on, man, you can’t possibly believe this.
Anyway, the new stadium isn’t going to be as windy and is more of a “contained” bowl that will certainly not feel as cold.
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I think every player deep down wants to compete for a championship every year, but they also know their shelf life is limited and they need to bank as much as possible.
I don’t fault guys for making those statements. It’s a rare few who actually mean it regardless of their circumstances, and those guys are typically a little more heady than your “normal” athlete.
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Confirms everything I believed about Josh. We are so freaking lucky to have him.
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There is one and only one accurate assessment of the Von Miller era in Buffalo — Thanksgiving Day in Detroit destroyed the plan.
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I’m so &$@ing done with this team!
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15 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
There are a lot of really interesting discussions going on here. Some of the best we've had.
My take on Bedford is that he is simply too good a defensive back to let go. He can do almost anything. He isn't a top cover guy, but he's very good. And he's he's an outstanding tackler.
I think he has to get paid.
As for Cook, I'm not sure it makes sense to pay him. There seem to be runs on positions, and the inflation drives prices higher than makes sense for good management of the payroll. I think particularly in light of the Barkley deal, teams are probably entering a period of overpaying for running backs.
I think it is smart to stay away from "hot" markets like that. There's better value to be had shopping for less glamorous positions.
3 minutes ago, klos63 said:I'm totally in on signing Benford, but I also think we should sign Cook. I think he has superstar talent and will be a huge asset for the length of a contract extension.
The goal is to win th Super Bowl next season. Time to go all in.
@klos63, you beat me to it. Cook was a difference maker in the KC AFCCG; one of the best players on the field. I know RBs are “a dime a dozen” but Jimbo is a superstar.
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…it is once again very nice to see and be a fan of a professionally run organization. Beane is getting all of his ducks in a row before the start of FA negotiations and the draft so he knows exactly what he’s working with, and he and his staff can focus their efforts on the next steps.
It’s great to know we have a team with a plan — even if that plan isn’t exactly what some of us would come up with ourselves.
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Pete Carroll loves him some Geno Schmiff.
Bills 2025 Draft strategy
in The Stadium Wall
Posted · Edited by eball
I’m gonna take a wild guess that the Bills wind up with only 7 or 8 draft selections after Beane wheels and deals to move up in a couple of spots.
DB, DL, and WR are no-brainer selections. Beane always takes a mid-to-late round LB or OL, and I see a late round P.
2 DL
2 DB
1 WR
1 LB
1 OL
1 P
That’s my stab in the dark.