GunnerBill

It would need one of the 8 win Vikings, the 7 win Packers (who would have the h2h) and the 7 win Commanders (cake walk schedule including 2 games v the hapless Cowboys) to collapse down the stretch.

If they lose both games I doubt even winning out does it. Arizona will take the west.

They tried to get something done last spring and I understand they were a distance apart on money which is why they just did a bit of a restructure to free up cap room. Douglas has only had one, moderate, pay day by the standards of an NFL player. He will want to maximise the dollars on this deal

Athletic reporting he will likely be benched or possibly even cut once the playoffs are mathematically out of reach. The Jets will have a different Quarterback by the time they come here at the end of the season. And yet you can make the same argument about the Head Coach and he was fired.

The 9ers line hasn't actually been that great this year.

I think he is one of the best offensive play designers of all time. But he is stubborn as hell and if you don't run it his way he doesn't want you.

I'd take Drake Maye over him already and no way I'm benching Caleb to play Daniel Jones despite some of Caleb's struggles. In Vegas, Tennessee or Carolina sure I'd start him.

Until that top 10 Quarterback deliberately made a play off script at which point Kyle Shanahan would lose his ***** with him make absolutely clear there is only room for one star on that offense and it has to be the playcaller and immediately bench him for whatever Matt Schaub redux happened to be wandering past Levi Stadium at the time. I mean I exaggerate slightly..... but only slightly.

Yea pretty much where I am. They had to do something, their tackles are rough, but Humphries was never that great - I think I called wasting a year of Paris Johnson at right tackle because the Cardinals wanted to keep Humphries at left tackle in 2023 idiocy. And then you factor in him coming off the ACL.... we will see how it looks.

Douglas won't be back and Benford will be extended (although that probably happens after the draft and FA once they know where they are cap wise).

The stories out of New York are he was pushing for Jones to be retained. Treated him like a son. As I say doesn't let the coach and GM off the hook but I think he did more than just sign the cheque. Yep. Think it matters more than ever.

The amount of time I spend watching the Bills / re-watching all 22, contributing to this forum, listening to podcasts etc.... my partner would prefer it if I were cheating.

The wording of that statement - Jones went straight to the owner - gives credence to the story that he was the owner's boy IMO.

I think the owner was the driving force behind it. Not absolving the coach and GM from blame because the owner wanted Saquan back too and they went against his wishes but from everything you hear out of there the owner was all in on Jones.

spat out his pacifier? Is that what you'd call it? The thing you give a baby to suck? Spat his dummy, means thrown a childish tantrum essentially. Yea, he spat his dummy.

Wow. I guess he has spat his dummy in some way, or else why do this now rather than after the season?

That was a decent enough blitz pickup but Davis hasn't done a good job pass blocking as a whole this year - though they don't ask him to do it much. Cook has done it better, but the guy the ask to pass block most often is Ty Johnson. He is their trusted go to 3rd down back because he can stay in and protect or he can get out and catch a pass. It is why for the first time almost ever under this regime they are dressing three running backs without any of them being stud special teamers. Because they believe Johnson has so much combined value on 3rd down that he is worth a jersey.

Agree except he doesn't do the talent evaluation. Will McClay does that and is one of the best in the business. They pay him more than some GMs get to stay without the title. The bits Jerry controls, hiring coaches and the strategy for extending contracts and paying guys is where they have had issues.

If they lose Sunday and to the Bills they are done. I imagine they try and push Purdy out there fully healthy or not and if they go 0-2 they then shut him and the season down and try and lose out.

No, I don't. He gets major kudos for drafting Josh Allen. To win a Superbowl, he has to build around him. My question here is really how well we have done that.

Is a really good slot receiver. Got one of those already. I would take Brandon Aiyuk over any slot receiver. I think a healthy Chris Olave on a team with a good QB I'd do the same. As we saw early in the season with the Bills it doesn't matter how good you are between the numbers, if you can't threaten teams down the field on the outside you are too easy to defend.

It's a point I've raised with @JGMcD2 in previous years. I think the work is excellent and the methodology decent but I do think it possibly undervalues that difference between star / elite level guy and good productive starter. But while the methodology might be imperfect it is better than gut feel and I think when you look at the top 10/12 it broadly feels right in terms of what the eye test tells you about teams who have drafted well in recent years. As for the Bills specifically Brandon Beane misses on fewer draft picks than almost any of his peers. He has some advantages in that regard we should say, a Head Coach with whom he is in total lock step, an owner who does not interfere and trusts him to do his job and not a ton of scheme change / turnover on either side of the ball (they have changed offensive scheme somewhat this year but it is basically the first time since 2018). That helps him score well in this analysis and so it should. @JGMcD2 - one request... can we see a cumulative ranking without 2018? My contention is Beane's two best picks - Allen and Taron - came in that class and I'd like to get a sense of how he has built around Josh since. But even the year by year breakdown feels right - 2020 and 2021 were okay drafts, not great, then the 2022 class bounced back into that top 6 or so.

And we basically swapped Tenuta for Ryan Van Demark who is our swing tackle. Both were cut at the end of camp their rookie years.... RVD came here initially to the PS and Tenuta signed for the Colts PS.

Agree. If they get in them please. They are awful. I don't think they will though. Could easily lose a couple of those games.

Agree. I don't think there will be a true gimme in the wildcard round but of the potential options my preference is: 1. Pittsburgh 2. Denver 3. Miami 4. Bengals 5. Chargers I think they are the only 5 teams I give a real chance of being in it. I still think Baltimore wins the North. If they end up in the WC they are my very least preferred.