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What he said.

Agreed.

Paramount? Great place. Enjoy.

Cuz he's under contract and may actually show he merits a longer commitment?

Chicken and the egg. I think it cuts both ways. The elite QB makes the average WR look better...I always go back to Marcia and Deion Branch. An elite WR should be an easy target for an average QB...maybe use Alshon Jeffreys and Brandon Marshall with Cutler as an example.

I'll go with a variation on the old Parcells line that you are what your record is regardless how good you think you are. In three years Sammy has averaged around 12 games, 50 catches, 800 yards and 6 TD per year. Blame it on injuries, blame it on the QB...it is what it is. I'm fine with not picking up the option. In a perfect world, Sammy actually has a stud year and we work out a deal.

I am (almost) speechless. Outstanding!

I posted something similar to this in the Milano thread and so far, crickets. As soon as I heard we drafted a LB named Milano, my first thought went to the Stormtroopers of Death and the Milano Mosh! Anyone else?

This concerns me too. The org chart has HC and GM reporting directly to the owner. Looks like a recipe for back-stabbing. I would expect a rookie HC to report to the GM. Will McD have a say in the GM search? Weird dynamic right now IMO. I remain hopeful. McD has to prove himself but I like his demeanor. By most accounts the draft was a success. I wonder if the draft would have been as successful had we fired Whaley along with Rex. Presumably we'd have gone the more traditional route of hiring a GM and letting the GM hire the HC. Had we done that maybe we'd wouldn't look "broken" but perhaps at the expense of the draft. If nothing else, any potential GM will love having two first rounders next year.

Forget the cookie. Milano Mosh anyone?

Winner.

So we should forfeit all of our picks until you like the FO?

My point was he immediately acknowledged his mistake...without coaching. I've seen a ton of players do stupid stuff and have trouble owning up. Great players. I don't know the first thing about this guy except those 47 seconds, but I what I saw was a highly motivated (or maybe just passionate) kid who in the moment recognized his mistake and self-corrected. Anyway, eff him...he's not a Bill!

Fair enough, particularly with regard to the money. I thought the immaturity was mitigated by the immediate (unsolicited) apology.

I get how you feel, but to me he's a kid. I thought the passion/emotion was real. He cursed and apologized immediately. I was OK with it.

After seeing the cursing dudes passion wish he lasted another pick. Guy looks motivated.

Makes sense, and that plays into your stock up comment

I'm not a talent evaluator and from what I've seen over too many years the draft is a complete crap shoot. But as I've agreed with in other threads the Bills haven't devoted enough draft picks to QB over the years. So I hope you're wrong and Mahomes (plus Trubisky and now Watson) all end up sucking! One question I have is whether this means that the team has more faith in Cardale than the three picked so far.

Let's see how the next few days pan out, but that makes sense if you're not a Trubisky/Mahomes believer.

I hear ya. If they like the QB, go get him, I'm cool with that. Everything I read is it will be another EJ reach but I admit that I know nothing. Looks like we just traded down. Fascinating

This may not be on point for the intent of the thread but: I hope they draft a QB but not at #10. I expect they won't get a QB unless they do it at 10.

Football skills?

15th wedding anniversary, margaritas and tacos at home. I'll be surreptitiously keeping tabs on the draft up until the Bills pick while attempting to maintain the facade that wifey has my undivided attention.

Only point I was trying to add to your original comments is that I don't think McD's time in front of the camera in lieu of Whaley says anything about a power struggle. With that said, it would be a weird dynamic to bring in a new GM before the guy he didn't hire as a coach actually coached his first game. My guess is Whaley lasts past game 1.

First off, apologies to all for Isles/hockey comments in a Bills/football forum. You make some good points about the turn-around, not buying into all of them but this isn't the forum to discuss. Thanks for the feedback. Go Ottawa