GunnerBill
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They get 3 years, not 4. This is the NFL after all.
Part of my reasoning for 4 years and not 3 is I truly believe we will at some point have a year with a rookie QB. It isn't going to be year 1, might be year 2 but possibly year 3 (if we draft one in 2018 but start TT). I'm willing to take a bit of a dip with a rookie at the helm if that is what it takes to find our QB of the future.
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I do think a 6th Superbowl might encourage Brady to walk away. It wouldn't shock me if he did put it that way. I also think unlike before you might see some more of Jimmy G in mop up duty this year and they might choose the sit Brady week 17 or something like that. I think Bill knows that he needs to know.... if he thinks Jimmy G is the one no way does he let him walk next offseason because he knows finding that one who might be the heir to Brady is not going to be easy. It is not like he could just chuck Jimmy and find another as good if he thinks that Jimmy is the real deal. Garoppolo will be 26 by the end of the 2017 season. If he isn't going to get a shot in 2018 I don't think he is willing to wait any longer.
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forgetting Listenbee or just don't think he is good enough?
Neither. I just think at this point with a coach and GM with no attachment to him coupled with no NFL production in tape he is just one in the mix with no leg up at all on an UDFA brought in this year. He will need to earn his spot.
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The horror
Way to take one sentence out of a longer post out of context to make it look like I was saying that is a bad thing.
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I wanted McDermott too. I honestly believe had Carolina not gone to the Superbowl in 2015 he would have been a Head Coach a year earlier. His process driven approach and circumspect communication are more my sort of person and my sort of coach than Rex could ever be.
I am nervous just how much power the Pegulas have given him but once they made that decision they had to follow through and get "his guy" at the GM spot. I feel like here are two personalities we know mesh who are aligned philosophically and are going to work together well.
I just want to see it given time to work. Give it 4 years.... do not get trigger happy if there are blips. Stay the course. I think in McDermott we have a winner. -
This was the only possible decision. If they did anything but hire Beane I would have been disappointed.
Agreed.
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Looks to me like both games will have kid's day prices, but only one of the games will have the kid's day "festivities."
But it won't be the kids day... cos they are not having a kids day... they are having a family day. Everyone clear? No? Not surprised.
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Bill, have you seen the Brandon Reilly highlights? This kid has a knack for adjusting and finding the ball!
No but I remember the catch against Michigan State a couple of years ago. I see the receiver position as wide open beyond Sammy, Holmes and Zay..... Brown and Tate probably have the inside track due to ST abilities but any of the young kids could earn a shot with a strong camp and pre-season.
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I have to believe that Taylor is one of the most under appreciated quarterbacks in Bills history. We just signed him to a below market deal and we have no other viable starting quarterbacks ready to play in 2017.
Nah it is a deal pretty much in line with other "bridge" QB deals like the one Sam Bradford signed in Philly (that was traded to Minnesota) and the one Glennon just signed in Chicago. What is clear is the Bills don't see Tyrod as any more than a bridge and the open market obviously didn't want to offer him true established starter money because if he and his agent believed that it would then no way he renegotiates here.
I agree it is a no brainer to keep him given that he did renegotiate (I thought it was a 50/50 call on the old deal) and he gives us the best chance to win in 2017. I just think the under market value doesn't stack up. If the Bills viewed him as the long term answer they'd have kept him on the old deal or just backloaded the same money... instead they cut his money and knocked 2 years off the contract.
I think it's easy to think he can be an Alex smith kind of player for this team consistently. I don't think he ever steps up to top 5 to maybe 10 qb. The range you need to be in for the qb to be the reason you are a contender. At that point it's a matter of deciding what you are comfortable with as an organization - consistently a contender for a playoff spot but little else, or throwing the dice and risking a bunch of jobs on a guy that could be much better or much worse
That is why I think the ideal is take a shot while you still have a Tyrod or an Alex Smith..... so long as they are on manageable deals that doesn't kill your cap long term if you do get a guy you like and think is ready and so decide to move on.
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The reality is that the wrestling coach already is the acting GM. He made the decision to keep TT against the desires of Whaley. It was the coach who made the draft selections. And it was the coach who after being hired immediately became the sole voice at the humiliation of the silenced GM.
Whether Beane or anyone else is selected as the GM he will know in advance the power relationship within the organization and who has the final say on personnel decisions. The relationship is that the GM is working on behalf of the coach and not the other way around. That arrangement is already established. What's obvious is obvious.
Indeed. I hope that they stick with that. Someone needs to be in charge. I'd rather it were the GM but that isn't going to happen so it better be the Coach.
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Banner would be the worst possible option. He was an absolute disaster in Cleveland when he (briefly) ran the show. He'd be great for Pegula's bottom line, but it'd be at the expense of improving the football team. He desperately wants back into the NFL, but I can't see him as McD's kind of guy.
It was Banner tweeting... the name to watch was Veach.
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No, which is why I don't like or agree with how Pegula is running things. He may be right and this works out. I really hope it does. i just disagree. Many of us prefer a strong GM who has full control of the team, including hiring the coach.
Agreed. But if the model is that McD has the power and is going to have a Reid / Carroll like "final say" (a risk with a rookie HC) then HE should be choosing, or at least strongly influencing the choice of, the GM. To me that must mean Beane.
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We live in the age of social media and the Internet. Everything is easy access now. Saying you live in Philly doesn't give you any more credibility than anyone else regarding Wentz.
I have NFL Game Pass and access to All-22 and have watched a good bit of Wentz just for fun. His career could go in a couple directions. He looks like a good pick by the Eagles at this point but he went through some serious growing pains his rookie year and really struggled as the year progressed. It's too early to say what he'll be for sure, yet you just feel like you have to...
Likewise.... in fact one of the projects I have just started is going back and re-watching Wentz, Prescott, Kessler and Goff from last year (ie. the rookie QBs). I'm going to watch every throw. Once I've completed that I will post my thoughts on this board. My instinct on what I did watch was that Wentz ended the season doing a pretty poor Blake Bortles impression - his mechanics seemed to get worse as the season went on. I'll be assessing whether that was a true reflection when I go through the film in more detail.
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We already have our MG replacement...JW is our guy. Not sure why people are struggling with accepting that...we are not in need of another RB right now. If JW doesn't show much, they will add another RB in preseason likely, its the easiest plug and play position in the NFL.
Because he was not particularly impressive in limited snaps last year. Compared to MG who at the end of 2015 had already impressed in spot duty behind McCoy and Karlos. I hope we might have something in JW but I don't expect it at this stage.
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I think there is a definite USC factor too. USC Quarterbacks get hype. Now it doesn't mean Darnold will fail because Mark Sanchez failed.... but playing Quarterback for USC makes you a nationally recognised Quarterback before you make the NFL and sometimes they are crowned too early.
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It's the same old story every time.
What you mean that next year's class is the one?
I remember being told a year out that the Matt Barkley, Tyler Bray, Landry Jones and Tyler Wilson group had legitimate pro prospects and that Barkley would be the consensus #1 pick. In the end EJ and Geno were the first QBs off the board in a bad class and Glennon has had probably the most (although very limited) success.
I haven't started to dig into any of the 2018 QBs yet but I am going to make a start over the summer, which is a first for me. Usually I like to make sure I have watched them all on TV in "non evaluation mode" before I start breaking them down.... but given the number of hot names in the 2018 class I am going to make a start.
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Looks like a favorite has emerged: Panthers asst GM Brandon Beane is headed back to Buffalo for second GM interview with Bills, per source.
Interesting use of the word "emerged". This has been Beane's job to lose from day 1.
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Baylor doesn't really breed them tough at WR. Coleman was the exception but that's because he went in there being a little bonkers.
Shame for the kid, he's got the talent.
Yep. I liked him as a late round flier. I wouldn't mind the Bills taking a shot. He has as much chance as some of the rest of our rogues gallery at the position.
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White, Darby, Seymour, Wright and probably Johnson (given his history with McD).
If they keep a 6th then I see that spot as being wide open.
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Haven't watched the Giants much the past couple years? Eli has been pretty bad. They were 27th in PPG and 23rd in YPG. Their defense propelled them to the playoffs, offense held them back.
I have. I've watched the Bills too.
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Anyone who would swap Eli for Tyrod is nuts.Ya I work at a bar on weekends so I've had some really in depth conversations with mostly Jet Giant and Cowboys fans are big up here.
I'd say at least 80% view him as a top 15 starter and not only would Jet fans love him as their QB but most Giant fans would swap him for Eli all day. Usually referencing the Wr talent difference and the difference in turning the ball over.
The best part is , he's only going into year 3 as a starter, he has so much room for growth !
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Yes, being involved with a professional sports team is a sweet gig.
It is still a job that these guys rely on to pay their mortgages and feed their families and I see no logical reason for making a distinction.
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This is what everyone who is bemoaning the Bills not making a move for a qb this year needs to remember.
The Bills met with all of the top prospects. Although you may feel one of these guys will be a franchise guy the Bills clearly didn't think mahomes or watson would be.
Except in fairness to Jeff there are rumours that the man who was still at least in name GM did have a Quarterback in his sights at 10.
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Yes of course we are t like each other and that's fine ... we don't have to agree.
We can agree to disagree which is just fine by me.
It's irregular because it's not a job typically taken for money....it's a job taken for the love of the game.
Any job that's done for love first and not living is 'irregular'.
Ok so I know a guy at my local garden centre - do you guys have garden centres(?) - who has worked there 25 years and does that for love. Is he irregular as well? If the garden centre suddenly fires him would you feel the same about him as the Bills scout?
Or, is the truth of the matter, that this isn't really about what they earn, or whether they do their job for love but is simply a bitterness that means when someone that has a job you'd prefer to do than your own and gets fired from it you get some sense of satisfaction?
This is not a rebuild, folks...
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For once, and it is rare.... I agree with most of what BillsVet has said here.