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2018 offseason? I completely agree. This offseason? Not so much. Obviously Morse -- which you concede. But when you bring in a free agent I don't think you're EVER banking on him being here in five years. You hope that for players you draft and for superstars. The entire rest of the roster undergoes turnover within a five year timeframe. I think you can tell what Beane is thinking by looking at the contracts. If it's a one-year deal or it's structured so that the Bills can get out relatively painlessly then it's a stopgap or "prove it" contract. If it's three years or more he's hoping they become part of the core of the roster. I think the Bills expect Brown and Beasley to be here for several seasons.

If Robin did this less he might have enjoyed his time in Buffalo more.

Quite possibly the worst sports radio show ever produced.

142K votes and 48 minutes left...still showing as 50/50...

On to the next round!

You think Kraft enjoys being blown off like that?

Nice to see Jake deGrom start back up where he left off.

And Ed Oliver.

Yeah, I had a similar thought. I understand wanting to spend time with family but what does "spend more time on my faith" even mean? He wants to sit around reading the Bible? Sounds like a canned statement meant to garner empathy.

All I needed to read. This is no Bills fan. Shut it down.

And there you have it. More resources being dedicated to ST. Wonder if they talked to Gore about him first. Would actually surprise me if they didn't.

At least their owner is clas....oh wait, scratch that.

Did Harry run the 3-cone and short shuttle at the combine? If so, what's the big deal?

We're only up 51-49...with 20 hours of voting left.

If the message board community consisted of 97% women -- a lot. And I'm not ashamed to admit Tony Romo is a handsome man.

Agreed. And you always remember those because they usually cost us points or drives.

Foster had three drops on 44 targets. Roughly the same rate as Brown, actually, who dropped six on 97 targets. Beasley is your man -- one drop on 87 targets. And for as much schitt as we give Zay, he only dropped three on 102 targets.

20 hours left and Josh is up 52-48 right now.

If Oats is getting 3M per year at Bama (that's what Avery Johnson was making) the move from UB and his 800K salary was a no-brainer.

AT WORST, we can probably agree that the WR corps going into training camp this year appears to be light years ahead of what we had going into 2018. I know there is some hand-wringing among certain fans that there is no "true #1" receiver on the team but they now have at least four guys (Brown, Beasley, Foster, Jones) with significant starting experience who are not on the downturns of their careers (Beasley's a bit older but not past his prime). Even if they don't draft a WR (I hope they do, FYI) they're not in "trouble" at the position the way they were for much of 2018. I still like McKenzie as well, and we don't yet know what we have with Duke but he's intriguing. The biggest benefit I see moving forward, as others have noted, is that this is now Josh's 2nd year and the learning curve should have flattened out. Now it's all about repetitions and building chemistry -- not "learning the NFL." He'll have a chance to really develop something with these receivers so they hit the ground running in W1.

I posted it in the OTW thread, but Buffalo needs a coach who wants to build a Gonzaga. Hurley and Oats have made the program marketable and there is something to be said of that.

UB needs somebody who wants to create a Gonzaga. At least Hurley and Oats have made the program marketable. We'll see what happens.

I think the Bills' biggest need is young talent -- anywhere (besides QB). That's why I don't want them to trade down. They've mostly addressed their major needs to start the season; they need talent at key positions to contribute immediately and provide depth while they develop.

@TaskersGhost are you insane? The only thing anyone has opined in this thread is that it warrants optimism Allen was able to put up comparable -- and better in some cases -- stats behind a terrible OL and with awful targets to what the Wunderkind Carson Wentz did in his rookie season. Give your crusade a rest.