LA Grant

I think we'll see the offense take the big step forward that the defense made when Pettine replaced Wanny.

That really sucks. But means that IK will almost certainly make the team now.

To everyone being like "but what if he's like Vick or Flutie or RGIII and teams figure him out?" — well, all those teams got at least one good year of production from that style of QBing before they hit a wall, and this year is all we need. But I think that Taylor has the potential to be more like Kaep or Wilson. He looks pretty good throwing from the pocket now. I think he will only improve. Adding run-option to a dink & dunk YAC oriented offense is huge. There are so many possibilities on how to move the offense when defenses are potentially vulnerable on every part of the field.

Regardless of who starts, our QB play will be more effective this year than last year. Yeah, even Cassel would do better, not that he's better than Orton as a player, but because he isn't much worse and he has more to work with than Orton did.

One of the reasons this is great is it guarantees that Russ won't have time to meddle with football operations. He'll be too busy!

Honestly, the Bills need to win 10 games or more this season to balance this and Aaron Kromer, that level of embarrassing national stories. It's hard enough to be a Bills fan, we don't need to add a circus if they are maxing out at 9 win seasons. If you are good at your job and deliver the goods, this kind of thing is a small price to pay. If you come up short at all, this stuff gets old real fast. That's the unwritten rule of being a public !@#$ in whatever capacity — society will allow it as long as you are also great at what you do.

This interview was brutal, and I didn't think Jim was bad — I felt bad for him, actually — it was Colin Cowherd who was awful. He was this fast-talking hacky impression of a radio host, and not interested in trying to have a real conversation. I can imagine getting flustered trying to find the words when my brain keeps thinking "this guy is a !@#$ing idiot and I want to hit him." That "buy" question was so douchey. I also was confused and thought he meant "bye." Colin, we don't all speak dickbag, buddy; can you slow down, use your real voice, and ask actual questions? If you were to see a parody of an idiot sports radio host, it would literally be Colin Cowherd.

Dammit. Really wish they found a way to make this happen. When there are issues at QB, the equation for the front office should be simple: Having a great o-line > having great receivers.

15th Time's The Charm: Buffalo Bills 2015.

I think the SD game he was referring to was after AJ Smith brought Flutie, Wiley, and others to make the Chargers Bills West... the RJ vs Flutie showdown was our Super Bowl that year. It was also a microcosm of their careers.

We also opened against Indy in 1999. This is another very fun coincidence.

UP FRONT: It's the off-season. This is a thread of nonsense. Get into it or don't. Fun coincidence about the schedule: We face all of our Super Bowl opponents IN ORDER — Giants, then Redskins, then Cowboys — and we also play the Titans in Tennessee. All 4 of those games are very winnable. Imagine going 4-0 over teams that prevented the Bills from winning the Super Bowl in a single season. Second fun coincidence: The last time Buffalo had 5 road games in 6 weeks was 1991. They won 4-of-5 in that stretch. Third fun coincidence: This is the year of Super Bowl 50, the 25th anniversary since our first SB appearance. Conclusion: Beating all of the most prominent rivals in franchise history in one momentous year, the first year under a new owner, on the way to a deep playoff run would be the necessary ingredients to symbolically end the futility streak. I wouldn't mind if they also took down OJ Simpson's name from the Wall and replaced it with Flutie's, if it will appease the football gods. Real talk, this feels like the year that Buffalo finally shakes off past failures and ghosts from the RCW era, makes a new legacy under Pegula. Close the book on the curse forever. This becomes Year One of the new Buffalo Bills.

In the book Collison Low Crossers which is basically about Rex & Pettine, guys like Leonhard are their flag-bearers. They make a lot of mention in the book how when Leonhard went down, the following game the D gave up 40+ points; that happened in back-to-back years.

Hear hear!

I hope they don't change the old formula by making it good or something. I liked Coach, I think? Coach was the ultimate in bland sitcoms. The perfect show to half-watch while you're doing something else.

Hahaha. Could you imagine though?

The best reason to expand the number of playoff teams is it makes the end of the regular season that much more interesting. There's less "meaningless" games, which I'm sure the league is very interested in.

Harvin wouldn't be the reason we don't have enough, it would be Clay, right? And wasn't Clay Whaley's object of affection? I guess if they do have Clay on the field for every down, that's sort of like having an extra lineman.... looking for the silver lining.

Agreed. The money is tight, but it's not impossible. It's a little frustrating to leave this opportunity to significantly upgrade the OL just laying there. Trade a pick or a WR (the one area we're deep enough to trade from), cut the redundant Chris Williams, and restructure if necessary. Then you're not rolling the dice on a 2nd Round rookie being able to be a solid day 1 starter.

If you can trade the #2 for Mathis this year, then next year's draft is devoted to drafting high-round OL to step in as the line ages.

I agree with this. I like Woods, but he is relatively expendable on a run-first team with 3 "star" receiving threats, plus McCoy. Of course, at the time of the trade, they had no idea they were going to land Harvin. If they knew that, it might've gone differently.

If they'd take Hogan, that's definitely the better deal for us, but I think I would be willing to offer up to Woods. We're deep enough at WR with Watkins, Harvin, and Clay, and I am not opposed to Hogan at 3 next year and drafting a receiver late this year or mid-range next year if Harvin doesn't work out, and the OL is in rough enough shape that a guard who only has 2 years left is worth it. Mathis has more ability to be contributing to whether "win now" works out more than Woods does as a strong #3 receiver on a run-first team. If we weren't cap strapped, I would say just trade whatever you need to. Trade the #2, to me, its about the same value since we're hoping to draft an immediate contributor to the OL at this point. By trading a player like Woods, you save that much cap room, and then you save more by cutting the redundant Chris Williams. Of course, this only makes sense if you stop trading picks for veterans because that is not a sustainable strategy to build a consistently winning team, but I don't think that is how Whaley or Rex or Pegula are thinking. They want to win now is all and it make sense and this would be the strongest way to do it.

Finding out today that the Eagles were interested in Woods for McCoy, they should call up Chip and offer Woods for Mathis.

If they knew they were going to end up getting Percy, they would've dealt Woods. But they didn't know. Knowing that the Eagles were interested in Woods and/or picks, though, they could solve the OL issue real quick by offering Woods for Mathis.

Get Mathis. This team would be able to make the playoffs with Alex Van Pelt at quarterback.