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No one wants to admit it, but our defense was TRASH last year... sure we had some good games, but it was 99% due to coaching + game plan and the fact that our offense consistently put teams in a hole early forcing them to play into our scheme.. This team is going to be unstoppable next year with the new additions + Star coming back. So pumped. These teams will also be playing catchup.

O-line run blocking is 90% of your argument, which has minimal to do with rb talent.

The third weakness, pass coverage, can be significantly masked with a bolstering pass rush.

Whaley knew what he was doing over the years. Bills just had bad luck with injuries, but the talent to compete was there. Bills had a shot at the playoffs every year for the past 20 years (prior to McDermott)

We signed a lot of our own guys to home town discounts. I don't think it's fair to assume that identical deals are made if the salary cap went up this year. Regardless, we may still have been able to get one of those players that you mentioned.. but not sure what the math would look like and if it would have been possible.

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The one weakness won't even matter if the Bills can solidify a run game and get some TE production. Great signing.

Every team has a draft board that lists every player from 1 through whatever.. Unless you're sitting at #1, nothing is guaranteed.

What I love about the NFL is there's no shortcut to being a super bowl contending team. (Maybe Brady is the only exception) But you have to win in the draft, free agency, player development, coaching, and scheme.. Sure you can hit on a few of these and make some noise in the playoffs, but the super bowl winners hit on all of these.

100% agree that teams are giving up too much. If you're right, and get your guy, all is well. But if San Fran whiffs on this pick.. they're set back 3-4 years, and probably more from the earliest point when they could be a legit contender.

It's not a conscience that stops these teams from trading for him, it's public opinion.. which will hit their wallets and cause massive distractions. No one wants to start answering the millions of questions that come with making this trade right now. He's totally not getting traded until this gets resolved which might take years.

The Bills have consistently been improving for 4 years now.. Why do think that they will decide, "okay this is good enough for us"..? Truth is, the Bills will be more improved this year thanks to an amazing coaching staff, culture, FAs brought in, upcoming draft, and added year of continuity of players in the system.

Shouldn't be that surprising considering the total roster rebuild and turnover that Beane/McDermott undertook.

Did you watch Allen last year? Allen is a veteran, period. He took some shots in the playoffs, sure.. but he knows what he's doing out there, now. Mitch signed with the Bills BECAUSE of Josh Allen's development. If you want to get better as a quarterback, Buffalo TODAY, is arguably the top destination in NFL history.

Wow. The insane amount of hard work these guys put in.. it's beautiful, impressive, and extends to so many people in Buffalo and the world. Win or Lose, I love our team.

That's gotta be what they see in Sanders, right? He can beat the press coverage even if he's a bit banged up? I honestly wasn't thrilled to see that much money go to a 33 year old WR on the decline.

Makes sense. I read into that as Beane having a responsible $ ceiling with every roster position, and when the price goes out of reach.. he walks away from the table. It's refreshing compared to seeing other teams overspend out of fear that someone else gets the player.

No matter how high our trajectory is right now.. Gronk wants to play with Brady, so I wouldn't stress too much over this. They're also defending super bowl champs.

It's time to expect more from JA. When you have a talented qb, he should now be expected to elevate the play of the offense. Foreign concept for us Bills fans, I know.. but money to Josh isn't just money spent on Josh... it should be seen as money spent on the entire offense.

Maybe we need to wait for the contract details.. but wasn't this board previously touting 10mil/year for Milano as walk-away from the table money?

John Brown is like that fantasy football player that you keep on your bench the entire season and refuse to drop... Gotta get out of that mental habit of over-valuing things just because they are yours.

There's no reason to ask Josh for his perspective on a cap based decision.. unless you're asking him to take a paycut on his next deal, but thankfully this front office is not a clown show and that idea would be laughed at.

I think there's two windows here at play. Window 1- Allen under his rookie contract. Window 2-Allen in the prime of his career. Window 1 is short, and IMO not worth gambling away years from window-2 that can so easily get derailed in the NFL with injury or other factors coming from a 16 game season. Mahommes winning a superbowl is a MASSIVE outlier where everthing fell into place..even down to his superbowl opponent/opposing qb/opposing coach.

That's better.. but players and fans votes should be ignored in the equation.

...what a joke of a process that was created! You're telling me that monetary and CAP decisions have an aspect that hinge on getting voted into the pro bowl by the press and fans??