Mister Defense

No, because of what I said, that almost every single move the Bills make you rip apart as if they were the NFL team you not only were not a fan of, but hated, despised. Almost every player move, coaching move, game decision, you rip into as if this Bills team was the lowest quality, worst, least successful team that has ever played a down in the NFL. Instead of one of the most successful teams, and coaching staffs, in football over the last 5 years, one that not only wins its division every year, but contends for a championship. This year they almost beat the eventual SB winner--and with a team decimated by injuries. They "punted on the draft'! Just like your hyperbolic, crazy analysis of the Bills' players, coaches, and front office, you take what is likely an outstanding draft and trash it completely. Out of control, irrational analysis. I know you won't change your ways, but I ask you: What did the Bills do to you so that you hate everything about them?

i guess that is a "yes" on the Jets too! Predict: you will have an immensely disappointing football season this coming year, again, as your preferred teams don't, again, come close to knocking off the Bills. Best Wishes! Wait, which team are you speaking of here? Dolphins, I assume-? I hope!

What makes you say that their coaching staff is better than the Bills? The Bills dominate them, have done a lot more, have actually been a contender, even last year with a slew of major injuries both early in the season and late in the season. So, can you explain your point, why you believe this? Or, is it just a joke, sarcasm? I am assuming the latter is the case-?

Yikes--is there anything, any move, any aspect of the team that you actually like? I am very critical at times, but to throw hate at almost every move they make is crazy. Get a new team--find one you actually like maybe, and don't despise? Did you watch any of the Dolphins games against good teams last year? I would go back and do so....

yeah, really really good--the Bills better look out!! Did you think the Jets were going to be really good last year, this year?

Yup, with the moves Bean made at WR and running back, and possibly at center as well, this could be the best offense of the Allen era---and the best in the NFL this year. The defense will likely need some time to get up to speed after losing some key players, but the offense will carry the team while that happens. They really needed a power back, a MJD type of player, to punish defenses, something Cook cannot do because of his size. It will help Cook became an even better, more dangerous player, that combo, maybe an elite one.

One of the main reasons I was emphatic about Dorsey being a dud, and that he must be fired, was his gross incompetence, including his extremely poor use of the players on this offense. Not using Shakir was one of Dorsey's most incompetent 'decisions'. I was screaming for this sure handed, smart, fast separator to be their main slot receiver (++) and to be on the field all of the time.. The fact that he trained last summer with Moulds only enhanced my belief in what he could do last year if just given the opportunity. As the Bills' offense regressed and regressed I was shocked that McD did not force Dorsey to use his players better, especially Shakir. He catches the ball like Andre Reed, and gets open like him too. BUT, I am pretty sure almost every Bills fan believed he had already arrived last year! But a good analysis anyway.

Love this line: "In a draft like this one, the best WR draft in at least 10 years, to come away with only one guy in the 2nd and some UDFA's is an epic failure." An "epic failure"? Without ever having seen the new Bills receivers play a down on the Bills--ever. "Blind homerism" is better than irrational, over the top hatred. Clearly, from reading your posts on this draft, you were armed and loaded, ready to attack like a mad dog foaming at the mouth--before any picks were even made. Some of the most negative,hate filled, subjective and irrational posts I have ever seen on this board... At least the 'blind' homers, which I think are as rare as the irrational haters, don't hate their team and hope beyond hope it all falls apart. It will not--and all of your predictions will be even more laughable at the end of this season.

Wow, I want to apologize--you are clearly being very objective in all you say above. You are clearly just stating the facts and NOT letting your clear hatred of McDermott be the main filter through which you see and analyze all things Bills. I have highlighted some of the points in your post, see above, that most helped me to change my mind and so now respect your objective, rational, and NOT irrational and hate driven takes on what you say... You are clearly not hating above, not slamming the haters list of hate against McDermott against the wall, hate that we have all heard on this board from the tiny percentage of haters. Instead, you are clearly, calmly, and with a very even hand, just laying out the facts. In fact, almost nothing you say can even be questioned or interpreted as hate filled irrational subjective bias.

You lose all credibility in the 2nd sentence of this long post: "dismantling of the Bills", "the 13 second game" and 'best' of all, "the recreation of wide right". Don't let your love of McD get in the way of your objectivity!! 2nd best line: "3 OC's in three years" One became a head coach--should he have turned it down just to stay with McD and the Bills? McD then fired Dorsey because he was incompetent and the made the Bills look like a 2nd rate offense that could not score in the first half and regressed rather than improved. Should McD have let that mess fester more? The only game the Bills lost after Brady took over was an overtime game in which they scored 34 points. Yet, you lump that in, along with the comical "recreation of wide right", the most negative seminal moment in Bills' history, clearly showing your post is just an irrational diatribe, filled with extremely irrational hate. Just throwing a bunch of nonsense against the wall, and, yeah, it will stick to the brains of the tiny percentage of like minded Bills' 'fans' on this site. But the vast majority will react to those lines and this post in the same way I did. The draft, with 100% unproven players in every pick, for every team, is the perfect place for the haters, of course.

Umm, have you watched any Bills games the last 6 or so years? The high quality safeties were a seminal reason why this team, and this defense, almost never skipped beat--they remained one of the best, stingiest defenses, in the NFL for most of that time. Their safeties, Poyer and Hyde, were a cornerstone. So, I guess I will just say, "Duh", get a good safety. It is a tough position to do very well--they, just like good running backs, are absolutely not a "dime a dozen". \

I agree. Though I don't know much about some of the later picks, they could very well have picked their #1 WR, a co #1 RB, starting center, and (soon to be) starting safety. That would make it a fantastic draft if that pans out. Throw in a likely soon starting DT, a quality pass rusher and linebacker with all kinds of upside +++ and it may end being the kind of draft that prevents the Bills from taking a step back this year, which many expect because of their significant player losses.

The ability to run the ball well, after not committing to it, in two of the last three years made the Bills almost unbeatable. There was a clear, salient shift in philosophy, and yes, likely 'requested' by the man you despise, Sean McDermott. It made the Bills better on offense, as they became a more physical team capable of doing what they wanted, no longer a one trick pony, no longer super predictable. Bravo to Bean for getting a running back earlier in this year's draft than most expected, a top notch WR 1 and a likely new starting center. All men chosen there will further develop the tough, physical nature of this team, one that better matches its leader, Josh Allen. Glad to see that our leaders on the team get it, get how vital it is to have a multidimensional team capable of imposing its will on teams, no matter the defense they face.

The Chiefs became the contender they have been once they made the run a priority this past year. The Texans switched to Singletarry as their started and started to run the ball MUCH better, and so made it a more integral part of their team. They became the talk of the league, as their young QB then really took off. The running game was vital to those playoff teams last year, and most of the other ones as well. It will be so this year again; the movement toward smaller linebackers and safeties the last few years meant the running game would take on new meaning--teams not buying into the tired already old cliche that the running game is an after thought--see Ken Dorsey--will be left behind.

yup, extremely foolish to say that the running game is not a VITAL part of almost any successful team's success. And even more to say that it is not and has not been so in recent Bills' memory. Have you been out of the country two of the last 3 years, during the 2021 and 2023 seasons? Did you notice how much better the Bills became after 500 ish starts--and that the main, obvious, biggest change they made each of those years that turned them into contenders when it looked like they were after thoughts? Just because you hear some very ignorant football analysts discounting the run, and saying those illogical, stupid and cliche things about the running game, that it is almost a thing of the past--watch some games next year, and see with your OWN eyes how important a good, great running team is to the success of almost all teams. Notice how some of the few weaknesses in Allen's game seemed to disappear when the running game took off? I assume the answer is no here too. Very foolish... Only the teams with better than average running games will contend in the AFC this year.

Such a foolish, illogical take when it comes to the discounting of the running game in today's NFL. I know it is a very small percentage of those on the board that think that, but they are loud and vocal, giving the impression they are the majority. They are not, not by a looong shot. And thank our lucky stars the leaders of the Bills think the exact opposite thing. The Bills are doing the right thing by continuing to build their running game. In the last three years when they decided to (forced by McD?) run the ball like they meant it, they were almost unbeatable. They became the best running team in football and almost never lost again in two of the last three years. That is one of the best things the Bills can do to make Allen, and the Bills, reach their potential. Blind not to see that, understand that. But overall, a good, detailed analysis of each pick, though I think you are very wrong about Davis not "moving the needle". He will be a very important player this year, may end up taking over as starting rb, enabling Cook to become a much more lasting, and even more dynamic part of the Bills' offense.

On the contrary, the Bills did a superb job of building this team around Allen in this draft. One of the best, if not the best, in the Allen era, and it may very well go down in history as such: --They got what they considered the best receiver for Allen and the Bills, as Allen himself said--he got the receiver he wanted. That, to me, eliminates my concerns with Coleman. I believe the Bills and Allen know much more about him, and the kind of fit he will be for the Bills, than any media personality and me. --They got one of the best running backs in the draft, a great compliment to Cook, a MJD type player who runs hard, and like a bowling ball, catches it very well, and is the kind of tough, physical runner the Bills need as they continue their quest to be one of the best running teams in the NFL. And one of the most physical. --At first I had thought they likely got their center for the future in the 5th round, or a possible center, one they would try to develop into a starter. BUT then I read more and more about Granger and one analysis after another thought this guy was ready to start from day one. If that happens, and he is good, look out... --And finally, they acquired two late round tackles to develop for the O-Line. A starting caliber wideout, running back, and center, and this from a team that had a wave of departures on defense. Hard to believe anyone would disagree that the Bills continued to be very focused on improving Allen's supporting cast for the 2022 season. If those picks alone pan out this will be one of the best NFL drafts this year.

Most analysis on him say he can likely start now, on day one, in the NFL. So I assume your post is just trolling, just sarcasm? If not, you are a foolish hater, acting in utter ignorance.

I agree--if he is good enough. If so, this is an amazing pick, a starting center this year, in his first year, picked in the 5th round! If so it changes the dynamic of this team immediately and the Bills may end up not skipping a beat this year...

From Fox Sports: "Summary: They simply don't come much safer than Van Pran-Granger, who checks every box there is at center, from both a tangible and intangible perspective. He isn't a perfect prospect by any means — he gets beat occasionally, too — but the team that selects Van Pran-Granger will be doing so on Day Two with the expectation that he can challenge for the starting center role immediately." So, our new starting center? This year?

But notice..they are almost all the same 'fans' who almost always operate in ignorance, no matter the Bills' topic. Ignorant haters, they be. But go ahead and count them in this thread--thankfully, and as usual, there is just a small percentage of them compared to the more intelligent, logical, fact based fans.

Does anyone consider this an actual Bills' fan? I am very critical of the team when needed, but this kind of blanket criticism--with ZERO to back it up--is much, much different. Sad, pathetic--and soo off base..

Maybe the dumbest post ever?? We don't need a running game, we have a great quarterback. It is like NOTHING, no reality, including the last few years of Bills seasons, could shake this laughable ignorance. Shocking.

Likely--not any more...

Lol, as the Bills desperately needed a running back, and this kind of bruiser is just what they need.